Flush Mount Fastening System with Embedding Blades
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current fastening systems for flush mounting devices in walls and ceilings are laborious, prone to inaccurate placement, and result in visual imperfections like 'volcanoing' or 'hollowing' due to plastering issues, especially when devices with perimeter edges require recesses and special tools for installation.
Innovation Solution
A fastening system comprising a gripping means and a securing system with a stop mechanism that embeds blades into the wall or ceiling, ensuring the device's perimeter is flush-mounted without the need for recesses, using a combination of blades and an elongated shaft to secure the device without projecting beyond the visible face, preventing plastering imperfections.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If an L-shaped fitting is used to flush mount a device without a perimeter edge, then the device can be secured in the wall, but the installation becomes complicated and laborious, and inaccurate fastening causes plastering defects (volcanoing or hollowing)
Solution Approach 1:
The fastening system is divided into separate functional components: a mounting plate with integrated fastening elements, adjustment mechanisms, and positioning features. This segmentation allows for easier installation while maintaining secure fastening, as each component can be independently positioned and adjusted before final assembly.
Solution Approach 2:
The mounting plate is pre-configured with fastening elements and adjustment mechanisms before installation. This preliminary preparation eliminates the need for complex on-site assembly and ensures accurate positioning, thereby simplifying the installation process while maintaining reliable fastening.
2Manufacturing precision
If an L-shaped fitting is used to delimit wall thickness, then the device can be flush mounted, but additional plastering is required which causes volcanoing or hollowing defects
Solution Approach 1:
The L-shaped fitting that causes plastering defects is replaced by a mounting plate with integrated fastening elements that directly secure the device. This extraction of the problematic component eliminates the need for additional plastering while maintaining accurate wall thickness delimitation through the plate's positioning features.
Solution Approach 2:
The mounting plate serves as a temporary structural element during installation that can be directly fixed to the wall without requiring subsequent plastering. This approach replaces the need for corrective plastering operations, eliminating volcanoing or hollowing defects.
3Manufacturing precision
If a recess is made in the wall to embed the perimeter edge, then the device can be flush mounted, but a special tool is required and there is a high risk of poor placement or misplacement
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting plate combines the functions of positioning, fastening, and device support into a single integrated component. This merging eliminates the need for separate recesses and special tools, as the plate can be directly positioned and secured using standard installation procedures, thereby reducing complexity while maintaining placement accuracy.
Solution Approach 2:
The mounting plate serves multiple functions: it positions the device, provides fastening points, and ensures flush mounting. This multi-functionality replaces the need for specialized recesses and tools, simplifying the installation process while maintaining precise device placement through its integrated design features.
4Ease of operation
If the perimeter edge is recessed with minimal thickness, then no recess is needed in the wall, but volcanoing is caused even when perfectly mounted
Solution Approach 1:
The problematic perimeter edge design that causes volcanoing is replaced by a mounting plate with integrated fastening elements. This extraction of the problematic feature eliminates the volcanoing effect while maintaining simplified installation, as the plate provides direct mounting capability without requiring recessed edges.
Solution Approach 2:
The mounting plate serves as a structural element that eliminates the need for recessed perimeter edges. By providing direct fastening capability, it prevents the volcanoing effect while maintaining ease of installation, making the minimal-thickness edge design unnecessary.
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AI summary
The present invention is based on a fastening system for flush mounting a device in a wall and/or ceiling and/or similar through a hole and on the device that comprises the fastening system, wherein said fastening system comprises a gripping means and a securing system. The fastening system enables the device to be flush mounted in a wall and/or ceiling and/or similar through a hole such that the perimeter of the visible face of the device is flush with the wall and/or ceiling and/or similar.