Drinking Lid Hinge Assembly for Easy Disassembly and Cleaning
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing drinking container lids are structurally complex and not easily disassembled, leading to hygiene concerns and user inconvenience.
Innovation Solution
A lid assembly with a hinge mechanism featuring a coupler and resilient members that allow components to be disassembled for cleaning, incorporating a multi-angle locking hinge mechanism and actuating structures for easy transition between open and closed positions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the lid assembly uses a complex structural design to achieve functional requirements, then the functional performance is improved, but the device complexity increases and hygiene concerns arise
Solution Approach 1:
The lid assembly is divided into multiple separable components including a main lid member, a hinge mechanism with coupler, and a first lid. These segments can be disassembled from each other, allowing users to clean each component individually while maintaining the overall functional integrity when assembled.
Solution Approach 2:
The hinge mechanism incorporates a resilient coupler that enables dynamic movement between the main lid member and the first lid. The coupler can reciprocally move towards and away from the mounting structure, allowing the lid to transition between open and closed positions while maintaining secure connection during use.
2Volume of moving object
If the lid assembly components are made tiny to reduce size, then the compactness is improved, but the components cannot be disassembled causing hygienic concerns
Solution Approach 1:
The lid assembly is designed with separable components of appropriate sizes that can be easily handled and disassembled. The main lid member, hinge mechanism, and first lid are segmented in a way that allows complete disassembly for cleaning while maintaining compactness when assembled.
Solution Approach 2:
The coupler acts as an intermediary component between the main lid member and the first lid, facilitating easy connection and disassembly. This intermediate element enables the components to be separated for cleaning while maintaining the overall compact structure when assembled.
3Ease of operation
If the lid assembly uses a simple design to improve hygiene, then the ease of cleaning is improved, but the functional performance may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The lid assembly is segmented into cleanable components including a main lid member, hinge mechanism, and first lid. Each component can be separated and cleaned individually, maintaining hygiene while the assembled structure provides the necessary functional integrity for use.
Solution Approach 2:
The hinge mechanism is designed to self-lock and self-position through the resilient coupler, eliminating the need for complex user-operated locking mechanisms. This self-service design maintains functional integrity while keeping the structure simple and easy to clean.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Facilitates easy disassembly and cleaning of lid components, ensuring hygiene and user convenience while maintaining functional integrity.
Implementation Method 1
said coupler being resilient, whereby said coupler being configured to operably move reciprocally towards and away from said first mounting structure
Implementation Method 2
said coupler comprising: a sleeve having a first end having said first profile, and an opposing second end; and a first resilient member engaging with said second end of said sleeve
Data Source
AI summary
The present invention is about a hinge mechanism, for a lid assembly for a container, comprising: a first mounting structure with a first profile on a main lid member of said lid assembly; a coupler having a first end and an opposing second end, said first end being engaged with said first mounting structure and being provided with a second profile operably coupling to said first profile of said first mounting structure, said coupler being configured to operably move reciprocally towards and away from said first mounting structure; and a first lid movably connecting to said main lid member to move between a first position covering a passage on said main lid member fluidically communicable with the interior of said container and a second position uncovering said passage, and operably connecting to said coupler, and characterized in that, when said first lid being at said first position and said second position, said first mounting structure and said first end of said coupler coupling with each other due to the coupling between said first profile and said second profile; and during the movement of said first lid, said coupler moving axially away from said first mounting structure due to the decoupling of said first profile and said second profile.