Wire Bobbin Binding Device with Ring Creeping Clip

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing wire winding devices struggle to perform full-automatic winding operations on bobbins without manual intervention, particularly in binding the terminal ends of steel wires, leading to inefficiencies and increased costs due to the need for manual operations.

Innovation Solution

A mechanical wire bobbin binding device with a disc-like binding head and motorized components that automatically holds, winds, and binds steel wires around bobbins, using a ring creeping clip and wire guide pieces to secure the wire ends without manual assistance, enabling continuous and automatic operation.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If a turn-table type steel wire winding device is used to wind wires mechanically, then the winding operation efficiency is improved, but the terminal ends of wires cannot be bound automatically due to violent deformation and lack of suitable binding structure

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvewinding operation efficiencyVSAvoidautomatic binding capability

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSExtent of automation

Solution Approach 1:

The device is divided into distinct functional modules: a winding mechanism for mechanical winding operation and a separate binding mechanism with binding head, binding rollers, and binding wires. This segmentation allows each module to perform its specific function optimally - the winding module handles efficient wire winding while the binding module provides automated terminal end binding, resolving the contradiction between winding efficiency and automatic binding capability.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces an intermediary binding mechanism that acts as a mediator between the winding process and the terminal end binding. The binding head with binding rollers and binding wires serves as this intermediary system, automatically securing the wire terminals after winding without requiring manual intervention, thus enabling full automation while maintaining winding efficiency.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Extent of automation

If a special winding frame is used to enable non-stop continuous wire winding operation, then the automation level is improved, but the winding-finished steel wire cannot be bound to the bobbin due to structural differences between winding frame and bobbin

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvenon-stop continuous winding operationVSAvoidbinding operation feasibility

Core Design Contradiction:

Extent of automationVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The binding mechanism is designed with universal applicability to work with both the special winding frame and the final bobbin structure. The binding head, binding rollers, and binding wires can accommodate different bobbin types and winding frame configurations, enabling the same automated binding system to function throughout the entire process from winding to final binding without requiring structural changes or manual operations.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The binding system incorporates dynamic elements including movable binding rollers, adjustable binding wire tension, and flexible binding mechanisms that can adapt to different bobbin geometries. This dynamic design allows the automated binding operation to successfully transition from the winding frame stage to the final bobbin binding, maintaining continuity and feasibility throughout the automated process.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

3Strength

If manual operations are used for binding wire terminal ends, then the binding strength can be ensured, but production efficiency decreases and costs increase due to the need for manual intervention

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvebinding strengthVSAvoidproduction efficiency

Core Design Contradiction:

StrengthVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The binding mechanism is designed to be self-service automated, where the binding head with binding rollers and binding wires automatically performs the binding operation without human intervention. The system uses its own internal mechanisms - the rotating binding head, the binding wire tensioning, and the roller contact - to create sufficient binding strength, thereby maintaining both binding quality and production efficiency simultaneously.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The patent replaces the manual mechanical binding system with an automated mechanical binding system. Instead of manual hand operations, the binding head driven by a motor, the binding rollers, and the binding wire arrangement create an automated mechanical binding process that achieves comparable or superior binding strength while dramatically improving production efficiency and eliminating manual labor costs.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Data Source

PatentUS8561530B2Wire bobbin binding device and automatic bobbin winding device using wire bobbin binding device

Publication Date: 2013.10.22 IMAI MACHINE WORKS

AI summary

A wire bobbin binding device includes a binding head having first and second coaxially aligned rotatably mounted chucks for engaging opposite sides of an empty bobbin for motor-driven rotation about a bobbin axis while a wire is wound upon the bobbin. A ring creeping clip is mounted on the binding head and moveable between an advanced position and a retracted position to selectively engage the wire and bind the terminal end of the wire.