Paper Clip With Segmented Base Plate And Elastic Fixture
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional paper clips struggle to securely fix sheets of paper with varying thicknesses and often deform or require inconvenient handling, especially when stacking multiple objects.
Innovation Solution
A paper clip design featuring a base plate with locking protrusions and a fixture with corresponding hooks, along with an elastic support and adjustable clip configuration, allows for secure fixation and easy detachment of sheets of paper, reducing deformation and improving usability.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a wire clip is used to fix sheets of paper, then the clip can be easily operated, but it cannot securely fix sheets of paper having a given thickness and is easily deformed
Solution Approach 1:
The paper clip is divided into a base plate and a separate clip component. The base plate provides structural support and thickness accommodation, while the clip component provides the fixing mechanism. This segmentation allows each part to be optimized independently - the base plate can be designed to accommodate various paper thicknesses while the clip maintains reliable fixing capability without deformation.
2Reliability
If a clip with a handle part is used to fix sheets of paper, then the clip can fix thicker sheets, but it occupies volume that prevents stacking multiple objects
Solution Approach 1:
The handle part is extracted from the traditional clip design and replaced with a flat base plate structure. The base plate extends the fixing surface area to accommodate thicker sheets of paper without adding vertical height or bulk. This extraction of the handle function and replacement with an expanded base plate maintains reliability for thick sheets while minimizing volume to enable stacking of multiple clips.
3Force
If a Nalclip is used to fix sheets of paper, then it has strong pressurizing force, but it is hard to directly fix to the object and requires a dispenser making it inconvenient
Solution Approach 1:
The clip component is designed with elastic properties that allow it to dynamically adapt to the paper thickness and provide consistent pressurizing force. The elastic material enables the clip to be directly attached to the base plate and immediately exert the necessary fixing force on the sheets of paper without requiring a dispenser mechanism, thus maintaining both strong force and ease of operation.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The paper clip effectively fixes sheets of paper of varying thicknesses securely and stably, while being easy to use and maintain, with the adjustable design enhancing convenience and durability.
Implementation Method 1
an elastic support detachably coupled to the base plate and having a larger width than the base plate
Data Source
AI summary
Provided is a paper clip. The paper clip includes: a paper fixing part having a base plate and a clip coupled to the base plate to fix sheets of paper to the base plate; and a fixture for fixing the paper fixing part thereto in such a manner as to allow the base plate to be separably disposed therefrom. The base plate has locking protrusions formed protrudingly from both end portions of one side thereof, and the fixture has locking hooks adapted to separably support the locking protrusions thereagainst. The base plate has a fixing protrusion formed on the region where the locking protrusions are formed, and the fixture has a fixing groove formed on a position corresponding to the fixing protrusion in such a manner as to fixedly insert the fixing protrusion thereinto.