Bar Gun Nozzle Assembly with Segmented Spray Head
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current bar gun assemblies face issues with flavor carryover and inefficient mixing of syrups and soda water, leading to inconsistent beverage quality due to pungent flavors migrating across tubes and inadequate mixing mechanisms.
Innovation Solution
A novel bar gun assembly featuring a nozzle design with a sectored spray head, diverter plate, and elastomeric seals, which ensures full soda water coverage within the nozzle housing, controlled pressure release, and a twist-proof coupling to prevent flavor carryover and enhance mixing efficiency.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a conventional nozzle design is used, then the structure is simple, but flavor carryover occurs and mixing is inadequate
Solution Approach 1:
The nozzle is divided into multiple functional segments: a spray head with multiple spray holes for syrup distribution, a mixing chamber for fluid interaction, and a nozzle housing for structural support. This segmentation allows each part to perform its specific function efficiently while preventing flavor carryover through dedicated flow paths.
Solution Approach 2:
Different regions of the nozzle have specialized properties: the spray head creates a spray pattern for even distribution, the mixing chamber provides a controlled environment for syrup and soda interaction, and the housing directs flow. Each region is optimized for its specific function to ensure reliable mixing and prevent contamination.
2Reliability
If pressure release is not controlled, then the structure is simple, but excessive foaming occurs
Solution Approach 1:
The nozzle design preliminarily controls pressure through its geometric features before the fluid exits. The converging-diverging passage shape and mixing chamber dimensions are designed to gradually reduce pressure and control foaming formation in advance, preventing excessive foam rather than reacting to it.
3Reliability
If soda water coverage is incomplete, then the mixing mechanism is simple, but beverage quality becomes inconsistent
Solution Approach 1:
The mixing mechanism is segmented into a spray head with multiple spray holes arranged in a circular pattern, creating multiple simultaneous spray streams that collectively cover the entire mixing chamber perimeter. This ensures uniform soda water coverage and consistent mixing throughout the chamber.
Solution Approach 2:
The spray head is designed to generate a spray pattern that extends beyond the immediate center, creating overlapping streams that ensure complete coverage of the mixing chamber. This excessive action guarantees that no areas are missed, ensuring consistent beverage quality.
4Reliability
If a fluid supply line connector assembly is used, then connection reliability improves, but assembly complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The fluid supply line connector assembly merges multiple connection functions into a single integrated component that simultaneously connects syrup lines, soda water lines, and electrical connections. This consolidation improves reliability by reducing the number of separate connections while the modular design keeps manufacturing manageable.
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 solution effectively prevents flavor carryover, ensures consistent beverage quality by ensuring full soda water coverage and controlled mixing, and provides a fluid-tight connection to maintain pressure and prevent excessive foaming.
Implementation Method 1
an elastomeric seal, such as a face seal or O ring
Implementation Method 2
distributes syrup, under pressure, in a directed manner. The direction of the pressurized syrup in a spray pattern
Data Source
AI summary
A bar gun assembly for receiving a multiplicity of fluid carrying tubes carrying a multiplicity of fluids, for example, flavored syrup and soda water, therein. The bar gun assembly has a handle having a handle body. The handle body is a multiplicity of ports and fluid channels therein. A supply line connector assembly engages the supply lines and the handle body. A backing plate assembly engages openings in the fluid chambers of the handle body to seal fluid therein. A nozzle assembly engages at least some of the fluid channels in the handle. The backing plate has a multiplicity of O-ring retainers fixedly engaged therewith.