Multi-loop Wire Loop Box for Concrete Seam Reinforcement
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Solution Overview
Problem
The use of two wire loop boxes in thicker concrete elements increases material costs and mounting time due to the need for additional components and increased installation time.
Innovation Solution
A wire loop box design featuring a housing with multiple wire loops, allowing for enhanced strength resistance with fewer units, as three high-strength steel wires are threaded through the housing, forming grip loops that provide improved structural support.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If two wire loop boxes are used in thicker elements, then the strength resistance is improved, but the material cost and mounting time increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple wire loops (at least three) into a single housing unit, creating a multi-loop wire loop box that integrates the function of multiple separate boxes. This merging allows achieving the required strength resistance for thicker elements with a single unit, eliminating the need to mount multiple separate wire loop boxes, thereby reducing mounting time while maintaining or improving strength resistance.
Solution Approach 2:
The housing is designed to accommodate multiple wire loops with different diameters and configurations, making a single wire loop box versatile enough to handle various reinforcement requirements in thicker elements. This multi-functionality allows one unit to replace what would traditionally require multiple specialized units.
2Strength
If two wire loop boxes are used in thicker elements, then the strength resistance is improved, but the material cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
By merging multiple wire loops into a single housing, the patent reduces the total number of separate components needed. Instead of requiring two or more separate wire loop boxes, the multi-loop design provides equivalent or superior strength resistance with a single unit, thereby reducing material costs associated with purchasing and supplying multiple boxes.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the parameter of wire loop quantity from one per housing to multiple (at least three) per housing. This parameter change allows a single wire loop box to provide the cumulative strength resistance that would traditionally require multiple boxes, thus reducing the quantity of material needed while achieving the same or better structural performance.
3Strength
If multiple wire loop boxes are mounted, then the strength resistance is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple wire loops into a single integrated housing unit, reducing device complexity by eliminating the need to handle, position, and secure multiple separate wire loop boxes. The multi-loop design consolidates what would be multiple discrete components into one unit, simplifying the overall device structure and reducing the complexity of installation procedures.
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AI summary
A wire loop box to be used in after-cast seams between concrete elements, featuring a housing (1) to be mounted in the seam, and a wire formed as a wire loop (2) and fastened to the housing, the wire is threaded through one or more holes on the bottom face (4) of the housing (1), and the ends of the wire are fastened together with an anchor piece (5). The same elongated housing (1) has three wire loops (2) arranged at different points in longitudinal direction of the housing.