Water Wall Display with Adjustable Nozzles
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing water and light displays lack interaction with walls or structures, limiting their visual effects and entertainment value.
Innovation Solution
A display system that shoots water onto transparent or translucent walls or structures using manifold assemblies with adjustable nozzles, allowing for varying angles and flow rates to create dynamic visual effects, and includes additional structural components for enhanced water formations and lighting.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If water nozzles shoot water into the air without wall interaction, then the display structure is simple, but the visual effects are limited
Solution Approach 1:
A transparent or translucent wall is introduced as an intermediary element between the water nozzles and the viewing area. The wall serves as a surface for water to interact with, creating cascading and shimmering visual effects while remaining visually unobtrusive. This mediator enables enhanced visual effects without requiring complex structural changes to the overall display system.
Solution Approach 2:
The display transitions from two-dimensional water jets in air to three-dimensional water-wall interactions. By introducing the vertical wall surface, water can flow down the wall face, creating additional visual dimension and texture. This dimensional change allows for cascading effects and improved visual engagement without fundamentally complicating the nozzle system.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple manifolds with rotatable nozzles are used to vary water angles and patterns, then visual effects are enhanced, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The manifold assemblies are made rotatable, allowing the water nozzles to dynamically change their orientation and the angle at which water strikes the wall. This dynamic adjustment capability enables varied visual patterns and effects without requiring multiple fixed manifold positions. The rotation mechanism provides versatility while consolidating what would otherwise require numerous static components.
Solution Approach 2:
Each manifold assembly is designed to perform multiple functions: it can rotate to different angles, control water flow rate, and direct water at varying patterns. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate specialized components for each function, thereby enhancing visual effects while limiting the increase in overall device complexity through functional integration.
3Adaptability or versatility
If glass walls are used for transparent display, then observers can be up close and visual effects are enhanced, but manufacturing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The display utilizes thin glass wall panels that serve as the interaction surface for water. These thin film-like structures provide the necessary transparency and smooth surface for water flow while being easier to manufacture and install compared to thick solid structures. The thin glass panels can be positioned and supported in various configurations, enabling flexible display arrangements without excessive manufacturing complexity.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The system provides enhanced visual effects by allowing water to interact with walls in multiple ways, creating cascading, shimmering, and textured patterns that can be choreographed with music and lighting, enhancing the entertainment value and aesthetic appeal.
Implementation Method 1
Water may be released from above the wall onto the front or back surfaces of the wall such that the water may flow downward upon the wall surfaces forming water flow effects
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AI summary
A water display is described including a wall or other structure upon which streams of water are shot. The direction, velocity, pressure and flow rate of the water streams may be varied to provide entertaining visual effects, which may also be choreographed with music, lighting or other features.