Hinged Fish Descaling Assembly With Ovoid Restraint Panels
Solution Overview
Problem
Existing descaling devices for fish do not effectively utilize a plurality of ovoid openings to restrain fish for efficient descaling with a power washer, lacking the necessary support and containment for thorough scale removal.
Innovation Solution
A descaling device comprising a first panel with ovoid openings and a mesh screen, hingedly coupled with a second panel of similar design, providing support and containment for fish during descaling with a power washer, allowing for efficient scale removal on both sides.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional rack devices are used for holding fish, then fish can be held for descaling, but the fish cannot be effectively restrained for thorough scale removal with a power washer
Solution Approach 1:
The device divides the fish holding structure into multiple ovoid openings in the first and second panels, with each opening individually restraining a fish. This segmentation allows the power washer to effectively target and remove scales from each fish while maintaining proper restraint through the mesh screens and panel structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The mesh screens coupled to the first and second panels act as flexible restraining elements that hold the fish in position within the ovoid openings. These mesh screens provide sufficient restraint to prevent fish movement during descaling while allowing the power washer to effectively remove scales.
2Reliability
If a single panel design is used, then the structure is simple, but fish cannot be restrained on both sides for thorough descaling
Solution Approach 1:
The descaling device is segmented into two separate panels (first and second panels), each with ovoid openings and mesh screens. This allows fish to be restrained and descaled from both sides, ensuring thorough scale removal while maintaining a relatively simple overall structure through the use of identical repeated elements.
Solution Approach 2:
The first and second panels are hingedly coupled together to form a combined structure that functions as a single descaling device. This merging of two panels allows the device to restrain and descale fish from both sides simultaneously, achieving thorough scale removal without requiring two separate devices.
3Reliability
If no mesh screen support is provided, then the device structure is simpler, but fish cannot be properly supported during descaling
Solution Approach 1:
Mesh screens are coupled to both the first and second panels to provide support for the fish during descaling. These flexible mesh screens effectively hold the fish in position within the ovoid openings while allowing the power washer to remove scales, without adding excessive structural complexity to the device.
Data Source
AI summary
A fish descaling assembly includes a first panel that has a plurality of openings each extending through the first panel. Each of the openings has an ovoid boundary for having a fish positioned therein to restrain the fish. A first mesh screen is coupled to the first panel to support the fish when the fish are positioned in the openings. A second panel is hingedly coupled to the first panel and the second panel has a plurality of openings each extending through the second panel. Each of the openings in the second panel has an ovoid boundary to surround the fish when the second panel is closed onto the first panel. A second mesh screen is coupled to the second panel to support the fish when the fish are positioned in the openings in the second panel.