๐Ÿ‘คotras๐Ÿ•‘7y๐Ÿ”ผ601๐Ÿ—จ๏ธ123

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A few years ago, a British inventor appeared on a TV show called Dragon's Den (UK version of Shark Tank) and pitched his idea of an improved spray bottle called the Anyway Spray.

Instead of a normal plastic tube inside a bottle with an opening at the end, he designed a tube with millions of tiny perforations along its length. This meant the spray bottle could operate at any angle (even upside down) and could empty all liquid in a bottle with no leftover.

Here is a 1 min demo of the spray: https://vimeo.com/195318537

Here's an explanation of how it works https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXk46rvzdpY

And here's the original pitch he made on Dragon's Den https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjOvyjeZyIw

๐Ÿ‘คvanilla-almond๐Ÿ•‘7y๐Ÿ”ผ0๐Ÿ—จ๏ธ0

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This is a nice example to show the illusion of explanatory depth [0]. Most people would say they know how a spray bottle works, but fail to describe all relevant details of the implementation,

[0] https://www.edge.org/response-detail/27117

๐Ÿ‘คSimonSword91๐Ÿ•‘7y๐Ÿ”ผ0๐Ÿ—จ๏ธ0

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One way valves are basically diodes, but for fluids rather than electrons. You can also make logic gates out of just diodes (or one way valves).

Imagine writing software for a hydraulic computer!

๐Ÿ‘คTheSoftwareGuy๐Ÿ•‘7y๐Ÿ”ผ0๐Ÿ—จ๏ธ0

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A very simple design, based on a principle that was discovered over 2000 years ago.

http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/7/9/5031/pdf (see page 13-14)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piston_pump

๐Ÿ‘คuserbinator๐Ÿ•‘7y๐Ÿ”ผ0๐Ÿ—จ๏ธ0

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What I find most frustrating about the current class of spray bottles is that they've removed the ability to unscrew the head, and therefore you can't a) get out the liquid which can't be sprayed, or b) reuse the bottle.
๐Ÿ‘คintrasight๐Ÿ•‘7y๐Ÿ”ผ0๐Ÿ—จ๏ธ0

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It's a simple mechanism, but the writing and diagrams deserve an A+ for clarity.
๐Ÿ‘คbitofhope๐Ÿ•‘7y๐Ÿ”ผ0๐Ÿ—จ๏ธ0

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Wouldn't this design create a vacuum in the reservoir?

Edit: (reservoir = bottle)

๐Ÿ‘คamelius๐Ÿ•‘7y๐Ÿ”ผ0๐Ÿ—จ๏ธ0

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I found his write-up on MBTA bus mirror positioning to be a short but interesting read as well: https://alexanderellis.github.io/blog/posts/mbta-bus/
๐Ÿ‘คdavidkuhta๐Ÿ•‘7y๐Ÿ”ผ0๐Ÿ—จ๏ธ0

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How does the nozzle diffuse?
๐Ÿ‘คanotheryou๐Ÿ•‘7y๐Ÿ”ผ0๐Ÿ—จ๏ธ0

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Having source be in the "staging area" after "git add" makes more sense to me now :-)
๐Ÿ‘คbillsix๐Ÿ•‘7y๐Ÿ”ผ0๐Ÿ—จ๏ธ0

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If anyone's curious for more, look up how an atomizer works. It's simpler but requires more background knowledge (namely, the Bernoulli principle).
๐Ÿ‘คsaagarjha๐Ÿ•‘7y๐Ÿ”ผ0๐Ÿ—จ๏ธ0

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I know why I clicked on this; one of my cleaning spray bottles just broke. What's everyone else's excuse?
๐Ÿ‘คplaidfuji๐Ÿ•‘7y๐Ÿ”ผ0๐Ÿ—จ๏ธ0

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I was literally just thinking "how does this work" when looking at a spray bottle yesterday. Thanks!
๐Ÿ‘คtest6554๐Ÿ•‘7y๐Ÿ”ผ0๐Ÿ—จ๏ธ0

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This is cute and all, but still silly. At least, for those of us whose childhoods included dependence on wells with hand pumps. Or particularly, responsibility for maintaining said hand pumps. Because it's an ancient design. Old ones used leather flaps as one-way valves. Same for tire pumps.
๐Ÿ‘คmirimir๐Ÿ•‘7y๐Ÿ”ผ0๐Ÿ—จ๏ธ0

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The spring might be the reason why a spray bottle doesn't last very long if you re-fill it with a bleach solution, when it was not designed for it?
๐Ÿ‘คtrumped๐Ÿ•‘7y๐Ÿ”ผ0๐Ÿ—จ๏ธ0

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Great write-up, awesome diagrams, some parts could use some improvement in language, but the diagrams more than make up for it.
๐Ÿ‘คdeepdiving12๐Ÿ•‘7y๐Ÿ”ผ0๐Ÿ—จ๏ธ0

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I would have loved this explained in my high school physics class
๐Ÿ‘คsbilstein๐Ÿ•‘7y๐Ÿ”ผ0๐Ÿ—จ๏ธ0

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Clever blog! Design taking apart :) Hope he does more of these!
๐Ÿ‘คaugbog๐Ÿ•‘7y๐Ÿ”ผ0๐Ÿ—จ๏ธ0

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A clearer title would be, 'How does a spray bottle work'

I'm guessing the authors first language isn't English, but saying 'why' would be better suited to explaining why a spray bottle works for a certain solution or process.

Why does a spray bottle work well for watering a plant?

A spray bottle produces many small drops of water which is an effective method of covering the leaves of a plant.

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