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US 10,077,154 B2Granted
Waterproof induction actuated container
AssigneeNine Stars Group (U.S.A.) Inc.
InventorsXin Wang, Jiangqun Chen
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Abstract
A waterproof induction container includes a container body and an induction actuated container cover. The container body includes a storage cavity and a container opening. The induction actuated container cover includes a control housing, a cover panel, and an automatic driving arrangement. The control housing has a side concealed compartment and a cover opening. The cover panel is pivotally mounted to the control housing to pivotally move between a closed position and an opened position. The automatic driving arrangement is concealed in the side concealed compartment of the control housing in a waterproof manner to prevent any contamination of the automatic driving arrangement by moisture, corrosive gas, and trash residuals.
Claims10
A waterproof induction container, comprising:
- a container body having a storage cavity and a container opening;
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- an induction actuated container cover which comprises:
- a control housing detachably coupled at said container body at said container opening thereof, wherein said control housing has first and second side concealed compartments formed at a rear portion of said control housing, and a cover opening formed between said first and second side concealed compartments to communicate with said storage cavity of said container body;
- a cover unit which comprises a pivot shaft having first and second end portions extended into said first and second side concealed compartments respectively, and a cover panel pivotally mounted to said control housing via said pivot shaft to pivotally move between a closed position that said cover panel covers at said cover opening to enclose said storage cavity and an opened position that said cover panel exposes said cover opening for communicating with said storage cavity;
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- an automatic driving arrangement, which comprises:
- a sensor unit mounted at said control housing for detecting a target movement of a user;
- an actuation unit concealed in said first side concealed compartment of said control housing in a waterproof manner to operatively link with said sensor unit and to operatively coupled to said pivot shaft, wherein said actuation unit is actuated to move said cover panel via said pivot shaft between said opened and closed positions;
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- a resilient element concealed in said second side concealed compartment of said control housing and coupled at said second end portion of said pivot shaft to apply an urging force as an initial force towards said cover panel for initially pushing up said cover panel simultaneously when said cover panel is started to move from said closed position and as a weight supporting force for partially offsetting a weight of said cover panel when said cover panel is started to move from said opened position.
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A waterproof induction container, comprising:
- a container body having a storage cavity and a container opening;
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- an induction actuated container cover which comprises:
- a control housing detachably coupled at said container body at said container opening thereof, wherein said control housing has first and second side concealed compartments formed at a rear portion of said control housing, and a cover opening formed between said first and second side concealed compartments to communicate with said storage cavity of said container body, wherein said control housing has a front concealed compartment defining a slanted front wall;
- a cover unit which comprises a pivot shaft having first and second end portions extended into said first and second side concealed compartments respectively, and a cover panel pivotally mounted to said control housing via said pivot shaft to pivotally move between a closed position that said cover panel covers at said cover opening to enclose said storage cavity and an opened position that said cover panel exposes said cover opening for communicating with said storage cavity;
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- an automatic driving arrangement, which comprises:
- a sensor unit mounted at said control housing for detecting a target movement of a user, wherein said sensor unit comprises a sensor circuit board concealed in said front concealed compartment and a sensor supported at said slanted front wall of said control housing to operatively linked to said sensor circuit board, such that said sensor is located in front of said cover panel to maximize said detecting range of said sensor at said approaching direction for detecting said target movement;
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- an actuation unit concealed in said first side concealed compartment of said control housing in a waterproof manner to operatively link with said sensor unit and to operatively coupled to said pivot shaft, wherein said actuation unit is actuated to move said cover panel via said pivot shaft between said opened and closed positions.
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