Adjustable Mezzanine Floor with Telescopic Posts
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional mezzanine floors are inflexible, requiring specialized installation, high transportation costs, and masonry works, making them costly and inefficient for reuse or adaptation to different locations.
Innovation Solution
A modular mezzanine floor system comprising telescopic posts, beams, and joists with adjustable components, allowing for easy installation and reconfiguration without the need for masonry works, reducing the requirement for specialized labor and transportation costs.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If fixed mezzanine floors are custom-made for each location, then installation precision and structural firmness are improved, but adaptability to different locations deteriorates and manufacturing cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
The mezzanine floor is divided into modular components (posts, beams, floor panels) that can be assembled in different configurations. Each module has standardized connection interfaces allowing the structure to be adapted to various locations while maintaining structural integrity through standardized joining mechanisms.
Solution Approach 2:
The modular components are designed with universal connection features that allow the same elements to be used across different locations and applications. The standardized posts, beams, and connection nodes can be reconfigured to create mezzanine floors suitable for various architectural spaces without requiring custom fabrication.
2Ease of manufacture
If modular mezzanine floors use fixed-size modules, then manufacturing precision and ease of production are improved, but adaptability to different locations deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The modular system incorporates adjustable elements such as telescopic posts with variable heights and beams with adjustable spans. These dynamic features allow the fixed-size modules to be configured in multiple arrangements, adapting to different spatial requirements while maintaining standardized manufacturing processes.
Solution Approach 2:
The modular components are designed with nested or interlocking features that allow standardized modules to be combined in various configurations. The telescopic posts can be extended or retracted to different lengths, and beams can be joined in different orientations, enabling adaptable layouts from standardized parts.
3Manufacturing precision
If conventional mezzanine floors require specialized installation staff, then installation precision is improved, but device complexity and installation time increase
Solution Approach 1:
The modular mezzanine floor system incorporates self-aligning connection features and intuitive assembly mechanisms that enable installation without specialized staff. The standardized interfaces with tolerance compensation and self-centering features allow unskilled workers to achieve precise installation through simple connection operations.
4Manufacturing precision
If fixed measurements are used for mezzanine floor components, then manufacturing precision is improved, but adaptability to different locations deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses standardized components with adjustable parameters, particularly telescopic posts that can be extended to various heights and beams that can be configured in different spans. The fixed manufacturing precision of standardized components is combined with adjustable installation parameters to achieve both precision and adaptability.
5Ease of operation
If modular mezzanine floors are made of secured modules, then ease of assembly is improved, but structural firmness deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The connection nodes and joining mechanisms are pre-designed and pre-positioned on the modular components during manufacturing. This preliminary preparation ensures that when modules are assembled, the structural integrity is automatically maintained through pre-engineered connection points, combining ease of assembly with structural firmness.
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AI summary
The invention relates to a mezzanine floor provided with a system for extending all of the components thereof, which allows the floor to be installed anywhere and moved to other locations, wherein one structure can be adapted to different spaces without any changes having to be made to said structure. The structure is formed by four extendable posts (1) which support two extendable beams (12) by means of a capital (7). Connectors are used to connect a series of extendable joists (17) to the aforementioned beams and the level floor (21) is installed on said joists. The invention also includes a staircase (22) secured to the top part of the structure by means of connectors.