Interactive Sliding Door Wheel Assembly for Stable Guidance
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional sliding doors operate in one way and lack stability, resulting in gaps and knocking noise due to collisions between positioning blocks when extending or retracting.
Innovation Solution
An interactive sliding-door device with a track assembly, door assembly, and interacting assembly, featuring elongated members with positioning blocks and wheel assemblies that allow boards to slide interactively and stably, eliminating gaps and noise.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the conventional sliding door uses positioning blocks mounted on inner walls and tracks, then the door can be extended or retracted by pulling or pushing the door assembly, but gaps are formed between positioning blocks and boards, resulting in unstable sliding and knocking noise
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces wheel assemblies as intermediary elements between the door boards and the track assembly. These wheel assemblies include positioning blocks that interact with the track's positioning blocks, providing stable guidance and eliminating the gaps that cause knocking noise. The wheel assembly acts as a mediator that transfers the sliding motion smoothly while maintaining consistent contact between moving and stationary components.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the physical state and configuration of the positioning blocks by mounting them on wheel assemblies rather than directly on the door boards. This parameter change allows the positioning blocks to maintain continuous contact with the track, eliminating the gaps that form in conventional designs. The wheel assembly modifies the interaction parameters between the door and track, transforming the sliding mechanism from one with intermittent contact to one with continuous stable contact.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the door assembly slides on tracks with positioning blocks mounted on inner walls, then the door can be operated in one way, but the sliding is not interactive and stable, causing gaps and collisions
Solution Approach 1:
The wheel assemblies serve as intermediaries that enable smooth interaction between the door boards and the track assembly. The positioning blocks on the wheel assemblies engage with the positioning blocks on the track, creating a stable guided motion that prevents gaps and collisions. This intermediary mechanism ensures that the door assembly slides interactively and stably regardless of the operation direction.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces dynamic elements through the wheel assemblies, which allow the door boards to move smoothly along the track while maintaining continuous contact. The wheel assembly's positioning blocks dynamically engage and disengage with the track's positioning blocks during sliding, providing adaptive stability that maintains consistent interaction between the door and track throughout the motion range.
3Device complexity
If positioning blocks are mounted directly on door boards and inner walls, then the structure is simple, but collisions between positioning blocks cause knocking noise
Solution Approach 1:
The wheel assemblies act as intermediaries between the door boards and the track assembly, preventing direct collision between positioning blocks. The wheel assembly's positioning blocks gently engage with the track's positioning blocks, eliminating the hard impacts that cause knocking noise. This intermediary mechanism maintains structural simplicity while removing the harmful collision effect.
4Productivity
If the sliding door uses conventional positioning blocks on tracks, then the door assembly can extend and retract, but gaps are formed between positioning blocks and boards during sliding
Solution Approach 1:
The wheel assemblies serve as precise intermediaries that maintain consistent spacing and alignment between the door boards during sliding. The positioning blocks on the wheel assemblies engage with the track's positioning blocks to ensure precise positioning, eliminating the gaps that form in conventional designs. This intermediary mechanism maintains manufacturing precision while enabling efficient space partitioning.
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AI summary
An interactive sliding-door device has a track assembly, a door assembly, and an interacting assembly. The track assembly is mounted on a top end of an inner space of a building, and has multiple elongated members disposed side by side. The door assembly has multiple boards mounted in the elongated members respectively. Each of the boards has two wheel assemblies, and the wheel assemblies are slideable relative to the elongated members. Therefore, the boards can slide in two ways, and are unrestrained from a construction layout of the building. The wheel assembly is adjustable according to a height of the board. The interacting assembly may be mounted on the board directly or by two mounting assemblies. The interacting assembly has two clamps, two positioning wheels and a cord. The cord is mounted in the positioning wheels and clamped by the clamps and then the boards can slide interactively and stably.