Loading Bucket With Articulated Side Wall and Endless Screw
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing loading and unloading buckets face difficulties in efficiently unloading products with long fibers, such as grass silage, due to structural rigidity issues and jamming problems, especially when equipped with accessories like loading claws.
Innovation Solution
A loading and unloading bucket design featuring an endless screw for lateral unloading, combined with an articulated arm that can fully open one or both sides for easy product distribution while maintaining structural rigidity through mechanical connection of the front and back walls.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If the opening in the side wall is enlarged to facilitate unloading of long fiber products, then the unloading efficiency is improved, but the structural rigidity of the bucket deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The side wall is designed as a movable element that can transition between closed and open positions. The articulated arm mechanism allows the side wall to dynamically adapt its configuration, being closed during transport to maintain rigidity and open during unloading to facilitate product discharge, thus resolving the contradiction between structural rigidity and unloading efficiency
2Ease of operation
If the side wall is fully opened to allow easy distribution of difficult products, then the ease of operation is improved, but the structural stability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The articulated arm provides a controlled dynamic opening mechanism that allows the side wall to achieve full opening for easy product distribution while maintaining structural stability through its articulated connection to the bucket body, enabling the structure to adapt between stable closed configuration and fully open operational configuration
3Adaptability or versatility
If the bucket is equipped with a loading claw to increase functionality, then the adaptability is improved, but the structural rigidity deteriorates due to additional forces
Solution Approach 1:
The movable side wall design with articulated arm mechanism allows the bucket to dynamically reinforce its structure during operations involving the loading claw. The side wall can remain closed to maintain rigidity when the claw generates separating forces, while still allowing full opening when needed for product distribution, thus accommodating the additional functional requirement without permanently compromising structural integrity
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Facilitates the easy distribution of difficult products like grass silage with long fibers by ensuring the bucket remains sufficiently rigid during transport and operation, even when equipped with a loading claw.
Implementation Method 1
an articulated arm movable between a closed position of the flank devoid of closure wall and where it joins the front and back walls at their distal parts and a release position of said flank
Implementation Method 2
an endless screw arranged longitudinally against the bottom wall to dump the contents of the cup through its sides
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AI summary
The bucket (100) has a front wall (110) and a rear wall (120) joined by a bottom wall (130). An endless screw (140) is longitudinally disposed against the bottom wall for unloading contents across flanks, where the flanks are free of a closing wall. An articulated arm (250) is moved between a flank closing position, in which the front wall and rear wall are joined, and a flank disengagement position.