Flexible Wax Melter Dish for Safe, Mess-Free Wax Removal
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional wax melters lack IoT connectivity and face issues with safe and efficient disposal of leftover wax, either risking burns from hot wax or creating messes with cooled wax.
Innovation Solution
A wax melter apparatus with a flexible dish and a mechanism to distort and eject cooled wax, featuring IoT connectivity, LED lighting, and voice or app-controlled operation, including a heating element and ejection mechanism for easy wax removal.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If wax is disposed of while hot, then removal is easier, but risk of burns increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by allowing the wax to cool and harden completely before removal. The flexible dish is designed to accommodate this cooling process, and once the wax is solidified, the entire dish can be easily removed from the heating element without risk of burns, making the removal process both safe and convenient.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extracts the wax-containing flexible dish as a separate removable component from the heating element. This allows the dish with hardened wax to be taken out entirely before disposal, eliminating the need to handle hot wax directly and preventing burns while maintaining ease of removal.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If wax is disposed of after cooling, then burn risk is reduced, but mess and residue increase
Solution Approach 1:
The flexible dish is designed with preliminary consideration for easy removal after cooling. The flexibility of the dish material allows it to be detached cleanly from the heating element even when containing hardened wax, preventing mess and residue while maintaining safety.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses a flexible dish made of flexible material that can be easily removed and manipulated. This flexibility ensures that when the dish is taken out after cooling, the hardened wax can be disposed of cleanly without creating mess or leaving unwanted residue in the device.
3Stability of the object's composition
If a rigid dish is used, then structural stability is maintained, but wax removal becomes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the rigid dish with a flexible dish made of flexible material. This flexibility allows the dish to be easily manipulated and removed from the heating element, making wax disposal simple while the dish maintains sufficient structural stability during operation through its design and material properties.
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 safe, efficient, and mess-free disposal of cooled wax, enhances user experience with IoT and lighting features, and extends wax life through temperature control.
Implementation Method 1
a heating element to provide heat to melt wax
Implementation Method 2
the flexible dish receives the wax to be melted and can be distorted to allow cooled and hardened wax to be easily removed
Data Source
AI summary
A wax melter apparatus. The wax melter apparatus includes a housing and a heating element to provide heat to melt wax. The wax melter apparatus also includes a flexible dish supported by the housing, the flexible dish receives the wax to be melted and can be distorted to allow cooled and hardened wax to be easily removed.