Intermediate Debris Container Layout for Continuous Vacuum Collection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Mobile debris collection systems require multiple load and unload cycles, leading to downtime and traffic concerns due to the need to unload debris bodies and reposition trucks, especially in high-volume applications like sewer vacuuming.
Innovation Solution
A debris collecting system with an intermediate debris collecting container connected to the truck, utilizing air-flow generating devices and conveying pipes to separate debris from air, allowing for easier removal of heavy materials by bypassing the debris body.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If debris is collected directly in the debris body of the truck, then the collection capacity is sufficient, but the unloading process requires frequent stopping and repositioning causing downtime and traffic concerns
Solution Approach 1:
The system divides the debris collection function into two separate components: the debris body on the truck and the intermediate debris collecting container. This segmentation allows the intermediate container to be filled and unloaded independently, enabling continuous operation without stopping the truck for unloading, thus resolving the contradiction between collection capacity and downtime.
Solution Approach 2:
The intermediate debris collecting container serves as a mediator between the debris collection point and the final debris body. It temporarily stores debris and allows for separate unloading operations, preventing the need to stop the truck frequently and eliminating traffic concerns associated with frequent stopping and repositioning.
2Ease of operation
If the truck stops frequently to unload debris, then the debris body can be emptied, but this causes traffic concerns and operational inefficiency
Solution Approach 1:
By separating the unloading function from the main truck body through the intermediate container, the system enables independent unloading operations that do not interrupt the truck's operational workflow, thus improving ease of operation without sacrificing productivity.
Solution Approach 2:
The intermediate container is filled preliminarily during the truck's normal operation, allowing unloading to occur separately without interrupting the main collection process. This preliminary action in the intermediate container enables continuous productivity while simplifying the unloading operation.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
This configuration reduces downtime and traffic issues by enabling easier and more efficient removal of debris, allowing for continuous operation with minimal lane requirements and reduced need for frequent truck repositioning.
Implementation Method 1
an air-flow generating device configured to apply debris conveying air to the system
Implementation Method 2
airborne debris is caused to travel through the first and second conveying pipes and is separated from the conveying air and collected in the debris collecting container
Data Source
AI summary
A debris collecting system comprises a debris collecting assembly including an air-flow generating device and a debris body. The system further comprises an intermediate debris collecting container connected to the debris collecting assembly such that the collected debris is by-passing the debris body of the assembly.