Adjusting Assembly for Brake Cylinder Installation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing brake cylinder adjuster tools are cumbersome and heavy due to the need for multiple wrench plates of fixed dimensions to accommodate different automobile types, making them inconvenient to carry.
Innovation Solution
An adjusting assembly with a rotatable body that controls the distance between positioning pillars, allowing for linear movement within sliding grooves, enabling adaptation to various brake cylinder dimensions by rotating the rotatable body, which includes retractable positioning pillars and a spring mechanism for easy adjustment.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple wrench plates of fixed dimensions are used to accommodate different automobile types, then adaptability is improved, but device complexity and weight increase
Solution Approach 1:
The positioning pillars are made adjustable in position along the common axis through the rotatable body mechanism. By rotating the rotatable body, the positioning pillars can be positioned at different locations to match different valve spacings on brake cylinders from various automobile types. This dynamic adjustment capability replaces the need for multiple fixed-dimension wrench plates, resolving the contradiction between adaptability and device complexity
Solution Approach 2:
A single wrench plate with adjustable positioning pillars can perform the function of multiple fixed wrench plates. The adjustable mechanism allows one tool to universally fit different brake cylinder valve spacings, eliminating the need to carry multiple specialized wrench plates for different automobile types, thus reducing device complexity while maintaining adaptability
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple wrench plates of fixed dimensions are used to accommodate different automobile types, then adaptability is improved, but weight increases
Solution Approach 1:
The adjustable positioning pillars allow a single lightweight wrench plate to replace multiple heavier fixed-dimension wrench plates. The rotatable body mechanism enables one tool to perform the work of several tools, significantly reducing the total weight of the toolbox while maintaining the ability to adapt to different automobile types
Solution Approach 2:
Multiple fixed wrench plates are merged into a single adjustable wrench plate. By combining the functionality of multiple separate tools into one adjustable tool, the total weight of the toolbox is reduced while the adaptability to different automobile types is preserved through the adjustment mechanism
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
Enables the toolbox to be smaller, lighter, and easier to carry by allowing the same tool to be used for different automobile types, improving portability and convenience while maintaining effective installation operations.
Implementation Method 1
A spring is arranged in the barrel portion and urges the rod portion, and the rod portion normally protrudes outside the sliding groove.
Data Source
AI summary
An adjusting assembly of a brake cylinder installation device is provided, including: a fixing member; a guiding member, connected to the fixing member along an axis thereof, the guiding member having a plurality of sliding grooves therethrough and around the axis; a rotatable body, rotatably arranged between the fixing member and the guiding member, the rotatable body having a plurality of guiding grooves which correspond to the sliding grooves; a plurality of positioning pillars, respectively arranged between the sliding grooves and the guiding grooves, when the rotatable body rotates, the positioning pillars move linearly within the sliding grooves; wherein each said positioning pillar further includes a barrel portion and a rod portion which are retractably connected with each other.