Rotatable Finger Carriage for Automatic Display Panel Loading
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Solution Overview
Problem
In the manufacturing of display apparatuses, the manual operation of fixing pins for loading and unloading display panels results in excessive workloads and prolonged working hours, inefficiencies in the process.
Innovation Solution
A carriage with a pair of side frames and multiple rotatable fingers is designed, where each finger has a support part and a pressing part that rotate to facilitate the loading and unloading of articles, allowing for automatic operation and continuous processing without manual intervention.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If manual operation of fixing pins is used for loading and unloading display panels, then the process can be completed with simple equipment, but workloads and working hours become excessive
Solution Approach 1:
The fingers are designed to automatically press adjacent fingers through their own rotation movement. When one finger rotates to support an article, its pressing part automatically presses the next finger to rotate into position, creating a self-service mechanism that eliminates manual intervention and continuously prepares the system for the next loading or unloading operation
Solution Approach 2:
The pressing part of each finger performs preliminary action by pressing and rotating the adjacent finger before the article needs to be loaded or unloaded. This ensures that the next finger is already in the correct position and ready to support the article, eliminating waiting time and maintaining continuous operation
2Productivity
If multiple rotatable fingers with pressing parts are added to enable automatic operation, then productivity increases, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The finger integrates two distinct functions into a single component: the support part that contacts and supports the article, and the pressing part that presses adjacent fingers. This merging eliminates the need for separate support mechanisms and pressing mechanisms, reducing overall system complexity while maintaining automatic operation capability
Solution Approach 2:
The finger is designed as a dynamic component that rotates around a rotation center to transition between different positions. This dynamic design allows the same component to perform multiple functions: pressing adjacent fingers during rotation and supporting articles when in the support position, thereby reducing the need for additional static components
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The carriage enables efficient and quick loading and unloading of articles, reducing working hours and improving operational efficiency by automatically pressing adjacent fingers to position them for subsequent articles, thus enhancing the manufacturing process.
Implementation Method 1
multiple fingers rotatably installed at the pair of side frames... each of the multiple fingers includes: a support part to rotate in contact with the article
Implementation Method 2
a pressing part configured to press and rotate an adjacent finger as the support part rotates
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AI summary
A carriage to automatically load or unload an article. More specifically, a carriage comprising multiple fingers disposed in a pair of side frames and having a structure in which the respective adjacent fingers press each other, whereby an article is loaded or unloaded without needing to manually operate the fingers. The carriage comprises a pair of side frames formed to be disposed at both sides of the carriage in a direction along which an article is loaded into the carriage; and multiple fingers each comprising a bottom support part disposed at the bottom of the frames so as to support the loaded article, are rotatably pivoted on the pair of side frames, and generate rotational movement through pressing between the respective adjacent fingers.