Modular structure for realizing walls, advertising displays, displays for communication and for furniture and method of assembling said structure
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing modular structures for walls, panels, and displays face challenges in maintaining sheet engagement in curved areas, leading to disengagement issues.
Innovation Solution
The modular structure employs straight and curved modular profiles with a 65° lateral recess for sheet anchorage, combined with a vertical tensioning system and adjustable bolts to ensure optimal sheet tension and prevent undulations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If 90° lateral recess is used for sheet housing, then manufacturing is simplified, but sheets become disengaged in curved areas
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies different recess angles to different structural contexts: 65° recesses in curved areas to prevent sheet disengagement, and 90° recesses in straight areas for simplified manufacturing. This local differentiation resolves the contradiction by optimizing each area for its specific functional requirements.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention changes the geometric parameter of the lateral recess from a fixed 90° angle to a variable angle system (65° in curved areas, 90° in straight areas). This parameter modification enables the structure to maintain sheet engagement in curved regions while preserving manufacturing simplicity in straight sections.
2Device complexity
If vertical uprights have fixed dimension, then structure is simpler, but sheet tensioning cannot be optimized
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transforms the static vertical uprights into dynamic, adjustable components by incorporating threaded blocks and customization bolts. This allows the uprights to be extended or repositioned vertically to achieve optimal sheet tensioning, converting a fixed-structure problem into an adjustable system that maintains both simplicity and precision.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention incorporates preliminary adjustment mechanisms (threaded blocks and bolts) within the uprights that allow tensioning optimization to be performed during assembly. This preliminary action enables precise sheet tensioning to be achieved as part of the standard assembly process, rather than requiring post-installation adjustments.
3Ease of operation
If sheets are loosely anchored, then assembly is easier, but undulations occur in sheets
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs a dynamic tensioning system with adjustable bolts that allow the anchorage force to be optimized during assembly. This enables sheets to be securely anchored without excessive complexity, achieving both ease of operation and sheet stability by allowing adjustment to the precise tension level needed.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention introduces threaded blocks and customization bolts as intermediary elements between the vertical uprights and sheets. These intermediaries provide controlled anchorage points that facilitate easy assembly while maintaining sheet flatness through adjustable tensioning, resolving the contradiction between assembly ease and sheet stability.
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AI summary
A modular structure (1) for realizing walls, panels or components for booths and exhibition spaces, advertising displays, communication and furnishing screens, comprising a frame, which includes at least one lower support and at least one upper support, identical and parallel to the lower support. The supports are mutually spaced and rigidly coupled by means of one or more vertical uprights (15A, 15C) placed inside the frame. The modular profiles include rectilinear geometry modular profiles (11) and curved geometry modular profiles (10) and have a first portion (10A', 10B', 11') outside the frame and a second portion (10A', 10B', 11') inside the frame and the portion (10A', 10B', 11') inside the modular profiles has a plurality of housings (30) for LED lights and for fixing the vertical uprights (15A, 15C). The modular profiles of the upper and lower supports have, in correspondence with the front and rear surfaces of the frame, at least one recessed seat (14), arranged at an angle varying between 60° and 80°, and preferably arranged at 65°, with respect to a vertical plane, within which a grommet (26) is inserted and fixed, to which at least one sheet and/or laminate (25) is stably connected.