External Imaging Screen Layout for Compact Electric Fireplaces
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Solution Overview
Problem
Electric fireplaces in the market are excessively large and complex, making them difficult to match modern simple house design styles due to the internal placement of imaging screens and heating components, resulting in high transportation costs.
Innovation Solution
An electric fireplace design featuring a shell with a vertically disposed translucent imaging screen, a flame plate, and a light interference combination that reduces the shell's size, along with a heating component and adjustable wind system, allowing for external imaging screen placement and efficient transportation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If the imaging screen is disposed internally within the cabinet, then the fireplace structure is complete and functional, but the size becomes excessively large and the model becomes complex
Solution Approach 1:
The imaging screen is extracted from the internal cabinet structure and repositioned to an external location. This separation allows the cabinet to be minimized to only contain essential components (heating element, light source, light interference barrel), while the imaging screen serves as an external accessory that can be attached or detached as needed, thus reducing the overall cabinet volume without compromising the fireplace's functional completeness
Solution Approach 2:
The fireplace system is segmented into modular components: the compact cabinet containing heating and lighting elements, and the separate imaging screen assembly. This segmentation allows independent optimization of each module - the cabinet can be made small and simple while the imaging screen provides the visual effect externally, resolving the contradiction between structural completeness and size reduction
2Device complexity
If the imaging screen is disposed internally within the cabinet, then the fireplace is structurally complete, but transportation costs increase due to large size
Solution Approach 1:
By extracting the imaging screen from the cabinet interior and positioning it externally, the patent reduces the cabinet's volume and weight. The imaging screen can be designed as a separate, lighter component that attaches to the cabinet when needed, significantly reducing transportation costs while maintaining the complete fireplace structure during use
Solution Approach 2:
The imaging screen is designed to be dynamically attachable and detachable from the cabinet. During transportation, the screen can be removed or folded, transforming the fireplace from a complete functional unit to a compact transport configuration, thereby reducing weight and transportation costs while preserving structural completeness during operation
3Device complexity
If the imaging screen is disposed internally within the cabinet, then the fireplace functions completely, but it is difficult to match modern simple house design styles
Solution Approach 1:
Extracting the imaging screen externally allows it to serve as a separate aesthetic element that can be independently designed in various styles. The cabinet itself can adopt a simple, modern form factor, while the imaging screen provides the visual flair needed to match different decoration styles, resolving the conflict between structural completeness and design simplicity
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies different design qualities to different parts: the cabinet maintains a simple, clean, modern aesthetic suitable for contemporary interiors, while the imaging screen can be customized with various patterns, colors, and styles to match specific decoration themes. This local differentiation allows the fireplace to blend modern simplicity with stylistic versatility
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 design achieves a compact size, convenient transportation, and adaptability to modern decoration styles while providing a realistic flame effect and heat simulation.
Implementation Method 1
a light source 10 and a light interference combination 9 that includes a light interference barrel 7 and a motor 8 are disposed below the flame plate 6
Implementation Method 2
a heating component including a wind turbine and a heating element is disposed in the shell
Implementation Method 3
a heating component including a wind turbine and a heating element is disposed in the shell
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AI summary
An electric fireplace includes a shell, where a heating component including a wind turbine and a heating element is disposed in the shell, and further includes a translucent imaging screen, where the imaging screen is vertically disposed at an upper end of the shell, a flame plate that can cast a flame shape is disposed on an upper end surface of the shell, and a light source and a light interference combination that includes a light interference barrel and a motor are disposed below the flame plate. Disposing the imaging screen externally greatly reduces the size of the shell. The present utility model is small in size, convenient in transportation, and unique in model, and can be adapted to a modern decoration style.