Binding Machine Wire Guide Layout for Buckled Wire Removal
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing reinforcing bar binding machines face difficulties in securely removing wires that deviate from the feeding path and become buckled, leading to operational inefficiencies and challenges in removing the remaining wire from narrow spaces and moveable areas.
Innovation Solution
The binding machine incorporates a wire feeding unit, a binding unit, a first guide with an introduction part to curl the wire, an inductive guide to direct the wire, and an entry regulation part to prevent the wire from entering certain areas, ensuring the wire can be easily discharged when it cannot be fed normally.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If the wire is continuously fed when it cannot be normally fed, then the wire deviates from the feeding path and becomes buckled, but the feeding operation cannot be performed
Solution Approach 1:
The entry regulation part is positioned in advance to prevent the wire from entering prohibited areas before buckling can occur. This preliminary preventive structure stops the wire deviation at the source, preventing the harmful effect of buckling before it compromises the feeding operation
Solution Approach 2:
The entry regulation part acts as an intermediary structure between the wire feeding path and the prohibited area. It mediates the wire's path by allowing normal feeding while blocking entry into areas where buckled wire would cause problems
2Ease of operation
If the buckled wire is caught at a narrow place, then it is difficult to remove the remaining wire, but the wire can be easily discharged with the entry regulation part
Solution Approach 1:
The entry regulation part extracts or separates the wire path into permitted and prohibited areas. By defining a clear boundary that prevents wire entry into narrow spaces, it enables easy wire removal without requiring complex extraction mechanisms from difficult-to-reach areas
Solution Approach 2:
The wire path is segmented into a feeding path and prohibited areas by the entry regulation part. This segmentation prevents the wire from entering regions where removal would be difficult, simplifying the overall wire management system
3Ease of operation
If the buckled wire enters into a moveable area of a retraction mechanism, then it is more difficult to remove the remaining wire, but the entry regulation part prevents wire entry into prohibited areas
Solution Approach 1:
The entry regulation part provides preliminary prevention by blocking wire entry into the moveable area of the retraction mechanism before buckling occurs. This prevents the wire from becoming entangled in moving parts, making removal straightforward
Solution Approach 2:
The entry regulation part serves as an intermediary barrier between the wire feeding path and the moveable retraction mechanism area. It protects the moveable components from wire entanglement while allowing normal wire feeding operations
Data Source
AI summary
A binding machine includes a first guide having an introduction part into which the wire to be fed by the wire feeding unit is to be introduced, and configured to curl the wire introduced from the introduction part, a second guide configured to guide the wire delivered from the first guide toward the binding unit, a main body part having one end portion at which the first guide and the second guide are provided, and, an entry regulation part provided in the main body part, provided at one side of the introduction part of the first guide at a downstream side of the binding unit with respect to a feeding direction of the wire to be fed toward the first guide by the wire feeding unit, and configured to prevent the wire from entering into one side of the introduction part of the first guide.