Chemical product dispensing independent of drive fluid flow rate
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing chemical product dispensing systems fail to maintain consistent concentration of diluted solutions independent of fluid flow rates, leading to inefficiencies in sanitizing and disinfecting applications.
Innovation Solution
A dispensing apparatus and system that integrates a pump within the product package, powered by a fluid drive unit, ensuring a constant proportion of chemical product to diluent, independent of flow rate, through a mechanism that includes a housing, fluid drive unit, and pump engagement coupling, allowing for controlled and consistent dispensing of concentrated chemical products.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If conventional chemical product dispensing systems are used, then chemical products can be dispensed, but the concentration of diluted solutions cannot be maintained consistently independent of fluid flow rates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces conventional mechanical pumping systems with a fluid-driven pump system. The pump is driven by fluid flow itself rather than external mechanical power, allowing the dispensing system to automatically adapt to varying flow rates while maintaining consistent chemical product concentration through the integrated pump mechanism.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a fluid-driven pump as an intermediary mechanism between the fluid flow and the chemical product dispensing. This intermediary converts the fluid flow energy into controlled pumping action, ensuring that the chemical product is dispensed at the correct concentration regardless of variations in the overall fluid flow rate.
2Quantity of substance
If concentrated chemical products are used for efficient transport and storage, then storage efficiency is improved, but precise control of dispensing concentration becomes more difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a self-regulating dispensing system where the fluid-driven pump automatically adjusts its operation based on the fluid flow rate. The system self-regulates to maintain the correct concentration ratio between chemical product and diluent without requiring external control mechanisms, enabling both concentrated storage and precise dispensing control.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent employs a feedback mechanism where the fluid flow rate itself serves as the control signal. The fluid-driven pump responds to variations in flow rate by automatically adjusting its pumping action to maintain consistent chemical product concentration in the diluted solution, creating a self-correcting 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
Enables accurate and consistent dispensing of chemical products, maintaining desired concentrations in use solutions regardless of fluid flow rates, ensuring effective sanitizing and disinfecting across various applications.
Implementation Method 1
a fluid drive unit having an inlet directly connected to receive a supply of a fluid such that flow of the fluid causes rotation of the water drive unit
Data Source
AI summary
A fluid product dispenser is sized to removably receive a product package containing a supply of the fluid product. The product package includes an internally integrated fluid pump, and the dispenser includes a drive unit powered by flow of a fluid. Flow of the fluid powers the drive unit, which in turn drives the pump internal to the product package, resulting in dispensation of the fluid product in a product/fluid ratio that is independent of the fluid flow rate.