Improvement of bubble-type snowflake maker
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional bubble-type snowflake makers using wind power to blow bubbles result in reduced blowing distances and increased bubble drop-off along the outer peripheral surface, leading to a diminished snowflake effect and slippery floors.
Innovation Solution
The implementation of an inner annular toothed edge and inner sharp teeth on a spray pipe to centralize bubble emission, combined with a blower and pump system, ensures bubbles are directed along the middle part of the pipe, increasing blowing distances and preventing drops along the outer surface.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If bubbles are blown out from the outlet using wind power, then artificial snowflakes are formed, but bubbles spread out at a large angle and blow short distances, reducing the snowflake effect
Solution Approach 1:
The spray pipe is designed with an inner annular toothed edge and inner sharp teeth that create different flow characteristics at different locations. The inner sharp teeth specifically target the central bubble flow to redirect it, while the outer regions maintain their original blowing function, thus locally improving bubble trajectory without affecting overall system performance
Solution Approach 2:
The inner sharp teeth act as an intermediary element between the bubble flow and the outlet. These teeth intercept and redirect the bubbles that would otherwise follow the outer peripheral surface, channeling them through the center of the outlet to achieve longer blowing distances and better snowflake effect
2Productivity
If bubbles are blown out from the outlet, then artificial snowflakes are formed, but most bubbles move along the outer peripheral surface and drop, causing slippery floors
Solution Approach 1:
The harmful effect of bubbles moving along the outer peripheral surface is extracted and addressed by the inner annular toothed edge. This structure specifically targets and redirects the problematic outer bubble flow, separating it from the harmful path along the peripheral surface and preventing the slippery floor condition
Solution Approach 2:
The inner sharp teeth serve as an intermediary that intercepts bubbles before they can adhere to and travel along the outer peripheral surface. By redirecting these bubbles through the center, the teeth prevent the harmful effect of bubbles dropping on the floor while maintaining the snowflake formation function
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 configuration enhances bubble travel distance and maintains a better snowflake effect, preventing floor slips by centralizing bubble emission and reducing drops along the outer surface.
Implementation Method 1
uses wind power for blowing
Implementation Method 2
use the pump to feed bubble water
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AI summary
Disclosed is an improvement of a bubble-type snowflake maker. The interior of a machine body of a main machine is provided with accommodating space for disposing a blower that is used to send out wind power towards an air outlet pipe and an air outlet; a pump transports bubble water to a bubble head along a flexible bubble water pipe; a tail end of the air outlet pipe is sleeved with a cloth sleeve extending outwardly, and the bubble head of the bubble water pipe is disposed in the air outlet pipe; the air outlet is outwardly connected to a spray pipe having an inner pipe, and the air outlet pipe and the cloth sleeve extend into the pipe; the inner diameter of the inner pipe of the spray pipe is greater than the outer diameter of the air outlet pipe; and an inner annular toothed edge radially extends inwardly along a tail end of the inner pipe of the spray pipe. Wind power generated by the blower is blown to the interior and exterior of the cloth sleeve through the air pipe and the air outlet separately, so that the bubble water exudes from a surface of the cloth sleeve to form bubbles, and the wind power is used to blow the bubbles to fly away, so as to form artificial snowflakes.