Device for moving elements for containing products for a corner cabinet
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing corner cabinet movement devices are structurally complex, unbalanced, and require multiple components to accommodate off-centered openings, leading to increased production costs and complexity in use.
Innovation Solution
A simplified movement device for corner cabinets with off-centered openings, featuring a frame with dual horizontal crosspieces and extendable linear guides that support containment elements on both sides, allowing smooth and balanced movement without rotation, and a drive system of articulated levers to facilitate the movement of second containment elements relative to the first.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If a single linear guide is used to support the first basket, then the device structure is simpler, but the basket support becomes unbalanced and movement becomes unreliable
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies asymmetry by positioning the single linear guide at a specific lateral side of the first basket rather than symmetrically. This asymmetric placement, combined with the hinge connection to the cabinet wall, creates a balanced support system that enables smooth movement without requiring guides on both sides, thus maintaining structural simplicity while ensuring reliable operation.
2Adaptability or versatility
If a hinge connection is used to allow rotation of the guide, then the basket can be rotated away from the opening, but the structure becomes more complex and production costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the linear guide function with the rotation function by connecting the guide to the cabinet wall through a hinge. This combination allows the same guide structure to perform both linear movement guidance and rotational movement, eliminating the need for separate rotation mechanisms and reducing overall device complexity while maintaining positioning flexibility.
Solution Approach 2:
The linear guide connected via hinge serves multiple functions: it guides the linear extraction movement of the basket and simultaneously enables the rotational movement of the basket away from the cabinet opening. This multi-functional design reduces the number of separate components needed, lowering production costs while maintaining adaptability.
3Adaptability or versatility
If separate left and right versions of components are produced to accommodate off-centered openings, then the device can adapt to different cabinet configurations, but production costs and component storage requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs asymmetric design in the placement and configuration of the linear guide and hinge connection, allowing a single universal component design to adapt to both left and right off-centered opening configurations. The asymmetric nature of the single-guide setup enables the same device to be installed on either side of the cabinet by simply adjusting the installation position, eliminating the need to manufacture separate left and right versions.
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AI summary
A movement device installable in a corner cabinet includes at least one frame, for supporting at least one first containment element and at least one second containment element placeable mutually side by side in horizontal direction, first guide means for translating the at least one first containment element along a first drive direction and second guide means for translating the at least one second containment element along a second drive direction, wherein the first guide means are operatively connected to the frame so as to allow the movement of the at least one first containment element only along the first drive direction.