Stripping Plier Supportive Blocking Member Prevents Handle Shift
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional stripping pliers experience positional shifts due to excessive torque, leading to improper cutting of electrical wires, inefficiency, and waste, especially in situations where wire length is limited.
Innovation Solution
A stripping plier design featuring a supportive structure with a first and second plier member, a blade assembly, a spring, and a blocking member to prevent positional shifts and ensure proper cutting, including a pivotal axle and a supportive blocking member that provides additional stability during cutting.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Force
If excessive torque is applied while holding the plier, then the cutting force is sufficient, but the cutting blade shifts position and improper cutting occurs
Solution Approach 1:
The supporting structure is pre-installed on the plier handles to provide stability before cutting begins. This preliminary structural preparation prevents handle displacement during the cutting action, allowing sufficient force to be applied without compromising cutting accuracy.
Solution Approach 2:
The supporting structure acts as an intermediary element between the user's gripping force and the cutting blade. It mediates the transmission of force by providing structural support to the handles, preventing excessive torque from causing blade displacement while still allowing effective cutting force to be applied.
2Reliability
If multiple cutting attempts are made due to improper cutting, then the cutting can eventually be completed, but wire length is reduced and work efficiency decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The supporting structure is installed beforehand to ensure proper handle alignment and blade positioning before cutting begins. This preliminary structural preparation prevents the need for multiple cutting attempts, thereby maintaining both cutting reliability and work efficiency.
3Device complexity
If the plier handles are not supported during cutting, then the structure is simple, but positional shifts occur due to external forces
Solution Approach 1:
The supporting structure is pre-installed on the plier handles to provide stability before cutting begins. This preliminary structural preparation prevents handle displacement during the cutting action, allowing sufficient force to be applied without compromising cutting accuracy.
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 design effectively prevents positional shifts and misplacement of the plier handles, ensuring smooth and accurate cutting of electrical wires, enhancing work efficiency and reducing waste.
Implementation Method 1
the first plier handle and the second plier handle use a recovery force of the first spring to open and close relatively to each other
Data Source
AI summary
A stripping plier includes a first plier handle, a second plier handle, a blade assembly, a spring and a supportive blocking member. The blade assembly is attached to two opposite side edges of the first plier handle and the second plier handle correspondingly; two ends of the spring are secured onto the first plier handle and the second plier handle respectively; the supportive blocking member is arranged on one side edge of the blade assembly, one end of the supportive blocking member is attached onto the first plier handle and another end thereof extends to the second plier handle. The supportive blocking member is able to provide supporting force during the cutting of the blade assembly in order to prevent any positional shifts of the stripping plier from occurring.