Adjustable Telescopic Window Cover for Construction Safety
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Solution Overview
Problem
During window frame disassembly or exterior finishes, window openings are temporarily exposed, leading to risks of cold, rain, wind infiltration, and object fall, with no existing technology providing a simple and effective temporary protection solution.
Innovation Solution
A telescopic rod system with adjustable plates and anti-slip pads, allowing for easy assembly and disassembly, adaptable to different opening sizes, featuring horizontal and vertical grooves for secure fastening and reinforcement.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a temporary protective device is installed to cover window openings, then safety and protection against cold, rain, and objects falling is improved, but device complexity and assembly time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The protective device is divided into multiple independent plates (first plate, second plate, third plate, fourth plate) that can be separately assembled and positioned. Each plate can be independently adjusted and secured, allowing for modular assembly that reduces overall complexity while maintaining comprehensive protection coverage for the window opening
Solution Approach 2:
The device incorporates adjustable and movable components including telescopic rods that can extend and retract, and plates with adjustable positions along the rods. This dynamic design allows the same device structure to adapt to different window opening sizes without requiring multiple fixed configurations, simplifying the overall system while improving versatility
2Adaptability or versatility
If a fixed-size protective device is used, then device structure is simplified, but adaptability to different opening sizes is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The protective device is designed as a universal system that can be applied to various window opening sizes and configurations. The combination of telescopic rods and adjustable plates creates a multi-functional device that serves different protection needs without requiring size-specific variants, achieving versatility through a standardized adjustable platform
Solution Approach 2:
The device utilizes adjustable parameters including the extension length of telescopic rods and the positional adjustment of plates along these rods. By changing these physical parameters, the same device structure can accommodate different opening dimensions, achieving adaptability through parameter variation rather than structural redesign
3Productivity
If rapid assembly and disassembly is implemented, then productivity and ease of operation is improved, but connection strength and security may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The connection system is segmented into multiple independent fastening points distributed across different plates and rod positions. This segmentation allows assembly to proceed through simple sequential steps while each connection point maintains adequate strength independently, achieving both rapid assembly and secure connection through distributed fastening
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AI summary
DEVICE FOR COVERING WINDOW OPENINGS ON A TEMPORARY BASIS, comprising, at least, a telescopic rod (2) with fastening points to which up to four plates (3) are secured, inserted in horizontal grooves (5), allowing for the adjustment of the height of the set of plates (3) by extending the rod (2), and adjusting the width of the set of plates (3) by moving the plates (3) to one side or the other. The device features two upper plates (31) and two lower plates (32) and the rod (2) has three fastening points (4), one upper (41), one central (42) and one lower (42), and is composed of two sections of tubing, upper (21) and lower (22), in addition to a locking mechanism (7) and a rack (8) for fixing the relative position the system.