Enhanced sound producing liquid container system
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional sound-producing liquid containers experience fluctuating sound production due to air bubbles when tilted, leading to undesirable steady sound or cessation of sound when liquid level changes, as the tubular member's geometry does not effectively manage fluid flow and air interaction.
Innovation Solution
A container system with a tubular member comprising a longitudinal portion, a redirection portion, and an expanded portion, where the flow directions and cross-sectional areas are designed to maintain fluctuating air flow and sound production by optimizing the geometry to ensure continuous liquid retention and air interaction, even when tilted.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the tubular member uses a conventional simple geometry, then the device complexity is low, but the sound production becomes steady or ceases when liquid level changes or container is tilted
Solution Approach 1:
The tubular member is divided into three distinct functional segments: a longitudinal tubular portion for initial air flow, a flow redirection tubular portion with multiple orientations to redirect air flow at different angles, and an expanded tubular portion with increased cross-sectional area for air bubble generation. This segmentation allows each portion to perform its specific function in managing air-liquid interaction, ensuring consistent fluctuating sound production across varying liquid levels and container orientations.
2Reliability
If the tubular member geometry is optimized to maintain fluctuating air flow, then the sound production consistency improves, but the manufacturing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The tubular member geometry utilizes systematic parameter changes along its length: the longitudinal portion has a baseline cross-sectional area, the flow redirection portion changes orientation angles (at least 60 degrees between flow directions), and the expanded portion increases cross-sectional area. These controlled parameter transitions can be achieved through standard manufacturing techniques such as extrusion with varying profiles or sequential forming processes, balancing manufacturing feasibility with functional performance.
3Reliability
If the expanded tubular portion has a larger cross sectional flow area, then the air bubble generation and sound fluctuation improves, but the volume of the tubular member increases
Solution Approach 1:
The expanded tubular portion is strategically positioned and sized to provide increased cross-sectional area only where needed for effective air bubble generation and sound fluctuation. The expansion is localized rather than uniform throughout the entire tubular member, allowing the system to achieve the necessary air-liquid interaction in a specific region while keeping the overall volume and material usage minimized.
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 enhanced container system maintains fluctuating sound production across varying liquid levels and tilting positions by ensuring the tubular member's geometry manages fluid flow effectively, preventing undesirable steady sounds and liquid entry into the sound emitter.
Implementation Method 1
a sound emitter, wherein the longitudinal tubular portion is coupled to the sound emitter
Implementation Method 2
the flow redirection tubular portion includes a plurality of flow directions including a first flow direction and a second flow direction
Data Source
AI summary
A container system includes (I) a container including a top portion, a bottom portion, and intermediate portion to form an interior of the container; and (II) a tubular member including a longitudinal tubular portion extending from the top portion toward the bottom portion, and has a cross sectional flow area taken perpendicular to a flow direction, and an expanded tubular portion extending toward the top portion with a flow direction away from the bottom portion and toward the top portion. The expanded tubular portion includes a cross sectional flow area taken perpendicular to a flow direction that is unequal to a cross sectional flow area of the longitudinal tubular portion taken perpendicular to another flow direction. In addition, other aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure.