Detachable Filter-Type Distillation Suction Apparatus for Tobacco Vapor

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current tobacco baking devices fail to effectively filter out impurities from vapor, leading to unhealthy substance inhalation and air leakage issues, with a disposable design that requires replacing the entire device upon chamber damage.

Innovation Solution

A tobacco baking device comprising a mouthpiece, baking, and filter components with a detachable connection and silicon seals, featuring an airflow channel for vapor filtration using a filter component with liquid filtration, reducing harmful substance inhalation and improving air tightness.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Device complexity

If a simply filter screen is used in current tobacco baking devices, then the device structure is simple, but unhealthy substances such as tobacco dust are not effectively filtered

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvefilter structureVSAvoidtobacco dust inhalation
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The filter component is divided into multiple functional layers including a filter screen for initial filtration, a liquid reservoir for chemical filtration, and a activated carbon layer for adsorption. This segmentation allows each layer to target specific types of contaminants, effectively removing tobacco dust and harmful substances while maintaining a manageable structure.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The filter component combines multiple materials with different filtration properties: a mesh filter screen for physical barrier filtration, liquid filtration medium for chemical interaction, and activated carbon for adsorption. This composite approach enables comprehensive filtration of particulate matter, gases, and chemical compounds that a single material could not achieve alone.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #40Composite materials

2Reliability

If the baking chamber is damaged in current disposable tobacco baking devices, then the device must be discarded, but this increases consumption costs and environmental waste

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedevice durabilityVSAvoiddevice waste
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The device is segmented into a reusable main body housing and a replaceable baking chamber assembly. The baking chamber can be independently replaced when damaged or depleted, while the expensive electronic components, battery, and control systems in the main body are preserved. This allows users to only replace the necessary component rather than the entire device.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The design enables selective discarding of the consumable baking chamber while recovering and reusing the durable main body unit. The baking chamber is designed as a disposable or limited-life component that can be easily detached and replaced, whereas the main body is built for long-term use with replaceable internal components.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #34Discarding and recovering

3Ease of operation

If sealed connections are made among detachable components, then component replacement is convenient, but air leakage may occur at connection points

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecomponent replacementVSAvoidair tightness
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

Flexible sealing rings made of elastomeric material are installed in grooves at the interfaces between detachable components. These flexible seals deform to fill gaps and irregularities at the connection surfaces, creating reliable air-tight seals that accommodate minor misalignments and maintain sealing effectiveness during assembly and disassembly operations.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #30Flexible shells and thin films

Solution Approach 2:

Sealing rings act as intermediary elements between the mating surfaces of detachable components. These dedicated sealing components mediate the connection, providing a reliable barrier against air leakage while allowing the components themselves to remain simple and easily replaceable. The seals are designed to be installed and removed with the components or separately as needed.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

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 device effectively filters impurities from vapor, reduces harmful substance inhalation, and allows for convenient component replacement, enhancing user safety and reducing environmental impact by minimizing waste.

Implementation Method 1

the vapor goes down along the air flow channel to the filter component, and goes up after being filtered by the filter component

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectLiquid filtration: Absorption (physical)

Implementation Method 2

the baking component bake tobacco therein to generate vapor

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectHeating: Heating

Implementation Method 3

the baking component bake tobacco therein to generate vapor

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectEvaporation: Evaporation

Data Source

PatentUS10172391B2Filter-type distillation suction apparatus
Publication Date: 2019.01.08 SHENZHEN SMISS TECH CO LTD
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AI summary

A tobacco baking device, comprising a mouthpiece component, a baking component, and a filter component, where the filter component is located below a baking component; the mouthpiece component is located above the baking component; the baking component is detachably connected to the filter component; where there is sealed connection on the butted terminal portions of the mouthpiece component, the filtration component and the baking component; an air flow channel is provided between the mouthpiece component, the filter component, and the baking component. Vapor goes down along the air flow channel to the filtration component, and goes up after being filtered by the filter component and is released via the mouthpiece component. As the vapor is filtered by the filter component, harmful substances in the vapor are greatly reduced, and also cool the vapor and the whole device, so as to enable the device to be more suitable for using.