Injection Molded Waste Bin Reinforcement
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional garbage cans made from injection-molded plastic lack targeted reinforcement, leading to unnecessary material usage and increased weight, which affects stability and manufacturing costs.
Innovation Solution
The garbage can features a partially reinforced injection-molded plastic body with flat material reinforcements in high-load areas, such as corner regions and the pouring rim, reducing wall thickness while maintaining capacity, and utilizing varying rib element thicknesses for enhanced stability.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If the entire plastic body is uniformly reinforced, then the garbage can becomes more stable and resistant to mechanical influences, but the wall thickness increases overall leading to increased weight and material consumption
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by differentiating the wall thickness across different regions of the garbage can. The front side wall and corner regions have increased wall thickness (e.g., 4-6mm) to provide enhanced mechanical resistance where needed, while the rear side wall maintains a standard thickness (e.g., 2-3mm) where lower strength requirements apply. This localized reinforcement strategy achieves the required stability without uniformly increasing the weight of the entire container.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the plastic body into distinct regions with different reinforcement levels. The front side wall, rear side wall, bottom wall, and corner regions are treated as separate segments with optimized thickness values. This segmentation allows each region to be independently optimized for its specific functional requirements, preventing unnecessary material usage in low-stress areas while ensuring adequate strength in high-stress zones.
2Ease of manufacture
If the wall thickness is reduced to save material and weight, then manufacturing costs decrease, but the stability and resistance to mechanical influences are compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements local quality by providing targeted reinforcement in specific high-stress regions such as the front side wall and corner regions, while using thinner walls in the rear side wall and other low-stress areas. This approach ensures that the garbage can maintains adequate stability and resistance to mechanical influences in critical areas without unnecessarily increasing overall material consumption and manufacturing costs.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the wall structure into multiple regions with different thickness specifications. The front side wall has a first thickness value optimized for high mechanical loads, the rear side wall has a second thickness value for lower loads, and the bottom wall has a third thickness value. This segmentation enables cost-effective manufacturing by minimizing material usage while maintaining structural integrity where required.
3Stability of the object's composition
If the corner regions are reinforced with increased wall thickness, then dimensional stability improves and buckling is prevented, but material consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by concentrating material reinforcement specifically in the corner regions and front side wall where dimensional stability is most critical during lifting and tipping operations. The corner regions have increased wall thickness to prevent buckling and maintain structural integrity under load. This localized approach ensures dimensional stability in high-stress zones without proportionally increasing material consumption across the entire garbage can.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the corner regions as distinct structural elements requiring enhanced reinforcement. The corner regions are designed with greater wall thickness compared to the rear side wall and other non-critical areas. This segmentation allows the corner regions to be optimized independently for dimensional stability while controlling overall material consumption through selective reinforcement only where structurally necessary.
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AI summary
The invention relates to a waste bin (1) with an injection molded plastic body (2) comprising lateral walls (3, 4, 5, 6) and a base (8) that are arranged relative to one another so as to together delimit a cavity (15) with an opening (17) opposite the base (8). Each two mutually facing lateral walls (3, 4, 5, 6) transition into each other in an integral manner in a common corner region (11, 12, 13, 14), and a pour edge (21) which runs around the opening (17) and comprises a collar part (23) that protrudes radially outwards from the lateral walls (3, 4, 5, 6) is arranged on an upper face (16) of the waste bin (1). The collar part (23) is additionally supported on the lateral walls (3, 4, 5, 6) by means of rib elements (28, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59) distributed along the pour edge (21), and the injection molded plastic body (2) is partially reinforced with at least one flat material reinforcement (35) such that the wall thicknesses of the waste bin (1) are reduced as a whole while maintaining the same capacity.