Multifunctional Shower With Push Button Flow Adjustment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional showers have limited functionality and poor user experience due to inconvenient flow adjustment mechanisms, which restrict the versatility of water outflow functions.
Innovation Solution
A multifunctional shower design incorporating a diverter valve, flow adjustment mechanism, and water outflow panel, featuring a movable ceramic disc, toggle bar, and push button to adjust water flow, along with independent spray lance water channels and switching valves for dual-spray lance functions, enhances user experience by allowing seamless switching between shower and spray lance modes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a water outflow switch located away from the shower is used to adjust flow, then the shower has flow adjustment capability, but the shower becomes inconvenient to operate and has limited functions
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the flow adjustment function and spray lance function into a single integrated shower head unit. The water outlet includes both a shower water outlet and a spray lance water outlet, with a push button mechanism that controls both functions simultaneously. This merging eliminates the need for separate control mechanisms and improves operational convenience while maintaining versatility.
Solution Approach 2:
The shower head is designed as a universal device that performs multiple functions: it can operate as a standard shower, as a spray lance, or with adjustable flow rates. The push button mechanism enables the user to switch between these modes and adjust flow without requiring separate devices or complex control systems, thereby enhancing both versatility and ease of operation.
2Adaptability or versatility
If a shower and spray lance are combined to fulfill both functions, then functional versatility is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the shower and spray lance functions into a single integrated water outlet structure. Both the shower water outlet and spray lance water outlet are incorporated into the same shower head body, sharing common internal water channels and a unified push button control mechanism. This merging approach achieves dual functionality while minimizing structural complexity compared to separate devices.
Solution Approach 2:
The shower head is designed as a universal multi-functional device that can operate in multiple modes (shower mode, spray lance mode, and adjustable flow modes) through a single integrated structure. The push button mechanism controls both functions simultaneously, eliminating the need for separate control systems and reducing overall device complexity while maintaining versatility.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The design improves user experience by enabling adjustable water flow and dual-spray lance functions, providing a more versatile and convenient showering experience through intuitive operation and varied water outflow settings.
Implementation Method 1
The flow adjustment mechanism includes a movable ceramic disc, a toggle bar and a push button. The movable ceramic disc is mounted in the mounting cavity and is rotatable relative to the mounting cavity. When the push button is pushed, the toggle bar drives the movable ceramic disc to rotate so as to adjust an overlapping area of an adjustment hole of the movable ceramic disc and the water outlet of the mounting cavity, thereby adjusting the water flow of the shower water outflow cavity.
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AI summary
The application discloses a multifunctional shower. A water inflow channel is formed in a shower body, and a spray nozzle is disposed on the shower body. A water outflow panel is mounted on the shower body. A diverter valve controls the water inflow channel to communicate with a spray lance water outflow cavity or a shower water outflow cavity. A movable ceramic disc of a flow adjustment mechanism is rotatable, and a toggle bar is connected to the movable ceramic disc and a push button that is disposed an outside of the shower body. The water outflow flow of the shower can be adjusted by pushing the push button. The shower has a shower water outflow function, a flow adjustment function and a spray lance water outflow function.