Intelligent Explosion-Proof Table With Lifting Plate

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current explosion-proof boxes lack a systematic and integrated operation platform for processing information and handling large volumes, leading to increased operation time and risk in security inspections, as they cannot efficiently compare danger sources with their owners' identities and handle packages of varying sizes.

Innovation Solution

An intelligent explosion-proof table with a worktable and an explosion-proof box featuring a lifting plate, computer processing system, danger source identification device, display device, audio and video recording system, and identity document scanner, allowing for electronic identity verification and secure storage of danger sources within an explosion-proof environment.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If a traditional explosion-proof box is used without a lifting mechanism, then the device complexity is low, but the productivity is reduced due to increased operation time for handling danger sources

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvehandling speed of danger sourcesVSAvoidstructure complexity of explosion-proof box
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The explosion-proof box incorporates a lifting plate that can move vertically between a raised position (flush with worktable) and a lowered position (retracted into box), transforming a static structure into a dynamic one. This dynamic mechanism enables quick insertion and removal of danger sources, significantly improving handling speed and productivity while maintaining operational safety

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The lifting plate is nested within the explosion-proof box structure, allowing it to be stored inside the box when not in use. This nesting approach minimizes the overall space requirement and reduces structural complexity while providing rapid access to the work area, thereby improving productivity without proportionally increasing device complexity

Inventive Principle:
Principle #7Nested doll (Nesting)

2Adaptability or versatility

If the explosion-proof box size is increased to handle larger packages, then the adaptability improves, but the operation time increases and risk factors are amplified

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecapacity for different package sizesVSAvoidoperation time for transferring danger sources
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The lifting plate mechanism provides dynamic height adjustment, allowing the box to accommodate packages of varying sizes vertically. By raising the lifting plate, larger packages can be inserted without increasing the box's footprint or transferring time, thus improving adaptability while maintaining rapid operation

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

Instead of increasing the box's horizontal dimensions to accommodate larger packages, the solution utilizes the vertical dimension through the lifting plate mechanism. This dimensional approach allows large packages to be handled quickly by vertical movement rather than horizontal transfer, improving both adaptability and operation speed

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

3Reliability

If an integrated information processing platform is added to the explosion-proof box, then the reliability of danger source identification improves, but the device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveaccuracy of danger source identificationVSAvoidsystem integration complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The worktable is designed as a multi-functional integrated system that combines explosion-proof containment, lifting mechanisms, and information processing capabilities (barcode scanning, RFID reading, identity verification). This universal platform performs multiple functions within a single system, improving identification reliability while managing complexity through functional integration rather than separate systems

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent merges the explosion-proof box, lifting mechanism, and information processing system into a single integrated worktable unit. By combining these previously separate functions into one unified system, the patent improves the reliability of danger source identification through systematic integration while controlling overall device complexity through coordinated design

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Data Source

PatentUS11454483B2Intelligent explosion-proof table
Publication Date: 2022.09.27 NUCTECH CO LTD
  • US11454483B2 patent drawing
  • US11454483B2 patent drawing

AI summary

The present disclosure provides an intelligent explosion-proof table, including a worktable, an explosion-proof box; the worktable has a window passing through in the vertical direction. The explosion-proof box with an open top is arranged under the window of the worktable. A lifting plate which can be moved up and down and a support mechanism for driving the lifting plate to be lifted are provided inside the explosion-proof box. The lifting plate is used for placing a danger source and matches with the window and is capable of being raised into the window.