Mounting device
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing mounting devices for toilet seat sets are often unstable, leading to unintended separation and difficulty in cleaning, especially in public settings, and they fix the seat in a fixed position, requiring special alignment or structure modifications.
Innovation Solution
A mounting device with a deformable blocking part and actuating lever that allows reversible and adjustable fastening of the toilet seat set to the toilet bowl, ensuring stability and alignment without requiring specific rim or seat modifications, using a connecting segment, rod segment, and actuating lever to secure the seat firmly and align it accurately.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a fixed-position mounting device is used, then the toilet seat set is securely fastened to the toilet bowl, but the seat ring cannot be aligned flush against the rim and requires special structural modifications
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting device transitions from a fixed rigid structure to a dynamic adjustable structure. The rod segment can be positioned at different locations along the connecting segment, and the blocking part can be deformed to enable movement. This allows the device to adapt to different alignment requirements while maintaining secure fastening when positioned correctly.
Solution Approach 2:
The position parameter of the rod segment along the connecting segment can be changed to achieve different alignment positions. The blocking part's deformation state changes from constrained to deformed, enabling the rod to move between positions. This parameter flexibility resolves the contradiction between fixed security and alignment adaptability.
2Reliability
If the mounting device requires operation from behind the toilet bowl, then secure fastening is achieved, but narrow hinge region structure or wide rear rim is required
Solution Approach 1:
The actuating lever serves multiple functions: it can be operated from the front to deform the blocking part for positioning, and also from behind to secure the fastening. This multi-functionality eliminates the need for special structural modifications like narrow hinge regions or wide rear rims, simplifying the overall device structure.
3Ease of manufacture
If plastic or metal devices are clipped or plugged into mounting openings, then installation is simple, but the mounting is relatively unstable and unintended separation can occur
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting device combines a rigid connecting segment with a deformable blocking part made of elastomeric material. This composite construction maintains installation simplicity while the deformable blocking part provides enhanced stability by elastically deforming to lock the rod segment in place, preventing unintended separation.
4Ease of manufacture
If the mounting device uses a fixed position structure, then manufacturing is simplified, but cleaning in the hinge region becomes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The adjustable positioning capability allows the mounting device to be configured to minimize interference with cleaning operations. The rod segment can be positioned optimally along the connecting segment to clear the hinge region, while the deformable blocking part maintains secure fastening. This dynamic adjustment resolves the contradiction between manufacturing simplicity and cleaning accessibility.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The device provides stable and secure attachment of the toilet seat set to the bowl, ensuring resistance to shear forces and allowing easy alignment and positioning, while maintaining a low overall height and concealed operation of the actuating lever for aesthetic and operational benefits.
Implementation Method 1
a deformable blocking part which is fastened to the rod segment at a distance from the connecting segment... an actuating lever which has a clamping position in which the blocking part is deformed in such a way that the blocking part cannot be fed through the mounting opening
Data Source
AI summary
The invention relates to a mounting device for fastening a toilet seat set to a toilet bowl in a reversibly releasable manner, comprising a connecting segment which can be connected to the toilet seat set in a stationary manner, and a rod segment, which is arranged on the connecting segment and which can be fed at least partially through a mounting opening of the toilet bowl. Furthermore, the mounting device has a deformable blocking part, which is fastened to the rod segment (12) at a distance from the connecting segment, wherein the connecting segment and the blocking part can be arranged on opposite sides of the mounting opening when the rod segment is at least partially fed through the mounting opening of the toilet bowl. The mounting device is equipped with an actuating lever, which has a clamping position, in which the blocking part is deformed in such a way that the blocking part cannot be fed through the mounting opening, and a released position, in which the blocking part is deformed sufficiently little that the blocking part can be fed through the mounting opening of the toilet bowl. The rod segment is connected to the connecting segment in a stationary manner in the clamping position and in a translatable manner in the released position, and the rod segment protrudes from the connecting segment at an identical predefined angle in the damping position and in the released position.