Spring-Elastic Conveying Element for Multi-Fluid Transport
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conveying devices lack variability and efficiency in delivering different fluids with a low load on individual delivery spaces, limiting their application in various fields such as medicine, food, and pharmaceuticals.
Innovation Solution
A conveyor device with a spring-elastic conveying element that automatically returns to a convex shape, allowing for spatial separation of conveying chambers and efficient fluid conveyance through a combination of elastically deformable and rigid components, enabling the conveyance of different fluids with minimal load on individual delivery spaces.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If a single conveying element is used for multiple conveying chambers, then device complexity is reduced, but the variability of application area and conveying capacity is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The conveying element is divided into multiple independent sections (first conveying element, second conveying element, third conveying element), each capable of independent deformation and conveying action. This segmentation allows each section to be optimized for different conveying chambers while maintaining overall system integration, thus increasing variability and conveying capacity without requiring completely separate conveying elements for each chamber.
Solution Approach 2:
The conveying element is designed with multiple conveying sections that can function independently or in combination, allowing a single integrated structure to serve multiple conveying chambers. This multi-functionality enables the same basic structure to adapt to different application areas and conveying capacities by activating different sections as needed.
2Reliability
If conveying chambers are spatially separated, then low load on individual chambers is achieved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The spatially separated conveying chambers are arranged in a nested or compact configuration where multiple chambers are positioned close together or in hierarchical arrangements. This nesting approach allows individual chambers to remain isolated and lightly loaded while maintaining a compact overall structure that does not excessively increase device complexity.
3Stability of the object's composition
If a rigid conveying chamber element is used, then structural stability is improved, but adaptability to different conveying media is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The conveying chamber structure combines rigid conveying chamber elements for structural stability with elastically deformable conveying elements for adaptability. This composite construction allows the rigid framework to provide stability while the elastic components can deform to accommodate different conveying media, pressures, and flow conditions, thus achieving both structural stability and adaptability simultaneously.
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 device achieves high variability in application and conveying capacity, allowing for efficient conveyance of different fluids with a low load on individual components, extending its use in multiple fields and ensuring a long service life.
Implementation Method 1
at least one spring-elastic conveying element (16a, 16b, 16c) that delimits at least the first conveying chamber (12a, 12b, 12c) and at least the third conveying chamber (18a, 18b, 18c), wherein the conveying element (16a, 16b, 16c), after deformation, independently returns to a convexly curved basic shape of the conveying element (16a, 16b, 16c)
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AI summary
The invention relates to a conveying device at least for conveying a conveyor means, comprising at least one first conveyor space (12a; 12b), at least one second conveyor space (14a; 14b), at least one elastically-deformable conveyor element (16a; 16b) which delimits at least said first conveyor space (12a; 12b), and at least one third conveyor space (18a; 18b). According to the invention, at least said conveyor element (16a; 16b) is designed to be spring-elastic.