Deformable Water Outlet Panel for Tool-Free Mesh Cleaning
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing sanitary products with water outlet meshes are difficult to clean due to complex structures and require disassembly, which is cumbersome and often necessitates tools, leading to issues with water flow and spray deformation.
Innovation Solution
A water outlet device with a rotatable water outlet panel and body, where the outlet diameter is smaller than the panel, allowing for deformation and easy separation for cleaning without tools, facilitated by a sealing ring and friction enhancement for stable assembly.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the water outlet mesh is integrated into the sanitary product structure, then the product can maintain stable water outlet function, but the cleaning of water outlet mesh becomes difficult and requires disassembly
Solution Approach 1:
The water outlet panel is separated from the main body structure, allowing it to be independently removed for cleaning. The panel can be detached by pulling it outward, enabling easy access to the mesh without disassembling the entire sanitary product.
Solution Approach 2:
The water outlet panel is designed with elastic deformation capability, allowing it to dynamically change shape during insertion and removal. The panel bends elastically to pass through the opening during installation and can be flexed outward during removal, transforming a static rigid structure into a dynamically adaptable component.
2Stability of the object's composition
If the water outlet panel diameter is made larger than the outlet, then the panel can be easily inserted and maintained stably, but the panel cannot be easily removed for cleaning
Solution Approach 1:
The water outlet panel utilizes elastic deformation to overcome the size mismatch between the panel diameter and outlet opening. During insertion, the panel bends elastically to compress and pass through the opening, then returns to its original shape to achieve stable positioning. During removal, the panel is flexed outward to compress again, enabling easy detachment despite the diameter difference.
Solution Approach 2:
The panel's effective diameter is dynamically changed through elastic deformation. When insertion or removal force is applied, the panel's diameter parameter temporarily decreases to match the outlet opening size, allowing passage. Once installed or removed, the panel returns to its original larger diameter for stable positioning or easy handling.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the sanitary product structure is made complex to provide multiple functions, then the product versatility is improved, but the disassembly and assembly process becomes difficult and may require tools
Solution Approach 1:
The water outlet panel is designed as a separable component independent from the main body, allowing it to be removed for cleaning without disassembling other parts of the sanitary product. This segmentation maintains the complex multi-functional structure of the main body while simplifying maintenance operations.
Solution Approach 2:
The water outlet panel, which requires frequent cleaning, is extracted as a separate removable component. This allows the panel to be taken out for cleaning and reinstalled without affecting the rest of the complex sanitary product structure, maintaining versatility while reducing maintenance complexity.
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 quick and tool-free cleaning of the outlet panel by deforming it from the body, maintaining a stable connection and ensuring easy assembly, thus prolonging the device's service life and improving water flow efficiency.
Implementation Method 1
at least one of the water outlet and the water outlet panel is deformable
Implementation Method 2
the water outlet panel under the impact of a water flow can be always clamped in the water outlet
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AI summary
The present invention discloses a water outlet device, including a water outlet body and a water outlet panel relatively rotatably connected to the water outlet body; where the water outlet body has a water outlet chamber, where a diameter of a water outlet of the water outlet chamber is less than a maximum diameter of the water outlet panel, where at least one of the water outlet and the water outlet panel is deformable. The present invention can implement quick disassembly and assembly of the water outlet panel, thereby reducing difficulty of cleaning a water outlet mesh.