Drawer Side Plate Insert Structure for Fast Panel Mounting
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing drawer frames require significant assembly effort and flexibility in accommodating various wall element configurations, making it difficult to quickly respond to customer-specific decorative requests and ensuring secure attachment during transport.
Innovation Solution
The frame design features fastening elements with a receiving structure and a cover element that allows for easy mounting and exchange of wall elements, providing lateral support and a secure slot orientation for parallel insertion, along with a safety clip or adhesive element to prevent accidental dislodging, enabling diverse configurations without modifying the frame and ensuring secure attachment during transport.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If traditional fastening elements are used for attaching wall elements, then the frame structure is simple, but the assembly effort is significant and flexibility in accommodating various wall element configurations is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The fastening element is segmented into a base body and a separate cover element that can be attached to or removed from the base body. This segmentation allows the receiving structure to accommodate different wall element configurations while keeping the base structure simple and reusable.
Solution Approach 2:
The cover element is designed as a universal component that can be attached to different base bodies and accommodate various wall element types (continuous or separate, different heights, different materials). This multi-functionality resolves the contradiction by providing adaptability without requiring complex custom designs for each configuration.
2Productivity
If traditional fastening elements are used, then the frame structure is simple, but the assembly effort and time for mounting wall elements is significant
Solution Approach 1:
The cover element is pre-assembled with the base body or attached beforehand, creating a pre-prepared fastening structure with the receiving structure already in place. This preliminary action eliminates the need for complex assembly operations during wall element installation, thereby increasing productivity without requiring overly complex individual components.
3Reliability
If wall elements are securely attached to prevent accidental dislodging during transport, then safety is improved, but the assembly complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The cover element merges multiple functions into a single component: it provides structural support, forms the receiving structure for wall elements, and incorporates the securing element (such as a clip or latch mechanism). This consolidation achieves reliable security during transport without requiring separate complex fastening mechanisms.
Solution Approach 2:
The securing element is designed to automatically engage and lock the wall element in place during transport without requiring additional active components or complex control systems. The structure itself provides the securing function through its geometry and material properties, achieving reliability through self-service rather than complex active mechanisms.
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AI summary
Frame (1) for a drawer with a frame body (2), opposite fastening elements (23,24) which protrude beyond the frame body (2) and for attaching a wall element extending along the frame body (2) between the fastening elements (23,24). (3) the frame (1) are provided. Designed in such a way that the fastening elements (23, 24) have a receiving structure (32, 33) pointing towards the other fastening element (23, 24) with laterally opposite support points for the wall element (3), that the fastening elements (23, 24) have a cover element (4, 5) that encloses the receiving structure (32,33), so that an opening pointing to the other fastening element (23,24) remains at the top and side, so that the cover element (4,5) has the opening for the other fastening element (23,24 ) pointing front edge (12,13,17,18) at least on the sides, and that the cover element (4,5) has a receiving slot such that a wall element (3) in an orientation from above in the direction of the frame body (2 ) and can be pushed into the receiving structure (32,33) of the fastening element (23,24) parallel to the frame body (2).