Toy Flute with Reciprocating Body and Elastic Restoration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing toy flutes with flutes centered in spherical bodies are complex to manufacture, costly, and produce muffled sounds, with limited sound quality during play or throwing.
Innovation Solution
A toy flute design where a reciprocating body is accommodated inside a cylindrical body within a hollow body, with vent holes allowing airflow to generate sound, eliminating the need for gravitational weight restoration and allowing clear sound production during play or throwing.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the flute is disposed at the center of a spherical body with gravitational weight restoration, then the flute posture can be restored in the gravitational lower direction, but the formation becomes complicated and production cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
The invention extracts the weight restoration mechanism from the flute assembly and replaces it with a simple elastic element (spring) that provides restoring force. The flute is no longer dependent on gravitational restoration through complex weight mechanisms, but instead uses the elastic recovery of the hollow body to drive airflow through the flute during compression and expansion cycles.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention replaces the gravitational weight restoration system with an elastic mechanical system. Instead of using weights and complex restoration mechanisms, the hollow body itself acts as a spring, utilizing its elastic properties to compress and expand, thereby driving the airflow through the flute without requiring separate weight restoration components.
2Reliability
If the flute is disposed at the center of a spherical body, then gravitational restoration is achieved, but the sound of the flute is shut out by the spherical body and becomes muffled
Solution Approach 1:
The invention extracts the flute from the central position within the hollow body and repositions it such that the sound outlet is exposed to the external environment. The flute is configured to extend through or near the surface of the hollow body, allowing sound to be emitted directly outward without being trapped or muffled by the spherical body material.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention introduces a sound transmission path that acts as an intermediary between the flute and the external environment. The flute is positioned to communicate with the outside air through openings or extensions of the hollow body, creating an effective sound transmission channel that bypasses the muffling effect of the spherical body material.
3Reliability
If the flute is disposed at the center of a spherical body, then gravitational restoration is achieved, but sound is only produced during throwing and not during other play activities
Solution Approach 1:
The invention transforms the static gravitational restoration system into a dynamic elastic system. The hollow body is designed to be compressible, allowing it to respond to various dynamic interactions during play (squeezing, dropping, bouncing). Each compression and expansion cycle creates airflow through the flute, enabling sound production during diverse play activities rather than only during throwing.
Solution Approach 2:
The hollow body itself serves multiple functions: it acts as the container, the spring mechanism, and the sound amplifier. The elastic material of the hollow body automatically provides the restoring force needed to drive airflow through the flute during any compression event, eliminating the need for separate weight restoration mechanisms and enabling versatile sound production during various play activities.
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 design simplifies manufacturing, reduces costs, and ensures clear sound production during play and throwing, providing varied and interesting sounds through airflow and reverberation within the cylindrical section.
Implementation Method 1
In the case that the hollow body is provided with elasticity, sound occurs at the flute section at a time when air outside the hollow body comes into the hollow body from the opening section as a result of rebound from the abovementioned compression.
Implementation Method 2
a flute section is installed at the abovementioned cylindrical section in such a manner that airflow flowing between the abovementioned opening section and a vent hole at the other side from among the abovementioned two vent holes causes sound to occur and reverberate inside the cylindrical section
Implementation Method 3
At the time of the compression or rebound of the hollow body, a reverberation space inside the cylindrical section becomes large or small because the reciprocating body reciprocates inside the cylindrical section.
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AI summary
The toy flute is configured such that: a reciprocating body is accommodated inside a cylindrical body in a reciprocating manner; the cylindrical body is installed at an inner side of an opening section provided at a hollow body in such a manner that a vent hole at one side from among two vent holes provided at the abovementioned cylindrical body can communicate with the abovementioned opening section; and a flute section is installed at the abovementioned cylindrical body in such a manner that airflow flowing between the abovementioned opening section and a vent hole at the other side from among the abovementioned two vent holes causes sound to occur and reverberate inside the cylindrical body.