Collapsible and easy-to-store fabric heating and drying barrel
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing fabric drying barrels are difficult to fold and store, leading to high transportation costs and space inefficiency, with telescopic rod structures causing operational inconvenience and increased production costs.
Innovation Solution
A collapsible fabric drying barrel design featuring a first and second barrel that can be telescopically moved relative to each other, allowing for easy folding and unfolding, with a locking mechanism to stabilize the unfolded state, and a hot air blowing assembly for efficient drying.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If an integrated structure is used for the fabric drying barrel, then the structural strength is improved, but the ease of storage and transportation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The second barrel is sleeved on the outside of the first barrel, forming a nested structure where the inner barrel can be inserted into or extracted from the outer barrel. This nesting design allows the barrel to be collapsed into a compact form for storage and transportation while maintaining structural integrity during operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The barrel body is designed with telescopic movement capability, transitioning from a static integrated structure to a dynamic structure that can expand and collapse. The second barrel can slide relative to the first barrel along guide grooves and guide blocks, enabling the barrel to change its volume and shape according to operational needs.
2Ease of operation
If a telescopic rod structure is used to achieve folding, then the ease of storage is improved, but the device complexity and production cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of using multiple telescopic rods, the patent employs a nested barrel structure where the second barrel sleeves the first barrel. This single nested structure achieves the folding function with fewer components, reducing device complexity and production cost while maintaining ease of storage.
Solution Approach 2:
The support and folding functions are merged into the nested barrel structure itself, rather than requiring separate telescopic rod mechanisms. The barrel body serves dual purposes as both the functional container and the folding mechanism, simplifying the overall device structure.
3Ease of operation
If a telescopic rod structure is used to achieve folding, then the ease of storage is improved, but the ease of operation deteriorates due to jamming
Solution Approach 1:
The nested barrel structure eliminates multiple telescopic rods that can jam against each other. With only one barrel sliding inside another, the risk of mechanical jamming is significantly reduced, improving operational reliability while maintaining ease of storage.
Solution Approach 2:
The complex multi-rod telescopic mechanism is extracted and replaced with a simpler single-nested-barrel structure. This removal of unnecessary components eliminates the jamming issue inherent in multi-rod systems while preserving the folding capability.
4Stability of the object's composition
If the barrel body is made fixed and non-folding, then the structural stability is improved, but the storage space efficiency deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The barrel transitions from a fixed static structure to a dynamic structure that can expand and collapse. During operation, the barrel maintains stability in its expanded state, while during storage, it can be collapsed to minimize space occupation, thus resolving the contradiction between structural stability and storage efficiency.
Solution Approach 2:
The nested barrel structure allows the barrel to collapse into a compact form factor for storage while maintaining its full functional volume during operation. The inner barrel can be inserted into the outer barrel to create a compact storage configuration, yet the same structure provides a stable, spacious container during use.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Reduces transportation costs and storage space requirements while maintaining efficient drying capabilities, with lower production costs and simplified operation.
Implementation Method 1
the warm air blower assembly blows warm air into the accommodating space containing the fabric, thereby heating and drying the fabric
Implementation Method 2
the second barrel is telescopically movable relative to the first barrel
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AI summary
A collapsible and easy-to-store fabric heating and drying barrel, which relates to the technical field of fabric drying, is provided. The collapsible and easy-to-store fabric heating and drying barrel includes a base, a fabric accommodating structure, and a locking mechanism. The fabric accommodating structure has a folded state and an unfolded state, and the folded state and the unfolded state both have an accommodating space for accommodating fabric. The fabric accommodating structure includes a first barrel and a second barrel that is sleeved on an outside or an inside of the first barrel. The second barrel can telescopically move relative to the first barrel. The locking mechanism is configured to lock the fabric accommodating structure in the unfolded state, so that the fabric accommodating structure can stably remain in the unfolded state.