Translucent Support Column for Water Curtain Jet Kits
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing water jet devices for recreational purposes often require unsightly retaining beams to support the water outlet tank, which clash with the translucent water curtain and detract from the aesthetic appeal.
Innovation Solution
A water jet kit that replaces retaining beams with a translucent, rigid supply column to support the outlet tank, conveying water from a collection tank to the outlet tank using a pump, while blending with the water curtain and allowing for customizable kit configurations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Stability of the object's composition
If retaining beams are used to support the water outlet tank, then the structural stability is improved, but the aesthetic appearance deteriorates due to visible beams clashing with the translucent water curtain
Solution Approach 1:
A translucent support column is introduced as an intermediary element between the water outlet tank and the ground. This column serves as a mediator that provides structural support while simultaneously blending with the translucent water curtain, thus resolving the contradiction between stability and aesthetics.
Solution Approach 2:
The support column is designed with translucent material properties that allow it to visually blend with the water curtain. By matching the optical characteristics (translucency) of the water flow, the column becomes aesthetically compatible with the water feature while maintaining its structural function.
2Shape
If a translucent support column is used instead of retaining beams, then the aesthetic appearance is improved, but the structural strength may deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The support column is constructed from composite materials that combine translucency with adequate structural strength. This allows the column to maintain both aesthetic appearance (translucency blending with water curtain) and structural strength (ability to support the water outlet tank).
3Length of moving object
If the water outlet tank is positioned higher above the collection tank, then the water curtain height is improved, but the device complexity increases due to additional support structures
Solution Approach 1:
The traditional complex retaining beam support structure is extracted and replaced with a simpler translucent column. This simplification reduces device complexity while allowing the water outlet tank to be positioned at a greater height, thereby improving water curtain height without proportionally increasing support structure complexity.
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 solution provides a visually inconspicuous support system that maintains the aesthetic integrity of the water curtain while enabling flexible kit assembly and adaptation to various environments, offering customizable shapes and functionalities.
Implementation Method 1
a pump, configured to suck the water that has flowed into the tank and to inject this water into the supply column in order to replenish the outlet tank with water
Implementation Method 2
the supply column enabling the water outlet tank to be held above the collection tank... conveying water to this tank
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AI summary
A water jet kit for recreational purposes, including: a water collection tank having a trough in an upper portion including at least a first opening in communication with a lower tank to collect water flowing into the trough, a water outlet tank above the collection tank, including water outlet nozzles and at least one opening in a lower face of the outlet tank, oriented towards the collection tank, water exiting the nozzles forming a curtain of water, a supply column for the outlet tank, of rigid and translucent material, having a first end fitting into a second opening of the collection tank and a second end fitting into the opening of the outlet tank, the supply column enabling the outlet tank to be held above the collection tank, a pump for sucking water collected in the tank and injecting it into the supply column to replenish the outlet tank.