{"id":242,"date":"2009-12-08T02:20:03","date_gmt":"2009-12-08T00:20:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swisswuff.ch\/tech\/?p=242"},"modified":"2009-12-22T19:49:01","modified_gmt":"2009-12-22T17:49:01","slug":"industrial-design-issues-iron-and-hook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swisswuff.ch\/tech\/?p=242","title":{"rendered":"Industrial design issues – iron AND hook or V2P"},"content":{"rendered":"

The experience of ironing with a hook. It is also an industrial design issue as it appears. And while I can not offer perfect solutions, I sure can help detailing the process of handling my iron using my hook and – alternatively – using a special terminal device, the V2P prehensor<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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1. Plugging it in<\/strong><\/p>\n

Some plugs are hard to operate, some easy. There can be problems as hooks with the exception of the V2P prehensor so far do not have big or unlimited powers.<\/p>\n

Some plugs have a shape that is good to grasp. Others have shapes that do no work well with a hook.<\/p>\n

Also the position of the power plug on the wall has to be considered.<\/p>\n

In my instance plugging in that iron was no problem using the hook.<\/p>\n

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2. Grabbing it and ironing with it<\/strong><\/p>\n

As you see, holding that handle with a standard steel hook requires slip sliding skills. Not a problem for any skier or wind surfer – same type of hang gliding approximative motion. But definitely not a firm grip.<\/p>\n

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Using a V2P prehensor, not the slightest problem occurs even with an unmodified standard household iron.<\/p>\n

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3. Trying to set heat dial using prosthetic hook<\/strong><\/p>\n

Oops. That one does not work at all. No way. The steel hook fails.<\/p>\n

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The V2P prehensor has no problem at all to interact with the rotationary dial. I can instantly set the temperature.<\/p>\n

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4. Filling up water – opening latch using prosthetic hook<\/strong><\/p>\n

Oops. Using a standard steel hook, hat is hard, too. But eventually I get it open.<\/p>\n

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Using a V2P prehensor, the latch is opened a lot easier:<\/p>\n

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5. Filling up water – filling cup<\/strong><\/p>\n

No problem here!<\/p>\n

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6. Filling up water – pouring water into iron tank using prosthetic hook<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fill her up right to the bus station!<\/p>\n

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7. Pressing shirt using prosthetic hook<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rotational swivel is not necessarily a big problem but it does take getting used to.<\/p>\n

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8. Contrast – handling iron using Becker lock grip hand<\/strong><\/p>\n

With the Becker Lock Grip hand, iron handling is easy. No issues. Even the rotary dial can be set using the rubber finger tips.<\/p>\n

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The experience of ironing with a hook. It is also an industrial design issue as it appears. And while I can not offer perfect solutions, I sure can help detailing the process of handling my iron using my hook and – alternatively – using a special terminal device, the V2P prehensor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49,46,67,68,16,5,54,17,26,3,8,61,77],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bionic","category-brady-veatch","category-becker_hand","category-becker-mechanical-hand","category-brands","category-cable","category-movohook-2grip","category-otto-bock","category-prosthetic-hand","category-hook","category-prosthetics","category-specifications-comparisons","category-v2p-prehensor","wpcat-49-id","wpcat-46-id","wpcat-67-id","wpcat-68-id","wpcat-16-id","wpcat-5-id","wpcat-54-id","wpcat-17-id","wpcat-26-id","wpcat-3-id","wpcat-8-id","wpcat-61-id","wpcat-77-id"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-11 03:06:46","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swisswuff.ch\/tech\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swisswuff.ch\/tech\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swisswuff.ch\/tech\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swisswuff.ch\/tech\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swisswuff.ch\/tech\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=242"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.swisswuff.ch\/tech\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swisswuff.ch\/tech\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swisswuff.ch\/tech\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swisswuff.ch\/tech\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}