Telescopic Carriage Frame for Dimensional Adaptability
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing conveyor carriages and product manufacturing devices face difficulties in widening and elongating to adapt to varying operation conditions and environments, limiting their flexibility and efficiency.
Innovation Solution
A self-propelled traveling carriage is designed with four telescopic cylindrical bodies, eight joint blocks, four coupling rods, and four travelers, allowing for planar extension and configuration into a stereoscopic frame, enabling arbitrary dimension adjustments and enhanced carrying capabilities.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a fixed-structure carriage is used, then the structure is simple and easy to manufacture, but the carriage cannot be widened or elongated to adapt to varying operation conditions
Solution Approach 1:
The carriage is divided into multiple modular sections including telescopic cylindrical bodies, joint blocks, and coupling rods that can be independently assembled and disassembled. Each section functions as an independent unit that can be configured differently based on operational requirements, enabling the carriage to adapt to varying conditions while maintaining manufacturing simplicity through standardized modular components.
Solution Approach 2:
The carriage incorporates telescopic cylindrical bodies with extendable and retractable features, allowing the structure to dynamically change its dimensions. The joint blocks enable angular adjustments and the coupling rods can be extended or retracted, transforming the carriage from a static fixed-structure to a dynamic reconfigurable system that adapts to different operation conditions.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the carriage structure is made fixed and simple, then manufacturing is easier, but the carriage lacks flexibility in width and length adjustments
Solution Approach 1:
The joint blocks serve multiple functions: they connect telescopic cylindrical bodies, enable angular adjustments, and provide mounting points for coupling rods. The telescopic cylindrical bodies simultaneously provide structural support and dimension adjustment capabilities. This multi-functionality reduces the need for specialized components for each function, maintaining ease of manufacture while achieving flexibility in width and length adjustments.
Solution Approach 2:
The telescopic cylindrical bodies employ a nested structure where inner cylinders are housed within outer cylinders, allowing for compact storage when retracted and extended configuration when needed. This nesting approach enables the carriage to achieve variable dimensions without requiring completely separate structural components, thereby maintaining manufacturing simplicity while providing adjustment flexibility.
3Adaptability or versatility
If extendable components are added to the carriage, then the carriage can adapt to different dimensions, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the telescopic mechanism, joint block functionality, and coupling rod system into an integrated modular assembly. The joint blocks merge connection, positioning, and adjustment functions into single components. The coupling rods are integrated with the telescopic cylindrical bodies through the joint blocks, creating a unified system that achieves dimensional adaptability without requiring separate complex mechanisms for each function.
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 carriage can be widened or elongated to suit various conditions, providing increased flexibility and efficiency in operation, with enhanced stability and adaptability through the use of extendable components and adjustable frame configurations.
Implementation Method 1
each being rotatably provided with a first one of a male screw and a female screw collectively serving as screw means at each end thereof
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AI summary
The object is to provide an assembled-type traveling carriage being widenable and extendable to deal with the operation condition and environment. The assembled-type traveling carriage includes: the telescopic cylindrical body being an extendable telescopic cylindrical body (10) rotatably provided with a first one of screw means at each end thereof, and incorporating an actuator configured to extend and withdraw a nest; a joint block (20) provided with a second one of the screw means; a traveler (30) rotatably provided with a first one of the screw means and attached a driving device thereto; and a coupling rod (40) rotatably provided with the first one of the screw means on each end thereof, a first planar frame body being in a rectangular shape seen from a plane is assembled by screwing joint blocks (20) to four of the telescopic cylindrical bodies (10), screwing the travelers (30) to the joint blocks (20) such that the travelers (30) are positioned on extension lines of the telescopic cylindrical bodies (10), and coupling one ends of the four telescopic cylindrical bodies (10) to one another by the coupling rods (40) through the joint blocks (20).