Fastener Strip Support Structure for Low-Friction Magazine Transport
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Solution Overview
Problem
In driving devices, the acute angle between the fastening direction and transport direction of strips of fastening elements leads to increased friction due to force components counter to the fastening direction, making transport in magazines inefficient.
Innovation Solution
A strip of fastening elements with receiving elements arranged in a row, where the frontmost and rearmost elements have support and counter-support projections to absorb these force components, reducing friction during transport.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the fastening direction and transport direction enclose an acute angle, then the frontmost fastening element in transport direction is also the frontmost in fastening direction, but this configuration causes increased friction during transport
Solution Approach 1:
The harmful force component acting on the receiving elements is extracted and transferred to dedicated support elements. The support element on the frontmost receiving element and the counter-support element on the rearmost receiving element separately bear the force components in fastening direction and counter-direction, removing the burden from the receiving elements themselves and reducing friction during transport
Solution Approach 2:
The support elements act as intermediary structures between the receiving elements and the force components. Instead of the receiving elements directly experiencing the force components that cause friction, the support elements mediate by bearing these forces, allowing the receiving elements to move more freely during transport
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AI summary
A strip of fastening elements having receiving elements and fastening elements received in the receiving elements is provided, the fastening elements each defining a fastening direction that is the same for all fastening elements, wherein the receiving elements are arranged in at least one row, which defines a transport direction, the at least one strip including a frontmost receiving element and a rearmost receiving element, wherein the fastening direction and the transport direction enclose an acute angle, wherein the strip of fastening elements has a support element for supporting the frontmost receiving element counter to the fastening direction and/or a counter-support element for supporting the rearmost receiving element in the fastening direction.