Swing Lid Container With Hydraulic Actuation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing container designs for transporting merchandise, particularly coils, face challenges in facilitating easy loading and unloading while ensuring protection during transport, as they often require complex mechanisms or compromise on space efficiency.
Innovation Solution
An open container with a swing lid structure, featuring a rectangular base platform, corner posts, stiffening struts, and a hydraulic cylinder-operated hollow semi-cylindrical lid that can open for easy access and close for protection, with freely rotating legs for stability and a metal strip or tarpaulin for secure closure.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If a swing lid structure with hydraulic cylinder is used, then loading and unloading efficiency is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The lid is designed to be movable rather than fixed, allowing it to swing between open and closed positions. This dynamic structure enables easy access for loading and unloading while maintaining protection during transport, directly improving productivity without requiring complex sealing mechanisms.
Solution Approach 2:
A hydraulic cylinder is used to operate the swing lid, providing powerful and controlled movement with a compact actuator. This hydraulic system enables efficient opening and closing operations with simple control, improving loading and unloading efficiency while keeping the actuation mechanism relatively simple.
2Ease of operation
If the lid is kept open for loading access, then ease of operation is improved, but protection of merchandise deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The swing lid provides a dynamic solution that transitions between open and closed states. When open, it allows full access for loading operations; when closed, it provides complete protection for merchandise during transport, thus resolving the contradiction between ease of operation and protection.
3Volume of moving object
If a compact box-shaped container is used, then space efficiency is improved, but ease of operation for loading deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The container is segmented into a base platform and a separate swing lid structure. This segmentation allows the lid to be positioned independently - swung open for easy loading access or closed for compact, space-efficient transport - thus resolving the contradiction between space efficiency and ease of operation.
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AI summary
Open container with swing lid, comprising a rectangular base platform (2); posts (3) at the corners of the base platform (2) with corresponding corner pieces (4); a pair of stiffening struts (5) on the shorter sides of the base platform (2) arranged between the base platform (2) and the posts (3) at the corners of the shorter sides; a strut (6) between the pair of posts (3) on one of the longer sides of the base platform (2) and close to the base platform (2); a swing lid (7) structure, with a hollow semi-cylindrical configuration, hinged to the strut (6); and at least one hydraulic cylinder (8) to operate the swing lid (7) structure.