Fluid-Floated Conveying Device With Space Conversion Chamber
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing technologies have not successfully addressed the challenge of using water buoyancy to transport objects from a lower position to a higher position, particularly in a device where a lightweight object, such as a floating ball, needs to enter a water pipe from the bottom without resistance.
Innovation Solution
A liquid floatation transportation device featuring a multi-channel space conversion chamber with a convertible channel, allowing a floating ball to enter the chamber from the side, fill with liquid, and then rise through the upper channel into a water pipe from the bottom, utilizing water buoyancy for efficient ascent to a higher platform.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Use of energy by moving object
If a lightweight object enters a water pipe from the bottom to utilize water buoyancy for transportation, then vertical transportation can be achieved, but existing technologies cannot solve the problem of how the lightweight object enters the pipe from the bottom without resistance
Solution Approach 1:
A space conversion chamber serves as an intermediary structure between the external environment and the water pipe. The chamber includes a side channel for introducing the floating ball and a bottom channel connected to the water pipe. By using this intermediate chamber with convertible channels, the floating ball can be guided into the water pipe from the bottom without encountering resistance, solving the entry problem while enabling vertical transportation with low energy consumption
Solution Approach 2:
The space conversion chamber features convertible channels that can change their configuration. The side channel and bottom channel are dynamically adjusted to allow the floating ball to enter from the side and then move to the bottom channel to enter the water pipe. This dynamic channel conversion enables the lightweight object to overcome the resistance at the bottom entry point while maintaining vertical transportation capability
2Ease of operation
If a space conversion chamber with convertible channel is designed, then the floating ball can enter the water pipe from the bottom without resistance, but the device structure becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The space conversion chamber serves multiple functions: it acts as an entry chamber for the floating ball, a mixing chamber where liquid is introduced, a transition chamber for channel conversion, and a preparation zone for the floating ball to ascend into the water pipe. By making this single chamber multi-functional, the design achieves the complex entry mechanism without proportionally increasing overall device complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The side channel and bottom channel are merged into a single space conversion chamber structure. Instead of separate channels, the chamber integrates both entry paths and the channel conversion mechanism within one unified structure. This merging reduces the number of separate components while achieving the desired floating ball entry without resistance
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The device enables fast, low-energy, continuous, and height-unrestricted transportation of objects using water buoyancy, with the ability to carry varying weights depending on the size of the floating ball and the capacity of the equipment.
Implementation Method 1
transportation device that uses a floating ball as a carrier to transport objects from a lower position to a higher position utilizing water buoyancy
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AI summary
A fluid-floated conveying device includes a multi-channel space conversion cabin. An upper channel port is provided with a floating ball outlet gate which is communicated with a water pipe filled with a liquid. A side channel port is provided with a floating ball inlet gate communicated with the external atmosphere. A lower channel port is connected to a water storage pressure cylinder or a water discharging pipe. A floating ball carries articles and enters the cleared space conversion cabin from the side channel. The floating ball inlet gate of the side channel is closed, the cabin is filled with water, the floating ball outlet gate of the upper channel is opened, the floating ball rises and enters from the upper channel port, the communicated water pipe filled with the liquid, the water buoyancy enables the floating ball to rise, and the carried articles are conveyed to a receiving platform.