Self-adjusting Mounting Plate with Resilient Spacers
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional mounting plates for wound rolls often result in gaps that cause the rolls to slide or telescope, leading to damage during handling and shipping, and existing solutions like cardboard spacers introduce contamination and additional costs.
Innovation Solution
A self-adjusting mounting plate with built-in spring-like spacers that extend beyond the plate's surface, featuring an inner member and deformable legs to maintain contact with the roll, preventing damage from telescoping and impacts.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If conventional mounting plates are used without spacers, then the structure is simple and cost-effective, but gaps cause the wound roll to slide or telescope leading to damage
Solution Approach 1:
The spacer is divided into multiple functional segments: an inner member that contacts the roll, resilient legs that provide elastic support, and an outer attachment portion that connects to the mounting plate. This segmentation allows each part to perform its specific function while maintaining overall structural integrity.
Solution Approach 2:
The resilient legs are designed to be elastically deformable, allowing the spacer to dynamically adjust its length based on the gap size between the mounting plate and the wound roll. This dynamic adaptation ensures continuous contact and stability without requiring precise pre-calculation of gap dimensions.
2Reliability
If cardboard spacers are inserted to fill the gap, then the roll is stabilized, but contamination and additional cost and labor are introduced
Solution Approach 1:
The resilient legs automatically adjust the spacer's position and contact force based on the actual gap dimensions, eliminating the need for manual measurement, cutting, and installation adjustments. The spacer self-adjusts to maintain optimal contact with the roll throughout handling and shipping.
Solution Approach 2:
The spacer's effective length is changed through elastic deformation of the resilient legs rather than through physical customization of rigid components. This allows the same spacer design to adapt to various gap sizes without requiring different sized components or manual modification.
3Reliability
If rigid spacers are used to fill the gap, then the roll is stabilized, but the spacers cannot adapt to varying gap sizes and may cause damage
Solution Approach 1:
The resilient legs are designed to be elastically deformable, allowing the spacer to dynamically adjust its length based on the gap size between the mounting plate and the wound roll. This dynamic adaptation ensures continuous contact and stability without requiring precise pre-calculation of gap dimensions.
Solution Approach 2:
The spacer is pre-configured with resilient legs that are ready to deform and adapt to the specific gap size encountered during installation. This preliminary preparation of the elastic structure eliminates the need for on-site adjustment or customization.
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 spring-like spacers effectively fill the gap between the mounting plate and the wound roll, stabilizing it and preventing damage, while eliminating the need for cardboard spacers and associated costs, thus ensuring secure and contamination-free handling.
Implementation Method 1
The legs are resiliently deformable between a first position in which the legs are uncompressed and the inner member is at an innermost position and a second position in which the legs are compressed and the inner member is located outwardly
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AI summary
A mounting plate for holding a roll of wound material. The mounting plate comprises a body, a hub extending from the body for holding a core, and one or more spacers affixed to the body and extending beyond the body in the direction of the roll. Each spacer comprises an inner member which may contact the roll and one or more resiliently deformable legs extending outwardly from the inner member. The spacers can maintain contact with the ends of the roll and prevent the roll from being damaged due to telescoping or impacts with the mounting plates or other structures.