Drinking apparatus
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Solution Overview
Problem
Water dispensers suffer from low reliability due to silicone pipeline failures, such as tube breakage and water leakage, and lack automation and modularization in production, leading to inefficient factory operations.
Innovation Solution
A drinking apparatus with integrated water inlet, outlet, and treatment devices, utilizing a first and second flow passageway assembly to connect water sources, treatment components, and outlets, enhancing reliability and production efficiency through modular assembly and simplified construction.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If silicone pipeline is used to connect cooling tank and heating tank, then water intake function is achieved, but reliability is low and quality problems such as tube breakage and water leakage occur easily
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the water inlet and water outlet functions into a single integrated water inlet device, eliminating the need for separate silicone pipelines to connect cooling and heating tanks. The integrated device includes a housing with internally formed flow passageways that directly convey water from the water source to both tanks, thereby removing the unreliable silicone pipeline connections and preventing water leakage and tube breakage.
2Productivity
If manual assembly is used for factory operation, then low integration degree is maintained, but production efficiency is low and automation cannot be realized
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the water dispensing system into distinct modular components: a water source, an integrated water inlet device, a water treatment device, and a water outlet device. Each component can be manufactured separately and then assembled together, enabling automated production processes. The modular structure allows for standardized assembly operations, facilitating automation and significantly improving production efficiency.
Solution Approach 2:
The integrated water inlet device serves multiple functions simultaneously: it acts as a water source connection point, contains flow passageways for water distribution, provides structural support, and facilitates assembly with other components. This multi-functionality reduces the number of separate parts that need to be assembled manually, thereby enabling automated production and improving productivity.
3Ease of manufacture
If integrated design is implemented, then assembly efficiency is improved and production costs are reduced, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple functional elements into the integrated water inlet device, including the housing, flow passageways, and connection interfaces. This merging reduces the total number of separate components that need to be assembled, thereby improving assembly efficiency and reducing production costs despite the increased integration degree within the single device.
Data Source
AI summary
Provided are a drinking apparatus including a water treatment device, a water inlet device, and a water outlet device. The water inlet device has a water source port, a water treatment port, a water outlet port, and a first flow passageway assembly. The first flow passageway assembly is configured to guide water from the water source to flow to the water treatment device and water outlet device. The water outlet device has a second flow passageway assembly, a first port, and a second port. One of the first port and the second port is configured to be connected to the water inlet device, and another one of the first port and the second port is configured to be connected to a water outlet component. The first port and the second port are in communication with each other via the second flow passageway assembly.