Tissue Break-through Testing Apparatus with Sneeze Simulation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Consumers face difficulty in understanding the break-through strength of bath and facial tissue products, as existing methods fail to provide a clear and meaningful comparison, leading to inadequate communication of superior technical aspects by manufacturers.
Innovation Solution
An apparatus comprising a dose addition assembly and sample holder with platens, simulating a human sneeze by expelling a synthetic mucous-air mixture onto the tissue product, allowing for qualitative testing and demonstration of break-through strength between different tissue products.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If traditional technical data and marketing methods are used to communicate tissue product properties, then manufacturers can provide detailed technical characteristics, but consumers cannot understand the technical nuances and break-through strength differences
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a simplified visual copy of the tissue breakdown process through a controlled testing apparatus. Instead of presenting complex technical data, the apparatus produces visual demonstrations that replicate real-world tissue performance under standardized conditions, making technical properties understandable to consumers
Solution Approach 2:
The apparatus transforms abstract technical parameters (break-through strength, softness, absorbency) into visual observable parameters. By controlling test conditions and measuring specific physical properties, the system converts难以理解的technical characteristics into clear visual demonstrations that consumers can comprehend
2Ease of operation
If tissue products are made softer to meet consumer comfort demands, then the tissue feels good to use, but the break-through strength is insufficient and the tissue fails catastrophically under load
Solution Approach 1:
The testing apparatus applies progressively increasing force to the tissue sample until breakdown occurs. This partial action approach allows measurement of the exact point where softness transitions to structural failure, providing quantitative data on the balance between comfort and strength
Solution Approach 2:
The apparatus pre-conditions tissue samples and standardizes test parameters before conducting the break-through strength test. This preliminary preparation ensures that softness and strength measurements are taken under consistent conditions, allowing accurate comparison between different tissue products
3Reliability
If manufacturers want to provide clear and fair public demonstration of break-through strength, then consumers can understand product differences, but no standardized apparatus currently exists to enable such demonstrations
Solution Approach 1:
The testing apparatus is divided into distinct functional modules: sample mounting mechanism, controlled force application system, and measurement/detection components. This segmentation allows for standardized manufacturing of individual modules while maintaining overall system reliability for consistent break-through strength demonstrations
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AI summary
An apparatus for testing the break-through strength of a tissue product is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a dose addition assembly having an opening and a sample holder. The sample holder comprises a lower platen and an upper platen disposed in a fact to face relationship and each having coextensive openings disposed therein. The opening of the dose addition assembly is disposed proximate to one of the openings disposed within the upper and lower platens. A substance is disposed within the dose addition assembly and is capable of being expectorated from the opening of the dose addition assembly through one of the openings disposed within the upper and lower platens onto a tissue product disposed between the upper and lower platens and within the openings disposed within the upper and lower platens.