Frame for supporting and moving a panel of a display cabinet for show-casing and selling products
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing display cabinet and counter systems face challenges in safely and efficiently supporting and moving panels of varying shapes, often requiring multiple systems, leading to management difficulties, excessive wear, and dangerous disengagement of mechanical components.
Innovation Solution
A versatile frame system with a kinematic mechanism that adapts to both flat and curved panels, using a unique geometry for gas strut coupling and rotation elements, ensuring safe and stable movement without head hazards and simplifying assembly.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If standard systems are used for curved panels, then curved panels can be lifted, but flat sheets cannot be properly closed because the system exerts excessive force
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically adapts its mechanical characteristics through variable geometry in the gas strut coupling. The coupling geometry changes based on panel shape, allowing the same system to provide appropriate force characteristics for both curved and flat panels without requiring separate systems.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention changes the geometric parameters of the gas strut coupling mechanism to match different panel shapes. By adjusting the coupling geometry, the system modifies its mechanical advantage and force characteristics to suit either curved or flat panels, enabling universal application.
2Reliability
If multiple systems are used for different panel shapes, then each panel type can be properly supported, but management becomes difficult and costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The invention creates a universal movement system that can handle both curved and flat panels using the same mechanism. The variable geometry gas strut coupling allows a single system design to serve multiple panel types, eliminating the need for separate systems and reducing management complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses dynamic geometry adjustment in the gas strut coupling to adapt to different panel shapes, allowing one universal system to replace multiple specialized systems. This dynamic adaptability maintains reliability for each panel type while reducing overall system complexity.
3Reliability
If gas struts are tightly fixed in the frame, then stability is improved, but assembly becomes laborious and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The gas strut coupling is pre-configured with specific geometry during manufacturing that enables quick alignment and assembly. The preliminary design of the coupling geometry allows for rapid installation while maintaining stable fixation, reducing assembly time without compromising reliability.
4Object-affected harmful factors
If panels are lifted to high positions for safe access, then operator safety is improved, but the mechanical system experiences excessive wear
Solution Approach 1:
The invention optimizes the geometric parameters of the movement system to achieve the necessary panel elevation for safety while minimizing mechanical stress. By carefully designing the variable geometry coupling, the system lifts panels to safe heights without subjecting components to excessive wear, extending service life.
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 system allows for safe and efficient movement of panels of varying shapes, reducing assembly complexity, preventing mechanical wear, and ensuring panels remain open or closed securely, thus enhancing operational safety and reducing costs.
Implementation Method 1
a system for moving panels or sheets for display cabinets and counters... comprises a first fixed element for supporting a first end of a retaining element, a second rotary element for supporting a second end of said retaining element
Implementation Method 2
a second rotary element for supporting a second end of said retaining element. The rotary element allows the panel to rotate between open and closed positions while maintaining controlled movement through the mechanical advantage of the hinge mechanism.
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AI summary
A frame for supporting and moving one or more panels of a display cabinet or counter for show-casing and selling food and non-food products. A support and movement system allows the front opening—with variable geometry—of a panel of said display cabinet or counter through a single kinematic mechanism, regardless of the type of glass used.