Pivoting Flap Support for Oyster Bag Retention
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current oyster pocket maintenance systems face issues with long implementation and withdrawal times, low resistance to wear, and high risk of pocket losses due to elastic rupture, especially in agitated environments, leading to oyster loss and degradation.
Innovation Solution
A support system featuring pivoting fighters with deformable longitudinal bars and removable J-shaped hooks that securely lock oyster pockets onto a tray, providing robust and easy maintenance with minimal wear, ensuring oyster pocket integrity.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If metal hooks attached to elastics are used to solidarize pockets with longitudinal bars, then the system is simple to use, but it has long implementation and withdrawal times and low resistance to wear leading to elastic rupture and pocket losses
Solution Approach 1:
The invention changes the material parameter from elastic to rigid for the maintenance element (fighter), transforming it from a flexible elastic system to a rigid mechanical system. This rigidity provides higher resistance to wear and rupture while maintaining ease of operation through the pivoting mechanism that allows quick opening and closing actions.
Solution Approach 2:
The fighter is designed with pivoting means allowing it to rotate between an open position for easy pocket installation and a closed position for secure maintenance. This dynamic capability enables quick implementation and withdrawal of pockets while the rigid structure ensures durability and resistance to wear during the pivoting and locked positions.
2Loss of time
If pins are used to impale pockets through mesh with large rubber elastics, then implementation and withdrawal time is reduced, but the risk of pocket losses increases due to elastic rupture in agitated areas
Solution Approach 1:
The invention replaces the flexible elastic material with a rigid fighter structure that has high resistance to rupture. The rigid material parameter change eliminates the risk of elastic rupture while maintaining quick implementation and withdrawal through the pivoting mechanism that enables fast opening and closing actions.
Solution Approach 2:
The fighter includes a longitudinal bar with a curved profile that arches over the pockets, providing a protective cover. This curved structure distributes mechanical stresses more evenly and prevents concentration of forces that could lead to rupture, while the rigid material ensures high resistance to wear and rupture in agitated environments.
3Loss of time
If rigid chassis with pivotal means are used to rotate and lock pockets, then implementation and withdrawal time is reduced, but the risk of pocket degradation increases due to wear from rectilinear spikes penetrating meshes
Solution Approach 1:
The fighter's longitudinal bar has a curved profile that arches over the pockets, replacing the harmful rectilinear spikes with a smooth curved surface. This curved structure eliminates concentrated penetration points that cause mesh wear, distributing contact forces evenly across the pocket surface while maintaining the rigid pivoting mechanism for quick implementation and withdrawal.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention converts the potential harm of rigid contact into a beneficial smooth curved surface that protects rather than damages the pockets. The curved longitudinal bar distributes mechanical stresses and prevents concentration of forces that would cause mesh wear, transforming the rigid structure from a potential harm source into a protective element.
4Reliability
If multiple rectilinear spikes are used to penetrate and maintain pockets, then pockets are secured in position, but increased wear of pocket meshes occurs especially in agitated waters
Solution Approach 1:
The fighter replaces multiple rectilinear spikes with a single smooth curved longitudinal bar that arches over the pockets. This curved structure provides reliable positioning and locking through its arched shape while eliminating the concentrated penetration points that cause mesh wear, distributing contact forces evenly across the pocket surface.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention extracts the harmful rectilinear spikes that penetrate and damage the mesh, replacing them with a smooth curved surface. This removal of the harmful penetrating elements eliminates the source of mesh wear while the curved longitudinal bar maintains the necessary locking and positioning function through its arched shape and rigid structure.
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 system enables quick and secure installation and removal of oyster pockets, reduces the risk of loss and degradation, and maintains oyster pocket integrity even in agitated marine environments, while minimizing contact surfaces for optimal oyster exchange.
Implementation Method 1
the longitudinal bar can be able to be deformed for its strength assembly in the closed position in which the longitudinal bar is retained by stress by the restraint elements
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AI summary
A support (1) for one or more oyster bags (P) for oyster farming, comprising a platform (5) and means for securing said oyster bags (P) on the platform (5), the securing means comprising at least one flap pivotally fixed relative to the platform between an open position allowing the oyster bags (P) to be placed on the platform (5) and a closed position in which the flap (6) is opposite the platform (5) so as to hold the oyster bags (P) in position between the platform (5) and the flap (6). Furthermore, the free end of the flap (6) has a longitudinal bar (7) dimensioned to extend over the oyster bags (P) in the closed position, the support (1) comprising retaining means (8) for the flap (6) capable of applying a retaining force to the longitudinal bar (7) to secure the flap (6) in the closed position.