Pivotable Shower Head Switching Spray Modes
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional shower fixtures lack versatility, offering only a shower head or spray head, resulting in limited showering experiences and failing to meet user demands for variety.
Innovation Solution
A shower apparatus with a pivotable member and pivotal axle that allows for multiple output functions by pivoting, creating different flow channels and outlets to provide various spray patterns, such as waterfall-like or spray streams, based on user preference.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a conventional shower fixture uses only a shower head or spray head, then the structure is simple, but the variety of spray patterns is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The shower apparatus integrates multiple spray patterns (shower head, spray head, waterfall-like stream) within a single device. The main body contains both a first outlet for shower/spray modes and a second outlet for waterfall-like stream mode, allowing one device to perform multiple functions that would traditionally require separate fixtures
Solution Approach 2:
The pivotable member can rotate between different positions to switch between spray patterns. When rotated to a first position, it directs water through the first outlet for shower/spray modes; when rotated to a second position, it directs water through the second outlet for waterfall-like stream mode, providing dynamic adaptability
2Adaptability or versatility
If a shower fixture provides multiple spray patterns, then user satisfaction increases, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The internal flow path is segmented into separate channels: a first flow channel leading to the first outlet and a second flow channel leading to the second outlet. The isolating member within the pivotal axle divides the inner space to form these separate channels, allowing independent control of different spray patterns without complex mixing mechanisms
Solution Approach 2:
The pivotal axle acts as an intermediary mechanism that controls water flow distribution. By rotating the pivotal axle, the user switches between connecting the first flow channel or second flow channel to the inlet, thereby selecting different spray patterns without direct mechanical intervention in the water flow paths
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enhances showering experience by providing multiple output functions, satisfying user demands and increasing fun during showering through adjustable water flow patterns.
Implementation Method 1
The pivotable member is pivotally connected to the main body and adapted to be operated to pivot relative to the main body... When the pivotable member is manipulated to pivot relative to the main body, the pivotal axle is simultaneously pivoted in the same direction in the receiving space
Data Source
AI summary
A shower apparatus includes a pivotable member and a main body having a receiving space, an inlet communicating with the receiving space, and a first outlet. A first communicating hole is located at a connection site between the receiving space and the inlet in the main body. The pivotable member is pivotally connected to the main body and is manipulated to pivot relative to the main body and includes a pivotal axle disposed in the receiving space and a second outlet. When the pivotable member is pivoted relative to the main body, the pivotal axle is simultaneously pivoted in the same direction in the receiving space. The pivotal axle has a tube body, an isolating member, a second communicating hole, and a third communicating hole. The isolating member is fixed in the tube body to divide an inner space of the tube body separately into a first flow channel and a second flow channel. When the first communicating hole communicates with either the second communicating hole or the third communicating hole, water flows through one of the first flow channel or the second flow channel, thereby the water is outputted through one of the first outlet and the second outlet.