Deformable Paint Pouch Packaging With One-Way Filling Valve
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional cylindrical tins for storing surface coatings are inefficient for use with rollers, generate significant waste, and have cumbersome disposal issues, while alternative packaging solutions often face usability and filling difficulties.
Innovation Solution
A deformable packaging apparatus with an access region and a one-way inlet valve allows efficient filling and easy access, reducing waste and eliminating the need for intermediary trays, with a deformable plastic material ensuring long-term storage and easy disposal.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of substance
If standard cylindrical tins are used for storing surface coatings, then the packaging provides structural stability and ease of manufacture, but the packaging generates significant waste and creates disposal problems
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses a flexible pouch instead of a rigid tin container. The pouch is made from flexible plastic material that can be easily manufactured and disposed of, while still providing adequate protection for the surface coating. This flexible packaging dramatically reduces waste compared to traditional metal tins.
2Ease of operation
If traditional tins are used for surface coating storage, then the packaging provides long-term storage stability, but the packaging is too small to allow roller insertion and requires intermediary trays
Solution Approach 1:
The pouch is designed to be deformable and expandable. As surface coating is removed from the pouch, the pouch naturally deforms and can be squeezed to control the flow of coating material. This dynamic behavior allows easy access with rollers without requiring rigid structural support or intermediary trays.
3Ease of operation
If the packaging is designed with easy access for users, then the packaging allows simple opening and use, but the packaging becomes difficult to seal and store after opening
Solution Approach 1:
The pouch design allows users to open the pouch by tearing or cutting the seal, then squeeze the pouch to control paint flow directly. After use, the pouch can be resealed by folding the opening back and securing it, allowing the remaining paint to be stored without special sealing mechanisms.
4Productivity
If the packaging allows efficient filling, then the packaging can be filled without modification of existing filling lines, but the packaging must maintain structural integrity during filling
Solution Approach 1:
The flexible pouch can be filled through a simple inlet that accommodates standard filling equipment. The flexible material allows the pouch to expand during filling without requiring rigid structural support, while still maintaining adequate strength to contain the surface coating.
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 deformable packaging apparatus provides efficient, waste-reducing storage and application of surface coatings without additional mess or waste, maintaining the coating until use and minimizing environmental impact.
Implementation Method 1
the inlet comprises an inlet valve for receiving said surface coating into the internal volume and for preventing said surface coating from flowing out of the internal volume through the inlet valve
Implementation Method 2
the inlet comprises a cap to seal the inlet. The cap may have an internal thread configured to engage with an associated external thread on a body of the valve to hold the cap in position
Implementation Method 3
The deformable body may be formed from a deformable plastic material. The deformable plastic material would not be likely to degrade over time which would mean that the surface coating would be retained in the internal volume until the deformable body is opened by a user
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AI summary
There is provided a packaging apparatus for holding a surface coating, the packaging comprising a deformable body defining an internal volume for holding said surface coating, in use, the deformable body comprising: an access region configured to be opened by a user, in use, to access the internal volume of the body; and an inlet for receiving said surface coating into the internal volume of the body.