Retractable Display Support for Wheel Balancer Viewing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing wheel balancing apparatuses face challenges in providing optimal viewing angles for users when placing correction weights, leading to inefficiencies and increased costs due to the need for separate displays or complicated machine designs.
Innovation Solution
A machine body for a wheel servicing apparatus with a retractable display support unit that can be easily attached to the machine body, allowing the display to be hidden during transport and use, featuring a sliding, folding, or telescopic mechanism for compactness and protection, and adaptable to various display sizes with wireless connectivity options.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If the display unit is integrated in the casing of the wheel balancing apparatus, then the machine structure is compact, but the user can only properly read the information when standing right in front of the machine without inclination
Solution Approach 1:
The display support unit is designed to be movable rather than fixed, allowing it to rotate between a first position (display visible to outside) and a second position (display shielded). This dynamic capability enables the display to adapt to different user positions and viewing angles while maintaining a compact integrated structure when retracted.
2Ease of operation
If a large separate display is provided on top of the machine, then the viewing angle is improved for inclined positions, but the production costs increase and the machine assembly and transport become more complicated
Solution Approach 1:
The display unit is merged with the machine body through the retractable display support unit, combining the benefits of a separate display (viewing angle flexibility) with the advantages of integration (compactness, simplified assembly). The display can be positioned optimally during operation but retracts into the machine body for compact storage and transport.
Solution Approach 2:
The display support unit provides dynamic positioning capability, allowing the display to be extended to an optimal viewing angle during operation and retracted to a compact position during transport, thus eliminating the need for a permanently extended separate display structure.
3Ease of operation
If the display unit is exposed during transport, then the display is accessible, but the display front surface is vulnerable to damage
Solution Approach 1:
The display support unit can be positioned in a retracted second position during transport, shielding the display front surface from external damage while keeping it accessible during operation. This dynamic positioning allows the same structure to serve both protective and accessible functions at different times.
Data Source
AI summary
A machine body for a wheel servicing apparatus includes a casing and a display support unit configured to support a display unit, such as a touchscreen unit, that is connectable with a processing unit of the wheel servicing apparatus. The display support unit is movably arranged at the casing to provide a first position in which a display front surface of the display unit attachable to the display support unit is visible to a user, and a second position in which a display front surface of the display unit attachable to the display support unit is shielded from the outside such that the display front surface is not visible to the user.