Pump Mounting Bracket With Release Clips for Slide-Track Repositioning
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing mounting brackets for pumps are not easily movable, requiring users to relocate themselves to the fixed pump location, and often necessitate separation from the surface for repositioning, which is inconvenient and limiting.
Innovation Solution
A mounting bracket design that allows secure attachment to a slide track for pump mobility, featuring a base plate with stationary and movable clips, a resilient push-releasing plate, and a ribbed structure for strength, enabling easy disconnection and reconnection without separating from the surface, along with a spring for resistance against the slide track.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the pump is secured at a fixed location using a traditional mounting bracket, then the pump remains stationary and secure, but the user must move to the fixed location to use the pump and the bracket cannot be easily relocated
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting bracket incorporates a slide track mechanism that allows the bracket to move dynamically along the track while maintaining secure attachment to the surface. This dynamic capability enables the bracket to be relocated to different positions without detaching from the surface, resolving the contradiction between providing fixed secure mounting and enabling easy relocation for user accessibility.
2Reliability
If the pump is securely attached to the mounting bracket, then the pump remains stable during use, but the pump cannot be easily removed for maintenance or replacement
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting bracket uses a clip-based attachment system with separate stationary clips and movable clips that can be independently actuated. This segmentation allows the pump to be securely held during operation while enabling easy release by actuating the movable clips, thus resolving the contradiction between secure attachment stability and ease of removal for maintenance.
Solution Approach 2:
The movable clips act as intermediaries between the user and the pump attachment. These clips provide the mechanical linkage that translates user input (pushing the release mechanism) into the action of releasing the pump from the stationary clips, enabling easy pump removal while maintaining secure attachment during normal operation.
3Ease of manufacture
If the mounting bracket uses a simple fixed design, then the structure is simple and easy to manufacture, but the bracket lacks the capability for movement and easy pump removal
Solution Approach 1:
The bracket is divided into modular components including a base plate, stationary clips, movable clips, and a push-releasing mechanism. This segmentation allows each component to be manufactured separately using simple processes, then assembled together to provide advanced functionality including slide track movement and easy pump removal, resolving the contradiction between manufacturing simplicity and functional versatility.
Solution Approach 2:
The mounting bracket is designed as a multi-functional device that combines secure mounting, slide track mobility, and easy pump removal capabilities within a single integrated system. The base plate with ribbed structure provides mounting and sliding functions, while the clip system provides both secure attachment and easy release functions, achieving versatility without requiring multiple separate devices.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables the pump to be securely moved and easily repositioned without detaching from the bracket, facilitating flexible use and maintenance while maintaining secure attachment, enhancing user convenience and pump accessibility.
Implementation Method 1
The push-releasing plate may be resiliently and pivotably coupled to the base plate
Data Source
AI summary
A mounting bracket may include a base plate, at least one stationary clip disposed on the base plate, a push releasing plate disposed in spaced apart relation to the at least one stationary clip, and at least one movable clip operatively coupled to and movable with the push releasing plate. The stationary clip or clips and movable clip or clips are disposed and configured to mate with cavities in respective ends of a pump when the push releasing plate is in a non-pivoted position.