Single Disc Drive Mechanism for Color Mixing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current color mixing machines require multiple complex components to achieve transposition and stirring, leading to increased failure rates and production costs without providing a price advantage in the market.
Innovation Solution
A drive mechanism utilizing a single disc and single motor with a forward and reverse rotation gear motor, a gear ring, planetary gear, and a one-way rotating component to rotate the transposition disc and stir the paint bucket, reducing the number of components while maintaining functionality.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If multiple parts and components are used to achieve transposition and stirring, then the functionality is complete, but the failure rate increases and production cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple functions into a single integrated transposition disc structure. The transposition disc integrates the driving disc, stirring blades, and support functions into one component that rotates on a single axis, eliminating the need for separate double-layer discs, multiple transmission shafts, and associated connecting parts. This merging of functions directly reduces the number of parts while maintaining complete functionality, thereby reducing failure rate.
Solution Approach 2:
The transposition disc serves multiple functions simultaneously: it acts as the driving element for transposition, provides support through integrated roller supports, and incorporates stirring blades for mixing. This multi-functional design eliminates the need for separate components for each function, reducing overall device complexity and the number of parts that could fail.
2Ease of manufacture
If multiple parts and components are used to achieve transposition and stirring, then the functionality is complete, but the production cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
By merging multiple functions into the single transposition disc structure, the patent reduces the total number of parts that need to be manufactured, assembled, and inventoried. This simplification directly lowers production costs while maintaining complete functionality for transposition and stirring operations.
3Device complexity
If a single disc single motor system is used, then the structure is simplified and cost is reduced, but the ability to achieve both transposition and stirring must be maintained
Solution Approach 1:
The transposition disc is designed as a multi-functional component that simultaneously performs transposition driving, provides structural support, and executes stirring operations through integrated blades. This universality ensures that despite structural simplification to a single disc system, the machine maintains complete functionality for both transposition and stirring tasks.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges transposition driving function, support function, and stirring function into the single transposition disc structure. This combination ensures that the simplified single-disc system can perform all necessary operations that previously required multiple separate components, maintaining adaptability and versatility.
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
This solution simplifies the structure, reduces the failure rate and production costs of the color mixing machine without compromising its functions, by using a single-layer transposition disc with a gear set and a one-way rotating component to achieve efficient rotation and stirring.
Implementation Method 1
a gear set in which a gear ring is engaged with a planetary gear is arranged successively from inside to outside with a rotating shaft of the single-layer transposition disc as the center
Implementation Method 2
a one-way rotating component is arranged between the stirring shaft of the color matching paint bucket and the planetary gear
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AI summary
A drive mechanism for transposition and stirring by single disc single motor includes a rotating transposition disc (1), wherein the transposition disc is a single-layer transposition disc (1), at least one gear set (4,5) in which a gear ring (4,5) is engaged with a planetary gear (6) is arranged successively from inside to outside with the rotating shaft of the single-layer transposition disc as the center, the gear ring of each gear set is fixed on a rack, and the planetary gear (6) engaged with the gear ring (4,5) is rotationally installed on the transposition disc (1) to serve as a driving gear of a stirring shaft of a color matching paint bucket. Due to this, the structure is reasonable, the parts and components of the color mixing machine are reduced without reducing and decreasing the functions of the color mixing machine, so that the failure rate and the production cost of the color mixing machine are greatly reduced.