Ring-Shaped Fastening Means for Animal Marking Tape
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing animal marking devices face difficulties in easy attachment and removal from animal marking tapes, especially when soiled with hair and impurities, requiring significant force due to frictional engagement, and often necessitate removing sensors or transponders for identification changes.
Innovation Solution
A ring-shaped fastening means with separable partial elements that can be easily opened and closed, providing a clamping effect to secure the device to the tape without slipping, allowing for easy attachment and removal without the need to remove sensors or transponders, and ensuring the symbol remains visible regardless of tape orientation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the animal marking device is held on the animal marking tape by frictional engagement, then the device can be attached without additional fastening components, but the device requires significant force to attach and remove, especially when soiled
Solution Approach 1:
The animal marking device is divided into two separable partial elements (first and second partial elements) that can be attached to opposite sides of the tape. This segmentation allows the device to be easily opened and closed without requiring significant force to overcome friction along the entire tape length, as the clamping action is localized to specific engagement points.
Solution Approach 2:
The fastening means changes from a continuous frictional engagement along the tape to a localized clamping action at specific points where the partial elements engage the tape. This parameter change in the distribution of contact forces reduces the total force required for attachment and removal operations.
2Adaptability or versatility
If sensors and transponders are attached to the animal marking tape, then identification and monitoring functions are enabled, but the sensors must be removed before the marking device can be removed
Solution Approach 1:
By dividing the marking device into separable partial elements that clamp the tape, sensors and transponders attached to the tape remain in place when the device is removed. Each partial element can be detached independently, allowing sensors to stay on the tape while the marking device is taken off, eliminating the need to remove sensors first.
3Reliability
If the animal marking device encompasses the animal marking tape, then the device remains secured to the tape, but the device may slip or rotate, causing the symbol to become invisible
Solution Approach 1:
The first and second partial elements are designed with asymmetric features including teeth and engagement surfaces that prevent rotation and slipping of the device on the tape. The asymmetric tooth configuration ensures the device maintains a fixed orientation, keeping the symbol visible regardless of tape tension or movement.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of relying on friction to prevent slipping, the design uses positive mechanical engagement with teeth and interlocking features that physically prevent rotation and movement. This inverted approach from friction-based to geometry-based securing provides more reliable positioning.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Facilitates quick and effortless attachment and removal of the animal marking device from the tape, maintaining visibility of the symbol and preventing slipping, even on dirty or hairy surfaces, while allowing for easy cleaning and diverse manufacturing variations.
Implementation Method 1
the animal marking device is held on the animal marking tape by means of frictional engagement, with this frictional engagement being intended to prevent the animal marking device from slipping at its end position
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AI summary
In an animal marking device for an animal marking tape, including a fastening device for attaching the device to the tape, the fastening device has a ring shape to enclose the tape. The ring shape of the fastening device can optionally be opened around its circumference.