Pot stand
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing pot stands with water collecting trays are unstable when supporting heavy pots, as they bend under the load, leading to inconvenience and reduced usability.
Innovation Solution
A pot stand design featuring a main body with a water reservoir and a load receiving part that includes a vertical wall or column shape, which fits into a long groove in the water reservoir, providing enhanced load-bearing capacity and stability, and a flow dividing plate to direct water flow and prevent leakage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If the thickness of the saucer is increased to enhance the strength of the stand, then the load bearing capacity is improved, but the thickness and size of the whole product increase
Solution Approach 1:
The stand is divided into distinct functional components: a saucer for water collection and a separate load receiving part for supporting the pot. This segmentation allows each part to be optimized independently - the saucer remains thin for aesthetic purposes while the load receiving part provides the necessary structural strength.
Solution Approach 2:
The load receiving part acts as an intermediary element between the saucer and the pot. It transfers the load from the pot to the main body of the stand without requiring the saucer itself to be thick or structurally heavy, thus resolving the contradiction between strength and size.
2Device complexity
If a traditional water collecting tray structure is used, then the structure is simple, but the stand becomes unstable when supporting heavy pots
Solution Approach 1:
The functional separation of water collection (saucer) and load support (load receiving part) allows the structure to remain relatively simple while achieving stability. The load receiving part is specifically designed to provide structural support without complicating the overall design.
Solution Approach 2:
The load receiving part is strategically positioned and designed with appropriate thickness and material properties to provide localized strength where needed (under the pot) while keeping other parts of the structure simple and lightweight.
Data Source
AI summary
A pot stand is provided that is capable of being simply used, receiving drained water without causing water leakage, reducing manufacturing cost and enables easy disposition of the drained water. The pot stand includes a main body, a water reservoir and a load receiving part. The main body includes an upper surface part that has a drain hole, a side surface part that supports the upper surface part and has a space opened upwardly, and a bottom surface part that is connected to the side surface part. The pot stand further includes an opening that is formed in a part of the side surface part and ribs that are provided in an inner side of the main body. The water reservoir is slidably movable through the opening to be taken in or out from the space. The load receiving part is a standing wall-like shaped and extends from the bottom surface part in the space.