Transparent Humidifier-Air Cleaner Layout for Separate Filtration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Typical humidifiers lack a separate air cleaning function and often operate inadvertently for humidification even when air cleaning is desired, with a weak air cleaning capability and structural limitations that prevent exclusive air filtration operation.
Innovation Solution
A humidification and air cleaning apparatus that allows separate operation of humidification and air cleaning functions, featuring a transparent visual body, a display module, and a watering housing with a nozzle to spray water for intuitive visual feedback, while preventing water exposure to the display module and support guide.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a filter is added to a typical humidifier to provide air cleaning function, then air cleaning capability is improved, but the device cannot operate exclusively for air filtration and humidification operates inadvertently
Solution Approach 1:
The apparatus is divided into two independent operational modes: air cleaning mode and humidification mode. The housing is segmented into a filter housing containing the filter and a water tank for humidification. This segmentation allows the device to perform air cleaning without inadvertently activating humidification, resolving the contradiction between adding air cleaning capability and maintaining separate operation control.
2Loss of information
If a transparent visual body is used to display water drops for intuitive monitoring, then visual feedback is improved, but the display module may be exposed to water
Solution Approach 1:
A transparent visual body is introduced as an intermediary element that allows users to observe water drops and humidification process visually, while physically separating the display module from direct water exposure. The visual body acts as a barrier that maintains visual feedback functionality while protecting the display module from water contact, resolving the contradiction between providing intuitive visual monitoring and ensuring display module reliability.
3Productivity
If the watering housing rotates to spray water, then humidification effectiveness is improved, but the support guide and water tank inlet may be exposed to the outside
Solution Approach 1:
The support guide and water tank inlet are pre-positioned and structurally integrated into the housing before the watering housing rotation begins. This preliminary structural arrangement ensures that these components remain protected and exposed only to the intended internal environment, even when the watering housing rotates for effective water spraying. This resolves the contradiction between achieving humidification effectiveness through rotation and preventing harmful exposure of internal 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
Enables intuitive monitoring of humidification, maximizes visual effect of water drops, and ensures the display module remains dry, allowing users to observe water spray and maintain a sealed visual space for effective air cleaning and humidification.
Implementation Method 1
a watering motor rotating the watering housing
Implementation Method 2
a nozzle disposed in the watering housing and spraying the pumped water
Implementation Method 3
water sprayed from the nozzle may collide with an inner side surface of the visual body
Implementation Method 4
a watering housing disposed in the water tank, drawing water stored in the water tank to pump water to an upper side
Data Source
AI summary
Provided is a humidification and air cleaning apparatus. The humidification and air cleaning apparatus includes: a water tank storing water; a visual body coupled to the water tank, disposed over the water tank, and formed of a transparent material; a display module disposed outside the visual body; and a watering housing disposed in the water tank and having a nozzle to spray water. Here, water drops, formed on an inner side surface of the visual body, and the display module are disposed on an eye line of a user.