Quick-Clip Frame Structure for Advertising Curtains
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional medium or large advertising curtains face issues with time-consuming assembly, durability, and high wind resistance, leading to potential damage and costly maintenance due to point-wise stress on ropes and eye-shaped holes.
Innovation Solution
A structure comprising a first and second frame forming a guide-groove space and clipping space with a fastener featuring a compressible portion that expands to securely clip advertising curtains, dispersing wind resistance and improving assembly, flatness, and maintenance efficiency.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If ropes and eye-shaped holes are used to tie the advertising curtain to the frame, then the curtain can be fastened, but the assembly process becomes time-consuming and the structure becomes vulnerable to wind damage
Solution Approach 1:
The frame is divided into multiple modular sections with standardized guide grooves and clipping spaces. Each section can be independently assembled and disassembled using the fastener mechanism, transforming the traditional rope-tying process into a modular clipping system that is both faster and more reliable.
Solution Approach 2:
The fastener acts as an intermediary component between the frame and the advertising curtain. It includes a compressible portion that abuts against the guide-groove space sidewalls, providing a mechanical locking mechanism that distributes wind load across multiple contact points rather than concentrating stress at single rope attachment points.
2Ease of manufacture
If the advertising curtain is secured using traditional rope tying, then it can be installed, but maintenance becomes difficult and costly requiring aerial works
Solution Approach 1:
The frame structure is segmented into modular sections that can be easily detached and reattached. The standardized guide grooves and clipping spaces allow maintenance personnel to quickly access and service individual sections without requiring complex aerial work equipment, significantly reducing maintenance time and cost.
3Strength
If the compressible portion expands to push the guide-groove space, then the frames join firmly, but the structure complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The fastener utilizes elastic deformation of the compressible portion as a key parameter change mechanism. When assembled, the compressible portion elastically deforms to expand and abut against the guide-groove space sidewalls, creating a firm mechanical lock. This elastic parameter change provides strong connection force while maintaining a relatively simple fastener structure.
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 solution allows for quick assembly and disassembly, reduces wind resistance stress, and enhances the durability of advertising curtain installations by distributing wind resistance linearly, thereby improving construction efficiency and reducing maintenance costs.
Implementation Method 1
the compressible portion of the second connecting part has two ends abutting against sidewalls of the guide-groove space formed by the first and second frames such that the first and second frames can be quickly assembled or disassembled due to the guide-groove space being pushed to expand
Data Source
AI summary
A structure for quickly clipping an advertising curtain includes a first frame, a second frame secured to the first frame so as to form a guide-groove space and a clipping space and at least a fastener arranged in the guide-groove space, wherein the fastener includes a first connecting part and a second connecting part pivoted with the first connecting part, wherein the second connecting part includes a compressible portion laterally extending from two sides thereof at an end of the second connecting part, wherein the compressible portion of the second connecting part has two ends abutting against sidewalls of the guide-groove space such that the first and second frames can be quickly assembled or disassembled due to the guide-groove space being pushed to expand.