Removable Stopper with Variable Volume Chamber for Controlled Product Release
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing devices for releasing additives in cosmetic and pharmaceutical products lack user control, result in inhomogeneous distribution, and are not adaptable to various container sizes, leading to inconsistent product quality and potential premature rupture during transport.
Innovation Solution
A removable device with a rigid chamber of variable volume, featuring a cap and insert that screw together to crush and rupture a reservoir, ensuring controlled release and adaptability to different container sizes, with a screw thread mechanism for precise volume reduction and minimal user effort.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the device uses a fixed volume chamber design, then the structure is simpler, but it cannot adapt to different container sizes and results in inconsistent product quality
Solution Approach 1:
The chamber is designed with a movable bottom that can change position, transforming the fixed volume chamber into a dynamic one. This allows the chamber volume to adapt to different container sizes while maintaining a relatively simple overall device structure. The movable bottom acts as the dynamic element that adjusts the chamber configuration.
2Manufacturing precision
If the device allows user-controlled rupture, then genuine mixing is achieved, but user strength variation causes inconsistent release quantity
Solution Approach 1:
The device incorporates a safety member that provides feedback control on the rupture action. The safety member includes a breakable element that prevents premature rupture during transport but allows controlled rupture when proper force is applied. This feedback mechanism ensures consistent release quantity regardless of variations in user strength, while still maintaining user control over the timing of the rupture.
3Reliability
If the device prevents premature rupture, then product integrity is maintained, but the structure becomes more complex with additional safety components
Solution Approach 1:
The safety member acts as an intermediary element between the chamber and the rupture mechanism. It includes a breakable element that serves as a controlled weak point, allowing the device to maintain product integrity during storage and transport while enabling reliable rupture when needed. This intermediary component prevents premature rupture without requiring complex safety systems.
4Manufacturing precision
If the device uses progressive release of aromatic composition, then the structure is simpler, but inhomogeneous distribution occurs in the final product
Solution Approach 1:
The device is designed to rupture the chamber and release the aromatic composition into the container before the final product is assembled or used. This preliminary action ensures that the aromatic composition is distributed homogeneously throughout the base product from the beginning, rather than being added progressively during dispensing. The breakable element ensures this preliminary mixing action occurs at the optimal moment.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The device ensures reproducible and controlled release of products, maintaining product integrity during storage and transport, and allows for effective mixing with base products, ensuring consistent organoleptic characteristics and adaptability to various container sizes.
Implementation Method 1
comprising a screw thread (30) engaging with a screw thread (51) interdependent with the neck (50)
Implementation Method 2
causing the rupturing of the rupturable wall (2) by crushing when they are brought together
Data Source
AI summary
The present invention relates to a removable device for preserving and releasing a product contained in a reservoir (2) having a rupturable wall. Said device is in the form of a stopper (1) intended to be fitted on a container (5), and comprises:a cap (3) which is able to engage with the neck (50) of the container (5) and through which passes a hollow dispensing tube (12) which leads into said container (5),and an insert (4) able to be positioned on or in the neck (50) of the container.The cap (3) and the insert (4) delimit a rigid chamber (10) of variable volume, containing at least one reservoir (2) containing said product and at least one opening (11) for releasing the product in the container (5).Means enable the cap (3) and the insert (4) to be moved closer together, reducing the volume of the chamber (10) and rupturing the reservoirs (2). These means consist of a screw thread (30) present on the cap (3) and engaging with the screw thread (51) on the neck (50).