Appliance for dehumidification and multi-function appliance for dehumidification or humidification
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing dehumidification appliances face challenges in user convenience and space efficiency due to the design of water containers, which can be difficult to mount, empty, and separate, and often require separate containers for dehumidification and humidification modes, increasing the appliance's size.
Innovation Solution
A dehumidification appliance with a ring-shaped water container featuring a hollow hole and a guide unit for easy mounting and separation, along with a rotatable upper handle and recessed side handles for user convenience, and a combined water container for both modes that can be mounted and emptied easily, enhancing user experience and space utilization.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If separate water containers are provided for dehumidification and humidification modes, then each function can be optimized independently, but the appliance size increases unnecessarily
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a single water container that serves dual purposes: storing condensation water during dehumidification mode and storing humidification water during humidification mode. The container is designed with a front-openable cap that can be opened forward to drain condensation water or opened backward to supply humidification water, allowing one container to fulfill multiple functions without increasing appliance size.
2Ease of operation
If the water container is made detachable for easy removal, then user convenience is improved, but unintended separation during movement may occur, reducing reliability
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs a dynamic mounting mechanism where the water container can be easily inserted and removed from the upper portion of the appliance. The container features a detachable connection that provides stable fixation during normal operation and movement, yet allows convenient removal when needed. The front-openable cap design further enables easy access without requiring complete detachment, balancing reliability during use with ease of removal when required.
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 improves user convenience by simplifying the handling of water containers and reduces the appliance's size by integrating dehumidification and humidification functions, enhancing user experience and space efficiency.
Implementation Method 1
when the temperature of the air surrounding a cooling apparatus of the cooling-type appliance for dehumidification falls below the dew point, condensation water is generated at the cooling apparatus
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AI summary
An appliance for dehumidification, with a body having an inflow unit and an outflow unit; a heat-exchanging apparatus to condense vapor in the air; a fan to forcedly move the air; a tray to collect condensation water descending from a cooling apparatus; a water container detachably provided at an upper portion of the body to store the condensation water; a pump to pump the condensation water from the tray to the water container; and a drain pipe to guide the condensation water from the pump to the water container. The water container may be easily separated from the appliance to empty the water container when the water container is full, and then the water container may be easily mounted again.