Perfume Testing System Using Impregnating Members
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing perfume testing systems are complex, expensive to manufacture, and require electrical components, making them difficult to use and maintain.
Innovation Solution
A perfume testing system with a perfume-dispensing device that uses impregnating members, such as porous materials or scented elements, to transfer perfume to a test member through contact, eliminating the need for spraying and electrical components, and allowing for easy replacement and refilling of perfumes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a spray pump and nozzle system is used to dispense perfume, then perfume can be applied to the test member, but the device complexity increases and manufacturing cost rises
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the perfume dispensing function from the complex spray pump system and implements it through simple perfume-impregnating members that transfer perfume to the test member through direct contact, eliminating the need for pumps, nozzles, and associated mechanical components
Solution Approach 2:
The patent employs disposable or easily replaceable perfume-impregnating members made from porous materials or scented elements that can be simply removed and replaced, avoiding the need for expensive, complex, and difficult-to-maintain spray mechanisms
2Reliability
If electrical components such as motor, power supply and detection circuits are added, then the system can detect and control the test device, but the manufacturing cost and complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent removes all electrical components including motors, power supplies, and detection circuits from the system, achieving detection and control functions through simple mechanical means such as visual observation of perfume transfer and manual operation
Solution Approach 2:
The patent eliminates expensive electrical components in favor of simple, inexpensive mechanical and chemical mechanisms that are easier to manufacture, replace, and maintain
3Ease of operation
If a spray mechanism is used to dispense perfume, then perfume can be applied to the test member, but perfume wastage and soiling increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the perfume application mechanism from the spray system and replaces it with a contact-based transfer system where perfume-impregnating members gently transfer perfume to the test member, eliminating the wastage and soiling associated with spray mechanisms
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 system is simple, inexpensive to manufacture, fun to use, and reduces perfume wastage and soiling, while allowing for prolonged use and easy maintenance, enabling users to experience base, heart, and top notes of perfumes.
Implementation Method 1
a perfume-impregnating member with which the test member is adapted to come in contact when the test member is inserted inside the housing, the perfume impregnating member being adapted to take on perfume and to impregnate the perfume on the test member by contact with the test
Implementation Method 2
said material suitable for impregnating with the perfume is a porous material chosen from among a ceramic, Porex®, a cellulose and a plaster
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AI summary
The invention relates to a system (10) for testing a perfume, comprising: a housing (12) comprising an opening (14); a test body (16) designed to be at least partially inserted into the housing through the opening, the test body being made at least partially from a material that can be impregnated with perfume; and a perfume-dispensing device (18) arranged inside the housing and designed to dispense the perfume onto the test body when the test body is inserted into the housing. The perfume-dispensing device comprises at least one perfume-impregnating body which the test body is designed to come into contact with upon insertion into the housing, the perfume-impregnating body being designed to fill with perfume and to impregnate the test body with the perfume when it comes into contact therewith.