Tubular Wire Guide With Releasable Joints for Easy Replacement
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Solution Overview
Problem
The replacement of wires in a tubular protective cover is complicated due to the need for precise alignment and positioning of male and female mount portions over the entire protection cover in the longitudinal direction.
Innovation Solution
A tubular member with joint portions on opposite edges that can be joined and disjoined, allowing for a passage portion at one end to facilitate easy replacement of the wire without full separation and realignment of joint portions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of repair
If the male mount portion and female mount portion are completely separated for wire replacement, then the wire can be accessed for replacement, but the alignment and positioning of joint portions becomes complicated and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The tubular protective cover is divided into multiple segments along its longitudinal direction, with joint portions positioned at specific locations. This segmentation allows the cover to be partially opened at selected segments for wire replacement while maintaining the integrity of other segments, eliminating the need to separate the entire cover and perform complex full-length alignment.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of completely separating the male and female mount portions along the entire longitudinal direction, the invention applies partial action by allowing separation only at specific joint portions where access is needed. This partial separation achieves wire replacement accessibility while avoiding the complexity of aligning and positioning joint portions over the entire length of the protective cover.
2Stability of the object's composition
If the male mount portion and female mount portion are fitted together over the entire protection cover, then the protective cover maintains its tubular integrity, but wire replacement requires complete separation and precise realignment
Solution Approach 1:
The protective cover incorporates multiple joint portions at different locations along its longitudinal direction, creating segmented sections. This allows the cover to maintain its tubular integrity in most sections while enabling localized opening at specific joint portions for wire replacement, eliminating the need for complete separation and lengthy realignment procedures.
Solution Approach 2:
The joint portions are pre-positioned at specific locations along the longitudinal direction of the protective cover during manufacturing. This preliminary arrangement of joint portions allows for quick access to wires at predetermined locations without requiring complex realignment during replacement, significantly reducing the time required for wire replacement while maintaining overall tubular integrity.
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AI summary
A long object guiding device includes a long tubular member and is configured to guide a long object inserted through the tubular member while protecting, with the tubular member, the long object in correspondence with displacement of the tubular member. The tubular member has a long sheet shape in an unfolded state. A longitudinal direction of the tubular member intersects a width direction. A first joint portion is disposed on one side edge of the tubular member in the width direction to extend in the longitudinal direction. A second joint portion is disposed on an other side edge of the tubular member in the width direction to extend in the longitudinal direction. At least one end of the tubular member, in the longitudinal direction, has a passage portion that allows for passage of an end of the long object.