Dual Component Mixing Bag With Integrated Rod Handle
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing solutions for mixing and carrying different chemicals fail to provide effective sealing and handle functionality simultaneously, as they either lack improved sealing properties or do not incorporate a divider for a sealed container.
Innovation Solution
A container with a sheet material seal and a separator that includes a rod and a clip, allowing for division into compartments and subsequent use of the rod as a handle for carrying after mixing, while ensuring an impermeable seal between compartments.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a separator with rod and clip is used to divide the container into compartments, then effective sealing between compartments is achieved, but the container lacks a functional handle for carrying
Solution Approach 1:
The rod in the separator serves dual functions: it acts as a structural component for dividing the container into compartments and provides a functional handle for carrying the container. This multi-functionality resolves the contradiction by making the same element serve both sealing and carrying purposes.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention combines the separator function and handle function into a single integrated structure. The rod that forms part of the separator assembly also serves as the handle, merging two previously separate functions into one unified component.
2Reliability
If the sheet material is wrapped over the rod to form a dividing portion, then compartment separation is achieved, but the rod cannot be used as a handle
Solution Approach 1:
The sheet material is wrapped over a specific portion of the rod to create the dividing portion, while leaving other portions of the rod exposed. This localized wrapping allows the rod to maintain its handle functionality in the unwrapped areas while still achieving compartment separation in the wrapped area.
3Reliability
If a clip is added to the separator to improve sealing, then sealing between compartments is enhanced, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The clip is designed to work with the existing rod and sheet material structure, using the rod itself as part of the sealing mechanism. The clip clamps onto the rod to secure the sheet material, creating a seal without requiring additional complex components or assembly steps.
Data Source
AI summary
A container has elastomeric sheets defining a periphery with four sides. A seal extends about the periphery defining a closed chamber. A separator extends across the closed chamber dividing the closed chamber into a first compartment and a second compartment. The separator includes a rod for wrapping the sheets around the rod to define a dividing portion. A retainer clip presents an inner wall clamped about the dividing portion providing an impermeable closure between the sheets. The sheets define at least two aligned and spaced pockets separated by a gap whereby removing the rod from the retainer clip and inserting the rod into the pockets extending across the gap and clamping the retainer clip over the rod to define a handle. The present invention also includes a method for mixing a first component and a second component in the container and releasing the components.