Air blowing device, self-suction tail plug, and air blower using the tail plug

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional air blowers suffer from incomplete dust ejection due to the lack of a one-way valve structure in the air outlet nozzle, leading to reduced cleaning effectiveness, and are prone to tilting and instability due to their design, making them difficult to use and place.

Innovation Solution

The air blowing device incorporates an integrated air inlet and outlet device with independent ventilation pipelines and one-way valves, and a self-suction tail plug with a suction cup for stable placement, ensuring unidirectional air flow and preventing back suction, while the tail plug body is designed to securely attach to surfaces.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If the air outlet nozzle does not have a one-way valve structure, then the device structure is simple, but the air will be sucked in again after being sprayed out, causing incomplete dust ejection and weakened cleaning effect

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecleaning effectivenessVSAvoidvalve structure complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The air outlet system is segmented into two separate one-way valves: an air inlet one-way valve and an air outlet one-way valve. This segmentation allows independent control of air intake and air discharge, ensuring that sprayed air cannot be sucked back in, thus completing dust ejection while maintaining manageable structural complexity

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The air outlet one-way valve acts as an intermediary component between the air bag and the external environment. It mediates the air flow direction, allowing air to exit the air bag but preventing external air from being sucked back in, thereby ensuring complete dust ejection without requiring complex multi-component valve assemblies

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Weight of moving object

If the air blower is light in weight with a wide body and narrow tail, then the device is portable and easy to handle, but it is very easy to tilt and fall when placed on a desktop, causing great trouble in placement and use

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedevice weightVSAvoidplacement stability
Core Design Contradiction:
Weight of moving objectVSStability of the object's composition

Solution Approach 1:

A suction cup is added to the narrow tail of the air blower, providing a counterbalancing adhesive force that counteracts the toppling moment caused by the device's top-heavy configuration. This allows the lightweight device to remain stable during placement without adding significant weight to the overall structure

Inventive Principle:
Principle #8Anti-weight (Counterweight)

Solution Approach 2:

The stability problem is solved by transitioning from a purely gravitational stabilization approach to one that utilizes adhesion forces in a different dimensional context. The suction cup creates a vacuum bond with the placement surface, providing stability through atmospheric pressure rather than solely relying on weight distribution and center of gravity

Inventive Principle:
Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

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

This solution enhances cleaning effectiveness by ensuring complete dust ejection, improves stability by preventing tilting, and integrates the air inlet and outlet valves for efficient filtration and reduced weight, making the air blower more practical and user-friendly.

Implementation Method 1

a self-suction tail plug with a suction cup for stable placement, ensuring unidirectional air flow and preventing back suction

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectAdhesion: Adhesive

Data Source

PatentEP3741472B1Air blowing device, self-suction tail plug, and air blower using the tail plug
Publication Date: 2021.08.18 SHANGHAI JIEYONG TECH
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AI summary

The present application discloses an air blowing device, a self-suction tail plug, and an air blower using the tail plug, the air blower comprising: a manner of air inlet and outlet one-way valve, through an air bag, an integrated air inlet and outlet device, and a vent valve device; one end of the air bag is provided with an opening, and the bottom end of the integrated air inlet and outlet device is further provided with a connecting end; the integrated air inlet and outlet device comprises an air inlet structure and an air outlet structure; a ventilation pipeline of the air inlet structure and a ventilation pipeline of the air outlet structure are ventilated into the air bag; the self-suction tail plug comprises: a tail plug body, the bottom of the tail plug body is provided with a suction cup capable of suctioning and fixing the air blower on the surface of an object, the outer wall of the top portion of the tail plug body being provided with a fixing protrusion ring. According to the present application, a one-way valve structure is provided between an air inlet and the tail plug body to satisfy air inlet requirements of the air blower, and in the air blowing state of the air blower, provides good air tightness, ensuring a good air blowing effect in use.