Press-Touch Pop-Up Stopper With Detachable Cleaning Structure
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional press touch pop-up stoppers face difficulties in cleaning due to integrally formed components, leading to jamming of hair and soap residues, which impede proper water flow and shut-off functionality.
Innovation Solution
A press touch pop-up stopper design featuring a pipe set and a stopper assembly with a vertical connecting structure that allows easy disengagement and reconnection, enabling quick cleaning by using an elastic or magnetic connecting mechanism to separate and reconnect the components.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If the stopper assembly and pipe set are integrally formed, then the structure is simpler and more compact, but cleaning becomes difficult due to jamming of hair and soap remains
Solution Approach 1:
The invention divides the stopper assembly and pipe set into separate, detachable components. The stopper assembly can be removed from the pipe set through a vertical connecting structure that allows easy separation and reconnection, enabling independent cleaning of each component without disassembling internal mechanisms.
2Ease of operation
If the stopper assembly is made detachable for easy cleaning, then cleaning becomes easier, but the connection and disconnection mechanisms add structural complexity
Solution Approach 1:
The invention extracts the connecting function into a separate vertical connecting structure that can be easily engaged and disengaged. This connecting structure includes guide members and positioning features that simplify the attachment and detachment processes while maintaining structural integrity during operation.
3Reliability
If the stopper assembly is pressed downward to close the outlet, then water flow is stopped, but hair and soap remains may be jammed in the integrally formed components
Solution Approach 1:
By separating the stopper assembly from the pipe set, the invention allows hair and soap remains to be removed with the stopper assembly when detached, preventing jamming in the drainage system. The segmentation enables complete removal of the stopper assembly for thorough cleaning of all surfaces that contact water and debris.
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
Facilitates easy cleaning and maintenance, ensuring smooth operation by preventing obstructions and reducing the risk of damage during disconnection and reconnection, thus maintaining effective water control.
Implementation Method 1
using an elastic or magnetic connecting mechanism to separate and reconnect the components
Implementation Method 2
using an elastic or magnetic connecting mechanism to separate and reconnect the components
Data Source
AI summary
A press touch pop-up stopper is used in a basin and contains a pipe set fixed in an opening of a bottom end of the basin and including a hole disposed therein and having an outlet fixed on a top end of the hole; a stopper assembly received in the pipe set and including a plug, after the plug is pressed, it bounces automatically to turn on the outlet so as to flow water, after the plug is pressed again, it closing the outlet to stop flowing the water; a vertical connecting structure defined between the pipe set and the stopper assembly so that when the stopper assembly is pulled upward, it disengages from the pipe set, and when the stopper assembly is pressed downward to be received in the pipe set, it is connected with the pipe set.