Tag Housing Assembly with Movable Retaining Device for Bottle Neck
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing tag housings for bottles with extending necks and undercuts are difficult to remove after serving their purpose, often requiring forceful separation or multiple components, which increases costs and user inconvenience.
Innovation Solution
A dual-component tag housing assembly with a retaining device featuring flexible fingers and a movable section that adjusts aperture size, allowing secure attachment and easy removal using a specialized tool, reducing the need for multiple components and simplifying the detachment process.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If flexible fingers are tightened onto the bottle neck using a cable tie to secure the tag housing, then the tag housing is securely attached to the bottle neck, but removal becomes difficult and cumbersome requiring forceful separation
Solution Approach 1:
The retaining device incorporates a movable section that can transition between a first position (secured to the base plate) and a second position (disengaged from the base plate). This dynamic capability allows the aperture to be adjusted from a secured state for reliable attachment to a released state for easy removal, resolving the contradiction between secure attachment and ease of removal.
Solution Approach 2:
The retaining device is divided into a first section fixedly attached to the base plate and a second section movably attached to the base plate. This segmentation allows the movable second section to be independently positioned, enabling the aperture to transition between secured and released states without requiring multiple separate components.
2Ease of operation
If a cable tie is severed to release the grip of the fingers around the bottle neck, then the tag housing can be removed, but the process is time-consuming and requires destructive action
Solution Approach 1:
The movable section can be quickly repositioned from the first position to the second position using a simple tool engagement mechanism, eliminating the need for time-consuming cable tie severing operations. The tool engages the movable section and pulls it to the second position, rapidly releasing the grip on the bottle neck.
Solution Approach 2:
A removal tool serves as an intermediary mechanism that engages with the movable section of the retaining device. This tool mediates the release process by mechanically pulling the movable section to the second position, providing a fast and non-destructive removal method compared to severing cable ties.
3Ease of operation
If the tag housing is formed of multiple components to enable tool-assisted removal, then removal becomes easier, but the cost of the tag housing increases
Solution Approach 1:
The retaining device is segmented into two sections (first section fixedly attached, second section movably attached) within a single housing structure. This segmentation provides tool-assisted removal capability while maintaining a relatively simple integrated design, avoiding the need for numerous separate components.
Solution Approach 2:
The movable retaining device combines multiple functions (retention, adjustment, and tool-based release) into a single integrated component structure. The housing incorporates both the fixed and movable sections, merging what could be separate components into one unified assembly, thereby reducing overall complexity and cost.
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
The solution enables secure attachment and easy, tool-assisted removal of the tag housing from the bottle neck, reducing user effort and production costs by eliminating the need for complex multi-component designs.
Implementation Method 1
The retaining device includes a first section fixedly attached to the base plate and a second section that is movably attached to the base plate... the distal ends of the fingers engage the perimetrical undercut
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AI summary
A tag housing assembly (110) for attaching an electronic tag to an extending neck of a bottle with a perimetrical undercut thereabout. The tag housing assembly includes a tag housing, at least one electronic tag (115) and a retaining device (116, 122). The tag housing comprises an upper housing portion (112) having a top surface (111) and a perimetrical exterior side wall (113) extending downwardly from edges of the top surface and a lower housing portion (114) having a base and a fixed retaining device (122) fixedly attached to the base and extending upwardly therefrom. The top surface of the upper housing portion and the base of the lower housing portion define an interior. The at least one electronic tag (115) is located in the interior. A movable retaining device (116) is configured to be seated in the lower housing portion, wherein the upper housing portion is configured to be engaged with the lower housing portion and secured thereon.