Toolless Slide Assembly Mount Bracket for One-Person Rack Installation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional mount brackets for slide assemblies are complex and require two assemblers for installation, making the process time-consuming and labor-intensive, especially when only one assembler is available.
Innovation Solution
A toolless mount bracket design that allows single-assembler installation, featuring a fixing frame with protrusions and recesses, a movable member with contact and support frames, and a positioning member with a resilient arm, enabling secure attachment and detachment to a post without tools.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If conventional mount brackets are used, then the mounting structure is stable and secure, but the installation process requires two assemblers and takes too much time and labor
Solution Approach 1:
The mount bracket is divided into a fixing frame and a movable member that can move relative to each other. The movable member contains the installation unit that interfaces with the rack post, while the fixing frame provides structural support. This segmentation allows one assembler to manipulate the movable member independently to insert and remove installation units without requiring a second assembler.
Solution Approach 2:
The movable member is designed to move relative to the fixing frame, transforming the traditionally static mount bracket into a dynamic structure. This movement capability enables a single assembler to insert and remove installation units by manipulating the movable member, significantly reducing installation time and labor requirements while maintaining structural stability during operation.
2Ease of operation
If conventional mount brackets are used, then the mounting structure is stable, but it requires two assemblers to install at front and rear sides of the rack
Solution Approach 1:
The mount bracket is divided into a fixing frame and a movable member that can move relative to each other. The movable member contains the installation unit that interfaces with the rack post, while the fixing frame provides structural support. This segmentation allows one assembler to manipulate the movable member independently to insert and remove installation units without requiring a second assembler.
Solution Approach 2:
The movable member is designed to be manually operable by a single assembler, allowing the installation unit to be inserted into and removed from the rack post without assistance. The structure enables self-service installation where one person can complete the entire mounting process independently.
3Productivity
If only one assembler is available for conventional mount brackets, then the assembler must install locking mechanisms at both front and rear sides, but this requires too much time and labor
Solution Approach 1:
The movable member is designed to move relative to the fixing frame, transforming the traditionally static mount bracket into a dynamic structure. This movement capability enables a single assembler to insert and remove installation units by manipulating the movable member, significantly reducing installation time and labor requirements while maintaining structural stability during operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The functions of both front and rear side mounting operations are merged into a single movable member that can be manipulated from one position. The movable member integrates the installation unit interface that works with the rack post holes, allowing one assembler to complete what previously required two assemblers working at opposite sides.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables quick and efficient installation of the mount bracket to a slide assembly by one assembler, reducing installation time and labor, while allowing for easy removal without tools.
Implementation Method 1
The resilient arm of the positioning member is lifted relative to the movable member when in assembling by pushing the release member. The push block of the release member contacts the activation portion of the positioning member.
Data Source
AI summary
A mount bracket includes a fixing frame, an installation unit, a movable member, a positioning member and a release member. The fixing frame includes a side wall and an end wall. The movable member has a first board movably connected to the side wall and a second board. The first board includes an engaging hole and a contact portion. The positioning member is fixed to the side wall and has an engaging portion. The movable member is movably connected to the first board. When in assembling, the contact portion and the second board contact the inside and outside of a post of a rack. The fixing frame is pushed toward the post to insert the installation unit into the holes of the post. The engaging portion of the positioning member is engaged with the engaging hole of the movable member to connect the movable member to the fixing frame.