Ball Rotor Mechanism for Roller Window Net Alignment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional roller-type window nets require precise handling to open and close, often resulting in malfunction or breakdown due to inclination issues, particularly inconvenient for children and the elderly.
Innovation Solution
A device featuring a ball rotor mechanism with a spring coupling and guide jaw system that allows easy rotation and alignment of the wire mesh, eliminating the need for precise handling and ensuring proper rolling without inclination.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the handle frame is pressed exactly at the central part or both lateral parts, then the window net can be fixed in its operating position and opened while rolling up both sides at the same time, but the operation becomes difficult and inconvenient for children and the elderly
Solution Approach 1:
A guide rail system acts as an intermediary mechanism between the user's pulling action and the window net. The guide rail includes a groove that guides the lateral ends of the window net, ensuring they roll up simultaneously and preventing inclination during operation, while the user simply pulls the handle frame without needing to press specific points
Solution Approach 2:
The window net system performs self-alignment and self-correction through the guide rail mechanism. When the user pulls the handle frame, the guide rail automatically ensures both lateral ends roll up at the same time and maintain proper positioning, eliminating the need for user skill or precision in operation
2Ease of operation
If the handle frame is pressed at wrong positions, then the operation becomes easier, but the window net rolls up in an inclined or crooked state resulting in malfunction or breakdown
Solution Approach 1:
The guide rail serves as a protective intermediary that prevents wrong positioning from causing malfunction. The groove in the guide rail physically constrains the lateral ends of the window net, ensuring they follow the correct path during rolling up, so even if the user pulls at any position on the handle frame, the window net will not roll up inclined or crooked
Solution Approach 2:
The guide rail system provides beforehand protection against operational errors. By pre-establishing the correct rolling path through the groove structure, it cushions against the harmful effect of incorrect handle pressing positions before they can cause inclination or malfunction
3Device complexity
If a conventional window net structure is used, then the structure is simple, but the installation and production cost is high due to the need for precise handling mechanisms
Solution Approach 1:
The guide rail acts as a simple intermediary component that provides complex functionality (ensuring simultaneous rolling of both sides and preventing inclination) without requiring complex mechanisms. The guide rail with its groove is a simple structural element that can be easily manufactured and installed, yet it solves the precision handling problem
Solution Approach 2:
The guide rail performs multiple functions simultaneously: it guides the lateral ends of the window net, ensures they roll up at the same time, prevents inclination during operation, and provides structural support. This multi-functionality in a single simple component reduces the need for multiple separate mechanisms, lowering production and installation costs
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables convenient and reliable operation of roller-type window nets, allowing any user to easily open and close the mesh without inclination, reducing installation and production costs through a simple structure.
Implementation Method 1
a ball rotor (18) including a front portion coupled by means of a spring (30)
Implementation Method 2
an outer rotor (42) having a rotation groove (44) formed in an internal circumferential surface thereof
Data Source
AI summary
A device (1) is described for stopping, releasing and restoring the position of roller-type window nets (3, 48), comprising: a fixing shaft (13) having a coupling groove (15) formed in a front external circumferential surface thereof and an insertion groove (16) formed in a rear surface thereof; a ball rotor (18) inserted into the fixing shaft (13) and coupled to the external circumferential surface of the fixing shaft (13), including a front portion coupled by means of a spring (30) and having a conveying groove (20) formed in a surface thereof for conveying a ball (40) and a guide jaw (38) formed in a central part thereof, wherein the ball (40) is inserted into the conveying groove (20); and an outer rotor (42) coupled to the conveying groove (20) via the ball (40) and having a rotation groove (44) formed in an internal circumferential surface thereof, wherein the ball (40) is coupled to the rotation groove (44) to rotate.