Water Collection Base Element With Integrated Pump Housing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current rainwater collection systems lack efficient access and pressurization methods, making it difficult to utilize collected water for various domestic and industrial applications, and they do not provide adequate storage or pressurization means for convenient use.
Innovation Solution
A base element for a water collection module that elevates the water reservoir, houses an electric device such as a pump, and allows for easy electrification through a recess for the connection line, enabling the use of external components like batteries for powering the pump, providing ergonomic and efficient access to the collected water.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the water reservoir is elevated on a base element for easy access, then ease of operation is improved, but device complexity increases due to additional mounting structures
Solution Approach 1:
The base element combines multiple functions into a single integrated structure: it elevates the water reservoir for access, houses the electric pump and connection lines, and provides mounting provisions. This merging eliminates the need for separate mounting structures and electrical housings, resolving the contradiction between ease of operation and device complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The base element serves multiple purposes simultaneously: structural support for elevation, electrical housing for the pump and connections, and mounting platform for the water reservoir. This multi-functionality improves ease of operation while avoiding additional complexity from separate components.
2Device complexity
If electric devices are housed within the base element for compact design, then device complexity is reduced, but ease of operation deteriorates due to difficult electrification
Solution Approach 1:
The connection line is extracted from the internal housing space and guided through an opening in the base element to the exterior. This allows the electric pump to be housed within the compact base structure while maintaining easy access for electrification, resolving the contradiction between device complexity and ease of operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The opening in the base element acts as an intermediary pathway, allowing the connection line to pass from the internal electric device to the external power source. This mediator enables compact housing while maintaining ease of electrification.
3Ease of operation
If the connection line extends externally from the base element for easy electrification, then ease of operation is improved, but device complexity increases due to exposed wiring
Solution Approach 1:
The base element provides localized protection and organization for the connection line at the specific location where it exits the housing. This targeted approach allows easy electrification while minimizing exposed wiring to only the necessary external connection point, resolving the contradiction between ease of operation and device complexity.
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AI summary
A base element (100, 100') of a water collection module (300) includes a bottom side (102). The base element (100, 100') also includes a top side (104), which is opposite to the bottom side (102) and connected to the bottom side (102) via a side surface (106). The bottom side (102) forms a base face for standing the base element (100, 100') on an underlying surface (G) and the opposite side, i.e., the top side (104) forms a mounting face to hold any other device, in particular a water reservoir (200), mounted to it. Further, at least one electric device having a connection line (114) is housed within the base element (100, 100') such that the connection line (114) extends into an exterior (112) of the base element (100,100'). The base element (100, 100') is characterized in that the base element (100, 100') is formed with at least one recess (116) to house the connection line (114). Further, the base element (100, 100') is formed to hold an external component (122) to which the connection line (114) extends.