Multi-Chamber Container With Air Gap Insulation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing multi-chamber containers for storing diverse substances like beverages, cosmetics, and pharmaceuticals face challenges in being compact, stable, and easy to manufacture, while also requiring complex manufacturing processes and close thermal contact between chambers.
Innovation Solution
A container design featuring sub-containers connected by a central cylindrical element with air gaps for thermal insulation, allowing for modular assembly and easy disassembly, using materials like plastic and metal, and incorporating a closure mechanism with flaps for easy access.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If chambers are arranged side-by-side with direct wall contact, then manufacturing simplicity is improved, but thermal insulation between chambers deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces air gaps as intermediary spaces between adjacent chamber walls. These air gaps act as thermal insulators, preventing direct thermal contact between chambers while maintaining the overall structural integrity and simplicity of the container design. The air gaps are integrated into the molding process, requiring additional steps but not fundamentally complicating the manufacturing approach.
2Temperature
If chambers are separated by air gaps for thermal insulation, then thermal insulation is improved, but manufacturing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent modifies the geometric parameters of the chamber walls by introducing recesses that create air gaps. This parameter change allows thermal insulation to be achieved through the container's geometry itself rather than requiring separate insulation components or complex assembly processes. The recesses are molded directly into the wall structure, integrating the insulation function into the base manufacturing process.
3Stability of the object's composition
If multiple chambers are connected using web-shaped connecting elements, then structural stability is improved, but ease of manufacture deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the functions of structural connection and thermal insulation into a single integrated design. The web-shaped connecting elements are combined with air gaps, creating structures that simultaneously provide mechanical stability and thermal insulation. This merging eliminates the need for separate connecting components and insulation layers, simplifying the manufacturing process while maintaining both structural integrity and thermal performance.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The design achieves thermal insulation, mechanical stability, and ease of manufacturing, enabling the storage of different substances while maintaining temperature differences and allowing for compact and stable transportation.
Implementation Method 1
the individual sub-containers of the container according to the invention should be largely thermally insulated from one another
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AI summary
The present invention relates to a container having a plurality of chambers or sub-containers (12). Same are connected to one another at least in some sections along an axis which corresponds to a longitudinal axis or a parallel line to the longitudinal axis or along a spiral shape. A central element (16) which can be produced together with the sub-containers (12) has proven itself for a connection of this kind. Outside said connections, the sub-containers are separated from one another substantially by air gaps (18). The container according to the invention makes it possible to jointly store and transport various materials, such as liquids in particular, wherein said materials are well thermally insulated from one another.