Hookah Heat Generator with Movable Plate for Safe Heat Regulation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing heat generators for water pipes, such as shishas, require direct user intervention to regulate heat, leading to inconsistent heat release and potential burns, as well as inefficient aroma release and combustion of tobacco materials.
Innovation Solution
A heat generator design featuring a vessel with a peripheral wall, base, and a movably arranged plate with a handle, allowing for adjustable distance between the carbon material and the base without direct intervention, along with a coolable tobacco bowl for uniform aroma release and slow combustion.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If direct intervention on the heat source is used to regulate heat, then heat generation can be controlled, but user safety is compromised due to burn risks and heat release becomes inconsistent
Solution Approach 1:
A plate with a handle is introduced as an intermediary tool between the user and the heat source. The handle extends through a slot in the peripheral wall, allowing users to adjust the plate's position and thus control the distance between the carbon material and the base without directly touching the hot carbon. This mediator enables safe heat regulation while eliminating direct contact with the harmful heat source.
2Ease of operation
If additional heating material is added or removed to regulate heat, then heat generation can be controlled, but the device complexity increases and heat release becomes inconsistent during the process
Solution Approach 1:
The plate is designed to be movable along a guideway inside the heat generator, allowing dynamic adjustment of the carbon material's position relative to the base. The handle extending through a slot in the peripheral wall enables users to continuously adjust the plate's position during operation. This dynamic adjustment mechanism provides simple heat control without requiring addition or removal of heating material, maintaining structural simplicity while achieving consistent heat release.
3Productivity
If the heat source is brought close to the tobacco material for strong heat generation, then aroma release is enhanced, but combustion becomes too rapid and uniform aroma release is compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The movable plate allows users to dynamically adjust the distance between the carbon material and the tobacco material during the smoking process. By positioning the plate at optimal distances, users can control the heat transfer rate to achieve both strong aroma release and uniform combustion. The plate's ability to be repositioned ensures that the heat generation remains stable and consistent throughout the smoking session.
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 easy regulation of heat emission and uniform aroma release, preventing burns and promoting efficient combustion of tobacco materials without user intervention, ensuring consistent smoking experience.
Implementation Method 1
A tobacco or tobacco substitute arranged below the heat generator is heated by the heat emitted by the heat generator
Implementation Method 2
heated by the heat emitted by the heat generator and thereby releases its flavoring ingredients
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AI summary
The invention relates to a heat generator (10) for hookahs, comprising a circumferential wall (13), a base (18), a cover part (11) and a plate (120), which is arranged in a movable manner in the interior of the heat generator and is intended for accommodating lit coals or coal substitutes, wherein the circumferential wall of the heat generator contains at least one slot (14) extending helically between the base and the cover part, and the plate has at least one grip part (16), which projects through the slot and is guided in the slot, and the plate can be adjusted in a stepless manner relative to the base, and also relates to a hookah tobacco head for positioning on the heat generator.