Prefabricated Tuned Top Launcher Assembly
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional tops are limited in size, structure, and functionality, making them difficult to manufacture in small sizes, assemble easily, and offer changeable spinning forms, safe usage, and accurate launching without losing spinning power, especially for indoor play and varied games.
Innovation Solution
A prefabricated top with five components - a knob, rim, beads, body, and spinning spindle - that can be easily assembled and disassembled, allowing for adjustable center of gravity and centrifugal force manipulation, preventing reverse loosening, and secure mounting on a launcher for stable and powerful spinning.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Volume of moving object
If the top is made small in size for indoor play, then it becomes easier to carry and play anywhere, but it becomes difficult to generate sufficient spinning force and maintain stability
Solution Approach 1:
The top is divided into separate components (body, spinning spindle, string) that can be assembled and disassembled. The spinning spindle can be independently replaced or adjusted, allowing optimization of spinning force without increasing overall top size. This segmentation enables the small top to maintain sufficient spinning power through component specialization.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent allows changing physical parameters of the top by replacing the spinning spindle with different weights or modifying the string winding configuration. This enables adjustment of spinning force and centrifugal force parameters while keeping the top body small, resolving the contradiction between size and spinning power.
2Ease of manufacture
If the top structure is simplified for easy manufacture, then production becomes easier and costs decrease, but it becomes difficult to provide changeable spinning forms and adjustable center of gravity
Solution Approach 1:
The top body is designed as a simple, easily manufacturable component, while the functional variability is achieved through separate, interchangeable spinning spindles and string configurations. This segmentation allows the main body to be简单地 manufactured while the accessories provide the needed versatility for different spinning forms and center of gravity adjustments.
Solution Approach 2:
The standardized top body design serves as a universal platform that can work with multiple types of spinning spindles and string configurations. This universal base structure is easy to manufacture, while the interchangeable components provide adaptability for various spinning games and adjustable characteristics.
3Device complexity
If the top uses a fixed center of gravity design, then manufacturing and assembly become simpler, but it becomes impossible to offer changeable spinning forms and adjusted centrifugal force
Solution Approach 1:
The center of gravity is made dynamically adjustable by allowing users to replace spinning spindles with different weights and modify string winding positions. This dynamic adjustment capability enables changeable spinning forms and centrifugal force characteristics without requiring a complex built-in adjustment mechanism, keeping device complexity low while maintaining high adaptability.
4Ease of operation
If the top is designed for easy assembly with few components, then assembly becomes faster and simpler, but it becomes difficult to prevent reverse loosening and ensure secure mounting on launcher
Solution Approach 1:
The top uses a segmented design with distinct components (body, spinning spindle, string) that are sequentially assembled. Each component has simple connection features that enable easy assembly, while the cumulative effect of multiple secured connections provides reliable anti-loosening capability and secure launcher mounting without requiring complex individual fastening mechanisms.
5Manufacturing precision
If the top mounting on launcher is secured tightly, then launch accuracy improves and spinning power loss is reduced, but it becomes difficult to quickly launch multiple tops without launch failure
Solution Approach 1:
The top's segmented design with standardized components enables rapid reassembly after launch. The spinning spindle and string can be quickly reattached to the body, allowing users to quickly prepare the next top for launch. This maintains launch accuracy through proper component fit while significantly improving productivity by reducing preparation time between launches.
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
Enables a compact, easily assembled top that can be spun by fingers, offers various spinning forms, prevents initial shock loss, provides diverse game types, and allows for multiple tops to be launched simultaneously with maintained spinning power and safety.
Implementation Method 1
the top is separated from the string by a centrifugal force and spins on the floor
Implementation Method 2
provides a spring embedded in the top to buffer the spindle of the top, thereby preventing a loss of an initial spinning power of the top due to shock at the time of initial launching
Implementation Method 3
can implement a changeable spinning form by inducing a change in the difference between centripetal force and centrifugal force, which are generated during spinning, since the center of gravity can be eccentrically disposed freely according to the selection of a user
Data Source
AI summary
A prefabricated tuned top and a launcher for launching the tuned top, manufactured in a small size with five components of a knob, a rim, beads, a body and a spinning spindle. The tuned top can be readily assembled by sequentially inserting and then tightening the components. The tuned top implements a changeable spinning form based on induction of a change in difference between the centripetal force and centrifugal force, generated during spinning, since the center of gravity can be eccentrically disposed freely according to the user's selection. The tuned top is prevented from being reversely loosened so it can be safely, semi-permanently, and easily enjoyable at any location. The tuned top enables accurate and stable mounting when a launcher is used, such that the top is not easily separated therefrom but is quickly launched without a launch failure, thereby providing accurate launching without the loss of spinning power.