Detachable Water Outlet Panel for Easy Scale Cleaning
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing water outlet panels are difficult to remove and clean, especially in areas with hard water where scale can form and block the water outlet ports.
Innovation Solution
A detachable water outlet panel design featuring a panel seat, a water outlet seat with one or more ports, and a disassembly mechanism that allows for easy detachment and reassembly of the water outlet seat, facilitating cleaning and maintenance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If the water outlet panel uses an integrated structure, then the structural strength and stability are improved, but the ease of cleaning and maintenance deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The water outlet panel is divided into multiple detachable components: a panel body, a water outlet component, and a connecting component. This segmentation allows the water outlet component to be removed separately for cleaning while maintaining the overall structural integrity of the panel body, thus resolving the contradiction between structural strength and ease of cleaning.
2Ease of manufacture
If the water outlet panel uses an integrated structure, then the manufacturing simplicity is improved, but the ease of disassembly for maintenance deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The panel is designed with separate modular components (panel body, water outlet component, connecting component) that can be manufactured independently and assembled through simple connecting structures, maintaining manufacturing simplicity while enabling easy disassembly for maintenance.
Solution Approach 2:
The connecting component incorporates a disassembly mechanism that allows the water outlet component to be easily detached from the panel body when needed, transforming the static integrated structure into a dynamically configurable assembly that balances manufacturing simplicity with maintenance accessibility.
3Stability of the object's composition
If the water outlet ports are fixed, then the structural stability is improved, but the ease of cleaning and scale removal deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The water outlet ports are integrated into a separate water outlet component that can be detached from the panel body. This allows the ports to remain structurally stable during normal use while enabling easy removal of the entire water outlet component for scale cleaning and maintenance, resolving the contradiction between structural stability and ease of scale removal.
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AI summary
A water outlet panel, a water outlet panel assembly configured to be connected to a faucet, and the faucet are provided. The water outlet panel comprises a panel seat, a water outlet seat, and a disassembly mechanism. The water outlet seat comprises one or more water outlet ports, and the water outlet seat is detachably disposed on a front side of the panel seat. The water outlet seat is fixedly disposed with a connecting column, and the connecting column is slidably disposed on the panel seat along a detachment direction of the water outlet seat. The disassembly mechanism is operatively and movably disposed on the panel seat to be configured to correspondingly push the connecting column to move so as to achieve detachment of the water outlet seat.