Wet Wipes Package With Split Dispensing and Separation Holes
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing wet wipes storage containers, particularly bottle-type containers, face issues with compactness, production costs, and user convenience due to the difficulty in easily drawing out wet wipes without causing wrinkles and requiring excessive stretching or complex handling.
Innovation Solution
A wet wipes package design featuring a folded wet wipes body with dividing portions, an airtight storage container with a pinching hole and a drawing hole providing frictional resistance, and a freely openable/closable lid, allowing for easy pinching and drawing of wet wipes without distortion, reducing user effort and container size.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a small hole is used to provide resistance for separating wet wipes, then separation is achieved, but it becomes difficult to pass and draw out the tip of wet wipes
Solution Approach 1:
The hole is segmented into two distinct parts: a first hole for pinching and drawing out the wet wipe tip, and a second hole for separation. This segmentation allows each hole to have optimized dimensions for its specific function, resolving the contradiction between ease of drawing out and separation effectiveness
Solution Approach 2:
The extension acts as an intermediary channel connecting the first hole and second hole, guiding the wet wipe from the drawing-out position to the separation position. This intermediary structure enables smooth transition and reduces the difficulty of passing the wet wipe through the separation hole
2Reliability
If wet wipes are drawn through a small hole, then separation occurs, but the wet wipes become wrinkled and require stretching
Solution Approach 1:
By separating the drawing-out function (first hole) from the separation function (second hole), the wet wipe can be drawn out smoothly without being squeezed, maintaining its flat state and eliminating wrinkles that would require stretching
Solution Approach 2:
The extension serves as an intermediary passage that guides the wet wipe in a controlled manner from the first hole to the second hole, preventing direct squeezing through a single small hole and thus avoiding wrinkles
3Reliability
If bottle-type storage containers are used to store rolled wet wipes vertically, then storage is achieved, but the container size increases and production costs rise
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of storing wet wipes in a traditional rolled vertical configuration requiring a tall cylindrical container, the invention inverts the storage approach by using a flat folded body stored horizontally in a compact container, reducing overall container volume and production costs
Solution Approach 2:
The invention transitions from three-dimensional rolled storage to a more space-efficient folded configuration that utilizes the container space more effectively, reducing the required container volume while maintaining storage capacity
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 design enables efficient and easy access to wet wipes, reduces the complexity of use, and minimizes production costs by creating a more compact package that maintains wet wipe quality and user convenience.
Implementation Method 1
a drawing hole linked to the pinching hole to draw out the wet wipes pinched outward from the pinching hole by dividing at each of the dividing portions
Data Source
AI summary
Provided is a compact wet wipes package, wherein wet wipes can be easily drawn from a storage container, and the production cost can be kept low. This wet wipes package is provided with: a wet wipes folded body which is continuously folded and stacked, and in which dividing portions are formed at a predetermined interval; an airtight storage container which is formed to store the wet wipes folded body and includes an opening portion from which stored wet wipes are to be drawn outward; a base plate which is attached to the opening portion and is formed with a pinching hole through which the wet wipes are pinched and drawn outward; a drawing hole which is linked with the pinching hole and functions to divide the wet wipes at the dividing portion; and openable/closable lid which can hermetically close the pinching hole and the drawing hole.