Blade Holder Lamp Layout for Precise Cutting Width Setup
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing cutting apparatuses face difficulties in understanding the relationship between lamps and blades, making it challenging to achieve precise cutting of sheet-shaped members to desired widths due to unclear correspondence between these components.
Innovation Solution
A cutting apparatus unit with a base, first and second shafts, holders, and blades, where the shafts and blades are conductive, and light emitting devices are attached to the holders to facilitate individual detection of blade contacts, allowing for precise positioning and cutting.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If lamps are attached to the apparatus body to detect blade contact state, then detection function is provided, but it becomes difficult to understand the corresponding relationship between lamps and blades when number and position of blades are changed
Solution Approach 1:
The lamp is integrated with the holder that holds the blade, forming a combined unit. When the blade is attached to the holder, the lamp automatically corresponds to that blade. This merging of the detection device (lamp) with the detected object's support structure (holder) ensures that the correspondence relationship is inherently clear and maintains reliability while improving ease of operation.
2Adaptability or versatility
If number and position of blades are changed to obtain cut piece with desired width, then cutting versatility is improved, but it becomes difficult to understand corresponding relationship between lamps and blades
Solution Approach 1:
By combining the lamp and holder into an integrated unit, the correspondence information is preserved through physical association. When blades are repositioned or replaced on their respective holders, the attached lamps automatically maintain their correct correspondence relationships, enabling cutting versatility without losing correspondence information.
Solution Approach 2:
The holder acts as an intermediary that physically links the blade and the lamp. This intermediary component ensures that any changes to the blade's position or number are automatically reflected in the lamp's position, maintaining the correspondence relationship through the mediating structure of the holder.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables efficient and precise cutting of sheet-shaped materials by ensuring clear detection of blade contacts, reducing the likelihood of poor cutting and improving cutting accuracy.
Implementation Method 1
The plurality of light emitting devices are respectively attached to the plurality of holders. The third wiring electrically connects each of the plurality of light emitting devices and the first shaft. The fourth wiring electrically connects the plurality of light emitting devices and the plurality of first blades respectively.
Data Source
AI summary
In a unit for a cutting apparatus, a first shaft, a second shaft, first blades and second blades individually have conductivity. A detection means includes a power source, a first wiring, a second wiring, a plurality of light emitting devices, a third wiring, and a fourth wiring. The first wiring electrically connects the first shaft and the power source. The second wiring electrically connects the second shaft and the power source. The plurality of light emitting devices are respectively attached to a plurality of holders. The third wiring electrically connects each of the plurality of light emitting devices and the first shaft. The fourth wiring electrically connects the plurality of light emitting devices and a plurality of the first blades respectively.