Brewing article cladding structure
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional brewing substance packaging structures, such as tea bags, have a fixed shape that cannot be adjusted, limiting their design and application, as they cannot be compressed or altered in size, which restricts their use and convenience.
Innovation Solution
A brewing substance packaging structure that includes a covered part with a rope body, a positioning body, and a plate body with a through hole, allowing the positioning body to be adjusted between positions to compress the covered part, reducing its volume by pulling the rope body through the plate body, enabling the structure to be hung and adjusted for brewing.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a conventional fixed shape packaging structure is used, then the structure is simple and easy to manufacture, but the adaptability and usability are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The packaging structure incorporates a flexible folded body with fold line units that allow dynamic shape changes. The body can transition between expanded and compressed states through the fold lines, enabling adaptability while maintaining a relatively simple overall structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The packaging uses a flexible folded body made of stretchable material with fold line units. This flexible structure allows the body to be compressed and expanded without complex mechanical components, resolving the contradiction between adaptability and structural complexity.
2Volume of moving object
If the packaging structure is made compressible, then the volume can be reduced for storage, but the manufacturing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The packaging body is divided into multiple sections by fold line units, creating a segmented structure that can be easily compressed and expanded. This segmentation allows volume reduction through simple folding actions without requiring complex compression mechanisms.
Solution Approach 2:
The packaging utilizes changes in the physical state of the fold line units between folded and unfolded configurations. This parameter change approach allows volume control through simple structural transformation rather than complex mechanical compression, maintaining ease of manufacture.
3Ease of operation
If a rope body is used to control the packaging shape, then the usability and control are improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The rope body serves multiple functions: it acts as a handle for holding the packaging, a compression tool for reducing volume, and a suspension element for hanging the tea bag. This multi-functionality improves ease of operation without significantly increasing device complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The rope body is integrated with the packaging structure by being threaded through the folded body and positioned body, combining the functions of control, compression, and suspension into a single component system, thereby improving usability without adding excessive complexity.
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
This design allows users to control the appearance and volume of the brewing substance packaging, enhancing its usability by allowing it to be compressed and separated from brewed tea without opening the lid, preventing spills and maintaining the brewing substance's quality.
Implementation Method 1
when the positioning body is located in the first position, the positioning body is driven by gravity of the covered part, so that the plate body touches the positioning body with the through hole part
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AI summary
A brewing substance packaging structure, which is suitable to be hanged on a plate body with a though hole, includes a covered part provided for water flowing through, and the brewing substance is placed inside, a positioning body and a rope body. The positioning body is a structure that may pass through the though hole of the plate body and stop at the plate body. One end of the rope body is passed through one side of the covered part and fixed to another side of the covered part, and another end of the rope body is fixed to the positioning body. The positioning body is used to pass through the though hole of the plate body and be adjusted between a first position and a second position, so that the rope body is movably set inside the though hole of the plate body. When the positioning body is located in the first position, the positioning body is driven by gravity of the covered part, so that the plate body touches the positioning body with the though hole part. When the positioning body is located in the second position, the positioning body is adjusted with a specific distance to the though hole, and the covered part is pulled by the rope body and press the plate body to form a compression shape.