Waste Bin Edge Support for Modular In-Container Sorting
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing waste collection containers lack modularity in terms of adding additional bins and their positioning, limiting the adaptability and flexibility for selective waste sorting.
Innovation Solution
A holding device with a linear profile that attaches to the top edge of a waste collection container, allowing for flexible placement and attachment of additional bins, featuring receiving elements and fastening mechanisms for stable support and easy installation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple waste collection containers are provided for selective waste sorting, then waste sorting capability is improved, but the volume of different containers increases and it becomes difficult to provide each user with a container for each waste stream
Solution Approach 1:
The patent places additional waste collection bins inside the main waste collection container. The holder device supports one or more additional bins within the main container's interior space, allowing multiple waste streams to be collected in a single container footprint. This nesting approach enables selective waste sorting while avoiding the need for multiple separate large-volume containers.
2Adaptability or versatility
If a dividing wall is used to divide storage volume into several compartments, then waste sorting is enabled, but the number of streams that can be created is limited
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of using a single dividing wall that creates fixed compartments, the patent uses multiple independent additional bins that can be individually removed, added, or repositioned. Each additional bin represents an independent waste stream container, allowing flexible segmentation of the storage volume. The holder device supports these bins independently, enabling dynamic reconfiguration of waste streams without being constrained by fixed wall structures.
3Adaptability or versatility
If additional bins are arranged inside a waste collection container with a holder, then waste storage sub-volumes are created, but modularity is limited particularly in terms of adapting a variable number of bins and positioning relative to the holder shape
Solution Approach 1:
The holder device is designed with a universal support structure that can accommodate one or more additional bins of varying sizes and configurations. The holder includes support surfaces and retaining structures that work with standard bin dimensions, allowing the same holder design to support different numbers and types of bins. This universal approach enables easy adaptation to variable bin configurations without requiring custom holder designs for each specific arrangement.
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AI summary
The invention relates to a holding device (2) for additional waste collection bins (24) intended to be arranged in a waste collection container (40, 46), the holding device (2) being formed as a linear profile and being intended to be arranged on only one top edge of a wall of the waste collection container (40, 46), the holding device (2) comprising a main body (4) designed so as to extend around the top edge of a waste collection container (40, 46), the holding device (2) being intended be supported by only one top edge of the wall of a waste collection container (40, 46).