Threaded Fluid Channel Valve Core for Easier Tap Maintenance
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional valve cores in taps are complex, making maintenance cumbersome and prone to part loss or damage, leading to potential leakage issues due to excessive structural complexity.
Innovation Solution
A simplified valve core assembly featuring a fluid channel structure with a base and connector, integrated with a valve housing member, actuating member, control plate, moving plate, static plate, and sealing member, designed for easier assembly and disassembly, with threaded connecting elements and guiding structures to reduce noise and enhance sealing.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If conventional valve cores use complex structure of various moving and static elements, then the valve core can regulate water flow effectively, but the maintenance becomes cumbersome and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The valve core is divided into a body portion and a cap portion that can be separated. The cap portion can be removed to access and maintain the valve element, while the body portion remains fixed. This segmentation allows easy maintenance without disassembling the entire valve core, resolving the contradiction between effective water regulation and maintenance ease.
Solution Approach 2:
The valve element is extracted as a separate component that can be independently removed from the valve core body. This extraction allows the valve element to be replaced or cleaned without affecting the overall valve core structure, making maintenance simple while preserving the effective water flow regulation capability.
2Adaptability or versatility
If conventional valve cores include more parts, then the valve core can perform multiple functions, but the probability of losing or damaging parts increases causing leakage
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple functional elements are merged into integrated components. The valve element incorporates both the sealing surface and flow control features in a single piece. The body and cap portions are designed to mate with precise positioning features, reducing the number of separate parts while maintaining versatile functionality and improving reliability by eliminating potential leakage points from excessive part interfaces.
3Manufacturing precision
If conventional valve cores have complex structural arrangements, then the valve core can control water flow precisely, but the assembly and disassembly become time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The valve core is segmented into a body portion and a cap portion connected by threaded engagement. This segmentation allows the cap to be quickly unscrewed for maintenance while the body remains intact, reducing assembly and disassembly time while maintaining precise water flow control through the integrated valve element geometry.
Solution Approach 2:
The valve element is pre-positioned within the body portion with precise machining of flow passages and sealing surfaces. This preliminary precision manufacturing allows the cap to be simply attached without complex alignment procedures, reducing assembly time while ensuring precise water flow control is maintained.
Data Source
AI summary
The fluid channel structure includes a base and a connector. The base includes a first side surface defining at least three first openings, and a second side surface defining at least three second openings, each of the at least three first openings is communicated to one corresponding second opening to form a first inlet channel, a second inlet channel, and an outlet channel, inner surfaces of the first inlet channel, the second inlet channel, and the outlet channel are provided with threaded connecting elements. The at least three through holes are in one-to-one correspondence with the at least three first openings and communicated to corresponding second openings. The present disclosure further provides a valve core assembly and a tap.