Adjustable Profile Screed for Pavement Construction

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing screeds for pavement construction require complex conversion work and are uneconomical due to the need for complete replacement when different profiles are needed, leading to significant time and resource inefficiencies.

Innovation Solution

A screed design featuring angularly adjustable profile parts with a joint and angle adjustment mechanism, allowing for various profile configurations without replacing the entire screed, enabling efficient processing of different profiles and profiles with positive or negative angles without additional tools or conversion work.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If standard screed boards are used for substrates with different profiles, then complete replacement of the screed board is necessary, but this leads to enormous time consumption and economic inefficiency

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveadaptability to different substrate profilesVSAvoidchangeover time
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The screed board is divided into multiple profile parts that can be independently adjusted. Instead of replacing the entire screed board for different profiles, individual profile parts can be reconfigured by adjusting their angular positions relative to each other, enabling quick adaptation to different substrate profiles without complete replacement.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The profile parts are designed with adjustable angular positions relative to each other, transforming the static screed board into a dynamic system. This allows the screed board to adapt its shape and profile according to the specific substrate requirements, enabling versatile profile processing with a single system.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

2Manufacturing precision

If complete replacement of screed boards is performed for different profiles, then the correct profile is achieved, but tool inventory and storage requirements increase enormously

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveprofile accuracyVSAvoidtool inventory
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The screed board is designed as a universal system where a single board can produce multiple different profiles through angular adjustment of its profile parts. This multi-functionality eliminates the need to maintain separate screed boards for different profiles, reducing tool inventory while maintaining profile accuracy.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The dynamic adjustability of profile parts allows one screed board to perform the functions of multiple specialized boards. By changing the angular positions of profile parts, the same physical board can be configured for different profiles, thereby reducing the total number of tools needed.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

3Adaptability or versatility

If different profiles are stored and transported separately, then profile-specific screeding is enabled, but transportation and storage costs increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveprofile varietyVSAvoidstorage space
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

Instead of storing multiple separate profile-specific screed boards, the invention provides a universal screed board that can be configured for different profiles through angular adjustment. This reduces the quantity of physical tools that need to be stored and transported while maintaining the ability to process various profiles.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The modular structure with adjustable profile parts allows the screed board to be reconfigured for different profiles without requiring separate complete boards. This segmentation enables profile variety to be achieved through configuration rather than through possessing multiple complete tools.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentEP4215673B1Levelling screed for a screeding structure of a sidewalk, small and area paver
Publication Date: 2023.12.13 HEIDE FLAECHENFERTIGER GMBH
  • EP4215673B1 patent drawingFigure 1
  • EP4215673B1 patent drawingFigure 2a~2b

AI summary

The present invention relates to a screed (1) for a screeding structure of a sidewalk, small-scale and surface paver (2), which is formed from at least one plank-, shield-, rod- and/or flat-shaped profile body (10) designed to compact, screed and/or level material applied to a substrate. The screed (1) according to the invention is characterized in that the profile body (10) is formed from at least one first profile part (100') and at least one second profile part (100"), which are adjustable (W) relative to each other at their adjacent inner end faces (1000).