Telescopic Partition Panel Mounting for Uneven Floor and Ceiling Alignment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing installation systems for partition panels face challenges in positioning and supporting panels on non-level floors and ceilings, making it difficult to achieve proper alignment and level adjustment.
Innovation Solution
The system employs telescopic groups with U-shaped sections and expansion dowels, allowing adjustment to match the ceiling and floor planes, combined with coupling-uncoupling groups for easy alignment and level adjustment using an Allen key, enabling correct and level positioning of partition panels.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If structural elements are fixed to ceiling and floor using conventional methods, then installation is simple, but positioning is difficult on non-level surfaces
Solution Approach 1:
The support elements incorporate telescopic mechanisms that allow dynamic adjustment of length and angle. The elements can extend or retract to compensate for variations in ceiling and floor levels, transforming a static fixed connection into a dynamic adaptable one that maintains positioning precision across non-level surfaces
Solution Approach 2:
The support elements enable change in geometric parameters (length, angle, position) to adapt to non-level surfaces. By adjusting these parameters, the system achieves proper alignment and level adjustment of partition panels while maintaining ease of installation through standardized components
2Manufacturing precision
If partition panels are installed with complex adjustment mechanisms, then positioning precision improves, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system divides the support function into separate modular elements: ceiling support elements, floor support elements, and partition panels with integrated coupling mechanisms. Each segment handles a specific aspect of positioning, achieving alignment precision through standardized interfaces rather than complex integrated mechanisms
Solution Approach 2:
The support elements serve multiple functions: structural support, level adjustment, alignment positioning, and easy release. This multi-functionality reduces overall system complexity by consolidating adjustment mechanisms into universal components that handle various positioning requirements
3Adaptability or versatility
If telescopic adjustment mechanisms are added, then adaptability to non-level surfaces improves, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The telescopic mechanisms use nested tubular structures where one tube slides within another. This compact nesting approach provides adjustable length and angle capabilities while maintaining a space-efficient design that does not significantly increase overall system complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The support elements act as intermediary components between the fixed ceiling/floor structures and the partition panels. They mediate the adaptation to non-level surfaces through their telescopic capability, isolating the complexity of adjustment mechanisms from both the mounting structures and the partition panels
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AI summary
The present invention relates to an installation system for partition panels in a room which includes a ceiling (S) and a floor (P), wherein the system comprises in combination: at least one upper telescopic group (GTS), produced with sections and arranged constrained to the plane of the ceiling (S), and at least one lower telescopic group (GTI), produced with sections and arranged constrained to the plane of the floor (P) respectively; a series of partition panels (34) positioned between said upper and lower telescopic groups (GTS,GTI) with the interpositioning of coupling-uncoupling groups (32,33); wherein both said at least one upper telescopic group (GTS) and said lower telescopic group (GTI) comprise a first section (12,13) and a second section (22,23) destined for being internally coupled with each other, wherein said second section (22,23) is slidingly arranged inside the first section (12,13) and is adjustable in position with respect to the same, once said first section (12,13) has been fixed to the plane of the ceiling (S) and to the plane of the floor (P), respectively; wherein each of said coupling-uncoupling groups comprises a first female coupling element (32) and a second male coupling element (33), one connected to said second section (22,23) and the other to said partition panel (34) which can be engaged with each other in rotation by means of releasable constraint means (37,38,40,42).