Pneumatic Mixing Machine Capsule Actuation
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing manufacturing apparatus for cosmetic compositions requires a significant drive motor to ensure effective mixing of capsules, leading to increased costs, complexity, and size, while also posing challenges in user safety and ease of use.
Innovation Solution
A compact mixing machine with a support for receiving capsules, an actuation system to exert pressure, and a retention mechanism to manage capsule insertion and withdrawal, along with a coupling mechanism for secure capsule interaction, all powered by an auxiliary motor to simplify the mixing process and enhance user safety.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a significant drive motor is used to transmit pressure forces to deformable compartments, then effective mixing and material migration between capsules is achieved, but manufacturing costs, device volume, and weight increase substantially
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the traditional mechanical drive motor system with a pneumatic system. Compressed air is introduced into the deformable compartments through air inlet channels, causing the compartments to expand and contract. This pneumatic actuation eliminates the need for a large drive motor while achieving the same mixing and material migration effects, thereby reducing device weight and manufacturing costs.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention uses pneumatic pressure applied through air inlet channels to deform the deformable compartments. The compressed air creates internal pressure that causes the compartments to expand, mix their contents, and migrate materials between capsules. This pneumatic approach provides a simpler, lighter alternative to mechanical motor-driven systems while maintaining effective mixing performance.
2Reliability
If a significant drive motor is used to exert pressure forces on deformable compartments, then material migration between capsules is ensured, but device complexity and manufacturing costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces complex mechanical transmission systems with a straightforward pneumatic actuation system. Air inlet channels deliver compressed air directly to the deformable compartments, eliminating the need for complex motor assemblies, gear trains, and mechanical linkages. This simplifies the overall system architecture while ensuring reliable material migration between capsules.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention extracts the core functional requirement (applying pressure to deform compartments) from the complex mechanical motor system and implements it through a simpler pneumatic mechanism. By removing unnecessary mechanical components and retaining only the essential pressure application function, the system achieves material migration with reduced complexity.
3Reliability
If the deformable compartments or link channels are closed by weakened weld areas, then capsule connection is achieved, but a large drive motor is required to ensure proper mixing
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses pneumatic pressure applied through air inlet channels to deform the compartments and facilitate mixing. The weakened weld areas in the link channels respond to this pneumatic pressure by opening when needed, allowing material migration. This approach eliminates the need for a large drive motor while maintaining reliable capsule connection and effective mixing through controlled deformation of the weld areas.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The solution results in a compact, user-friendly, and cost-effective manufacturing apparatus that simplifies the mixing process, reduces the size and weight of the device, and ensures secure capsule interaction, addressing the complexity and safety concerns of the existing systems.
Implementation Method 1
an actuation system, movable inside the receiving housing to exert a pressure force on the receiving device and/or on the first and/or the second capsule(s)
Data Source
AI summary
The present invention relates to a mixing machine configured to receive a receiving device in order to form a manufacturing apparatus, the mixing machine comprising:a support defining a receiving housing, able to receive a receiving device, the receiving device being configured to receive first and second capsules containing respectively a first formulation and a second formulation, the two capsules being fluidly linked to each other,an actuation system, movable inside the receiving housing to exert a pressure force on the receiving device and/or on the first and/or the second capsule(s),a retention mechanism, movable relative to the support and configured:in an insertion position, to authorize the insertion and the withdrawal of the receiving device into/from the receiving housing, andin a retention position, to block the withdrawal of the receiving device from the receiving housing.