Magazine Storage Device With Height-Adjusting Lifting Mechanism
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing delivery systems, such as those described in Patent Literature 1, are unable to smoothly deliver a magazine to a wheeled platform without a height adjustment mechanism, limiting their versatility and efficiency.
Innovation Solution
A magazine storage device equipped with a lifting and lowering mechanism that adjusts the delivery height of the magazine loading table, allowing for seamless delivery and reception of magazines regardless of the conveyance wheeled platform's configuration, utilizing a combination of a following member, wedge member, guide mechanism, clamp mechanism, and anti-back mechanism to ensure safe and stable operation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the delivery system uses a fixed height delivery table, then the system structure is simple, but it cannot deliver magazines to wheeled platforms with different heights
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies the dynamics principle by introducing a lifting and lowering mechanism that enables the delivery table to dynamically adjust its height. The mechanism includes a lifting table, lowering table, and control system that can change the delivery surface height based on the wheeled platform's height, transforming a static fixed-height system into a dynamic adjustable-height system. This resolves the contradiction by providing height adaptability while maintaining operational simplicity through automated control.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the delivery system includes height adjustment capability, then it can deliver to various platforms, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies segmentation by dividing the height adjustment function into separate modular components: a lifting table mechanism for raising the delivery surface, a lowering table mechanism for reducing it, and a control system. Each component performs a specific function independently, allowing the system to achieve height adaptability through coordinated operation of simplified modular units rather than a single complex mechanism.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the magazine loading table is fixed at one height, then the mechanism is simple, but it cannot accommodate wheeled platforms of varying heights
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies self-service by implementing an automated control system that detects the wheeled platform's height and automatically adjusts the delivery table height accordingly. The system performs the height adjustment operation autonomously without requiring manual intervention, ensuring smooth delivery operations while adapting to different platform configurations. This resolves the contradiction by maintaining ease of operation through automation while providing the necessary adaptability.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables smooth and efficient delivery of magazines to and from conveyance wheeled platforms with varying heights, enhancing the device's adaptability and operational reliability by adjusting delivery height according to the platform's configuration, preventing magazine movement issues and ensuring safe lifting and lowering processes.
Implementation Method 1
a lifting and lowering mechanism configured to change a delivery height when the magazine loading table performs delivery of the magazine
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AI summary
A magazine storage device according to the present disclosure is for delivering a magazine capable of holding a component mounter member between the magazine storage device and a conveyance wheeled platform configured to convey the magazine, the magazine storage device including a magazine loading table configured to place the magazine thereon and a lifting and lowering mechanism configured to change a delivery height when the magazine loading table performs delivery of the magazine.