Fishing Bait Cartridge Speed Loader With Orientation Channels
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Solution Overview
Problem
Filling fishing bait cartridges with gloved hands is initially difficult and inefficient, especially for types like wax worms, grubs, and synthetic bait.
Innovation Solution
A fishing bait cartridge speed loader with a body, bait orientation feeder channels, and a bait cartridge receipt member that aligns with bait cells, allowing for easy attachment and loading of bait cartridges, optionally using a movable inner feeder stop member and a fluid flow system to facilitate rapid bait distribution.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If bait cartridges are filled manually with gloved hands, then hygiene is improved, but filling efficiency and speed deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The device segments the bait loading process into automated channels that guide individual bait items separately into cartridge cells, eliminating manual handling while maintaining hygiene through contactless automated segmentation of the loading process
Solution Approach 2:
The device introduces an intermediary automated loading mechanism with bait orientation feeder channels that mediate between the bait source and cartridge, replacing direct manual contact while preserving hygiene benefits
2Productivity
If a complex automated loading system is implemented, then filling speed is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The device applies local quality by providing targeted alignment features (alignment tabs, alignment channels) only at critical interfaces where precision is needed, rather than complex mechanisms throughout the entire system, achieving efficient loading with minimal complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The device employs self-aligning features where alignment tabs on the cartridge automatically engage with alignment channels in the loader body, and bait items self-orient within feeder channels, eliminating the need for complex active alignment mechanisms
Data Source
AI summary
A fishing bait cartridge speed loader includes a body along an axis comprising an inlet and an outlet; a multiple of bait orientation feeder channels within the inlet to the body; and a bait cartridge receipt member adjacent to the outlet to receive a bait cartridge along the axis such that each of the multiple of bait orientation feeder channels are aligned with at least one of a multiple of bait cells within the bait cartridge.