Bent Pipe Rope Guide with Lateral Swing for Even Wire Winding

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing threading devices for pipelines in construction engineering lack a mechanism to allow the bent pipe converging device to swing left and right, leading to intensive winding and stacking of wire ropes, which affects normal pay-off and take-up processes.

Innovation Solution

The threading device incorporates a rope arrangement auxiliary device with a reciprocating driving assembly and a bent pipe converging device that can rotate up and down and swing left and right, ensuring even collection and pay-off of wire ropes.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If the bent pipe converging device only swings up and down without left and right movement capability, then the device structure is simple, but the wire ropes intensively wind and stack together affecting normal pay-off

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvewire rope pay-off smoothnessVSAvoidbent pipe converging device structure
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The bent pipe converging device is transformed from a static single-axis swinging mechanism to a dynamic multi-axis mechanism that can swing both up and down and left and right. The first rotating shaft enables up-down swinging while the second rotating shaft enables left-right swinging, allowing the device to dynamically adapt to wire rope positioning requirements and prevent intensive winding and stacking.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The movement capability of the bent pipe converging device is expanded from one dimension (up-down swinging only) to two dimensions (up-down and left-right swinging). By adding the second rotating shaft for left-right movement, the device gains additional spatial freedom to properly guide and distribute wire ropes, eliminating the stacking problem caused by limited single-axis movement.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

2Ease of operation

If the bent pipe converging device lacks left and right swinging capability, then the device structure remains simple, but wire ropes are easy to be clamped with each other

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvewire rope take-up processVSAvoidconverging device structure
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The converging device is made dynamically adjustable in two independent directions through the first and second rotating shafts. This dynamic capability allows the device to adapt its orientation during wire rope take-up, preventing wires from being clamped together by distributing them more evenly across the collection area.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

By adding left-right swinging capability via the second rotating shaft, the device operates in two spatial dimensions rather than one. This dimensional expansion provides additional freedom to separate and organize wire ropes as they are taken up, preventing them from being clamped together due to limited movement options.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

3Manufacturing precision

If the bent pipe converging device can rotate up and down and swing left and right, then wire ropes are collected evenly, but the device structure becomes more complex

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvewire rope collection uniformityVSAvoidrotating and swinging mechanism
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The device employs two rotating shafts that enable independent movement in two directions, creating a dynamic system that can precisely position the bent pipe converging device. This dynamic control allows for uniform wire rope collection by adjusting the device orientation to match the take-up pattern, ensuring even distribution across the collection area.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The addition of left-right swinging capability via the second rotating shaft expands the device's operational space from one dimension to two dimensions. This dimensional expansion enables the bent pipe converging device to reach and guide wire ropes more uniformly across the collection area, achieving better distribution uniformity despite the increased structural complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

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

This configuration prevents wire ropes from intensively winding and clamping, ensuring smooth take-up and pay-off processes, and improving the overall efficiency of the threading device.

Implementation Method 1

a bent pipe converging device restoring torsion spring is disposed on the first rotating shaft in a penetrating manner

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectTorsion spring: Torsion Spring

Data Source

PatentEP4375224B1Threading device
Publication Date: 2025.04.02 TAIZHOU DAWEI ELECTRIC APPLIANCE CO LTD
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AI summary

The present invention provides a threading device, wherein a bent pipe converging device (130) in the threading device is rotationally disposed on a first rotating shaft (120) through a first sleeve (170), an annular gasket (190) and a clamp spring (200), the bent pipe converging device can rotate up and down and also can swing left and right, a rope arrangement auxiliary device (210) consisting of a rope arrangement plate (220), a first eccentric wheel (270) with a first push rod (260) and a rope arrangement motor (280) is disposed on an inward outlet of the bent pipe converging device, a first sliding groove (240) and a second sliding groove (250) are disposed on the rope arrangement plate in parallel, a sliding direction of the first sliding groove and the second sliding groove is perpendicular to a reciprocating direction of the rope arrangement plate, and the internal outlet of the bent pipe converging device and the first push rod are inserted into the first sliding groove and the second sliding groove, respectively; by such a configuration, the first eccentric wheel can enable the bent pipe converging device to reciprocate left and right during take-up under the driving of the rope arrangement motor, and a wire rope taken up on a wire wheel cannot be intensively wound together to generate a wire clamping phenomenon, so that the wire rope on the wire wheel is collected more evenly.