Clamping-Sliding Assembly for Single-Track Sliding Door

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional clamping-sliding assemblies for single-track suspension sliding doors are inconvenient to assemble and use, as they require rotating adjusting bolts and safe screws to adjust the door height and prevent the door from turning over, which complicates the process.

Innovation Solution

A clamping-sliding assembly with a body and a roller mount, featuring a connecting recess, an adjusting bolt, and rollers, allows for easy height adjustment and prevention of door turnover by rotating the adjusting bolt to move the roller mount relative to the body, ensuring the assembly does not interfere with the track and securely attaches the door.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If the conventional clamping-sliding assembly uses adjusting bolts and safe screws to adjust door height and prevent turnover, then the door can be securely mounted and height-adjusted, but the assembly process becomes complicated and inconvenient

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedoor security and height adjustmentVSAvoidassembly convenience
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent combines the adjusting bolt and safe screw into a single integrated adjusting bolt structure. The adjusting bolt simultaneously performs both functions: adjusting door height by engaging with the track and preventing door turnover through its extended portion that protrudes from the clamping block. This integration eliminates the need for separate safe screws, simplifying the assembly process while maintaining both height adjustment capability and anti-turnover security.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

2Adaptability or versatility

If the adjusting bolt is loosened to adjust door height, then the roller mount can move relative to the body, but the entire door weight concentrates on the adjusting bolt making assembly inconvenient

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveheight adjustment capabilityVSAvoidassembly convenience
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces a roller mount as an intermediary component between the adjusting bolt and the door. The roller mount carries the door weight through rollers that engage with the track, distributing the load away from the adjusting bolt. When the adjusting bolt is loosened for height adjustment, the roller mount and rollers bear the door weight, preventing it from concentrating entirely on the adjusting bolt and making assembly more convenient.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Reliability

If the assembly is designed to prevent door turnover, then safety is improved, but the structure becomes more complex requiring additional components

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveanti-turnover safetyVSAvoidstructure complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges the anti-turnover safety function into the adjusting bolt itself. The adjusting bolt includes an extended portion that protrudes from the clamping block and engages with the track, creating a mechanical stop that prevents the door from turning over. This integrated design eliminates the need for separate safe screws or additional anti-turnover components, maintaining safety while reducing structural complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

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 convenient adjustment and secure mounting of sliding doors, preventing them from turning over while allowing for easy assembly and operation, with adjustable components to accommodate different track sizes without interference.

Implementation Method 1

at least one roller rotatably connected to the roller mount

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectRolling: Roller

Implementation Method 2

an adjusting bolt rotatably connected to the connecting mount in the adjusting hole... to adjust a height of the roller mount relative to the body

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectMechanical force: Mechanical Force

Data Source

PatentUS8955195B2Clamping-sliding assembly for a single-track-suspension sliding door
Publication Date: 2015.02.17 DOOR & WINDOW HARDWARE
  • US8955195B2 patent drawing
  • US8955195B2 patent drawing
  • US8955195B2 patent drawing

AI summary

A clamping-sliding assembly for a single-track-suspension sliding door has a body and a roller mount. The body has a clamping recess transversally formed through the body, a connecting recess longitudinally formed through the body and communicating with the clamping recess, a connecting mount formed on and protruding in the connecting recess with an adjusting hole and an adjusting bolt rotatably connected to the connecting mount in the adjusting hole. The roller mount is movably mounted in the connecting recess, abuts the adjusting bolt and has at least one roller rotatably connected to the roller mount and an abutting face formed in the roller mount and abutting the adjusting bolt to adjust a height of the roller mount relative to the body.