Surface Treatment Member with Rotating Striker and Angle Stopper

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional surface preparation methods using grinding tools or rotary tools result in lower paint adhesiveness due to scratch patterns, while blast methods require large-scale preparation and generate significant waste, making them inefficient and difficult to perform.

Innovation Solution

A surface treatment system with a surface treatment member featuring a base mountable on a rotary member and a striking member that impinges on the surface treatment object, imparting an impact, with a stopper regulating the rotational angle of the striking member to prevent scratch patterns and enhance paint adhesiveness.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If a grinding tool or rotary tool is used for surface preparation, then the surface can be treated easily, but scratch patterns are formed which reduce paint adhesiveness

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveease of surface preparationVSAvoidsurface pattern quality
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSManufacturing precision

Solution Approach 1:

Instead of using abrasive materials to remove surface layers (conventional grinding), the invention inverts the approach by using impact forces to create compressive stress and dot-shaped凹凸 structures. This inversion transforms the surface treatment mechanism from material removal to structural modification, achieving both ease of operation and improved surface pattern quality for paint adhesiveness

Inventive Principle:
Principle #13The other way round (Inversion)

Solution Approach 2:

The invention replaces the conventional mechanical abrasion system (grinding discs, belts) with an impact-based mechanical system. The striking member delivers controlled impacts to create the desired surface pattern, substituting the continuous rubbing action of grinding tools with discrete impact events, thereby eliminating scratch patterns while maintaining operational simplicity

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

2Manufacturing precision

If a blast method is used for surface preparation, then paint adhesiveness is improved, but large-scale preparation is required and significant waste is generated

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesurface pattern qualityVSAvoidwaste generation
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSLoss of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The invention extracts the essential beneficial effect of blast cleaning (dot-shaped surface pattern for paint adhesion) while removing the harmful aspects (large-scale preparation requirements and waste generation). By using a localized striking member that creates compressive stress and dot patterns through controlled impacts, the system achieves blast-like surface preparation in a compact, waste-free manner

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The invention changes the fundamental parameters of surface preparation by transitioning from a high-energy, material-removal blast process to a low-energy, structure-modification impact process. The striking member parameters (mass, velocity, impact frequency) are optimized to create the desired dot-shaped凹凸 structures without generating significant waste, thereby improving surface pattern quality while minimizing substance loss

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Manufacturing precision

If a striking member is rotatably mounted on the base, then dot-shaped凹凸 are formed improving paint adhesiveness, but the rotational angle control is required

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesurface pattern qualityVSAvoidrotational angle control mechanism
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The striking member is designed to automatically regulate its own rotational angle through the interaction between the stopper and its protrusion. As the striking member rotates, the stopper protrusion engages with the stopper groove, automatically limiting the rotation to the optimal angle range for creating dot-shaped patterns. This self-regulating mechanism achieves precise surface pattern control without requiring complex external angle control systems

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The stopper acts as an intermediary element between the striking member and the base, mediating the rotational motion. The stopper protrusion and groove create a mechanical interface that automatically controls the striking member's rotation angle, translating the rotational movement into the desired impact pattern on the workpiece surface while simplifying the overall control mechanism

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

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 system effectively forms dot-shaped concaves and convexes on the surface treatment object, enhancing paint adhesiveness and allowing for easy surface preparation similar to conventional tools, while minimizing waste and preparation requirements.

Implementation Method 1

a striking member which is rotatably mounted on the base and is configured to impinge on a surface treatment object and to impart an impact to the surface treatment object when using

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectImpact force: Impact Force

Implementation Method 2

a portion of the striking member is exposed to the outside of an outer edge of the base due to a centrifugal force generated when the surface treatment member is rotated

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectCentrifugal force: Centrifugal Force

Data Source

PatentEP4549088A1Surface treatment member and surface treatment system
Publication Date: 2025.05.07 JAPAN PROD & SALES CO LLC
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AI summary

Provided with a surface treatment member 1 used by being mounted on a rotary member in a surface treatment system including the rotary member. The surface treatment member 1 includes: a base 10; and a striking member 40 being rotatably mounted on the base 10 and being configured to impinge on a surface treatment object and to impart an impact to the surface treatment object when using, wherein the base 10 has a stopper 20 that regulates a rotational angle of the striking member 40. By using the surface treatment member 1 of the present invention to the surface treatment system that includes the rotary member, when the surface preparation is performed, the adhesiveness of a paint can be enhanced and, at the same time, the surface preparation can be performed easily. Further, in the surface treatment member 1, the base 10 has the stopper 20 and hence, it is possible to make the striking member 40 properly impinge on the surface treatment object by controlling the rotation of the striking member 40.