Foldable Liquid Transfer Structure for Portable Stable Operation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing liquid transfer devices are bulky, require a permanent position for operation, lack a built-in battery, and are limited by a power cord, reducing mobility and user convenience.
Innovation Solution
A retractable and foldable liquid transfer device with a telescopic structure and rotating self-locking mechanism, incorporating a built-in battery and electrical assembly, allowing for compact size, portability, and stable liquid transfer operations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a traditional liquid transfer device is designed with a fixed structure and external power supply, then it can provide stable liquid transfer operation, but it becomes bulky and difficult to move, requiring a permanent position with large space
Solution Approach 1:
The device is divided into a housing assembly containing the liquid transfer mechanism and a separate support frame with telescopic structure. This segmentation allows the main body to be compact while the support structure can be extended when needed for operation, resolving the contradiction between compact size and operational stability
Solution Approach 2:
The support frame incorporates a telescopic structure that can dynamically adjust between extended and retracted states. When extended, it provides stable support for liquid transfer operations; when retracted, it minimizes the device footprint for easy storage and transport, thus resolving the size-stability contradiction
2Use of energy by moving object
If a traditional liquid transfer device uses an external power supply with power cord, then it can provide continuous power, but it limits mobility and functionality
Solution Approach 1:
The power supply system is extracted from the traditional external cord-based design and integrated as a built-in battery within the housing assembly. This eliminates the power cord constraint, enabling the device to be moved freely and used in locations without easy access to power outlets while maintaining continuous operation capability
Solution Approach 2:
The built-in battery provides multi-functional benefits: it enables portability by eliminating the power cord, allows operation in diverse locations, and provides continuous power supply. This single design change addresses multiple limitations of the external power supply system
3Reliability
If the telescopic structure is extended for liquid transfer operation, then it provides stable support, but it increases the device volume
Solution Approach 1:
The telescopic structure employs a dynamic design that allows it to extend to a first length during liquid transfer operations for stable support, then retract to a second, shorter length for compact storage. This dynamic adjustment resolves the contradiction between needing large volume for stability and small volume for portability
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AI summary
The application belongs to the field of liquid transfer, specifically to a liquid transfer device, which includes: a liquid path mechanism, including a conduit assembly and a driving member for driving liquid to flow in the conduit assembly; a housing assembly, including a bottom plate and a housing with an accommodating space, both the conduit assembly and driving member are installed on the housing; a support frame, including a rotating self-locking structure and a telescopic structure; the telescopic structure is installed on the bottom plate through the rotating self-locking structure; the rotating self-locking structure is used for driving the telescopic structure to rotate relative to the bottom plate within a preset angle range, and locking the telescopic structure to stop rotating once it reaches a preset position; and an electrical assembly, including a control assembly installed in the accommodating space, and the control assembly is connected with the driving member.