According to the last preview, we talked about a "leaked-water container". So, before thinking of the container, I need to know where exactly the water come out.
1. at the cap,
when we spray with length of the cap and the upper-body is too far (,about 1.65 cm).
And when the spray is rotated upside-down or cap pointed downward, even the cap is in closed position.
2. at the joint between the upper-body and the lower-body,
Sometimes leaks if it doesn't close tightly enough (in normal position).
And it will probably leaks when the spray is rotated upside-down or cap pointed downward, even you do nothing.
Container Sketch:
Aim of the container is to collect leaked-water while the object is doing its work (spraying water)
so, according to the sequence of the spray..
To fit with the limited area below the cap, I came up with the idea about a small box and a tube,
by letting the box receives leaked-water (,its surface area is larger than tube's) and then the tube will send them into a container below. The container might be sited around the yellow area.
As you can see in the picture, if there is the box under a cap, the user's fingers which are holding spray will be decreased and that are not very comfortable to use. So the container in yellow area will be a stand for 2 remaining fingers.Materials:
Obviously, all of my materials must be waterproof, such as, plastics, rubber, elastic. I think of -eh I don't know what you called in English but it is something like the bottle at left..
All I know is it is a product of rubber tree :D and it is available at any stationary shops. I have never play with it too, the final product of it might be soft elastic rubber-like?
For the tube, I am going to find some tube that is similar to the tube is used inside a spray, as its unity.
And sorry for the super-extremely-absolutely late.
If you want to know, my situation now is, I am at a house where my family live (,I used to live in condominiam in my university day) so what you can see in the photos' background are a bit mess..
hmmm....
ReplyDeleteThe prosthesis you started drawing looks quite interesting. Tubes and extra containers... what if those ones leak as well? this could get really mad!
but but but
I think the container should do more than simply collect the leaks.
Also, do not forget to theoretically question what you are dealing with - what is a leak? what does it mean to us human beings? why can't we stand it?
what is a leak in architecture?
In architecture it would actually be the opposite of your case, the leak is from outside to inside... - a building leaks, or rather water leaks inside a building -
The work you started doing with the spray (the pink drawings) needs to be continued with the leaks... continued and modified, expanded of course, but here is the occasion to produce a series.
Otherwise the materials you are planning to use are great, exciting for what they are - but how could a material relate to leak?
This would be interesting to explore.
"Tubes and extra containers... what if those ones leak as well?"
ReplyDelete- Well.... That's possible = =)a but there is some glue that can seal them or maybe I can use those from rubber tree (,I need to try on it first...)
Then about the theoretical question you ask.. actually,I'm not really understand them..like, aren't we now dealing with leaked of liquid inside the spray? And it is meant that we will lose some of those liquid, imagine if it is not just normal water. If it is valuable liquid, by losing a little of its might cost a lot. As well as if it is harmful substance, by leaking and letting it touches user's hand directly may be dangerous, that is my reason why we can't stand the leak.
About a leak in architecture, it is ,like, a leak from outside to inside(the building), isn't it? While a leak in meaning of my spray is from inside to outside.. oh, well I understand. :)
Thank you for the advices :) I will try my best and hope you are safe in this situation.
ps. do you know that the sequence picture http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-J1xjDkVgAUQ/TqVPyg7qEJI/AAAAAAAAADg/ubHdMRDwQQo/s1600/beep.gif and http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-aHZsuLW2Q60/TqVY2-06hCI/AAAAAAAAAEI/gGunm9kFWxE/s1600/beepproj.gif is a GIF animation? I was proudly to present it XP
I meant the extra leaks as a great (absurd) idea.
ReplyDeleteYou are playing with it (i cannot pretend to ignore it as i am your ajarn) and you should continue. But really push this!
If you have time now, try to find the film Brazil, by Terry Gilliam and look at the madness of the AC tubes. This is what i am talking about...
The leak of the tube fixing the leak of the tube fixing the leak of the...
oh yes the GIF... a cool beginning i imagine! best would be to have them work on the blog page itself.