Toilet Shredder Removable Lid Access Hatches
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing toilet shredder devices require professional intervention for maintenance due to inaccessible components, making it difficult for non-professionals to repair common breakdowns such as pump motor and shredding issues.
Innovation Solution
The shredder device is designed with accessible components, including a control box and motor/pump/shredding assembly, located beneath a removable cover, allowing easy access to the microswitch, capacitor, and shredding means without disassembling the toilet bowl, with features like a membrane pressure switch and sealed electrical connections for safety and ease of maintenance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Object-affected harmful factors
If the control box and motor/pump/shredding assembly are sealed and positioned inside the tank for safety, then safety is improved, but accessibility for maintenance deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The device is divided into separate accessible components (control box with microswitch and capacitor, motor/pump/shredding assembly) that can be individually accessed through separate hatches in the lid, while the main tank structure remains sealed and intact.
Solution Approach 2:
A removable lid with strategically positioned hatches serves as an intermediary structure that allows access to internal components without compromising the sealed nature of the main tank, enabling maintenance while maintaining safety.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If the lid is secured by resistant snap-fastening means for safety, then safety is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The lid is segmented with multiple access hatches that can be opened independently through removable covers, allowing users to access only the specific component needed without removing the entire sealed lid structure.
Solution Approach 2:
Different parts of the lid have different access characteristics - the main lid body remains sealed with snap-fastening for safety, while specific local areas (hatches) have removable covers for easy access to controls and shredding components.
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
Enables non-professional users to perform routine maintenance on common breakdowns without professional assistance, improving safety and accessibility while preventing injuries by clearly marking power-off requirements.
Implementation Method 1
a membrane pressure switch controlling the microswitch
Data Source
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AI summary
The invention relates to a shredder device intended to be connected to a toilet bowl, which consists of a vessel (1) into which the water and matter from said toilet bowl are conveyed and in which there is a motor (3) equipped in its upper part with a disintegrating means (5) contained in a basket (4) and at its lower part with a pump (7), said motor (3) connected to a capacitor (12) and a miniswitch (11) being switched on by a membrane-type pressure switch that controls the miniswitch, in which shredder device the control unit (10) is situated underneath an access hatch formed in the lid (2) of said vessel and closed by a removable cover (8) and the miniswitch (11) and the capacitor (12) are accessible at the top of the control unit (10) and/or the motor/pump/disintegrating means assembly (3,7,5,6) is situated under an access hatch formed in the lid (2) of said vessel and closed by a removable cover (8a). This shredder device through its design offers ease of intervention by non-professionals in the event of breakdown.