Circular Holder for Sediment Trapping Containers
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Solution Overview
Problem
Time-series sediment trapping containers in seabed devices are prone to breaking or being missed due to strong tidal currents, leading to incomplete data collection during sediment trapping.
Innovation Solution
A container fixing holder with a circular holder and downward support mechanism is used to securely attach the sediment trapping containers to a rotation plate, preventing them from shaking or being dislodged, and featuring screw-type coupling and mounting holes for stable fixation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the sediment trapping containers are attached directly to the rotation plate without additional fixing mechanisms, then the device complexity is reduced, but the containers are prone to breaking or being dislodged by strong tidal currents
Solution Approach 1:
A circular holder is introduced as an intermediary component between the rotation plate and the sediment trapping containers. The circular holder is fixed to the rotation plate and provides mounting holes for securing the containers, thereby stabilizing them against tidal currents while maintaining a relatively simple overall structure.
2Reliability
If the containers are secured with strong fixing mechanisms, then the container stability improves, but the ease of manufacture decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The fixing mechanism is segmented into separate functional components: the circular holder that is fixed to the rotation plate, and the mounting holes that secure the containers. This segmentation allows for easier manufacturing and assembly, as each component can be produced and assembled independently without requiring complex integrated fixing mechanisms.
3Reliability
If the containers are allowed to rotate freely with the rotation plate, then the time-series trapping function is maintained, but the containers are more susceptible to breaking from tidal currents
Solution Approach 1:
The circular holder provides localized reinforcement at the mounting positions of the containers on the rotation plate. This local quality enhancement protects the containers from tidal currents while allowing the overall rotation plate to maintain its rotational functionality for time-series trapping operations.
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed is a container fixing holder of a time-series sediment trapping device. With respect to the container fixing holder of the time-series sediment trapping device, the time-series sediment trapping device includes a funnel; a frame disposed to support and surround the funnel, a frame having at least one rod vertically disposed and a fixing plate coupled to the at least one rod forming the frame on a horizontal plane defined by a lower portion of the funnel, wherein a rotation plate, to which a plurality of time-series sediment trapping containers to trap the time-series sediment collected through the funnel are fixedly attached, is formed under the fixing plate. The container fixing holder includes a circular holder for fixing the plurality of time-series sediment trapping containers fixedly attached to the rotation plate without shaking.