Rotating Cover Fly Catcher With Serrated Attraction
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional fly catchers have complex structures and manufacturing processes, leading to increased costs and difficulty in quick production.
Innovation Solution
A simplified fly catcher design featuring a housing with a base portion, chamber, and a rotating cover with serrated patterns to attract and trap flies, utilizing a serrated pattern and rotating mechanism for easy assembly and reduced manufacturing costs.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If conventional fly catcher designs are used, then effective fly trapping function is achieved, but manufacturing complexity and cost increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple components into a single integrated housing structure. The housing combines the chamber, attraction mechanism support, and trapping structure into one unified piece, eliminating the need for separate assemblies and reducing manufacturing steps while maintaining effective fly trapping functionality
Solution Approach 2:
The housing is designed with segmented features including the rotatable cover that can independently rotate to release trapped flies, and the casing within the cover that forms a separate trapping chamber. This segmentation allows simple manufacturing of individual parts that assemble easily while providing complex trapping behavior
2Productivity
If conventional fly catcher designs are used, then fly trapping capability is maintained, but production time and manufacturing cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The housing is pre-formed as a single integrated component with all necessary features (chamber, orifices, casing support structures) already in place during manufacturing. This preliminary integration eliminates the need for time-consuming assembly operations and allows rapid production while maintaining full trapping functionality
Solution Approach 2:
The design employs nested structures where the casing is positioned within the cover, and the cover rotates within the housing. This nesting allows multiple functional elements to be contained within minimal space, reducing the overall number of parts and assembly steps required for manufacturing
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 design allows for easy and quick manufacturing with decreased costs while effectively attracting and trapping flies using a simplified structure and serrated patterns for attraction and retention.
Implementation Method 1
The housing includes a serrated pattern provided thereon, and/or the cover includes a serrated pattern provided thereon for attracting and confusing the flies and/or the mosquitos into the housing and the cover
Implementation Method 2
the cover including a lower peripheral portion engaged with the upper peripheral portion of the housing for guiding the cover to rotate relative to the housing
Implementation Method 3
the casing includes an aperture formed therein and communicating with the space of the casing and communicating with the compartment of the cover for guiding a fly or mosquito into the cover and the housing and for preventing the fly or the mosquito from flying out of the casing and of the cover
Data Source
AI summary
A fly catcher includes a housing having an orifice formed in an upper peripheral portion and communicating with an inner chamber of the housing, and a cover includes a lower peripheral portion rotatably engaged with the upper peripheral portion of the housing, the cover includes an opening for selectively aligning with the orifice of the housing when the cover is rotated relative to the housing, and the cover includes a casing extended from an upper portion into the cover, and the casing includes an aperture for guiding a fly or mosquito into the cover and the housing. The cover includes a key slidably engaged with a channel of the housing for guiding and limiting the cover to rotate relative to the housing.