Movable Shower Holder With Integrated Lift and Angle Adjustment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing shower assembly technologies require separate complex mechanisms for lifting adjustment and showerhead angle adjustment, which complicates the design and functionality.
Innovation Solution
A movable holder that integrates both functions using a single mechanism, featuring a transmission seat, damping member, and locking mechanism, allowing for synchronized rotation within a preset angle range to adjust the showerhead's angle and lift position.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If two separate mechanisms are used for lifting adjustment and showerhead angle adjustment, then each function can be achieved independently, but the overall structure becomes complex
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines two separate adjustment mechanisms (lifting adjustment and angle adjustment) into a single integrated mechanism. The transmission seat serves dual purposes: it transmits rotational motion for angle adjustment while simultaneously enabling lifting movement through the locking member's interaction with the guide rail groove. This merging eliminates the need for separate mechanisms, reducing structural complexity while maintaining functional independence.
Solution Approach 2:
The transmission seat is designed as a multi-functional component that performs both angle adjustment and lifting adjustment functions. By incorporating a locking member with a guide rail groove that interacts with the transmission seat, the system allows a single mechanism to achieve multiple adjustment functions, making the component universal and reducing overall device complexity.
2Device complexity
If a single integrated mechanism is used for both lifting and angle adjustment, then structural complexity is reduced, but the operation precision may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The integrated mechanism is segmented into distinct functional zones within the transmission seat: a locking member region for precision lifting control through the guide rail groove, and a rotational transmission region for angle adjustment. The limiting structure further segments the rotation into controlled intervals. This segmentation allows each function to operate with high precision despite being part of a unified mechanism.
Solution Approach 2:
The locking member acts as an intermediary element between the transmission seat's rotational motion and the lifting adjustment function. Through its guide rail groove geometry, it mediates the conversion of rotational input into precise linear lifting motion, ensuring that the integrated mechanism maintains high adjustment precision for both functions simultaneously.
3Stability of the object's composition
If the transmission seat is restricted to rotate only within a preset angle range, then the limiting structure provides stable positioning, but the damping member must rotate relative to the transmission seat when rotating beyond the preset angle range
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically adapts its behavior based on the rotation angle. Within the preset angle range, the limiting structure engages to provide stable positioning through discrete steps. When rotation exceeds this range, the damping member is designed to rotate relative to the transmission seat, allowing continuous rotation while maintaining stability within the controlled range. This dynamic behavior ensures both positioning stability and operational flexibility.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
This integrated mechanism simplifies the design, enhances practicability, and provides smoother operation by enabling both lifting and angle adjustments with a single mechanism, improving user experience and reducing structural complexity.
Implementation Method 1
an elastic member being pressed between the damping member and the showerhead seat assembly
Data Source
AI summary
A movable holder includes a showerhead seat assembly; a mounting frame having a first receiving groove, the showerhead seat assembly being rotatably mounted on the mounting frame, a mating boss being provided on the mounting frame, and a locking member being mounted on the mating boss; a transmission seat movably mounted in the first receiving groove, a limiting structure being provided between the mounting frame and the transmission seat; and a damping member sleeved with the transmission seat by an interference fit and in a relatively rotatable manner and rotated synchronously with the showerhead seat assembly, an elastic member being pressed between the damping member and the showerhead seat assembly. The transmission seat is configured to drive, along with the rotation of the damping member, the locking member to move between a locked position and an unlocked position. A shower assembly includes the movable holder.