Adapter frame, assembly, and suction unit
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing particle collecting containers for cyclone pre-separators are difficult to handle due to their design, which does not allow for efficient stacking and secure attachment to suction devices and other bases, leading to cumbersome transportation and storage.
Innovation Solution
An adapter frame with a rectangular underside and peripheral walls that provides a releasable, vertically tension-proof coupling with bases, allowing for the horizontal stabilization and efficient stacking of particle collecting containers with a conical shape, and compatible with various coupling systems for versatile use.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If particle collecting containers are designed with a conical shape for efficient stacking, then storage efficiency and handleability are improved, but secure attachment to bases becomes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The adapter frame serves as an intermediary component between the conical particle collecting container and the base. The container fits into the receptacle of the adapter frame, which in turn attaches to the base through coupling mechanisms. This mediator allows the conical container to be securely attached without modifying the container's efficient conical shape.
Solution Approach 2:
The system is divided into three separate components: the particle collecting container, the adapter frame, and the base. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized independently - the container for efficient stacking with its conical shape, and the adapter frame for secure attachment with its coupling mechanisms.
2Productivity
If particle collecting containers are designed for inter-stacking to improve storage efficiency, then storage space utilization is improved, but secure horizontal stabilization becomes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The adapter frame acts as a stabilizing intermediary that receives the conical particle collecting container in its receptacle. The adapter frame's structure provides the necessary horizontal stabilization, allowing conical containers to be securely stacked without compromising their efficient conical design.
3Adaptability or versatility
If a universal adapter frame is designed to be compatible with multiple coupling systems, then versatility is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The adapter frame is designed with universal coupling mechanisms that can interface with different base types and coupling systems. This multi-functionality allows a single adapter frame design to work with various suction devices and bases, achieving versatility without requiring multiple specialized components.
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AI summary
An adapter frame for mounting onto a base, in particular a suction device, a system box and/or a roller board, and for receiving a particle collecting container for a cyclone pre-separator, where the adapter frame includes a rectangular underside and adapter frame peripheral walls extending upwards from the underside, and lower adapter frame couplers, designed to provide a releasable, vertically tension-proof coupling to the base when the adapter frame is positioned on the base. The adapter frame on its upper side has a container receptacle for receiving the particle collecting container, the horizontal inner contour of which tapers towards the underside, so that the container receptacle is able to receive and horizontally stabilise a particle collecting container having an outer contour tapering downwards.