Vehicle-Mounted Pool Water-Level Control During Road Travel
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
Existing motor road traffic vehicles with bathing pools are unsuitable for road traffic as they fail to maintain a constant water level due to forces like acceleration, deceleration, and cornering, leading to significant water spillage.
Innovation Solution
A motor vehicle equipped with a pool moving unit that allows the pool to move in three dimensions, a flood diverting unit, a water flow and sway controlling unit, and a central control unit, which work together to maintain a constant water level through transversal and longitudinal elevating units, floodspaces, water channels, high-pressure pumps, and sensors to manage water levels and temperature.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a pool is mounted on a moving vehicle for entertainment purposes, then the entertainment value and mobility are improved, but the water level stability deteriorates due to acceleration, deceleration, and cornering forces
Solution Approach 1:
The pool is mounted on a dynamically adjustable platform with hydraulic or pneumatic elevators that can change the pool's position and orientation in real-time. This dynamic adjustment system compensates for the effects of vehicle movement, maintaining water level stability despite acceleration, deceleration, and cornering forces.
Solution Approach 2:
Sensors detect water level changes caused by vehicle movement, and this information is fed back to a control system that automatically adjusts the pool's position using hydraulic elevators. This closed-loop feedback mechanism ensures continuous water level stability during vehicle operation.
2Adaptability or versatility
If a pool is filled with water on a moving vehicle, then the entertainment experience is improved, but water spillage increases due to inertial forces during movement
Solution Approach 1:
The pool platform incorporates dynamic positioning capabilities through hydraulic elevators and articulation mechanisms that actively adjust the pool's orientation to counteract inertial forces during vehicle acceleration, deceleration, and cornering, preventing water spillage.
Solution Approach 2:
The control system anticipates vehicle movements and pre-adjusts the pool's position and orientation to counteract upcoming inertial forces, preventing water spillage before it occurs by applying counteracting forces in advance.
3Device complexity
If a pool is statically fixed on a vehicle, then the device complexity is reduced, but the usability in traffic conditions deteriorates due to water instability
Solution Approach 1:
The pool mounting system transitions from a static structure to a dynamic one with hydraulic elevators and articulation mechanisms that actively adapt to traffic conditions, maintaining water stability and making the vehicle usable for entertainment purposes during movement.
Solution Approach 2:
Hydraulic or pneumatic elevators are used to provide smooth, controlled movement of the pool platform, enabling the system to adapt to traffic conditions while maintaining water stability. This approach balances device complexity with usability by using fluid power systems that are relatively compact and efficient.
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 effectively contains water in the pool during vehicle movement, ensuring a stable water level and enhancing the entertainment experience for passengers by maintaining water level consistency during road and traffic conditions.
Implementation Method 1
at least one transversal elevating unit and at least one longitudinal elevating unit of the pool moving unit comprises screw jacks or, hydraulic or pneumatic cylinders
Implementation Method 2
at least one transversal elevating unit and at least one longitudinal elevating unit of the pool moving unit comprises screw jacks or, hydraulic or pneumatic cylinders
Implementation Method 3
The coordinated operation of the system comprising the three main units of the invention is capable of containing the water in the pool despite the above mentioned forces
Implementation Method 4
The said 3 water flow and swing controlling unit comprises water outlet channels, water inlet channels, high pressure pumps, flexible ducts, valves and surge tanks
Implementation Method 5
The said 2 flood diverting unit is made up of a curved wall of the pool, at least one floodspace, swinging gates of the same number as the floodspaces, grilled protective casings, water deflecting lamellae and return channels of flood space
Data Source
Figure 1
Figure 2
Figure 3a~3d
AI summary
The invention relates, on the one hand, to a mobile vehicle with water bathing facility for entertainment purposes that comprises at least one suitable motor vehicle, an either open or covered pool (m) mounted on this vehicle as a superstructure or converted from the body of the car where the pool (m) concerned is filled with water, and where the water-level control to suit the current road conditions is executed by means of the screw jacks (h), hydraulic or pneumatic cylinders (h), effectuated by a pool-moving unit (1), and the stability of the water mass swaying on account of braking and acceleration is ensured by the flood diverting unit (2) and water flow and sway controlling unit (3). The aforesaid units together with the central control unit (v) constitute one system, which is the water-level controlling system (6) of a pool (m) filled with water that is mounted on a motor vehicle. On the other hand, the invention relates to an application for transportation of people in a pool (m) mounted on a motor vehicle and filled with water which vehicle is utilised as a sightseeing bus comprising the complete range of services provided by the mobile bathing vehicle, such as sightseeing tours, bachelor parties, hen nights, school trips and any function or social event.