Plastic bag packaging and separating device for smart packaging toilet
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing smart toilets face issues with poor packaging and incomplete separation of plastic bags, leading to inconvenience and hygiene concerns due to complex processes and potential bag breakage during removal.
Innovation Solution
A plastic bag packaging and separating device for smart toilets, comprising a synchronous belt, driving shaft, motor, guide rod, gathering mechanism, roller assembly, hot-melt base, and hot-melt device, with a silicone strip groove and lower rotating mechanism to ensure complete separation and sealing of plastic bags.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a packaging mechanism is added to enable automatic plastic bag packaging and replacement, then convenience and hygiene are improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The packaging mechanism is divided into independent functional modules: a gathering mechanism with clamping members for bag collection, a hot-melt device for sealing, and a lower rotating mechanism for separation. Each module performs a specific function, allowing the system to achieve automatic packaging without excessive overall complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables self-service automatic packaging where the gathering mechanism automatically clamps and guides the plastic bag, the hot-melt device automatically seals it, and the lower rotating mechanism automatically separates used bags from clean bags, eliminating the need for manual intervention in the packaging process.
2Device complexity
If a simple packaging mechanism is used, then device complexity is reduced, but packaging and sealing effects deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The gathering mechanism features localized clamping members that apply pressure specifically at the bag opening area to ensure proper sealing. The hot-melt device concentrates thermal energy at the sealing point, and the lower rotating mechanism applies friction force at specific contact points with the silicone strip to achieve effective bag separation without requiring complex mechanisms throughout the entire system.
Solution Approach 2:
The lower rotating mechanism incorporates a silicone strip on the rotating shaft, combining the rotational motion capability with the high-friction properties of silicone material. This composite approach enhances the separation effect between used and clean plastic bags by increasing friction force at the contact interface, improving reliability without adding mechanical complexity.
3Object-affected harmful factors
If the plastic bag is tightly sealed for hygiene, then hygiene is improved, but ease of separation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The lower rotating mechanism employs periodic rotational motion to separate the plastic bags. The rotation creates cyclical friction force between the silicone strip and the bag material, gradually working loose the sealed bag from the container while maintaining the seal integrity during the separation process, enabling both hygiene protection and ease of removal.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the friction parameter by using a silicone strip with high friction coefficient on the lower rotating mechanism. This parameter change allows the mechanism to effectively separate tightly sealed bags through friction-based gripping and rotation, overcoming the difficulty of separating hygienically sealed bags without compromising the seal.
4Device complexity
If manual cleaning or bag replacement is used, then device complexity is reduced, but hygiene and convenience deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The packaging mechanism performs self-service automatic operations including gathering the plastic bag with clamping members, sealing it with the hot-melt device, and separating used bags through the lower rotating mechanism. This automation eliminates manual cleaning and bag replacement, significantly improving hygiene and convenience while maintaining reasonable system simplicity through modular design.
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
Facilitates efficient, hygienic, and complete separation of plastic bags, enhancing convenience and portability of smart toilets by ensuring effective sealing and preventing bag breakage during use.
Implementation Method 1
hot-melt base, and a hot-melt device
Implementation Method 2
one side of the plastic bag is pulled down by a friction force of the rotating shaft
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AI summary
The present disclosure relates to a plastic bag packaging and separating device for a smart packaging toilet in the technical field of smart toilets. The device includes a synchronous belt, a driving shaft, a motor, a guide rod, a gathering mechanism, a roller assembly, a hot-melt base, and a hot-melt device, and further includes a silicone strip groove, an exhaust sheet, and a lower rotating mechanism. The motor is connected to the driving shaft, and the synchronous belt is wound around the driving shaft. The gathering mechanism is clamped into a transmission belt through a clamping member and is slidably arranged on the guide rod. The hot-melt device is mounted on the hot-melt base. The lower rotating mechanism is connected to the hot-melt base. The roller assembly is arranged below the guide rod. The silicone strip groove is provided in the gathering mechanism, and the exhaust sheet is arranged below the silicone strip groove. The plastic bag packaging and separating device according to the present disclosure has a good packaging and sealing effect, implements complete separation of a plastic bag after packaging, facilitates cleaning of the plastic bag, and achieves a good user experience effect.