Multi-Tool Wall Positioning for Accurate Sequential Measurements
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing devices struggle to perform consecutive operations or measurements accurately at a distance from the user, as switching tools often results in position changes that lead to errors or impossibility of completing the task.
Innovation Solution
A mechanism with two or more tools, including a support section and driving means, allows tools to be interchanged while ensuring they operate on the same surface section, controlled from a distance, and features movable elements with two degrees of freedom for precise tool positioning.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple tools are used for consecutive operations or measurements, then the task can be completed more comprehensively, but position changes during tool switching lead to measurement errors or operational failure
Solution Approach 1:
The device is divided into a support section that remains stationary on the wall and a tool section that can be moved independently. This segmentation allows the support section to maintain a fixed reference position while the tool section is exchanged or repositioned, ensuring that all tools operate from the same基准 point on the wall surface.
Solution Approach 2:
A positioning mechanism acts as an intermediary between the support section and the tools. This intermediary component ensures that when tools are switched or repositioned, they are automatically aligned to the correct position relative to the support section, eliminating position errors during tool changes.
2Ease of operation
If tools are positioned manually at a distance from the user, then operations can be performed at hard-to-reach locations, but positioning accuracy deteriorates due to distance and visibility constraints
Solution Approach 1:
The device replaces manual mechanical positioning with an automated positioning mechanism that uses the support section as a reference. This mechanism automatically aligns tools to the correct position on the wall, eliminating the need for manual positioning by the user and ensuring consistent accuracy even when operating at a distance.
Solution Approach 2:
The positioning mechanism is self-aligning, using the support section's position on the wall as a automatic reference point. When tools are mounted or repositioned, they automatically return to the correct position relative to the support section without requiring user intervention or visual alignment, enabling accurate operation at remote locations.
3Stability of the object's composition
If the support section is fixed on the wall, then a stable reference point is established, but the device becomes harder to reposition for different measurement locations
Solution Approach 1:
The support section incorporates movable elements that allow it to be repositioned along the wall surface while maintaining its stability during operation. The support section can be moved to different locations, and at each location, it establishes a new stable reference point for the tools, combining both stability during use and adaptability for repositioning.
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AI summary
A mechanism for positioning at least two tools on a surface, which includes: a first body that is provided with a support section (3); driving means for moving the tools; and, control means for controlling the driving means and the tools, which are such that the tools can be brought with the driving means alternately with a tangent plane on their relevant machining surface or their relevant measuring surface adjoiningly against the surface against which the mechanism is supported.