Detachably Attachable Implement Scraper With Magnetic Coupler
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Solution Overview
Problem
During tasks involving buckets, such as painting or tile setting, dry material often sticks to the bucket sides and falls back into wet material, contaminating it and affecting adhesion and consistency.
Innovation Solution
An implement scraper with a detachable bucket coupler and scraper bar that extends across the bucket's top, featuring a latch system and magnetic coupler to securely attach to the bucket rim, allowing debris to fall through a debris aperture into the bucket, preventing contamination.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If material is spread on the side of the bucket, then application coverage is improved, but dry material sticks to the bucket side and falls back into wet material causing contamination
Solution Approach 1:
The scraper bar is positioned to extend across the top opening of the bucket, extracting the scraping function from manual bucket-side operations. The debris aperture extracts contaminated material from the bucket interior, separating it from clean wet material to prevent contamination while maintaining application productivity
Solution Approach 2:
The scraper bar acts as an intermediary tool that intercepts dry material before it falls into wet material. The debris aperture serves as an intermediary pathway that directs contaminated material to a designated collection area, preventing direct contamination of the wet substance
2Object-affected harmful factors
If a scraper system is added to prevent contamination, then material purity is improved, but device complexity increases with latch mechanisms and multiple components
Solution Approach 1:
The scraper system is segmented into distinct functional components: rim extensions that interface with the bucket rim, a scraper bar for material removal, a debris aperture for contamination extraction, and a latch mechanism for secure attachment. This segmentation allows each component to perform its specific function efficiently while maintaining overall system manageability
Solution Approach 2:
The latch mechanism provides dynamic attachment and detachment capability, allowing the scraper system to be easily installed and removed based on operational needs. The pivotable latch transitions between engaged and disengaged states, enabling flexible deployment without permanent modification to the bucket
3Productivity
If the scraper bar extends across the top opening of the bucket, then debris collection efficiency is improved, but access to bucket contents may be restricted
Solution Approach 1:
The scraper bar extends across a portion of the top opening of the bucket rather than completely blocking it. This partial extension provides sufficient debris collection coverage to prevent contamination while leaving adequate opening for hand access to bucket contents, balancing efficiency with operational ease
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Effectively prevents dry material from falling back into wet substances, maintaining adhesion and consistency of applied materials by securely scraping debris into the bucket.
Implementation Method 1
The magnetic coupler has magnets for retaining the scraper bar to the rim extension
Data Source
AI summary
An implement scraper provides a scraper bar for scraping debris into a bucket, such as a five-gallon bucket, and is detachably attachable to the bucket by a bucket coupler. The bucket coupler is configured with a latch that rotates to secure the implement scraper to the rim of the bucket. The latch may be pivotably coupled between a latch pivot aperture. A rim extension is configured to extend along a rim of the bucket and the scraper bar is coupled to the rim extension and may extend across an extension angle of the bucket. A debris aperture is formed between the scraper bar and the rim extension to allow debris to fall therethrough into the bucket. A magnetic coupler is configured to retain a metallic implement to the implement scraper by one or more magnets.