Transport Container With U-Shaped Handle And Lid Storage
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing containers for transporting machine tools and accessories are inefficient in organizing and storing accessories and small parts, leading to clutter and hindering the removal and insertion of machines.
Innovation Solution
A container design with a U-shaped carrying handle that encloses the closure lid in its non-use position, providing a fixed location for accessories and maintaining the receiving space's horizontal position during transport, allowing for better space utilization and easy access.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If accessories and small parts are stored in compartments on the container lid, then organization is improved, but the space for the machine tool is reduced and access is hindered
Solution Approach 1:
The container is segmented into distinct functional zones: a main storage compartment for the machine tool, a receiving space on the lid for accessories, and a closure lid for small parts. This segmentation allows each zone to serve its specific purpose without interfering with others, resolving the conflict between organization and storage space.
Solution Approach 2:
The receiving space for accessories is positioned on the horizontal surface of the container lid, utilizing the lid's top surface as a storage dimension. This adds a new storage dimension without encroaching on the vertical storage space needed for the machine tool, effectively separating the two functions in different spatial dimensions.
2Reliability
If a closure lid is added to seal the receiving space, then protection of small parts is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The closure lid is merged with the container lid structure, forming an integrated assembly where the closure lid is positioned on the receiving space of the main lid. This merging approach provides protection for small parts while avoiding the need for separate, additional components, thus minimizing the increase in device complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The closure lid serves multiple functions: it seals the receiving space to protect small parts from falling out or getting lost, and it can be positioned in different locations on the lid to accommodate various storage configurations. This multi-functionality justifies the added component by providing multiple benefits from a single element.
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
The solution ensures that accessories are easily accessible, stored in a fixed location, and does not obstruct the machine's removal or insertion, while maintaining a large, unobstructed space for the machine tool, and allows for efficient stacking and connection of multiple containers.
Implementation Method 1
the retaining legs are pivotably mounted on the container lid with their end regions opposite the support bar, so that the carrying handle can be pivoted between a non-use position resting on the container lid and a carrying position raised from the container lid
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AI summary
The trunk-type container (1) has a main lid (9) with a receiving cavity (21) for accessories, and another lid (23) to close this cavity, or to provide access to it when opened. Ion plan view. when the carrying handle (11) is in the not-in-use position, it is partly surrounded by this handle, and may be shaped for the convenience of stowing the handle in the non-use position.