Rotating Water Outlet Structure for Flexible Purifier Installation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing water purifiers have a fixed or limitedly rotatable water outlet, restricting installation positions and causing inconvenience due to limited adjustability.
Innovation Solution
A water purifier with a rotating device and adjusting mechanism that allows the water outlet unit to be freely rotated and adjusted in height, enabling versatile positioning and reducing wear on parts.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the water outlet is fixed to the main body or installed at a set angle of rotation, then the structure is simple and stable, but the installation position is restricted and user convenience is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The water outlet unit is transformed from a fixed structure to a dynamically adjustable one through the rotating device. The rotating bracket enables continuous rotation around the vertical axis, allowing the water outlet to adapt to various installation positions and user needs, directly resolving the contradiction between adaptability and structural simplicity.
Solution Approach 2:
The water outlet structure is divided into separate functional components: the main body, the rotating bracket, and the water outlet unit. This segmentation allows independent rotation of the water outlet unit while keeping the main body stable, achieving versatility without requiring complete structural redesign.
2Ease of operation
If the water outlet is fixed at an upper portion of the main body, then the structure is stable and simple, but the height adjustment is limited and usability is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The adjusting device transforms the static water outlet position into a dynamically adjustable one. The moving bracket can slide vertically along the rotating bracket, enabling height adjustment while maintaining rotational capability, thus improving ease of operation without excessive complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The moving bracket acts as an intermediary component between the rotating bracket and the water outlet unit. It provides the height adjustment function while being guided by the rotating bracket's structure, allowing independent vertical movement without affecting the rotational mechanism.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the water outlet unit is made rotatable, then the installation flexibility is improved, but the friction and wear on parts increase
Solution Approach 1:
The rotation guide uses a groove structure that allows smooth rotational movement with minimal friction. The groove geometry is designed to reduce contact area and friction between the rotating bracket and the fixed bracket, thereby reducing wear while maintaining rotational adaptability.
Solution Approach 2:
The friction-based rotational constraint is replaced with a guided rotation system using the rotation guide groove. This substitution reduces direct frictional contact and wear, improving reliability while preserving the position adjustability function.
Data Source
AI summary
Provided is a water purifier capable of freely changing a water outlet position, the water purifier including a water purifier body, a water outlet unit connected to the water purifier body, and including a manipulator configured to control the water purifier body and a water outlet nozzle configured to supply clean water to an outside of the water purifier body in connection with the manipulator, and a rotating device provided between the water purifier body and the water outlet unit and configured to rotate the water outlet unit, wherein the rotating device includes a fixed bracket and a rotating bracket provided to rotate relative to the fixed bracket to rotate the water outlet unit.