Rechargeable Dehumidifier Nested Vessel for Spill-Safe Assembly
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Solution Overview
Problem
Rechargeable dehumidifiers require complex configurations to prevent spills between cavities, leading to aesthetically unappealing and difficult-to-manufacture designs due to the need for fixed anchoring and sealed assemblies.
Innovation Solution
A rechargeable dehumidifier design with a casing and internal vessel configuration that allows components to be arranged without external projections, featuring a top-opening casing and a vessel with a second lid for desiccant agent placement, enabling a minimalist appearance and simplified manufacturing with straight, smooth walls.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If complex configurations with lips and burrs are used to anchor cavities and prevent spills, then reliability of spill prevention is improved, but device complexity and manufacturing difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies nesting by placing the second cavity inside the first cavity, with the vessel containing desiccant agent positioned within the basin. This nested arrangement eliminates the need for complex external anchoring structures between separate cavities, as the inner cavity is naturally contained within the outer cavity. The simplification of external surfaces while maintaining spill prevention is achieved through this hierarchical nesting structure.
2Stability of the object's composition
If complex anchoring configurations are used to fix cavities to one another, then stability of the assembly is improved, but ease of manufacture deteriorates due to required dies, machining, or joining operations
Solution Approach 1:
By nesting the second cavity within the first cavity rather than positioning them as separate adjacent cavities requiring external anchoring, the patent eliminates the need for complex joining operations. The inner vessel sits within the outer basin, providing inherent stability without requiring lips, burrs, or additional fastening mechanisms that would complicate manufacturing.
3Reliability
If complex surface configurations with discontinuities are used for cavity anchoring, then reliability of sealed assembly is improved, but aesthetic appearance deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The nested configuration allows the outer casing to present a smooth, continuous surface without the discontinuities that would result from external anchoring features between separate cavities. The inner vessel is contained within the outer basin, so no external lips or burrs are needed, resulting in a clean aesthetic appearance while maintaining the sealed assembly through the nested containment structure.
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 achieves a clutter-free exterior appearance and simplifies manufacturing by eliminating complex surface configurations, allowing for easier production with materials like ceramic, while maintaining effective water collection and desiccant agent functionality.
Implementation Method 1
rechargeable, which do not require an electric connection but require a desiccant agent that must be replaced once it becomes saturated
Implementation Method 2
the water from the first cavity falls by gravity and is collected in the second cavity
Data Source
AI summary
Rechargeable dehumidifier including inside it the components it consists of, with the possibility that none of them project outward so that it can have an outward appearance without projections, as well as being simple to manufacture, comprising a casing with at least one first opening and open on the top, which configures a first internal cavity, a first lid arranged on top of the casing, provided in the first cavity with a container that in turn comprises a body open on the top that configures a second cavity, a second lid provided on top of the body and having at least one second opening; on top of the second lid may be provided a desiccant agent such that the water absorbed by it is collected in the body when it falls by gravity.