Tool for Opening Extruded Power Cord Profile
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing tools are cumbersome and time-consuming when introducing a fibre optic cable into a power cord assembly device, making the process difficult and prone to damage.
Innovation Solution
A tool with guide means and support means arranged in a frame to widen the slit of the extruded profiled body, allowing easy and safe introduction of the fibre optic cable, using guide members and friction-reducing elements to facilitate movement and prevent damage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If a prior art tool is used to introduce a fibre optic cable into the power cord assembly device, then the operation can be performed, but it is cumbersome and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a specialized tool as an intermediary device between the fibre optic cable and the power cord assembly device. This tool includes guide means with guide members that facilitate the cable's passage through the slit, and support means that stabilize the profiled body during the operation. The intermediary tool simplifies the complex manual operation by providing structured guidance and support, making the process easier and faster to perform.
2Ease of operation
If the slit of the profiled body is widened to allow fibre optic cable introduction, then accessibility to the chamber is improved, but the structural integrity of the profiled body may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The support means are positioned to bear against specific portions of the profiled body walls before and during the widening of the slit. This preliminary positioning of support elements prevents excessive deformation or damage to the profiled body structure while the guide means widen the slit sufficiently for cable introduction. The support means maintain structural integrity throughout the opening process.
3Device complexity
If manual introduction of fibre optic cable is performed without specialized tools, then device complexity is reduced, but the risk of fibre optic cable damage increases
Solution Approach 1:
The guide means act as an intermediary structure that protects the fibre optic cable during introduction. The guide members provide a controlled pathway through the slit, preventing direct contact between the cable and the sharp edges of the slit opening. This intermediary guidance structure minimizes mechanical stress and damage risk to the delicate fibre optic cable while maintaining relatively simple device complexity.
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AI summary
A tool for opening an extruded profiled body of a power cord assembly device. According to the invention, it comprises at least one pair of guide means s (41a, 41b) and at least one support means (46), said pair of guide means (41a, 41b) and said support means (46) being arranged in a frame (44), wherein a first guide means(41a) of said pair of guide means (41a, 41b) is arranged and shaped to releasably connect to the an interconnection area (5a) of the profiled body (4), and wherein a second guide means(41b) of said guide means (41a, 41b)is arranged and shaped to releasably connect to a second interconnection area (5b) of the profiled body (4), said support means (46) being provided with a support member (48) adapted to bear against a portion of the first wall (6) opposite to the slit (15), the distance of the guide means (41a, 41b) relative to the support means being such that the slit (15) is widened in the area of the elongation of the profiled body where the tool is applied, hereby allowing a fibre optic cable (30) to be introduced into the chamber (16).