Shower Assembly Adjustable Water Delivery Angle
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional shower assemblies have a fixed top spray that cannot be adjusted in angle or height, leading to poor user experience and inconvenient operation due to the need to accurately position the shower head on a hanging hole.
Innovation Solution
A shower assembly with an adjustable water delivery angle, featuring a movable piece that allows the top spray support arm to be positioned at various angles and heights, and a magnetic attraction mechanism for easy hanging of the shower head, incorporating a clamping and limiting mechanism for secure attachment.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the top spray is fixedly disposed, then the structure is simple, but the water delivery angle and height cannot be adjusted resulting in poor user experience
Solution Approach 1:
The top spray support arm is designed to be rotatable relative to the inlet water pipe, transforming the fixed structure into a dynamic one that can adjust its angle and height. The movable piece enables this rotation while providing positioning limits, allowing the system to adapt to different user needs without excessive complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system is divided into separable components: the inlet water pipe, the rotatable top spray support arm, and the movable piece with limiting function. This segmentation allows independent adjustment of each component while maintaining overall structural simplicity.
2Ease of operation
If the shower head is hung on a fixed hanging hole, then the structure is simple, but the user must accurately find the position resulting in inconvenient operation
Solution Approach 1:
The movable piece is equipped with a magnetic attraction element that automatically guides and holds the shower head in place through magnetic attraction. This self-servicing mechanism eliminates the need for users to precisely locate a hanging hole, as the magnetic field provides both guidance and secure attachment.
Solution Approach 2:
The traditional mechanical hanging hole system is replaced with a magnetic attraction mechanism. The magnetic field provides both positioning guidance and secure attachment, replacing the need for precise mechanical alignment while maintaining structural simplicity.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the top spray support arm is made rotatable for adjustment, then the adaptability is improved, but the arm may deflect uncontrollably resulting in poor stability
Solution Approach 1:
The movable piece pre-establishes limiting positions for the top spray support arm's rotation. These pre-defined limits prevent the arm from rotating beyond safe ranges and ensure stable positioning at predetermined angles, eliminating uncontrollable deflection while maintaining adjustability within the limited range.
Solution Approach 2:
The limiting mechanism in the movable piece provides preliminary counter-action to prevent excessive rotation or deflection of the top spray support arm. By establishing mechanical limits before problematic deflection can occur, the system maintains stability while allowing necessary adjustment range.
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 convenient operation with adjustable water delivery, preventing uncontrollable deflection of the top spray support arm through frictional and pre-tightening forces, resulting in a simple and compact structure.
Implementation Method 1
the movable piece is provided with a first magnetic attraction element; and a shower head, having a shower head channel in communication with the second water outlet, wherein the shower head is provided with a second magnetic attraction element attractable with the first magnetic attraction element
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AI summary
The present invention provides a shower assembly with an adjustable water delivery angle, including: an inlet water pipe, having an inlet water channel and a first water outlet and a second water outlet, both of which are in communication with the inlet water channel; a top spray support arm, rotatably mounted on the inlet water pipe; a movable piece, movably disposed on the inlet water pipe and connecting the top spray support arm to the inlet water pipe in a limiting manner, wherein when the movable piece moves to a first position, the top spray support arm rotates around the inlet water pipe; when the movable piece moves to a second position, the top spray support arm is limited along a circumference of the inlet water pipe, wherein the movable piece is provided with a first magnetic attraction element.