Swinging Pipe Adjustable Spraying Angle Mechanism
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing swinging pipes with adjustable spraying angles face difficulties in real-time angle adjustment due to the slow resetting of flexible spraying pipes, which limits their usability in landscaping irrigation.
Innovation Solution
A swinging pipe design featuring a sliding block with articulated connections and a driving chute system that allows for both transverse and inclined driving modes, enabling the flexible spraying pipes to be quickly adjusted between upright and inclined positions using an angle adjusting push rod.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the flexible spraying pipe is made of elastic materials to enable bending and deformation for angle adjustment, then the pipe can be adjusted to different spraying angles, but the pipe needs a long time to reset to an upright state after being bent, which slows down the adjustment speed
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the purely elastic mechanical recovery system with a hybrid system combining mechanical forcing (push rod) and elastic assistance (spring). The push rod provides active mechanical force to quickly reset the sliding block and spraying pipes to the upright position, while the spring maintains continuous elastic force to assist the forcing action and enable rapid return when the forcing action is released.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a composite mechanical system combining two different materials/mechanisms: the elastic material (spring) and the rigid forcing mechanism (push rod). This composite approach allows the system to benefit from both the flexibility and energy storage of elastic materials and the directed, rapid positioning capability of rigid mechanical components.
2Device complexity
If the angle adjusting component pulls the sliding block to move by a transverse angle only, then the structure is simple, but the flexible spraying pipe cannot be adjusted in real time and great inconvenience is brought to the user
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transforms the static or single-mode adjustment mechanism into a dynamic dual-mode mechanism. The angle adjusting component can operate in two distinct modes: transverse angle pulling mode for initial positioning and axial pushing mode for rapid resetting. This dynamic capability allows the system to adapt its operation mode based on the adjustment phase, achieving both real-time adjustability and operational convenience.
Solution Approach 2:
The angle adjusting component is designed to perform multiple functions: it can pull the sliding block transversely for angle adjustment and push it axially for rapid resetting. This multi-functionality allows a single component to address both the initial positioning requirement and the rapid reset requirement, reducing the need for separate dedicated components for each function.
Data Source
AI summary
The invention discloses a swinging pipe with an adjustable spraying angle, structurally including a pipe body, a flexible spraying pipe, a sliding block and the like, and is mainly characterized in that two sides of an inner end of the sliding block are in articulated connection with inner walls of two sides of a sealing cap in an axial reciprocating motion manner, an outer end of the sliding block is movably assembled in a driving chute of an angle adjusting push rod, and lifts by radial reciprocating motion of the angle adjusting push rod; and converting structures are respectively arranged between two sides of the outer end of the sliding block and the inner walls of the two sides of the sealing cap, by the converting structures, lifting motion of the sliding block is converted into axial reciprocating motion, and thus, the top ends of a plurality of flexible spraying pipes are driven to be simultaneously in an upright state or an axial outward inclined state at different angles on a top of the sealing cap. Because the flexible spraying pipe is simultaneously provided with forced resetting structures in a transverse driving mode and an inclined driving mode, during actual use, limitation by manufacturing materials of the flexible spraying pipe is avoided, a using angle of the flexible spraying pipe is conveniently adjusted in real time, a good using effect is achieved, and the swinging pipe brings great convenience for a user during use.