Water closet
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Solution Overview
Problem
The challenge lies in mounting a water closet with an integrated douche device and toilet seat set in a way that maintains an attractive visual appearance while ensuring stability and hiding cables and water lines.
Innovation Solution
A mounting plate with detachable fastening elements is used to secure both the douche device housing and the toilet seat set to the toilet bowl, allowing for easy installation and alignment, with fastening elements that can be screwed or latched into place, and incorporating washers and projections for secure engagement, ensuring cables and hoses are concealed.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If the douche device housing and toilet seat set are directly mounted on the toilet bowl, then the mounting is simple, but the appearance is compromised due to visible cables and water lines
Solution Approach 1:
A mounting plate is introduced as an intermediary component between the toilet bowl and the devices to be mounted. This plate provides a clean mounting surface that conceals cables and water lines, thereby resolving the contradiction between simple mounting and attractive appearance by adding a mediating element that handles the aesthetic requirement while maintaining mounting simplicity.
2Reliability
If multiple separate fastening elements are used for douche device and toilet seat, then each component can be securely fastened, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting plate is designed with multiple fastening elements that serve dual purposes - securing both the douche device housing and the toilet seat set to the toilet bowl. This multi-functional approach allows a single component (the mounting plate) to perform multiple fastening functions, thereby reducing overall system complexity while maintaining secure mounting of all components.
3Stability of the object's composition
If the mounting plate is permanently fixed to the toilet bowl, then the mounting is very stable, but the installation and maintenance becomes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting plate is designed with detachable fastening elements that can be easily removed and reattached, transforming the mounting system from a permanent fixed structure to a dynamic, reversible connection. This allows the mounting plate to provide stable mounting during use while enabling easy installation, removal, and maintenance when needed, resolving the contradiction between stability and ease of repair.
Data Source
AI summary
A water closet comprising a toilet seat set with a lid element and a seat element, a toilet bowl, a douche device with a housing, wherein a mounting plate detachably mountable on the toilet bowl is provided, and in that either at least one fastening element, by which the housing of the douche device can be fastened to the mounting plate and to which the toilet seat set can be fastened, is provided, or at least one first and one second fastening element are provided, wherein the housing of the douche device can be fastened to the mounting plate by the first fastening element and the toilet seat set can be fastened to the mounting plate by the second fastening element.