Pressing Tool Clamping Force Limiting Cam Mechanism

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing pressing tools have a short service life and safety concerns due to excessive stress on jaws, particularly when used for unintended purposes or in difficult-to-access areas, and previous solutions have not effectively addressed these issues.

Innovation Solution

Incorporating clamping force limiting means, such as cams or stops, on the pressing tool's inlet curve to prevent further spreading of jaws after closure, ensuring the force on the jaws does not increase, thereby preventing breakage and extending the tool's lifespan.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If the pressing jaws are made slim to access difficult-to-reach areas, then the ease of operation is improved, but the service life and reliability deteriorate due to excessive stress and breakage risk

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveaccessibility to difficult-to-reach areasVSAvoidservice life of pressing tool
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies preliminary anti-action by introducing a control cam that prevents the pressing jaws from being subjected to excessive stress in the first place. The cam mechanism limits the spreading motion of the arms to a controlled range, preventing the jaws from entering a dangerous stress zone before breakage can occur. This proactive limitation resolves the contradiction by maintaining jaw integrity while preserving slim design for accessibility.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #9Preliminary anti-action

2Productivity

If the pressing jaws are subjected to high force to ensure effective pressing, then the productivity is improved, but the reliability deteriorates due to breakage risk

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvepressing effectivenessVSAvoidjaw integrity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements feedback through the control cam mechanism that continuously monitors and regulates the spreading motion of the arms. As the arms spread and jaws close, the cam profile provides progressive resistance that prevents excessive force application. This feedback control ensures effective pressing is achieved while automatically preventing force levels that would cause jaw breakage, resolving the contradiction between productivity and reliability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

3Force

If the inlet curve is extended to allow full arm spreading, then the pressing force is improved, but the service life deteriorates due to excessive stress on jaws

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvepressing forceVSAvoidservice life of pressing tool
Core Design Contradiction:
ForceVSDuration of action of stationary object

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies local quality by modifying only the critical region of the inlet curve where it interacts with the control cam. Instead of changing the entire inlet curve geometry, the patent introduces a specific cam profile segment that provides force limitation precisely where needed - in the region where excessive spreading would occur. This localized modification maintains necessary pressing force while preventing excessive stress, resolving the contradiction between force and service life.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

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 clamping force limiting mechanism significantly extends the service life of the pressing tool by preventing excessive stress on the jaws and ensuring safety by automatically switching off the pressing device once the switch-off force is reached, reducing the risk of operator injury.

Implementation Method 1

the control cams have a section with surfaces that run parallel to one another, in which no force is transmitted to the actuating legs due to the tensile force of the expansion rollers, as a result of which the expansion remains constant when the expansion rollers run along these parallel surfaces

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectMechanical Force: Force

Data Source

PatentEP2286936B1Pressing tool
Publication Date: 2014.04.16 GEBERIT INT AG
  • EP2286936B1 patent drawingFigure 1~2
  • EP2286936B1 patent drawingFigure 3~4

AI summary

The pressing tool has two double-armed pressing levers (2) pivotably mounted in opposite directions on a bearing part (7). Each lever has a jaw (3) with an engagement area (4) for machining an object and a spreading arm (10) to be connected to a pressing device. The spreading arms (10) each have a lead-in cam (12) for a roller (11) of the pressing device. A clamping force limiting device (13) is arranged on at least one of the two pressing levers (2). Preferably, the clamping force limiting device (13) forms a stop for a roller (11). The clamping force limiting device (13) prevents the jaws (3) from being subjected to further increasing loads after pressing, thus reliably preventing breakage and also extending the service life of the pressing tool.