Pipe Cleaning Chamber With Impeller-Driven Resin Removal
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing methods for cleaning resin buildup in glass pipes are inefficient, time-consuming, and often require expensive ultrasonic devices, while disposable plastic containers pose environmental concerns and uneven cleaning issues.
Innovation Solution
A pipe cleaning device with a cylindrical shape and internal components that include a cleaning lumen, blade lumen, and a pipe holder, utilizing a motor-driven blade to agitate cleaning solutions and create fluid flow, enhancing resin removal through vortex action and bubble formation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If ultrasonic cleaning devices are used, then cleaning effectiveness is improved, but cost becomes prohibitively expensive for average users
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the complex ultrasonic mechanical system with a simpler fluid dynamics-based cleaning mechanism. A motor-driven impeller creates turbulent fluid flow and air bubbles in a cleaning solution, eliminating the need for expensive ultrasonic transducers while achieving effective resin removal through hydrodynamic action rather than mechanical vibration.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention uses hydraulic principles by circulating cleaning solution through a closed loop system driven by a motorized impeller. The fluid dynamics create vortexes and air bubbles that enhance cleaning effectiveness, replacing ultrasonic mechanical energy with hydraulic energy that is cheaper and more accessible for average users.
2Ease of operation
If plastic bags or containers are used for cleaning, then accessibility is improved, but environmental harm increases and cleaning effectiveness decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a reusable cleaning chamber that can be repeatedly used without disposing of the container. The closed-loop fluid circulation system allows the cleaning solution to be reused multiple times, eliminating the need to discard plastic bags or containers after single use, thereby reducing environmental harm while maintaining ease of operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The cleaning device serves multiple functions: it provides effective resin removal, eliminates plastic waste, and offers reusable cleaning capacity. The motorized circulation system can handle various pipe types and cleaning solutions, making it a universal replacement for single-use plastic bags while addressing both cleaning effectiveness and environmental concerns.
3Device complexity
If passive soaking methods are used, then simplicity is improved, but time required becomes excessively long
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transforms the static passive soaking process into a dynamic active cleaning system. A motor-driven impeller continuously circulates the cleaning solution through the pipe, creating turbulent flow and air bubbles that actively remove resin. This dynamic approach reduces cleaning time from hours to minutes while adding only minimal mechanical complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The cleaning solution is continuously circulated through the pipe in a closed-loop system, ensuring constant contact between the cleaning agents and the resin buildup. This continuous action eliminates the need for prolonged soaking periods, as the cleaning process operates continuously at high effectiveness throughout the shortened cycle.
4Adaptability or versatility
If conformable plastic bags are used, then adaptability is improved, but cleaning thoroughness decreases due to uneven liquid dispersion
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the passive conformable bag mechanism with an active motorized circulation system. The impeller-driven fluid flow ensures uniform distribution of cleaning solution throughout the pipe interior, eliminating the uneven dispersion problem of conformable bags while maintaining adaptability to various pipe geometries through controlled fluid dynamics.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses hydraulic principles to force cleaning solution uniformly through the pipe interior. The motorized impeller creates controlled fluid flow patterns that ensure complete coverage of the pipe surface, replacing the passive conformable bag approach with an active hydraulic system that guarantees thorough cleaning regardless of pipe shape.
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 device effectively and actively cleans resin buildup on pipes in a shorter time frame, ensuring thorough cleaning without environmental impact, and is cost-effective compared to ultrasonic devices.
Implementation Method 1
a blade positioned in the blade lumen and operable to cause fluid flow between the cleaning lumen and the blade lumen
Implementation Method 2
the openings are configured to encourage the formation of air bubbles within a cleaning solution flowing through the openings
Implementation Method 3
The alcohol or vinegar breaks down the resin
Implementation Method 4
the salt acts as an abrasive to scrub away the buildup
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for cleaning of a pipe. In particular the present disclosure provides systems and methods for cleaning cannabis resin from a pipe. Devices of the present disclosure comprise a basket for receipt of a pipe, the basket positionable within a cleaning lumen. Wherein a cleaning fluid is propelled through the inner lumen of the device.