Elastic Cupping Jar Wall Heating Integration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional cupping jars, including elastic ones, face issues with deformation affecting elasticity and airtightness when incorporating heating devices, leading to burn injuries and operational inconveniences, especially on non-flat regions like joints and backbones, and have low market popularity due to complex structures and usability challenges.
Innovation Solution
An elastic electric-heating cupping jar with an electric heating device encapsulated in the wall at the maximum jar body diameter, featuring an electric heating wire, thermistor, and a pluggable port connected to a circuit board, which is externally powered through a matching piece, minimizing deformation and ensuring elasticity and airtightness, and including a conductive electrode device for stable electrical connections.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Temperature
If the heating device is provided in the jar cavity, then the heat dissipation is fast, but the elasticity of the jar body is seriously affected
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the jar body into two functional parts: the jar cavity for cupping therapy and the jar wall for heating function. The heating device is embedded in the jar wall rather than placed in the cavity, allowing the cavity to maintain its elasticity while the wall provides thermal function.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary layer (the jar wall itself) that serves as both structural support and heating medium. The heating device is embedded in the wall, which acts as a mediator between the heat source and the skin, while preserving the cavity's elastic properties.
2Stability of the object's composition
If the heating device is provided in the wall of the jar, then the elasticity of the jar body is maintained, but the pressing operation is affected and adhesions of different materials are compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by making the jar wall at the heating position slightly thicker to accommodate the heating device, while other parts of the jar body maintain their original thin, elastic structure. This localized thickening allows heating functionality without compromising overall elasticity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent resolves the conflict by moving the heating device to a different spatial dimension (embedded in the wall thickness) rather than placing it in the cavity or on the surface. This dimensional repositioning allows the heating function to coexist with the elastic pressing operation.
3Temperature
If conventional fire cupping jars are used, then the therapeutic effect is achieved through combustion heat, but burn injuries and inconvenience in use occur
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the mechanical combustion system with an electrical heating system. The electric heating device embedded in the jar wall eliminates the need for fire combustion, thereby removing the harmful burn injuries associated with conventional fire cupping while maintaining the thermal therapeutic effect.
4Ease of operation
If elastic cupping jars made of highly transparent silicone materials are used, then convenience is improved, but the heating function cannot be effectively applied
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses composite materials by combining highly transparent silicone material (for elasticity and transparency) with embedded electric heating devices (for thermal function). This composite structure allows the jar to maintain its elastic properties while effectively providing heating functionality.
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 solution allows for convenient, safe, and reliable use as both a standard and electric-heating cupping jar, maintaining elasticity and airtightness, improving user experience and safety by real-time temperature monitoring and minimizing the impact on the cupping process.
Implementation Method 1
an electric heating device, where the electric heating device includes an electric heating wire
Implementation Method 2
the circuit board may be connected to a thermistor, and a thermal sensing element of the thermistor may be encapsulated in a wall of the jar body
Implementation Method 3
a hollow convoluted jar body made of an elastic material
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AI summary
An elastic electric-heating cupping jar includes a hollow convoluted jar body made of an elastic material, and further includes an electric heating device, where the electric heating device includes an electric heating wire and a connection fixture that are electrically connected to each other; the connection fixture includes a circuit board and a pluggable port; two poles of the electric heating wire and a wire connecting end of the pluggable port are electrically connected to the circuit board; and the electric heating device is encapsulated in a wall at a plane of a maximum jar body diameter, a center of the electric heating wire is located on or near an axial cross section with the maximum jar body diameter, and the pluggable port faces toward an outer surface of the jar body and is electrically connected to a controller outside the jar body and/or an external power supply.