Lateral Pump Cosmetics Container Mechanism
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional cosmetic vessels with pressurized pumping devices discharge cosmetic substances directly onto the user's hands, leading to contamination and wastage, and require multiple button presses to dispense a predetermined amount, making the process tiresome and inefficient.
Innovation Solution
A cosmetic vessel design featuring a lateral pump mechanism that discharges cosmetic substances to the upper portion of the outer container when a lateral button is pressed or released, reducing the number of pumping operations by half and preventing direct discharge onto the hands.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If a conventional pressurized pumping device discharges cosmetic substance directly onto the user's hands, then the cosmetic substance can be applied quickly, but the cosmetic substance may be contaminated with foreign matters from the finger and spoil
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary container (the inner container or pump chamber) that temporarily holds the cosmetic substance before application. The substance is transferred from the storage container to this intermediary space, and then dispensed in a controlled manner, preventing direct contact between fingers and the bulk cosmetic substance while maintaining application efficiency
2Ease of operation
If the operating button is pressed from the top down to discharge cosmetic substance, then the pumping device can be operated simply, but the cosmetic substance cannot be correctly discharged onto the user's hands and may deviate or spill
Solution Approach 1:
The patent repositions the button operation from a vertical top-down pressing motion to a lateral side-pressing motion. This dimensional change in the button's position and operation direction enables the pump mechanism to discharge cosmetic substance in a controlled lateral direction toward the user's hands, improving discharge accuracy while maintaining operational simplicity
3Device complexity
If the cosmetic substance is discharged only when the operating button is pushed from the top down, then the pumping device structure can be simple, but the user must repeatedly press the button several times which is tiresome
Solution Approach 1:
The patent designs the pump mechanism to respond to periodic lateral button pressing actions. Each lateral press cycle (pressing and releasing) completes a full pumping operation that discharges a predetermined amount of cosmetic substance. This periodic action mechanism ensures sufficient discharge volume per operation, reducing the number of repetitions needed while maintaining reasonable structural complexity
4Volume of moving object
If the nozzle is located directly above the cosmetic vessel and moves up and down with button pressing, then the pumping mechanism can be compact, but the cosmetic substance cannot be correctly discharged onto the user's hands
Solution Approach 1:
The patent repositions the nozzle from a vertical location directly above the cosmetic vessel to a lateral position on the side of the vessel. This dimensional relocation, combined with the lateral button pressing mechanism, directs the cosmetic substance discharge path horizontally toward the user's hands, improving discharge accuracy while maintaining compact device dimensions
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 lateral pump mechanism effectively reduces wastage by directing the cosmetic substance to the upper container, allowing for efficient dispensing with fewer button presses, thereby improving user convenience and reducing contamination risks.
Implementation Method 1
a lateral pump that is mounted on the side of the inner container so as to be connected to the first and second movement members, and that moves the cosmetic substance by pressure when a lateral button provided on the side of the outer container is pressed or released
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AI summary
Various examples related to a cosmetics container are disclosed. According to one example, the cosmetics container can comprise: an outer container part; an inner container part coupled in the outer container part and containing cosmetics therein; first and second moving parts provided at the upper and lower parts of the inner container part and moving the cosmetics by pressure; a side button part provided on the side surface of the outer container part; and a side pumping part mounted on the side surface of the inner container part, connected to the first and second moving parts, and providing pressure and moving the cosmetics from the first moving part to the second moving part by the pressure, whenever the side button part is pressed to reciprocate left and right. Additionally, other various examples are possible.