Air shower apparatus
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing air shower apparatuses used in clean rooms and similar environments often discharge air from multiple directions simultaneously, leading to disturbed airflow and the scattering of dust and dirt, making them difficult to install and use in non-clean room settings.
Innovation Solution
The air shower apparatus includes a first face portion and a second face portion facing each other, with multiple first and second blowers that generate spiral airflows. The blowers are arranged such that the air shower is generated within a specific space between the face portions, preventing airflow disturbance and allowing for easy installation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If air is discharged from multiple directions all at once, then the air shower coverage is improved, but the airflow becomes disturbed and dust scatters around
Solution Approach 1:
The air shower apparatus divides the air discharge function into multiple independent blowers (first blowers and second blowers) positioned at different face portions. Each blower discharges air in a controlled direction toward a corresponding suction port, segmenting the airflow paths to prevent disturbance while maintaining comprehensive coverage.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention positions suction ports to face the blow-out ports directly, creating a paired configuration where air is discharged and immediately suctioned in a controlled path. This inverted arrangement (suction facing discharge rather than perpendicular) prevents airflow disturbance and dust scattering while maintaining effective air shower generation.
2Reliability
If the air shower apparatus is made large-scale for clean room use, then the air shower effectiveness is improved, but the installation difficulty increases in non-clean room settings
Solution Approach 1:
The apparatus is divided into multiple modular face portions with independent blower-suction port pairs. This segmentation allows the system to maintain effective air shower generation while being adaptable to different installation spaces, reducing installation difficulty in non-clean room settings.
Solution Approach 2:
The air shower apparatus is designed with a configuration that can effectively operate in both clean room and non-clean room environments. The paired blower-suction port arrangement provides universal applicability, allowing the same apparatus design to maintain reliability across different installation settings without requiring size adjustments.
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 configuration effectively prevents airflow disturbance and reduces the likelihood of dust and dirt scattering, making the air shower apparatus easier to install and use in various environments, including non-clean room settings.
Implementation Method 1
the first blower blows out a first spiral airflow from the first blow-out port included in the first blower toward the first suction port included in the second blower
Data Source
AI summary
An air shower apparatus includes a plurality of blowers provided in a face portion, and a plurality of blowers provided in a face portion disposed to face the face portion. A suction port included in a blower is disposed to face a blow-out port included in a blower. In a set of the blower and the blower, the blower blows out a spiral airflow from the blow-out port, and the blower sucks the spiral airflow from the suction port. The air shower apparatus generates an air shower by a plurality of spiral airflows blown out from a plurality of blow-out ports.