Toilet Cover Pivot Shaft Assembly for Visible Alignment Locking
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing installation structures for toilet cover plates are inefficient due to blind installation, making it difficult to align the inserting column with the embedding hole, resulting in low installation efficiency.
Innovation Solution
A toilet design featuring a supporting seat with an embedding hole and a pivot shaft with an inserting column, where the inserting column is secured through a locking component with an elastic element and clamping grooves, allowing for clear alignment and secure embedding, enhancing installation efficiency and convenience.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the inserting column and embedding hole are designed for secure locking, then the reliability of connection is improved, but the difficulty of alignment and installation increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by pre-designing the inserting column with a specific shape that includes a wider head portion and a narrower shaft portion. The head portion is preliminarily shaped to match the embedding hole geometry, enabling automatic alignment when the column is inserted. This pre-configured geometric relationship eliminates the need for complex alignment procedures during installation, thereby maintaining ease of operation while ensuring secure locking through the narrowed shaft portion that fits tightly within the embedding hole.
2Ease of operation
If the inserting column structure is simplified for easy alignment, then the ease of operation is improved, but the locking reliability may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by creating different geometric characteristics at different locations of the inserting column. The head portion has a wider diameter with a specific shape that provides large surface area for easy visual alignment and insertion guidance. The shaft portion has a narrowed diameter that provides tight fit and secure locking within the embedding hole. This local differentiation of geometric properties allows the single inserting column structure to simultaneously achieve easy alignment at the head and reliable locking at the shaft, resolving the contradiction between operational ease and connection reliability.
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 design allows for clear alignment and secure embedding of the inserting column, eliminating blind installation and significantly improving installation efficiency while ensuring reliable locking and easy disassembly.
Implementation Method 1
a locking component, wherein the locking component includes an elastic element
Data Source
AI summary
A toilet convenient to assemble and disassemble includes a toilet body (10) of which the upper end is provided with a supporting seat (30) and a toilet cover plate (20) of which the rear end is provided with a pivot shaft (40), wherein the supporting seat (30) is provided with an embedding hole (31) and the pivot shaft (40) is provided with an inserting column (41), the inserting column (41) being embedded into the embedding hole (31). In this way, whether the inserting column (41) is aligned to the embedding hole (31) or not can be seen clearly during the installation process, thereby the inserting column (41) may be directly aligned and embedded, thus, the operation is very convenient, blind installation is avoided and the installation efficiency is obviously improved.