Universal Tool With Pivoting Handles and Interchangeable Working Members
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional handheld tools are typically designed for either right- or left-handed users and are limited to a single type of use, lacking adaptability for different tasks or reaching different objects, necessitating the use of multiple tools for varied applications.
Innovation Solution
A universal tool device with pivotally connected working and handle members, allowing adjustable angles and interchangeable tools, enabling use by both right- and left-handed users and facilitating multiple functions through a connecting mechanism with polygonal shapes and a retaining member.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If traditional handheld tools are designed with a fixed structure for a single type of use, then the tool structure is simple and easy to manufacture, but the tool cannot be adapted to different tasks or used by both right-handed and left-handed users
Solution Approach 1:
The tool device incorporates a pair of working members and a pair of handle members that can be configured in multiple orientations (first and second angles) to perform different functions and accommodate both right-handed and left-handed users, making a single tool universal for multiple tasks
Solution Approach 2:
The tool is divided into separate working members and handle members that can be independently positioned and connected through connecting members, allowing the working members to be angularly positioned relative to the handle members to create different tool configurations
2Adaptability or versatility
If traditional tools are designed with a fixed angle between working members and handles, then the manufacturing precision is easier to maintain, but the tool cannot provide different angles for different uses
Solution Approach 1:
The tool employs connecting members that allow the working members to be angularly positioned relative to the handle members, transforming a static fixed-angle structure into a dynamic adjustable-angle structure that can accommodate multiple predetermined angles while maintaining precision through guide mechanisms
3Adaptability or versatility
If specialized tools are made with a specific shape for a predetermined use, then the tool performs its specific function effectively, but the tool cannot be modified for different uses
Solution Approach 1:
The tool device allows different types of working members to be interchangeably connected to the same pair of handle members through standardized connecting members, enabling a single handle assembly to support multiple specialized working members for different tasks
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AI summary
A universal tool device for working out an object including first and second working members pivotally connecting to one another about a main axis and being adapted to simultaneously work the object therebetween. First and second handle members pivotally connect to one another about a handle axis intersecting the main axis at least at an intersection point between the working members. The handle members connect to the working members, respectively, via a connecting member allowing a selective angular positioning about the main axis between the handle members and the respective working members. A retaining member selectively retains the handle members and the respective working members connected to one another along the main axis. Optionally, the handle axis is angularly spaced relative to the main axis to define a lateral angle therebetween, and the intersection point is a midpoint between the working members.