Excrement Collector Snap-Locking Connection for Easier Attachment
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Solution Overview
Problem
The connection between the pants assembly and the working head of existing excrement collectors is complicated and inconvenient, leading to a suboptimal user experience.
Innovation Solution
A detachable connection mechanism is introduced, allowing the working head to be quickly and easily connected to the pants assembly using a locking mechanism with buckle members and mating parts, facilitated by elastic resetting members for snap locking, enhancing the ease of use.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a traditional connection design is used between the pants assembly and working head, then the connection may be secure, but the connection process becomes complicated and inconvenient
Solution Approach 1:
The connection structure is divided into separate components: a connecting frame on the pants assembly and a corresponding connection interface on the working head. This segmentation allows for simpler, more modular connection while maintaining security.
Solution Approach 2:
A connecting frame serves as an intermediary component between the pants assembly and the working head. This intermediate structure simplifies the connection process by providing a dedicated interface that facilitates easy attachment and detachment.
2Reliability
If a simple connection design is used between the pants assembly and working head, then the connection process is convenient, but the connection may not be secure enough
Solution Approach 1:
The connection interface combines multiple functions into a single integrated structure. The connecting frame merges the attachment mechanism with the alignment features, allowing secure connection while maintaining ease of operation through a unified design.
Solution Approach 2:
The connecting frame is pre-configured with alignment features and connection interfaces that guide the working head into proper positioning before final attachment. This preliminary arrangement ensures secure connection while simplifying the user's attachment process.
3Ease of operation
If a detachable connection mechanism is introduced, then the ease of connection is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The connecting frame and its associated interfaces are designed to serve multiple functions: alignment, attachment, and detachment. This multi-functionality reduces the need for additional separate components, thereby limiting the increase in device complexity while maintaining ease of operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The connection mechanism is designed to be self-aligning and self-attaching. The geometric features and interface designs automatically guide the working head into the correct position and secure attachment without requiring complex manual manipulation, thus simplifying the overall mechanism.
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
The improved connection design enables quick and secure attachment of the working head to the pants assembly, reducing the likelihood of excretion leakage and enhancing user comfort and convenience.
Implementation Method 1
elastic resetting members for snap locking
Data Source
AI summary
An excrement collector and a nursing machine are provided. The excrement collector includes a pants assembly for wearing on a human body, and a working head that is able to be for being detachably butted together with the pants assembly. The working head includes an excretion recess for accommodating human excreta. The pants assembly includes an excretion opening for human excretion, and a connecting frame for being detachably butted together with the working head. In a state where the connecting frame of the pants assembly is butted together with the working head, the connecting frame is attached to the working head. The working head is able to be forward butted to the connecting frame of the pants assembly so as to be connected together with the pants assembly.