Storage facility for object of paying of respects
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing storage facilities for paying respects require complex and costly transport devices with multiple components, including conveyors, which increase production costs and malfunction frequencies due to their complexity.
Innovation Solution
A storage facility design featuring a transport device with a projecting and retracting mechanism that moves objects between storage sections and a support position, where the holding member projects further towards the support position than towards storage sections, allowing for a simpler structure and closer proximity to the person paying respects, and utilizing a partition wall with a viewing window to facilitate easier access.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Length of stationary object
If a conveyor is added to transport the object horizontally toward the person paying respects, then the distance between the support position and the person is reduced, but the device complexity and number of parts increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the horizontal transport function and the height adjustment function into a single integrated transport device. The holding member can move horizontally along the first direction toward the partition wall while simultaneously adjusting height, eliminating the need for a separate conveyor system and reducing overall device complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The transport device is designed with multi-functionality, where the holding member can perform both horizontal movement (along the first direction) and vertical movement (height adjustment) using the same mechanism. This universal design allows one device to replace what would traditionally require multiple specialized components.
2Length of stationary object
If a conveyor is added to move the object horizontally, then the support position is brought closer to the person, but the production cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
By merging the horizontal transport and height adjustment functions into a single integrated mechanism, the patent reduces the total number of components that need to be manufactured and assembled. This consolidation directly reduces production costs while achieving the same functional outcome of bringing the support position closer to the person.
3Length of stationary object
If a conveyor is added to transport the object horizontally, then the support position is brought closer to the person, but the frequency of malfunctions increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent reduces malfunction frequency by combining multiple transport functions into a single integrated system. Fewer independent components mean fewer potential failure points, while the coordinated movement of the holding member along the first direction and vertical adjustment ensures reliable operation without requiring multiple separate conveyor systems.
Data Source
AI summary
A plurality of storage sections include one or more reference storage sections each of which is defined to be a storage section that has an occupiable area at least a portion of which extends over a same positional range along the first direction as a portion of an occupiable area in the support position. A transport device includes a projecting and retracting mechanism configured to project and retract along the first direction a holding member configured to hold an object of paying of respects, and is configured to move the holding member toward a partition wall side along the first direction when moving an object of paying of respects to a reference storage section or to the support position by means of the projecting and retracting mechanism. The amount of projection of the holding member toward the partition wall side when moving an object of paying of respects to the support position is set to be greater than the amount of projection of the holding member toward the partition wall side when moving an object of paying of respects to a reference storage section.