Dishwasher High-Loop Bracket for Accessible Hose Positioning
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing dishwasher discharge hoses with high-rise loops are difficult to position and remove due to brackets that are often mounted near the sink base cabinet, making it challenging to change the hose or pull out the dishwasher without removing the sink.
Innovation Solution
A stainless steel bracket with a handle portion and hose support portion that allows for easy manipulation and positioning of a high-rise loop in the discharge hose, featuring a mount portion that can be securely fastened to the sink base cabinet, providing accessible mounting means below the sink basin.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a bracket is mounted near the top of the sink base cabinet to create a high rise loop, then the discharge hose is properly positioned to prevent sink water from flowing into the dishwasher, but the bracket becomes difficult to remove without removing the sink
Solution Approach 1:
The bracket is divided into two separate components: a mounting bracket that attaches to the cabinet and a support portion that holds the hose. This segmentation allows the support portion to be easily removed and repositioned without affecting the mounting bracket, which remains securely attached to the cabinet structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The bracket is designed to extend vertically along the cabinet interior wall, utilizing the vertical dimension to create the high rise loop while keeping the mounting points distributed along the vertical axis. This allows easy access to mounting points from below the sink basin while maintaining the required hose elevation.
2Reliability
If a bracket is mounted near the top of the sink base cabinet, then a high rise loop is created, but the mounting means becomes inaccessible without removing the sink
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting bracket extends vertically along the cabinet interior wall, distributing mounting points across multiple vertical levels. This vertical arrangement allows at least one mounting point to be accessible from below the sink basin, enabling installation and maintenance without removing the sink.
Solution Approach 2:
The vertical extension of the bracket along the cabinet wall acts as an intermediary structure that connects the upper high rise loop position with lower accessible mounting points, allowing force and attachment to be applied from below while maintaining the upper loop position.
3Ease of manufacture
If a common screwdriver is used to secure the mount portion, then the mounting process is simplified, but the bracket design must accommodate accessible mounting points
Solution Approach 1:
The bracket is segmented into a mounting portion with pre-drilled holes for screw attachment and a separate support portion for hose positioning. This segmentation simplifies the mounting process using common screwdrivers while the overall vertical design accommodates accessibility requirements.
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AI summary
A high-loop bracket has a handle portion that allows a user to manipulate a hose support portion that supports an electric dishwasher's discharge hose into a position that easily forms a high rise loop. The high rise loop is fixed against a sink base cabinet by securing an easy to reach mount portion of the high-loop bracket. Preferably, the high-loop bracket is formed from a single sheet of stainless steel that is bent to create the various portions of the bracket.