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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing clothes treatment apparatuses lack an effective way to couple independent units securely, leading to vibration transmission and rigidity issues when multiple units are operated simultaneously.
Innovation Solution
A clothes treatment apparatus with a union assembly that includes width-direction, depth-direction, and height-direction brackets to fix and couple two independent cases, along with a gap member to maintain a predetermined distance between them, enhancing rigidity and preventing vibration transmission.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If multiple independent clothes treatment units are operated simultaneously, then productivity is improved, but vibration transmission and noise occur between units
Solution Approach 1:
A union assembly acts as an intermediary structure between adjacent clothes treatment units. This assembly includes vibration isolation components that physically separate the units while maintaining their operational independence, thereby preventing vibration transmission from one unit to another during simultaneous operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The union assembly divides the structure into separate vibration isolation zones for each clothes treatment unit. By segmenting the support structure and introducing isolation elements at the interfaces between units, the system allows multiple units to operate simultaneously without mutual vibration interference.
2Stability of the object's composition
If clothes treatment units are coupled together, then stability is improved, but rigidity may be compromised due to vibration isolation requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The union assembly applies different structural qualities to different regions: the main coupling structure provides high rigidity and stability for structural support, while localized vibration isolation components are introduced at specific interfaces where units connect. This allows the system to maintain overall stability while providing localized rigidity where needed and vibration isolation where units interact.
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AI summary
A clothes treatment apparatus includes a first case, a second case, a width-direction bracket for coupling at least one of front walls or rear walls of the first case and the second case to each other in a width direction, a depth-direction bracket for coupling at least one of upper walls or lower walls of the first case and the second case to each other in a depth direction, and a height-direction bracket for coupling at least one of the front walls or the rear walls of the first case and the second case to each other in a height direction. At least two of the width-direction bracket, the depth-direction bracket, or the height-direction bracket are configured to fix at least two surfaces of the first case and the second case.