Roller Shutter Garbage Can Head Avoiding Hand Collisions
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing garbage can heads with overturning type opening covers result in poor user experience due to collisions with hands during opening and cannot be fully opened in narrow spaces.
Innovation Solution
A roller shutter-type intelligent garbage can head featuring a protective shell, mounting shell, sensor, connecting blades, and a rotating motor-driven winding pipe system that allows for automatic and smooth operation, avoiding collisions and accommodating narrow spaces.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If an overturning type opening cover is used, then the garbage can head can be opened, but the cover collides with hands resulting in poor use experience
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies the dynamics principle by replacing the static overturning cover with a dynamic roller shutter mechanism that moves vertically along guide rails. The cover transitions from a fixed position to a dynamically controlled opening/closing motion, allowing smooth operation without collision while maintaining sealing functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the traditional mechanical overturning hinge system with an automated roller shutter mechanism driven by a motor. This substitution eliminates the need for manual overturning motion that causes hand collision, providing a more safe and comfortable user experience.
2Adaptability or versatility
If an overturning type opening cover is used, then the garbage can head can be opened, but the cover cannot be fully opened in narrow spaces
Solution Approach 1:
The roller shutter mechanism provides dynamic adjustability in opening distance. The motor-driven system can open the cover to any degree required, allowing full opening in narrow spaces without the geometric constraints of traditional overturning hinges. The vertical motion along guide rails enables complete retraction when space is limited.
3Object-affected harmful factors
If a roller shutter-type intelligent garbage can head is used, then collision-free operation is achieved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the cover system into distinct functional components: the roller shutter cover itself, guide rails for vertical motion, a motor for driving, and sensor systems for control. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized independently while working together to achieve collision-free operation through coordinated function.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces sensors as intermediary elements between the user and the cover mechanism. These sensors detect hand proximity and control motor activation, mediating the interaction to prevent collision while managing the complexity of automated control through intelligent sensing rather than complex mechanical interlocks.
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 solution provides a smooth and collision-free operation, enhances user experience, and improves the device's applicability in narrow spaces by ensuring the garbage can head can be fully opened.
Implementation Method 1
a rotating motor is nested in the winding pipe, and the winding pipe and the rotating motor constitute a rotation structure; the winding pipe forms a winding structure with the connecting blade and the first baffle via the rotating motor
Implementation Method 2
the sensor senses the upper end and controls the rotating motor to rotate stably
Implementation Method 3
the outer side of the winding pipe is in meshing connection with both the connecting blade and the first baffle via the limiting groove and the limiting block
Implementation Method 4
a plurality of groups of clamping blocks for engaging the coupler are provided on the inner sides of the winding pipes, and the two groups of winding pipes constitute a synchronous transmission via the coupler
Data Source
AI summary
Provided is a roller shutter-type intelligent garbage can head, including a protective shell, a mounting shell, a sensor, connecting blades and a coupler. A sliding groove is provided between the protective shell and the mounting shell; the connecting blades and a first baffle are arranged in the sliding groove in a limited manner; the sensor is provided at a front end of the protective shell of the roller shutter-type intelligent garbage can head, and a rear end of the sensor is electrically connected to a rotating motor by means of a connecting line; the sensor senses an upper end and controls the rotating motor to rotate stably so as to drive two sets of reel pipes to synchronously rotate under an action of the coupler. At this time, by means of the mesh connection between limiting recesses on the outer sides of the reel pipes and limiting blocks on the outer sides of the connecting blades, the connecting blades and the first baffle can be driven to be stably and automatically wound outside the reel pipes. In this process, the overall convenience is high, the collision between a cover and a hand in a using process can be effectively avoided, better use experience is provided, and the applicability of the device in a narrow space is improved.