Straight-Out Ceramic Valve for Anti-Freeze Faucets
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional anti-freezing faucets with ceramic valves experience reduced hydraulic pressure and inefficient water flow due to water having to pass through multiple right angles, leading to incomplete water supply.
Innovation Solution
An improved ceramic valve design featuring an inlet channel extending from the bottom to the middle section of the shaft bolt and horizontal outlet channels on both sides, allowing water to flow directly upward and into the faucet's water pipe without pressure loss.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If water flows through multiple right angles in traditional ceramic valve structure, then water control function is achieved, but hydraulic pressure is reduced and water flow efficiency deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces multiple right-angle turns with a curved flow path that guides water smoothly from the inlet at the bottom of the valve seat, through the ceramic valve core, to the outlet at the top. This curved channel design eliminates sharp angular transitions, reducing flow resistance and hydraulic pressure loss while maintaining effective water control functionality.
2Ease of manufacture
If traditional check copper bolt structure is used, then manufacturing simplicity is maintained, but water flow smoothness and pressure retention are poor
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a curved flow channel design within the ceramic valve structure that guides water smoothly from inlet to outlet without sharp turns. This curved path design significantly improves water flow efficiency and pressure retention compared to traditional straight-bolt structures, while the overall valve assembly remains manufacturable using standard ceramic processing techniques.
3Volume of moving object
If multiple channel turns are required for water flow, then structural compactness is achieved, but water flow rate and pressure are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs a curved flow channel that efficiently guides water through the compact valve body from bottom inlet to top outlet. The curved design minimizes flow resistance and maintains high water flow rates despite the compact structure, eliminating the need for multiple right-angle turns that would increase flow path length and pressure loss.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Ensures smooth water supply without hydraulic pressure reduction, maintaining high flow rates and efficient water distribution.
Implementation Method 1
water in ceramic valve can directly flow upward and enter into inlet channel at middle section of shaft bolt, and then, flow into water pipe of faucet from outlets set around top of water-receiving valve
Data Source
AI summary
An improved structure of straight-out controllable ceramic valve of anti-freezing faucet, which is comprised by cover water-receiving valve seat with open bottom, cylinder water-controlling shaft bolt that one end is covered into shaft hole at center of water-receiving valve seat and a plurality of butterfly outlet control valves, wherein bottom of water-controlling shaft bolt has a protruding tongue embedding into top of bottom butterfly porcelain shard in order to adjust outlets of top and bottom porcelain shard; its features are as follows: an inlet channel extending to middle section of shaft bolt is made at middle section of bottom of water-controlling shaft bolt, horizontal through outlet channel is made at two sides of inlet channel. This straight-out water supply channel structure, because of ceramic valve of top porcelain shard, water can directly flow upward into inlet channel at middle section of the continuous shaft bolt when outlet of bottom porcelain shard is not closed properly, and then enter into pipe of faucet from outlet set around shaft hole at top of cover water-receiving valve seat via horizontal through outlet channel, so that this straight-out channel can supply water directly, no reduction of hydraulic pressure during supplying because of curve of water channel.