Essential Oil Atomizer Guide Board Airflow Redirection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional essential oil atomizers produce large droplets leading to poor atomization performance and waste, with droplets often splashing and blocking filters, reducing filtration efficiency.
Innovation Solution
An airflow guided essential oil reflux-type atomizer featuring a filter atomization mechanism with multiple filter housings and a guide board to direct airflow, filter larger droplets, and re-atomize them, reducing waste and improving atomization efficiency.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of substance
If a filter is used to filter essential oil droplets, then essential oil waste is reduced, but the filter becomes blocked by splashed droplets reducing filtration efficiency
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by introducing a guide board before the filter to redirect airflow and prevent essential oil droplets from splashing onto the filter. The guide board proactively guides the airflow along the sidewall toward the dispensing opening, eliminating the root cause of filter blockage before it occurs, thereby maintaining filtration efficiency while reducing essential oil waste
Solution Approach 2:
The guide board serves as an intermediary element between the airflow and the filter. It mediates the airflow path, redirecting it away from the filter surface and toward the dispensing opening. This intermediary structure prevents direct contact between splashed droplets and the filter, maintaining both filtration efficiency and reducing essential oil waste
2Productivity
If high-speed airflow is used to extract and atomize essential oil, then atomization is achieved, but larger droplets are produced reducing atomization performance
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies dimensionality change by redirecting the airflow from a direct linear path into a curved path along the sidewall. This dimensional change in the airflow trajectory allows the high-speed airflow to maintain its atomization capability while following a path that prevents droplet splashing, thereby achieving both high atomization rate and improved atomization quality
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 effectively recycles essential oil by filtering larger droplets and re-atomizing them, improving atomization performance while minimizing waste and maintaining low noise levels.
Implementation Method 1
a gas nozzle connected to the gas pump through the gas tube and having an outlet, wherein the outlet of the gas nozzle is located adjacent to the upper end of the oil nozzle and is configured to direct an airflow exiting the gas pump to the upper end of the oil nozzle
Implementation Method 2
the filter atomization mechanism includes a plurality of filter housings through which the airflow passes successively, and the lower end of each of the filter housings include one or more through holes for filtering the essential oil droplets in the airflow
Implementation Method 3
a guide board located in the atomization chamber facing the gas nozzle; wherein the guide board forms an angle with the outlet axis of the gas nozzle, the guide board is connected to the sidewall of the atomization chamber, and the guide board is configured to guide the airflow from the gas nozzle upward to the dispensing opening
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AI summary
An essential oil reflux-type atomizer comprising the following structures: chassis, housing, atomization chamber, gas pump, gas tube, gas nozzle, oil nozzle, and filter atomization mechanism. The filter atomization mechanism is installed in the housing and has an upper filter and a lower filter. The essential oil atomizer can be improved efficiency and reduced noise level.