Lyophilizing Machine Loading Plane Guide Mechanism
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing lyophilizing and sterilizing machines have complex and costly loading plane configurations due to unique vertical guides for each plane, which complicate the use of loading sliders, obstruct horizontal guides, and increase production and assembly difficulties, while also posing entanglement risks for flexible cables.
Innovation Solution
A unified, identical loading plane design with independent horizontal guides that do not interfere with the loading surface, allowing vertical movement of loading planes without obstructing containers or movement means, and enabling stable, autonomous operation of loading/unloading devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If unique vertical guides are provided for each loading plane, then vertical movement stability is improved, but device complexity and manufacturing cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies universality by providing a single set of vertical guides that can accommodate multiple loading planes through adjustable positioning mechanisms. The guides are designed with universal features that allow them to work with different plane configurations, eliminating the need for unique guides for each plane while maintaining vertical movement stability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements dynamics by making the vertical guides adjustable and reconfigurable rather than fixed. The guides can be positioned and locked at different heights and locations to accommodate various loading plane arrangements, providing both stability during operation and flexibility for reconfiguration.
2Ease of operation
If vertical guides are disposed adjacent to loading planes, then vertical movement is enabled, but horizontal guides for loading sliders are obstructed
Solution Approach 1:
The patent resolves the spatial conflict by transitioning the guide system to a different dimensional arrangement. Instead of vertical guides being adjacent to loading planes in the horizontal plane, the guides are positioned in the vertical dimension above or below the loading planes, allowing horizontal guides to pass through the previously occupied lateral spaces without obstruction.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary spatial layer by positioning vertical guides in the vertical dimension rather than the horizontal plane. This intermediary positioning allows horizontal guides and loading sliders to operate in the horizontal plane without interfering with vertical guide functionality, effectively mediating the conflict between the two guide systems.
3Reliability
If loading planes have different configurations in lateral zones, then vertical guide cooperation is achieved, but production and assembly costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies universality by designing loading planes with standardized, identical configurations across all planes. The vertical guides are designed to accommodate these uniform planes through adjustable positioning, eliminating the need for custom lateral zone configurations while maintaining reliable vertical guide cooperation.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the vertical guide system into independently adjustable components that can be positioned to work with standardized loading planes. This segmentation allows the same plane design to be used throughout while the guide system adapts to provide the necessary cooperation, separating the functionality of plane standardization from guide adjustment.
4Reliability
If protuberances are provided for housing vertical guides, then vertical movement is enabled, but flexible cables become entangled
Solution Approach 1:
The patent moves the vertical guide housing from the horizontal plane to the vertical dimension. By positioning the guides and their housing structures above or below the loading planes rather than adjacent to them in the horizontal zone, flexible cables can pass through the previously occupied lateral spaces without becoming entangled in protuberances.
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AI summary
Lyophilizing or sterilizing machine, comprising a lyophilizing or sterilizing chamber (1 1), a plurality of loading planes (18), having a loading surface (17) disposed inside the chamber (1 1) and overlapping each other, and a movement apparatus to load on and unload from the loading surface (17) of the loading planes (18), containers (15) the content of which is to be treated in the chamber (1 1). The movement apparatus comprises at least one loading/unloading slider (23) mobile on horizontal guides. The loading planes (18) are associated with vertical movement guides (32). Each of the loading planes (18) comprises at least two opposite lateral flanks, a plurality of through holes (31) being present on at least one of the lateral flanks in order to house the vertical guides (32). The through holes (31) define a lateral guide (24) solid with the loading plane (18), at least one through seating (29) being present between said lateral guide (24) and the loading surface (17) to freely house a respective horizontal guide (20).