Wax Warmer Wire Box Isolates Electrical Connections
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Solution Overview
Problem
Wax warmers with ceramic shrouds face challenges due to brittleness, which can lead to breakage and expose electrical components, posing a risk of electric shock, and the existing designs do not adequately protect against such breakage or secure electrical connections.
Innovation Solution
A wax warmer design featuring a plastic wire box to contain electrical connections, a serpentine cord path through the shroud, and a cap to distribute stress, reducing the risk of breakage and ensuring safe electrical containment.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Illumination intensity
If a ceramic shroud is used in the wax warmer, then aesthetic appearance and heat resistance are improved, but brittleness increases leading to breakage risk and exposure of electrical components
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines ceramic material for the shroud with plastic material for the wire box and electrical component housing. This composite approach allows the ceramic to provide aesthetic appearance and heat resistance while the plastic provides impact resistance and prevents breakage, thereby resolving the contradiction between aesthetic appearance and strength.
2Temperature
If a ceramic shroud is used, then heat resistance is improved, but the risk of breakage and exposure of electrical components increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a plastic wire box as an intermediary component that houses the electrical connections and is positioned within or alongside the ceramic shroud. This intermediary plastic structure absorbs impact and prevents ceramic breakage, while the ceramic shroud maintains heat resistance. The wire box acts as a mediator that protects electrical components from exposure due to ceramic failure.
3Device complexity
If traditional electrical component placement is used in the wax warmer, then device complexity is reduced, but electrical components are exposed and pose electric shock risk
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the electrical components (wire connections, socket) from direct exposure within the ceramic shroud and places them inside a dedicated plastic wire box. This separation isolates the electrical components, preventing electric shock risk while maintaining relatively simple device structure. The wire box serves as a protective enclosure that does not significantly complicate the overall device.
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 design effectively protects against ceramic shroud breakage, maintains secure electrical connections, and prevents exposure to prevent electric shock, enhancing safety and reliability.
Implementation Method 1
The heat source can be an incandescent or halogen light bulb... The light bulb can be placed underneath a vessel containing the scented wax... warming a scented wax in order to release a fragrance
Data Source
AI summary
A wax warmer has a shroud removably carried by a base with a bowl for scented wax. A heat source is carried by the shroud. A proximal end of an electrical wire is coupled to the heat source. A wire box is carried by the shroud and positioned between the shroud and the heat source. The wire box contains an electrical connection between the proximal end of the electrical wire and the heat source. A clamp opening carried by the wire box receives the proximal end of the wire and presses against a sheath of the electrical wire to retain the proximal end of the electrical wire with the wire box.