Multi-Effect Visual Machine: Rotating Wands and Fog Heater Core
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current theatrical and performance settings require multiple machines to produce bubbles, fog, fog-filled bubbles, or haze, and existing hand-held units are limited to producing small quantities of single effects.
Innovation Solution
A single unit machine with a housing containing a bubble section, fog section, and control interface, featuring a rotatable wheel with bubble wands and a fog outlet connected to a fog heater core and fan, allowing for the production of bubbles, fog, fog-filled bubbles, or haze through controlled effects.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple machines are used to produce bubbles, fog, fog-filled bubbles, or haze, then the quantity and variety of effects are improved, but the device complexity and setup requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple separate machines (bubble machine, fog machine, haze machine) into a single integrated unit. The housing contains both a bubble-generating section with rotating wands and a fog/haze-generating section with heating elements and fluid reservoirs, allowing all effects to be produced by one device rather than requiring multiple separate machines
Solution Approach 2:
The single machine is designed to perform multiple functions: generating bubbles through rotating wands, producing fog through heated fluid vaporization, creating haze through aerosol generation, and combining these effects to create fog-filled bubbles. A control system enables the user to select and activate different effects as needed
2Productivity
If hand-held units are used to produce fog-filled bubbles, then portability is improved, but the quantity of bubbles produced is limited to single or one-at-a-time
Solution Approach 1:
The bubble-generating section employs a rotating wheel with multiple bubble wands attached to it. This dynamic structure allows multiple bubbles to be generated simultaneously as the wheel rotates, dramatically increasing bubble production capacity compared to static single-wand hand-held units. The rotation speed can be controlled to regulate bubble output rate
3Ease of operation
If a single unit machine is designed to produce multiple effects, then the ease of operation is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The single machine is internally divided into distinct functional sections: a bubble section with fluid reservoir and rotating wands, and a fog/haze section with separate fluid reservoirs, heating elements, and vaporization chambers. This segmentation allows each subsystem to operate independently while being controlled through a unified interface, managing internal complexity while maintaining operational simplicity
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables the efficient production of increased quantities of bubbles, fog, fog-filled bubbles, or haze in various performance venues, simplifying setup and enhancing visual effects with a single machine.
Implementation Method 1
a fog outlet in front of a fan, where the fog outlet is connected to a fog heater core
Implementation Method 2
a fog outlet in front of a fan, where the fog outlet is connected to a fog heater core
Implementation Method 3
a bubble wand motor attached to a rotatable wheel with a number of bubble wands. The bubble wands pass through a bubble fluid reservoir
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AI summary
The present invention is a bubble, fog, haze, and fog-filled bubble machine. In particular, the present invention is directed to a single unit machine that can produce bubbles, fog, fog-filled bubbles or haze. The machine preferably comprises a housing having a front portal, a bubble section, a fog section, and a control interface, where the housing is connected to a power source. The bubble section is located behind the front portal and has a bubble wand motor attached to a rotatable wheel with a number of bubble wands. The bubble wands pass through a bubble fluid reservoir. The fog section is located behind the bubble section and comprises a fog outlet in front of a fan, where the fog outlet is connected to a fog heater core and a fog pump is in turn connected to a fog fluid reservoir. The control interface controls the selection of effects.