Portable Bottle Sterilizer With Dual Chambers for Compact Disinfection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional sterilizers for drinking containers are large in size, making them inconvenient to use.
Innovation Solution
A portable sterilizer with two disinfection chambers, one for the lid and one for the bottle body, allowing disinfection from both upper and lower directions, optimizing the internal space utilization and reducing the overall volume.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a conventional sterilizer is designed with a large sterilization chamber to accommodate drinking containers, then the sterilization function is effective, but the device becomes large in size and inconvenient to use
Solution Approach 1:
The sterilizer is divided into two separate disinfection chambers: an upper lid disinfection chamber and a lower bottle body disinfection chamber. This segmentation allows each chamber to be optimized for its specific function while reducing the overall volume compared to a single large chamber design.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent utilizes vertical space by arranging the two disinfection chambers one above the other within the receiving channel. This dimensional arrangement maximizes space utilization and reduces the horizontal footprint of the device, making it more portable.
2Device complexity
If a single disinfection chamber is used to sterilize both lid and bottle body, then the device structure is simple, but the internal space cannot be fully utilized and the sterilization efficiency is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The disinfection function is segmented into two independent chambers with separate disinfection components. The upper chamber handles lid sterilization while the lower chamber handles bottle body sterilization, allowing simultaneous operation and improving overall sterilization efficiency.
Solution Approach 2:
Both disinfection chambers can operate simultaneously and continuously, with the upper disinfection component disinfecteding the lid while the lower disinfection component disinfecteds the bottle body, eliminating idle time and maximizing sterilization productivity.
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AI summary
A portable sterilizer for a drinking container, the sterilizer comprising: a main shell; a receiving channel extending vertically in the middle of the main shell, and comprising an upper opening and a lower opening; an upper shell fixed in the receiving channel and having an upper opening connected to the upper opening of the receiving channel; a lower shell fixed in the receiving channel and having a lower opening connected to the lower opening of the receiving channel; a lid disinfection chamber formed by the upper shell and the main shell; a bottle body disinfection chamber formed by the lower shell and the main shell; an upper disinfection component fixed with a bottom of the upper shell, the upper disinfection component passing through the upper shell to disinfect the lid disinfection chamber; and a lower disinfection component fixed with a top of the lower shell, the lower disinfection component passing through the lower shell to disinfect the bottle body disinfection chamber, wherein the bottom of the upper shell and the top of the lower shell are spaced apart from each other.