Heater assembly
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing methods for heating charcoal pellets for hookahs are inefficient, requiring manual heating with Bunsen burners, which slows down the process and cannot simultaneously heat multiple pellets, leading to delayed service during high demand.
Innovation Solution
A heating arrangement with a housing containing a three-dimensional grid for charcoal pellets, surrounded by electrical heating elements and a circulating fan, controlled by a sensor and controller to regulate temperature and air supply, allowing for simultaneous and even heating of multiple pellets.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If manual heating with blowtorch is used, then heating process is simple, but heating time is long and multiple charcoal tablets cannot be heated simultaneously
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the manual mechanical blowtorch heating method with an automated electrical heating system. The heating element (heizkörper) provides automatic thermal energy to heat multiple charcoal tablets simultaneously, eliminating the need for manual operation while significantly increasing heating productivity.
Solution Approach 2:
The heating device is segmented into distinct functional components: a housing (gehäuse) containing a heating element, a three-dimensional grid (dreidimensionales Gitter) for holding multiple charcoal tablets, and a control unit. This segmentation allows each component to perform its specific function efficiently while working together as an integrated system.
2Productivity
If multiple charcoal tablets are heated simultaneously, then service efficiency improves, but heating uniformity becomes difficult to control
Solution Approach 1:
The three-dimensional grid structure provides localized support and positioning for each charcoal tablet, ensuring that each tablet is held in an optimal position for uniform heating. The grid's three-dimensional configuration allows heating elements to surround and heat tablets evenly from multiple directions, maintaining heating uniformity while processing multiple tablets simultaneously.
Solution Approach 2:
The control unit monitors the heating process and regulates the heating element to maintain consistent temperature across all charcoal tablets. This feedback mechanism ensures that all tablets reach the required heating level uniformly, preventing overheating of some tablets while others remain underheated.
3Quantity of substance
If housing volume is increased to accommodate more charcoal tablets, then batch heating capacity increases, but device size and complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transitions from a two-dimensional or flat heating surface to a three-dimensional heating volume. The three-dimensional grid allows charcoal tablets to be arranged and heated in three dimensions, maximizing the number of tablets that can be heated simultaneously within a compact housing volume, thereby increasing capacity without proportionally increasing device size.
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 rapid and uniform heating of multiple charcoal pellets, improving service efficiency by automating the heating process and ensuring consistent quality, with a user-friendly interface for monitoring progress and easy cleaning.
Implementation Method 1
a heating arrangement (1) for simultaneously heating a plurality of charcoal tablets (2)
Implementation Method 2
a recirculating fan (7) is arranged on the housing for introducing air, particularly oxygen
Implementation Method 3
at least one sensor (30) is provided for detecting the heating state of the inserted plurality of charcoal tablets (2), wherein the sensor detects, in particular, the temperature
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AI summary
Heating arrangement for the simultaneous heating of a plurality of charcoal tablets for subsequent use in a shisha, the heating arrangement comprising a housing with a housing volume which provides a receiving volume for the plurality of charcoal tablets to be heated simultaneously, in which the plurality of charcoal tablets can be inserted, and wherein the heating arrangement comprises an electrical heating device which has at least one heating element which at least partially surrounds the plurality of carbon tablets for heating the plurality of carbon tablets simultaneously.