Rotating Magnetic Handheld Shower Connector
Solution Overview
Problem
Existing handheld shower connections to wall bases either require vigorous force to detach due to magnetic attraction or rely on non-automatic methods, failing to provide an effort-saving solution for easy installation and removal.
Innovation Solution
A connecting structure featuring a handheld shower with first magnetic members and a wall base with second magnetic members, allowing for magnetic attraction for positioning and rotation-induced magnetic repulsion for effortless detachment, utilizing a separating positioning structure for precise alignment.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If magnetic members are used to connect the shower to the wall base, then the shower can be easily positioned and attached, but the shower becomes difficult to detach requiring vigorous force to overcome magnetic attraction
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies the dynamics principle by making the magnetic poles rotatable relative to each other. The shower head can be rotated to change the orientation of magnetic poles, transitioning from an attracted state (opposite poles facing) to a repelled state (like poles facing). This dynamic reconfiguration allows easy detachment without requiring vigorous force to overcome fixed magnetic attraction.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the magnetic field parameter by rotating the shower head to alter the polarity alignment between magnetic members. By changing the angular position parameter, the system transitions between attraction and repulsion states. This parameter change enables effortless detachment by simply rotating the shower head to a position where like poles face each other, creating magnetic repulsion that pushes the shower away from the wall base.
2Ease of operation
If the shower structure is simple and can be detached by rotation, then ease of operation is improved, but automatic separation through magnetic repulsion cannot be achieved
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies the self-service principle by designing the magnetic pole structure to automatically generate repulsive force when the shower head is rotated. The magnetic members are configured such that rotation automatically positions like poles facing each other, creating magnetic repulsion that self-propels the shower head away from the wall base. This automatic separation eliminates the need for manual pulling or forcing, making the system both easy to operate and automated.
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
Enables effortless and automatic separation of the handheld shower from the wall base by rotating it, reducing the need for vigorous force and enhancing convenience in installation and removal processes.
Implementation Method 1
all or part of the first magnetic member magnetically mating with and attracting a corresponding second magnetic member in the wall base to position the shower on the wall base
Implementation Method 2
the shower being rotatable at a predetermined angle to drive a first magnetic member in the shower to form magnetic repulsion against the corresponding second magnetic member in the wall base
Data Source
AI summary
There is provided a connecting structure for a handheld shower and a wall base in this disclosure, which includes a shower provided with a first magnetic member and a wall base provided with a second magnetic member, all or a part of the first magnetic member magnetically mating with and attracting a corresponding second magnetic member in the wall base to position the shower on the wall base, and the shower being rotatable by a predetermined angle to drive a first magnetic member in the shower to form magnetic repulsion against the corresponding second magnetic member in the wall base.