Retainer Clip Design for Dust-Sealed Temporary Wall Assembly
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Solution Overview
Problem
Temporary wall systems face challenges in providing a simplistic, aesthetically pleasing solution that maintains a pressure seal to prevent dust and dirt contamination while allowing for easy assembly and disassembly without damaging the walls.
Innovation Solution
The use of a clip system comprising a longitudinal wall, a vertical wall, a recessed wall, and a retaining wall that extend into a channel formed by a joiner, with an insert wall that is sized to be received outside the channel, providing a secure assembly without the need for tools and allowing for easy disassembly.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a clip system is used to secure wall panels together, then the wall panels can be easily assembled and disassembled without damaging the walls, but the complexity of the hardware system increases
Solution Approach 1:
The clip system is divided into multiple functional walls (longitudinal wall, vertical wall, recessed wall, retaining wall, insert wall) that can be manufactured separately and assembled into the final clip component. This segmentation allows for easier manufacturing and assembly of the individual parts while creating a complex functional whole that secures wall panels effectively.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If a pressure seal is provided to prevent dust and dirt contamination, then the wall system becomes more effective at preventing contamination, but the complexity of the wall system increases
Solution Approach 1:
The clip system features nested walls where the vertical wall, recessed wall, and retaining wall are positioned within or alongside each other to form a nested structure. The insert wall extends from the longitudinal wall and is received outside the channel, creating a nested configuration that provides sealing functionality while maintaining a compact overall structure.
3Object-affected harmful factors
If the clip system secures wall panels tightly to maintain a pressure seal, then contamination prevention is improved, but the risk of damage to the walls during assembly and disassembly increases
Solution Approach 1:
Different walls of the clip system have different local qualities and functions: the longitudinal wall provides the main structural framework, the vertical wall extends into the channel for securing, the recessed wall provides a recessed structure for engagement, the retaining wall holds the panel in place, and the insert wall extends outside the channel for additional securing. This distribution of local qualities allows the clip to maintain tight sealing without concentrating stress in one location, reducing the risk of wall damage.
Data Source
AI summary
A clip for coupling a first wall panel comprising a first joiner and a core adjacent to the first joiner and a second wall panel comprising a second joiner includes a longitudinal wall, a vertical wall perpendicular coupled to the longitudinal wall, a recessed wall coupled to the vertical wall and a retaining wall coupled to the recessed wall extending from the recessed wall. The vertical wall, the recessed wall and said retaining wall extend into a channel formed by the second joiner. An insert wall extends from the longitudinal wall and is sized to be received outside the first channel.