Detachable Gas Combustor Locking Mechanism
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional gas combustors lack the ability to easily modularize combustion devices for varying flame types, making it difficult to satisfy different combustion requirements and complicating the process of combining or detaching combustion devices, which increases package volume and hinders portability.
Innovation Solution
A gas combustor design featuring a detachable combustion device with a housing, connection pipe, and a combustion device that includes a mix pipe with a positioning seat, lock button, and spring mechanism for secure locking and easy detachment, allowing for modularization and reduced package volume.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple gas combustors with different flame types are prepared to satisfy different combustion requirements, then combustion versatility is improved, but device complexity and package volume increase
Solution Approach 1:
The combustion device is divided into separate modular components: a combustion chamber assembly and a fuel supply assembly. The combustion chamber can be detached and replaced to provide different flame types (e.g., blue flame, yellow flame, green flame), while the fuel supply assembly remains constant. This segmentation allows versatility without requiring multiple complete combustor units.
Solution Approach 2:
The fuel supply assembly is designed with universal compatibility to work with multiple types of combustion chambers. The connection interface between the fuel supply and combustion chamber uses standardized components (sleeve, locking mechanism) that accommodate different flame types through a single fuel supply unit, reducing the need for multiple complete assemblies.
2Ease of operation
If combustion devices are made detachable for easy combination and detachment, then ease of operation is improved, but reliability of connection may deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The locking mechanism is pre-configured with locking protrusions and locking grooves that automatically engage when the combustion chamber is inserted into the fuel supply assembly. The spring-loaded button mechanism is pre-positioned to maintain continuous locking pressure, ensuring reliable connection without requiring user intervention during operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The locking mechanism is designed to be self-actuating through spring force. When the combustion chamber is inserted, the spring automatically pushes the locking button into the locked position, and the locking protrusions automatically engage with the locking grooves. The system maintains its own locking state without external input, ensuring reliable connection while remaining easy to operate.
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
Enables modularization of combustion devices to meet different combustion needs, facilitates easy attachment and detachment, and reduces package volume for improved portability and convenience.
Implementation Method 1
a first spring is disposed between the press button and the bottom end of the positioning seat, and two sides of the lock button are oppositely formed with a pair of locking sheets; when the combustion device is inserted in the insertion slot, the upstream end of the mix pipe is airtightly inserted in the sleeve opening, and the pair of locking sheets are moved along the pair of stopping protrusions and cross the pair of stopping protrusions, so the lock button allows the first spring to respectively be compressed for storing energy or stretched for releasing energy
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AI summary
The present invention provides a gas combustor having detachable combustion device, which includes: a housing having the interior installed with a base, and a combustion device. When the combustion device is inserted in an insertion slot of the housing, the upstream end of a mix pipe of the combustion device is airtightly inserted in a sleeve opening of the base, and a pair of locking sheets of the combustion device are moved along a pair of stopping protrusions of the housing and cross the pair of stopping protrusions, so a first spring between a lock button and a positioning seat of the combustion device is allowed to respectively be compressed for storing energy or stretched for releasing energy, and the pair of locking sheets are enabled to be abutted against inner edges of the pair of stopping protrusions, so an interference is generated for forming a locking and combining status.