Multi-Profile Jaw Tool for Resilient Collar Assembly
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing tools for assembling and disassembling resilient clamping collars are difficult to manipulate, especially in hard-to-reach places, due to complex orientation mechanisms and lack of versatility in gripping profiles.
Innovation Solution
A tool with U-shaped jaws featuring guiding chamfers, centering notches, and tapered tips, allowing for multiple general orientations and easy manipulation of resilient collars, combined with a cable actuation mechanism for remote operation, enabling efficient assembly and disassembly in various positions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a pincer-type tool with single gripping profile is used, then the tool structure is simple, but the tool is difficult to manipulate in difficult-to-access places
Solution Approach 1:
The tool incorporates multiple gripping profiles (first and second profiles) on each jaw, allowing the same tool to handle collars in different orientations and positions. This multi-functionality enables the tool to access difficult-to-reach locations without requiring multiple specialized tools, resolving the contradiction between versatility and complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The jaws are designed with multiple gripping profiles that can engage with the collar ends in different orientations. The ability to switch between first and second gripping profiles allows the tool to adapt dynamically to various access conditions, improving manipulability while maintaining a single tool structure.
2Adaptability or versatility
If interchangeable end pieces with nut and bolt system are used, then the tool can manipulate resilient collars in difficult-to-access places, but the orientation of end pieces becomes complex to manipulate and precisely orient
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of using separate interchangeable end pieces with complex fastening mechanisms, the invention integrates multiple gripping profiles directly into the jaw structure. This merging of functions eliminates the need for separate components and fastening systems, making orientation simple and intuitive while maintaining the ability to handle collars in various positions.
Solution Approach 2:
The jaws with multiple integrated gripping profiles automatically provide the appropriate engagement orientation based on the collar position, eliminating the need for manual orientation adjustments or complex fastening operations. The tool self-adapts to the required orientation through its design.
3Adaptability or versatility
If single gripping profile is used, then the tool design is simple, but the assembly and disassembly operations cannot be performed in various positions
Solution Approach 1:
Each jaw is equipped with both first and second gripping profiles, enabling the tool to perform assembly and disassembly operations in multiple positions and orientations. This universal design allows a single tool to replace multiple position-specific tools, achieving versatility without proportionally increasing complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The first and second gripping profiles are arranged in different orientations on the jaws, creating an asymmetric configuration that enables the tool to engage collars in various positions. This asymmetric design provides multi-position capability while maintaining a relatively simple overall tool structure.
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AI summary
According to the invention, a tool for assembling and disassembling an elastic collar includes first and second jaws mobile relative to each other. The first and second jaws respectively include first gripping profiles, the first gripping profiles being adapted to interact with the elastic collar and being provided opposite each other along a first predetermined and general collar-gripping orientation relative to the jaws. The first and second jaws respectively include at least second gripping profiles, the second gripping profiles being provided opposite each other and being adapted to interact with the elastic collar along a second predetermined general gripping orientation relative to the jaws, the second orientation being different from the first orientation.