Venetian Blind Assembling Station Sliding Guide
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Solution Overview
Problem
In Venetian blind assembling stations with support half-ladders, the insertion of slats often results in jamming due to bending, and existing intermediate supports can hinder the operation and require manual repositioning, complicating the process and necessitating space adjustments for reduced pitch configurations.
Innovation Solution
An assembling station with a sliding guide made of cables that suspends between opposite ends of the station, allowing slats to be guided without interfering with stacking unit positioning, thus preventing jamming and eliminating the need for intermediate supports, which simplifies operation and maintains flexibility in pitch adjustments.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Stability of the object's composition
If intermediate supports are arranged on the same axis of movement as stacking units, then slat bending is prevented, but stacking unit positioning freedom is hindered and manual repositioning is required
Solution Approach 1:
The patent moves the support function from the horizontal axis (intermediate supports on the same axis as stacking units) to a vertical dimension (suspended sliding guide extending vertically between stacking units). This dimensional change allows the guide to support slats without interfering with the horizontal positioning of stacking units, resolving the contradiction between slat stability and positioning freedom.
2Ease of operation
If intermediate supports are provided between stacking units, then slat insertion is facilitated, but device complexity increases and automation is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the support function with the existing stacking unit structure by providing a sliding guide that is suspended between stacking units and integrated with their support bars. This consolidation eliminates the need for separate intermediate supports, reducing device complexity while maintaining ease of slat insertion through the integrated guide.
3Reliability
If intermediate supports are used to prevent slat jamming, then insertion reliability improves, but adaptability to reduced pitch configurations is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a dynamic sliding guide that can move vertically along the support bars, allowing it to adapt its position according to the pitch between half-ladders. This dynamic positioning capability maintains insertion reliability by providing continuous support while enabling adaptability to different pitch configurations, including reduced pitch settings where fixed intermediate supports would be problematic.
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AI summary
The invention relates to an assembling station of Venetian blinds with support half-ladders, comprising a plurality of stacking units 10 of the slats on support half-ladders. Said units are aligned with each other along an insertion axis X of the slats and are slidably associated with a shared support structure 2 which extends parallel to said axis X. The assembling station comprises a sliding guide 20 for the slat which crosses the assembling station along the insertion axis and defines a support for the slat in the empty spaces V comprised between one stacking unit and the other. The sliding guide is held suspended between two opposite ends 1', 1" of the assembling station. The sliding guide is arranged at a height such as to ensure the entrance of the slat in the stacking units without however interfering with the action of the positioning means 13 provided in the units 10. The stacking units 10 are slidingly associated to the sliding guide 20 parallel to the insertion axis X.