Curved Support Body for Pivoting Transport Objects
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing transport aid arrangements for bulky and heavy objects are often cumbersome, space-consuming, and require costly machinery for movement, making it difficult to transport pre-assembled objects with sophisticated interacting details.
Innovation Solution
A compact transport aid arrangement featuring a support body with a curved outer surface that allows controlled pivoting of transport objects from a vertical to a horizontal position, utilizing gravity for assistance and comprising interfit members for adjustable coupling, enabling easy manual movement through narrow passages.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a large curvature is used for the support body to enable controlled pivoting, then the pivoting function is improved, but the transport aid becomes space-consuming and difficult to move through door openings
Solution Approach 1:
The support body is divided into multiple segments or sections that can articulate relative to each other. This segmentation allows the support body to achieve the necessary pivoting curvature while maintaining a compact overall form factor that can pass through standard door openings.
Solution Approach 2:
The support body incorporates dynamic elements that allow it to change its curvature or shape during operation. This enables the support body to provide the required pivoting support when needed while collapsing or folding to a compact configuration for transport through narrow passages.
2Reliability
If pre-assembled objects with sophisticated interacting details are transported, then assembly quality and reliability are improved, but the objects become bulky and require costly machinery for movement
Solution Approach 1:
The support body is designed to position the center of gravity of the transported object favorably during the pivoting operation. By strategically placing support points and utilizing the object's own weight distribution, the system minimizes the additional lifting force required, enabling manual handling of pre-assembled objects without requiring motorized equipment.
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
The solution provides a cost-efficient, compact, and easy-to-use transport aid that allows for manual movement of bulky objects without the need for motorized equipment, facilitating the transportation of pre-assembled objects with complex details.
Implementation Method 1
The support has tilting guides, including a main tilting support having a tilting ramp of curved shape, so that the tilting may take place, at least in part, under the effect of the gravity forces
Data Source
AI summary
A transport aid arrangement having at least one support body (100) having at least one inner support surface (110B) and provided with a curved outer support surface (100A) arranged to be attached to a transport object (TO) enabling controlled pivoting of the transport object (TO) along the curved outer support surface (100A) from a vertical position into a horizontal position. The support body (100) creates a distance between the at least one inner support surface (110B) and an outer part of the curved outer support surface (100A). The support body (100) is divided into at least two body parts (110, 120), an inner body part (110) and an outer body part (120) each provided with a portion (110A, 120A) of the curved outer support surface (100A), releasably connectable with each other by a coupling (130). The width (WI) of the inner body part (110) is less than the total width (W) of the curved outer support surface (100A).