Tree Injection Device with Elastic Vessel and Non-Return Adapter
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing methods for injecting chemical substances into trees and palmaceae lack flexibility in dosing and application, often causing environmental and health risks, and are not adaptable to various tree species or environments.
Innovation Solution
A device with a vessel containing a chemical substance under low pressure, connected via a non-return adapter system to a tree trunk, allowing for single or multiple dosages to be applied at the source or in situ, using a natural transpiration process to prevent overpressure and ensure homogeneous distribution.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional injection methods are used to inject chemical substances into trees, then the chemical products can be applied to treat trees, but they cause environmental and health risks and lack flexibility in dosing
Solution Approach 1:
The injection system is divided into separate functional components: a dosing device for controlling chemical quantity, a vessel for storage, and a connecting element for insertion into the tree trunk. This segmentation allows independent optimization of dosing flexibility and safety features in each component.
Solution Approach 2:
A non-return adapter system acts as an intermediary between the vessel and the connecting element, incorporating a non-return valve that prevents chemical leakage and ensures unidirectional flow. This intermediary component mitigates environmental and health risks by containing the chemical substance within the closed system.
2Productivity
If high pressure is used to inject chemical substances into trees, then the injection speed increases, but it damages the vascular system
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses hydraulic principles by utilizing the tree's own transpiration pressure (natural water movement through the vascular system) to drive chemical substance absorption, rather than applying external mechanical pressure. The vessel is designed to be flexible and adapt to the tree's internal pressure variations.
Solution Approach 2:
The tree's natural transpiration process serves the dual purpose of both water transport and chemical substance absorption. The system leverages the tree's own physiological mechanisms to deliver the chemical products without requiring external pressure application, thereby avoiding vascular damage.
3Adaptability or versatility
If a complex dosing system is implemented to allow single or multiple dosages, then dosing flexibility improves, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The dosing device is designed to be filled with chemical substances before use, allowing pre-measured dosages to be stored in the vessel. This preliminary action simplifies the actual application process while maintaining dosing flexibility, as the user simply needs to attach the pre-filled vessel to the connecting element.
4Productivity
If a reusable injection system is used, then cost efficiency improves, but the risk of contamination and malfunction increases
Solution Approach 1:
The vessel is designed as a disposable component that is filled with chemical substances and then discarded after use. This approach eliminates contamination risks associated with reusable systems while maintaining cost efficiency through the simplicity and low cost of the disposable vessel design.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The solution provides a safe, environmentally friendly, and versatile method for injecting chemical substances into trees, reducing risks to humans and the environment, while allowing for flexible dosing and application, suitable for various tree species and environments, and reducing workforce costs.
Implementation Method 1
an elastic container suitable for containing the chemical substance and/or preparation at low pressure; meaning a pressure between about 1 and 1.8 bars
Implementation Method 2
a non-return adapter system located at the vessel outlet. This adapter system preferably made of a polymeric plastic material is in turn characterized in that it comprises a membrane-carrier element, a non-return valve or membrane
Implementation Method 3
not damaging the vascular system of the species to be treated by using the natural transpiration process thereof for absorbing the injected products
Implementation Method 4
using the natural transpiration process thereof for absorbing the injected products
Data Source
AI summary
The present invention relates to a device for injecting at least one chemical substance and/or preparation into trees and/or palmaceae, that includes: a) a vessel with an elastic container located inside said vessel, the elastic container containing the chemical substance and/or preparation at a pressure between 1 and 1.8 bars; b) a connecting element adapted to be introduced into the tree or palmaceae trunk by at least one of its ends; and c) an adapter system located at the outlet of the vessel, which comprises a non-return membrane, a membrane-carrier element, and a closing element of said adapter system, the adapter system allowing single or multiple dosages of the elastic container with chemical substances and/or preparations through the non-return membrane, and the coupling to the connecting element by a second end thereof.