Bubble-type snowflake maker
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional bubble-type snowflake makers using wind power to blow bubbles result in reduced blowing distances and increased bubble drop-off along the outer peripheral surface, leading to a diminished snowflake effect and slippery floors.
Innovation Solution
The implementation of an inner annular toothed edge and inner sharp teeth on a spray pipe to centralize bubble emission, combined with a blower and pump system, ensures bubbles are directed along the middle part of the pipe, increasing blowing distances and preventing drops along the outer surface.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If bubbles are blown out from the outlet using wind power, then artificial snowflakes are formed, but bubbles spread out at a large angle and blow distances are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The spray pipe introduces inner sharp teeth and an inner annular toothed edge to create localized flow control zones. These structural features modify the local flow characteristics of bubbles, directing them along the central axis rather than allowing radial dispersion. This local quality change enables centralized bubble emission while maintaining overall productivity.
Solution Approach 2:
The spray pipe is segmented into multiple functional zones: the inner pipe for central bubble guidance, the inner annular toothed edge for flow direction control, and the outer structure for overall support. This segmentation allows independent optimization of each zone to achieve both centralized emission and extended blowing distance.
2Productivity
If bubbles are blown out from the outlet using wind power, then artificial snowflakes are formed, but most bubbles move along the outer peripheral surface and drop, causing a slippery floor
Solution Approach 1:
The inner sharp teeth and inner annular toothed edge create localized flow control zones that redirect bubbles from the outer peripheral surface toward the central axis. This local quality modification ensures bubbles are channeled through the middle part of the spray pipe, preventing them from contacting the floor and eliminating the slippery floor hazard.
Solution Approach 2:
The design converts the potentially harmful effect of bubble dispersion along the outer surface into a beneficial centralized flow pattern. By using the inner annular toothed edge to redirect what would otherwise be wasted peripheral bubbles, the system improves both safety (no slippery floor) and efficiency (all bubbles contribute to snowflake formation).
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
This configuration enhances the blowing distance and snowflake effect while preventing bubbles from falling on the floor, thereby improving the overall performance and safety of the bubble-type snowflake maker.
Implementation Method 1
uses wind power for blowing
Implementation Method 2
the blower to blow, by using wind power, bubbles to fly away from an outlet
Implementation Method 3
use the pump to feed bubble water
Implementation Method 4
enable the pump to outwardly transport bubble water to the bubble head along the flexible bubble water pipe
Implementation Method 5
uses an inner annular toothed edge and inner sharp teeth of a spray pipe to enable bubbles to be sent out in a centralized manner along a middle part of a pipe
Implementation Method 6
The air outlet is outwardly connected to a spray pipe having an inner pipe, and the air outlet pipe and the cloth sleeve extend into the pipe
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed is an improvement of a bubble-type snowflake maker. The interior of a machine body of a main machine is provided with accommodating space for disposing a blower that is used to send out wind power towards an air outlet pipe and an air outlet; a pump transports bubble water to a bubble head along a flexible bubble water pipe; a tail end of the air outlet pipe is sleeved with a cloth sleeve extending outwardly, and the bubble head of the bubble water pipe is disposed in the air outlet pipe; the air outlet is outwardly connected to a spray pipe having an inner pipe, and the air outlet pipe and the cloth sleeve extend into the pipe; the inner diameter of the inner pipe of the spray pipe is greater than the outer diameter of the air outlet pipe; and an inner annular toothed edge radially extends inwardly along a tail end of the inner pipe of the spray pipe. Wind power generated by the blower is blown to the interior and exterior of the cloth sleeve through the air pipe and the air outlet separately, so that the bubble water exudes from a surface of the cloth sleeve to form bubbles, and the wind power is used to blow the bubbles to fly away, so as to form artificial snowflakes.