Refracting Bottle with Curved Base for Tablet Dissolution

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional bottles lack innovative features for efficient effervescent tablet dissolution and visibility of liquid content, with limited design considerations for refraction effects and environmental sustainability.

Innovation Solution

A bottle design featuring a curved base with a concave area for efficient tablet dissolution, clear inner and outer walls for visibility, selective coloring for refraction effects, and environmentally friendly materials, along with a reverse draft angle for reduced weight and efficient fluid circulation.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If conventional bottles are designed with basic utilitarian features, then manufacturing simplicity is maintained, but effervescent tablet dissolution efficiency and visibility are insufficient

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvetablet dissolution efficiencyVSAvoidbottle structure complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The bottle is divided into an inner wall and an outer wall as separate components, allowing each to be optimized independently for its specific function while maintaining overall structural integrity

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The inner wall features a curved base with a concave area specifically designed to concentrate effervescent tablets and enhance dissolution efficiency, while other portions of the bottle maintain simpler geometry for manufacturing ease

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

2Loss of information

If the bottle uses clear walls for visibility, then liquid content visibility is improved, but structural strength and durability may be reduced

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveliquid visibilityVSAvoidbottle wall strength

Core Design Contradiction:

Loss of informationVSStrength

Solution Approach 1:

The bottle wall is segmented into inner and outer walls that can be made from different materials or have different properties, allowing the inner wall to be clear for visibility while the outer wall provides additional structural support

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The dual-wall construction effectively creates a composite structure where the combination of inner and outer walls provides both optical transparency and mechanical strength that neither wall alone could achieve

Inventive Principle:

Principle #40Composite materials

3Illumination intensity

If selective coloring is added to create refraction effects, then visual appeal is improved, but manufacturing complexity and cost increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improverefraction effect visibilityVSAvoidmanufacturing simplicity

Core Design Contradiction:

Illumination intensityVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

Selective coloring is applied only to specific portions of the bottle where refraction effects are most desired, rather than uniformly across the entire surface, reducing manufacturing complexity while maintaining visual appeal

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The bottle incorporates selective coloring that creates refraction effects by varying color properties in different regions, allowing light to bend and create visually appealing patterns when liquid is present

Inventive Principle:

Principle #32Color changes

4Weight of moving object

If a reverse draft angle is implemented, then bottle weight is reduced, but structural stability may be compromised

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvebottle weightVSAvoidbottle structural stability

Core Design Contradiction:

Weight of moving objectVSStability of the object's composition

Solution Approach 1:

The reverse draft angle creates a curved, spherical-like base portion that distributes structural loads more evenly, maintaining stability while reducing material usage and overall weight compared to traditional straight-sided bottle designs

Inventive Principle:

Principle #14Spheroidality (Curvature)

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 bottle efficiently dissolves effervescent tablets, provides visible effervescence through clear walls, and creates a refraction effect with selective coloring, while being lightweight and environmentally friendly.

Implementation Method 1

the shape of the inner wall intersections with the curved base to allow fluid to circulate more turbulently near the curved base to again provide more efficient dissolution of the tablet

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectTurbulence: Turbulence

Implementation Method 2

Both the outer wall and the inner wall are clear such that liquid contained within the inner wall is visible through the outer wall

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectRefraction: Refraction

Implementation Method 3

the selective coloring is designed to create a refraction effect with specific colors of liquid contained in the bottle

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectRefraction: Refraction

Data Source

PatentUS11021291B1Refracting bottle

Publication Date: 2021.06.01 ONE HOME BRANDS INC

AI summary

A bottle is provided. In one aspect, the bottle includes an outer wall. An inner wall is surrounded by the outer wall and is separated from the outer wall by a first distance. A curved base extends from the inner wall. The curved base includes a concave area centrally disposed with respect to the inner wall. The concave area is configured to receive a tablet.