Floating-type humidifier container
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Solution Overview
Problem
Floating-type humidifiers are prone to water overflow and splattering due to external vibrations, leading to noise and water loss, as discharged humidification particles fall back onto the water surface.
Innovation Solution
A floating-type humidifier container with an upper body having an inclined surface that directs discharged particles back into a lower body, featuring an inflow portion and a spiral groove to minimize noise and prevent splattering, ensuring efficient water reuse.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a floating-type humidifier is used for convenient cleaning and management, then ease of operation is improved, but the humidifier becomes vulnerable to external vibration and sways, causing water droplets to splatter and increasing water noise
Solution Approach 1:
The patent converts the harmful effect of external vibrations into a beneficial one by designing an inclined upper body that directs the motion of water droplets caused by vibration toward the water surface, transforming what would be splattering into a gentle return to the water reservoir, thereby reducing noise and preventing water loss while maintaining the floating design's ease of operation
2Ease of operation
If the floating-type humidifier floats on water, then ease of operation is improved, but water droplets produced in the humidifier move vertically upward and fall onto the water surface, increasing water noise and causing water droplets to splatter
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies the blessing in disguise principle by designing the upper body with an inclined surface that intercepts water droplets before they fall vertically onto the water surface. The incline redirects the droplets along the surface back into the water reservoir, converting the harmful noise and splattering effect into a beneficial gentle return of droplets to the water, thereby reducing noise and preventing water loss
Solution Approach 2:
The inclined upper body acts as an intermediary element between the floating humidifier and the water surface. Instead of allowing water droplets to fall directly onto the water surface (which causes noise and splattering), the inclined surface serves as a mediator that redirects the droplets' path, guiding them back into the water reservoir in a controlled manner that eliminates the harmful effects
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 solution effectively reduces water noise and prevents splattering by guiding humidification particles back into the container, minimizing water loss and improving the operational environment.
Implementation Method 1
an upper body 120 having an opening portion 122 provided in an upper portion of the upper body 120 so that one end of the floating-type humidifier 101 is penetratively inserted into the opening portion 122, in which the upper body includes an inclined portion 124 which is formed to be inclined downward toward a center of the space portion 112 so that humidification particles discharged from the floating-type humidifier are introduced into the space portion through the opening portion
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AI summary
A floating-type humidifier container according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: a lower body having a space portion which is opened at an upper side thereof and accommodates water therein so that a floating-type humidifier floats on the water; and an upper body having an opening portion provided in an upper portion of the upper body so that one end of the floating-type humidifier is penetratively inserted into the opening portion, in which the upper body includes an inclined portion which is formed to be inclined downward toward a center of the space portion so that humidification particles discharged from the floating-type humidifier are introduced into the space portion through the opening portion.