Unimpeded Pourer Ball Valve Bore Design
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing pourer devices with ball valves and magnetic members often face interference from sediment and sticking issues within the bore, limiting unimpeded movement and accurate dispensing of liquids.
Innovation Solution
A pourer device with a tubular member and spout assembly featuring a programmable circuit board, power source, and magnetizable valve retaining member, allowing for unimpeded movement of the ball valve by maintaining a larger bore cross-section and using alignment members to center the ball valve, ensuring sediment does not impede its movement and allowing for precise liquid dispensing.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the bore circumference is made proximate to the ball valve circumference to ensure engagement with magnetic members, then the ball valve engagement is improved, but the ball valve movement becomes impeded and sticking occurs
Solution Approach 1:
The bore is divided into two distinct sections: a first section with a first circumference that is larger than the ball valve circumference to enable unimpeded movement, and a second section with a second circumference that is proximate to the ball valve circumference to ensure magnetic engagement. This segmentation allows each section to fulfill its specific function without compromise.
Solution Approach 2:
Different sections of the bore have different dimensional characteristics tailored to specific functional requirements. The first section provides clearance for movement, while the second section provides engagement precision, creating local quality variations that optimize overall performance.
2Reliability
If the bore circumference is reduced to ensure ball valve engagement, then the magnetic retention is improved, but sediment accumulation interferes with ball valve movement
Solution Approach 1:
The bore is segmented into a first section with larger circumference for unimpeded ball valve movement that prevents sediment interference, and a second section with smaller circumference for magnetic engagement. This segmentation isolates the ball valve movement path from sediment accumulation zones.
Solution Approach 2:
The first section of the bore acts as an intermediary space that facilitates smooth ball valve movement between the magnetic engagement zone and the external environment, preventing direct contact between the ball valve and sediment accumulated in narrower sections.
3Measurement precision
If alignment members are added to center the ball valve, then the dispensing precision is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The alignment members utilize the spherical geometry of the ball valve itself, allowing it to naturally center within the bore when properly positioned. The curved surfaces of the ball valve interact with the bore geometry to achieve automatic alignment without complex mechanical guidance structures.
Solution Approach 2:
The ball valve's spherical shape enables it to self-align and center within the bore through its own geometry and movement characteristics, eliminating the need for external alignment mechanisms. The system uses the ball valve's inherent properties to achieve precise positioning.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables unimpeded movement of the ball valve within the bore, preventing sticking and ensuring accurate, sediment-free dispensing of measured liquid amounts, even after sediment has settled, by using a magnetizable valve retaining member and alignment features.
Implementation Method 1
magnetic members positioned at the inlets of the bores to retain the ball valves
Data Source
AI summary
An unimpeded pourer device for allowing unimpeded movement of the valve member in the bore of the tubular member. The unimpeded pourer device includes a pourer assembly adapted to be in fluid communication with a bottle and including a tubular member having a bore disposed therein, and also including a spout in fluid communication with the tubular member and having passageway extending therethrough in communication with the bore; and a valve assembly in communication with the pourer assembly for dispensing measured amounts of liquid through and from the pourer assembly.