Vine Training Wire Guide with Vertical Sliding Adjustment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing viticultural systems face challenges in optimizing the position of training wires and containment wires, particularly at the head of vine rows, which hinders efficient pruning by automatic machines and requires laborious manual adjustments.
Innovation Solution
A guide and support device that allows vertical displacement of training wires, connected through sliding means and cushioning elements, enabling adaptation to growing vegetation and integration with automatic pruning machines, while being simple and quick to install with minimal components.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a fixed horizontal training wire is connected to head poles at a certain height, then the vine support structure is stable, but the position of the training wire cannot be optimized and automatic pruning machines cannot operate efficiently in the head pole area
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies the dynamics principle by replacing the fixed training wire connection with a movable connection system. The training wire is equipped with sliding means that can move vertically along the head pole within a defined range, allowing the wire position to be adjusted dynamically. This enables automatic pruning machines to operate efficiently in the head pole area while maintaining the ability to optimize training wire position according to vegetation growth stages.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the training wire position is fixed, then the installation is simple, but the position cannot be varied and optimized as vegetation grows
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies segmentation by dividing the head pole into distinct functional zones: a lower fixed connection zone and an upper movable connection zone. The training wire connection is segmented into sliding means that can move independently within a vertical range. This segmentation allows the device to maintain relative simplicity in the fixed lower portion while providing adjustability in the upper portion, balancing adaptability with device complexity.
3Device complexity
If separate devices are used for training wires and containment wires, then each wire type can be optimized independently, but the overall device becomes complex and less compact
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies the merging principle by integrating the training wire support function into the existing containment wire guide device. The sliding means for the training wire are incorporated into the same vertical guide structure that contains the containment wire fastening means. This merging reduces the overall device complexity and component count while maintaining the adaptability to adjust both training wire and containment wire positions independently.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Facilitates efficient and automatic pruning operations by allowing vertical adjustment of training wires, improving pruning regularity and reducing manual effort, while supporting various stresses with a rational and compact design.
Implementation Method 1
The ends of the training wires are fastened to mounting means that are inserted and can slide within the guides formed in the vertical guide elements
Implementation Method 2
The fastening device includes cushioning elements for absorbing stresses
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AI summary
Guide and fastening device for plant support wires, in particular for rows of grapevines, the device having at least one pair of vertical upright elements, fastened to a head pole and provided with longitudinal guides within which are made to slide fastening elements for the lateral containment wires for the growing vegetation. To each pair of upright elements for the lateral containment wires is associated a further vertical upright provided with a guide within which is made to slide a fastening element for at least one carrying wire.