Modular Sweet Tube Display with Stacked Tilted Basket Elements
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing display units for tubes of sweets face challenges such as difficulty in filling and removing products, limited capacity, and inability to accommodate diverse products within limited dimensions, along with stability issues.
Innovation Solution
A modular display unit composed of basket-shaped elements with a corrugated shell and a central tubular body that allows for easy stacking, tilting of products for easy removal, and a widened support base for stability, enabling flexible arrangement and 360° display of diversified products.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If products are housed in conventional display units, then the products can be displayed, but the products are difficult to remove and the display unit has limited capacity
Solution Approach 1:
The display unit is divided into multiple modular elements that can be stacked vertically. Each element contains multiple seats arranged in a circular pattern, allowing the display capacity to be expanded by adding more elements while maintaining easy access to products in any element.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention transitions from a single-level display to a multi-level stacked configuration. Elements are stacked vertically with staggered seat arrangements, creating a three-dimensional display structure that increases capacity while maintaining accessibility through the tilted seat design.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the display unit contains diversified products, then product variety is improved, but the organization and display become more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The modular elements are designed with universal features that can accommodate different types of cylindrical products. Each element has identical seat configurations and stacking interfaces, allowing the same structure to display various products while maintaining simple, consistent organization across the entire display unit.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention applies uniform local characteristics to each modular element - identical seat tilts, identical circular arrangements, and identical stacking interfaces. This consistency in local quality simplifies the overall organization while enabling versatile product display across multiple elements.
3Volume of stationary object
If the display unit is made compact, then the overall dimensions are reduced, but the stability and product accessibility are compromised
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple display elements are nested vertically through stacking, with each element containing multiple seats in a compact circular arrangement. This nested configuration maximizes display capacity within a compact footprint while the staggered seat design ensures product accessibility without compromising stability.
Solution Approach 2:
The seats are tilted asymmetrically relative to the vertical axis, creating an outward tilt that facilitates product removal. This asymmetric tilt is applied consistently across all elements, maintaining stability while improving accessibility within the compact structure.
4Quantity of substance
If modular elements are stacked to increase capacity, then the display capacity is improved, but the assembly complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The display unit is segmented into identical modular elements with standardized stacking interfaces. This segmentation allows capacity to be increased by simply adding more elements, while the repetition of identical components reduces assembly complexity through standardization.
Solution Approach 2:
Multiple identical modular elements are combined through simple stacking operations. The standardized interfaces allow elements to be merged vertically without complex alignment or fastening procedures, increasing capacity while maintaining simple assembly.
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AI summary
A display unit for cylindrical products, in particular tubes of sweets, includes at least one modular basket element 2, a support base 3 and a cover cap 4, the basket element including a perforated base part 5, an external shell 6 and a central tubular body shaped so as to allow stacking of several elements 2, the shell 6 having internally a plurality of concave seats 8 suitable for housing products 11 and forming externally convexities 9 separated by concave recesses 10.