Rotating Tool Rack Structure for Variable-Size Wall Storage
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing tool storage solutions do not effectively accommodate tools of varying sizes and lack a convenient method for wall mounting, limiting versatility and organization for craftsmen.
Innovation Solution
A tool storage device featuring a hollow upright pivot shaft with end caps, coupling rings at different elevations, and support arms with adjustable receiving chambers, along with detachable connectors for wall attachment, allowing for flexible tool arrangement and secure mounting.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If tools are stored in fixed racks, then organization is achieved, but adaptability to tools of varying sizes is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The support arms are made rotatable about the hollow upright pivot shaft, allowing them to be adjusted to different angles and positions. This dynamic adjustment capability enables the storage device to adapt to tools of varying sizes and shapes, resolving the contradiction between adaptability and structural complexity by introducing controlled mobility rather than fixed rigid structures
Solution Approach 2:
The storage device is divided into multiple independent support arms that can be individually adjusted and positioned. Each support arm operates independently on the hollow upright pivot shaft, allowing selective adaptation for different tool sizes without requiring complex reconfiguration of the entire structure, thus maintaining relative simplicity while achieving versatility
2Adaptability or versatility
If wall mounting capability is added, then versatility is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The wall mounting function is extracted as a separate, detachable feature through the end caps with plugholes and connecting structures. The mounting capability can be attached or removed independently from the core storage functionality, allowing versatility improvement without permanently increasing the complexity of the main storage mechanism
Solution Approach 2:
The hollow upright pivot shaft serves multiple functions: it acts as the central structural support for the rotatable arms, provides a mounting interface through its end caps for wall attachment, and enables the rotational movement of support arms. This multi-functionality reduces overall device complexity by consolidating multiple features into a single integrated component
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple coupling rings are mounted at different elevations, then adaptability to different tool sizes is achieved, but manufacturing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple coupling rings are combined into a single hollow upright pivot shaft structure. The hollow shaft allows multiple coupling rings to be mounted at different elevations along its length, integrating what would otherwise be separate components into one manufacturable piece, thereby reducing manufacturing complexity while maintaining adaptability
Solution Approach 2:
The coupling rings are arranged vertically along the hollow upright pivot shaft, utilizing the vertical dimension to provide multiple mounting levels. This vertical arrangement accommodates tools of different sizes and lengths without requiring horizontal expansion or complex lateral structures, simplifying manufacturing while achieving versatility
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AI summary
A tool device is disclosed to include a hollow upright pivot shaft, coupling rings rotatably mounted on the hollow upright pivot shaft at different elevations, and support arms respectively coupled to the coupling rings and turnable with the respective coupling rings about the hollow upright pivot shaft, each support arm having a plurality of open receiving chambers respectively vertically cut through the top and bottom walls thereof for holding hand tools, each open receiving chamber having a front opening, a top opening connected to the top open side of the front opening, and a bottom opening.