Quick-Install Structure for Rotatable Flexible Pipes in Faucet Body Cores
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing screw-threaded structure for connecting flexible pipes with faucet bodies is inefficient, prone to unintentional detachment, and has low yield, leading to unfriendly installation experiences.
Innovation Solution
A quick installation structure featuring snap grooves, sealing rings, and a rotatable connection system with a nut and snap ring, allowing for easy assembly and secure attachment of water pipes to a body core, enabling 360° rotation without detachment.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If screw-threaded structure is used for connecting flexible pipe with faucet body, then connection strength is ensured, but installation efficiency is reduced and unintentional detachment may occur
Solution Approach 1:
The connection structure is divided into separate functional components: snap grooves for positioning, sealing rings for sealing, and nuts for locking. This segmentation allows each component to perform its specific function efficiently, enabling quick installation while maintaining reliable connections through the coordinated action of these modular elements.
Solution Approach 2:
The connection structure transitions from a static screw-threaded mechanism to a dynamic snap-fit system with rotational capability. The water pipes can rotate 360 degrees within the body core while maintaining secure connection through the snap grooves and nuts, providing both installation flexibility and connection stability without the complexity of threading operations.
2Strength
If screw-threaded structure is used, then connection strength is maintained, but the nuts are not flexible enough causing low installation efficiency
Solution Approach 1:
The nuts are designed with rotational freedom, allowing them to rotate 360 degrees during installation to accommodate different pipe orientations. This dynamic capability makes the nuts more flexible and easier to install while maintaining connection strength through the snap-fit mechanism and positioning grooves rather than relying solely on threaded engagement.
3Reliability
If screw-threaded structure is used, then connection is secured, but the structure is complex and unfriendly to installation
Solution Approach 1:
The connection system is segmented into distinct functional elements (snap grooves, sealing rings, nuts) that can be independently manufactured and assembled. This segmentation simplifies the overall structure compared to integrated screw-threaded connections, making each component easier to produce and install while maintaining secure connection through their coordinated function.
Solution Approach 2:
The complex screw-threaded mechanical system is replaced with a simpler snap-fit mechanism combined with rotational locking. This substitution eliminates the need for precise threading operations and reduces structural complexity while maintaining connection security through the snap grooves and nut rotation mechanism.
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AI summary
A quick installation structure for a body core with rotatable flexible pipe water pipes includes a body core and at least two water pipes connected thereto. The water pipes include snap grooves and sealing rings. The body core includes at least two pipe holes for water pipes and a gasket insertion groove perpendicular to and communicates with the pipe holes for a gasket Another end of the water pipe is alternatively connected to a nut which includes a smooth section and an end surface beside the smooth section, the water pipes pass through the nut and are restricted by the end surface, the snap groove passes through the nut and is exposed out of the nut, an snap ring is inserted into the snap groove, so that the water pipes and the nut are rotatably connected to the body core without detachment.