Rotatable Arm Fragrance Diffuser with Alignment Seat
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing smart fragrance diffusers face issues with refill bottle alignment and insertion, leading to frustration and potential incomplete fragrance release, due to the need for blind insertion and awkward handling.
Innovation Solution
A fragrance diffuser system with a rotatable arm and seat design that allows easy alignment and insertion of refill bottles, featuring electrical contacts for communication and a piezo-electric component for atomizing fragrances, ensuring proper engagement and full fragrance release.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If users insert refill bottles blindly into the diffuser, then the insertion process becomes simple, but alignment precision deteriorates leading to frustration and improper engagement
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a seat as an intermediary component between the refill bottle and the diffuser. The seat provides visual alignment guidance and a receptacle that guides the refill bottle into proper alignment with the diffusion system, eliminating the need for blind insertion while maintaining ease of operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent employs visual indicators (such as colored alignment marks or illuminated guides) to show users where to position the refill bottle. This visual feedback mechanism allows users to achieve proper alignment without blind insertion, resolving the contradiction between operational simplicity and alignment precision.
2Manufacturing precision
If users hold the diffuser above their head to insert refills, then alignment might be achieved, but ease of operation deteriorates due to awkward handling
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of requiring the user to elevate the diffuser for alignment, the patent inverts the approach by providing alignment guidance within the diffuser itself (through the seat and visual indicators). This allows users to perform the insertion action in a natural, comfortable position while still achieving precise alignment.
3Device complexity
If the diffuser uses a fixed insertion port, then device complexity is reduced, but adaptability deteriorates when different fragrance types require different diffusion parameters
Solution Approach 1:
The patent incorporates electrical contacts that establish communication between the refill bottle and the diffuser upon proper insertion. This feedback mechanism allows the diffuser to receive information about the fragrance type and automatically adjust diffusion parameters, maintaining low device complexity while achieving high adaptability.
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
Facilitates easy and secure refill bottle insertion, ensures complete fragrance release, and allows for adjustable diffusion based on fragrance type, improving user experience and operational efficiency.
Implementation Method 1
The body may include a piezo-electric component configured to produce high-frequency sound waves that may atomize liquids
Implementation Method 2
The refill bottle may also include a wick element that protrudes from the bottle, for example in an upward direction. The wick element may thereby draw liquid fragrance upwardly
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AI summary
A diffuser that may receive a refill bottle that supplies fragrance to the diffuser is provided. The diffuser includes a seat to facilitate easy placement and alignment of the refill bottle in the diffuser. The diffuser has an arm that can rotate about a pivot axis. The arm may rotate away from the seat to allow the user to place the refill bottle into the seat of the diffuser. The arm may also rotate towards the seat such that the arm can be placed over the refill bottle. The arm contains a piezo-electric component that can atomize the fragrance supplied by the refill bottle. The arm also includes a plurality of springs to create sufficient contact between the piezo and the refill bottle, to apply a downward force on the refill bottle, and to engage with a lock to secure the arm over the refill bottle.