Tile Leveling Device with Elastic Pressing Body
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing leveling devices for tiles are cumbersome, time-consuming, and lack precise adjustment, requiring tools for effective use and involving significant time when multiple devices are needed for a tiled surface.
Innovation Solution
A leveling device with a support and a pressing body featuring elastic fins and arcuate bodies that allow for easy coupling and decoupling, enabling quick adjustment and precise pressure application on tiles, facilitated by a thread and counter-thread mechanism for optimal alignment.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If the pressing body is pushed forcefully onto the tiles to achieve proper leveling pressure, then the tiles can be leveled effectively, but the operation becomes complex and requires additional tools such as pliers
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the physical state of the pressing body from rigid to elastic, allowing it to deform under compression. This elastic deformation enables the pressing body to apply gradual, controlled pressure to the tiles without requiring excessive force or special tools, while still achieving precise leveling. The elastic material absorbs and distributes the compressive force evenly across the tile surface.
2Ease of operation
If the pressing body is designed to allow free displacement between protrusions, then the device is easier to assemble, but the adjustment precision during pressing is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an elastic material with specific mechanical properties that allows the pressing body to maintain both flexibility during assembly and precision during operation. The elastic modulus and geometric design of the pressing body are optimized to provide sufficient compliance for easy assembly while ensuring adequate stiffness to maintain precise positioning and adjustment capability during the pressing operation.
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 device allows for fast, easy, and precise leveling of tiles, reducing the time and effort required for each operation and enabling efficient use across a tiled surface without the need for additional tools.
Implementation Method 1
a thread and counter-thread mechanism for optimal alignment
Implementation Method 2
elastic fins and arcuate bodies that allow for easy coupling and decoupling
Data Source
AI summary
This is a leveling device that is capable to bring to the same level two or more tiles with which the leveling device is placed in contact.