Sanitary Unit Frame Mounting Device with Dual-Mode Guide Channel
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing methods for attaching sanitary units to wall constructions, particularly those with a cavity and a base wall, are time-consuming and lack precision, stability, and require tools.
Innovation Solution
A device featuring a guide channel with a threaded section that allows for coarse translational adjustment and fine rotational adjustment of a fastening pin, secured by a tilting securing part, enabling quick, secure, and tool-free attachment of the sanitary unit's frame to the wall.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If traditional fastening methods are used, then the frame can be attached to the wall, but the installation process is time-consuming and lacks precision
Solution Approach 1:
The guide channel is divided into a guide section and a threaded section, separating the adjustment process into coarse positioning (guide section) and fine positioning (threaded section). This segmentation allows rapid initial placement followed by precise adjustment, significantly reducing total installation time while maintaining accuracy.
Solution Approach 2:
The locking element can be displaced between different positions to dynamically change the state of the threaded section. When displaced to the first position, the threaded section is deactivated allowing free translational movement. When displaced to the second position, the threaded section is activated for rotational adjustment. This dynamic switching enables both quick positioning and precise adjustment without requiring different components.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the frame is held at a certain distance from the base wall, then positioning flexibility is improved, but the frame stability decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The guide channel is divided into a guide section and a threaded section, separating the adjustment process into coarse positioning (guide section) and fine positioning (threaded section). This segmentation allows rapid initial placement followed by precise adjustment, significantly reducing total installation time while maintaining accuracy.
Solution Approach 2:
The locking element can be displaced between different positions to dynamically change the state of the threaded section. When displaced to the first position, the threaded section is deactivated allowing free translational movement. When displaced to the second position, the threaded section is activated for rotational adjustment. This dynamic switching enables both quick positioning and precise adjustment without requiring different components.
3Measurement precision
If the threaded section is always activated, then fine adjustment precision is improved, but the adjustment process becomes more time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The guide channel is divided into a guide section and a threaded section, separating the adjustment process into coarse positioning (guide section) and fine positioning (threaded section). This segmentation allows rapid initial placement followed by precise adjustment, significantly reducing total installation time while maintaining accuracy.
Solution Approach 2:
The locking element can be displaced between different positions to dynamically change the state of the threaded section. When displaced to the first position, the threaded section is deactivated allowing free translational movement. When displaced to the second position, the threaded section is activated for rotational adjustment. This dynamic switching enables both quick positioning and precise adjustment without requiring different components.
4Reliability
If the locking element secures the insert firmly, then the fastening stability is improved, but the adjustability during installation decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The locking element can be displaced between different positions to dynamically change the state of the threaded section. When displaced to the first position, the threaded section is deactivated allowing free translational movement. When displaced to the second position, the threaded section is activated for rotational adjustment. This dynamic switching enables both quick positioning and precise adjustment without requiring different components.
Solution Approach 2:
The locking element is designed to be displaced to the first position during installation to deactivate the threaded section and allow easy translational adjustment of the fastening pin. Once the pin is positioned, the locking element is displaced to the second position to activate the threaded section for fine rotational adjustment and secure locking. This preliminary positioning approach ensures both ease of installation and secure fastening.
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
Facilitates rapid, precise, and stable attachment of sanitary units to walls, reducing installation time and ensuring secure holding without the need for tools, while preventing accidental displacement of the fastening pin.
Implementation Method 1
the threaded section is activated in a fine adjustment position of the locking element such that the fastening pin is rotationally adjustable in the guide channel or is held by at least one clamping force
Data Source
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AI summary
Device (1) for fastening a frame for a sanitary unit to a fastening element, comprising at least one guide channel (4) for guiding a fastening pin which is formed in a socket (14) of the device (1), wherein a threaded section (16) of the guide channel (4) can further be formed by inserting an insert (7) into a receptacle (6) of the socket (14), wherein the insert (7) can be held on the socket (14) by a locking element (2), wherein the threaded section (16) is deactivated in a coarse adjustment position (9) of the locking element (2) such that the fastening pin is adjustable translationally in the guide channel (4), and wherein the threaded section (16) is activated in a fine adjustment position (10) of the locking element (2) such that the fastening pin is adjustable rotationally in the guide channel (4).