Transport Device Sliding Strip Attachment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing transport devices in the beverage industry face issues with sliding strips not lying flat on profile elements, leading to undesirable movements and increased mechanical and manual effort for assembly, resulting in high costs and inefficiencies.
Innovation Solution
The transport device features sliding strips directly connected to profile elements in a form-fitting manner, eliminating the need for additional fastening means and ensuring flatness, with elastically deformable leg sections providing a prestressing force for secure attachment.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If additional fastening elements (screws, clamping elements) are used to attach slide rails to profile elements, then the attachment strength and reliability are improved, but the device complexity and assembly time increase
Solution Approach 1:
The attachment function and the slide rail function are merged into a single integrated component. The slide rail itself incorporates attachment elements (teeth or protrusions) that engage directly with the profile element, eliminating the need for separate fastening elements like screws or clamps. This integration reduces device complexity while maintaining reliable attachment.
Solution Approach 2:
The slide rail is designed to attach itself to the profile element through its own structural features. The attachment mechanism is built into the slide rail geometry, allowing it to self-secure without requiring external fastening components. This self-service approach simplifies the overall device structure.
2Manufacturing precision
If slide rails are manually positioned and fastened to ensure flatness, then the transport stability is improved, but the assembly time and manual effort increase
Solution Approach 1:
The slide rail is pre-formed with integrated attachment features during manufacturing that ensure proper positioning and flatness when installed. The teeth or protrusions are precisely formed in advance, so that during assembly, the slide rail simply engages with the profile element in the correct position without requiring manual adjustment or positioning operations.
3Manufacturing precision
If slide rails are attached with multiple screw connections, then the flatness and evenness are improved, but the assembly costs and complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The connection function and the slide rail structure are merged into a single integrated component. The slide rail incorporates attachment teeth or protrusions that form part of its structure, eliminating the need for separate connection elements. This reduces the number of connections from multiple screw joints to a single integrated attachment interface.
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
This solution ensures sliding strips remain fixed and flat, reducing wear and required driving forces, enhancing transport efficiency and reducing assembly time and costs by eliminating the need for additional fastening elements.
Implementation Method 1
The lateral leg sections (21) are designed with their respective free ends (21.1) oriented toward one another in such a way that they can be pressed apart when the slide strip (113) is plugged onto the profile element (112) and then again rest at least positively against the profile element (112).
Implementation Method 2
It is also known to provide sliding elements, in particular sliding strips, to reduce the coefficient of friction between the profile elements and the transport elements, which form a coating for the transport elements with a low coefficient of friction
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AI summary
The invention relates to a transport device for transporting transport goods in a transport direction according to the general terms of claim 1. The key element of the invention is a transport device for transporting transport goods in a transport direction, comprising at least one machine frame on which at least one transport element is arranged, which forms a loop and is driven in a ciruclatingcirculating manner, wherein the transport element is guided via a front deflection device in relation to the transport direction and via a rear deflection device in relation to the transport direction, wherein a transport route for the transport goods is formed by the at least one transport element between the front and the rear deflection device, wherein the at least one transport element is guided in sliding contact on at least one sliding rail at least along the transport route, wherein the at least one sliding rail is directly connected to the profile element at least in sections along the transport route, which profile element is in turn connected to at least one support body of the machine frame.The invention is characterised, in particular, in that, for direction connection, the at least one sliding rail is interlockingly attached to the profile element at least in sections along the transport route.