Adjustable Shower Nozzle with Integrated Moving Adjuster
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing showers with adjustable water sprays are bulky and complex due to multiple water passages, necessitating a more compact and efficient design.
Innovation Solution
A shower with an adjustable water spray featuring a body portion, water inlet passage, and adjustable nozzles with a movable adjusting member that changes the size of the water outlet holes by moving along a transmission assembly, allowing for different water spray strengths without additional water passages, utilizing a ballpoint pen button structure and transmission plate for upward and downward movement.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple water passages are used to achieve adjustable water spray, then the water spray can be adjusted, but the size of the shower increases and the structure becomes complicated
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the adjustment mechanism directly into the single water outlet nozzle structure. The adjusting member with adjusting portions is integrated within the nozzle, combining the functions of water delivery and spray adjustment into one component rather than using separate water passages and valves.
Solution Approach 2:
The adjusting portions are designed to be movable within the water outlet nozzle, allowing dynamic adjustment of the water spray characteristics. The adjusting portions can move between different positions to change the effective outlet area, enabling variable spray patterns from a single nozzle.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple water passages and valves are used for adjustment, then water spray adjustment is achieved, but the shower size increases
Solution Approach 1:
The adjusting member is nested within the water outlet nozzle body. The adjusting portions are housed inside the nozzle, and the entire adjustment mechanism fits within the existing shower structure, eliminating the need for additional external components and maintaining a compact size.
Solution Approach 2:
The single water outlet nozzle serves multiple functions: it delivers water, allows spray adjustment through the adjusting portions, and maintains a compact structure. The adjusting portions can provide multiple spray patterns (e.g., shower mode, massage mode) from a single nozzle opening.
Data Source
AI summary
A shower with an adjustable water spray comprises a body portion and an adjusting member. The body portion comprises a water inlet passage and a plurality of water outlet nozzles. The adjusting member comprises a plurality of adjusting portions, and an outer side of each of plurality of adjusting portions comprises a plurality of adjusting grooves extending longitudinally. A size of each of the plurality of adjusting grooves gradually reduces in a downward direction. An inner wall of each of the plurality of water outlet nozzles comprises a sealing portion, and each of plurality of adjusting portion extends into a corresponding one of the plurality of water outlet nozzles and hermetically and movably cooperates with a corresponding one of the sealing portions. The plurality of adjusting grooves of each of the plurality of adjusting portions and a corresponding one of the sealing portions defines an adjustable water outlet hole.