Trapezoidal Distributor Body for High Pressure Spray Cleaning
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing pressurized spray cleaning apparatuses for brick structures face issues with spray diffusion pattern, fluid flow, misalignment, fatigue, and breaking, particularly in the design of the spray head and distributor body, and lack efficient mixing of chemicals from separate supply sources.
Innovation Solution
A spray head with a corrosion-resistant distributor body of trapezoidal configuration, featuring a concave top surface and angled discharge apertures, combined with a spray nozzle support body that mixes chemical cleaning fluid with heated carrier fluid before deflection, and a stainless steel elbow guard for enhanced protection, ensuring improved diffusion and secure mounting.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If a pressurized spray cleaning apparatus is used, then cleaning efficiency is improved compared to manual cleaning, but spray diffusion pattern and fluid flow problems occur
Solution Approach 1:
The distributor body features a concave top surface with specifically positioned discharge apertures and angled bores that create localized fluid dynamics zones. This local quality variation optimizes spray diffusion pattern by controlling fluid flow characteristics at specific locations within the distributor body, resolving the spray diffusion problems while maintaining high cleaning efficiency.
Solution Approach 2:
The distributor body incorporates a concave (curved) top surface instead of a flat surface. This curvature modifies the fluid flow path and spray diffusion pattern, improving the distribution of cleaning fluid while maintaining effective pressurized spray cleaning performance.
2Ease of manufacture
If the spray head is constructed with standard materials, then production cost is reduced, but fatigue and breaking problems occur
Solution Approach 1:
The spray head combines a corrosion-resistant distributor body material with a separate support body structure. This composite construction uses materials optimized for their specific functions - the distributor body resists chemical corrosion from cleaning fluids while the support body provides structural strength, thereby improving fatigue resistance and breaking resistance without excessive cost increase.
Solution Approach 2:
The design incorporates a support body that structurally reinforces the distributor body before fatigue or breaking can occur during operation. This preventive structural design cushions against the high stresses of pressurized fluid flow, reducing the likelihood of fatigue failure and breaking while maintaining manufacturing feasibility.
3Duration of action of stationary object
If the distributor body is made corrosion resistant, then durability is improved, but manufacturing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The spray head is divided into separate components - the distributor body and the support body - allowing the distributor body to be manufactured from corrosion-resistant material independently. This segmentation enables the use of specialized materials where needed without requiring the entire assembly to be made from complex, high-cost materials, thereby balancing durability with manufacturing complexity.
4Adaptability or versatility
If separate fluid supply sources are used, then cleaning versatility is improved, but mixing efficiency is insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The distributor body integrates multiple fluid supply sources into a single mixing chamber where cleaning fluid and carrier fluid converge. The angled bores and discharge aperture geometry are designed to promote intimate mixing of the fluids as they combine, achieving efficient mixing while maintaining the versatility of using separate fluid supplies for different cleaning requirements.
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 concentrated, mixed spray pattern that effectively cleans surfaces with improved durability and efficiency, reducing the need for manual cleaning and enhancing the mixing of chemicals from separate sources.
Implementation Method 1
the jet of chemical cleaning fluid is emitted into the spray of heated carrier fluid prior to striking the deflecting edge and the cleaning chemical fluid and heated carrier fluid are intimately mixed
Implementation Method 2
The mixture is deflected from the edge as a mixed spray in a concentrated form that is directed toward a surface to be cleaned
Data Source
AI summary
A spray head with improved distributor body for a high pressure spray cleaning apparatus is provided. The spray head is carried on the end of a hand held wand with control valves to separately regulate flow through a pair of fluid circuits, the spray head having a nozzle that sprays heated water in a fan-like pattern against a deflecting edge of a distributor body. Cleaning chemicals are forced through an aperture into the fan-like pattern prior to its striking the deflecting edge to be intimately mixed with the heated water to produce a mixture that strikes the deflecting edge and is deflected therefrom in a highly concentrated form at a high velocity. An elbow guard provides improved protection for the chemical cleaning fluid flow line where it connects to the spray head. Also disclosed is a spray head that allows for the separate application of fluids delivered from separate supply sources.