Modular Insert Container for Waste Collection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing waste collection containers lack modularity and efficient transportation and storage solutions for additional containers, limiting their flexibility and practicality in handling different waste fractions.
Innovation Solution
The development of an insert container device with a modular design, featuring a holding device that allows for detachable and adjustable additional containers, enabling easy assembly, disassembly, and stacking, and accommodating varying capacities and shapes to suit different waste fractions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If additional containers are placed within the waste collection container, then the number of waste fractions that can be collected is increased, but the complexity of the device increases
Solution Approach 1:
The waste collection container is divided into multiple compartments, with each compartment capable of holding a separate additional container for different waste fractions. This segmentation allows independent collection and handling of various waste types while maintaining overall system organization.
Solution Approach 2:
Additional containers are nested within the main waste collection container body. Each additional container can be independently inserted and removed from its designated compartment, allowing for flexible configuration while maximizing space utilization within the container structure.
2Adaptability or versatility
If additional containers are used to collect different waste fractions, then waste separation capability is improved, but the difficulty of transportation and storage increases
Solution Approach 1:
The additional containers are designed with movable and adjustable characteristics, allowing them to be easily inserted, removed, and repositioned within the container compartments. This dynamic design enables quick reconfiguration for different waste separation needs while simplifying transportation and storage logistics.
Solution Approach 2:
The additional containers are designed with standardized dimensions and features that allow them to be used across multiple compartments and potentially different container types. This universality reduces the variety of components needed for transportation and storage while maintaining waste separation capability.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the waste collection container is designed for modular construction, then flexibility and adaptability are improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The waste collection container is designed as an assembly of standardized modules including the container body, compartments, additional containers, and lid elements. Each module is independently manufacturable and can be assembled in different configurations to meet specific waste collection requirements.
Solution Approach 2:
Standardized interfaces and connection mechanisms are implemented across all modular components, allowing them to be universally assembled in various configurations. This standardization reduces assembly complexity despite the modular design, as the same connection principles apply throughout the system.
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AI summary
The invention relates to an insert container device (20) for arranging at least one additional container (22, 23) within a waste collection container (10), wherein the insert container device (20) has a holding device (21) on which the at least one additional container (22, 23) is located, and which is provided for detachable arrangement on/in a container body (11) of the waste collection container (10). In order to provide insert container devices that are easy to manufacture, that meet the requirements for modularity, and that can also be transported and stored efficiently and, above all, in a space-saving manner until use, according to one aspect of the invention, the insert container device (20) is formed in one piece, or at least one additional container (22, 23) and the holding device (21) are formed in one piece. Furthermore, a waste collection container with an insert container device (20) is also provided.