Shower Head Assembly With Movable Face Plate For Tool-Free Interior Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current shower heads are not designed for easy disassembly or cleaning, leading to the accumulation and spread of disease-causing agents like mold and bacteria within the shower head, requiring professional plumbing skills and tools to access and clean the interior, which is particularly challenging for elderly individuals or those with limited abilities.
Innovation Solution
A shower head design with a movable face plate that can pivot, swing, or slide to access the interior without tools, allowing for easy cleaning and disinfection, and a regulating device that can be adjusted or removed for maintenance, facilitating the removal of particulate matter and disease-causing agents.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the shower head is designed with a fixed sealed structure, then water-tightness is improved, but accessibility to the interior for cleaning becomes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The shower head is divided into separate components: a body, a faceplate, and an interior chamber. The faceplate can be detached from the body to provide access to the interior chamber for cleaning purposes, while maintaining water-tightness when assembled. This segmentation allows the structure to serve dual functions of being sealed during operation and accessible during maintenance.
2Ease of operation
If the shower head structure is made complex to enable disassembly, then accessibility for cleaning is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The faceplate is extracted as a separate removable component from the main body. This simple extraction approach enables easy access to the interior chamber without requiring complex disassembly mechanisms. The faceplate can be easily removed and reattached, providing accessibility for cleaning while maintaining overall structural simplicity.
3Reliability
If professional plumbing tools are required for disassembly, then connection reliability is improved, but ease of repair deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The shower head is designed to be self-serviceable by ordinary users without requiring professional plumbing assistance. The faceplate can be easily removed and reattached by hand, allowing users to clean the interior chamber themselves. This eliminates the need for specialized tools or expertise while maintaining reliable connections through proper design of the engagement interface.
Data Source
AI summary
A shower head is disclosed that includes means for accessing its interior. A method for accessing the interior of the shower head is also disclosed. The shower head includes a main body with an interior, a proximal water receiving end for connecting to a water source and a distal water dispensing end. A face plate is movably affixed to the water dispensing end. The face plate has openings for water to pass therethrough to reach a user. The face plate is movable between a closed position where the face plate closes the distal water dispensing end of the main body and an open position where the face plate is displaced away from the distal water dispensing end of the main body to access the interior of the main body. The interior of the shower head is therefore easily accessible without the need for tools or plumbing expertise. The shower head may include a regulating device, also easily accessible, for controlling the flow or for treating the water passing therethrough.