Liquid Powered Assembly Removable Base Sealing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing liquid-powered devices, such as the Bedol 'Water Clock', face challenges in efficiently sealing the housing to prevent leakage during filling and operation, and lack innovative designs for branding and graphical enhancements.
Innovation Solution
A liquid powered assembly featuring a removable bottom base with a seal that engages the housing for fluidic sealing, allowing for easy filling and operation while providing a surface for branding and graphical enhancements, utilizing an electrolyte battery assembly with metal rods and a watertight design.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a traditional sealed housing design is used, then leakage prevention is improved, but filling operation becomes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The housing is divided into two separable parts: a main housing body and a removable bottom base. This segmentation allows the housing to be opened for filling operation by removing the bottom base, then resealed by reattaching the base with a seal engaged in the seal groove, thus resolving the contradiction between easy filling and leakage prevention.
2Ease of operation
If the filling inlet is exposed, then filling operation is simplified, but branding surface area is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The filling inlet is extracted from the main housing body and integrated into the removable bottom base. This allows the inlet to be hidden within the base structure when assembled, maintaining a clean exterior surface for branding, while still providing accessible filling capability when the base is removed.
3Reliability
If a permanent seal is used, then sealing reliability is improved, but maintenance and refilling become difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The seal system is designed to be dynamic rather than permanent. The seal is engaged in a seal groove on the removable bottom base, allowing it to be repeatedly installed and removed. This provides reliable sealing when assembled while enabling easy disassembly for maintenance, refilling, or seal replacement.
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 solution ensures a watertight and efficient operation, enhances branding opportunities, and allows for easy filling and use of the device, ensuring optimal performance and user experience.
Implementation Method 1
A seal engages the housing and the removable bottom base for providing fluidic sealing engagement therebetween
Implementation Method 2
An electrolyte battery assembly is positioned within the housing. A liquid powered device is operably attached to the electrolyte battery assembly
Data Source
AI summary
A liquid powered assembly including a housing; a removable bottom base; a seal; an electrolyte battery assembly; and, a liquid powered device is described. The housing includes an upper end portion and a lower end portion. The housing has a volume for containing an electrolyte solution. The lower end portion has a fluid inlet. The removable bottom base has a bottom surface for supporting the liquid powered assembly. A seal engages the housing and the removable bottom base to help contain the liquid. An electrolyte battery assembly is positioned within the housing. A liquid powered device is operably attached to the electrolyte battery assembly. To function, the housing and the removable bottom base are detached relative to each other and the housing is turned substantially upside down to allow filling of the housing via the inlet. The bottom base is then attached to the housing and the assembly is then inverted for use.