Bait Delivery System with Automatic Door and Net Mechanism
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional bait buckets require time-consuming and labor-intensive processes to retrieve live bait, often injuring or stressing the bait due to direct contact with sweaty or chemically treated hands and involve multiple steps, making it inefficient for anglers.
Innovation Solution
A bait delivery system with a lid and a pivotally connected door, a rod with a loop assembly, and a net attached to the lid, allowing for one-handed operation with automatic opening and closing, minimizing bait handling and stress.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a conventional bait bucket with a door on the lid is used, then the bait can be contained securely, but the retrieval process becomes time-consuming and labor-intensive
Solution Approach 1:
The net is pre-positioned inside the bucket and the door is pre-attached to the lid with a pivot connection. When the rod is pulled, these pre-positioned elements automatically engage to capture and retrieve the bait, eliminating the need for manual net deployment and door operation during the retrieval process.
Solution Approach 2:
The rod acts as an intermediary mechanism that connects the user's pulling action to the simultaneous movement of the net and door. By pulling the rod, the user indirectly controls both the net deployment and door opening through the pivot connection, simplifying the operation to a single action.
2Ease of operation
If the dip net is used to retrieve bait from a conventional bucket, then the bait can be captured, but the bait may be injured or stressed by direct contact with hands and the chasing process
Solution Approach 1:
The harmful element of direct hand contact with the bait is extracted from the retrieval process. The net captures the bait entirely within the water, and the bait is transferred to the user's hand only after being lifted out of the water, eliminating stress from sweating hands and chemical contact during the capture process.
Solution Approach 2:
The chasing process is rushed through automatically by the upward movement of the net when the rod is pulled. The bait is captured quickly as the net rises, minimizing the time the bait is subjected to stress from the chasing action and reducing the opportunity for injury.
3Ease of operation
If multiple steps are required to retrieve bait from a conventional bucket, then the bait can be retrieved, but the process becomes inefficient for anglers
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple functions are merged into a single pulling action on the rod. The rod pull simultaneously deploys the net, opens the door via the pivot connection, and lifts the bait out of the bucket. This combines what would traditionally require separate actions (net deployment, door opening, bait lifting) into one efficient motion.
Solution Approach 2:
The rod serves multiple functions: it is the handle for operation, the mechanism for net deployment, and the trigger for door opening through the pivot connection. This multi-functional design eliminates the need for separate tools or actions for each step of the retrieval process.
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AI summary
A bait delivery system having a container for holding water and a lid releasably attached to the container. The lid includes a door opening and a door is pivotally connected to the lid. A rod extends through a rod opening in the lid and a loop assembly is connected to a lower end of the rod. A bait net is connected to the lid and has a lower portion connected to the loop assembly. The loop assembly has a first position adjacent the container bottom and a second position near the lid. The loop assembly is moved from the first position to the second position by raising the rod. In the first position the door is closed and in the second position the door is open. In a preferred embodiment, the door automatically opens as the loop assembly moves from the first to second position and automatically closes as the loop assembly moves from the second to first position.