Movable-Wall Filling Device for Compact Transport
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Solution Overview
Problem
Funnel-shaped filling devices require dimensions that make transportation difficult due to their sloping walls, limiting mobility and spatial flexibility.
Innovation Solution
A filling device with movable elements, such as foldable walls and hydraulic actuators, allowing for adjustable dimensions and positions to facilitate both operation and transport.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the filling device has fixed funnel-shaped dimensions to ensure proper filling function, then the filling capability is maintained, but the transport difficulty increases
Solution Approach 1:
The filling device incorporates movable walls that can change position between a vertical configuration during filling operations and a horizontal configuration during transport. This dynamic reconfiguration allows the device to adapt its shape and dimensions based on operational requirements, resolving the contradiction between maintaining filling capability and reducing transport dimensions.
Solution Approach 2:
The filling device is divided into multiple separable wall sections that can be independently positioned. These segmented walls can be adjusted between vertical and horizontal positions, enabling the device to transform from a funnel shape during operation to a compact configuration during transport, thus addressing both filling requirements and transport constraints.
2Ease of operation
If the filling device uses sloping walls to create a funnel shape, then the filling function is enabled, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The device uses movable walls with actuators that can dynamically adjust between vertical and horizontal positions. This dynamic capability allows the simple funnel shape to be created only when needed for filling operations, while the device can be simplified to a compact form during transport, reducing overall structural complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The movable walls are equipped with actuators that enable automatic or semi-automatic positioning between vertical and horizontal configurations. This self-service mechanism reduces the need for complex manual adjustment systems or additional structural components, thereby lowering device complexity while maintaining the funnel-shaped filling function when required.
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
Enables flexible operation and compact transport by allowing the device to change from a vertical working position to a horizontal transport position, maximizing filling volume and minimizing transport dimensions.
Implementation Method 1
each or all together by means of one or more hydraulic cylinders
Data Source
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AI summary
The present invention relates to a filling device for filling material into a device, wherein the filling device comprises one or more movable elements.