Document Storage Assembly Synchronous Belt Displacement

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional banknote storage apparatuses fail to maintain banknotes in an orderly arrangement due to friction-induced falling during the storage process, as the guiding, supporting, and pushing plates are arranged in a row, leading to disorganization in the storage space.

Innovation Solution

A document storage assembly featuring a housing with a guiding plate, a supporting plate, and a displacement assembly that includes belts and gears to move the supporting plate synchronously with the guiding plate, preventing documents from falling by supporting them on belts and ensuring orderly storage.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Device complexity

If the guiding plate, supporting plate, and pushing plate are arranged in a row, then the structure is simple, but the banknotes fall down due to friction with the housing bottom side and fail to be arranged orderly

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvestructure simplicityVSAvoidbanknote arrangement order
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSStability of the object's composition

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces a vertical dimension by positioning the supporting plate above the guiding plate, creating a stacked arrangement rather than a linear row. This dimensional change allows the supporting plate to provide continuous support to the banknotes during pushing, preventing them from falling against the housing bottom side while maintaining structural simplicity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

2Device complexity

If the supporting plate is stationary, then the structure is simple, but the banknotes cannot be supported during the pushing process and fall down

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedisplacement mechanism complexityVSAvoidbanknote support stability
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent makes the supporting plate movable by introducing a displacement assembly with belts and gears. The supporting plate can move vertically in synchronization with the guiding plate, providing dynamic support to the banknotes during the pushing process. This dynamic adjustment ensures the banknotes remain supported and do not fall, while the synchronous movement maintains structural coordination.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

3Reliability

If the supporting plate moves independently, then the banknotes can be supported, but the guiding plate and supporting plate become out of sync causing disorganization

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvebanknote support capabilityVSAvoidstorage space organization
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSStability of the object's composition

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements a synchronous transmission mechanism using belts and gears that couples the movement of the guiding plate and supporting plate. The displacement assembly ensures both plates move at the same speed and in coordination, providing feedback control over their relative positions. This synchronization maintains the organizational structure of the storage space while ensuring continuous support for the banknotes.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

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 effectively prevents banknotes from falling and maintains them in an orderly arrangement within the storage space by using a displacement assembly with belts and gears to support and move the supporting plate in synchronization with the guiding plate, ensuring stable and organized storage.

Implementation Method 1

The synchronous transmission assembly is operatively connected to the first belt and the second belt, and is configured to drive the engaging section and the supporting section to move at the same speed

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectSynchronous transmission: Gear

Data Source

PatentUS9994409B1Document storage assembly
Publication Date: 2018.06.12 MASTERWORK AUTOMODULES TECH
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AI summary

The present disclosure is to provide a document storage assembly including a housing, a guiding plate, a supporting plate, and a displacement assembly. The supporting plate has at least one engagement structure, in which the guiding plate and the supporting plate define a storage space therebetween. The displacement assembly is configured to move the supporting plate towards or away from the guiding plate along a direction, in which the displacement assembly includes at least one first belt, at least one second belt, and a synchronous transmission assembly. The first belt has an engaging section parallel to the direction and is engaged with the engagement structure. The second belt is located under the storage space and has a supporting section parallel to the direction. The synchronous transmission assembly is configured to drive the engaging section and the supporting section to move at the same speed.