Rotary Striking Member for Scratch-Free Surface Preparation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional surface preparation methods using grinding tools or rotary tools result in scratch patterns, reducing paint adhesiveness, while blasting methods generate excessive waste and are inefficient.

Innovation Solution

A surface treatment system with a rotary member and a striking member having an annular body and protruding portions that impart impact to the surface, retracting after contact to form dot-shaped concaves and convexes without scratch patterns, enhancing paint adhesiveness and simplifying the preparation process.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If a grinding tool or rotary tool is used for surface preparation, then the surface can be treated easily, but scratch patterns are formed that reduce paint adhesiveness

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveease of surface preparationVSAvoidpaint adhesiveness
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The striking member is divided into multiple protruding portions (e.g., 3-10 protrusions) distributed around the annular body. Each protrusion independently impacts the surface to create dot-shaped凹部, avoiding continuous scratch patterns while maintaining ease of operation through rotational motion.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The striking member rotates periodically to create intermittent impact points on the surface. As the annular body with discrete protrusions rotates, each protrusion sequentially impacts the surface at different locations, forming a pattern of isolated凹部 rather than continuous scratches, thereby improving paint adhesiveness while maintaining operational simplicity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #19Periodic action

2Reliability

If a blasting method is used for surface preparation, then paint adhesiveness is improved, but a large amount of waste is generated and the process becomes complex

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvepaint adhesivenessVSAvoidwaste generation
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The invention replaces the blasting method's pneumatic/mechanical particle projection system with a controlled rotational impact system. Instead of using compressed air to propel abrasive particles that generate dust waste, the striking member uses its own weight and rotational kinetic energy to create localized impacts, significantly reducing substance loss while achieving similar surface preparation效果.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Solution Approach 2:

The invention changes the impact parameters from continuous particle bombardment (blasting) to discrete localized impacts from protruding portions. By controlling the number, shape, and distribution of protrusions on the annular striking member, the surface凹部 pattern is optimized for paint adhesiveness without generating excessive waste material.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Reliability

If a blasting method is used for surface preparation, then paint adhesiveness is improved, but the preparation process becomes difficult and time-consuming

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvepaint adhesivenessVSAvoidpreparation efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The striking member maintains continuous rotational contact with the surface, ensuring that the entire treatment area receives consistent impact treatment. The rotation continues smoothly without interruption, creating uniform dot-shaped凹部 across the surface, which improves both paint adhesiveness and processing efficiency compared to the intermittent and complex blasting process.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #20Continuity of useful action

Solution Approach 2:

The striking member utilizes rotational dynamics to maintain consistent impact force across the surface. The centrifugal force and rotational velocity ensure that each protruding portion delivers controlled impacts as it passes over the surface, creating uniform preparation quality throughout the treatment area while maintaining high productivity through continuous motion.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

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 system increases paint adhesiveness and facilitates easy surface preparation, similar to conventional rotary tools, while minimizing waste and pattern formation, thus improving efficiency and product longevity.

Implementation Method 1

a portion of the striking member is configured to be exposed outside an outer periphery of the base by a centrifugal force when the surface treatment member is rotated

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectCentrifugal force: Centrifugal Force

Data Source

PatentUS20240091909A1Surface treatment member and surface treatment system
Publication Date: 2024.03.21 JAPAN PROD & SALES CO LLC
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AI summary

Provided is a surface treatment member used by being mounted on a rotary member in a surface treatment system including the rotary member. The surface treatment member includes: a base; a striking member having an annular body portion and a protruding portion that protrudes from the body portion; and a shaft member disposed in a region on an inner side of the body portion. When the surface treatment member is viewed along an imaginary axis about which the base is to be rotated, a portion of the striking member is exposed outside an outer periphery of the base by a centrifugal force when the surface treatment member is rotated, and an entirety of the striking member is retractable toward inside an imaginary circle that passes over an outermost periphery of the base about the imaginary axis after the striking member impinges on a surface treatment object.