Bicycle Hydration and Cooling System with Hand-Actuated Spray
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Solution Overview
Problem
Cyclists face challenges in hydrating and cooling themselves while riding without diverting attention from their surroundings, as existing solutions often require manual handling of bottles or external devices that disrupt their focus and riding experience.
Innovation Solution
A system comprising a liquid container connected to a bicycle's handlebar with a drinking straw and a hand-actuated trigger mechanism that allows for hydration and cooling by spraying water, minimizing disruption, featuring a spray device with a nozzle and a pumping mechanism in fluid communication with the container.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If cyclists use manual bottles or external cooling devices, then hydration and cooling functions are provided, but the cyclist's attention is disrupted and riding experience is degraded
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables self-service hydration and cooling by integrating the liquid container, spray device, and actuator mechanism directly into the bicycle structure. The cyclist can access hydration through the straw and cooling through the spray device without needing to manually handle separate bottles or devices, thus maintaining attention on the road while self-servicing hydration and cooling needs
Solution Approach 2:
The invention merges the liquid container, drinking straw, spray device, and actuator mechanism into a single integrated system that is structurally combined with the bicycle. This consolidation eliminates the need for separate manual hydration and cooling devices, allowing the cyclist to operate the system without diverting attention from riding
2Temperature
If a spray cooling device is added to the bicycle, then cooling effectiveness is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses a hand-actuated trigger mechanism that operates a pump to deliver liquid from the container to the spray device. This pneumatic/hydraulic approach provides effective cooling spray without requiring complex electronic controls, motors, or power sources, thus improving cooling effectiveness while limiting the increase in device complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The hand-actuated trigger mechanism allows the cyclist to control the spray cooling device manually without requiring automated sensors, controllers, or power sources. This self-service approach provides effective cooling while maintaining simple system architecture that integrates easily with the bicycle
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
Enables efficient hydration and cooling of cyclists with minimal disruption to their riding, allowing them to drink and cool themselves without diverting attention from the road or environment, through a connected liquid container and actuating components.
Implementation Method 1
an actuator mechanism comprising a pumping component in fluid communication with the liquid in the container and a hand actuated trigger mechanism located to be accessible to the hand of a cyclist. The pumping mechanism is actuated by the hand actuated trigger to draw liquid from the container to the pump and to pump the liquid to the spray head
Implementation Method 2
a spray device having a tube extending into the container with a spray head located outside the container... pump the liquid to the spray head where it is sprayed on the cyclist
Implementation Method 3
sprayed on the cyclist... cooling the cyclist by spraying the liquid at the cyclist
Data Source
AI summary
A new and useful system, method and components are provided, for hydrating and cooling a cyclist, in a manner that is efficient and effective, and in a manner that minimizes disruption of the cyclists attention to his/her riding. The components and system include a liquid container connected to a portion of a cycle and hydrating and actuating components that use the liquid (preferably water) in the liquid container. The liquid container has a body of liquid and the hydrating and actuating components include a drinking straw extending into the body of liquid, a spray device having a tube extending into the container with a spray head located outside the container, and an actuator mechanism comprising a pumping component in fluid communication with the liquid in the container and a hand actuated trigger mechanism located to be accessible to the hand of a cyclist. The pumping mechanism is actuated by the hand actuated trigger to draw liquid from the container to the pump and to pump the liquid to the spray head where it is sprayed on the cyclist.