Disposal Splash Guard Baffle with Peripheral Openings
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Solution Overview
Problem
Typical disposal splash guards direct water through a central opening, leading to food waste accumulation in the disposal, necessitating a mechanism to reduce this accumulation.
Innovation Solution
A disposal splash guard design featuring a cylindrical body with a baffle that includes peripheral openings, splits, and flaps, allowing water to flow through these openings instead of the central opening, thereby reducing food waste accumulation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If water is directed through the central opening in the disposal splash guard, then the splash guard structure is simple, but food waste accumulates in the disposal
Solution Approach 1:
The baffle is segmented with multiple peripheral openings distributed around its circumference, dividing the single water flow path into multiple paths. This segmentation allows water to exit at different locations, preventing food waste accumulation while maintaining structural simplicity
Solution Approach 2:
The invention transitions from a single central opening (one-dimensional flow path) to multiple peripheral openings distributed around the baffle circumference (multi-dimensional flow paths). This dimensional change enables water to flow through different locations, effectively reducing food waste accumulation
2Loss of substance
If peripheral openings are added to the baffle, then food waste accumulation is reduced, but the baffle structure becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The baffle is segmented with multiple peripheral openings distributed around its circumference, dividing the single water flow path into multiple paths. This segmentation allows water to exit at different locations, preventing food waste accumulation while maintaining structural simplicity
Solution Approach 2:
The peripheral openings serve multiple functions: they divert water flow to prevent food waste accumulation, and their distributed arrangement helps distribute mechanical loads on the baffle, providing structural benefits in addition to their primary flow diversion function
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The design effectively directs at least ten percent of incoming water through peripheral openings, minimizing food waste accumulation and improving the functionality of disposal splash guards.
Implementation Method 1
The size of the peripheral openings is operable to direct water flowing into the disposal splash guard through the peripheral openings in the baffle
Data Source
AI summary
The present invention provides a disposal splash guard that enables water flowing into the disposal splash guard to be directed through peripheral openings in the disposal splash guard. The disposal splash guard comprises a body and a baffle. A size of the peripheral openings is operable to direct water flowing into the disposal splash guard through the peripheral openings in the baffle. At least one of a shape of the body and a shape of the baffle is operable to direct water flowing into the disposal splash guard through the peripheral openings in the baffle. At least one of a size of the peripheral openings, a shape of the body, and a shape of the baffle is operable to direct at least ten percent of water flowing into the disposal splash guard through the peripheral openings in the baffle.