Rotary Water Pump Mount for Adjustable Outlet Orientation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing water pump installation structures have fixed orientations for the water outlet, making it difficult to connect with pipelines, leading to increased costs and inefficiencies due to the need for bends or flexible pipes.
Innovation Solution
A water pump installation structure with a rotary shaft and base that allows the pump body to rotate 360 degrees, enabling adjustable positioning and orientation of the water outlet for convenient pipeline connection, while maintaining secure assembly and disassembly.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Stability of the object's composition
If the installation base and pump case are fixed together integrally or via screws, then the assembly is stable and secure, but the water outlet position and direction become fixed and unadjustable
Solution Approach 1:
The pump body is made rotatable relative to the installation base through a rotary shaft mechanism, transforming the fixed assembly into a dynamic one. The rotary shaft allows the pump body to rotate 360 degrees while remaining securely connected, enabling adjustment of water outlet direction without compromising assembly stability.
Solution Approach 2:
The assembly is divided into separable components: the installation base, the rotary shaft, and the pump body. This segmentation allows the pump body to be rotated and positioned independently while maintaining a secure connection through the rotary shaft, resolving the contradiction between fixed assembly and adjustable orientation.
2Device complexity
If the water outlet orientation is fixed perpendicular to the installation base, then the pump structure is simple, but pipeline connection becomes difficult requiring bends or flexible pipes
Solution Approach 1:
The rotary shaft mechanism enables the pump body to rotate dynamically, allowing the water outlet to be oriented in any direction. This simple rotational mechanism avoids the need for complex pipeline bends or flexible pipes, maintaining pump structure simplicity while greatly improving pipeline connection convenience.
Solution Approach 2:
The rotary shaft adds a rotational degree of freedom to the pump assembly, allowing the water outlet to be positioned in multiple directions. This dimensional change enables direct connection to pipelines from various angles without requiring additional pipeline components.
3Device complexity
If the pump body is fixed in position, then the assembly structure is simple, but the water outlet cannot be adjusted to connect with pipelines from different directions
Solution Approach 1:
The rotary shaft mechanism provides a simple yet effective way to make the pump body rotatable. This dynamic element allows the water outlet to be positioned flexibly in different directions while keeping the overall assembly structure simple and easy to manufacture.
4Device complexity
If the water outlet direction is fixed, then no additional adjustment mechanisms are needed, but elbows or flexible pipes must be used increasing equipment cost and water flow consumption
Solution Approach 1:
By making the pump body rotatable through the rotary shaft, the system eliminates the need for pipeline elbows or flexible pipes. This dynamic adjustment capability allows direct connection to pipelines, reducing water flow consumption and eliminating energy losses associated with bends and flexible connections.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of using harmful pipeline bends or flexible pipes that cause energy loss, the invention converts the fixed pump structure into a rotatable one. This transformation allows the pump to be oriented directly toward the pipeline, eliminating the harmful effects of bends and flexible connections on water flow.
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AI summary
The invention relates to an installation structure of a water pump applied to an aquarium, a garden pond or an aquaculture pond, the installation structure includes a pump body which is provided with a water outlet and an installation base. The installation base is provided with a rotary shaft hole; the pump body is provided with a rotary shaft which is installed in the rotary shaft hole and is rotatable around the rotary shaft hole. When using the water pump with this kind of structure after the installation base is fixed, position and direction of the water outlet is still adjustable by the pump body via rotation of the rotary shaft, so as to achieve a better connection with a pipeline, thereby solving a problem that an elbow is to be relied upon or the pipeline would bend during connection; meanwhile, smoothness of the pipeline facilitates reduction of water flow consumption, and improvement of operation efficiency of the water pump.