Rosette Securing Device with Integrated Spring Reset

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing door and window fittings with security devices are complex, requiring high installation effort and lacking a reset or hold-up mechanism for the handle, which complicates assembly and functionality.

Innovation Solution

A rosette device with integrated retaining means that secures the handle axially and circumferentially, utilizing a spring unit and slide elements to hold the handle in a ready-to-operate position and reset it after actuation, allowing for a simpler, modular fitting with low overall height.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If traditional security devices with separate retaining mechanisms are used, then the handle can be secured axially and circumferentially, but the structure becomes complex and assembly effort increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvehandle securingVSAvoidstructure complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent combines the retaining means directly into the security device, merging previously separate components. The security device now includes both the securing mechanism and the retaining means with spring units and slide elements, eliminating the need for separate retaining mechanisms and reducing overall structural complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The security device is designed to perform multiple functions: it provides both the securing function (axial and circumferential restraint) and the retaining function (hold-up position and reset capability) through its integrated structure, making the device universal and reducing the total number of components needed.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Reliability

If traditional fittings with multiple individual parts are used, then the handle can be secured, but the installation effort and assembly complexity increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvehandle securingVSAvoidassembly effort
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

Multiple functional components are merged into the security device, including the retaining means with spring units and slide elements. This integration reduces the number of individual parts that need to be assembled and installed, significantly reducing installation effort and assembly complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent employs a modular design where the security device with integrated retaining means can be installed as a unit, and the handle can be attached separately. This segmentation allows for easier manufacturing and assembly while maintaining reliable securing functionality.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

3Device complexity

If traditional fittings without integrated reset mechanisms are used, then the structure can be simpler, but the handle lacks a reset or hold-up mechanism

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvestructure simplicityVSAvoidhandle functionality
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The reset functionality is merged into the security device through the integrated retaining means. The spring units and slide elements work together to provide both the hold-up position and the reset capability, maintaining structural simplicity while enhancing operational functionality.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The spring units automatically return the slide elements to their original positions after actuation, providing a self-resetting mechanism. This self-service functionality ensures the handle returns to its hold-up position without requiring external intervention, improving ease of operation while keeping the structure relatively simple.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

4Device complexity

If modular fittings with integrated retaining means are used, then assembly complexity is reduced, but the overall height of the fitting increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveassembly complexityVSAvoidoverall height
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSLength of stationary object

Solution Approach 1:

The retaining means are nested within the security device structure. The spring units and slide elements are arranged compactly within the existing security device footprint, minimizing the increase in overall height while maintaining the modular design benefits.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #7Nested doll (Nesting)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent optimizes the spatial arrangement of the retaining means by utilizing the circumferential dimension and radial space within the security device rather than extending primarily in the axial direction. This dimensional optimization reduces the overall height increase while maintaining assembly simplicity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

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

The solution simplifies the structure of door and window fittings by integrating retaining mechanisms, reducing assembly complexity and achieving a low overall height while ensuring secure and functional handle operation.

Implementation Method 1

at least some of the means for securing yielding elastically during insertion and then having a restoring force against the handle being pulled out

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectElasticity: Elasticity

Implementation Method 2

Securing can take place in a form-fitting, non-positive and/or frictional or material-fitting manner

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectFriction: Friction

Data Source

PatentEP2034110B1Rosette with a securing device
Publication Date: 2015.05.06 DORMA GMBH & CO KG
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AI summary

The safety mechanism for a window or door handle, especially at the rosette unit (2), has an integrated lifter (33) to hold the push unit in the raised position and return it to the raised position after it has been operated. Tensed springs (23) act on the components (12,34) of the lifter.