Umbrella Spring Bottle Cushioning for Tablet Protection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Pharmaceutical tablets and capsules are prone to breakage and deformation during transport due to direct transmission of vibrations and impacts from the bottle wall, and existing damping solutions do not adequately address these issues, leading to continued damage.
Innovation Solution
A bottle with an umbrella-shaped spring element or flexible cushioning means that automatically aligns and unfolds with the filling volume, providing enhanced cushioning and protection by distributing impact forces and reducing direct contact between packaged goods.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If air-filled bags or cotton wool are used as damping means, then tablet breakage is reduced, but device complexity and space occupation increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs a flexible damping film made of elastomeric material that lines the bottle interior. This thin film provides cushioning protection throughout the filling volume without requiring bulky discrete elements like air-filled bags or cotton wool, thus reducing device complexity while maintaining reliability
Solution Approach 2:
The invention extracts the damping function from discrete cushioning elements and integrates it into a continuous flexible film structure that is pre-formed and inserted into the bottle, simplifying the overall packaging structure while maintaining protection effectiveness
2Stability of the object's composition
If spring elements are used in closures to stabilize packaged goods, then position stability improves, but impact cushioning capability decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The damping function is segmented from the closure assembly and implemented as a separate flexible film structure within the bottle body, allowing the closure spring to focus on position stabilization while the film handles impact cushioning independently
Solution Approach 2:
The flexible damping film acts as an intermediary between the bottle wall and the packaged tablets, absorbing impact energy before it reaches the tablets, while the closure spring maintains positional stability without directly bearing impact loads
3Object-affected harmful factors
If rigid damping structures are used to buffer impacts, then impact resistance improves, but adaptability to different filling volumes decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The damping structure is made dynamic through the use of a flexible elastomeric film that can deform, expand, and contract according to the filling volume and product characteristics, providing consistent impact protection across varying packaging conditions
Solution Approach 2:
The physical parameters of the damping film (such as its expanded volume and conformal shape) automatically adjust based on the filling volume and product weight, enabling the same damping structure to adapt to different packaging scenarios without losing impact buffering capability
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 significantly reduces the occurrence of tablet breakage and capsule deformation by effectively buffering external impacts and vibrations, while allowing for the inclusion of desiccants without direct contact with the goods, enhancing transport protection.
Implementation Method 1
an umbrella-shaped spring element which, in particular, rests with its center of curvature on the bottom of the bottle and thus at least essentially automatically aligns and/or unfolds to the extent that the filling volume is filled with packaged goods
Implementation Method 2
a soft, flexible damping and/or cushioning agent which is arranged on the bottom of the bottle and which expands when the inner filling volume or filling space of the bottle is filled by being acted upon by the filling material and the force exerted thereby
Data Source
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AI summary
A package in the form of a bottle (1 to 1'''') comprises a damping and/or cushioning means (5) that acts on a packaged good placeable inside the volume (3) of the package and that is disposed between the packaged good and the package wall, said damping and/or cushioning means being adapted to substantially automatically align and/or unfold or compress to a degree of filling of the volume (3) with a packaged good and to shrink or expand and/or unfold to a degree of packaged goods removal at least until a partial removal amount is achieved.