Hollow Extruded Profile for Uniform Linear Light Emission
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems for detecting defects and irregularities in material webs lack a compact and robust design, limiting their versatility and adaptability for various lighting tasks.
Innovation Solution
A device featuring a hollow extruded profile with grooves for secure placement of light-emitting devices and optical components, allowing for adjustable positions and angles, and incorporating a diffuser mirror plate for uniform light distribution, enabling modular use for different lighting tasks.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If traditional support structures with multiple separate components are used, then assembly flexibility is improved, but device complexity and robustness deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple separate support components into a single integrated extruded profile structure. The profile combines mounting surfaces, light guide positioning features, and structural support elements into one piece, eliminating the need for multiple separate components and their associated fasteners, thereby reducing assembly complexity while maintaining flexibility.
Solution Approach 2:
The extruded profile is designed with multi-functional features that serve multiple purposes: structural support, light guide positioning, optical component mounting, and heat dissipation. This universal design allows a single component to replace several specialized components, reducing overall device complexity while maintaining operational flexibility.
2Ease of operation
If traditional support structures with multiple openings are used, then component accessibility is improved, but reliability deteriorates due to dirt particle penetration
Solution Approach 1:
The extruded profile incorporates segmented or sealed opening designs that allow necessary component accessibility while preventing dirt particle penetration. The openings are strategically positioned and shaped to maintain internal cleanliness, potentially using sealed channels or filtered access points that permit maintenance access without compromising reliability.
3Manufacturing precision
If light-emitting devices are arranged at fixed positions, then manufacturing precision is improved, but adaptability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The extruded profile incorporates adjustable positioning mechanisms such as movable mounting surfaces, adjustable fastening systems, or reconfigurable support features that allow light-emitting devices to be positioned at different locations along the profile. This dynamic positioning capability enables the same profile to be adapted to various lighting configurations while maintaining manufacturing precision through standardized adjustment mechanisms.
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 compact, robust, and versatile system capable of generating uniform linear light for various applications, with adjustable configurations and efficient heat dissipation, enhancing the detection of web edges and defects.
Implementation Method 1
incorporating a diffuser mirror plate for uniform light distribution
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AI summary
The device has one or more line-like arranged units (5) for the radiation of light and one or more optical components (10,12,13), which are arranged in a support structure. The support structure comprises an extruded section (4), in which the units for the radiation of light and the optical components are arranged. The extruded section is hollow and has an emission opening (6) for the emission of the light from the extruded section. Independent claims are also included for the following: (1) a measuring instrument, comprising a device for the emission of light (2) a system for ascertainment of web edges or web widths and for detecting errors or irregularities on a material web.