Anchor Device for Artificial Fish Habitat Stability
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing artificial fish habitats face challenges such as instability in water currents, difficulty in deployment and retrieval, entanglement with fishing lines, high costs, and limited fish attraction duration, necessitating an improved anchoring solution for artificial structures in aquatic environments.
Innovation Solution
An anchor device comprising a base, central column, and top plate, secured with a concrete block, allowing for quick deployment and stability of artificial fish habitats, with a central mast that can be easily connected and disconnected for secure anchoring in water bodies.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional anchoring methods are used for artificial fish habitats, then the structure can be anchored in water bodies, but the structure becomes unstable in water currents and difficult to deploy and retrieve
Solution Approach 1:
The anchor device is divided into separate components: a base portion with concrete block, a central column, and a top plate that can be assembled in the water. This segmentation allows easy deployment by simply connecting the pieces together at the deployment site, while the integrated concrete block provides stable anchoring in currents.
Solution Approach 2:
The anchor device allows for dynamic assembly and disassembly in the water column. The central column can be easily connected to and disconnected from the base and top plate, enabling quick deployment and retrieval operations while maintaining stable anchoring when assembled.
2Reliability
If conventional anchoring structures are used, then the artificial habitat can be secured, but entanglement with fishing lines occurs and costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The harmful feature of entanglement-prone complex anchoring structures is removed by using a simple, streamlined design with a central column and plate structure that minimizes protruding elements. This extraction of complexity eliminates the entanglement problem while the concrete block base maintains securing capability.
3Adaptability or versatility
If existing artificial habitats are deployed, then fish can be attracted, but the attraction duration is limited and deployment is complex
Solution Approach 1:
The artificial habitat system is segmented into an independent anchor device and the habitat structure itself. This allows the habitat to be deployed separately and then quickly anchored using the simple base-column-plate structure, reducing overall deployment complexity while maintaining fish attraction capability through proper positioning.
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AI summary
The present invention is an anchor for an artificial structure for attracting fish within a body of water. The structure is comprised of a base and has a central attachment post, a central column configured to secure to the attachment post, and a protective plate.