Rotatable Water Outlet Panel for Easy Screen Cleaning
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing multi-functional sanitary products face difficulties in cleaning the water outlet screen due to complex structures and integrated housings, leading to scale adhesion and clogging, which complicates disassembly and assembly, thereby affecting the water flow and spray quality.
Innovation Solution
A water flow shaper with a water outlet body and a rotatable water outlet panel, where the inner diameter of the outlet is smaller than the panel's maximum diameter, featuring a clearance opening for easy fitting and detachment, allowing quick assembly and disassembly without tools.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Shape
If an integrated external housing is used to ensure product appearance integrity, then the appearance quality is improved, but the difficulty of disassembling and assembling the water outlet screen increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the water outlet structure into separable components: the water outlet body and the water outlet screen. The screen can be independently removed from the body through the clearance opening, allowing maintenance without disassembling the entire integrated housing. This segmentation enables easy cleaning while preserving the overall integrated appearance of the product.
2Stability of the object's composition
If the inner diameter of the water outlet is made smaller than the maximum diameter of the water outlet panel, then the water outlet panel can be retained in the water outlet body, but the clearance opening must be precisely positioned to allow panel removal
Solution Approach 1:
The water outlet panel is nested within the water outlet body, with the panel's maximum diameter being larger than the outlet's inner diameter. This nesting relationship allows the panel to be retained in the body during normal operation. The clearance opening provides a removal path that enables the panel to be extracted when needed, combining retention with removable access.
3Ease of operation
If the minimum distance from the clearance opening to the axis center of the water outlet is greater than the radius of the water outlet, then the water outlet panel can be detached through the clearance opening, but the structural design becomes more constrained
Solution Approach 1:
The clearance opening is positioned at a specific radial distance from the outlet axis, creating a dimensional pathway for panel removal. By locating the opening at a distance greater than the outlet radius, the design creates a geometric pathway that allows the panel to be extracted radially without interfering with the outlet's central water flow path, thus enabling detachability while maintaining functional integrity.
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AI summary
The present invention discloses a water flow shaper including a water outlet body and a water outlet panel rotatably connected to the water outlet body, where the water outlet body is provided with a water outlet chamber, the water outlet chamber is provided with a water outlet, and an inner diameter of the water outlet is smaller than a maximum diameter of the water outlet panel; and the water outlet is provided with a clearance opening, such that the water outlet panel can be fitted into or detached from the water outlet through the clearance opening. In the present invention, the water outlet panel can be quickly assembled and disassembled, and the difficulty of cleaning a water outlet screen is reduced.