Flush Actuating Plate with Translational Pivot for Cistern Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional actuating devices for concealed cisterns, especially those flush-mounted, pose difficulties in accessing and refilling fragrance or cleaning agents due to complex installation and limited accessibility, making it hard to maintain and refill the contents within the cistern.
Innovation Solution
The actuating device features an actuating plate with spaced webs on its rear side, allowing for a translational movement followed by pivoting, with a pivot axis parallel to the mounting frame, enabling easy access to the inspection opening for filling and maintaining the container, and utilizing magnetic closure elements for secure fixation without visible screws.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Stability of the object's composition
If the actuating plate is fixed rigidly to the mounting frame, then the structural stability is improved, but the accessibility to the inspection opening for refilling cleaning agents deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The actuating plate is designed with a movable connection to the mounting frame, allowing it to pivot between a closed position (covering the inspection opening) and an open position (providing access for refilling). This dynamic configuration enables the plate to transition from a stable, fixed appearance to an accessible, open state, resolving the contradiction between structural stability and ease of operation.
2Ease of operation
If the actuating plate is designed to pivot with axis parallel to the mounting frame, then the ease of operation for refilling is improved, but the device complexity increases due to the web and pivot mechanism
Solution Approach 1:
The actuating plate is divided into multiple segments or webs connected by pivot points, allowing it to fold open in a stepwise manner. This segmentation enables the plate to provide adequate access for refilling while using simple hinge-like connections rather than complex mechanical mechanisms, thus improving ease of operation without excessive complexity.
3Ease of repair
If the actuating plate is made detachable from the mounting frame, then the ease of repair and maintenance is improved, but the reliability of the closed position deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The connection between the actuating plate and mounting frame is designed as a dynamic, reversible attachment mechanism that provides secure fixation during normal operation (maintaining reliability of closed position) but allows for easy detachment when maintenance is needed. This dynamic connection resolves the contradiction between ease of repair and closed position reliability.
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AI summary
The invention relates to an actuating device for a concealed cistern (2) with a mounting frame (4) defining an opening (5) which is associated with an inspection opening (6) of the concealed cistern (2), an actuating plate (8) which has at least one operating element for triggering a water flush, and a container (10) to be arranged in the interior of the concealed cistern (2) for receiving a fragrance and/or cleaning agent (12), wherein the actuating plate (8) is movably mounted on the mounting frame (4) in order to allow access to the container (10) and to fill it with the or new fragrance and/or cleaning agent (12).The technical problem of providing an actuating device that enables easy release of the inspection opening (6) and thus convenient filling of the container (10) with water cleaning agent (12), and is suitable for actuating plates (8) that are flush with the wall, is solved according to the invention by the actuating plate (8) having at least two spaced-apart webs (14) on its rear side, by means of which the actuating plate (8) is mounted on the mounting frame (4) in such a way that the actuating plate (8) can first be moved from a position closing the inspection opening (6) to a position releasing the inspection opening (6) by a translational movement and subsequent pivoting, wherein the pivot axis of the actuating plate (8) runs essentially parallel to an opening plane defined by the mounting frame (4).