Tobacco Evaporator Detachable Preheating Assembly Cleaning
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
Existing tobacco evaporators face difficulties in cleaning, leading to uneven heating and irritating smoke taste, with direct heat conduction methods causing inefficiencies and product contamination.
Innovation Solution
A tobacco evaporator design featuring a detachable preheating assembly that can be easily removed and reinserted, allowing for thorough cleaning and replacement, ensuring a clean air flow channel and flue gas passage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Use of energy by moving object
If direct heat conduction method is used (metal heating sheet or ceramic with conductive film), then heating efficiency is improved, but cleaning difficulty increases and uneven heating occurs
Solution Approach 1:
The heating assembly is divided into separate components: a removable preheating assembly and a smoke bowl assembly. This segmentation allows the preheating assembly to be easily detached for cleaning while maintaining effective heat conduction during operation. The metal heating sheet is confined to the preheating assembly which can be completely removed from the smoke bowl.
Solution Approach 2:
The metal heating sheet and preheating components are extracted from the permanent structure and made into a removable preheating assembly. This extraction allows the heating elements to be taken out for cleaning or replacement, solving the cleaning difficulty while preserving heating efficiency during use.
2Use of energy by moving object
If metal heating sheet is used for heat conduction, then heating efficiency is improved, but heat conduction uniformity deteriorates due to wrapping tightness differences
Solution Approach 1:
The heating system is segmented into a preheating assembly containing the metal heating sheet and a smoke bowl assembly. This segmentation allows the metal heating sheet to be optimally wrapped in the preheating assembly for efficient heat conduction, while the separate smoke bowl receives uniform hot air without direct contact issues.
Solution Approach 2:
Hot air acts as an intermediary between the metal heating sheet and the cut tobacco in the smoke bowl. The metal heating sheet heats the air in the preheating assembly, and this hot air then uniformly heats the tobacco, eliminating direct contact uniformity issues while maintaining heating efficiency.
3Reliability
If insulating material is wrapped around metal bowl for insulation, then insulation is achieved, but heat conduction efficiency deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The device is segmented into a preheating assembly where metal heating occurs and a smoke bowl assembly where evaporation occurs. This segmentation allows metal to be used for efficient heating in the preheating assembly without requiring extensive insulation, while the smoke bowl benefits from the hot air generated without direct metal contact.
Solution Approach 2:
Hot air serves as an intermediary that transfers thermal energy from the metal heating sheet to the cut tobacco. This indirect heating method eliminates the need for heavy insulation while maintaining heat conduction efficiency, as the hot air naturally circulates and heats the tobacco uniformly.
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
Facilitates convenient and fast cleaning of the tobacco evaporator, maintaining a clean air flow channel and flue gas passage, improving the product experience by preventing contamination and ensuring consistent heating.
Implementation Method 1
the preheating assembly is used for when cleaning is needed, being detachably taken out of the second bowl body to clean the smoke circulation channel and pushing the preheating assembly into the fastening position in a set direction after cleaning is completed
Implementation Method 2
the smoke bowl adopts thermal conductive materials, wraps a layer of metal heating sheet around the outer wall of the smoke bowl, and transmits the heat to the cut tobacco in the smoke bowl through conduction, so as to achieve the purpose of evaporating the effective components of cut tobacco
Implementation Method 3
the third method belongs to air heating technology, which uses hot air to heat cut tobacco, and the air flow will evenly pass through the cut tobacco in the whole smoke bowl
Data Source
AI summary
A tobacco evaporator, comprising a body, a smoke circulation channel, and a heating core assembly. The heating core assembly comprises a smoke bowl assembly and a preheating assembly; the smoke bowl assembly comprises a first bowl body and a second bowl body, and the first bowl body is used for accommodating a substance to be evaporated; the second bowl body is used for accommodating the preheating assembly and is elastically fastened to the preheating assembly, and the preheating assembly is used for when cleaning is needed, being detachably taken out of the second bowl body to clean the smoke circulation channel and pushing the preheating assembly into the fastening position in a set direction after cleaning is completed. A hot air heating mode for a material to be evaporated and a more convenient and thorough air channel cleaning structure are implemented.