E-Liquid Tasting Device with Multi-Atomizer Self-Service Selection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for testing e-liquids at points of sale, such as in e-cigarette retail, require operators to manually insert e-liquids into devices, limiting independent smell and taste testing and compromising hygiene, especially with numerous flavors and nicotine levels available.
Innovation Solution
A device with an atomizer, vacuum pumps, battery, and control panel allows for independent smell and taste testing of e-liquids without changing the e-cigarette or atomizer, using multiple vacuum pumps or a single pump with pressure switches, ensuring hygiene through a single-use test tube and automated selection.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple e-cigarettes and atomizers are provided for testing different e-liquids, then the variety of flavors and nicotine levels that can be tested increases, but the device complexity and hygiene management become more complicated
Solution Approach 1:
The device uses a single atomizer that can be configured to test multiple different e-liquids through automated control. The system provides multi-functionality by allowing one atomizer to test various flavors and nicotine levels by changing the e-liquid supply, eliminating the need for multiple atomizers while maintaining versatility
Solution Approach 2:
The device incorporates automatic control systems that enable self-service operation. The automated mechanisms handle e-liquid selection, atomizer activation, and testing sequences without requiring operator assistance, thereby simplifying hygiene management and reducing the complexity of manual device handling
2Ease of operation
If manual insertion of e-liquids into e-cigarettes is used for testing, then the operation is simple, but the independence of smell and taste testing is limited and hygiene is compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The device incorporates automatic control systems that enable self-service operation. The automated mechanisms handle e-liquid selection, atomizer activation, and testing sequences without requiring operator assistance, thereby simplifying hygiene management and reducing the complexity of manual device handling
Solution Approach 2:
The device introduces an automated control system as an intermediary between the user and the e-liquid testing process. This intermediary manages the complex operations of e-liquid selection, atomizer control, and testing sequences, providing independence for smell and taste testing while maintaining ease of user interaction
3Device complexity
If a single atomizer is used for testing multiple e-liquids, then the device complexity is reduced, but the time required to change e-liquids and ensure hygiene increases
Solution Approach 1:
The device incorporates automatic control systems that enable self-service operation. The automated mechanisms handle e-liquid selection, atomizer activation, and testing sequences without requiring operator assistance, thereby simplifying hygiene management and reducing the complexity of manual device handling
Solution Approach 2:
The system pre-configures multiple e-liquid options and automatically selects and switches between them based on testing requirements. This preliminary preparation of e-liquid configurations eliminates the time-consuming manual process of changing e-liquids and ensures hygiene protocols are automatically maintained
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 straightforward, hygienic, and independent testing of various e-liquids by allowing users to select and vaporize different flavors without assistance, simplifying the tasting process and reducing the need for multiple devices.
Implementation Method 1
an atomizer or component designed to contain the e-liquid in question and to produce vapour
Implementation Method 2
a vacuum pump for each of the atomizers to draw air from each atomizer
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AI summary
The invention relates to a device that can be used to try electronic cigarette liquids, intended for the retail sale of electronic cigarettes, providing a system that allows the end client to try different electronic cigarettes without having to put together a complete assembly for each type of liquid, said device taking the form of a block provided internally with a set of clearomizers and vacuum pumps that convey the aroma into a single tube to the exterior. Alternatively, it can be assembled with a single vacuum pump or without any vacuum pump, using instead direction aspiration, or manual selection prior to the selected test or aspiration.