Air-Permeable Texture for Oxygen and Negative Ion Generation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing devices that provide oxygen or negative oxygen ions are specialized, expensive, and require electricity, failing to effectively improve air quality in interior spaces without aerodynamic support.
Innovation Solution
An air-permeable texture combining metal peroxides or superoxides for oxygen generation and tourmaline for negative ion production, integrated with air-permeable materials to create a non-electricity dependent system for enhanced oxygen and negative oxygen ion delivery.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If specialized equipment is used to provide oxygen or negative oxygen ions, then oxygen and ion supply effectiveness is improved, but device complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the chemical state of metal elements from metallic form to peroxide/superoxide form, enabling oxygen release through chemical reaction with moisture. This parameter change transforms a complex mechanical oxygen generation system into a simple chemical-based texture that releases oxygen autonomously when exposed to ambient moisture.
Solution Approach 2:
The texture utilizes ambient moisture from the air to trigger oxygen release from metal peroxides/superoxides, eliminating the need for external power sources or complex control systems. The system serves itself by using environmental resources (moisture) to activate its function, greatly simplifying the overall device complexity.
2Quantity of substance
If specialized equipment is used to provide oxygen or negative oxygen ions, then oxygen and ion supply effectiveness is improved, but electricity consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The texture generates negative oxygen ions through the natural piezoelectric effect of tourmaline when exposed to pressure changes or moisture, without requiring external electricity. The system uses environmental conditions to activate ion generation, achieving self-powered operation that eliminates electricity consumption while maintaining negative oxygen ion supply effectiveness.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces electricity-dependent ion generation mechanisms with a mechanical/physical effect-based system using tourmaline's piezoelectric properties. This substitution eliminates the need for electrical power while maintaining the ability to generate negative ions through natural physical processes triggered by environmental moisture and pressure changes.
3Quantity of substance
If existing oxygen supply devices are used, then oxygen concentration is improved, but adaptability to different interior environments decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The texture integrates multiple functions into a single material system: metal peroxides/superoxides provide oxygen release, tourmaline generates negative ions, and the air-permeable structure enables breathability. This multi-functional integration allows the same texture to adapt to various interior environments (rooms, vehicles, containers) without requiring environment-specific configurations or power sources.
Solution Approach 2:
The texture autonomously responds to environmental conditions by using ambient moisture to trigger both oxygen release and negative ion generation. This self-activating mechanism enables universal application across different interior environments without requiring external control systems, power sources, or environment-specific adjustments, greatly enhancing adaptability.
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
The solution provides increased oxygen and negative oxygen ion concentrations in micro-environments, improving air quality and human health without electricity consumption, suitable for various household applications.
Implementation Method 1
the substances supplying oxygen generates oxygen for an increased concentration of oxygen in micro-environment
Implementation Method 2
Tourmaline generates currents by which an electric field induced around tourmaline electrolyzes moisture therein for generation of 'tourmaline-induced negative ions'
Implementation Method 3
oxygen molecules in the air combine with free electrons... Negative oxygen ions are most often generated by atmospheric ionized free electrons caught by the oxygen molecule
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AI summary
The present disclosure describes an air-permeable texture providing oxygen and negative oxygen ions which comprises substances supplying oxygen and substances supplying negative ions and is embedded into several household articles or devices such as band-aids, dressings over wounds, masks, clothes, air conditioners or air purifiers.