Mobile Overload Trailer with Integrated Separating Device
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current technologies for separating harvested plant products from soil and other admixtures are inefficient, requiring significant time and manpower, and often result in soil accumulation and additional transportation costs, with existing devices being static or not mobile, leading to contamination risks and poor separation efficiency.
Innovation Solution
A height-adjustable overload trailer equipped with a moveable frame, rotating rolling bodies, and a discharge belt for separating and collecting admixtures, allowing for simultaneous separation and unloading of plant products at the harvesting location, reducing contamination risks and minimizing transport costs.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If separation devices are installed at a certain distance from the harvesting location, then separation function is provided, but soil accumulation occurs locally and contamination risk increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the separation device with the overload trailer to create an integrated mobile separation system. The separator is mounted directly on the trailer, allowing separation to occur at the harvesting location rather than at a distant stationary facility. This merging of separation and transport functions eliminates soil accumulation at fixed locations and reduces contamination risk by processing products immediately after harvest.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transforms the stationary separation device into a mobile system by mounting it on an overload trailer that can be moved to different harvesting locations. This dynamic configuration allows the separation function to follow the harvester, preventing soil accumulation at any single location and reducing the risk of contamination from non-local bacteria, fungi, and nematodes.
2Reliability
If stationary separation devices are used, then separation is achieved, but additional transport of separated soil is required
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the separation device with the overload trailer that is already used for transporting harvested products. The separated soil and plant products are both contained on the same mobile platform, allowing the soil to be deposited back at the harvesting location without requiring separate transport operations. This combination eliminates the need for additional transport of separated soil.
Solution Approach 2:
The overload trailer serves multiple functions: it transports harvested products, houses the separation device, collects separated soil, and deposits both products and soil at the harvesting location. This multi-functionality eliminates the need for dedicated soil transport equipment and operations, reducing time loss.
3Reliability
If manual cleaning of harvested products is performed, then admixtures are removed, but significant time and manpower are required
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces manual cleaning operations with an automated mechanical separation system. The separator uses a screen or mesh surface that mechanically separates plant products from soil and other admixtures based on size differences. This automated mechanical separation eliminates the need for manual cleaning, significantly increasing processing speed while maintaining effective removal of admixtures.
4Productivity
If thick layers of products are processed, then processing capacity is maintained, but separation efficiency deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the product layer into thinner layers as it moves through the separation device. The inclined screen surface causes material to spread out and form a thin layer during the separation process, ensuring that even though large volumes are processed, the actual separation occurs in thin layers for high efficiency. This segmentation allows maintaining processing capacity while achieving excellent separation.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses an inclined screen surface that processes material in a distributed manner across two dimensions (length and width of the screen) rather than processing a thick layer in one dimension. This dimensional approach allows large volumes of material to be processed simultaneously while maintaining thin layer separation efficiency across the entire screen surface area.
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
The solution enables efficient and economic processing of harvested products by separating admixtures from plant products at the source, reducing contamination risks and minimizing transport of unwanted materials, thus optimizing the loading and transport process.
Implementation Method 1
a separating device (1) provided for separating harvested plant products from possible remaining admixtures
Implementation Method 2
a discharge belt (105) provided at the roller bed (101), wherein the discharge belt (105) is able to move in two directions
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AI summary
The present invention relates to a transfer device for transferring harvested plant products from a harvester to a further transferring means, such as a further road or railway transport, provided with a moveable frame (3) onto which a loading container (2) is provided, in which the loading container is provided with means (305) for lifting the loading container in an angle with respect to the ground surface, and is further provided with means for the discharge of the harvested products to a discharge end of the device, in which at the discharge end, a separating device (1) is provided for separating the harvested plant products of remaining admixtures, such as soil, clods, stones, foliage or similar material.