Raised Floor Support Device with Threaded Adjustment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing support devices for raised floors are inefficient in adjusting height and often complex to assemble, lacking practicality and ease of use.
Innovation Solution
A support device with a base, a support head, and an annular element with a buttress thread connection, featuring gripping organs and a removable high-friction layer, allowing dual-axis adjustment and easy assembly with a specialized tool, and incorporating spacer elements for enhanced stability.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Stability of the object's composition
If traditional support devices are used with intermediate elements connecting head and base, then structural stability is maintained, but assembly complexity and difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The support device is divided into three main segments: base, cylindrical body with threading, and head. These segments are connected through a threaded interface that allows assembly and disassembly while maintaining structural integrity. The segmentation enables easier manufacturing and assembly compared to monolithic designs.
Solution Approach 2:
The cylindrical body integrates the threading mechanism directly into the support structure, merging what would traditionally be separate components (threaded rod, nut, and support body) into a unified assembly. This reduces the number of intermediate connecting elements and simplifies the overall structure.
2Adaptability or versatility
If height adjustment means are added to support devices, then height adjustment capability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The support device incorporates a threaded cylindrical body that can be rotated relative to the base, enabling dynamic adjustment of the head's height position. This rotational movement transforms a static support structure into a dynamically adjustable one, allowing height modification without adding complex mechanical systems.
Solution Approach 2:
The threaded interface allows continuous adjustment of the head's vertical position by changing the rotational parameter of the cylindrical body. This parameter change mechanism provides precise height control while maintaining a relatively simple structural implementation.
3Stability of the object's composition
If multiple intermediate elements are used to connect base and head, then structural stability is improved, but ease of manufacture decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The threading mechanism is integrated directly into the cylindrical body component, merging the functions of multiple intermediate fastening elements into a single manufactured part. This reduces the total number of components that need to be manufactured, assembled, and secured, thereby improving ease of manufacture while maintaining structural stability.
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
Enables precise height adjustment and simplified assembly, providing stability and ease of use while maintaining the flooring elements securely in place.
Implementation Method 1
an annular element (4), threaded internally, supported by the base (2), and a cylindrical body (5), threaded externally and designed to engage by screwing with the annular element (4)
Implementation Method 2
a support head (3) designed to receive one or more elements, not illustrated, of a floor... a layer (12) made of a material with a high friction coefficient
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AI summary
Described is a device for supporting raised floors, comprising a base (2), an annular element (4), threaded internally, supported by the base (2), a cylindrical body (5), threaded externally and designed to engage by screwing with the annular element (4), a support head (3) designed to receive one or more elements of a floor, the head (3) being stably connected to the cylindrical body (5).