Electrical device for actuating a vacuum cleaner
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems for connecting machine tools with vacuum cleaners for dust management are prone to faults, particularly when switching off, as multiple devices can inadvertently activate or deactivate the vacuum cleaner, leading to dust dispersal and potential health hazards.
Innovation Solution
The implementation of a wireless communication interface in electric devices, such as machine tools or energy storage modules, that sends a registration message to establish a control connection with the vacuum cleaner based on the switching status of the switching element, ensuring only authorized devices can control the vacuum cleaner.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a wireless communication interface is implemented to enable multiple electric devices to control the vacuum cleaner, then the ease of operation is improved, but the reliability deteriorates due to unintended switching operations
Solution Approach 1:
A registration message mechanism is introduced as an intermediary step between the control command and the vacuum cleaner's switching action. The wireless communication interface sends a registration message to the external communication apparatus to establish a control connection before the vacuum cleaner can be switched on or off. This prevents unintended switching operations while maintaining ease of wireless control.
2Reliability
If a control connection establishment mechanism is implemented, then the reliability is improved by preventing unauthorized control, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs a preliminary action by sending a registration message to establish a control connection before executing the main control function (switching the vacuum cleaner on or off). This preliminary registration step ensures that only authorized electric devices can control the vacuum cleaner, improving reliability without requiring complex authentication protocols.
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AI summary
An electric device in the shape of a machine tool or an energy storage module for the electric power supply of a machine tool. The electric device has a wireless communication interface for wireless communication with an external communication apparatus, which forms part of a vacuum cleaner provided to suction dust generated by the machine tool and with the wireless communication interface being designed to send at least one control command to control the vacuum cleaner as a function of a switching status of the switching element to the external communication apparatus via a wireless control connection.