Movable Glue Receiving Mechanism for Residual Glue Control

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Solution Overview

Problem

During the battery production process, glue is easily drawn between the glue nozzle and the box body, causing it to stick to unintended areas, leading to contamination and pollution of the box body.

Innovation Solution

A glue receiving mechanism with a driving assembly that reciprocates between a glue receiving position and an avoidance position, allowing it to receive residual glue from the nozzle without interfering with the coating process, thereby preventing contamination.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If the glue nozzle is separated from the box body after coating, then the coating process is completed, but the residual glue is drawn between the box body and glue nozzle causing contamination

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecoating process completionVSAvoidglue contamination
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

A receiving member is introduced as an intermediary component between the glue nozzle and the box body. This receiving member captures the residual glue that would otherwise be drawn to unintended areas, preventing contamination while allowing the coating process to complete efficiently

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The harmful effect of residual glue being drawn between the box body and nozzle is extracted and isolated by introducing a dedicated receiving member. This separates the glue collection function from the coating process, allowing the nozzle to focus on coating while the receiving member handles residual glue management

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

2Object-affected harmful factors

If a receiving member is added to capture residual glue, then contamination is prevented, but the device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveglue contamination preventionVSAvoidmechanism structure
Core Design Contradiction:
Object-affected harmful factorsVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The receiving member is positioned locally at the specific location where residual glue is drawn, rather than implementing a complex system-wide solution. This localized approach captures contamination at its source with minimal additional structure

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The receiving member is designed to be movable rather than fixed, allowing it to adjust its position dynamically during the coating process. This dynamic design simplifies the overall mechanism by eliminating the need for complex fixed structures while maintaining effective glue capture

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Data Source

PatentUS20240261813A1Glue receiving mechanism and glue coating device
Publication Date: 2024.08.08 CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) LIMITED
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AI summary

A glue receiving mechanism and a glue coating device are provided. A glue receiving member is driven by a driving assembly to reciprocate between a glue receiving position and an avoidance position. When a member needs to be coated with the glue by the glue coating device, the glue receiving member is driven by the driving assembly to move to the avoidance position. At this time, the glue receiving member will not affect the process of coating the glue onto the member by a glue nozzle, so that the glue can be coated successfully. When the glue coating is completed, the driving assembly drives the glue receiving member to move from the avoidance position to the glue receiving position, and at this time, the glue receiving member can receive the residual glue from the glue nozzle and prevent the glue from sticking to the member coated with the glue.