Paper Glasses Temple Support Structure for Stable Wear
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional paper glasses have weak temple support and fixing forces, leading to instability and discomfort during wear, especially when exposed to wind or movement, making them impractical for temporary use.
Innovation Solution
The design includes a support piece that stabilizes the glasses temples by connecting the lens frame and temples, with adjustable support angles and enhanced adhesive areas, along with a nose support and reinforcing pieces to maintain shape and comfort.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If paper glasses are manufactured with simple bent temples in a U shape, then manufacturing cost is reduced, but temple support force and fixing force are weakened
Solution Approach 1:
The temple is divided into multiple segments: the main temple body, the support piece extending from the lens frame, and the connection portion joining them. This segmentation allows each part to perform its specific function - the support piece provides structural reinforcement while the connection portion allows controlled movement, resolving the contradiction between simple manufacturing and adequate support force.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses composite construction by combining the paper lens frame with a separate support piece that has higher rigidity. This composite structure maintains the low-cost paper material for the main frame while adding strategic reinforcement where needed, achieving both cost-effectiveness and improved temple support force.
2Device complexity
If paper glasses are manufactured with simple bent temples in a U shape, then manufacturing complexity is reduced, but temple stability during wear is worsened
Solution Approach 1:
By segmenting the temple into the main body and a separate support piece connected by a connection portion, the structure gains stability without excessive complexity. The support piece provides rigid stabilization while the connection portion introduces only minimal controlled flexibility, achieving temple stability with acceptable structural complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The support piece is strategically positioned at the temple connection area where stability is most needed, rather than making the entire temple structure complex. This local reinforcement approach provides temple stability precisely where required while keeping the rest of the structure simple and easy to manufacture.
3Stability of the object's composition
If the support piece is made rigid to maintain temple angle, then temple angle maintenance is improved, but adhesive bonding difficulty increases
Solution Approach 1:
The connection portion is designed with controlled flexibility rather than complete rigidity, allowing it to accommodate slight movements and positioning variations during assembly. This dynamic characteristic makes adhesive bonding easier while the support piece itself maintains sufficient rigidity to preserve the temple angle during wear.
Solution Approach 2:
The support piece uses material or structural parameter optimization to achieve the required rigidity for angle maintenance with minimal weight and surface area. By carefully controlling the thickness, material properties, and geometry of the support piece, adequate angular stability is achieved without creating excessive bonding challenges.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The solution reinforces the support force of the glasses temples, maintains the shape, and increases the feeling of wearing by preventing peeling and deformation, even in motion or wind, while providing comfort and stability.
Implementation Method 1
One end of the support piece may be interposed and fixed between the adhesive application surface of the lens frame and the lens attached to the adhesive application surface and the other end thereof may be attached to a front end of the glasses temples with an adhesive applied to the back surface
Data Source
AI summary
The present invention provides paper glasses and a method for manufacturing the same including a lens frame connected in parallel to both sides of a central bridge to fix a lens; glasses temples which are extended integrally from both sides of the lens frame and bent at an angle perpendicular to the lens frame to wear the lens frame on the face; and a support piece of which one end is fixed to the lens frame and the other end is fixed to the front end of the glasses temples to ensure a support force of the glasses temples and maintain a predetermined angle of the glasses temples.