Water Filtration Seat Body and Flow Guide Adapter Design
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing water filtration systems face manufacturing challenges due to demolding problems caused by blocking walls in the seat body's main passageway, which complicates the production of systems with multiple filter cartridges connected in series.
Innovation Solution
A water filtration system design featuring a seat body with a main passageway and flow guide adapters that allow for easy connection and guidance of water flow through multiple filter cartridges without the need for complex cut-throughs, enabling the system to be formed in one piece without demolding issues.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If blocking walls are employed in the main passageway of the seat body to guide water flow to filter cartridges in series, then the water flow can be guided through multiple filter cartridges, but the seat body cannot be manufactured due to demolding problem
Solution Approach 1:
The blocking walls are extracted from the seat body and relocated to the flow guide adapter. This allows the seat body to be manufactured as a simple, demoldable component while the flow guide adapter (which can be made in one piece) contains the blocking walls to guide water flow through the filter cartridges in series.
Solution Approach 2:
The system is segmented into two separate components: the seat body and the flow guide adapter. The seat body provides the structural support and basic passageways, while the flow guide adapter provides the flow guidance function with blocking walls. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized for its specific function and manufactured independently without demolding problems.
2Reliability
If a common board with multiple filter cartridges mounted is used, then water filtration can be achieved, but the structure becomes complex and requires a tubing system for connection
Solution Approach 1:
The flow guide adapter merges multiple functions into a single component: it guides water flow, connects to the seat body, and directs flow to multiple filter cartridges. This eliminates the need for separate tubing connections between cartridges, simplifying the overall structure while maintaining reliable water filtration through multiple cartridges in series.
3Reliability
If the seat body is designed to support multiple filter cartridges with series water flow, then water purification efficiency is improved, but the manufacturing process becomes difficult due to demolding issues
Solution Approach 1:
The complex flow guidance features (blocking walls) are extracted from the seat body and placed in the flow guide adapter. This allows the seat body to be formed as a simple, demoldable component that still supports multiple filter cartridges, while the flow guide adapter (made in one piece) provides the series flow guidance needed for efficient water purification.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The system effectively supports multiple filter cartridges, ensuring efficient water purification while simplifying the structure and manufacturing process, making it easier to produce and maintain.
Implementation Method 1
the flow guiding portion is configured to guide water flow from the interior tunnel to the first filter cartridge and then back to the main passageway of the seat body
Implementation Method 2
a water filtration system is equipped with a plurality of filter cartridges for water purification
Data Source
AI summary
A water filtration system includes at least one filter cartridge, a seat body and a flow guide adapter. The seat body has a connecting portion defining two passages respectively connected downward to water inlet and outlet of the filter cartridge. The seat body further has a main passageway that has two apertures in communication with the passages of the connecting portion. The flow guide adapter is inserted in an entrance of the main passageway of the seat body, and has a tube fitting portion, a flow guiding portion integrally extending from the tube fitting portion, and an interior tunnel extending through the tube fitting portion to the flow guiding portion for receiving water flow from a conduit. In particular, the flow guiding portion guides water flow from the interior tunnel to the filter cartridge and then back to the main passageway of the seat body.