Fruit Tree Screen Sheet Connection Using Elastic Ring Clips
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing fruit tree screens face issues with protective sheets being torn due to vibration from wind and increased costs and inconvenience in storage and transportation due to the use of eyelets for connecting multiple sheets.
Innovation Solution
A fruit tree screen design that connects protective sheets using an elastic ring body made of synthetic resin with clips, eliminating the need for eyelets, and incorporates hanging hooks with impact mitigating parts to absorb vibrations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If clips are used to connect protective sheets through through-holes, then the protective sheets can be connected, but the protective sheets are torn due to vibration from wind because the clips cannot absorb vibration
Solution Approach 1:
An elastic ring body is introduced as an intermediary component between the clip and the protective sheet. The elastic ring body absorbs vibration and mechanical stress, preventing the clip from directly transmitting tearing forces to the protective sheet material.
Solution Approach 2:
The connection system transitions from a rigid clip-to-sheet connection to a flexible connection where the elastic ring body can deform elastically. This parameter change in rigidity allows the system to absorb vibration while maintaining connection integrity.
2Reliability
If eyelets are coupled to through-holes to connect protective sheets, then the connection is strengthened, but the cost increases and storage and transportation become inconvenient due to increased volume when folded
Solution Approach 1:
The eyelet component is completely removed from the connection system. The patent extracts this unnecessary element and replaces it with a simplified clip-elastic ring body assembly that achieves the same connection function without the added complexity and volume.
Solution Approach 2:
The elastic ring body is designed as a simple, inexpensive component made of elastic synthetic resin that can be easily manufactured and replaced if needed, eliminating the need for more complex and expensive eyelet hardware.
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
Prevents sheet damage, reduces manufacturing costs, and simplifies storage and transportation by eliminating eyelets, while effectively mitigating impact from wind-induced vibrations.
Implementation Method 1
an elastic ring body (41) that is made of an elastic synthetic resin material
Data Source
AI summary
Provided is a fruit tree screen having a structure preventing damage to protective sheets without using eyelets to connect the protective sheets to each other. When protective sheets (20) are connected to each other using a connecting member (40), since the protective sheets (20) are connected to each other by an elastic ring body (41), when the protective sheets (20) move due to wind or the like, the elastic ring body (41) absorbs impact while being elastically expanded and contracted, and thus damage to the protective sheets (20) can be effectively prevented without coupling other members, such as eyelets, to through-holes (22). Since eyelets and the like are not coupled to the protective sheets (20), manufacturing costs can be lowered, the volume of packages can be reduced, and it is possible to promptly respond to a client demand due to simplification of the manufacturing process.