Adjustable Slide Receiving Container for Drone Consignment Transfer
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Solution Overview
Problem
The transfer of consignments from unmanned flyable transporting devices to receiving containers is difficult, particularly due to the risk of damaging fragile items, as traditional methods like dropping the consignment are not feasible.
Innovation Solution
A receiving container with a rotatable, pivotable, and adjustable slide that allows consignments to be easily delivered into various compartments using gravitational force, guided by electromechanical devices and low-friction surfaces, ensuring safe and flexible placement.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If the consignment is dropped from the transporting device onto the receiving container, then the transfer process is simple and fast, but the fragile consignment may be damaged
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a receiving container as an intermediary structure between the transporting device and the final destination. The container includes a receiving compartment that catches the consignment during transfer, and a cushioning element that absorbs impact forces, thereby mediating between the high-speed delivery requirement and the protection of fragile items
Solution Approach 2:
The patent employs cushioning elements positioned in advance within the receiving container to absorb impact before the consignment reaches its final position. This prior cushioning prevents damage during the transfer process while maintaining transfer speed, as the cushioning is already in place before the consignment arrives
2Adaptability or versatility
If the receiving container is provided for a plurality of recipients, then the system serves multiple users, but the complexity of managing multiple compartments increases
Solution Approach 1:
The receiving container is divided into multiple receiving compartments, each assigned to a specific recipient. This segmentation allows the system to serve multiple users independently while keeping each compartment's management simple and straightforward, with each compartment having its own access mechanism
Solution Approach 2:
The receiving container serves multiple functions: it acts as a transfer station for the transporting device, a storage compartment for multiple recipients, and an access control point. This multi-functionality allows a single structure to handle diverse operations without proportionally increasing complexity
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables reliable and efficient transfer of consignments into predetermined compartments, protecting fragile items and allowing for autonomous operation, with the ability to adapt to different compartment arrangements and sizes, facilitating delivery outside traditional store opening times.
Implementation Method 1
a consignment transferred from the unmanned flyable transporting device to the receiving container is deliverable in a particularly easy way into one of the number of receiving compartments by gravitational force
Data Source
AI summary
A receiving container for keeping a consignment transferred to the receiving container by an unmanned flyable transporting device includes a slide extending between a beginning of the slide and an end of the slide and a plurality of receiving compartments, provided in the region of the end of the slide, for receiving the consignment. The slide is one or more of rotatable about the vertical, pivotable about the horizontal and adjustable in length between the beginning of the slide and the end of the slide in order to deliver the consignment obtained from the transporting device at the beginning of the slide into one of the plurality of receiving compartments at the end of the slide.