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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing washware holders in water-bearing household appliances, such as dishwashers, face challenges in efficiently accommodating and organizing items of varying sizes due to fixed support structures, which limits flexibility and space optimization during loading and unloading.
Innovation Solution
A receiving device with a series of support devices that can be displaced along a guide device, allowing for adjustable spacing between support elements, enabling flexible configuration from a compact to an expanded state, and featuring coupling elements and guide elements to facilitate smooth movement and prevent jamming.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If fixed support structures are used in washware holders, then structural simplicity is maintained, but flexibility and space optimization are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The support devices are designed to be displaceable along the guide device, transforming the fixed support structure into a dynamic one. The coupling elements enable the support devices to move relative to each other, allowing the holder to adapt its configuration based on the size and shape of items being stored, thus resolving the contradiction between structural simplicity and flexibility.
Solution Approach 2:
The washware holder is divided into multiple independent support devices that can move independently along the guide device. Each support device can be positioned separately to accommodate different item sizes, providing flexibility while maintaining a relatively simple overall structure through modular design.
2Volume of moving object
If support devices are positioned close together, then space efficiency is improved, but access and loading becomes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The support devices can dynamically adjust their positions along the guide device. When loading or accessing items, the support devices can be pulled apart to create sufficient working space. After loading, they can be pushed close together to maximize space efficiency, thus resolving the contradiction between space efficiency and ease of operation.
3Ease of operation
If support devices are positioned far apart, then ease of access is improved, but space utilization deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The displaceable support devices allow users to pull them apart when access is needed and push them together when space optimization is required. This dynamic adjustment capability resolves the contradiction by allowing the system to switch between states of high accessibility and high space utilization based on operational needs.
4Adaptability or versatility
If multiple support devices are used, then adaptability to different item sizes is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The washware holder is segmented into multiple independent support devices that can move independently along a simple guide device. This segmentation provides adaptability to different item sizes while keeping the overall mechanism relatively simple through modular design and standardized coupling elements.
Solution Approach 2:
The coupling elements and guide device serve multiple functions: they guide the movement of support devices, enable positional adjustment, and provide structural connection. This multi-functionality reduces the need for additional complex mechanisms, resolving the contradiction between adaptability and device complexity.
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AI summary
The invention relates to a receiving device (21) for receiving items to be washed (22) in a holder (10) for items to be washed in a water-bearing household appliance (1), having a first support device (23) for supporting the items to be washed (22), a second support device (24) for Supporting the items to be washed (22) and a guide device (41) along which the support devices (23, 24) can be displaced, the first support device (23) moving from a pushed-together state of the receiving device (21) in which the first support device (23) is arranged adjacent to the second support device (24), can be displaced in a pull-out direction (A) into an expanded state of the receiving device (21), in which the first support device (23) is arranged at a distance from the second support device (24), and wherein the first support device (23) is coupled to the second support device (24) in such a way that when the receiving device (21) is in the extended state i a further displacement of the first support device (23) in the extension direction (A), the second support device (24) can be displaced together with the first support device (23) in the extension direction (A) along the guide device (41).