Shower Head Toroidal Pulsator and Magnetic Ring
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing showering devices fail to produce a full and wide spray at low pressure while minimizing water consumption, and do not effectively address mechanical needs such as skin massage and hair care during showering, while also improving water quality by activating or naturalizing water crystals and removing harmful substances.
Innovation Solution
A shower arm with a torus regulator and magnetic ring, featuring a cylindrical body, barrel-shaped head, and a mixing element with radial cut-outs, which mixes water and air to create a wide spray at low pressure, incorporates a ring with massage pins and a magnetic ring to shape water crystals, reducing water flow and allowing for mechanical massage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If water/air mixing is used to reduce water consumption, then water flow is reduced, but spray quality and coverage may deteriorate at low pressure
Solution Approach 1:
The shower head is divided into multiple functional zones: a toroidal pulsator element that segments water flow into pulsating streams, multiple spray outlets arranged in specific patterns, and air mixing chambers that segment the water-air mixture. This segmentation allows each zone to optimize its function while maintaining overall spray quality at reduced water consumption.
Solution Approach 2:
The toroidal pulsator creates periodic pulsating water flow through its unique toroidal geometry and internal channel design. This periodic action generates varying pressure zones that enhance water-air mixing efficiency and maintain spray dispersion quality even at low overall water consumption levels.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple spray functions are integrated into one device, then versatility is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The shower head integrates multiple functions into a single device: water/air mixing for spray generation, mechanical massage through protruding elements, magnetic water treatment, and adjustable spray patterns through the toroidal pulsator. This multi-functionality is achieved through carefully arranged components rather than separate devices, maintaining relatively simple overall structure while providing diverse spray options.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention merges the water flow control function, air mixing function, mechanical massage function, and magnetic treatment function into a single integrated shower head assembly. The toroidal pulsator combines flow regulation and spray pattern control, while the ring with protrusions integrates mechanical massage with the spray outlets, and the magnetic ring is positioned to treat water without requiring separate housing.
3Reliability
If a large diameter nozzle is used to avoid clogging, then reliability is improved, but spray dispersion and coverage are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The invention uses air injection and water-air mixing to enhance spray dispersion. By introducing air into the water flow through the toroidal pulsator and mixing chambers, the system creates a dispersed water-air spray that achieves wide coverage even with relatively large nozzle diameters that resist clogging. The pneumatic assistance compensates for the reduced surface area effect.
Solution Approach 2:
The spray system transitions from purely liquid flow in a single dimension to a water-air two-phase flow system. This dimensional change in the fluid medium allows the spray to expand and disperse in multiple directions, achieving wide coverage area while maintaining large nozzle openings that are resistant to clogging by limescale.
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
The solution achieves a reduced water flow and consumption, provides effective mechanical massage, and improves water quality by shaping water crystals, even at low pressure, while maintaining a wide spray pattern and efficient water use.
Implementation Method 1
a magnetic ring that has influence on shaping a natural shape of water crystals
Implementation Method 2
The mixing of water and air contributes to a reduced water flow when the spray is perfectly shaped
Data Source
AI summary
The invention relates to a shower arm with a torus regulator and a magnetic ring that is comprised of a body (1) with a body head (25), a bell (2), a cover (3), a torus (4), a mixing element (5), a ring (6), a pin (7) and a barrier (9) on the cover, a barrier (8) and a nozzle (10) on the bell, a cavity (11) for water inlet, an inlet (12) of water into the shower head (25), a space (13), a gap (14) on the mixing element, a chamber (15), gaskets (16) and (17), a thread (18), a space (19) for directed flow, pins (20) and a groove (21) on the ring, a groove (22) on the bell, a thread (23) for connecting a hose, a support surface (24), a magnetic ring (26) and an output spray (27) of water and air. When the water circulates within the space (19) underneath the torus (4), negative pressure—vacuum occurs from both the internal and the external sides of the torus cross-section that conditions suction of the air from the chamber (15) of the cone of the bell (2). This air is suctioned through the nozzle (10). In the space below the mixing element (5) the air and the water swirl which alternately enter into the air/water mixture and form a wide conical spray (27). The bell is provided with the groove (22), into which the ring (6) with pins (20) is tightly inserted. The pins are made from a soft material and serve for mechanical massage of the skin and the crown of the hair. On the other side in the ring there is the groove (21), into which the magnetic ring (26) is inserted. Its role is to normalize the water crystals and to arrange them into a natural shape. The nozzle (10) for spray outlet has an orifice large enough in order not to clog due to impurities in the water and limescale.