Spiral Brooder Plate Legs for Stable Height Adjustment

Solution Overview

Problem

Traditional brooder heating plate legs require frequent manual adjustment via push buttons for height changes, leading to instability and potential sinking into bedding, which can harm chicks by altering temperature exposure.

Innovation Solution

Spiral legs with a flat base and rotational adjustment capability, allowing height adjustment without push buttons and providing stability by preventing sinking into bedding.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If traditional legs with threads and push buttons are used for height adjustment, then height adjustment capability is provided, but the operation becomes complex and stability deteriorates due to sinking into bedding

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveheight adjustment operationVSAvoidstability of heating plate

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The leg is divided into distinct functional segments: the threaded portion for height adjustment, the smooth portion for insertion, and the flared foot for stability. This segmentation allows each part to perform its specific function optimally without interfering with other functions.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

Instead of using a pointed foot that sinks into bedding, the invention uses a flared foot with increased surface area that distributes weight and prevents sinking. This inverted approach to foot design solves the stability problem caused by traditional leg designs.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #13The other way round (Inversion)

2Measurement precision

If frequent manual adjustment via push buttons is performed, then height adjustment precision is improved, but device complexity increases and time consumption increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveheight adjustment precisionVSAvoidcomplexity of adjustment mechanism

Core Design Contradiction:

Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The invention extracts the push button mechanism from the leg structure itself, placing it on the heating plate instead. This separation simplifies the leg design while maintaining the ability for precise height adjustment through the threaded portion of the leg.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The threaded portion of the leg allows for precise height adjustment by changing the rotational parameter. Each rotation increment moves the leg to a specific height, providing precise control without requiring complex adjustment mechanisms.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

3Ease of manufacture

If traditional leg feet are used, then manufacturing simplicity is maintained, but stability worsens due to sinking into ground or bedding

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvesimplicity of leg manufacturingVSAvoidstability on ground surface

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of manufactureVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The leg is divided into distinct functional segments: the threaded portion for height adjustment, the smooth portion for insertion, and the flared foot for stability. This segmentation allows each part to perform its specific function optimally without interfering with other functions.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

Instead of using a pointed foot that sinks into bedding, the invention uses a flared foot with increased surface area that distributes weight and prevents sinking. This inverted approach to foot design solves the stability problem caused by traditional leg designs.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #13The other way round (Inversion)

Data Source

PatentUS12527302B2Legs for height-adjustable brooder heating plates

Publication Date: 2026.01.20 RENTACOOP LLC

AI summary

A leg for a height adjustable brooder heating plate is provided. The leg includes an elongated body having an externally configured spiral winding extending from a top end to a bottom end of the elongated body, a cap configured at the top end of the elongated body, and a foot configured at the bottom end of the elongated body. The leg is insertable into a slot of a heating plate and is capable of sliding therethrough to adjust the height of the brooder heating plate by using a push button configured underside the heating plate and/or by rotating the leg engaged within the slot.