Tilting Device for Panel Carrier Lifting
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing panel lifting devices are cumbersome and labor-intensive, requiring two persons to lift heavy panels to the ceiling, leading to occupational injuries and inefficiency, as the panel carrier is often positioned above the user's shoulders, necessitating vertical lifting of both the panel and the carrier.
Innovation Solution
A tilting device that attaches to the upper end of a vertical standard, allowing the panel carrier to be tilted and then separated from the tilting device during vertical displacement, reducing the weight to be lifted by allowing the tilting device to remain at a constant vertical level, featuring a detachable design, biasing means like gas springs for easier movement, and a lever mechanism for stability and control.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Weight of stationary object
If the panel carrier is positioned above the user's shoulders to reach the ceiling, then the panel can be installed at the correct height, but the lifting operation becomes heavy and cumbersome requiring two persons
Solution Approach 1:
The lifting system is divided into two independent parts: a stationary tilting device that remains at ground level and a movable panel carrier that is lifted separately. This segmentation allows the carrier to be positioned at ceiling height without requiring the operator to lift the entire assembly, thus reducing the weight that must be manually displaced while maintaining the ability to install panels at the correct height.
Solution Approach 2:
A tilting device acts as an intermediary mechanism between the ground-level operator and the ceiling-height panel carrier. The tilting device enables the carrier to be tilted to a horizontal position for easy panel loading, then verticalized for lifting, without the operator needing to directly handle the heavy carrier at elevated positions.
2Ease of operation
If the tilting device remains attached to the panel carrier during vertical displacement, then the carrier can be tilted for loading, but the weight to be vertically displaced increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system separates the tilting function from the lifting function. The tilting device remains stationary at ground level while the panel carrier is lifted independently by a movable part. This allows the carrier to be tilted horizontally for easy panel loading, then verticalized and separated from the tilting device before lifting, so that only the carrier weight (not the tilting device weight) must be vertically displaced.
Solution Approach 2:
The tilting device is extracted from the vertical lifting path. It remains attached to the stationary vertical standard at ground level, while the panel carrier is removed from the tilting device, verticalized, and then lifted by the movable part. This extraction ensures the tilting mechanism does not add to the weight being vertically displaced during ceiling installation.
3Device complexity
If a complete lifting arrangement is designed as one piece with integrated tilting mechanism, then the structure is simplified, but the weight to be lifted increases and causes occupational injuries
Solution Approach 1:
The lifting arrangement is divided into a stationary base structure (vertical standard with tilting device) and a movable lifting component (panel carrier with movable part). This segmentation reduces the weight that must be vertically displaced during operation, eliminating the occupational injury risks associated with lifting heavy integrated structures to ceiling heights, while maintaining structural simplicity through the modular design.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Facilitates easier and safer lifting of panels by reducing the weight that needs to be vertically displaced, allowing single-person operation and minimizing occupational injuries, while also enabling space-saving and transport-friendly disassembly of the lifting device.
Implementation Method 1
biasing means like gas springs for easier movement
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AI summary
The invention relates to a tilting device (7) for tilting a panel carrier (4), which panel carrier (4) is adapted to support a panel (18) and adapted to be lifted by a vertically movable part of a panel lifting device (1), said tilting device (7) being adapted to move said panel carrier (4) between a horizontal position and a tilted position, and wherein said tilting device (7) is adapted to remain at its vertical level on the vertical standard (3) when the panel carrier (4) is displaced vertically upwards by said movable part (19) and separated from the panel carrier holder (9).