Pool Skimmer Basket with Pivoting Bottom and Trigger
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Solution Overview
Problem
Most pool skimmer baskets are difficult to clean due to debris becoming stuck, requiring violent shaking or manual removal, which is inefficient and cumbersome.
Innovation Solution
A pool skimmer basket apparatus with a pivoting bottom and trigger mechanism that allows easy release of debris, enabling quick removal and cleaning by gripping the handle and activating the trigger to open the bottom, allowing collected debris to fall out.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the basket is designed with a fixed bottom to collect debris, then debris collection capability is improved, but cleaning difficulty increases requiring violent shaking or manual removal
Solution Approach 1:
The basket bottom is divided into a removable section that can be separated from the main basket body. This segmentation allows the bottom to function as both a collection surface during operation and a removable component for easy cleaning, resolving the contradiction between maintaining debris collection capability and enabling easy cleaning.
Solution Approach 2:
The basket bottom transitions from a static fixed structure to a dynamic removable structure. The bottom can be in a closed position during operation to collect debris effectively, and then opened or removed for easy cleaning, making the structure adaptive to different operational phases.
2Ease of operation
If the basket bottom is made removable for easy cleaning, then cleaning ease is improved, but structural complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The removable bottom is nested within the basket structure, fitting into a receptacle formed in the basket body. This nesting arrangement allows the bottom to be easily inserted and removed without requiring complex locking mechanisms or additional components, maintaining structural simplicity while enabling easy cleaning.
3Ease of operation
If the basket bottom pivots to an open position for cleaning, then cleaning ease is improved, but risk of accidental opening increases
Solution Approach 1:
The bottom incorporates a self-latching mechanism that automatically engages when the bottom is in the closed position, securing itself without requiring additional components or complex locking systems. The bottom can be manually opened for cleaning by overcoming the latch, but remains securely closed during normal operation, preventing accidental opening while maintaining ease of intentional opening.
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AI summary
A quick release pool skimmer basket apparatus includes a tapered attachment apparatus, a basket having a sidewall, a filter element coupled to the sidewall to move between an open position and a closed position, and a handle extending upwardly from the basket. A trigger in the handle is operatively coupled to the filter element to hold the filter element in the closed position. Activation of the trigger releases the bottom from the closed position to the open position.