Tri-face display device
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing tri-face image display technologies lack a robust and adjustable solution for retrofitting standard picture frames to showcase three diagonal images from different angles, with inadequate structural integrity and limited adaptability to various frame sizes.
Innovation Solution
A frame design featuring upper and lower slits that stop short of penetrating through the frame, combined with a fillet assembly containing receiving cavities defined by opposite side walls, and an adapter for securing image panels, allowing for adjustable fillet lengths and enhanced structural integrity.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If slits are made to penetrate all the way through the frame, then picture elements can be easily inserted, but the frame loses structural integrity and the inserts can bend
Solution Approach 1:
The slits extend only partially through the frame thickness rather than completely through, providing sufficient access for inserting picture elements while maintaining the structural integrity of the frame. This partial penetration resolves the contradiction by doing just enough to enable insertion without compromising strength.
2Ease of manufacture
If a fixed-length fillet is used, then the assembly is simple to manufacture, but it cannot adapt to various frame sizes
Solution Approach 1:
The fillet is divided into multiple segments or sections that can be connected together, allowing the overall length to be adjusted by adding or removing segments. This segmentation enables the fillet to adapt to different frame sizes while maintaining relatively simple manufacturing of each individual segment.
Solution Approach 2:
The fillet incorporates adjustable or movable components that allow its length to be dynamically changed to fit different frame configurations. This dynamic capability provides versatility across various frame sizes without requiring completely different fillet designs for each size.
3Device complexity
If receiving cavities are defined by only one side wall, then the structure is simpler, but the structural integrity is insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The receiving cavities are formed by merging or combining multiple side walls to create a more robust enclosed structure. This combination of multiple walls provides enhanced structural integrity and support for the picture elements while maintaining a unified integrated design.
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AI summary
A tri-face artwork display device that allows for three different views within the same frame. One embodiment includes upper and lower rows of corresponding slits on the top and bottom of the frame. The slits have a predetermined depth so as to not penetrate through the other side of the frame. The slits hold the image panels that display the second and third image to compliment the first image. The image panel has a second image on its first face and a third image on its second face. The present invention includes a second embodiment that is used to retrofit an existing standard frame. The fillet assembly uses a plurality of receiving cavities defined by two side walls to hold image panels. The fillet may also have a locking flange, which extends perpendicular from the fillet and fits underneath the matting of a frame to securely hold the fillet in place.