Sealing Device Handling With Dual Pushing for Leak-Resistant Storage
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing sealing devices face issues with leakage during transport and storage due to the valve being in the wrong position, and manufacturing challenges arise from remote assembly of components.
Innovation Solution
A handling device with a support and pushing mechanism ensures the valve is accurately positioned in a closed storage position, using separate forces on the base and discharge pipe to align and attach the protective cap, ensuring the valve remains closed during transport and assembly.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the valve is not positioned in the closed storage position during transport, then the sealing device can be handled more freely, but liquid leakage occurs during transport and storage
Solution Approach 1:
The handling device positions the discharge pipe into the closed storage position before transport begins. This preliminary action ensures the valve is properly sealed in advance, preventing liquid leakage during subsequent transport and storage operations.
2Manufacturing precision
If separate pushing forces are applied to the base and discharge pipe, then the valve positioning precision is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The pushing device is divided into separate pushing elements that can independently apply forces to different components (base and discharge pipe). This segmentation allows precise control of each component's position while maintaining a relatively simple overall device structure through modular design.
3Reliability
If the valve is kept in the closed storage position after filling, then leakage risk is reduced, but the time to access the beverage is increased
Solution Approach 1:
The discharge pipe is designed to be movable between different positions (closed storage position and open utility position). This dynamic capability allows the valve to maintain the secure closed position during transport for leakage prevention, then be quickly opened when the end user needs to access the beverage, minimizing time loss.
Data Source
AI summary
The disclosure relates to a device (100) and method for handling a sealing device (1) in order to position the discharge pipe (10) of a valve (4) of the sealing device into a storage position. The handling device comprises a cap support (150) to be arranged at the downstream side of the protective cap (61) and configured to support the protective cap, and a pushing device (120) arranged at the upstream side of the base and configured to apply a first pushing force on the base (3) and/or valve housing (25) so to urge the base, valve and protective cap against the cap support and to apply a second pushing force on the discharge pipe of the valve to urge the discharge pipe to its storage position.