Wall Cupboard Anchoring Group with Adjustment from Below
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing anchoring groups for wall cupboards are complex to adjust, often require visible holes in the lining or use of a ladder for regulation, and are not easily accessible when space is limited between the cupboard and ceiling.
Innovation Solution
An adjustable anchoring group with a hidden hanging bracket device that allows vertical and horizontal adjustment from below, using a combination of sliding rails, regulation screws, and actuation means like worm screws and toothed wheels, eliminating the need for visible holes and ladder access.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If regulation from above is used to avoid visible holes, then aesthetic integrity is improved, but accessibility for adjustment deteriorates requiring ladder use
Solution Approach 1:
The patent inverts the conventional regulation direction from above to below. The hanging bracket is regulated from below through the base of the wall cupboard, eliminating the need for holes in the lining while providing easy accessibility. The operator can perform adjustments at ground level without requiring a ladder or working from above the cupboard.
2Adaptability or versatility
If double adjustment mechanisms are provided for height and depth, then positioning flexibility is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines height and depth adjustment mechanisms into a single integrated hanging bracket structure. Both adjustment functions are accessible from below through the same base area, simplifying the overall device complexity while maintaining full positioning flexibility for both vertical and horizontal regulation.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables simplified and accessible adjustment of wall cupboards in both height and depth from below, preserving the aesthetic integrity of the cupboard and avoiding the need for visible holes or ladder use, even in confined spaces.
Implementation Method 1
said actuation means comprising a worm screw housed in the slide and kept rotatingly in position by a pin inserted in the slide and in the throat of the cylindrical element
Implementation Method 2
The worm screw cooperates with a toothed wheel, also housed in the slide and rotatingly withheld with respect to the same
Implementation Method 3
a threaded seat formed in the slide, an abutment flap, having a pair of holes and integral with the plate element, and a regulation screw, accessible from below, cooperating with the abutment flap and with the threaded seat
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AI summary
An adjustable anchoring group for the wall assembly (23) of wall-cupboards (P) comprising a hanging-bracket device (12), provided with an anchoring base (16) to a wall-cupboard (P) and a hooking element (17), and an anchoring support (22) to a wall (23), regulation means and actuation means of the reciprocal position being provided between the hanging-bracket device (12), the hooking element (17) and the anchoring support (22) in order to regulate the position of the wall-cupboard (P) with respect to the wall (23) according to two directions (F, Fl) perpendicular to each other, vertically (in height) and horizontally (in depth), respectively, wherein both the regulation means and the actuation means are accessible from below by means of holes (43) formed in a base or ledge (44) of the wall-cupboard (P).