Rotating Arm Pressing Machine for Precise Craft Flower Assembly
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Solution Overview
Problem
Manual assembly of craft flowers causes hand fatigue and is difficult to ensure complete assembly, while manual disassembly requires additional tools and is cumbersome.
Innovation Solution
A pressing machine with a positioning housing and rotating arm, equipped with a positioning sleeve and pressing member, facilitates the assembly and disassembly of craft flowers by applying controlled pressure and ensuring precise positioning.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If manual assembly method is used, then operation flexibility is maintained, but hand fatigue occurs and complete assembly cannot be ensured
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a positioning sleeve as an intermediary tool between the manual operator and the craft flower components. The positioning sleeve contains guide holes that precisely guide the pressing member, ensuring that assembly force is applied correctly and completely to all components (petals, leaves, stamens) without requiring sustained manual pressure, thereby preventing hand fatigue while ensuring complete assembly.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the direct manual mechanical pressing system with a mechanical assistance system consisting of the positioning sleeve and pressing member. This system substitutes the need for continuous manual force application by providing a structured mechanical pathway that guides and concentrates the assembly force, ensuring complete insertion of components without relying on manual strength or endurance.
2Stability of the object's composition
If interference fitting is used to connect components, then structural stability is achieved, but assembly difficulty increases due to required pressure
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by concentrating the assembly force through the pressing member at the specific location where components need to be inserted. The pressing member is designed to apply localized pressure exactly where the petals, leaves, and stamens need to be pressed into the positioning sleeve, achieving the necessary interference fit stability without requiring generalized or sustained manual pressure across the entire assembly process.
Solution Approach 2:
The positioning sleeve is pre-equipped with guide holes and positioning structures before the assembly operation begins. These preliminary structural preparations ensure that when assembly force is applied, it is automatically directed along the correct path and distributed appropriately to all components, reducing the effort required to achieve stable interference fitting connections.
3Productivity
If multiple components are assembled simultaneously, then productivity increases, but positioning precision becomes difficult to maintain
Solution Approach 1:
The positioning sleeve serves multiple functions simultaneously: it positions petals, leaves, and stamens; guides the pressing member; and provides structural support for all components during assembly. This multi-functionality allows multiple components to be assembled simultaneously while maintaining positioning precision, as the single positioning sleeve structure ensures all components are correctly positioned relative to each other through its integrated design.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges the positioning and pressing functions into a single integrated system. The positioning sleeve and pressing member work as a unified assembly, where the guide holes in the positioning sleeve and the corresponding pressing surfaces on the pressing member are precisely matched. This merging ensures that when multiple components are assembled simultaneously, their positions are coordinated through the unified structure, maintaining precision while improving productivity.
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AI summary
A pressing machine for assembling craft flowers is provided, including a positioning housing and a rotating arm rotatably mounted on the positioning housing; the rotating arm is equipped with a positioning sleeve and a pressing member slidably mounted in the positioning sleeve, the positioning sleeve has a first guide hole, the pressing member has a first pressing rod, and the first pressing rod slides relative to the first guide hole; the positioning housing is provided with a positioning hole for positioning the craft flower, and the positioning hole matches the positioning sleeve. The pressing machine saves effort when assembling craft flowers and ensures that they are fully assembled in place, thereby improving assembly efficiency.