Integral Atomizer Design Merging Nozzle and Jacket
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional atomizers require high precision in manufacturing separate parts, leading to increased costs and complexity, and are prone to misplacement due to small-sized components.
Innovation Solution
An atomizer design featuring an enclosed reservoir with a jet nozzle, a sleeved jacket, a mist-discharging conduit, and a compressible member, all formed as a single integral piece, eliminating the need for precise assembly and reducing manufacturing costs.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If the jet nozzle, jacket, and cap are manufactured as separate parts, then assembly flexibility is improved, but manufacturing precision requirements increase and costs rise
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the jet nozzle, jacket, and cap into a single integrated component. This merging eliminates the need for precise abutment between separate parts, thereby reducing manufacturing precision requirements while maintaining assembly flexibility. The integrated design ensures proper positioning without requiring high-precision machining of multiple interfaces.
2Ease of repair
If the jet nozzle, jacket, and cap are manufactured as separate parts, then ease of repair is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
By integrating the jet nozzle, jacket, and cap into one component, the patent reduces the total number of parts, thereby simplifying the device structure. Although this reduces replaceability of individual sub-components, it eliminates the complexity of assembling and aligning multiple separate parts, achieving a balance between repairability and structural simplicity.
3Volume of moving object
If the jacket is made small to fit the container, then space efficiency is improved, but misplacement risk increases
Solution Approach 1:
The integration of the jacket with the jet nozzle and cap into a single component eliminates the risk of misplacement. The unified structure ensures proper positioning within the container without requiring the jacket to be a separate, small component that could easily be misplaced during assembly or handling.
4Adaptability or versatility
If separate parts are used for jet nozzle, jacket, and cap, then adaptability is improved, but productivity decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent integrates multiple components into one, which simplifies the manufacturing process and improves productivity by reducing the number of assembly steps. While this may limit some design flexibility, it achieves a practical balance by maintaining the essential functional adaptability while significantly enhancing manufacturing efficiency.
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
Simplifies manufacturing, reduces costs, and prevents misplacement of components, while maintaining effective atomization performance.
Implementation Method 1
a compressible member connected to the mist-discharging conduit and the jacket and compressible in the jet-ejecting direction so as to retain the jacket at a predetermined position
Implementation Method 2
when high-pressure air (50 psi) flows through the air passage 102, a fluid contained in the container 1 will flow through the gap 201 between the jacket 2 and the jet nozzle 101 because of a negative pressure generated in the air passage 102
Implementation Method 3
The fluid flowing through the gap 201 will be atomized by the high-pressure air
Data Source
AI summary
An atomizer includes: an enclosed reservoir defining an inner space adapted to receive a liquid therein; a jet nozzle provided in the inner space for passage of an air jet therethrough; a jacket sleeved around the jet nozzle to define a fluid-introducing gap therebetween, the fluid-introducing gap being in fluid communication with the inner space for passage of the liquid therethrough; a mist-discharging conduit extending sealingly into and in fluid communication with the inner space and aligned with the jacket in a jet-ejecting direction; and a compressible member connected to the mist-discharging conduit and the jacket and compressible in the jet-ejecting direction. The jacket, the compressible member, and the mist-discharging conduit are an integrally formed single piece.