Blower Atomizer Kit Pneumatic Pressurization

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing conversion kits for blowers to atomizers require electric or manual pumps to maintain fluid pressure, making them heavier, more complex, and prone to malfunction.

Innovation Solution

A conversion kit that pressurizes the liquid in the tank using the air flow generated by the blower, eliminating the need for pumps by subdividing the tubular body into two sections and using a pressurization conduit to connect the blower's air flow directly to the tank, allowing for efficient diffusion without additional mechanical components.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If electric or manual pumps are used to pressurize the liquid in the tank, then the fluid pressure is maintained for optimal nebulization, but the device becomes heavier, more complex, and more prone to malfunction

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedevice reliabilityVSAvoiddevice complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent removes the pump component entirely from the atomizer system. Instead of using a pump to pressurize the liquid, the invention uses the air flow generated by the blower to create negative pressure in the tank, causing liquid to be drawn out through capillary action and pressure differential. This extraction of the pump component directly reduces device complexity and eliminates a potential failure point, improving reliability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent replaces the mechanical pump system with a pneumatic system utilizing air flow dynamics. The blower's air flow creates a pressure differential that draws liquid from the tank without mechanical pumping action. This substitution eliminates complex mechanical components (pump mechanisms, seals, moving parts) while achieving the same functional outcome of liquid delivery for nebulization.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

2Stress or pressure

If electric or manual pumps are used to pressurize the liquid in the tank, then the fluid pressure is maintained for optimal nebulization, but the device becomes heavier

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvefluid pressureVSAvoiddevice weight
Core Design Contradiction:
Stress or pressureVSWeight of moving object

Solution Approach 1:

By removing the pump component, the patent eliminates the weight associated with pump mechanisms, motors, and supporting structures. The air flow-based pressurization system uses only the existing blower's air stream, requiring no additional heavy components to maintain fluid pressure for nebulization.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

3Ease of manufacture

If the tubular body is made as a single piece, then the structure is simpler to manufacture, but the diffuser device cannot be changed without replacing the entire pressurization conduit

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemanufacturing simplicityVSAvoiddiffuser device interchangeability
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of manufactureVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The patent divides the tubular body into multiple separable sections rather than manufacturing it as a single monolithic piece. This segmentation allows the diffuser device to be independently replaced or modified without discarding the entire pressurization conduit assembly. Each section can be manufactured separately and assembled, maintaining manufacturing simplicity while enabling component-level adaptability and versatility.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

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 results in a lighter, more compact, and reliable device that simplifies design and production, enabling effective liquid diffusion without pumps, ensuring consistent performance and adaptability through adjustable flow rate regulation.

Implementation Method 1

a pressurization conduit (155) that places in fluid communication an internal volume of the tubular body (65), downstream of the inlet mouth (70) and upstream of the plurality of dispensing nozzles (140), with the tank (45) at a top portion of the tank itself

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectPressure gradient: Pressure Gradient

Data Source

PatentEP4153816B1Kit for the conversion of a blower into an atomizer and blower provided with such kit
Publication Date: 2024.05.29 EMAK
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AI summary

A kit (40) is described for the conversion of a blower (10,10') into an atomizer, said kit comprising: a tank (45) adapted to contain a liquid, a tubular body (65) adapted to be fixed to the blower (10,10') and provided with an inlet mouth (70) and an outlet mouth (75), a diffuser device (130) associated with said tubular body and provided with a liquid dispensing nozzle (140), a pressurization conduit (155) which places in fluid communication an internal volume (85) of the tubular body (65) placed between the inlet mouth (70) and the liquid dispensing nozzle (140) with a top portion of the tank (45), and a dispensing conduit (180) which places in fluid connection the dispensing nozzle (140) of the diffuser device (130) with a lower portion of the tank (45).