Double-Walled Container Adapter for Device Mounting
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing container devices face challenges in being easily replaceable, accessible for service, and protected from damage during transport, while also minimizing edges and crevices for contamination.
Innovation Solution
A system comprising a container with a double-walled structure and an adapter that inserts a device into the intermediate space between the outer and inner plates, with a planar closing portion and holding portion formed in a stepped shape to securely hold the device while minimizing protrusions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a device is bonded, welded or cast to the container, then the device is securely fixed to the container, but the device cannot be replaced or serviced
Solution Approach 1:
The system divides the device mounting structure into separate components: the container wall, the adapter (which remains fixed), and the device (which can be removed). The adapter serves as an intermediate segment that provides both secure mounting and replacement capability, resolving the contradiction between fixed security and serviceability.
2Ease of repair
If the device is reversibly attached in a screw-on housing, then the device can be replaced, but protrusions either protrude outward making the device vulnerable to damage or protrude inward creating edges and beads where dirt can settle
Solution Approach 1:
The adapter is inserted into a cavity formed between the outer wall and inner wall of the double-walled container, nesting the device mounting structure within the container wall thickness. This eliminates external protrusions that could damage the device and internal protrusions that could trap dirt, while still allowing reversible device attachment.
3Ease of repair
If an adapter with cavity structure is used to insert the device, then the device can be mounted reversibly, but the adapter is expensive to manufacture and still creates nooks and crannies where dirt can settle
Solution Approach 1:
The invention extracts the device from the traditional screw-on housing structure and mounts it directly to the adapter inserted in the double-wall cavity. This simplifies the adapter structure by eliminating the need for complex housing features, reducing manufacturing cost while maintaining reversible device attachment capability.
4Ease of operation
If protrusions are used to attach the device, then the device can be mounted on the container, but edges and beads are created where contamination can build up
Solution Approach 1:
By nesting the adapter within the double-wall cavity, the solution eliminates the creation of external edges and beads that would trap contamination. The adapter integrates smoothly with the container wall structure, maintaining device mounting capability while preventing contamination accumulation zones.
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AI summary
A system (2) comprising a container (4) and an adapter (6), the container (4) having a bottom wall (8) and a peripheral wall (10; 12, 14) extending away from the bottom wall (8), substantially normally, wherein at least one wall (8, 10 12, 14) comprises, at least in sections, an outer plate (38) and an inner plate (40), the outer plate (38) and the inner plate (40 forming or delimiting an intermediate space (46), and a receiving opening (44) is formed in the outer plate (38) or the inner plate (40) through which the intermediate space (46) is accessible; the adapter (6) being provided and configured to insert a device (34) into the intermediate space (46) and to hold it therein. The adapter (6) comprises an essentially planar closing portion (18), and an essentially planar holding portion (20), wherein the closing portion (18) is provided and configured to close the receiving opening (44), the holding portion (20) is provided and configured to hold the device (34), and the closing portion (18) and the holding portion (20) are formed in a stepped shape or an angled stepped shape with respect to each other.