Paintball Grenade Tube With Blocking Member For Discharge
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing paintball grenades often experience reduced discharge distance and unsatisfactory spray patterns due to the open end of the elastic tube remaining kinked, which narrows the passageway for marking fluid discharge.
Innovation Solution
A paintball grenade design featuring a flexible, resilient tube sealed at both ends with a distended portion containing pressurized marking fluid and a side discharge port, utilizing a movable blocking member that shifts from a closed to an open position upon impact, allowing fluid communication and discharge through a transverse axis, independent of the tube's longitudinal axis.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the open end of the elastic tube is folded over and retained in the folded position prior to use, then the grenade can be safely stored and transported, but the tube remains kinked which narrows the passageway and reduces discharge performance
Solution Approach 1:
The tube is divided into a folded storage portion and a discharge portion, with the blocking member separating the folded state from the discharge path. This allows the tube to be folded for storage while maintaining full passageway width for discharge through the blocking member mechanism.
Solution Approach 2:
A blocking member is introduced as an intermediary element that can be positioned to block or allow fluid flow. This blocking member is moved by the lever assembly to open the discharge path without requiring the tube itself to unfold, thus maintaining both storage safety and discharge performance.
2Stability of the object's composition
If the tube is kept folded for an extended period prior to use, then storage stability is maintained, but the passageway remains narrowed reducing marking fluid discharge effectiveness
Solution Approach 1:
The blocking member is pre-positioned to block the discharge path during storage, and the lever assembly is pre-configured to move the blocking member into the discharge position when activated. This preliminary arrangement ensures that the tube can remain folded for stable storage while guaranteeing full discharge capability when needed.
Solution Approach 2:
The blocking member serves as an intermediary that decouples the tube's folded state from the discharge path width. By moving the blocking member rather than unfolding the tube, the system maintains storage stability while ensuring full marking fluid discharge volume and range.
3Object-affected harmful factors
If the open end of the tube is folded over to prevent premature discharge, then safety is improved, but the discharge passageway becomes kinked reducing spray pattern quality
Solution Approach 1:
The discharge system is segmented into the folded tube portion for safety and the blocking member mechanism for controlled discharge. This segmentation allows the tube to remain folded for safety while the blocking member provides a clean, unobstructed discharge path that maintains proper spray pattern geometry.
Solution Approach 2:
The blocking member acts as an intermediary that enables controlled discharge without requiring the tube to unfold. This maintains the folded configuration for safety while providing a clean discharge path through the blocking member that preserves optimal spray pattern quality.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Ensures effective and consistent discharge of marking fluid upon impact, maintaining a wide dispersion pattern regardless of potential tube kinking, thereby enhancing the range and pattern of the marking fluid distribution.
Implementation Method 1
When the paintball grenade is thrown and impacts an object, this results in hydrostatic shock through the marking fluid, which moves the blocking member from the closed position to the open position
Data Source
AI summary
A paintball grenade that disperses a marking fluid upon impact. In one embodiment, the paintball grenade includes a flexible, resilient tube sealed at both ends. The tube includes a distended portion containing pressurized marking fluid and a side discharge port for discharging the marking fluid along a discharge axis that is approximately transverse to a longitudinal axis of the tube. A blocking member is disposed in the tube that is movable between a closed position that prevents fluid communication between the distended portion of the tube and the discharge port and an open position that allows fluid communication between the marking fluid and the discharge port. When the paintball grenade is thrown and impacts an object, this results in hydrostatic shock through the marking fluid, which moves the blocking member from the closed position to the open position, thereby discharging the marking fluid through the discharge port onto surrounding objects.