Handheld Roller Press for Sachet Extraction
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Solution Overview
Problem
In FMCG industries, re-working of defective liquid-filled pouches/sachets often involves using sharp-edged blades with bare and slippery hands, leading to safety concerns and inefficiencies, especially due to high volume and low-cost nature of products, resulting in significant wastage and labor-intensive manual operations.
Innovation Solution
A hand-held apparatus with a roller press assembly and a roller glider cum collection bin, made of stainless steel, that allows safe extraction of contents from damaged pouches/sachets without direct hand contact, featuring a detachable frame with a clamp and blade for cutting, and a collection system to prevent contamination and enhance productivity.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If sharp-edged blades are used for cutting pouches/sachets with bare hands, then cutting efficiency is improved, but user safety deteriorates due to cuts and injuries
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary device (the cutting apparatus with guarded blade mechanism) that mediates between the user and the sharp blade. The user operates the device without direct hand contact with the blade, while the device performs the cutting function. This resolves the contradiction by maintaining cutting efficiency through the blade while protecting user safety through the intermediary mechanism.
Solution Approach 2:
The cutting apparatus is segmented into distinct functional components: the blade assembly, the guarding mechanism, the actuation system, and the collection container. This segmentation allows the dangerous cutting function to be isolated from the user's direct contact areas, enabling efficient cutting while maintaining safety through spatial separation of functions.
2Ease of operation
If manual squeezing with bare hands is used to extract contents, then extraction simplicity is improved, but hygiene and safety deteriorate due to contamination and injury risk
Solution Approach 1:
The roller assembly acts as an intermediary between the user and the pouch contents. Instead of direct hand contact, the user operates the roller mechanism which then squeezes the pouch to extract contents. This maintains ease of operation through simple rolling motion while improving hygiene and safety by eliminating direct hand contact with slippery contents and sharp edges.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the manual hand-squeezing mechanical action with a roller-based mechanical system. The roller assembly provides controlled, consistent squeezing force through its rotation, substituting the variable and potentially hazardous hand-squeezing action with a more predictable and safe mechanical mechanism that maintains operational simplicity.
3Adaptability or versatility
If high-volume re-work operations are performed manually, then labor flexibility is improved, but productivity deteriorates due to time-consuming manual operations
Solution Approach 1:
The cutting apparatus is designed as a universal tool that can handle various types of pouches and sachets (different sizes, shapes, and contents) through adjustable components. The detachable blade assemblies and adjustable guarding mechanisms provide multi-functionality, enabling the device to perform high-volume re-work operations across different product types while maintaining high productivity through efficient cutting and extraction mechanisms.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The apparatus ensures user safety by preventing direct hand contact with blades, reduces manual effort, and allows efficient re-use of contents, improving productivity and reducing wastage by enabling safe and efficient re-processing of defective packaging materials.
Implementation Method 1
a roller press assembly that includes a roller for squeezing the contents of a pouch/sachet
Data Source
AI summary
A hand-held apparatus for extracting the contents of a sachet/pouch is disclosed. The hand-held apparatus includes a roller press assembly and a roller glider cum collection bin being disposed below the roller press assembly. The roller press assembly further includes a handle, a detachable frame coupled to a handle and a clamp. The detachable frame is provided with a roller for squeezing the contents of a sachet/pouch. The clamp is provided over the detachable frame and the clamp is coupled to a cutter for cutting the sachet/pouch. The roller glider cum collection bin includes a base for receiving the roller press assembly. The base includes a plurality of holes and a guide rail for providing a channel for the cutter. A collection bin is provided at the bottom of the base for collecting the contents of the sachet/pouch through the plurality of holes.