Ice-making container
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional ice-making trays are inefficient in allowing easy and hygienic transfer of crushed ice to another container, as they require direct handling of crushed ice, which is insanitary.
Innovation Solution
An ice-making container with a flexible, deformable container body and an inner container that forms an ice-making area between its inner and outer surfaces, where ice is crushed upon deformation, allowing for hygienic transfer of crushed ice without direct contact.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If conventional ice-making tray is used, then crushed ice can be made easily by deforming the bottom plate and peripheral wall, but the crushed ice cannot be moved easily to a cup or another container
Solution Approach 1:
The ice-making container is divided into two separate parts: a container body and an inner container. The inner container can be removed from the container body, allowing the crushed ice to be transferred easily by simply taking out the inner container and pouring the ice into a cup, eliminating the need to handle loose crushed ice directly.
Solution Approach 2:
The inner container serves as an intermediary device between the container body and the target cup. Instead of transferring crushed ice directly from the container body to the cup, the inner container acts as a carrier that holds the crushed ice and facilitates easy transfer by being lifted and poured.
2Reliability
If conventional ice-making tray is used, then crushed ice can be made, but direct handling of crushed ice is required which is insanitary
Solution Approach 1:
The inner container serves as an intermediary that eliminates direct contact between the user's hand and the crushed ice. The user handles the inner container (which is clean and intact) rather than the crushed ice itself, and then pours the ice into the cup, maintaining hygiene while still enabling easy transfer.
Solution Approach 2:
The inner container is designed to be self-contained and self-cleaning in the sense that it maintains its own integrity and cleanliness throughout the process. By keeping the crushed ice enclosed within the inner container until the moment of transfer, the system protects the ice from contamination and eliminates the need for direct handling.
3Reliability
If inner container is added to container body, then crushed ice can be transferred hygienically, but the structure becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The ice-making container is divided into two separate parts: a container body and an inner container. The inner container can be removed from the container body, allowing the crushed ice to be transferred easily by simply taking out the inner container and pouring the ice into a cup, eliminating the need to handle loose crushed ice directly.
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
Enables the easy and sanitary transfer of crushed ice by deforming the container body to crush and release ice, eliminating the need for direct handling and ensuring hygiene.
Implementation Method 1
the container body being flexible so as to be deformable by being grasped, and an ice-making area for making ice is formed between an inner peripheral surface of the container body and an outer peripheral surface of the inner container, and the ice-making area is formed as an area where the ice made in the ice-making area is crushed in response to deformation of the container body being grasped
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AI summary
An ice-making container including a container body having an opening formed in its upper part and being flexible so as to be deformable by being grasped and an inner container configured to be insertable into and removable from the container body through the opening, in which an ice-making area for making ice is formed between an inner peripheral surface of the container body and an outer peripheral surface of the inner container, in the state where the inner container is placed in the container body, and the ice-making area is formed as an area where the ice made in the ice-making area is crushed in response to deformation of the container body being grasped.