Non-rebuildable Vaporization Tank with Top Airflow and Mesh Wick

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Solution Overview

Problem

Non-rebuildable vaporization tanks face issues with debris contamination and liquid leakage due to bottom-up airflow designs, which degrade components and waste consumable liquid, while rebuildable tanks require user expertise and have non-ideal absorption rates.

Innovation Solution

A non-rebuildable tank with a stainless steel mesh wick encasing the heating element, featuring a sealed tank enclosure with top airflow openings to prevent debris entry and liquid leakage, utilizing an annular heating element and ferrite wick for controlled liquid flow, ensuring only vapor is present in the interior chamber.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If a bottom-up airflow design is used in non-rebuildable tanks, then liquid can be drawn into the atomizer, but debris is introduced into the tank and components are degraded

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveliquid delivery to atomizerVSAvoiddebris contamination

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent inverts the traditional bottom-up airflow design by implementing a top-down airflow system where air enters through the mouthpiece and flows downward through the atomizer. This reversal prevents debris from being drawn into the tank while maintaining effective liquid delivery to the atomizer through the wick and heating element.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #13The other way round (Inversion)

2Productivity

If bottom-up airflow holes are provided in non-rebuildable tanks, then liquid flows to the atomizer, but liquid leaks from the tank due to gravity

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveliquid flow to atomizerVSAvoidliquid leakage

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSLoss of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The patent eliminates bottom airflow holes and implements top airflow openings in the tank wall above the liquid level. This inversion of the airflow direction allows liquid to be delivered to the atomizer through capillary action and pressure differential without creating gravitational leakage paths, thus preventing liquid loss.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #13The other way round (Inversion)

3Ease of repair

If rebuildable atomizers with accessible coils are used, then users can modify and maintain the device, but users must have technical understanding to operate and maintain the device

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecomponent replaceabilityVSAvoiduser expertise requirement

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of repairVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements a disposable non-rebuildable tank design where the entire atomizer assembly is pre-filled and sealed. Users simply attach the tank to the battery and use it until depleted, then discard and replace with a new tank. This eliminates the need for user maintenance while keeping the device simple and affordable.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #27Cheap short-living objects (Disposable)

4Reliability

If annular ceramic atomizers are used in non-rebuildable tanks, then the atomizer is sealed within the tank, but the atomizer cannot be replaced by the user and absorption rates are non-ideal

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveatomizer sealingVSAvoiduser modification capability

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The patent uses a wick material (such as cotton, rayon, or other porous materials) combined with a heating element in an annular configuration. This composite atomizer design provides both effective liquid absorption through the wick and reliable sealing within the tank, while maintaining a compact disposable structure that cannot be user-modified but delivers consistent performance.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #40Composite materials

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 provides a clean and efficient vaporization process with increased absorption rates, preventing debris and liquid leakage, and maintaining component integrity, offering improved performance and user convenience by eliminating the need for user modification and maintenance.

Implementation Method 1

The wick is a stainless steel mesh element that encircles the heating element so that the wick controls a flow of liquid to the heating element by absorbing the liquid and slowly wicking the liquid into the heating element

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectCapillary action: Capillary Action

Implementation Method 2

The annular heating element is positioned within the tank enclosure and configured to generate heat to cause a phase change of the vaporizable liquid from liquid to vapor when receiving current from a power source

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectJoule heating: Joule Heating

Implementation Method 3

the annular heating element is positioned within the tank enclosure and configured to generate heat to cause a phase change of the vaporizable liquid from liquid to vapor

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectPhase change: Phase Change

Data Source

PatentUS10694785B2Non-rebuildable vaporization tank

Publication Date: 2020.06.30 SANTOS RODRIGO ESCORCIO

AI summary

A non-rebuildable tank for a portable vaporization device is disclosed. According to at least one embodiment, the non-rebuildable tank includes a heating element and a wick that are enclosed within a tank enclosure filled with liquid that is consumable and/or inhalable as a vapor. The wick is a metal or ferrite mesh element that surrounds or encircles the heating element so that the wick controls a flow of liquid to the heating element by absorbing the liquid and slowly wicking the liquid into the heating element.