Pushing Structure for False Wall Relief Surfaces
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing false wall structures, including light boxes, require expensive and difficult-to-implement structural frameworks to create non-coplanar surfaces, and are prone to dust and residue accumulation that appears as black spots when light sources are activated, making them unattractive.
Innovation Solution
A pushing structure integrated into false walls comprising a first flexible sheet with a harpoon attachment, a spacer element, and a second frame to create a relief, allowing for the placement of light sources behind the sheet and an optional internal transparent sheet to prevent dust from reaching the external sheet.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Shape
If a structural framework is used to create non-coplanar surfaces in light boxes, then the structural stability and shape definition are improved, but the manufacturing complexity and cost increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses a flexible membrane stretched between two frames to create non-coplanar surfaces, replacing the need for complex structural frameworks. The membrane's flexibility allows it to conform to various shapes defined by the simple frames, achieving complex geometries with minimal structural complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention introduces a spatial dimension by positioning frames at different heights and orientations, allowing the membrane to form non-coplanar surfaces. This dimensional approach enables complex shapes to be created through frame positioning rather than through complex framework structures.
2Shape
If a structural framework is used to create non-coplanar surfaces, then the shape definition is improved, but the ease of manufacture deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The flexible membrane serves as a simple, easy-to-manufacture component that can be stretched and secured between frames. This approach eliminates the need for complex structural fabrication, making the overall system easier to manufacture while still achieving non-coplanar surfaces.
Solution Approach 2:
The system is divided into simple, modular components: two separate frames and a flexible membrane. This segmentation allows each component to be manufactured independently using simple processes, and then assembled together to create the complex non-coplanar surface.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the plenum space is used to accommodate equipment, then the functional capability is improved, but dust accumulation on the translucent sheet increases, creating black spots when illuminated
Solution Approach 1:
The harmful element (dust) is extracted from the problem by introducing a protective transparent sheet that separates the dust-containing plenum space from the translucent sheet. This allows the plenum to continue accommodating equipment while preventing dust from reaching and staining the translucent sheet.
Solution Approach 2:
A transparent protective sheet is introduced as an intermediary element between the dust-filled plenum space and the translucent sheet. This intermediary barrier allows light to pass through while blocking dust particles, thus preventing black spots from forming on the translucent sheet when illuminated.
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AI summary
The present invention relates to a pushing structure (5) able to influence the relief of a flexible web (7) and intended to be fully or partially incorporated into a false wall, notably a false ceiling, and notable in that it comprises a first framework (6), at least one first flexible web (7), known as the external one, comprising an extensile fabric (71) and a means of attachment (8) fixed to the periphery of said fabric (71) and allowing said first flexible web (7) to be fixed to said first framework (6), at least one spacer element (10) and a second framework (9) held some distance away from the first framework (6) by the spacing element (10) and able to influence the relief of the fabric (71) of the first flexible web (7).