Detachably Attachable Implement Scraper With Latch System
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Solution Overview
Problem
In various applications involving buckets, such as painting or tile setting, debris like dry material from tools often sticks to the bucket sides and falls back into wet materials, contaminating them and affecting adhesion and consistency.
Innovation Solution
An implement scraper with a detachable bucket coupler and scraper bar that extends across the bucket's top, featuring a latch system for secure attachment and a debris aperture to prevent contamination, along with a magnetic coupler for retaining tools.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If a scraper bar is added to prevent debris from falling into the bucket, then material purity is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The rim extension serves multiple functions: it provides structural support for the scraper bar, creates the debris aperture structure, and forms part of the attachment mechanism to the bucket rim. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate components, thereby improving material purity while minimizing device complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The implement scraper is divided into separate detachable components including the rim extension, scraper bar, and latch mechanism. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized for its specific function while maintaining overall simplicity, as each segment addresses a particular aspect of the debris prevention problem
2Ease of operation
If a detachable latch system is used to secure the scraper to the bucket, then ease of operation is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The latch mechanism is designed to be self-latching, where the rotating latch automatically engages with the rim flange to secure the scraper bar to the bucket. This self-service feature improves ease of operation by eliminating the need for separate fastening actions while keeping the device complexity low through a simple rotational locking action
3Productivity
If the scraper bar extends across the top opening of the bucket, then debris removal effectiveness is improved, but loss of substance increases due to material blocking
Solution Approach 1:
The scraper bar is positioned to extend only across a portion of the top opening of the bucket rather than completely blocking it. This local quality approach allows the scraper bar to effectively scrape debris from tools while leaving sufficient opening for material retrieval and bucket access, thereby maintaining debris removal effectiveness while minimizing material blocking
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 prevents debris from falling back into the bucket, maintaining the quality of materials and ensuring consistent application by securely attaching to the bucket and providing a dedicated path for debris removal.
Implementation Method 1
an implement scraper configured to detachably attach to a top rim of a bucket... with a magnetic coupler for retaining a scraper implement
Data Source
AI summary
An implement scraper provides a scraper bar for scraping debris into a bucket, such as a five-gallon bucket, and is detachably attachable to the bucket by a bucket coupler. The bucket coupler is configured with a latch that rotates to secure the implement scraper to the rim of the bucket. The latch may be pivotably coupled between a latch pivot aperture. A rim extension is configured to extend along a rim of the bucket and the scraper bar is coupled to the rim extension and may extend across an extension angle of the bucket. A debris aperture is formed between the scraper bar and the rim extension to allow debris to fall therethrough into the bucket. A magnetic coupler is configured to retain a metallic implement to the implement scraper by one or more magnets.