Binding Machine Magazine Relocation Prevents Object Contact
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing binding machines risk damaging objects during the binding process due to the magazine for staples being positioned immediately below the binding portion, potentially causing contact and damage.
Innovation Solution
A binding machine design that includes a magazine configured to hold staples with a displacement portion that displaces the staple legs in a manner that avoids contact with the object, using a driver to push the staple forward and a displacement portion to intersect the legs, positioning the magazine rearward of the intersection point, and utilizing a ball screw and nut part to move the driver.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If the magazine is disposed immediately below the tip end of the binding portion, then the binding operation can be performed efficiently, but the magazine may come into contact with the object and damage the object during binding
Solution Approach 1:
The patent repositions the magazine from a vertical arrangement (immediately below the binding portion) to an inclined arrangement. The magazine is disposed to extend in a direction inclined relative to the forward direction of the staple, creating a spatial separation that prevents contact with the object while maintaining binding functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a displacement portion as an intermediary mechanism between the driver and the staple. This displacement portion includes a bending portion that bends the first leg portion of the staple during the binding operation, allowing the magazine to be positioned in a safe zone rearward of the intersection point while still achieving the binding effect on the object.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If the magazine is repositioned rearward to avoid contact with the object, then object damage is prevented, but the binding structure becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the binding mechanism into distinct functional segments: the magazine for holding staples, the driver for pushing staples forward, and the displacement portion with bending portions for deforming the staple legs. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized independently while working together in a coordinated manner, managing overall system complexity through modular functional decomposition.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent employs dynamic elements in the displacement portion, where the first and second leg portions of the staple are dynamically deformed during the binding operation. The bending portions create moving deformation zones that adapt during the binding process, allowing the magazine to remain in a fixed safe position while still achieving the necessary staple deformation for effective binding.
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 design effectively prevents contact between the magazine and the object, ensuring the binding process is performed without damaging the objects being bound.
Implementation Method 1
a ball screw; and a nut part configured to move based on a rotation of the ball screw
Implementation Method 2
a ball screw; and a nut part configured to move based on a rotation of the ball screw
Data Source
AI summary
A binding machine includes: a magazine configured to hold a staple that has a first leg portion and a second leg portion and that is opened between the first leg portion and the second leg portion; a driver configured to push the staple held in the magazine in a forward direction with an opening portion facing forward and configured to move the first leg portion and the second leg portion in the forward direction of the magazine; and a displacement portion configured to bind an object to be bound inserted between the first leg portion and the second leg portion by displacing the first leg portion moved in the forward direction of the magazine.