Sanitary Product Application Device with Distancing Elements
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing devices for applying sanitary-hygiene products, such as foaming and disinfecting tablets, face issues with inaccurate and unstable positioning, incomplete product distribution due to insufficient water immersion, and difficulty in monitoring product quantity, leading to inadequate disinfecting action and unnecessary replacement.
Innovation Solution
A device featuring a deformable primary container with a forming unit and mechanical dispensing unit, allowing intuitive and one-handed application of viscous adhesive products directly onto surfaces, with distancing elements and a cap-shaped design for precise positioning and controlled release, eliminating the need for removable supports and simplifying production and use.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If foaming tablets are inserted in perforated containers positioned close to the inside edge of the basin, then the tablets can be positioned for product release, but the positioning is inaccurate and unstable and the water flow does not completely immerse the tablet
Solution Approach 1:
The invention extracts the tablet from the traditional perforated container and applies it directly to the basin surface using an application device. This eliminates the container structure that caused positioning instability and incomplete immersion, allowing the tablet to be precisely positioned and fully immersed by water flow directly on the basin surface.
Solution Approach 2:
The application device acts as an intermediary tool that enables precise application of the tablet directly onto the basin surface. This mediator ensures accurate positioning and proper immersion orientation, resolving the contradiction between positioning accuracy and reliable disinfecting action.
2Quantity of substance
If containers are used to hold foaming tablets, then the tablets can be distributed, but it is difficult to verify the quantity of product remaining in the container
Solution Approach 1:
The invention eliminates the opaque perforated container structure that hid the tablet quantity. By applying the tablet directly to the basin surface, the product becomes visible and easily monitorable, resolving the difficulty of detecting remaining product quantity.
Solution Approach 2:
The tablet itself serves as a visual indicator of product quantity. As the tablet is progressively consumed through water immersion and foaming action, its size and presence are clearly visible on the basin surface, enabling easy monitoring without requiring transparent containers or complex measurement systems.
3Ease of operation
If traditional perforated containers are used for tablets, then product release is possible, but the positioning is unstable and product distribution is insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The invention removes the unstable perforated container structure and applies the tablet directly to the basin surface. This eliminates the positioning instability inherent in container-based systems while maintaining simple application through the application device, achieving both ease of operation and positioning stability.
4Device complexity
If adhesive products are applied directly to surfaces without supporting elements, then the supports must be removed at end of use, but this eliminates the need for removable supports and simplifies production
Solution Approach 1:
The invention extracts and eliminates the supporting container structure entirely, applying the adhesive tablet directly to the basin surface. This removes the complexity of removable supports and simplifies production, as only the application device and tablet are needed without any intermediate container components.
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
Ensures complete immersion and controlled distribution of products, enhancing disinfecting efficacy, simplifying product management, reducing costs, and allowing easy fragrance substitution, while maintaining product visibility and progressive consumption.
Implementation Method 1
The primary container (20) is deformable and suitable for being pressed, or squeezed, so as to release the product through an outlet mouth (22)
Implementation Method 2
The distancing elements (32) are capable of maintaining a prefixed distance between the outlet hole (31) and the application surface
Implementation Method 3
a primary container (20) for the distribution of a product in the form of a viscous adhesive paste with detergent and/or perfuming and/or hygienizing properties
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AI summary
An application device of sanitary hygiene products in the form of tablets or "soaps" containing foaming adhesive and/ or disinfecting products which can be positioned on a wall of a sanitary fixture comprises a primary container (20) for the distribution of the product by means of a mouth (22), wherein the mouth of said container (20) is associated with a forming unit (30) of the product dispensed, equipped with a hole (31) for the release of the product and distancing elements (32) for the application of the product on the wall of a sanitary fixture, wherein the primary container (20) has deformable or flexible walls which can be squeezed for dispensing the product by pressure through the outlet mouth (22), said distancing elements being suitable for resting on the above wall during the distribution phases of the product.