Container Drying Base With Hollow Column And Forced Air Heating
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Solution Overview
Problem
Containers with poor air circulation inside pose challenges in drying after cleaning, leading to damp environments that foster bacterial growth and mildew, affecting health and container lifespan.
Innovation Solution
A container drying and heating base with a hollow supporting column, a heating component, and a blowing component, featuring a heating rod, heating wire, fan, and ozone generator, which heats and blows air to dry and disinfect the container while facilitating water filtration.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Duration of action of stationary object
If containers are cleaned with water for repeated use, then they can be reused multiple times, but the inner wall becomes difficult to dry due to poor air circulation
Solution Approach 1:
The device segments the drying function into multiple components: a blowing component with fan blades that creates airflow, a heating component that raises air temperature, and a supporting column with openings that directs air to the container interior. This segmented approach effectively addresses the drying difficulty by systematically introducing heated air circulation to the container's inner wall surfaces.
Solution Approach 2:
The device employs pneumatic principles by using a fan-driven blowing component to generate forced air circulation. The fan blades rotate to create airflow that passes through the supporting column openings and enters the container interior, providing mechanical air movement to overcome the poor natural air circulation and enable effective drying of the inner wall surfaces.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If the container interior remains damp due to poor air circulation, then drying becomes difficult, but this creates a damp closed environment that breeds bacteria and mildew
Solution Approach 1:
The device incorporates an ozone generator that produces ozone gas, a strong oxidant, which is blown into the container interior along with the heated air. The ozone effectively disinfects and kills bacteria and mildew in the damp environment, addressing the harmful factors while working synergistically with the drying function to prevent microbial growth during the drying process.
Solution Approach 2:
The device uses ozone as an intermediary substance that mediates between the damp environment and bacterial growth. The ozone generator produces ozone that disperses through the container interior, acting as a protective intermediary that prevents bacterial and mildew formation while the drying process eliminates moisture, thereby addressing both drying efficiency and harmful factor prevention.
3Ease of operation
If a drying device is added to address drying difficulties, then drying effectiveness improves, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The device merges multiple functions into a single integrated structure: the supporting column serves both as a structural support and as an air distribution channel with openings; the blowing component and heating component are positioned to work together in sequence; the ozone generator is integrated into the same housing. This merging approach improves drying effectiveness while minimizing the increase in device complexity by combining functions rather than adding separate independent systems.
Solution Approach 2:
The supporting column is designed with multi-functionality, serving as both a structural support element and an air distribution system with openings that direct airflow into the container. The same housing accommodates the fan, heating component, and ozone generator, making the device structure universally serve multiple purposes and thereby improving drying effectiveness without proportionally increasing complexity.
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
Effectively dries and heats containers, preventing bacterial growth and extending their service life by ensuring thorough drying and disinfection.
Implementation Method 1
a heating component located below the supporting column... the heating component is configured to heat air
Implementation Method 2
a blowing component located below the heating component... the blowing component is configured to blow the air into an interior of the external container to dry the external container
Implementation Method 3
an ozone generator is further provided between the upper shell and the lower shell, and ozone is sent to an inner surface of the external container by the fan within a set time for disinfection of the inner surface
Data Source
AI summary
Provided in the utility model is a container drying and heating base, including: a supporting column with a hollow structure inside; a heating component located below the supporting column; and a blowing component located below the heating component, where the supporting column is configured to insert an external container to be dried, the heating component is configured to heat air, and the blowing component is configured to blow the air into an interior of the external container; and the supporting column has a thin upper end and a thick lower end, and is provided with a circular opening at a top and a plurality of strip-shaped openings on a periphery.