Automatic shower head
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional shower heads lack the capability for automatic scrubbing, massaging, and exfoliation, and the brush head is not easily replaceable, making them inconvenient for cleaning and maintenance.
Innovation Solution
An automatic shower head design featuring a body with a casing, handle, and ultrasonic welding connections for spray bars, combined with a shower scrubber containing a motor, gear assembly, and circuit boards that allow for adjustable rotation speed, enabling scrubbing, massaging, and face washing, with a replaceable head element.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Extent of automation
If conventional shower head is used alone, then structure is simple, but it cannot realize automatic scrubbing, face washing, massage bathing and exfoliation
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple functions (scrubbing, face washing, massage, exfoliation) into a single shower head device by integrating a motor-driven rotating mechanism with replaceable brush heads, thereby achieving automatic scrubbing capabilities without requiring multiple separate devices
Solution Approach 2:
The shower head is designed with multi-functionality to perform scrubbing, face washing, massage bathing, and exfoliation through a single device with replaceable brush heads and rotating mechanism, eliminating the need for multiple specialized devices
2Ease of repair
If brush head is integrated permanently, then structure is stable, but it is inconvenient to replace and clean
Solution Approach 1:
The shower head is divided into separable components including a main body and replaceable brush heads, allowing the brush head to be easily detached and replaced while maintaining a stable connection through a dedicated mounting structure
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple functions are combined in one device, then versatility is improved, but cleaning and maintenance becomes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
By segmenting the device into a main body and detachable brush heads, the patent enables easy removal and cleaning of the brush heads, which are the parts requiring frequent maintenance, while preserving multiple functions in the integrated system
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables efficient and convenient scrubbing, massaging, and washing of the user's face, with the ability to adjust rotation speed and replace the head element, enhancing cleaning and maintenance efficiency.
Implementation Method 1
the first connection element is connected with the second water guide ring in a ultrasonic welding manner so as to form a water conduit
Implementation Method 2
the lid is connected with the accommodation sleeve in a ultrasonic welding manner
Data Source
AI summary
An automatic shower head contains: a body and a shower scrubber. The body includes a casing, a receiving cap fitted with the casing, a handle, a first connection element, a first water guide ring, and multiple spray bars and a second water guide ring. At least one first seal ring is retained on a water conduit of the first connection element and the second water guide ring. The casing has a coupling loop. The shower scrubber includes a panel, a lid, an accommodation sleeve, a second seal ring, and a rotation element, and a fixing plug. The lid has a copper pin, a waterproof sheet, a first circuit board, a gear seat, a gear assembly, a gear shaft, a drive gear, a holder, a motor, a battery, a contact sheet, and a second circuit board.