Liquid Containing Assembly With Positioning Mechanism
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current plastic containers for liquids are often discarded after single use, contributing significantly to environmental damage, and supplemental packages fail to effectively reduce plastic waste due to leftover liquids and lack of user motivation.
Innovation Solution
A liquid containing assembly featuring a clamping device with a positioning mechanism that allows easy operation, high durability, and stability, enabling direct use of supplementary packages without pouring into another container, thereby reducing plastic output.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If liquid is poured from supplementary package into empty plastic container, then plastic container utilization is improved, but liquid loss increases due to inevitable remaining liquid in supplemental package
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the supplementary package with the plastic container into an integrated assembly where the package is directly mounted on the container. This merging eliminates the transfer step and allows the liquid to flow directly from the package to the container, preventing liquid loss from remaining in the package.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a positioning mechanism as an intermediary component that includes a positioning cavity and positioning protrusions. This intermediary structure facilitates complete liquid transfer by ensuring proper alignment and connection between the supplementary package and the plastic container, eliminating the need for manual pouring and preventing liquid residue.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If supplemental packages are used to reduce plastic waste, then environmental benefit is improved, but user motivation decreases due to operation complexity and liquid loss
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the supplementary package, positioning mechanism, and plastic container into a single integrated assembly. This combination simplifies the user operation to merely attaching the package to the container, eliminating complex pouring steps and making the system intuitive and easy to use, thereby restoring user motivation.
Solution Approach 2:
The positioning mechanism enables self-alignment and self-connection between the supplementary package and the plastic container. The positioning protrusions automatically fit into the positioning cavity without requiring precise manual alignment, allowing the system to self-correct and simplify the user's task to a simple attachment action.
3Loss of substance
If positioning mechanism is added to ensure complete liquid transfer, then liquid utilization is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The positioning mechanism utilizes flexible positioning protrusions that can deform during attachment and then return to their original shape. This flexibility allows the protrusions to adapt to slight variations in alignment while still achieving secure connection, simplifying the overall structure compared to rigid positioning systems that would require precise tolerances and multiple adjustment components.
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AI summary
A liquid containing assembly includes a clamping device, a supplementary package and a positioning mechanism. The clamping device includes a first and second surrounding bodies rotatably connected to each other. A clamping space is formed when the first and second surrounding bodies are closed to each other. The supplementary package includes an accommodating body to accommodate liquid and an open tube connected to the accommodating body. The positioning mechanism includes a first positioning portion on a portion of the accommodating body adjacent to the open tube, a second positioning portion corresponding to the first positioning portion and is at least on one of the first and second surrounding bodies, a third positioning portion on the accommodating body, and a fourth positioning portion corresponding to the third positioning portion and at least on one of the first and second surrounding bodies.