Dish Stand with Gravity Drainage and Plumbing Integration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing solutions fail to effectively drain and transport water from wet cookware, crockery, and cutlery while maintaining a clean and organized storage environment, particularly when integrated with domestic plumbing systems.
Innovation Solution
A mechanical dish stand with a pedestal structure and segregated spaces that elevates and contains cookware, crockery, and cutlery, allowing gravity-driven water drainage into the DWV of a domestic plumbing system through a fluid-impermeable connection.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Object-generated harmful factors
If water drainage and plumbing integration are added to the dish stand, then water removal capability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the water drainage function with the existing stand structure by integrating a drain hole in the pedestal and a receiving tray that channels water to the drain. This merging approach allows water removal without adding completely separate drainage equipment, thus improving water removal capability while controlling the increase in device complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The receiving tray acts as an intermediary element between the cookware/crockery and the drain hole. It collects water from the items and directs it to the drain, enabling effective water removal while maintaining a relatively simple overall structure. The intermediary tray simplifies the drainage mechanism compared to direct drainage systems.
2Ease of operation
If segregated spaces are created for organizing cookware and crockery, then storage organization is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The stand structure is segmented into multiple functional zones: a pedestal for drainage, a receiving tray for water collection, and designated spaces for different types of cookware and crockery. This segmentation allows organized storage of different items while maintaining a unified, relatively simple overall structure that doesn't require complex modular components.
3Productivity
If the stand elevates cookware above the supporting surface, then drainage efficiency is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The pedestal elevates the cookware and crockery to a height where water can effectively drain through gravity into the receiving tray below. This elevation creates an optimal gravitational potential difference for drainage without requiring complex pumping or pressurization systems, thus improving drainage efficiency while maintaining structural simplicity.
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
Efficiently drains and transports water from wet cookware, crockery, and cutlery while maintaining organized storage and integrating with domestic plumbing systems, enhancing hygiene and convenience.
Implementation Method 1
allows gravity to drain water from the cookware, crockery, and cutlery
Data Source
AI summary
The improved dish stand is configured for use with cookware, crockery, and cutlery. The improved dish stand forms a containment structure that elevates the cookware, crockery, and cutlery above a supporting surface. The improved dish stand receives the cookware, crockery, and cutlery while the cookware, crockery, and cutlery is wet. The improved dish stand forms a structure that: a) allows gravity to drain water from the cookware, crockery, and cutlery; and, b) provides a flow path that transports the drained water into the DWV of a domestic plumbing system. The improved dish stand incorporates a pedestal structure, a stand structure, and a plurality of segregated spaces. The pedestal structure is a load bearing structure that elevates the stand structure above the supporting surface. The plurality of segregated structures are formed within the stand structure. The stand structure forms the physical structure that receives the cookware, crockery, and cutlery.