Air Blaster Toy With Collapsible Bladder and Focused Outlet
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing air blasters or air cannons lack a design that efficiently expels air through a smaller opening to create a focused blast, and there is a need for a collapsible structure that allows for repeated use and ease of assembly.
Innovation Solution
An air cannon design featuring a handle, a ring, a collapsible bladder, and a coil that secures to the ring, with a face plate and back pad, allowing for air to be expelled through a smaller outlet, and a mechanism to collapse and expand the bladder for repeated use.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If air is expelled through a larger opening, then the structure is simpler, but the blast is less focused and less effective
Solution Approach 1:
The face plate creates a localized smaller opening at the front of the bladder while the rest of the bladder remains larger. This local restriction of opening size focuses the air blast into a more effective concentrated stream, resolving the contradiction between structural simplicity and blast effectiveness.
2Productivity
If the bladder is made rigid for structural stability, then the air expulsion is more effective, but the device cannot be collapsed for repeated use
Solution Approach 1:
The bladder is designed with dynamic characteristics, allowing it to be rigid during air expulsion for effectiveness, and then collapsed for storage and repeated use. The coil mechanism enables the bladder to transition between these states, providing both effectiveness and adaptability.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple components are added for collapsed structure and repeated use, then the device becomes more versatile, but the assembly becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The coil is disposed about the interior circumference of the bladder, and the face plate is connected to the ring, creating a nested arrangement where components fit within each other. This nesting reduces the overall size when collapsed and simplifies assembly by having components naturally fit together in a compact configuration.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The design enables effective and repeated expulsion of air through a smaller opening, providing a focused blast and allowing for easy assembly and disassembly of components.
Implementation Method 1
a coil disposed about an interior circumference of the bag, with the coil extending from a first end to a second end
Implementation Method 2
the face plate may further define an opening of a smaller diameter than the ring to allow air to pass through
Data Source
AI summary
In various aspects, an air cannon includes a handle having a handle body and a ring at a proximal end of the handle body. The air cannon may also include a bag extending between a first end and a second end, the first end of the bag securable to an interior of the ring. The air cannon may further include a coil disposed about a circumference of the bag, with the coil extending from a first end to a second end. In some embodiments, the first end of the coil is engaged by the interior of the ring to secure the first end of the bag to the interior of the ring. The air cannon may include a collapsed state and an expanded state.