Inventor ... horizontal hand

Standing in the head with the question of ' why ', he has researched, calculated and successfully produced many products with outstanding features such as solar powered wheelchairs; fuel loss kit; Massage chair, fish robot against flooding and continuing to work on car powered by wind.

Wheelchair powered by solar energy (Photo: TTO) Thanh Long rolling door brand has become familiar to big construction contractors. However, his reputation and products are only for the oral sex of each other. And we were once curious about it, sort of: ' That hand is mechanical, there is nothing that can't be thought of and can't do it.'

I came to find him in a spacious house in the quarter 8, Binh Hung Hoa, Binh Tan - Ho Chi Minh City and was very surprised to witness the new products and ideas as well as the ups and downs of life. a inventor horizontal hand! He is Nguyen Thanh Long, 40 years old, a son of Dien Ban - Quang Nam.

From the desire to make father a plow

In the midst of the ringing of your phone ringing, the sound of the ear torn and the guests coming in and out constantly, his voice interrupted when talking about his childhood.

He was born into a poor, purely agricultural family with many children. ' Looking at the house, people are wealthy, they can buy buffaloes and plows, and my father is doing farming only with a hoe and strength, ' he recalls. At the age of ten, the sick little boy sat and waited for his father to work in the field. Without sharing the burden with his father, he fumbled with scrap metal with the desire to make . a plow. The plow was successful but only small enough to install on the dog like a star fruit tree to plow. Father smiled and looked at the little boy. ' I am very happy, I keep researching, if I like, growing up will definitely do many things' .

In the middle of the poor countryside, every time he came to the rice crop, he invented something, at that time, the excavator, when the machine was plucking, tiny. But his father still encouraged him.

Graduating from high school, family economics does not allow him to study up. Trying hard, Long has just graduated from the No. 1 machine and tool factory in Hanoi for 3 years. Once hard-working, he returned to his hometown and successfully built excavators and threshers.

But those successful machines still don't know who to sell. With capital and debt, he followed his friends to Laos to work as a construction worker. After 5 years of returning to work, paying off the debt, but the life still does not escape the poverty. In 1997, he decided to wrap up in Ho Chi Minh City with the thought: ' In that economic development, if I can create something, someone will buy copyright and apply to production '. The whole family protested. And he decided to go.

Make enough jobs to survive

Until now, every corner of Saigon land is nowhere but he does not know. Just because when he first arrived, he lived on a motorbike taxi every night, and every day he asked what to do. Proceeds from driving, he rented a room, and spent 5 meals on his family. The workday he saved up until he bought the cutting, turning and welding machines. And he decided to choose a rolling door to make a startup product. Without a training school, he wondered where to find study materials. Go to search for knowledge, become a big bookstore, baby in this city he knows. Which book is relatively priced, he bought it, which book is too expensive, he reads it.

Studying and passionate about research, Thanh Long's rolling door products have been paid attention by construction contractors for their outstanding features. Traction force is lighter and quieter than other imported products of the same type, while the price is much "soft ".

Up to now, his products have dominated the market and are present in many major construction projects, such as Phu Tho racetrack, Tan Binh market, Tan Tru market, Tan Dinh market, Phu Nhuan market and some cultural houses. .

In less than 6 years, from scratch, he built a spacious property and a system of 30 product distribution agents.

Passionate about creativity

Whatever he does, he is also concerned how to make the best and fastest performance. From the years when he had practiced car-making for rice, he kept thinking about how to minimize the fuel consumption of the engine. Still struggling to find it, until once going to a party, he saw that the hotpot was cooked with dry alcohol.

Back home, he bought dry alcohol to try to study the chemical properties and realized that alcohol has many components that have the same characteristics as gasoline. He started making gasoline-saving kits for motorcycles from dry alcohol. This device has been tested and certified by Ho Chi Minh City Department of Standards, Metrology and Quality, with the results of 10.39% reduction compared to normal fuel consumption.

Abandoning motorbike motorbike, gas saving equipment is also folded, he promoted rolling door products and expanded production to the field of chairs and folding beds. And once in a while when the cell phone broke, he took out the repairman. Sitting watching the mechanic remove his phone, he found it not so complicated. So the idea of ​​making massage chairs is formed from there.

Inventor Nguyen Thanh Long with massage chair products (Photo: TTO)

After a few nights lay hands on the forehead, the outline, and the massage system with the vibrator of the cell phone formed. This system is attached to the back of the chair, when someone leans in, the vibrating system will operate automatically. Adjustable vibration thanks to a small twist.

The chair is shaped like a dad chair, with wheels added and when needed, the user can pull out into a smooth massage bed. In the front of the chair is a mobile desk that is used to place a laptop, and a small fan is automatically placed under the table if someone sits on the table. He said the fan will help the computer to cool better.

Energy supply for massage chair is home power, battery, or solar power. The chair has been tested by Ho Chi Minh City Department of Standards, Metrology and Quality. Price is only VND 350,000.

Doing what he is also rude, he also observes where to go. And then once he saw a hard-working disabled man manipulating the wheelchair, in his mind he thought of making a solar-powered wheelchair. His drawing was quickly deployed and successful. The average speed of the car is 10 km / hour, costing only over 3 million VND.

He said: 'Solar cars are very convenient for people with disabilities. I made this product as a gift of gratitude to the wounded soldiers who have contributed a part of their body to the Fatherland and the less fortunate. If there are any units that manage sick soldiers and people with disabilities, I will expand the production of this product. '

Unique product: Robot fish cleaning the sewer

Recently, he again researched when he saw the whole road flooded in water. This latest successful project is the 'sewer fish robot'. He said: 'The problem of flooding cannot be solved for a simple reason that workers are very miserable but they only get the soil and waste in the manhole manually, and inside the pipe is very difficult. If you get into a big tube, it is very dangerous, while the soil is covered every day. '

The fish-shaped robot is designed in a circular shape, with a pointed front. When operating, it is attached to the upper control system with a steam pipe, its moving principle is jet, steam will push it deep into the drain. When a certain location is reached, the operator above the button presses, the robot will stop. At that time, the robot will automatically inflate the thick arms, grip the pipe surface and move backwards. These arms will carry all the soil and waste towards the manhole.

When we asked about the latest creative thoughts and planned for the next day, he smiled, saying: 'I have thought of a way for a car to run on the energy of the wind. Over the next few months, I will arrange and buy back the old car to try. I don't feel that hard, because I didn't think about it in my head. '

BICH HA