Underground Refuse Container Pre-Assembly for Site Installation
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Solution Overview
Problem
The assembly of underground refuse collecting arrangements is costly and time-consuming due to the need for coordinating individual components from different manufacturers, requiring extensive site closures, equipment standby, and a large workforce.
Innovation Solution
A refuse container apparatus with integrated handling devices and a drop-in housing that can be pre-assembled with the refuse collecting container, allowing for on-site assembly with a construction set that includes an exterior housing, safety system, and pre-connected components, reducing transportation height and simplifying installation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If individual components are assembled on-site from different manufacturers, then the underground refuse collecting arrangement can be customized and adapted to specific locations, but the assembly process becomes costly and time-consuming requiring extensive site closures and large workforces
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by pre-assembling the refuse collecting container with the drop-in housing and integrating the handling device at the manufacturing stage. This pre-integration of components that will be assembled on-site reduces the complexity and time of on-site assembly, allowing faster installation while maintaining the adaptability to different locations through modular design
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges multiple components (refuse collecting container, drop-in housing, handling device) into an integrated assembly unit. This combining of previously separate components into a unified pre-assembled structure simplifies the on-site installation process, reducing the need for complex coordination and large workforces while preserving location-specific adaptability
2Ease of operation
If components are delivered and assembled on-site, then coordination of multiple manufacturers and workforce is flexible, but extensive site closures and equipment standby are required leading to high costs
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary assembly of the refuse collecting container with the drop-in housing and handling device at the manufacturing stage. This pre-integration significantly reduces the on-site assembly time and minimizes the duration of required site closures, while the modular nature of the pre-assembled unit maintains coordination flexibility for different installation scenarios
3Ease of manufacture
If the drop-in housing is integrated into the refuse collecting container before assembly, then the receiving opening can be larger than the drop-in housing cross-section enabling easier installation, but the drop-in housing must be extractable from the container
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the refuse collecting container and drop-in housing as separate but integrable components. The drop-in housing is designed to be insertable into the container through the lid element, with the receiving opening dimensioned larger than the housing cross-section. This segmentation allows independent manufacturing and flexible assembly while maintaining structural integrity
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AI summary
An underground refuse collecting arrangement (10), having an exterior housing (12) for accommodating a refuse container apparatus (11), and having a refuse container apparatus (11) comprising a refuse collecting container (20) which comprises a lid element (23) that closes off the refuse collecting container (20) at the top, wherein a receiving opening (25) for refuse is provided in said lid element (23), a handling device (30) for the refuse container apparatus (11) and a drop -in housing (40) for refuse that is provided above the receiving opening (25), that is connected or adapted to be connected to the refuse collecting container (20) and that comprises at feast one drop- in opening (42) for refuse. In order to enable an underground refuse collecting arrangement to be manufactured and installed at the installation site, the receiving opening (25) in the lid element (23) is larger in dimension than the cross - section of the drop- in housing (40), so that the drop- in housing (40) can be stored inside the refuse collecting container (20) prior to assembly and can be removed therefrom on assembly.