Ventilated Bottle Cap with Raised Pads for Scent Release
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional bottle and cap packaging designs fail to allow consumers to easily access the scent of the product inside without the need for external scratch pads.
Innovation Solution
A bottle and cap configuration featuring raised pads that create ventilation gaps between the cap and bottle, allowing scent to escape through the threads and interruptions in the neck threads, enabling the product's aroma to be released without external aids.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the cap is tightly sealed to the bottle neck, then the sealing performance is improved, but the consumer cannot access the scent of the product without external scratch pads
Solution Approach 1:
The cap's internal surface is segmented into multiple functional zones: a sealed lower portion that maintains the seal, and an upper portion with a ventilation gap that allows scent access. This segmentation enables the cap to simultaneously provide both sealing and scent release functions without requiring external scratch pads.
Solution Approach 2:
A ventilation gap is introduced as an intermediary space between the cap and bottle neck. This gap serves as a mediator that allows scent molecules to pass through while maintaining the overall sealing structure. The gap is positioned to enable scent access without compromising the seal integrity.
2Device complexity
If the cap structure is simplified without ventilation features, then the device complexity is reduced, but the consumer experience is worsened due to inability to smell the product
Solution Approach 1:
The cap structure is divided into functional segments: a sealed lower portion for maintaining integrity and an upper portion with integrated ventilation gaps. This segmentation allows the simple cap design to inherently provide both sealing and scent release without adding complex external mechanisms.
Solution Approach 2:
The cap structure itself provides the scent release function through its own ventilation gaps, eliminating the need for external scratch pads or additional mechanisms. The cap serves multiple functions (sealing and scent release) through its inherent design, making the system self-sufficient.
3Ease of operation
If ventilation gaps are added to the cap-bottle interface, then scent access is improved, but the sealing performance may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The cap's internal surface is segmented into a sealed lower portion that maintains the seal and an upper portion with ventilation gaps for scent access. This spatial segmentation ensures that the ventilation function is isolated to specific areas, preventing compromise of the overall sealing performance.
Solution Approach 2:
The ventilation gap acts as an intermediary space that is strategically positioned and sized to allow scent passage while maintaining seal integrity. The gap serves as a controlled intermediary zone that balances the competing requirements of sealing and ventilation.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables consumers to easily perceive the scent of the product without additional scratch pads, enhancing user experience by allowing the aroma to escape through designed gaps and interruptions in the threading system.
Implementation Method 1
the at least one raised pad creates a ventilation gap permitting a scent of a substance contained in the well of the bottle an escape path between the upper ledge of the bottle and the underneath side surface of the mid-section projection
Data Source
AI summary
In one embodiment there is provided a bottle and cap package configuration designed to hold a solid substance and provide an escape path for a scent of the substance. The cap has an internal surface with a mid-section projection to cooperatively rest on an upper ledge of the bottle neck. At least one raised pad is positioned between the upper ledge of the bottle and the underneath side surface of the mid-section projection such that when the cap is positioned on the neck of the bottle, the at least one raised pad creates a ventilation gap permitting a scent of a substance contained in the well of the bottle an escape path between the upper ledge of the bottle and the underneath side surface of the mid-section projection and then around the threads to under the bottom surface edge of the cap.