Adjustable Body Spray Alignment via Pivot and Sliding Bracket
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional body sprays require precise alignment of components during installation to ensure proper mounting and sealing, but misalignments can lead to issues with the spray face being flush and centered, which is difficult to achieve.
Innovation Solution
An adjustable body spray system featuring a shower pivot assembly with a pivot and shaft that can angularly move relative to a connector's port, allowing for adjustments to ensure proper alignment and sealing, combined with a mounting assembly that allows the connector to move within a bracket for flexible positioning.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If traditional body spray components are installed with fixed positioning, then the structure is simple, but misalignment occurs causing the spray face to be non-flush and non-centered
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting assembly incorporates adjustable positioning mechanisms including a bracket with channel for horizontal movement and a shower pivot assembly with pivot and shaft for angular adjustment. These dynamic elements allow the spray head to be positioned at multiple locations and orientations, ensuring proper alignment with the escutcheon opening even when initial installation conditions are not perfect.
Solution Approach 2:
The mounting assembly is divided into separate functional components: a connector for water supply connection, a bracket with channel for horizontal positioning, and a shower pivot assembly with pivot and shaft for angular adjustment. This segmentation allows each component to independently address specific alignment requirements, providing comprehensive adjustment capability while maintaining clear functional separation.
2Manufacturing precision
If adjustable mounting mechanisms are added to enable alignment correction, then alignment precision is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting assembly uses simple dynamic joints including a sliding mechanism within the bracket channel for horizontal adjustment and a pivot joint for angular adjustment. These dynamic elements provide continuous adjustment range without requiring complex mechanisms, maintaining simplicity while achieving proper alignment.
Solution Approach 2:
The bracket with channel acts as an intermediary element between the connector and the shower pivot assembly, providing a guided path for horizontal movement. This intermediary structure simplifies the adjustment process by constraining movement to a single degree of freedom at each adjustment stage, making the overall system easier to install and align.
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AI summary
The present invention provides an adjustable body spray including an adjustable spray assembly and an adjustable mounting assembly that, alone or in combination, ensure proper alignment of components of the body spray and adequate sealing between the components.