Intelligent Cat Litter Box Filter Assembly for Easier Cleaning
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current intelligent cat litter boxes face inconvenient cleaning operations due to fixed or movable filter screens that require cleaning the entire ball bin, and movable screens are prone to deformation and damage during disassembly.
Innovation Solution
An intelligent cat litter box with a filter screen assembly and connector that allows rotational and clamping fit, enabling easy disassembly and cleaning, along with a detachable filter screen design and a connector system for seamless separation of cat litter balls from litters.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If a fixed filter screen is used, then the structure is simple, but the entire ball bin needs to be cleaned when the filter screen is cleaned, leading to inconvenient cleaning operation
Solution Approach 1:
The filter screen is separated from the ball bin as an independent removable component. The filter screen can be detached from the ball bin for separate cleaning, avoiding the need to clean the entire ball bin when maintaining the filter screen. This segmentation resolves the contradiction by making the filter screen structure simple yet enabling convenient cleaning operation.
2Ease of operation
If a movable filter screen is used, then the filter screen can be disassembled for separate cleaning, but the filter screen is prone to being deformed and damaged when disassembled
Solution Approach 1:
The filter screen is extracted as a separate removable component that can be easily taken out for cleaning without requiring complex disassembly operations. This extraction design allows the filter screen to be removed and cleaned separately while minimizing the risk of deformation and damage, as the removal process is simplified and does not require forcing or complex manipulation.
3Ease of operation
If the filter screen is made detachable, then cleaning convenience is improved, but the risk of deformation and damage during disassembly increases
Solution Approach 1:
The filter screen is segmented as an independent detachable component with a simplified connection structure to the ball bin. This segmentation enables easy removal for cleaning while the simplified connection design reduces the complexity of the detachment process, thereby minimizing the risk of deformation and damage during disassembly.
Data Source
AI summary
An intelligent cat litter box includes a filter screen assembly and a connector. The filter screen assembly is disposed at a respective opening position of a litter collecting bin, and an edge of one side away from the litter collecting bin can fit with an inner wall of a ball bin; and the connector is disposed in the ball bin, and can not only fit with the filter screen assembly rotationally in clockwise and counterclockwise directions, but also be in clamping fit with the filter screen assembly in itself circumferential direction. According to the intelligent cat litter box, the filter screen assembly is mounted at the opening position of the litter collecting bin through the connector to achieve the separation of a cat litter ball from the cat litter, and the cat litter enter the litter collecting bin.