Exhibition Booth Dowel Assembly for One-Touch Panel Installation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional booth installation methods for exhibitions are time-consuming and labor-intensive, requiring manual fastening of thousands of dowels, which increases installation costs, risks accidents due to worker fatigue and congestion, and poses risks of dowel loss and panel falling.
Innovation Solution
A booth module system featuring a main body dowel with a button-activated mechanism that allows for one-touch installation of panels by pressing buttons to engage bolts and cap dowels, reducing the need for manual threading and enhancing security through spring-loaded mechanisms.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If conventional threaded dowels are used to attach panels to booth modules, then the connection is secure, but the installation process is time-consuming and labor-intensive
Solution Approach 1:
The dowel is divided into three separate components: a main body dowel fixed to the booth module, a bolt that passes through the panel, and a cap dowel that secures the bolt. This segmentation allows for rapid assembly by eliminating the need to thread each dowel individually, while maintaining secure connection through the bolt-capture mechanism.
Solution Approach 2:
The main body dowel is pre-installed and fixed to the booth module before panel attachment. This preliminary action eliminates the need to thread dowels during the panel installation process, significantly reducing installation time while ensuring proper positioning and secure connection.
2Manufacturing precision
If manual threading of dowels is performed one by one, then precise positioning is achieved, but installation costs increase due to required personnel and time
Solution Approach 1:
By separating the dowel into main body, bolt, and cap components, the system achieves precise positioning through the pre-fixed main body dowel and the panel-aligned bolt, while dramatically reducing installation cost through faster assembly that requires fewer personnel and less time.
Solution Approach 2:
The cap dowel acts as an intermediary that secures the bolt to the main body dowel without requiring threading operations. This intermediary component maintains positioning accuracy while simplifying the installation process and reducing costs.
3Device complexity
If traditional dowel systems are used, then simplicity of structure is maintained, but there is risk of dowel loss and panel falling over time
Solution Approach 1:
The system transitions from static threaded connections to a dynamic capture mechanism where the cap dowel securely holds the bolt. This dynamic design prevents dowel loss and panel falling while maintaining relative structural simplicity through the straightforward three-component assembly.
4Productivity
If many workers are deployed in narrow exhibition spaces for rapid installation, then installation time is reduced, but safety risks increase due to fatigue and congestion
Solution Approach 1:
The segmented dowel system enables rapid panel attachment that reduces overall installation time, allowing fewer workers to complete the task. This reduces worker congestion and fatigue in narrow exhibition spaces, thereby lowering safety risks while maintaining high productivity.
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
Significantly reduces installation time and personnel requirements, enhances safety by minimizing worker fatigue and dowel loss, and allows for rapid and secure panel attachment, facilitating efficient and cost-effective booth setup and teardown.
Implementation Method 1
a spring (14) installed inside the body (12) so as to push one end of the button (11)
Data Source
AI summary
A booth module for exhibition includes: a frame; a main body dowel; a bolt detachably coupled to the main body dowel; and a cap dowel detachably coupled to the bolt, wherein the main body dowel has: a body having a bolt insertion hole formed therein; a button of which a part is inserted and installed in the body through a button installation hole formed in the body; and a spring installed inside the body and pushing one end of the button, and wherein the cap dowel has: a body having a bolt insertion hole formed therein; a button of which a part is inserted and installed in the body through a button installation hole formed in the body; and a spring installed inside the body and pushing one end of the button, wherein the buttons are provided with bolt through holes communicating with the bolt insertion holes.