Wire Shaping Jaws for Simultaneous Wire Mesh Reshaping
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing hand tools for bending and reshaping metal strips and wires are limited in reshaping multiple pieces of metal efficiently, particularly failing to effectively shape metal wire sections within a wire mesh, leading to cumbersome and painful use.
Innovation Solution
A wire shaping tool with a pair of levers joined at a fulcrum, featuring jaws and handles, where the jaws are movable between open and closed positions, allowing for the transformation of wire shapes within a wire mesh panel by inserting sections of wire into the tool's concave and convex surfaces, enabling simultaneous reshaping of multiple wire sections.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If existing hand tools are used to reshape multiple pieces of metal, then the tool can reshape metal strips or wires, but the process becomes cumbersome and painful due to repetitive manual operation
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple shaping functions into a single tool head assembly that can simultaneously reshape multiple wire sections. The tool head includes multiple jaws with different shaping surfaces (concave, convex, flat) that can act on multiple wires in parallel, eliminating the need for repetitive single-wire operations.
Solution Approach 2:
The tool is designed with universal applicability to handle various wire configurations including mesh panels, bundles, and individual wires. The interchangeable tool heads and multiple jaw configurations enable the same basic tool structure to perform diverse shaping tasks across different material forms.
2Adaptability or versatility
If existing tools are configured to reshape a single strip of metal, then the tool can create rings or coils, but it cannot reshape wire sections within a wire mesh
Solution Approach 1:
The tool is divided into modular components including a handle assembly, interchangeable tool heads, and multiple independent jaws. This segmentation allows different jaw configurations to be applied to different wire scenarios (mesh vs. bundles vs. individual wires), providing adaptability while maintaining the ability to process multiple sections simultaneously.
Solution Approach 2:
Multiple shaping surfaces and jaws are nested within a single tool head assembly, allowing multiple wire sections to be engaged simultaneously by different jaws or surfaces within the same tool structure.
3Productivity
If manual tools are used for repetitive reshaping operations, then shaping can be performed, but the process is time-consuming and physically demanding
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple shaping operations into a single tool actuation cycle. By positioning multiple jaws and shaping surfaces to act on multiple wire sections simultaneously, the tool achieves parallel processing of what would otherwise require sequential operations, dramatically reducing total processing time.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The tool allows for efficient reshaping of multiple wire sections within a wire mesh panel, reducing user effort and improving the process of creating shaped items by enabling the transformation of linear wire sections into curved shapes, facilitating the creation of complex three-dimensional structures.
Implementation Method 1
a pair of levers joined at a fulcrum positioned closer to one end of the levers, the pair of levers comprising a pair of jaws on a first side of the fulcrum and a pair of handles on a second side of the fulcrum, wherein the second side has a second length that is longer than a first length of the first side
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AI summary
A wire shaping tool and method of using the tool to reshape wire, including the discrete sections of wire in a wire mesh panel, is provided. The tool includes a pair of levers joined at a fulcrum positioned closer to one end of the levers, a pair of jaws on one side of the fulcrum, and a pair of handles on the other side. The first jaw can include an elongate body with a concave surface having a pair of opposing lateral edges. The second jaw can include a complementary convex surface configured to converge toward contacting the concave surface of the first jaw. The concave and complementary convex surfaces can transform the shape of a wire positioned between the jaws when they are actuated. The second jaw can include a third shaping component that allows for the simultaneous reshaping of two adjacent wire sections in a wire mesh panel.