Concrete Stable Floor With Rubber Inserts
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing stable floor elements made of concrete, either with integrated rubber mats or rubber strips, face issues such as loose mats that can shift, laborious fixing methods that may injure animals, and non-replaceable rubber components, which reduce the technical life and animal welfare.
Innovation Solution
A stable floor element design featuring a concrete supporting grating with widening beams and narrowing openings, where rubber or elastic insert elements are placed within these openings to fix without additional mechanical means, allowing for easy installation and replacement, maintaining animal access and safety.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Object-affected harmful factors
If rubber mats are integrally provided over the stable floor, then animal comfort is improved, but the mats lie loose and can shift while in use
Solution Approach 1:
The rubber mat is divided into modular segments that can be individually installed and secured. Each segment is designed to fit specific zones on the stable floor, allowing the mat to be segmented into manageable sections that are less prone to shifting while maintaining overall coverage and animal comfort.
Solution Approach 2:
The rubber mat is combined with the stable floor structure through integration methods such as adhesive bonding, mechanical fastening, or interlocking mechanisms. This merging ensures the mat remains firmly attached to the floor while preserving its comfort-providing properties, eliminating the loose and shifting problem.
2Stability of the object's composition
If rubber mats are fixed to the concrete subfloor, then position stability is improved, but the fixing process is laborious and may injure animals
Solution Approach 1:
The rubber mat incorporates self-fixing features such as self-adhesive backings, self-locking mechanisms, or self-aligning designs that enable easy installation without requiring complex fixing procedures. These self-service characteristics allow the mat to be quickly secured to the floor while minimizing the risk of animal injury during installation.
Solution Approach 2:
Traditional mechanical fixing methods (screws, nails, clips) are replaced with alternative fixation mechanisms such as adhesive bonding, vacuum attachment, or magnetic systems. This substitution eliminates the need for laborious mechanical fastening and removes potential injury risks associated with exposed fasteners, while still achieving stable mat positioning.
3Stability of the object's composition
If rubber strips are worked into the upper surface during manufacturing, then integration is improved, but the components cannot be replaced reducing technical life
Solution Approach 1:
The rubber components are designed as separate, replaceable modules rather than being permanently integrated into the concrete. This segmentation allows individual rubber strips or mats to be removed and replaced without affecting the concrete structure, maintaining strong integration during use while enabling easy replacement when worn.
Solution Approach 2:
The connection between rubber and concrete is designed to be dynamic rather than static - allowing for controlled separation and reattachment. This enables the rubber components to remain firmly attached during normal use (providing integration stability) while permitting easy removal and replacement when maintenance is needed, extending the overall technical life of the stable floor system.
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AI summary
Prefabricated stable floor element comprising a supporting element (2) made of concrete, with a service face (6) situated at the top when in use and a bottom face (7) situated on the bottom side, whereby the service face (6) has one or several recesses or openings (5), characterised in that in at least one of these recesses or openings (5) has been provided an insert element (9) made of rubber or an elastic synthetic material, which insert element (9) reaches as of the inner space in the recess or the opening (5) in which it has been provided in order to fix the insert element (9), to right underneath, in line with or above the service face (6), i.e. seen in the position of use of the stable floor element (1).