Wine Bottle Positioning Sleeve With Rotating Impact Protection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current wine storage solutions fail to effectively prevent wine bottles from displacement, damage due to vibration, shake, or impact, while maintaining optimal storage conditions of constant temperature, humidity, and protection from light.
Innovation Solution
A wine bottle positioning device with a sleeving component and auxiliary positioning sleeve, featuring a torsion spring mechanism and positioning fins, ensures wine bottles are securely positioned to lie flat, preventing displacement and damage, and includes a sensing system for easy management and tracking.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If wine bottles are stored in a conventional storage rack, then storage capacity is maximized, but wine bottles are vulnerable to displacement, damage from vibration, shake, or impact
Solution Approach 1:
The positioning sleeve is nested within the positioning base, creating a multi-layer protective structure. The door cover is nested within the positioning base and can rotate to provide additional protection. This nested arrangement provides comprehensive protection for wine bottles while maintaining a compact overall structure that fits within conventional storage rack dimensions.
Solution Approach 2:
The storage system is segmented into distinct functional components: positioning base, positioning sleeve, and door cover. Each component performs a specific protective function - the base provides structural support, the sleeve prevents lateral displacement, and the door cover protects against impact. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized for its specific function while collectively providing comprehensive protection.
2Reliability
If a positioning device with multiple components is used to secure wine bottles, then protection against displacement and damage is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple protective functions are merged into a single integrated positioning device. The positioning base, positioning sleeve, and door cover work together as a unified system that provides comprehensive protection against displacement, vibration, and impact. This merging reduces the need for multiple separate devices while maintaining high reliability.
Solution Approach 2:
The door cover is designed to be rotatable rather than fixed, allowing it to adapt to different access requirements. When access is needed, the door cover can rotate open; when protection is needed, it returns to its protective position. This dynamic element provides flexibility without requiring complex mechanical systems.
3Ease of operation
If a rotatable door cover is added to the positioning device, then accessibility and management ease are improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The door cover is designed as a rotatable component that can dynamically switch between protective and accessible states. This simple rotational movement provides easy access to wine bottles without requiring complex locking mechanisms or multiple moving parts, maintaining ease of operation while minimizing added complexity.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The device ensures wine bottles are securely positioned to prevent displacement and damage, enhancing storage safety and reliability while facilitating categorization and management within a wine storage apparatus.
Implementation Method 1
a torsion spring sleeved on the pivot portion. The torsion spring includes a first end and a second end opposite to the first end. The first end abuts against the cover portion, and the second end abuts against the positioning base.
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AI summary
A wine bottle positioning device includes a sleeving component and a door cover. The sleeving component includes a positioning base and a positioning sleeve connected to the positioning base. The door cover is movably disposed at the positioning base. Another wine bottle positioning device is also provided. A wine storage apparatus is also provided.