Remote Waste Oil Pumping for Spill-Safe Fryer Drainage
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for removing waste cooking oil are inefficient and pose safety hazards due to spills, odors, and unsightly storage, particularly as they often require manual handling and storage in temporary receptacles.
Innovation Solution
A portable system utilizing a helical pump with a suction apparatus and remote tank setup, including a control panel for monitoring tank levels, allows for efficient and remote removal of waste cooking oil, featuring a hand-held suction device connected via long tubing to a pump and storage tank, with pressure relief and check valves for safety.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If waste oil is stored in drums or temporary receptacles outside the back door, then storage capacity is provided, but safety hazards and unsightly appearance increase due to spills and odors
Solution Approach 1:
The invention extracts the harmful function of temporary waste oil storage from the premises by implementing a remote pumping system that transfers waste oil directly from the fryer to a distant storage tank, eliminating the need for intermediate storage receptacles and their associated hazards
Solution Approach 2:
The pumping system acts as an intermediary mechanism between the fryer and remote storage tank, providing a controlled, enclosed transfer method that prevents spills and odors while moving waste oil from the cooking area to storage
2Ease of operation
If manual handling of waste oil is used, then simplicity of operation is maintained, but safety hazards and mess increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs the waste oil removal function automatically through the pumping mechanism, eliminating the need for manual handling while maintaining ease of operation through simple activation and monitoring
3Object-affected harmful factors
If remote tank storage is implemented, then safety and aesthetics are improved by containing waste oil outside the primary area, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system is segmented into distinct functional components (pump, tubing, remote tank, control panel) that can be independently installed and maintained, reducing overall system complexity while achieving remote storage
4Productivity
If pumping mechanism is used for remote removal, then efficiency and safety are improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system replaces manual mechanical handling with an automated pumping mechanism controlled by an electric motor, improving removal efficiency while managing complexity through standardized mechanical components
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The system enables safe, efficient, and remote removal of waste cooking oil, reducing spills and odors, and allowing for easy monitoring of oil levels, thereby improving safety and aesthetics by containing the waste oil outside the primary storage area.
Implementation Method 1
the pumping mechanism is a helical pump
Data Source
AI summary
A new and improved method and apparatus for removing waste cooking oil is herein disclosed. A method for removing waste cooking oil from an associated cooking oil reservoir includes providing a pumping mechanism, wherein the pumping mechanism has tubing operatively connected to the pumping mechanism and a suction apparatus operatively connected to the tubing, providing a waste oil storage unit, turning on a pump, inserting the suction apparatus into the associated reservoir, the suction apparatus being located remotely from the waste oil storage unit, and depressing a trigger to activate the suction apparatus to remove the waste cooking oil from the associated reservoir.