Single-Hand Micro Water Purifier With Piston Pressurization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing portable water purifiers require two-handed operation, which is inconvenient for outdoor users, and those using rubber airbags for single-hand operation suffer from insufficient power and low filtration efficiency.
Innovation Solution
A single-hand-operable micro water purifier design featuring a micro filter device and a raw water pressurizing device with a piston system and lever-type handle, allowing single-hand operation and improved filtration efficiency through a radial force-bearing mechanism and a return spring.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a rubber airbag is used to enable single-hand operation, then ease of operation is improved, but power and filtration efficiency deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The device is divided into two functional modules: a pressurizing device with piston mechanism for generating high pressure, and a filtering device with filter element. This segmentation allows each module to be optimized independently - the piston mechanism provides sufficient power while the filter element ensures high filtration efficiency, resolving the contradiction between ease of operation and power/filtration performance
Solution Approach 2:
A one-way valve is introduced as an intermediary component between the pressurizing device and filtering device. This valve mediates the water flow, ensuring unidirectional movement from pressurizing to filtering chamber, which maintains system power efficiency and filtration effectiveness while enabling single-hand operation through the pump button
2Power
If both hands are required to operate the water purifier, then power and filtration efficiency are maintained, but ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The piston is designed with a spring-loaded return mechanism that automatically resets the piston to its initial position after each pressurization stroke. This dynamic design allows the piston to perform work during the forward stroke while automatically returning during the backward stroke, enabling single-hand operation where one hand presses the pump button and the device self-resets, maintaining power output while improving ease of operation
3Ease of manufacture
If the structure is made simple for portability, then ease of manufacture and portability are improved, but power and filtration efficiency may deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The filter element is nested within the filtering device housing, and the piston mechanism is nested within the pressurizing device. The two devices connect via a threaded interface where the filtering device screws onto the pressurizing device. This nested design achieves compact structure for portability while maintaining sufficient power through the efficient piston-filtration integration
Solution Approach 2:
The device uses hydraulic principles where manual pressure on the pump button transmits force through water to the piston, generating high pressure for filtration. This hydraulic transmission of force provides high power output with simple mechanical structure, achieving both ease of manufacture and sufficient power/filtration efficiency
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
Enables single-hand operation with enhanced filtration efficiency and labor-saving use, maintaining portability and durability while improving operational convenience.
Implementation Method 1
the piston device 221 comprises a piston cylinder body 2211, a piston 2212... the pressurizing device water outlet 23 is communicated with the filter water inlet 12
Implementation Method 2
a water inlet one-way valve device 222 located at a front end of the piston device 221, and a water outlet one-way valve device 223 located at a rear end of the piston device 221
Implementation Method 3
a filter material assembly 13 located in the filter cylinder body 1... promotes the raw water to enter the filter chamber for performing the filtration to obtain clean water
Implementation Method 4
a return spring 2215 is arranged between the piston 2212 and the piston cylinder body 2211
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AI summary
The single-hand-operable micro water purifier of the present application relates to a micro water filter, especially a micro water purifier which can filter water by pressurization. It includes a micro filter device and a raw water pressurizing device. The micro filter device includes a filter cylinder body, a filter water inlet, and a filter water outlet and a filter material assembly located in the filter cylinder body. The raw water pressurizing device includes a pressurizing device water inlet, a pressurizing device main body, and a pressurizing device water outlet. The present application can promote the raw water to enter the filter device for performing the filtration to obtain the clean water, by using a single hand to operate, which not only brings convenience to the user, but also saves labor and improves the use efficiency.