Frame for flexible material exhibit
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional frames struggle to securely display and replace fabric exhibits without causing wrinkles, as existing methods require adhesive attachment, making reusability and installation difficult, and often necessitate technical assistance.
Innovation Solution
A frame with a polygonal structure featuring a rear support portion, first and second fixing portions, and an exhibit wrinkle elimination portion, which includes a rotation mounting portion with a fixing roller and guide roller, allowing for easy mounting, wrinkle-free display, and magnetic attachment of fabric exhibits, along with a transparent protection portion and mat board for protection and visibility.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If adhesive is used to attach fabric exhibit to intermediate panel, then fabric exhibit can be fixed without wrinkles, but fabric exhibit cannot be reused and requires technical assistance for installation
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the chemical bonding mechanism (adhesive) with a magnetic field-based holding system. Magnets embedded in the frame's intermediate panel attract and hold the fabric exhibit without physical attachment, allowing the exhibit to be easily installed by simply placing it into the frame and enabling removal and reuse without damage.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a magnetic field as an intermediary force between the frame and the fabric exhibit. The magnets in the intermediate panel create a magnetic field that acts as a non-contact holding mechanism, mediating the connection between the frame structure and the flexible exhibit material.
2Ease of operation
If fabric exhibit is inserted between acrylic panels without additional fixing, then reusability is enabled, but fabric exhibit becomes wrinkled
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces mechanical compression or adhesive bonding with magnetic attraction to hold the fabric exhibit taut. The magnetic force pulls the flexible exhibit material toward the intermediate panel, maintaining smoothness without requiring physical attachment or compression mechanisms that would complicate installation.
3Device complexity
If conventional frame structure is used, then simple structure is maintained, but technical assistance is necessary for exhibit installation
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the frame into distinct functional components: a front panel, a rear panel, and an intermediate panel containing magnets. This segmentation allows the magnetic holding function to be integrated into the frame structure itself, enabling users to simply place exhibits into the frame without requiring additional tools or technical assistance for installation.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables easy mounting and replacement of fabric exhibits without damage, maintaining a taut state and preventing wrinkles, while allowing for secure and reusable display without the need for adhesives or technical assistance.
Implementation Method 1
a second fixing portion attached to the first fixing portion by a magnetic force while the fabric exhibit is mounted above the first fixing portion
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed is a frame. The frame includes a framework formed to have a polygonal structure in a plane to surround an outer periphery of a fabric exhibit and including a fastening structure fastened to a rear support portion on a rear surface thereof, the rear support portion fastened to the rear surface of the framework to form a space configured to fix the fabric exhibit between the framework and the rear support portion and having a polygonal panel-shaped structure corresponding to the framework in a plane, a first fixing portion mounted, with a structure corresponding to an edge shape of the fabric exhibit, on a top surface of the rear support portion, and a second fixing portion attached to the first fixing portion by a magnetic force while the fabric exhibit is mounted above the first fixing portion and then a top surface of the fabric exhibit is interposed therebetween.