Multi-Atomizer Bottom-Up Oil Filling for Contamination Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing oil filling methods for atomizers in electronic cigarettes are inefficient, labor-intensive, and prone to contamination from foreign matters entering during the oil filling process, especially when filling from the top.
Innovation Solution
An atomizer oil filling equipment with a supporting plate and oil filling device that allows for simultaneous oil filling from the bottom into multiple atomizers, using an oil filling needle to prevent contamination and improve efficiency.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If oil filling is performed from top to bottom, then the filling process is simple, but foreign matters or dander may enter into the atomizer during filling
Solution Approach 1:
The patent inverts the traditional top-to-bottom filling approach by implementing bottom-to-top filling. The atomizer is positioned upside down in the filling tool, with the oil filling opening facing downward. The oil filling needle pierces through the bottom of the atomizer body to inject oil upward, preventing foreign matters and dander from entering during the filling process while maintaining operational simplicity
2Object-affected harmful factors
If every atomizer is filled individually, then contamination risk is reduced, but filling efficiency is low and labor cost is high
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple atomizers into a single filling operation by designing a filling tool that can hold multiple atomizers simultaneously. The tool includes multiple positioning holes arranged in an array, allowing several atomizers to be loaded and filled together. The oil filling device can pierce and fill multiple atomizers in sequence or simultaneously, dramatically improving productivity while maintaining low contamination risk through the bottom-to-top filling method
3Productivity
If multiple atomizers are filled simultaneously, then productivity increases, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the filling system into modular components: a filling tool with multiple positioning holes for holding atomizers, a supporting plate with corresponding holes, and an oil filling device with a movable needle. This segmentation allows the system to handle multiple atomizers simultaneously while keeping each component relatively simple and manageable, balancing productivity improvement with acceptable device complexity
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AI summary
An atomizer oil filling equipment provided includes an atomizer oil filling tool, a supporting plate, and an oil filling device. The atomizer oil filling tool is configured to load a plurality of atomizers with oil filling openings facing downward, a bottom of the atomizer oil filling tool defines first oil filling holes corresponding to the oil filling openings respectively. The supporting plate is configured to support the atomizer oil filling tool, and the supporting plate defines second oil filling holes corresponding to the first oil filling holes respectively; the oil filling device is movably installed on one side of the supporting plate away from the atomizer oil filling tool, the oil filling device has an oil filling needle, and the oil filling device fills the oil into the atomizers by the oil filling needle.