Adjustable Height Irrigation Connection with Telescoping Pipes
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing water irrigation systems face challenges such as deep soil penetration, non-adjustable sprinkler head height, and limitations in daisy-chaining hoses at elevated levels, which can damage lawns and require expensive precision components.
Innovation Solution
An adjustable height connection device with a T-shaped base, telescoping pipes, and a hinge mechanism that allows for stable support, adjustable height, and daisy-chaining capabilities, featuring male and female hose threads and a locking system for compact storage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Stability of the object's composition
If a pole is inserted to significant depth to support the sprinkler head, then the sprinkler head can be positioned at the desired height, but the lawn is disfigured and installation becomes problematic in hard soil
Solution Approach 1:
The support structure is divided into a base unit with downwardly facing arrow-shaped tips for shallow insertion, and a telescoping pipe assembly that extends vertically. This segmentation allows the system to achieve sufficient height without deep soil penetration, avoiding lawn disfigurement while maintaining stability.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention transitions from a vertical deep-insertion approach to a combination of shallow insertion (horizontal dimension) and telescoping extension (vertical dimension). The base inserts only a few inches horizontally, then the telescoping pipe provides the necessary vertical height, changing the dimensional approach to solve the contradiction.
2Ease of operation
If the sprinkler head height is fixed on the pole, then the structure is simple, but the height cannot be easily adjusted without excessive tightening of a thumb screw
Solution Approach 1:
The telescoping pipe assembly allows dynamic adjustment of height by sliding the upper pipe section relative to the lower section. The thumb screw provides a simple locking mechanism that can be easily tightened or loosened to adjust height, making the system adaptable without requiring complex mechanisms.
Solution Approach 2:
The system allows continuous adjustment of the height parameter by changing the extended length of the telescoping pipe. The thumb screw enables easy modification of this parameter by loosening to slide and tightening to lock, providing simple height adjustment without excessive force or complexity.
3Adaptability or versatility
If existing daisy-chain hose connecting systems are used at ground level, then the connection is simple, but they cannot easily daisy-chain at a raised level of two or more feet
Solution Approach 1:
The hose attachment pipe is designed with universal male and female threaded ends that can connect to standard garden hoses at any height. The telescoping mechanism allows the connection point to be positioned at elevated levels while maintaining the simplicity of standard threaded hose connections, enabling daisy-chaining at any height without special equipment.
4Reliability
If precision O rings and expensive precision internal tolerances are used in raised pole sprinkler systems, then the system can deliver water from the base, but the manufacturing cost increases significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The invention extracts the water delivery function from the center of the pole and relocates it to the telescoping pipe assembly. This allows water to be delivered through the telescoping mechanism rather than requiring precision O rings and tight internal tolerances in the pole structure, significantly reducing manufacturing costs while maintaining reliable water delivery.
Data Source
AI summary
An adjustable height connection for water irrigation with a base structure, a first pipe, a second pipe and a hose attachment pipe. The first pipe telescopes into the second pipe. The second pipe is attached via a hinge member to the base structure so that it can be folded for compact storage or transport. The hose attachment pipe has a threaded inlet and outlet and is attached perpendicularly to the top of the first pipe. The first pipe includes indentations to allow a treaded locking screw to penetrate the side wall of the second pipe and engage one of the indentations of the first pipe thereby holding it in place. The base structure includes downward facing arrow shaped legs to help secure it to dirt-like ground surface.