Pivoting Vacuum Unit Display Module for Service Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing vacuum units face challenges in achieving convenient operation while maintaining compact dimensions, with display and control modules often obstructing access to the working unit and hindering assembly and disassembly.
Innovation Solution
The display and control module is pivotably mounted on the working unit, allowing it to be positioned in a basic position covering the working unit partially and swiveled upwards for improved accessibility, with a pivot bearing enabling precise positioning and a latching mechanism ensuring secure attachment in various orientations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Volume of moving object
If the display and control module covers the working unit, then the compact dimensions are maintained, but the assembly and disassembly difficulty increases
Solution Approach 1:
The pivotable mounting allows the display and control module to be swiveled into a pivoted position that facilitates assembly and disassembly of the vacuum control valve, while maintaining compact dimensions when in the basic position. The latching mechanism ensures secure attachment in both positions.
Solution Approach 2:
The display and control module is designed as a separate, detachable component from the working unit, allowing independent assembly and disassembly. This segmentation enables maintenance activities without requiring complete unit disassembly.
2Ease of operation
If the display and control module is swiveled upwards, then the accessibility is improved, but the stability of positioning is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The pivotable mounting with latching capability allows the display and control module to be positioned in either basic or pivoted positions with stable fixation in each state, combining accessibility improvement with positioning stability.
Solution Approach 2:
The latching mechanism automatically secures the display and control module in the chosen position (basic or pivoted), maintaining stability without requiring external fastening devices or complex mounting structures.
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AI summary
A vacuum unit with at least one vacuum generator, including a working unit with an ejector unit through which compressed air can flow for a vacuum generation and with an electrically actuable vacuum control valve which controls the application of compressed air to the ejector unit, further including a display and control module with a display module for visualizing status information and an operating device for manual input and/or interrogation of operating parameters. The display and control module is located on an upper side of the vacuum generator and is pivotably mounted on the working unit by means of a pivot bearing, so that it can be selectively positioned in a basic position covering the working unit or in at least one pivoted position pivoted upwardly away from the working unit by means of a module pivoting movement which can be executed with respect to a pivot center.