Universal Side Bracket Structure for Multi-Profile Sprinkler Mounting
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing sprinkler installation brackets are limited to installing only one type of cross member with a specific cross section, necessitating separate brackets for each purpose.
Innovation Solution
A side bracket design that allows for the installation of various types of cross members, including M-bars, T-bars, L-bars, and squared materials, through a structure featuring standing parts, elongated holes, protruding parts, wing parts, and coupling holes, enabling versatile coupling with a support bar.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If a conventional side bracket is designed for a specific cross section type, then the installation precision for that specific type is improved, but the adaptability to install various types of members deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The side bracket is designed with a universal structure that can accommodate multiple types of cross members (M-bars, T-bars, L-bars, squared materials, and plates) through standardized coupling holes and wing parts, allowing one bracket design to serve multiple installation purposes without requiring type-specific brackets
2Manufacturing precision
If separate brackets are provided for each cross member type, then the installation precision for each type is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of providing separate specialized brackets for each cross member type, the invention uses a single universal side bracket design with standardized features (coupling holes, wing parts, pressing members) that can install all types of cross members, thereby reducing the number of different bracket designs needed and simplifying the overall device complexity
3Adaptability or versatility
If a universal side bracket is designed to install various cross members, then the adaptability is improved, but the manufacturing precision for specific types may deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The universal side bracket incorporates localized adaptive features such as multiple coupling holes positioned at different locations and wing parts that can be configured for different cross section types, allowing the bracket to maintain high installation precision for each specific member type while preserving overall versatility through localized structural variations
Data Source
AI summary
Side brackets for installing a sprinkler, installed on both ends of a support bar; standing parts formed at a distance of a width of the support bar; a first elongated hole in each of the standing parts; a top surface part having a first protruding part and a screw hole and pressing member; a first wing part with a second elongated hole; a second protruding part and a support part formed at an upper portion thereof; a second wing part at a lower portion of the second protruding part; and a coupling hole formed in the second wing part.