Pull Rivet and Gun Head Labeling for Fast Specification Matching

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Solution Overview

Problem

The existing pull riveting process is inefficient due to the difficulty in identifying the correct specification of pull-rivets and matching them with the corresponding rivet gun heads, leading to wasted time, energy, and damaged equipment.

Innovation Solution

A pull riveting system where pull-rivets and rivet gun heads are labeled with color, shape, or character labels to easily identify matching specifications, allowing for rapid selection and reducing errors.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If pull-rivets of different specifications are used with small diameter differences, then adaptability to multiple specifications is improved, but identification difficulty increases making it hard to distinguish specifications

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveadaptability to multiple specificationsVSAvoididentification difficulty
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDifficulty of detecting and measuring

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies color coding to pull-rivets of different specifications, where each specification is assigned a distinct color. This allows construction personnel to rapidly identify the correct pull-rivet specification without needing to measure or compare diameters, directly resolving the identification difficulty while maintaining adaptability to multiple specifications.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #32Color changes

2Adaptability or versatility

If multiple detachable rivet gun heads with different inner diameters are provided, then compatibility with different pull-rivet specifications is improved, but matching difficulty increases making it hard to find the correct rivet gun head

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecompatibility with different pull-rivet specificationsVSAvoidmatching difficulty
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDifficulty of detecting and measuring

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies color coding to rivet gun heads corresponding to each pull-rivet specification. The color on the rivet gun head matches the color of the compatible pull-rivet, enabling construction personnel to quickly identify and select the correct rivet gun head without confusion, while maintaining compatibility with multiple pull-rivet specifications.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #32Color changes

3Measurement precision

If accurate measurement is required to match pull-rivets with rivet gun heads, then matching precision is improved, but time consumption and energy waste increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvematching precisionVSAvoidtime consumption
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent uses color coding as a visual identification system that eliminates the need for accurate measurement during the matching process. Construction personnel can quickly and accurately match pull-rivets with rivet gun heads by comparing colors, thereby maintaining high matching precision while significantly reducing time consumption and energy waste.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #32Color changes

4Reliability

If pull-rivets and rivet gun heads are not properly matched, then equipment damage and material waste occur, but implementing a labeling system increases device complexity

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveprevention of equipment damage and material wasteVSAvoidlabeling system complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements a simple color coding system where each pull-rivet and corresponding rivet gun head share the same color identifier. This straightforward labeling approach effectively prevents improper matching and the associated equipment damage and material waste, while adding minimal complexity to the system.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #32Color changes

Data Source

PatentUS11179766B2Pull riveting system
Publication Date: 2021.11.23 HANGZHOU GREAT STAR IND CO LTD
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AI summary

The present invention provides a pull riveting system including two or more pull-rivets and a riveting device, the pull-rivet including a rivet mandrel; the riveting device including two or more rivet gun heads, each provided with a rivet gun hole; wherein each of the pull-rivets is provided with a first label; each rivet gun head is provided with a second label; when one pull-rivet is matched with one rivet gun head, the rivet mandrel of this pull-rivet is applicable to the rivet gun hole of the rivet gun head, and the first label of the pull-rivet is the same as or corresponds to the second label of the rivet gun head. The present invention has the advantageous effects that labels easily identified with naked eyes are arranged on the rivet gun head and the pull-rivet, such that the pull-rivet and the rivet gun head which are matched with each other form a simple correspondence, so that the user may rapidly identify the pull-rivet specification and the rivet gun head matched with the pull-rivet, effectively reducing the waste of the pull-rivets, lowering the damage risk to the rivet gun, and effectively improving the work efficiency.