Mixer with Composite Shaking and Tumbling Motion
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing mixers fail to consistently achieve homogeneity in mixing small quantities of ingredients for cosmetic and paint products, particularly in achieving desired color characteristics, and lack flexibility for custom blending at retail sales locations.
Innovation Solution
A mixer that combines orbital and eccentric motions to create a composite oscillating and rotating motion, allowing for the secure mixing of various sized and shaped containers, with adjustable speed control and a resilient mounting arrangement to accommodate misalignments, enabling efficient mixing of ingredients to achieve desired color homogeneity and custom blending capabilities.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If traditional mixing methods are used for small quantities of ingredients, then the mixing process is simple, but homogeneity of color and material properties cannot be consistently achieved
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs a dynamic mixing mechanism where the container is subjected to both rotation about a primary axis and oscillation about a secondary axis. This dual-motion system creates varying mixing patterns that consistently achieve homogeneity in small quantities of cosmetic ingredients, resolving the contradiction between mixing precision and mechanism complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The mixing system utilizes periodic oscillating motion combined with continuous rotation. The oscillation periodically disrupts the mixing pattern, preventing stagnant zones and ensuring consistent color homogeneity throughout the product, thereby achieving high manufacturing precision through rhythmic mechanical action.
2Adaptability or versatility
If a fixed mixing mechanism is used, then the device structure is simple, but it cannot accommodate various sized and shaped containers
Solution Approach 1:
The patent designs a universal mounting arrangement that can securely hold containers of various sizes and shapes. The mounting system incorporates adjustable features that allow it to adapt to different container configurations, enabling a single device to serve multiple functions and accommodate diverse cosmetic product containers.
Solution Approach 2:
The resilient mounting arrangement incorporates flexible or adjustable elements that can dynamically adapt to different container geometries. This dynamic capability allows the same mounting mechanism to securely hold various sized and shaped containers without requiring multiple specialized fixtures, thus achieving versatility without proportionally increasing complexity.
3Productivity
If high-speed mixing is used to achieve homogeneity quickly, then productivity increases, but mixing precision may be compromised due to insufficient control
Solution Approach 1:
The mixing system operates continuously with both rotation and oscillation motions running simultaneously throughout the mixing process. This continuous dual-motion approach ensures that productive mixing action is maintained at all times while the coordinated motions prevent stagnant zones, achieving both high productivity and consistent color homogeneity without interruption or loss of precision.
Solution Approach 2:
The periodic oscillating component introduces controlled variations in the mixing pattern at high speed. This periodic disruption prevents premature saturation of mixing and ensures continuous fresh contact between ingredients, maintaining both high mixing speed and precise color uniformity throughout the product.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The mixer effectively achieves homogeneity in small quantities of ingredients, allowing for custom blending of cosmetic and paint products by ensuring thorough mixing through a composite motion, accommodating different container sizes and shapes, and providing flexibility for retail sales applications.
Implementation Method 1
The mixer of the present invention achieves its mixing effect by combining at least two motions, one orbital and one eccentric, combined to produce a composite oscillating and rotating (or 'shaking' and 'tumbling') movement of the container to mix the contents.
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AI summary
A mixer for combining ingredients using a composite shaking and tumbling motion. The mixer includes a base carrier rotating about a primary axis and supporting a container carrier assembly having a clamp retaining a container to be mixed. The container carrier assembly is coupled to the base carrier to oscillate in an eccentric manner with respect to the rotating base carrier. The container carrier assembly also rotates with the base carrier rotation. The composite resulting motion includes shaking and tumbling components of the motion to mix the ingredients. The clamp has a first housing portion receiving the container, and a second housing portion movable with respect to the first portion to retain the container. A latch selectively retains the first and second housing portions together in a closed condition.