Integrated Vacuum Floor Drying Unit for Compact Setup
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing insulation layer drying systems using the vacuum method are cumbersome, space-consuming, and require extensive setup due to individual components like compressors, water separators, and filters being housed in separate devices, leading to inefficiencies and errors in operation.
Innovation Solution
A compact device housing integrates the compressor, water separator, fine filter, and soundproofing components together, eliminating the need for separate housings and hoses, with a high-speed naturally aspirated motor for efficient air suction and automatic water collection and drainage, facilitating easier handling and setup.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If individual components (compressor, water separator, filter, silencer) are housed in separate devices, then each component can be optimized independently, but the overall device becomes space-consuming, heavy, and requires extensive setup with multiple hoses and connections
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the compressor, water separator, filter, and silencer into a single integrated device housing. The compressor is arranged in the upper part of the housing, the water separator in the lower part, with filters and silencing elements positioned between them. This merging eliminates the need for separate housings and multiple connection hoses, significantly reducing the overall device volume and simplifying the setup process while maintaining the functional optimization of each individual component.
2Adaptability or versatility
If individual components are used separately, then assembly and configuration are flexible, but setup time increases and errors in operation occur more frequently
Solution Approach 1:
By integrating all components into a single pre-assembled unit with internal connections already established, the patent eliminates the time-consuming process of connecting multiple separate devices with hoses. The unified housing with pre-positioned components reduces setup time and minimizes configuration errors, while the modular internal design still allows for maintenance and replacement of individual components.
3Reliability
If separate housings are used for each component, then each component is protected independently, but the overall device weight increases and handling becomes more difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses a single integrated housing structure that protects all components (compressor, water separator, filter, silencer) within one unified enclosure. This approach reduces the total weight compared to multiple separate housings and makes the device easier to handle and transport, while still providing adequate protection for each component through strategic positioning and the robust design of the unified housing.
4Ease of manufacture
If manual water handling is required, then water collection is simple, but continuous operation is interrupted and efficiency decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent incorporates an automatic drain pump in the water separator that autonomously removes collected water from the lower part of the device. This self-service mechanism allows the device to operate continuously without manual intervention for water emptying, maintaining productivity while keeping the water collection system simple and easy to manufacture. The pump automatically activates when the water level reaches a certain point, ensuring uninterrupted operation.
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 solution results in a significantly smaller, lighter, and more efficient device that reduces setup time, minimizes errors, and allows for space-saving storage and transport, enabling continuous operation without manual water handling, thus improving the efficiency and usability of insulation layer drying processes.
Implementation Method 1
a compressor with which the moist air is sucked out of the insulating layer underneath the floor covering
Implementation Method 2
the suction motor that is operated with high Speeds can run and compresses the suction air volume flow
Implementation Method 3
this moist air, which can also be referred to as an air-water mixture, is conveyed through a hose to the compressor, which emits the moist air into the room the compressor coupled water separator, in which the liquid water contained in the moist air is separated
Implementation Method 4
the water separated there being collected in a water collecting tank
Implementation Method 5
which is automatically emptied by means of a connected pump when a certain filling level is reached
Implementation Method 6
it is known to provide filters (fine filters and/or Hepa filters) between the water separator and the compressor in such an arrangement for drying insulation layers using the vacuum process, if necessary, in order to filter or separate fine particles, very small particles and suspended matter
Implementation Method 7
the device includes a water separator, a fine filter and means for silencing in addition to the compressor and the compressor, the water separator, the fine filter and the means for silencing are connected to each other
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AI summary
The invention relates to a device (1) for drying insulation layers on floors using the vacuum method. The special feature of the device (1) is that the previously known individual components - compressor (9), water separator (14), fine filter (17) or HEPA filter (18) and silencer (19) - no longer as individual, separately housed in different housings devices are space-consuming connected to each other, but they are combined and housed in a single device housing (2) in a confined space. The device (1) is therefore much smaller and more space-saving and consequently also much lighter than previous devices of this type.