Jointed Tracker Device for Ski Trail Adaptability
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing equipment for creating cross-country ski trails fails to maintain high quality and advancing speed across various snow cover conditions, due to limited adaptability and misalignment issues with the snow surface.
Innovation Solution
The equipment features a tracker device connected to a tiller via a jointed structure around multiple axes, allowing for independent adaptation to snow contours and improved tracking quality, especially in curved directions, through a combination of sliding and revolving mechanisms.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Stability of the object's composition
If the tracker device is rigidly connected to the tiller or vehicle, then the structural stability is improved, but the adaptability to snow cover variations and track quality deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The connection structure between the tracker device and tiller/vehicle is made dynamic through jointed connections that allow movement around a first axis incident with the snow cover or ground. This enables the tracker device to adapt its position to variations in snow cover while maintaining structural connection, resolving the contradiction between stability and adaptability.
2Stability of the object's composition
If the tracker device is rigidly connected to the tiller or vehicle, then the structural stability is improved, but the track quality in curved directions deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The jointed connection allows the tracker device to dynamically adjust its position around the first axis when encountering curves or inexactness in the snow cover, enabling it to maintain track quality in curved directions while preserving structural stability through the connection.
3Ease of operation
If the snow cover is pre-treated by a main tiller, then the track forming is facilitated, but the equipment complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The equipment is segmented into distinct functional modules: a main tiller for snow preparation and a tracker device for track formation, connected through a jointed connection structure. This segmentation allows each component to perform its specific function optimally while maintaining overall system manageability despite increased complexity.
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AI summary
Equipment for creating a cross-country ski trail for a vehicle; comprising a tracker device to form tracks in a snow cover; and a connection structure for coupling the tracker device to a first tiller or to the vehicle; the connection structure and the tracker device being connected to each other in a jointed manner around a first axis incident with the snow cover or the ground, such as transverse to a feed direction.