Sterilization Basket Handle Mechanism for Secure Container Fixing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing sterilization sieve baskets experience movement and abrasion during transport due to gaps between their outer sides and the inner sides of sterile containers, leading to potential damage and slippage of contents.
Innovation Solution
A sterilization sieve basket with a pivotable handle that includes a fixing portion or press-on element, which moves and deforms to increase the basket's dimensions, allowing it to securely fit and fix within a container, reducing movement and abrasion.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Volume of moving object
If the sterilization sieve basket is made with smaller outer dimensions to fit into the sterile container, then the basket can be inserted into the container, but gaps are created between the basket and container walls allowing movement and slippage during transport
Solution Approach 1:
The handle is designed as a movable component that can pivot between a first position (for insertion) and a second position (for securing). When moved to the second position, the handle protrudes from the basket and engages with the container wall, dynamically changing the basket's effective dimensions to eliminate gaps and prevent slippage during transport.
2Ease of operation
If the handle is designed to be pivotable for easy handling and insertion, then ease of operation is improved, but the mechanism becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The pivotable handle serves multiple functions: it acts as a gripping element for manual handling, a positioning aid for insertion into the container, and a securing mechanism that protrudes to engage with the container wall. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate components, thereby limiting the increase in device complexity.
3Reliability
If the handle protrudes to secure the basket in the container, then transport protection is improved, but the basket dimensions increase making insertion more difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The handle is designed to be movable between a retracted first position (facilitating easy insertion) and a protruding second position (providing secure engagement with the container wall during transport). This dynamic configuration allows the same component to satisfy both requirements at different operational stages.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The solution provides secure fixation and protection against scratches and slippage, ensuring easy handling and durable transport of sterilization equipment.
Implementation Method 1
the fixing portion and/or press-on portion or element... is moved and/or deformed in the direction outside of the sterilization sieve basket... the sterilization sieve basket can abut, press against, connect and/or reduce a distance to an external, i.e. outside of the sterilization sieve basket, (counter) contact surface
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AI summary
A sterilization basket, sterilization basket system and container system. The sterilization basket is insertible into and removable from a container well. At least one basket handle is mounted movably on a basket side wall. The handle has a gripping portion, which is connected to a bearing portion via a connection web oriented at an angle to the gripping portion, on which bearing portion the handle is held on a bearing on the wall of the basket and is movable into at least one carrying position and into a fixing position. The sterilization basket also has at least one fixing and/or pressing portion or element, which is spaced from the gripping portion and mounted on the basket side wall and is movable and/or deformable by a selected movement of the handle from the basket side wall in the direction outside the sterilization basket to bear against a container well.