Reusable Heat Delivery Component with Detachable Volatilization Unit
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing smoking simulation devices and volatilization devices are either not reusable or require single-use components, limiting their practicality and sustainability, and there is a need for a device that can efficiently deliver volatilized materials like flavors and therapeutic substances without combustion.
Innovation Solution
A device comprising a reusable heat delivery component with a detachable volatilization component, where the heat sink and heat pipe are in heat transfer relation, allowing for the separation and replacement of the volatilization component, enabling controlled release of volatilized materials over time.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If existing smoking simulation devices use integrated heat transfer and volatilization components, then the device structure is simple, but the device cannot be reused and must be discarded after single use
Solution Approach 1:
The device is divided into two separable components: a reusable heat transfer component (containing heat sink and heat pipe) and a disposable volatilization component (containing tobacco or therapeutic material). This segmentation allows the heat transfer component to be reused while the volatilization component is discarded after use, resolving the contradiction between structural simplicity and reusability.
2Ease of operation
If existing devices use single-use components for volatilization, then the device is easy to operate, but sustainability and cost-effectiveness are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
By separating the volatilization component from the heat transfer component, the design enables selective disposal of only the consumable volatilization portion while retaining the reusable heat transfer portion, reducing overall waste and improving sustainability.
Solution Approach 2:
The design implements a system where the volatilization component is discarded after use while the heat transfer component is recovered and reused for subsequent volatilization cycles, minimizing resource waste and improving cost-effectiveness.
3Use of energy by moving object
If the volatilization component is integrated with the heat transfer component, then heat transfer efficiency is maximized, but the device cannot be detached and reused
Solution Approach 1:
The device separates heat transfer functions (in the reusable component) from volatilization functions (in the disposable component), allowing each component to be optimized for its specific function while enabling reusability of the heat transfer component.
Solution Approach 2:
The heat pipe acts as an intermediary heat transfer medium that can be detachably connected between the heat sink and the volatilization material, maintaining effective heat transfer while enabling separation and reuse of components.
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 allows for the reuse of the heat delivery component and disposable or single-use volatilization components, enhancing sustainability and user convenience by facilitating the controlled delivery of volatilized materials, such as tobacco or therapeutic substances, without combustion.
Implementation Method 1
a heat pipe in heat transfer relation with the heat sink
Implementation Method 2
a heat sink
Implementation Method 3
source of volatilizable material in detachable heat transfer communication with the heat pipe
Data Source
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AI summary
A device for delivering volatilized material to a user comprises a heat delivery component (11), which includes a heat sink (14) in heat transfer relationship with a heat transfer device such a s a heat pipe (36), and a volatilization component (20), which includes a source (22) of volatilizable material, such as tobacco, a flavour material or a therapeutic substance. The volatilization component (20) is detachably mounted on the heat delivery component (11) with the source of volatilizable material (22) in heat transfer communication with the heat transfer device (36) of the heat delivery component. The heat delivery component (11) may therefore be reused with a series of disposable volatilization components (20).