Shower Head Turbulent Flow Tablet Dispenser
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing hair treatment systems lack controlled dosage and directional delivery of cleansers and conditioners, often resulting in inefficient dissolution and application of treatment products during hair washing, particularly in professional salon settings.
Innovation Solution
A shower head design featuring a water-disintegratable tablet that disintegrates within a turbulent flow chamber, aided by a mesh structure and aeration pre-treatment chamber, ensuring controlled release and distribution of treatment products, while also incorporating materials like Tourmaline and Silver ions for enhanced water properties.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If solid tablets of cleanser or water conditioner are used in a hand held shower head, then treatment products can be delivered during hair wetting, but the rate of delivery is difficult to control and holes may be blocked
Solution Approach 1:
The shower head is divided into separate functional zones: a treatment product application zone with controlled delivery mechanisms, and a separate water flow zone. This segmentation allows independent control of treatment product delivery rate and water flow, preventing blockage while maintaining precise dosage control.
Solution Approach 2:
A carrier fluid or controlled release mechanism acts as an intermediary between the solid tablet and the water flow. This intermediary controls the rate at which treatment products are delivered to the hair, preventing both blockage and uncontrolled dosage while maintaining continuous flow.
2Duration of action of moving object
If special containers are used to inhibit normal water flow conditions to reduce dissolution rate, then tablet dissolution can be controlled, but the system becomes more complex and requires special containers
Solution Approach 1:
The shower head incorporates localized flow control features such as varied aperture sizes, restricted channels, or specific geometric configurations in the water delivery path. These local structural modifications create controlled turbulence or restricted flow zones that regulate tablet dissolution rate without requiring complex overall container design.
Solution Approach 2:
The system utilizes dynamic water flow conditions, such as controlled turbulence or varying flow velocities, to regulate tablet dissolution. The water flow characteristics are dynamically adjusted through the shower head's internal geometry, allowing controlled dissolution without static complex container structures.
3Ease of manufacture
If tablets are dissolved in water in the basin and then hair is soaked, then dissolution can be achieved, but this is not a controlled delivery system and requires separate steps
Solution Approach 1:
The system merges the treatment product delivery function with the hair wetting function into a single integrated shower head operation. Treatment products are delivered directly to the hair during the normal showering process, combining multiple steps (wetting, treatment application, rinsing) into one simultaneous action, improving both ease of manufacture and operation.
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 system provides a controlled and efficient delivery of hair treatments, ensuring effective product distribution and reduced water usage, enhancing the hair treatment process with improved product efficacy and reduced waste.
Implementation Method 1
create a turbulent water flow within the body
Implementation Method 2
repeatedly abrade against the mesh formation which assists with the disintegration process
Implementation Method 3
passage of water through this chamber around the particulate matter causes air bubbles of air to be created which pass through with the water into the hollow body
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AI summary
A hand held shower head configured to deliver a continuous dose of water dispersed treatment from a water disintegratable treatment source, the shower head including: a hollow body having water inlet opening and water outlet, the water outlet defined by a perforated plate, and a mesh formation disposed within the hollow body between the water inlet opening and the perforated plate, wherein the water inlet opening, hollow body and perforated plate are configured to create in use a pressurised turbulent water flow within the hollow body prior to exiting through the perforated plate, whereby a water disintegratable tablet treatment source introduced into the hollow body prior to use, is then agitated by the turbulent water flow against the mesh in an abrading manner and thereby dispersed into the water flow exiting the perforated plate. A water distintegratable tablet comprising emulsifier, thickening agent, surfactants, oil and rheology modifier is also disclosed.