Universal Billiard Rack with Pivot Assembly
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional billiards racks have fixed shapes and sizes, making it difficult to align inner balls properly for optimal placement.
Innovation Solution
A universal triangle receiver with a pivot assembly and hinged gate handle that allows for adjustable alignment of billiard balls, enabling tight and consistent racking.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If conventional fixed shape and size billiard ball racks are used, then the device structure is simple, but the alignment precision of inner balls deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies the dynamics principle by transforming the traditional fixed rigid rack structure into a dynamic adjustable structure. The rack includes movable components such as adjustable sides with movable ball-receiving portions, allowing the rack to adapt its shape and size during operation. This enables precise alignment of inner balls while maintaining operational simplicity, resolving the contradiction between alignment precision and device complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements parameter changes by allowing the rack's geometric parameters (side lengths, angles, ball-receiving cavity dimensions) to be adjusted during operation. The adjustable sides can change position and orientation, enabling the rack to accommodate different ball arrangements and achieve optimal alignment precision without requiring a completely complex device structure.
2Manufacturing precision
If adjustable alignment mechanisms are added to improve ball placement, then the alignment precision improves, but the ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The dynamic adjustable structure allows operators to easily modify the rack configuration during ball placement. The movable components can be adjusted with simple motions, maintaining ease of operation while achieving precise ball alignment through the adaptability of the structure rather than complex adjustment mechanisms.
Solution Approach 2:
The rack structure is designed to facilitate self-alignment through its adjustable geometry. As balls are placed into the modified rack structure, the movable sides and ball-receiving portions naturally guide and align the balls to precise positions, reducing the need for complex manual adjustment operations while maintaining high placement precision.
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AI summary
A universal receiver device and system. In one embodiment, a perimeter of a device includes a pair of fixed members and one pivotable member that is pivotable between an upward and downward direction. The device includes an inner billiard ball receiving cavity that may retain fifteen billiard balls. The result is a hybrid triangle for easily, and consistently, tightly racking billiard balls.