Dual-Heating Vaporizer for Synchronized Cigarette Side and Bottom Heating
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional vaporizers often fail to efficiently and simultaneously heat the side and bottom of a cigarette for effective vaporization of harmful substances, leading to incomplete degradation of tobacco components.
Innovation Solution
A vaporizer design featuring dual heating units, one on the first sleeve for side heating and another on the second sleeve for bottom heating, activated by a pneumatic switch upon inhalation, ensuring synchronized heating of the cigarette.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If a single heating unit is used in conventional vaporizers, then the device structure remains simple, but the cigarette cannot be heated simultaneously at multiple positions, resulting in incomplete vaporization of harmful substances
Solution Approach 1:
The heating system is segmented into multiple independent heating units (first heating unit, second heating unit, third heating unit) positioned at different locations. Each heating unit independently heats a specific region of the cigarette (side, bottom, or both), enabling simultaneous multi-position heating to improve vaporization efficiency without requiring a single complex heating mechanism
2Productivity
If multiple heating units are added to heat the cigarette from multiple positions, then the vaporization efficiency improves, but the device structure becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The heating units are arranged in different spatial dimensions and orientations relative to the cigarette. The first heating unit heats the side, the second heating unit heats the bottom, and the third heating unit can heat both side and bottom simultaneously. This spatial arrangement allows efficient multi-position heating without requiring all heating components to be of the same type or complexity
3Speed
If the heating units are activated simultaneously, then the vaporization process is accelerated, but the energy consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The heating units are controlled dynamically based on operational mode. The control unit can activate different combinations of heating units depending on whether fast heating mode or energy-saving mode is selected. In fast heating mode, multiple heating units operate simultaneously to accelerate vaporization; in energy-saving mode, fewer heating units are activated or operate at reduced power, optimizing the balance between vaporization speed and energy consumption
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
This design accelerates the vaporization and degradation of harmful substances from cigarettes by synchronously heating the side and bottom, enhancing the vaporization process.
Implementation Method 1
the first heating unit starts to work and vaporize the cigarette. Upon inhaling, the vapor activates the pneumatic switch and the second heating unit starts to vaporize the cigarette. Thus, the side and the bottom of the cigarette can be synchronously heated by the first heating unit and the second heating unit, respectively, which can accelerate the volatilization and degradation of harmful substances in the cigarette
Implementation Method 2
Upon inhaling, the vapor activates the pneumatic switch and the second heating unit starts to vaporize the cigarette
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AI summary
A device, comprising a cover (1) a first sleeve (2); a silicone gasket (3); a first heating unit (5); a second heating unit (6); a first support (4) supporting the first heating unit (5); a second support (7) supporting the second heating unit (6); two electrodes (8); a third support (9) supporting the two electrodes (8); a printed circuit board (10); a silicone seal (11); a pneumatic switch (13); a fourth support (12) supporting the pneumatic switch (13); a second sleeve (14); thread ring (15); a button (16); a support frame (17); a base frame (18); a control plate (19); a light guide column (20); a battery (21); a first cover (22); and a second cover (23); wherein: the cover (1) is disposed on a side wall of the base frame (18) and is capable of turning inside out with respect to the side wall; the first sleeve (2) is disposed in the base frame (18) and comprises an opening configured to receive a cigarette, and the cover (1) is adapted to cover or uncover the opening; the silicone gasket (3) is disposed in the first sleeve (2); the first heating unit (5) is disposed on the first support (4); and the first heating unit (5) and the first support (4) are disposed in the first sleeve (2); the second heating unit (6) is disposed on the second support (7); the two electrodes (8) are disposed on the third support (9); and the two electrodes (8) and the third support (9) are disposed in the second support (7); the second support (7) is disposed in the base frame (18); the silicone seal (11) sleeves the printed circuit board (10); the printed circuit board (10) is disposed on the fourth support (12); the pneumatic switch (13), the second sleeve (14), and the thread ring (15) are embedded sequentially in that order in the fourth support (12); and the fourth support (12) is screwed to the second support (7); and the light guide column (20) is disposed on the control plate (19), and the control plate (19) is disposed on the base frame (18); the button (16) is disposed in the support frame (17); the battery (21) is disposed in the base frame (18); and the first cover (22) and the second cover (23) cover two opposite sides of the base frame (18), respectively.