Wall Socket Aromatic Diffuser Using Air Bearing Seat
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional aromatic gas emitting devices face challenges in achieving effective aroma volatilization while ensuring safety and convenience, particularly with limitations in wall socket mounting and the need to avoid fluid leakage or the use of heating elements.
Innovation Solution
An electrical wall socket mounted aromatic gas emitting device that uses an air bearing seat and gas delivery device to draw outside air, which carries fragrance molecules from a volatile carrier into the open air without the need for heating or oscillation, allowing for easy fragrance bottle replacement.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If an electric resistance is used to heat an aromatic substance to release scent, then aroma volatilization effect is improved, but electric heating safety is compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the thermal field (heating element) with a mechanical field (gas delivery device using air flow). The gas delivery device uses a fan to generate air flow that passes through the fragrance bottle, carrying aromatic molecules without requiring heat, thus eliminating electric heating safety risks while maintaining aroma release effectiveness
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the physical parameter from temperature-based volatilization to flow-based transport. By controlling air flow rate and direction through the fragrance bottle rather than temperature, the system achieves aroma release without the safety hazards of heating elements
2Productivity
If a lamp-based scent releasing system is used, then aroma release is achieved, but wall socket mounting angle is limited to prevent fluid leakage
Solution Approach 1:
The patent separates the fragrance containment function from the aroma release function. The fragrance bottle is designed as a separate replaceable component with its own cap and sealing mechanism, allowing the main body to be mounted in any orientation without risking fluid leakage, while the release mechanism (gas delivery device) operates independently
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces air flow as an intermediary carrier between the fragrance bottle and the environment. The gas delivery device uses air flow to transport aromatic molecules from the fragrance bottle to the surrounding space, eliminating the need for direct gravitational dependence and allowing flexible mounting angles
3Productivity
If an oscillator is used to oscillate fluid fragrance into fine mist, then aroma volatilization is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the complex oscillation mechanism (ultrasonic transducer, piezoelectric element) with a simpler gas flow system. The fan-generated air flow naturally carries aromatic molecules from the fragrance bottle without requiring mechanical oscillation, significantly reducing device complexity while maintaining aroma release effectiveness
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses pneumatic principles by employing a fan to generate air flow that passes through the fragrance bottle. This pneumatic system is simpler than ultrasonic oscillation mechanisms, achieving aroma volatilization through fluid dynamics rather than complex mechanical vibration
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
This solution provides a safe, convenient, and effective method for aroma distribution, ensuring efficient fragrance emission without the risks associated with heating or mist formation, and allows for easy fragrance bottle swapping.
Implementation Method 1
The gas delivery device continuously draws outside air through the second communication hole into the air guiding chamber, enabling the intake flow of air to be guided through the first communication hole and the wedge chamber to the outside of the air bearing seat via the seat mouth
Implementation Method 2
The volatile carrier has one end thereof inserted through the bottle mouth into the inside of the fragrance bottle to touch the fluid fragrance so that the fluid fragrance can be absorbed by the volatile carrier and delivered to an opposite end of the volatile carrier for enabling the fluid fragrance molecules to be dissipated into the outside open air
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AI summary
An electrical wall socket mounted aromatic gas emitting device includes an air bearing seat, a fragrance bottle mounted in the air bearing seat and having a volatile carrier partially inserted into the bottle mouth thereof to absorb the fluid fragrance for dissipation into outside open space, a gas delivery device for continuously delivering air to the air bearing seat so that the air bearing seat can guide the flow of air to flow along the surface of the volatile carrier for agitate the fluid fragrance to emit fragrance smell.