Pivotable Frame Compartment Rack for Adaptable Glass Pane Loading
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing compartment trolleys and racks are rigidly configured, making them inflexible and unable to adapt to varying conditions or object sizes and shapes, particularly for accommodating glass panes.
Innovation Solution
The frames that delimit the compartments are pivotable relative to the base frame, allowing alignment with given conditions and enabling easy loading from either side, with optional motor-driven or manual pivoting and adjustable locking positions to optimize compartment orientation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Stability of the object's composition
If frames are rigidly arranged on the base frame, then structural stability is improved, but adaptability to varying conditions and object sizes deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies the dynamics principle by making the frames pivotable relative to the base frame. The frames can be rotated about horizontal pivot axes to change their orientation and inclination angles, allowing the compartment trolley to adapt to different object sizes, shapes, and loading conditions while maintaining structural stability through controlled mechanical movement rather than rigid fixed positioning.
2Ease of manufacture
If frames are rigidly arranged on the base frame, then manufacturing simplicity is improved, but ease of operation and loading flexibility deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamics by enabling the frames to pivot relative to the base frame through horizontal pivot axes. This allows operators to easily adjust frame orientation and inclination angles to accommodate different loading scenarios, significantly improving loading flexibility and ease of operation while maintaining relatively simple manufacturing through standardized pivot mechanisms.
3Strength
If compartment delimiting rods are fixed in orientation, then structural rigidity is improved, but ability to align with given conditions deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies dynamics by making the frames containing the compartment delimiting rods pivotable. The frames can be rotated about horizontal axes to change the inclination angles of the rods, allowing alignment with various object orientations and sizes. This dynamic adjustment capability enables the system to adapt to different conditions while maintaining structural rigidity through controlled mechanical positioning.
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AI summary
A device, which is designed as a compartmented trolley or compartmented rack and which has compartments for accommodating sheet-type objects (glass panes), comprises a base rack (2), on which a plurality of frames (4) projecting upward are arranged. Each of the frames (4) contains rods (5), which are arranged parallel to one another and at a distance from one another in the frame (4). The rods (5) delimit compartments for accommodating the objects in the device (1). The frames (4) having rods (5) that delimit the compartments are pivotably supported on the base rack (2), wherein the pivoting axes (8) are arranged at the lower end of the frames (4) in the region of the base rack (2). The objects that are accommodated in compartments delimited by the rods (5) in the frames (4) rest with their bases, i.e. the lower horizontal edges, on sliding surfaces or rollers (7).