Floating Water Jet Surface Chlorination and Debris Removal
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current pool cleaning methods using chlorine are inefficient as they indiscriminately distribute chlorine throughout the pool, diluting it at the surface, while contaminants and debris primarily enter and remain at the surface, requiring a more targeted approach for effective sanitization and debris removal.
Innovation Solution
A system utilizing a floating water jet that sprays chlorinated water across the pool surface, creating surface vortexes, inundation with filter elements, turbulence, irrigation, and agitation to strip buoyancy from debris, allowing it to sink, while capturing debris in filters, thereby directing chlorine and removing surface debris efficiently.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If chlorine is distributed indiscriminately throughout the entire pool water, then the entire body of water receives chlorine treatment, but the chlorine concentration at the surface becomes too low to effectively sanitize contaminants that remain there
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by concentrating chlorine application at the pool surface where contaminants are located, rather than uniform distribution. The floating water jet device delivers chlorine directly to the surface water layer, creating high chlorine concentration where it is most needed for sanitizing contaminants, while avoiding unnecessary dilution in deeper water layers.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the pool water treatment into surface-level sanitization and bulk water circulation. The floating water jet operates at the surface to sanitize contaminants, while the pump system continues to circulate bulk water. This segmentation allows targeted chlorine application at the surface without requiring complete mixing throughout the entire pool volume.
2Ease of operation
If a skimmer is used to remove surface debris, then floating debris can be removed, but the system requires additional equipment and operational complexity
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges debris removal with the existing water circulation system. The floating water jet device performs both sanitization and debris removal functions simultaneously, eliminating the need for separate skimmer equipment. Debris is removed through the same water jet mechanism that applies chlorine, consolidating multiple functions into a single system.
Solution Approach 2:
The system utilizes the existing pump and filtration infrastructure to remove debris. The water jet creates surface agitation and vortexes that naturally propel debris toward collection points in the existing filtration system, allowing the pool's own circulation system to perform debris removal without additional active components.
3Stability of the object's composition
If conventional pump filtering systems are used, then bulk water circulation is maintained, but surface contaminants are not effectively treated due to closed system limitations
Solution Approach 1:
The patent adds a surface-level dimension to the conventional bulk water circulation system. The floating water jet operates at the water-air interface, creating surface vortexes and agitation that are absent in traditional subsurface filtration systems. This dimensional addition enables effective surface contaminant treatment while maintaining stable bulk water circulation through the existing pump system.
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 method enhances chlorine distribution and efficiency, reduces energy costs by quicker sanitization, eliminates the need for a skimmer, and captures debris in filters, ensuring a cleaner pool with reduced operational expenses.
Implementation Method 1
Surface Vortexes—Vortexes are created at the pool surface, forcing the less buoyant material downward toward the pool floor
Implementation Method 2
causing much of surface debris to lose its buoyancy and fall to the bottom of the pool
Implementation Method 3
The oxidation process for eliminating contaminants from the pool also begins at the water's surface
Implementation Method 4
a vastly more effective process would be to strategically apply the chlorination directly to the pool water surface
Implementation Method 5
Inundation—The trailing pool hose, affixed with filter elements, is repeatedly dragged across the water surface. Thus, any floating debris that the filter elements comes in contact with will be dragged through and/or submerged under the water
Implementation Method 6
Agitation—Beneath the water surface, water from the jets of the 'Floating Water Jet' agitate the water, tending to further water-log any debris in the immediate vicinity
Data Source
AI summary
A floating water jet for spraying chlorinated water at water surface of a pool is disclosed herein. The floating water jet includes a cylindrical body having a closed end and an open end, an internal wall within the cylindrical body defining a sealed air chamber within the cylindrical body adjacent the closed end, the sealed chamber providing buoyancy to the cylindrical body such that the cylindrical body floats on the water surface of the pool with a longitudinal axis of the cylindrical body being parallel to the water surface. An internal chamber is provided within the cylindrical body between the open end and the internal wall for receiving the chlorinated water. An end wall is sealed to the open end, the end wall including a central inlet opening adapted for connection to an outlet end of a floating pool hose, and a plurality of outlet openings in the end wall arranged concentrically about the central opening. Chlorinated water from the pool hose is directed into the internal chamber via the central inlet opening and exits the internal chamber via the plurality of outlet openings to direct jets of the chlorinated water in a direction parallel to the water surface. The floating pool hose, a filter attached around a circumference of the pool hose, together with the pool jet, for establishing the system as a gravitational buoyancy filter.