Container Positioning Tool for Safe Overturning
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing tools are inadequate for safely and efficiently overturning and cleaning large building garbage containers, posing risks of loss of control and back pain, and failing to ensure thorough cleaning and frequent maintenance.
Innovation Solution
A tool with adjustable uprights and anti-slip ends that securely engage with the container's standardized groove, allowing stable overturning and easy access to the bottom for cleaning, featuring telescopic elements for height adjustment and anti-slip materials like spikes or rubber tips to prevent slipping.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a person manually overturns a large container to clean it, then access to the bottom for cleaning is achieved, but the risk of loss of control and back pain increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a positioning tool as an intermediary device between the operator and the container. This tool includes uprights with gripping means that engage with the container's standardized return, and a base with support feet that provide stable contact with the ground. The tool mediates the overturning operation by providing mechanical leverage and stable support points, eliminating the need for the operator to directly handle the heavy container and thereby preventing loss of control and back injury.
2Manufacturing precision
If the container is overturned for thorough cleaning, then cleaning quality improves, but the operation becomes more difficult and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The positioning tool serves as a mediator that simplifies the complex operation of overturning and stabilizing a heavy container. By providing pre-designed engagement points with the standardized return and stable support feet for ground contact, the tool transforms a difficult manual task into a straightforward operation where the operator simply needs to position and secure the tool, thereby reducing operational complexity while enabling thorough cleaning.
3Adaptability or versatility
If a standardized gripping mechanism is used, then compatibility with different containers improves, but the tool structure becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies universality by designing the gripping means on the uprights to comply with the standardized EN 840 return configuration. This standardized interface allows the same positioning tool to be used with multiple different container types and sizes that adhere to the same standard, providing multi-functionality without requiring complex adjustable mechanisms. The simplicity of the gripping structure is maintained while achieving broad compatibility.
4Ease of operation
If the container weight is reduced, then ease of manual handling improves, but the container capacity decreases
Solution Approach 1:
Rather than reducing container weight, the patent introduces a positioning tool as an intermediary that provides mechanical advantage and stable support during handling operations. The tool's uprights engage with the container's standardized return while the base provides broad ground contact through support feet, distributing forces and enabling safe manual operation of heavy, high-capacity containers without compromising either weight or capacity.
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
Enables safe and easy overturning and straightening of containers, ensuring thorough cleaning, facilitating water evacuation, and allowing maintenance access, while eliminating the risk of losing control during operations.
Implementation Method 1
anti-slip means at the lower end of each upright, which prevent slipping against the ground
Data Source
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AI summary
The tool (1) has posts (2) connected by a crosspiece (3). Each post has ends respectively equipped with a tab (6) and anti-skid unit e.g. rubber end fitting. The tab is engaged with a return (13) of a recipient (10). The return forms a groove opened towards bottom. The length of the post is greater than the height of the return with respect to the ground. Projecting branches (4) are connected to the post and supported against the ground when the recipient is reversed.