Fuel Additive Bottle With Dosing Chamber and Spill-Resistant Neck
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing fuel additive bottles fail to provide safe and efficient dispensing of additives into fuel tanks due to spillage and imprecise dosing, often using materials that break down or leak when exposed to fuel additives.
Innovation Solution
A bottle design featuring a main storage area, a dosage storage chamber with a reservoir, and a dispensing neck, where the reservoir surrounds the neck to prevent spillage and backflow, and a fluid channel for precise dosing, using specific plastic formulations that withstand fuel additives.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If a conventional bottle design is used for dispensing fuel additives, then the bottle structure is simple, but spillage occurs and dosing precision is poor
Solution Approach 1:
The bottle is divided into distinct functional segments: a main storage area for bulk additive storage, a dosage storage chamber for precise dosing, and a dispensing neck for controlled dispensing. This segmentation allows each part to perform its specific function optimally, with the dosage chamber providing precise measurement and the dispensing neck enabling controlled flow, thereby improving dosing precision without excessive complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The dosage storage chamber is nested within the main storage area, with the dispensing neck extending from the dosage chamber. This nested configuration allows the smaller dosage chamber to be integrated into the larger storage structure, achieving precise dosing functionality while maintaining a compact overall bottle design that does not excessively increase structural complexity.
2Ease of operation
If the dispensing neck is positioned parallel with the ground for easy pouring, then dispensing is convenient, but the content may not flow into the dispensing neck
Solution Approach 1:
The bottle design incorporates dynamic positioning capability, allowing the dispensing neck to be oriented in different directions based on operational needs. The neck can be positioned parallel to the ground for convenient pouring or angled to facilitate content flow into the neck, enabling the user to adapt the dispensing configuration to the specific task at hand, thus maintaining both convenience and efficiency.
Solution Approach 2:
The orientation parameter of the dispensing neck is made variable rather than fixed. By allowing the neck angle and position to be changed during operation, the system can optimize flow characteristics for different dispensing scenarios, ensuring that content flows properly into the neck when needed while maintaining ease of operation.
3Reliability
If standard plastic materials are used for the bottle, then manufacturing is easy and cost-effective, but the materials break down or leak when exposed to fuel additives
Solution Approach 1:
The bottle is constructed from composite materials or specially formulated plastics that combine the chemical resistance required to withstand fuel additives with manufacturing processes that remain relatively simple. The use of compatible polymers or coated materials provides reliability and prevents breakdown or leakage, while maintaining ease of manufacture through established molding techniques.
Solution Approach 2:
The material selection parameters are changed to specify plastics with appropriate chemical resistance properties for fuel additive compatibility. By selecting materials with specific resistance characteristics while using standard manufacturing processes, the bottle achieves reliable integrity without significantly complicating the manufacturing process.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Ensures safe and precise dispensing of fuel additives into fuel tanks without spillage, maintaining bottle integrity and providing accurate dosing through the use of a reservoir and curved fluid channel configuration.
Implementation Method 1
the reservoir surrounds the neck to prevent spillage and backflow
Implementation Method 2
the reservoir surrounds the neck to prevent spillage and backflow
Implementation Method 3
a fluid channel for precise dosing
Data Source
AI summary
According to some embodiments, a bottle is disclosed. The bottle includes a main storage area, a dosage storage chamber, and a dispensing neck. The dosage storage chamber is coupled to the main storage area via a fluid channel. The dispensing neck extends from the dosage storage chamber for dispensing a content of the bottle. In a case that the dispensing neck is positioned parallel with the ground, the content of the bottle in the dosage storage chamber will not flow into the dispensing neck.