Furniture Drive Force Adjustment Display via Extraction
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing furniture drives lack a means for operators to precisely adjust and read force adjustments in installed positions, leading to reduced convenience and potential misadjustment, while exposing them for better visibility compromises storage space and aesthetics.
Innovation Solution
A furniture drive design where a separate display component, connected to the adjustment bar, allows for precise force adjustment reading through the end face or actuating arm opening, enabling adjustments without disassembly and maintaining a compact, aesthetically pleasing form.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Shape
If the furniture drive is arranged inside the furniture panel, then the aesthetic appearance and storage space are improved, but the readability of force adjustment is worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The display is extracted as a separate component from the adjustment bar and positioned to be visible through the end face opening. This allows the display functionality to be separated from the internal adjustment mechanism, enabling readability while maintaining the compact integrated design inside the furniture panel.
Solution Approach 2:
The display acts as an intermediary element that transmits information about the force adjustment from the internal adjustment bar to the external observer. By placing the display separately and making it readable through the end face, it mediates between the hidden adjustment mechanism and the user's need for information.
2Volume of moving object
If the furniture drive is arranged inside the furniture panel, then the storage space is improved, but the readability of force adjustment is worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The display is extracted as a separate component from the adjustment bar and positioned to be visible through the end face opening. This allows the display functionality to be separated from the internal adjustment mechanism, enabling readability while maintaining the compact integrated design inside the furniture panel.
Solution Approach 2:
The display is positioned in a different spatial dimension (through the end face opening) compared to the adjustment bar (inside the housing). This dimensional separation allows the display to be accessible from the front while the adjustment mechanism remains concealed inside, effectively using the third dimension to resolve the contradiction.
3Device complexity
If the display is integrated with the adjustment bar, then the device complexity is reduced, but the readability in installed position is worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The display is extracted as a separate component from the adjustment bar. Although this increases component count slightly, it enables the display to be positioned optimally for readability through the end face opening while the adjustment bar remains inside the housing, improving ease of operation during installation and adjustment.
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
Enables user-friendly, precise force adjustment in installed positions without compromising the furniture's appearance or storage space, ensuring accurate operation and improved user experience.
Implementation Method 1
at least one spring with which a force can be exerted on the at least one actuating arm
Data Source
AI summary
A furniture drive for moving a furniture part includes a housing to be located on or in a furniture panel, and an actuating arm mounted movably relative to the housing and on which the movable furniture part can be fastened, and the housing has an end face through which the actuating arm protrudes in a relative position. A spring can exert a force onto the actuating arm, an adjustment bar can adjust the force that can be exerted onto the actuating arm by the spring, and a display can display the force adjustment carried out by the adjustment bar. The display is formed separately from the adjustment bar and can be read in an installed position of the furniture drive, in which position the housing is located completely, except for the end face, in the furniture panel of the furniture body.