Single-degree-of-freedom folding container house
By designing a single-degree-of-freedom folding container house, and adopting a mirror-symmetric structure and hinges, the container house can be quickly unfolded and locked, solving the problem of requiring mechanical equipment and human assistance in existing technologies, and improving operational convenience and structural stability.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- CN202512038890.6
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Applications(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2025-12-31
- Publication Date
- 2026-02-06
AI Technical Summary
Existing folding container houses have complex structures, require mechanical equipment and manpower, and are inconvenient to unfold and lock.
Design a single-degree-of-freedom folding container house, which adopts two mirror-symmetrical folding structures. The overall structure can be unfolded in a coordinated manner by simply lifting the top panel. Hinges allow rotation from 0° to 180°. Combined with a stable frame and modular internal design, it can achieve automated unfolding and locking.
It enables rapid deployment and locking of container houses, simplifies the operation process, requires no large amount of manpower and mechanical assistance, has good structural stability, and is suitable for automated operation.
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Abstract
Description
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The present application relates to the field of foldable mechanism, in particular to a single degree of freedom folding container house. BACKGROUND
[0002] The container house is widely used in construction sites, rescue and disaster relief, camping sites and other scenes as a kind of temporary building. However, the traditional container house needs to be assembled on site or transported after being assembled in the factory. The first method is convenient for transportation, but the on-site assembly is time-consuming and laborious. The second method is not convenient for transportation. Therefore, some people have proposed a design scheme of folding container house.
[0003] However, the existing folding container house often has a structure that is not a single degree of freedom, and the folding process is complicated and often needs the assistance of mechanical equipment and manpower.
[0004] In order to further highlight the advantages of the folding container house, the present application proposes a design scheme of a single degree of freedom foldable container house. The design can realize the coordinated unfolding of the overall structure by simply lifting the upper panel, and the whole process is fast and convenient, without the need for too much manpower and mechanical assistance. Due to its simple connection relationship and single degree of freedom characteristics, the driving system can be further designed to realize automatic unfolding and locking. SUMMARY
[0005] The technical problem to be solved by the present application is to provide a single degree of freedom folding container house which is convenient to unfold and lock.
[0006] To solve the problems in the prior art, the present application adopts the following technical scheme: The present application provides a single degree of freedom folding container house, which is connected by two mirror-symmetrical folding structures on the symmetry plane, and the symmetry plane is located at the center of the height direction. The folding structure is composed of a single degree of freedom motion system of nine panels including a first rectangular panel, two second rectangular panels, two isosceles trapezoidal panels and four right triangle panels. The first rectangular panel is the bottom or top surface of the box house, and the two second rectangular panels are connected on both sides of the length direction of the first rectangular panel. The bottom edges of the two isosceles trapezoidal panels are respectively connected on both sides of the width direction of the first rectangular panel, and the hinges are arranged inside the container body. The hypotenuse edges of the four right triangle panels are respectively hinged at the waist of an isosceles trapezoidal panel, and the hinges are arranged outside the container body. The vertical right angle edges of the four right triangle panels are respectively hinged on the short edges of a second rectangular panel, and the hinges are arranged inside the container body. The two folding structures are hinged on the two second rectangular panels, and the hinges are arranged outside the container body.
[0007] The door hole is opened on one of the isosceles trapezoidal panels; when the height of the door hole opened on one of the isosceles trapezoidal panels is insufficient, a door hole is also opened on the corresponding isosceles trapezoidal panel of the other symmetrical folding structure.
[0008] A door plate is arranged on the door hole at the back of the folding container house.
[0009] The hinge is a hinge, which is composed of two hinges and allows rotation of 0° to 180°.
[0010] The folding container house, the bed plate and the shelf type panel can be closely attached to the box body panel in the folded state, and placed in place after being fully unfolded.
[0011] The folding container house is provided with a stabilizing frame around the box body.
[0012] The stabilizing frame is composed of a cross beam and a stand, the cross beam is fixedly connected with the first rectangular panel and transported and folded together, and the stand is stored and transported alone. When the container body is unfolded in place, the stand and the cross beam are connected by bolts to lock the entire container body.
[0013] Compared with the prior art, the beneficial effects of the present application are: By introducing the paper folding technology, a single degree of freedom foldable container house is realized. Unlike traditional folding houses, the single degree of freedom mechanism design can realize the folding and unfolding of the overall structure in a single step without the need for other auxiliary structure folding and unfolding. The folding and unfolding in the height direction will not generate friction with the ground. The fold line design of the present folding house also considers the stability of the overall structure, and does not introduce more fold lines on the circumferential long plate, so that the overall structural stability is ensured. The structure also utilizes the gap caused by the thickness effect of the panel for modular internal hanging design. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
[0014] Figure 1 It is a whole schematic diagram of a single degree of freedom foldable container house.
[0015] Figure 2 It is a schematic diagram of a semi-structural panel connection.
[0016] Figure 3 It shows the folding process of a single degree of freedom foldable container house.
[0017] Figure 4 It is a schematic diagram of the internal hanging design of the folding container house.
[0018] Figure 5 It is a schematic diagram of the installation position of the stabilizing frame of the folding container house. DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0019] This invention provides a single-degree-of-freedom folding container house, such as... Figure 1 As shown, it is formed by two mirror-symmetric folded structures 1 connected on a symmetry plane 2, with the symmetry plane located at the center in the height direction.
[0020] See the structure of folded structure 1. Figure 2 A single-degree-of-freedom motion system consisting of nine panels: a first rectangular panel 111, two second rectangular panels 112 and 113, two isosceles trapezoidal panels 114 and 115, and four right-angled triangular panels 116, 117, 118, and 119. The first rectangular panel 111 is the bottom or top surface of the container house. The two second rectangular panels are connected to both sides of the first rectangular panel 111 along its length. The bases of the two isosceles trapezoidal panels are respectively connected to both sides of the first rectangular panel 111 along its width, with hinges located inside the container body. The hypotenuses of the four right-angled triangular panels 116, 117, 118, and 119 are respectively hinged to the sides of an isosceles trapezoidal panel, with hinges located outside the container body. The vertical right-angled sides of the four right-angled triangular panels 116, 117, 118, and 119 are respectively hinged to the short sides of a second rectangular panel, with hinges located inside the container body. The two folding structures 1 are hinged to the two second rectangular panels 112, 113, with the hinges located on the outside of the container body, see [link / reference]. Figure 1 .
[0021] A doorway is provided on one of the isosceles trapezoidal panels 113; when the height of the doorway provided on one isosceles trapezoidal panel is insufficient, a doorway is also provided on the corresponding isosceles trapezoidal panel of the other symmetrical folding structure.
[0022] A door panel is installed at the doorway behind the folding container house.
[0023] Folding structure 1 is a single-degree-of-freedom folding structure designed using thick-plate origami technology. According to this technology, the connection methods between the plates and the placement of the hinges are specially designed, which is key to achieving single-degree-of-freedom folding of the thick plate without physical interference. The connection relationships between the various panels of folding structure 1 will be explained in detail below.
[0024] The thickness effect in thick plate folding is solved by using the bias hinge method and the paper cutting technique, and therefore the same loose-leaf hinge 3 is used to connect each panel to simulate the movement of the folding crease. The two short edges of the rectangular panel 111 are connected with the lower bases of the isosceles trapezoidal panels 114 and 115 respectively, and the hinge is arranged inside the container body; the isosceles trapezoidal panels 114 and 115 are connected with the oblique edges of the right-angled triangular panels 116, 117, 118 and 119 at the two waists, and the hinge is arranged outside the container body; the vertical right-angled edges of the right-angled triangular panels 116, 117, 118 and 119 are connected with one short edge of the rectangular panels 112 and 113 respectively, and the hinge is arranged inside the container body; the rectangular panel 111 and the rectangular panels 112 and 113 are not connected, thereby forming a single-degree-of-freedom foldable thick plate system.
[0025] The two folding structures 1 are connected only by the vertical rectangular panels, and the hinge is arranged outside the box body. The other contact panels are not connected, and a locking design is added after the structure is unfolded.
[0026] The hinge 3 is composed of two hinges, allowing rotation of 0° to 180°.
[0027] The door panel 4 is placed by cutting grooves on the panels 114, 116 and 117. A connecting port is arranged on the trapezoidal panel 114, and the door panel is connected after the box structure is unfolded.
[0028] A stabilizing frame 5 is arranged around the folding container house. The stabilizing frame 5 is composed of two upper and lower cross beams 51 and two left and right vertical columns 52, and the two upper and lower cross beams 51 are fixed on the two radial second rectangular panels 113 respectively. When the container body is in the folded state, the vertical columns 52 are stored alone. When the container body is unfolded, the left and right vertical columns 52 are fixed on the two sides of the upper and lower cross beams 51, thereby locking the entire container body.
[0029] A modular bed panel and an internal hanging design of a shelf are arranged in the folding container house. Due to the thickness, space is still left in the completely folded state of the container body, and therefore the bed panel and the shelf panel can be closely attached to the box panel in the folded state and placed in place after being completely unfolded.
[0030] The container house provided by the application is a single-degree-of-freedom structure, and the unfolding process is simple and convenient. Only the upper panel needs to be lifted, and the whole structure can be unfolded synchronously.
Claims
1. A single-degree-of-freedom folding container house, characterized in that, The container body (1) is formed by two mirror-symmetrical folding structures connected on a plane of symmetry (2), which is located at the center in the height direction. The folding structure is a single-degree-of-freedom motion system consisting of nine panels: a first rectangular panel (111), two second rectangular panels (112, 113), two isosceles trapezoidal panels (114, 115), and four right-angled triangular panels (116, 117, 118, 119). The first rectangular panel (111) is the bottom or top surface of the container house, and the two second rectangular panels (112, 113) are placed on both sides of the length of the first rectangular panel, but not... The bottom edges of the two isosceles trapezoidal panels (114, 115) are respectively connected to the two sides of the width direction of the first rectangular panel (111) by hinges, and the hinges (3) are placed inside the container body; the hypotenuses of the four right-angled triangular panels (116, 117, 118, 119) are respectively hinged to the waist of an isosceles trapezoidal panel, and the hinges are placed outside the container body; the vertical right-angled sides of the four right-angled triangular panels (116, 117, 118, 119) are respectively hinged to the short side of a second rectangular panel (112, 113), and the hinges are placed inside the container body; The two folding structures are hinged on two second rectangular panels, with the hinges located on the outside of the container body.
2. The folding container house according to claim 1, characterized in that, A doorway is provided on one of the isosceles trapezoidal panels (114); when the height of the doorway provided on one of the isosceles trapezoidal panels is insufficient, a doorway is also provided on the corresponding isosceles trapezoidal panel of the other symmetrical folding structure.
3. The folding container house according to claim 1, characterized in that, A door panel (4) is installed on the doorway behind the folding container house.
4. The folding container house according to claim 1, characterized in that, The hinge (3) is a hinged hinge, which is composed of two hinges and allows rotation from 0° to 180°.
5. The folding container house according to claim 1, characterized in that, The panels for bed boards and shelves can be folded up to fit snugly against the body panel and placed in place when fully unfolded.
6. The folding container house according to claim 1, characterized in that, A stable frame is arranged around the box (5).
7. The folding container house according to claim 6, characterized in that, The stabilizing frame (5) consists of two upper and lower crossbeams (51) and two left and right columns (52). The upper and lower crossbeams (51) are fixed on two radial second rectangular panels (113) respectively. When the container body is unfolded into place, the left and right columns (52) are fixed on both sides of the upper and lower crossbeams (51) to lock the entire container body.
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