Fish cleaning table
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Solution Overview
Problem
Fish cleaning tables often spread fish remains and blood during cleaning, contaminating the surrounding area and requiring frequent water flushing, which can be inefficient and messy, especially on windy days.
Innovation Solution
A fish cleaning table design featuring hollow tubes in the support legs that direct water and fish remains from the table top into the water below, preventing contamination of the user and dock area, with optional integrated water piping for convenient hose connection.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If fish cleaning tables are cleaned with a water hose by spraying the surface, then fish remains are flushed into the adjacent body of water, but fish remains may be inadvertently spread onto the surrounding dock or back onto the user
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a containment structure with channels as an intermediary between the table surface and the surrounding environment. This containment structure guides water and fish remains through designated pathways, preventing direct contact with the dock area while still allowing effective cleaning. The containment structure acts as a mediator that directs the flow of contaminants away from harmful areas.
Solution Approach 2:
The table is divided into distinct functional zones: a containment structure that holds fish remains, a cleaning surface within the containment, and drainage channels that direct waste away. This segmentation separates the cleaning function from the surrounding environment, allowing effective cleaning without spreading contaminants to the dock area.
2Reliability
If the cleaning surface accumulates blood and other remains during fish cleaning, then the surface requires frequent flushing with water, but this frequent flushing may spread contamination to the surrounding area
Solution Approach 1:
The containment structure serves as an intermediary that confines fish remains and blood within its boundaries during the cleaning process. The integrated drainage channels act as intermediaries that guide the flow of water and contaminants through controlled pathways directly to the water body, preventing the spread of harmful factors to the surrounding dock area while maintaining reliable cleanliness.
3Loss of time
If fish remains are disposed of directly into the water body, then municipal trash disposal is avoided, but the cleaning process may still contaminate the dock area
Solution Approach 1:
The containment structure with integrated drainage channels serves as an intermediary system that enables direct disposal of fish remains into the water body while simultaneously preventing contamination of the dock area. The containment structure confines the waste during cleaning, and the drainage channels provide a controlled pathway for disposal, achieving both time efficiency and environmental protection.
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
Effectively contains and disposes of fish remains and blood directly into the water, maintaining cleanliness of the table and dock area while minimizing contamination and providing a convenient cleaning solution.
Implementation Method 1
hollow tubes in the support legs that direct water and fish remains from the table top into the water below
Data Source
AI summary
A table has a table top that is fixedly attached to a support leg that forms a water pipe having an inlet and an outlet connection fitting for connecting a water supply line and a hose directly to the table so that water may flow to the hose through the leg of the table. The table may be secured to an edge of a dock over water using a bracket. The table top may be cleaned with water spray directly from the hose. Rear support legs of the table may form hollow tubes each having an upper open end and a lower open end at opposing ends of the tube. Each upper open end is defined by an opening on the top side of the table top. When hosing the table after cleaning fish, blood and other remains of fish may be flushed down through the tubes directly into the water below.