Detachable Valve Assembly for Easy Replacement in Tight Spaces
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Solution Overview
Problem
Integrated valves are inconvenient to install and replace, especially in small spaces, and can suffer from damage and rust, leading to resource wastage due to their non-detachable design.
Innovation Solution
A detachable valve design featuring a main body and connecting pipe connected through a limiting assembly with clamping rings and holding rings, allowing for easy replacement and installation, with ratchet surfaces and meshing tooth surfaces to prevent rotation and ensure stability.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If an integrated valve design is used, then the valve structure is simple and robust, but the valve is inconvenient to install and replace, especially in small spaces
Solution Approach 1:
The valve is divided into separate components: a valve body and a connecting pipe, connected through a connecting assembly. This segmentation allows the valve to be installed in two stages - first connecting the connecting pipe to the water pipe, then connecting the valve body to the connecting pipe - making installation in small spaces much easier while maintaining structural integrity through the connecting assembly with clamping rings and holding rings
2Ease of repair
If an integrated valve is used, then the valve is durable, but the entire valve must be replaced when local structure is damaged, rusted or oxidized
Solution Approach 1:
By separating the valve into a valve body and connecting pipe connected through a connecting assembly, only the damaged component needs to be replaced. The connecting assembly with its clamping rings and holding rings allows easy disconnection and replacement of individual parts, reducing resource waste while maintaining overall valve functionality
Solution Approach 2:
The detachable design allows the undamaged portions of the valve system to be recovered and reused. When one component becomes damaged or corroded, only that specific component is replaced while the other components remain in service, thereby reducing material waste and extending the overall system lifecycle
3Ease of operation
If a detachable connection is used, then the valve is easy to install and replace, but the connection stability may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The connecting assembly incorporates preliminary action through its ratchet surfaces and meshing tooth surfaces that are pre-configured to engage and prevent rotation. The clamping rings are designed with clamping sides that contact the limiting surfaces of the holding rings, creating inherent rotational limitation that ensures connection stability before the valve is even put into service
Solution Approach 2:
The ratchet surfaces arranged in an encircling manner around the clamping rings create a curved, interlocking engagement pattern. This curved geometry of the ratchet teeth and meshing surfaces provides mechanical interlocking that prevents rotational movement while allowing easy assembly, thereby maintaining connection stability without compromising ease of installation
Data Source
AI summary
A detachable valve is disclosed. The detachable valve comprises a main body, a connecting pipe and a connecting assembly. The main body is connected to the connecting pipe in a detachable manner through the connecting assembly.