Humidifier Water Bottle Layout to Prevent Leakage When Tilted
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional humidification apparatuses experience water leakage when sloped due to movement, as air introduction creates a space allowing water to flow out from the water bottle.
Innovation Solution
A water leakage preventing humidification apparatus design featuring a housing with a water tank, a water bottle having a water guide unit with an outlet, and an installation part with a confinement wall and water tank input hole, forming a water confinement space to prevent water leakage when the apparatus is sloped by positioning the outlet lower than the water level and the input hole higher, thus blocking water flow.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If the opening and closing unit is opened by pressurizing the valve with a protrusion, then water can flow from the water bottle to the water tank, but when the apparatus is sloped, air is introduced and water leaks continuously
Solution Approach 1:
The installation part is divided into a confinement wall portion and a bottom surface portion, creating a segmented structure that forms a water confinement space. This segmentation allows the system to control water and air separately, preventing air from entering the water bottle while maintaining water flow capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The water confinement space acts as an intermediary chamber between the water bottle outlet and the water tank input hole. This intermediate space traps water and prevents air from directly entering the water bottle, thereby preventing water leakage while allowing controlled water transfer.
2Ease of operation
If the water bottle is positioned to allow water flow when horizontal, then humidification function is achieved, but sloping causes water to separate and air to be introduced
Solution Approach 1:
The confinement wall is positioned to preemptively block air from entering the water bottle outlet. By creating a water-filled confinement space before any sloping occurs, the system pre-establishes a barrier that prevents air-water separation and subsequent water leakage, regardless of the apparatus orientation.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention adds a vertical dimension to the water flow path by creating a water confinement space with a water tank input hole positioned at a higher level than the outlet. This dimensional arrangement ensures that water must rise against gravity to enter the water tank, preventing air from displacing water even when the apparatus is sloped.
3Productivity
If the outlet is positioned to allow free water flow, then water can be supplied to the water tank, but water may be discharged outside when sloped
Solution Approach 1:
The invention changes the positional parameters of the water tank input hole relative to the outlet, positioning the input hole at a higher level. This parameter change creates a water seal effect where water must rise to a higher elevation to enter the water tank, preventing water from discharging outside when the apparatus is sloped while maintaining efficient water supply.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Effectively prevents water leakage from the water bottle even when the apparatus is sloped by trapping water in a settling region, ensuring that the outlet is blocked and air cannot enter to displace water, maintaining humidity levels.
Implementation Method 1
when the housing is sloped at a predetermined angle or more, a water confinement space is formed between the confinement wall and the water tank input hole of the installation part to confine water therein
Data Source
AI summary
There is provided a water leakage preventing humidification apparatus including: a housing; a water tank installed in the housing and storing water for humidification; a water bottle having a water guide unit having an outlet formed therein to allow water to flow out therefrom, and installed in the water tank to provide water for humidification to the water tank; an installation part disposed in the water tank and having a confinement water formed to surround at least a portion of the circumference of the water guide unit of the water bottle and a water tank input hole formed on one end of the bottom surface along which water flowing out through the outlet flows and communicating with the water tank; and a humidification unit provided to perform humidification with water stored in the water tank.