External Aroma Diffuser Nebulizer Mounting Ring
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing aroma diffusers have an essential oil bottle installed inside, making it inconvenient to replace or observe the oil level, and they often feature separable air ducts that are difficult to assemble, prone to damage, and susceptible to displacement, leading to low atomization efficiency or loss of function.
Innovation Solution
An aroma diffuser design with an air pump and an aromatherapy nebulizer where the essential oil bottle is externally mounted via a mounting ring, allowing easy installation and removal, and featuring an integrated nebulizer cap with a one-piece air and essential oil output duct for stable and efficient atomization.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Volume of moving object
If the essential oil bottle is installed inside the host, then the device structure is compact, but it is inconvenient to replace the essential oil bottle or observe the amount of essential oil
Solution Approach 1:
The device is divided into separate functional modules: the host containing the air pump and the essential oil bottle assembly with the nebulizer cap. The essential oil bottle can be detached from the nebulizer cap, allowing easy replacement while maintaining a relatively compact overall structure when assembled.
Solution Approach 2:
The essential oil bottle is positioned vertically with the dip tube extending downward into the bottle. This vertical arrangement allows the bottle to be easily accessed from the top for replacement while keeping the atomization function at the upper level, solving both compactness and accessibility requirements.
2Ease of manufacture
If the air duct is made separable, then the device is easier to assemble, but it is prone to displacement and results in low atomization efficiency
Solution Approach 1:
The air duct and essential oil duct are integrated into a single one-piece structure within the nebulizer cap. This merging eliminates the interface between separate air duct components, preventing displacement while maintaining ease of assembly as the entire nebulizer cap can still be easily attached to the essential oil bottle.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the air duct is made separate with small holes, then the device structure is flexible, but it is difficult to assembly and easy to damage
Solution Approach 1:
The air duct and essential oil duct are combined into a single integrated component in the nebulizer cap, eliminating multiple small-hole structures that are prone to damage. The integrated design maintains structural flexibility while significantly improving durability by reducing the number of vulnerable points.
4Ease of manufacture
If the nebulizer cap has separable air duct, then the device is easier to manufacture, but it is easy to be damaged or displacement
Solution Approach 1:
The air duct and essential oil duct are manufactured as a single integrated component in the nebulizer cap, which maintains manufacturing simplicity while eliminating the displacement and damage issues associated with separable air duct structures.
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 design allows for convenient replacement and observation of essential oil levels, enhances assembly and durability of the air duct, and ensures uniform and stable atomization of essential oils with high efficiency.
Implementation Method 1
the air pump has an air inlet port and an air outlet port; the air chamber is communicated with the air outlet port of the air pump for transporting compressed air from the air pump into the air chamber
Implementation Method 2
the dip tube extending from the nebulizer cap into the essential oil bottle for sucking liquid essential oil up
Implementation Method 3
the air chamber is communicated with the dip tube for transporting the liquid essential oil from essential oil bottle into the air chamber for forming essential oil mist which is ejected to the external environment through the spray nozzle
Data Source
AI summary
An aroma diffuser comprises a host and an aromatherapy nebulizer; the host has an air pump received therein; the air pump has an air inlet port and an air outlet port; the aromatherapy nebulizer comprises a nebulizer cap and an essential oil bottle with a dip tube extending from the nebulizer cap into the essential oil bottle for sucking liquid essential oil up. The host sets a mounting ring extending outwards from a sidewall thereof, the aromatherapy nebulizer is installed in the mounting ring in such way that the aromatherapy nebulizer is able to be plugged in or pulled out up and down through the mounting ring, thereby the aromatherapy nebulizer is installed externally to the host.