Refrigerating container
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing refrigerating containers for bottles are large, heavy, difficult to handle, and cannot accommodate bottles requiring different storage temperatures or be stacked without blocking access to underlying containers.
Innovation Solution
A refrigerating container with a hollow body and interlocking mechanism allowing horizontal bottle orientation, enabling independent temperature control and stable stacking, featuring a thermoelectric cell for efficient temperature maintenance and lightweight design.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If bottles are stored upright in a refrigerating container, then the container structure is simple, but stacking multiple containers becomes impossible and access to underlying containers is blocked
Solution Approach 1:
The patent inverts the traditional upright bottle storage orientation to horizontal storage. This inversion allows the container lid to remain accessible from the side while enabling stable stacking of multiple containers vertically, resolving the conflict between structural simplicity and stacking capability
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transitions from vertical bottle orientation to horizontal orientation, effectively using another spatial dimension to solve the stacking problem. By laying bottles horizontally, the container design enables vertical stacking without blocking access to underlying containers
2Device complexity
If all bottles are stored at the same temperature, then the refrigerating container structure is simple, but bottles requiring different storage temperatures cannot be accommodated
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the refrigerating container into multiple independent compartments, each capable of storing bottles at different temperatures. This segmentation allows different temperature zones within a single container, enabling storage of bottles requiring different temperatures while maintaining a relatively simple overall structure
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies different thermal characteristics to different regions of the container by providing insulating elements selectively in certain compartments. This local quality approach allows specific areas to maintain different temperatures, accommodating diverse storage requirements without complicating the entire system
3Quantity of substance
If the refrigerating container is made large to accommodate multiple bottles, then storage capacity increases, but the container becomes heavy and difficult to handle
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides a large storage capacity into multiple smaller, modular containers that can be stacked. Each individual container remains lightweight and easy to handle, while the stacked configuration achieves high storage capacity, resolving the contradiction between size and handleability
Solution Approach 2:
The patent designs containers that can be nested or stacked together, with smaller containers fitting within or alongside larger ones. This nesting approach maximizes storage capacity while keeping individual container units compact and manageable in size and weight
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
Enables stable, compact, and easy-to-handle refrigerating apparatus with independent temperature control for each bottle, facilitating efficient temperature maintenance without power supply.
Implementation Method 1
The hollow body further accommodates refrigerating means, comprising a Peltier cell
Data Source
AI summary
A refrigerating container for bottles includes a hollow body and refrigerating means. The hollow body includes an inner wall delimiting an inner cavity, an outer wall extending around the inner wall, and a dividing wall which is arranged in the region of a rear end of the hollow body and divides the inner cavity into front and rear portions. The outer wall of the hollow body includes a bottom base side, first lateral sides extending upwards from respective ends of the bottom base side, horizontal sides extending parallel to the bottom base side from respective upper ends of the first lateral sides, second lateral sides extending upwards from inner ends of respective horizontal sides, and an upper base side joining the upper ends of the second lateral sides and extending parallel to the bottom base side.