Reusable Dispensing Container Insert With Leak-Blocking Support Plug
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Solution Overview
Problem
Single-use packaging containers contribute significantly to waste accumulation in landfills and waterways, necessitating the development of reusable packaging solutions.
Innovation Solution
A container system featuring a container insert with a material chamber, elongated projections, a driving member, a support member, and a plug member that allows for controlled dispensing of materials through rotational mechanisms, ensuring reusability and preventing material leakage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If single-use packaging containers are used, then ease of operation and convenience are improved, but waste accumulation and environmental harm increase
Solution Approach 1:
The container system is divided into separable components: a reusable outer container and removable container inserts. This segmentation allows the main container to be reused multiple times while enabling easy replacement of inserts, combining the benefits of reusability with operational convenience. The insert can be removed and replaced without affecting the integrity of the main container structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables recovery and reuse of the main container through multiple dispensing cycles, while allowing easy disposal or replacement of consumable inserts. This approach recovers the investment in the main container structure while maintaining the convenience of having replaceable inserts that can be easily discarded when depleted.
2Object-generated harmful factors
If reusable container inserts are used, then waste reduction is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
By segmenting the container into a reusable outer container and removable inserts, the system reduces overall complexity compared to designing a completely reusable insert system. The simple removable insert structure avoids complex sealing and cleaning mechanisms while still enabling waste reduction through reuse of the main container.
Solution Approach 2:
The consumable portion is extracted as a separate removable insert, simplifying the reusable components. This extraction allows the main container to have a simple, robust structure optimized for reuse, while the insert handles the consumable material with minimal complexity requirements.
3Reliability
If a support member is added to prevent material passage, then leakage prevention is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The support member is merged with the plug member into an integrated assembly that performs both structural support and leakage prevention functions. This combining of functions reduces the number of separate components needed while maintaining reliable leakage prevention through the coordinated action of the support and plug members.
Data Source
AI summary
A container system includes a container insert including a material chamber and a number of ridges positioned along the material chamber. The system also includes a driving member engaged with and rotatable relative to the container insert, and a support member is positioned in the material chamber and includes a support surface on which a material in the material chamber may be positioned. A plug member is positioned between the support member and the container insert, and is configured to prevent passage between the support member and the container insert of a material which may be positioned in the material chamber. The support member is engaged with the driving member and movable in the material chamber in response to rotation of the driving member relative to the container insert, and the number of ridges limit rotation of the support member relative to the container insert.