Winding Roll Transport Carriage with Circumferential Rollers

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing winding and binding devices for elongate products like hoses and pipes often cause damage and entanglement during processing, leading to quality issues and instability in the wound rolls, particularly for delicate materials like drip irrigation pipes.

Innovation Solution

A device with a carriage equipped with rollers distributed over the circumference of the winding roll, which moves along a slideway plane to maintain constant contact and support the roll from the winding station to the binding station, ensuring uninterrupted and uniform handling to prevent crushing or tangling.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Device complexity

If the winding roll is transported without special support, then the device complexity is reduced, but the winding roll loses its shape and may become entangled or crushed

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetransport mechanism complexityVSAvoidwinding roll shape stability
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSStability of the object's composition

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces an intermediary support structure consisting of a carriage with multiple rollers that temporarily supports the winding roll during transport. These rollers act as mediators between the winding station and binding station, preventing direct contact with the ground or transport surface that could cause deformation. The rollers are positioned to contact the winding roll at multiple points, distributing support forces and maintaining structural integrity throughout the transport process.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Productivity

If the winding roll is handled roughly to facilitate transport, then the productivity is improved, but the elongate product is damaged or crushed

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetransport efficiencyVSAvoidcrushing and tangling damage
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The support structure is segmented into multiple independent rollers distributed around the circumference of the winding roll. Each roller contacts a different section of the roll, allowing the system to support the entire structure without requiring rough handling. The segmentation enables distributed load bearing, preventing localized stress concentrations that could cause crushing while maintaining efficient transport through multiple contact points.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The rollers are positioned beforehand to contact the winding roll at optimal points before transport begins. This pre-positioning creates a cushioning support system that prevents damage during the transport process. The rollers act as protective intermediaries that absorb and distribute mechanical stresses, preventing direct crushing or tangling of the delicate elongate product while maintaining transport efficiency.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #11Beforehand cushioning (Prior cushioning)

3Stability of the object's composition

If the winding roll is held firmly during transport, then the shape stability is improved, but the device complexity increases due to additional support mechanisms

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvewinding roll shape maintenanceVSAvoidroller and carriage mechanism complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Stability of the object's compositionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The carriage structure serves multiple functions: it provides support during transport, maintains the winding roll shape, and facilitates the transition between winding station and binding station. The rollers themselves serve dual purposes by both supporting the roll and enabling its movement. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate specialized components, thereby limiting the increase in device complexity while achieving stable shape maintenance.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentEP2620402B1Coiling and tying device for a stretched good, in particular a tube, hose or cable
Publication Date: 2014.08.27 THE MACHINES YVONAND
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AI summary

The winding and setting device has a carriage that is movable between a winding station and a setting station for transfer of wound web roll (1). Several rollers are arranged on circumference of the wound web roll. The wound web roll is moved with the rollers by the carriage along a slideway plane for displacing into the setting station, and the rollers are not moved during setting of the wound web roll.