Transparent Water-Tank Humidifier-Air Cleaner With Separate Modes
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Solution Overview
Problem
Typical humidifiers and air cleaners are limited in that they cannot separately operate their primary functions, and they often lack effective air cleaning capabilities, requiring separate purchases and offering weak additional functions.
Innovation Solution
A humidification and air cleaning apparatus that includes a water tank, a watering housing with a rotating watering blade, and a nozzle system to create a rain view effect while allowing separate operation of humidification and air cleaning functions, enabling intuitive monitoring of humidification state and efficient air cleaning.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a typical humidifier is used, then humidification function is provided, but air cleaning function is weak and cannot operate separately
Solution Approach 1:
The apparatus is divided into two independent operational modes: humidification mode and air cleaning mode. The control unit separates these functions by selectively activating different components - the watering housing and nozzle for humidification, and the blower and filter for air cleaning - allowing each function to operate independently with optimized performance
Solution Approach 2:
The apparatus integrates multiple functions into a single device: it can perform humidification by spraying water through the watering housing, air cleaning by filtering particles through the filter assembly, and visual display through the transparent water tank showing rain-like water drops. This multi-functionality eliminates the need for separate humidifier and air cleaner devices
2Adaptability or versatility
If both humidifier and air cleaner are purchased separately, then both functions are available, but device complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the functions of a humidifier and air cleaner into a single integrated apparatus. The housing contains both the watering housing with nozzle for humidification and the blower with filter for air cleaning, allowing both devices to be replaced by one unified system that shares common structural elements and control mechanisms
3Loss of information
If water drops are formed in the humidification flowpath, then humidification state can be monitored visually, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The transparent water tank allows visual observation of water drops forming and falling within the humidification flowpath, creating a rain-like visual effect that indicates the humidification state. This transparency-based visual feedback mechanism provides information about device operation without requiring additional electronic displays or sensors
Solution Approach 2:
The water tank's transparent wall serves dual purposes: it contains the water for humidification and simultaneously acts as a display window for visual feedback. The system uses its own operational components (water and flowpath) to provide self-monitoring capability without adding separate monitoring devices
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables separate operation of humidification and air cleaning functions, provides an intuitive way to monitor humidification state through visual cues, and creates a rain view effect for user satisfaction, addressing the limitations of existing devices.
Implementation Method 1
the watering blade collides with water droplets within a radius of rotation of the watering blade to scatter droplets
Implementation Method 2
spraying the pumped water
Implementation Method 3
allows water to naturally evaporate from the surface of the disc in the air
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 forming at least a portion of the water tank and formed of a transparent material; a watering housing disposed in the water tank, suctioning water stored in the water tank to pump water to an upper side, and spraying the pumped water; a watering motor rotating the watering housing; and a watering blade formed to outwardly protrude from the watering housing. Here, when the watering housing rotates, the watering blade collides with water droplets within a radius of rotation of the watering blade to scatter water droplets.