Pet Food Can with Shaking Mechanism for Powder Coating
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing pet foods do not adequately mix additives with feed materials, failing to enhance the feeding experience for pets and improve their affinity with owners.
Innovation Solution
A pet food system involving a can-shaped storage body with an inner and outer cap, where feed bodies and powder members are mixed and stored, allowing the can to be shaken before feeding to evenly coat the feed with powder, incorporating materials like horse liver, chicken liver, and dried Pollack, and a manufacturing method that includes conveying units and powder supply units to ensure proper mixing.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If additives are mixed with feed material using existing apparatus, then the feed material is prepared, but the mixing is not proper and the additives are insufficient to make a favorable impression to the pet
Solution Approach 1:
The feed is divided into feed bodies (kibble) and additives are divided into powder members, which are separately processed and then combined. This segmentation allows for better control of each component's properties and their subsequent mixing, resolving the contradiction between mixing precision and operational simplicity.
Solution Approach 2:
The powder members are pre-prepared and stored in the storage body along with the feed bodies before feeding. The can is designed to be shaken beforehand to mix the components, performing the mixing action in advance of the actual feeding time, which improves both mixing uniformity and the pet's response.
2Manufacturing precision
If the can is shaken to mix feed and powder, then the powder is evenly coated on the feed, but space must be ensured in the can for this mixing
Solution Approach 1:
The storage body is designed to be dynamic rather than static - it is intended to be shaken by the user before feeding. This dynamic mixing action allows for even coating of powder on feed bodies without requiring excessive storage space, as the mixing occurs in motion rather than requiring a large static mixing chamber.
Solution Approach 2:
The feed bodies and powder members are combined in the same storage body, merging the storage and mixing functions into a single compact unit. This eliminates the need for separate storage containers and mixing apparatus, achieving space efficiency while maintaining the ability to evenly coat the powder on the feed through shaking.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The system provides a pleasurable feeding experience for pets, improves their appetite and affinity with owners by ensuring even mixing of feed and powder, and allows pets to recognize the feeding sound, enhancing the bonding process.
Implementation Method 1
The powder members may be provided by freeze-drying
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed are a pet food and a manufacturing method thereof. The pet food of the present invention includes a storage body having a can shape, an inner cap sealing an upper end of the storage body and provided in a disposable use, an outer cap detachably coupled to the storage body to cover the inner cap, and a plurality of feed bodies stored in the storage body, wherein a plurality of powder members are mixed in the storage body and when the storage body is shaken before feeding the feed to a pet, the plurality of powder members is coated on the plurality of feed bodies.