Glass Railing Tilt Adjustment with Helical Slider and Bed
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems for adjusting the inclination of glass railings in exterior applications fail to effectively eliminate unevenness and inclination issues in building structures, particularly in terraces and balconies, and lack efficient mechanisms for precise tilt adjustment and secure fixation.
Innovation Solution
A tilting sliding system comprising a slider and bed with internal helical surfaces, a service key, and an eccentric clamp, allowing for precise tilt adjustment and secure fixation of glass panels within a supporting U-profile by sliding and rotating mechanisms.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If traditional sliding systems are used to adjust glass panel inclination, then the basic function of inclination adjustment is achieved, but the systems fail to effectively eliminate unevenness and inclination issues in building structures
Solution Approach 1:
The system divides the inclination adjustment function into separate modular components: a slider for horizontal movement, a bed for vertical movement and tilting, and an eccentric clamp for securing. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized for its specific function, achieving precise inclination adjustment while reliably eliminating building structure unevenness.
Solution Approach 2:
The system employs dynamic adjustment mechanisms where the slider can move horizontally along the U-profile, the bed can tilt the glass panel vertically, and the eccentric clamp can secure the panel at any adjusted position. This dynamic capability enables precise elimination of inclination issues while maintaining structural reliability.
2Ease of operation
If existing tilting mechanisms are used, then glass panel inclination can be adjusted, but the mechanisms lack efficient structures for precise tilt adjustment and secure fixation
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts and isolates specific functional elements: the slider for horizontal positioning, the bed with helical surfaces for vertical tilting, and the eccentric clamp for securing. This extraction simplifies each component's design while maintaining precise tilt adjustment capability and secure fixation, reducing overall system complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The bed acts as an intermediary mechanism between the slider and the glass panel, providing a controlled interface for precise tilting through its helical surfaces. This intermediary design enables accurate tilt adjustment while simplifying the connection between movement and fixation functions.
3Ease of operation
If the slider is designed to slide freely in the U-profile cavity, then ease of adjustment is improved, but the slider may move excessively or become unstable
Solution Approach 1:
The slider is designed to slide freely enough for easy adjustment along the U-profile cavity, but the bed's helical surfaces provide a limiting mechanism that prevents excessive movement. This partial constraint approach maintains ease of operation while ensuring stability through the natural stop provided by the bed's geometry.
4Manufacturing precision
If the bed is designed with helical surfaces for tilting, then precise inclination adjustment is achieved, but the mechanism becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The bed combines multiple functions into a single component: it provides vertical movement, tilting through helical surfaces, and supports the glass panel. By merging these functions, the system achieves precise inclination adjustment without requiring separate mechanisms for each function, thereby reducing overall complexity.
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 precise tilt adjustment of glass panels within a range of ±1.1°, effectively addressing unevenness and ensuring secure fixation, even with varying glass panel thicknesses.
Implementation Method 1
The slider has two internal helical surfaces, and a seat for the service key at the bottom of the cavity. By turning the service key, the slider is moved via the toothing
Implementation Method 2
An eccentric clamp is inserted in the upper part of the cavity of the supporting U-profile on the inner (IN) side, which secures the glass panel in the set position
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AI summary
The tilting sliding system (1) for mounting glass railings with simple adjustment of the tilting of the glass panel (80) in a vertical plane in both directions has the following main parts - the supporting U-profile (10), which has a groove in its upper part for the support seal (40) and a clamp seat (11) for the eccentric clamp (50), and a slider (20) and a bed (30) inserted in the cavity of the supporting U-profile (10). The bed (30) has two outer longitudinal helical surfaces (32), a toothing (34), a cavity of the bed (31) for the glass panel (80) and a cylindrical surface (33) at the bottom. The support seal (40) on the outer (OUT) side of the supporting U-profile (10) forms a bearing surface of the seal (41) for the outer side of the glass panel (80). By turning the service key (60) by the setting angle α, the slider (20) moves longitudinally on the bearing surfaces of the slider (21) in the cavity of the supporting U-profile (10) and the bed (30) rotates through the longitudinal helical surfaces of the slider (22) and the helical surfaces of the bed (32) by the tilt angle β on the cylindrical surface of the bed (33) and the lower surface of the cavity of the supporting U-profile (10) around the axis of the bearing surface of the seal (41).