Ionizer Parts-Extension Unit With Slanted Grooves
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing ionizers face difficulties in easily attaching and detaching various parts such as sensors, filters, and drop-off prevention components due to the need for individualized attachment methods, making the process cumbersome and inefficient.
Innovation Solution
The ionizer incorporates a parts-extension unit with slanted lower side groove walls in the housing, allowing for easy attachment and detachment of auxiliary members via elastically latching projection edges, facilitating the extension of related parts like sensors, filters, and drop-off prevention covers.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If various types of related parts are extended afterward to the ionizer, then the functionality of the ionizer is enhanced, but the attaching work becomes difficult and the parts cannot easily be attached
Solution Approach 1:
The ionizer is divided into a main body and detachable auxiliary members. The auxiliary members (such as electrode cartridges, filters, and sensor holders) can be independently attached and detached from the main body through the groove structures, enabling modular functionality extension without complicating the overall attachment process
Solution Approach 2:
The groove structures formed in the housing serve multiple functions: they provide attachment locations for auxiliary members, guide the insertion process through slanted surfaces, and enable both electrode cartridges and other auxiliary components to be mounted using the same basic mechanism, thus simplifying the attaching work while enhancing versatility
2Reliability
If each part is individually attached by different methods, then the parts can be securely attached, but the attaching work becomes complex and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The groove structures provide a universal attachment mechanism that can accommodate multiple types of auxiliary members (electrode cartridges, filters, sensor holders) using the same attachment principle. This standardized approach maintains secure attachment while significantly reducing the time and complexity of the attaching work compared to using different methods for each part
Solution Approach 2:
The groove structures are pre-formed in the housing during manufacturing, with slanted surfaces and appropriate dimensions prepared in advance. This preliminary preparation enables quick and easy attachment of auxiliary members without requiring complex assembly procedures or additional tools during operation
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
This configuration simplifies the attachment and detachment of auxiliary members, ensuring smooth and assured operations, reducing the complexity of attaching various parts to the ionizer, and preventing electrode drop-off or dust adhesion.
Implementation Method 1
at least a wall portion of a groove opening side of the lower side groove wall is slanted in a gradually outside-down manner, and the aforementioned auxiliary member includes a pair of attaching side walls facing to each other, and projection edges for latching is formed at a tip end of the side walls, and the auxiliary member is detachably attached to the aforementioned ionizer main body by means of elastically latching the projection edges to the aforementioned parts-attaching grooves
Implementation Method 2
a positive pulsing high voltage is applied to the positive electrode and a negative pulsing high voltage is applied to the negative electrode, as shown, for example, in the patent document 1, and thereby a corona discharge is generated so as to generate a positive ion and a negative ion from both electrodes
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AI summary
Parts-attaching grooves are formed at both side surfaces of an ionizer main body, and an auxiliary member for extending parts is detachably latched to the parts-attaching grooves. Parts, such as sensors, filters, and so forth are extended by means of the auxiliary member. The aforementioned parts attaching grooves are constructed such that a lower side groove wall is slanting in a gradually outside-down manner toward a groove opening side, and further the auxiliary member includes a projection edge for latching, at a tip end of left and right side walls, and the auxiliary member is attached to the aforementioned ionizer main body by means of elastically latching the projection edge to the aforementioned parts-attaching groove.