Angled Heated Hose Coupling for Insulated Hot-Melt Routing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing heated hoses for hot-melt adhesives face challenges with space constraints and insufficient flexibility, leading to cooling issues and inadequate insulation, especially when using straight hoses with terminal screw connectors, which require additional angled intermediate parts that are not insulated and may need separate heating.
Innovation Solution
A heated hose with an angled attachment piece that integrates a coupling connector within the end cap, allowing for better thermal insulation and flexibility without external intermediate parts, using a plug coupling system that secures the attachment piece in a socket, enabling easy rotation and precise alignment for optimal glue application.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a straight heated hose with terminal screw connector is used, then the coupling axis is in alignment with the heated hose, but space constraints and insufficient flexibility occur, requiring additional angled intermediate parts
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the attachment piece with angled configuration directly integrated into the heated hose assembly, merging the function of the hose connection and angle adjustment into a single integrated component. This eliminates the need for separate angled intermediate parts while maintaining the required flexibility and space efficiency.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of using a straight hose with external angle adapters, the invention inverts the approach by designing the hose attachment piece itself with the required angle. The coupling axis is intentionally misaligned with the hose axis, creating an built-in angled connection that eliminates additional components.
2Ease of operation
If angled intermediate parts are used to achieve flexibility, then space constraints are addressed, but the intermediate parts are not insulated and may lead to medium cooling
Solution Approach 1:
The invention merges the angled connection function directly into the insulated heated hose assembly. The attachment piece is integrated such that the entire flow path including the angled section remains within the insulated hose, eliminating exposed uninsulated intermediate parts that would cause heat loss.
Solution Approach 2:
The heated hose itself acts as an intermediary that provides both the angular deflection and thermal insulation in one component. The hose body serves as the mediator between the pressure medium and the external environment, maintaining temperature while achieving the required directional change.
3Ease of operation
If angled intermediate parts are used for flexibility, then space constraints are resolved, but separate insulation or heating devices are required
Solution Approach 1:
The invention combines multiple functions into a single integrated heated hose assembly: thermal insulation, angular deflection, and medium transport. The attachment piece with built-in angle is fully integrated into the insulated hose, eliminating the need for separate insulation covers or heating devices on intermediate parts.
Solution Approach 2:
The heated hose assembly performs multiple functions simultaneously: it provides thermal insulation, achieves angular deflection for flexibility, transports the pressure medium, and connects to external components. This multi-functional design eliminates the need for additional specialized components.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The solution provides improved thermal insulation and flexibility, preventing medium cooling and ensuring consistent temperature, even in constrained spaces, by integrating the coupling connector within the end cap and using a plug coupling system that secures the attachment piece, facilitating efficient and clean adhesive application.
Implementation Method 1
a thermal insulation layer (14) made of a thermally insulating material and surrounding the high-pressure hose (10) and the at least one heat conductor (13)
Implementation Method 2
at least one heat conductor (13) for heating the medium flowing in the high-pressure hose (10)
Data Source
AI summary
A heated hose for passage of a free-flowing medium, for example for the passage of a hot-melt adhesive. The heated hose has an angled attachment piece, wherein the attachment piece has a first limb and, angled with respect to the first limb, a second limb, wherein the attachment piece has a through-channel which runs through the limbs to allow the free-flowing medium to pass through the attachment piece, and wherein the attachment piece has a coupling connector for producing a fluidic connection between the heated hose and an external apparatus, by coupling the external apparatus along a coupling axis of the coupling connector.