Multi-Tank Rotating E-Cigarette with Magnetic Coupling
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional e-cigarettes are limited to two or three tank switches, leading to dispersed airflow and taste inconsistencies between tanks, negatively impacting user experience.
Innovation Solution
A multi-tank rotatable e-cigarette design featuring a rotary fluid reservoir mechanism with magnetic connections and multiple reservoirs, allowing for simultaneous use of multiple tanks without altering the circuit or airflow, enabling seamless flavor transitions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple tanks are integrated into a single e-cigarette device, then the variety of flavors and user experience are improved, but the structural complexity and potential for taste interference between tanks increase
Solution Approach 1:
The device is divided into multiple independent tank modules that can be rotated to select different flavors. Each tank is a separate unit with its own reservoir and heating element, allowing independent operation while maintaining a unified device structure. This segmentation enables flavor variety without requiring completely separate devices for each flavor.
Solution Approach 2:
The tank selection mechanism is made dynamic through rotation, allowing users to switch between different flavor tanks by rotating the tank assembly. This dynamic configuration enables the device to adapt between different flavors on demand while maintaining a consistent structural framework, resolving the contradiction between versatility and complexity.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If the airway is dispersed across multiple tanks, then flavor isolation is improved, but the airflow stability and atomization consistency deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple tank airways are merged into a single centralized airway structure that collects airflow from all tanks and directs it through a common heating element. This merging ensures that regardless of which tank is active, the airflow path remains consistent and stable, preventing taste interference while maintaining reliable atomization performance.
Solution Approach 2:
A central airway acts as an intermediary between the multiple tank reservoirs and the heating element. This intermediary structure consolidates the dispersed airways from different tanks into a unified flow path, ensuring stable airflow and consistent atomization while preventing cross-contamination of flavors between tanks.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the circuit is changed to support multiple tanks, then the functionality and flavor switching capability are improved, but the device complexity and manufacturing difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The circuit design is made universal by using a single multi-functional heating element that can work with any of the multiple tanks. The circuit remains essentially the same regardless of which tank is connected, eliminating the need for separate circuit configurations for each tank. This universality simplifies manufacturing while enabling multi-tank functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses mechanical rotation to select tanks rather than complex electronic switching circuits. The tank selection is achieved through physical rotation that mechanically connects different tanks to the same heating element, eliminating the need for complex circuit switching mechanisms and simplifying both manufacturing and control.
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
The design allows for multiple tank usage without taste interference, enhancing user experience by enabling easy flavor changes and stable operation through magnetic connections and adjustable seals.
Implementation Method 1
both the upper magnet 23 and the lower magnet 32 are provided with at least 2, and the upper magnet 23 is magnetically connected to the lower magnet 32
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AI summary
A multi-tank rotating e-cigarette, which includes a suction nozzle (1), a rotating storage mechanism (2), a battery compartment (3), the nozzle is installed to one end of the rotating storage mechanism, the other end of the rotating reservoir is connected to the battery reservoir, the middle of the reservoir magnet (23) is provided at the end of the reservoir protection shell (25), and the inlet and battery electrode head are set on the battery protection shell. The beneficial effect of the present invention is that the e-cigarette can have a number of oil warehouses at the same time, which can change the atomization operation of the different oil tanks without changing the circuit and airway of the e-cigarette, effectively avoid the cross smell between the different oil tanks, and increase the use experience of the user.