Removable Guide Element for Roller Shutter Housing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing roller shutter systems face challenges during installation and removal, particularly when pre-installed with screens and components like motors and cabling, as they require significant free space and have limited options for uninstallation, making maintenance difficult.
Innovation Solution
The introduction of side panels with a removable guide element forming a T-shape, allowing connection and disconnection of the roller shutter housing to guide rails in two directions without tools, using interconnected upper and lower legs and a locking mechanism for secure positioning.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the housing is pre-connected to the guide rails with fixed mounting, then no free space is required above the housing, but the housing becomes difficult to remove for maintenance
Solution Approach 1:
The guide element is divided into separate components: an upper leg that connects to the base plate and a lower leg that connects to the guide rail. This segmentation allows the housing to be easily assembled and disassembled by separating the guide element into its component parts, enabling maintenance removal without requiring complete disassembly of the entire housing structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The guide element transitions from a fixed static connection to a dynamic removable connection. The slot in the base plate allows the upper leg to be inserted and removed, and the lower leg can be detached from the guide rail. This dynamic design enables the housing to be easily installed and removed for maintenance while maintaining secure operation during use.
2Ease of manufacture
If the housing requires movement along the longitudinal axis of the rails for installation, then free space must be available above the housing, but this creates installation complexity
Solution Approach 1:
The guide element acts as an intermediary component between the base plate and the guide rail. Instead of requiring direct movement of the housing along the rails, the guide element mediates the connection, allowing the housing to be positioned and secured without needing significant free space above it. The guide element absorbs the complexity of the connection geometry.
Solution Approach 2:
The connection is transformed from a longitudinal axis movement (one-dimensional) to a multi-dimensional connection using the T-shaped guide element with upper and lower legs extending in different directions. This dimensional change allows the housing to be connected to the guide rail without requiring longitudinal movement space above the housing.
3Area of stationary object
If guide rails are mounted on the wall simultaneously with the housing, then no free space is required, but the system becomes difficult to uninstall
Solution Approach 1:
The guide element is segmented into detachable upper and lower legs, allowing the housing to be separated from the guide rail by simply removing the lower leg from the rail and the upper leg from the base plate slot. This segmentation enables easy uninstallation while maintaining the benefit of no free space requirement during installation.
Solution Approach 2:
The connection system transitions from a static permanent mounting to a dynamic removable mounting. The guide element can be inserted and removed from both the base plate slot and the guide rail, providing easy uninstallation capability while maintaining secure operation during use, thus eliminating the need for large free space above the housing.
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AI summary
The present invention relates to roller shutter housings (1), more particularly to side panels (5) for roller shutter housings (1). The side panels (5) comprise a removable guide element (12) having interconnected upper (13) and lower (15) legs, and a base plate (6) provided with a slot (7), wherein said slot (7) is provided such that, when the upper leg (13) is positioned in the slot (7), the lower leg (15) projects outwardly from the side panel (5). The present invention further relates to methods for mounting a roller shutter housing comprising such side panels.