Modular Lottery Ticket Dispenser for Organized Stacking
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional lottery ticket dispensers often result in disorganized and randomly arranged cards, and lack easy modifiability and interconnectivity for stacking.
Innovation Solution
A dispensing unit with a modular design featuring a sawtooth floor, interchangeable dividers, and attachable components that allow for easy modification and stacking, including a holder for decorative elements and feet for secure connection to other units.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Stability of the object's composition
If conventional lottery ticket dispensers are used with simple internal structures, then manufacturing is easier and cost is lower, but cards become disorganized and randomly arranged
Solution Approach 1:
The dispenser body is divided into multiple compartments using dividers that can be positioned at different locations. Each compartment can hold a specific number of cards in an organized manner, preventing random arrangement while maintaining a relatively simple overall structure.
Solution Approach 2:
Cards are pre-arranged in specific orientations and positions within the dispenser body before use. The dividers are pre-positioned to maintain card organization, and the dispenser is designed to keep cards in a predetermined orderly state throughout operation.
2Adaptability or versatility
If lottery ticket dispensers have fixed designs, then manufacturing is simpler, but appearance modifiability and customization are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The dispenser incorporates removable and interchangeable components such as decorative members, holders, and dividers that can be easily attached and detached. This dynamic design allows the appearance to be modified without requiring complex manufacturing processes, as components can be swapped rather than custom-manufactured.
Solution Approach 2:
The dispenser body is designed with universal attachment features that can accommodate various types of decorative members and configurations. The same basic body structure can serve multiple aesthetic functions by simply changing the attached components, rather than requiring different manufactured bodies for each design.
3Adaptability or versatility
If lottery ticket dispensers are designed as standalone units, then individual placement is simpler, but stacking and interconnectivity capabilities are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The dispenser units are designed with stacking features that allow one unit to be placed on top of another, creating a nested vertical arrangement. Attachment structures such as feet and corresponding receptacles enable secure stacking while maintaining relatively simple individual unit designs.
Solution Approach 2:
Multiple dispenser units can be combined through stacking to form a unified display system. The attachment structures facilitate merging individual units into a larger configuration, enabling interconnectivity while keeping each individual unit's design simple.
4Ease of operation
If lottery ticket dispensers lack attachment structures, then individual unit design is simpler, but interconnectivity and stacking are not enabled
Solution Approach 1:
The attachment structures are designed to be self-aligning and easy to engage, allowing dispenser units to be stacked without requiring complex alignment procedures or additional tools. The feet and receptacles are positioned to naturally guide the stacking process.
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed is a dispensing unit that may include a body having front wall, a first sidewall, a second sidewall, a floor, and a roof. In example embodiments the body may be configured to receive a second floor that may be arranged on the floor and the first and second sidewalls may be configured to receive holders for decorative members.