Pool Filtration Extraction Tool for Dry Maintenance
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing pool water filtration systems require users to bend down and potentially get wet while replacing or cleaning filtration elements, posing challenges for individuals with mobility issues, back problems, or the elderly.
Innovation Solution
A device with an elongated structure and adjustable means of extraction, including transverse bars, protruding ends, and hooks, allows for the removal of filtration elements without bending and keeps hands dry, featuring a telescopic system and various forms of unlocking mechanisms for access hatches.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If users manually access and extract filtration elements from the pool filtration system, then the filtration elements can be cleaned or replaced, but users must bend down and potentially get wet, which is difficult for people with reduced mobility or back problems
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an extraction device as an intermediary tool between the user and the filtration element. This device includes a long handle that extends into the pool filtration system, allowing users to retrieve filtration elements without bending down or getting wet. The handle acts as a mediator that bridges the gap between the user's position above water and the filtration element inside the pool system.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent solves the problem by transitioning from direct manual extraction to remote extraction through a long handle that operates in a different spatial dimension. Instead of the user's hands directly contacting the filtration element at water level, the interaction occurs through a handle that extends vertically from above water down to the filtration element, changing the dimensional approach from direct contact to remote operation.
2Ease of operation
If the extraction device includes a long handle to avoid bending, then users with mobility issues can operate it, but the device structure becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The extraction device is segmented into distinct functional components: a long handle for reaching into the pool system, an extraction mechanism at the end of the handle, and a retrieval portion that interfaces with the filtration element. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized independently while maintaining overall simplicity. The handle can be made of telescopic sections that adjust in length, further simplifying the structure by allowing users to customize the reach distance.
Solution Approach 2:
The extraction device is designed with universal applicability to work with different types of pool filtration systems. The extraction mechanism can accommodate various filtration element shapes and sizes, and the handle can be adjusted to different lengths. This multi-functionality reduces the need for multiple specialized tools, thereby reducing overall device complexity while maintaining ease of operation for diverse user needs.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the extraction device has adjustable and telescopic systems to adapt to different filtration elements, then versatility is improved, but manufacturing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The extraction device incorporates dynamic, adjustable components such as telescopic handle sections that can extend or retract to different lengths. This dynamic adjustment capability allows the same device to adapt to various pool filtration system configurations and filtration element positions. The telescopic mechanism uses simple interlocking sections that slide into each other, providing adjustability without requiring complex manufacturing processes.
Solution Approach 2:
The device allows users to change physical parameters such as handle length and extraction mechanism configuration to match different filtration element types. By enabling parameter adjustments rather than creating entirely different devices for each filtration element type, the patent achieves versatility while maintaining manufacturing simplicity. The adjustment mechanisms rely on standard mechanical principles that are easy to manufacture and assemble.
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AI summary
The invention relates mainly to an extraction device (23) for the maintenance of a swimming pool, characterized in that it comprises: - at least one gripping element (24) manipulable by a user, - an elongated structure (25) having a longitudinal elongation direction (D1) and being sufficiently long to avoid and/or limit a user from bending down when using the extraction tool, and/or from having wet hands to extract at least one filtration element, and - extraction means (27) configured to engage with a part of at least one filtration element (14, 17, 20) or of an element cooperating with a swimming pool water filtration element to allow extraction of said filtration element.