Cardboard Perfume Diffuser with Adjustable Fragrance Release
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional perfume diffusers are expensive, generate waste, and require a power supply, making them environmentally unfriendly and difficult to use effectively.
Innovation Solution
A free-standing, eco-friendly perfume diffuser made of polymer or cardboard with a modular design that adjusts fragrance release without power, featuring a coaxial cylindrical structure that can switch between closed and open configurations for controlled diffusion, and can be attached to various surfaces.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Object-affected harmful factors
If conventional plastic perfume diffusers are used, then fragrance diffusion is achieved, but environmental pollution and waste generation occur
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the material parameter from conventional plastic to polymer or cardboard, transforming the diffuser into an eco-friendly, biodegradable product that maintains fragrance diffusion effectiveness while reducing environmental pollution
Solution Approach 2:
The patent employs a disposable diffuser design made of polymer or cardboard that can be easily discarded after use, eliminating the need for complex disposal procedures and reducing environmental accumulation of waste
2Productivity
If electrical heating diffusers are used, then continuous fragrance diffusion is achieved, but energy consumption and power supply requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs a self-service diffusion mechanism where the perfume reservoir itself facilitates fragrance release through its structure and material properties, eliminating the need for external power supply and heating elements
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the electrical heating system with a mechanical/physical diffusion system based on concentration gradients and molecular motion, achieving fragrance diffusion without energy consumption
3Ease of manufacture
If fixed design diffusers are used, then manufacturing simplicity is maintained, but user adjustability and versatility are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the diffuser into separable components including a removable perfume reservoir and a base structure, allowing users to adjust fragrance levels and replace refills while maintaining simple manufacturing of individual parts
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces dynamic adjustability through movable components that allow users to modify the diffusion rate and fragrance release patterns, transforming a static product into an adaptable system without complicating the overall design
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 diffuser provides adjustable fragrance release without power consumption, is environmentally friendly, and can be easily attached to different surfaces, simplifying use while reducing waste and costs.
Implementation Method 1
when the support is in a first closed configuration, the diffusion of the perfume is prevented
Implementation Method 2
a cylinder of a slowly vaporizable deodorant substance
Data Source
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AI summary
Free-standing device for releasing fragrances, consisting of a hollow external cylinder (1) having an inner surface (1.2) engaged with the outer surface (2.1) of an internal cylinder (2), concentric and coaxial to the external cylinder (1), the internal cylinder (2) taking a closed configuration, wherein the inner surface (1.2) of the external cylinder (1) and the outer surface (2.1) of the internal cylinder (2) are fully at contact with each other; or an open configuration, wherein the internal cylinder (2) projects beneath with respect to the external cylinder (1), allowing the user to insert it into a support (20) having a resting surface (21) and an upper projection (22) perforated centrally (24); said upper projection (22) having aeration holes (23), the aforementioned sliding of the internal cylinder (2) with respect to the external cylinder (1), exposes a portion of the inner surface (1.2) of the external cylinder (1) and a similar portion of the outer surface (2.1) of the internal cylinder (2); a perfumed scent being applied on the inner surface (1.2) of the external cylinder (1) and/or on the outer surface (2.1) of the internal cylinder (2); the internal cylinder (2) having break-lines (2.4) for removing portions of the internal cylinder (2) delimited by them.