Wickless Atomizer With Segmented Sections For Liquid Supply
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing electronic smoking devices face challenges in ensuring constant operability due to unreliable liquid supply to the atomizer, which can lead to inconsistent vapor production and user experience.
Innovation Solution
The design incorporates a wickless atomizer with first atomizer sections that extend away from the liquid reservoir, featuring openings that decrease in size with distance, allowing for efficient liquid distribution and vaporization through surface tension, eliminating the need for a conventional wick and ensuring consistent aerosol production.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a conventional wick is used to supply liquid to the atomizer, then liquid supply is simplified, but liquid supply reliability is poor and vapor production is inconsistent
Solution Approach 1:
The atomizer is segmented into multiple atomizer sections arranged in series, each with progressively smaller openings. This segmentation allows liquid to be distributed through multiple stages, improving supply reliability while eliminating the need for a conventional wick structure.
Solution Approach 2:
Each atomizer section has locally optimized opening sizes that decrease with distance from the liquid reservoir. This local quality variation ensures proper liquid distribution at each stage, maintaining consistent vapor production without requiring a complex wick system.
2Reliability
If the atomizer openings are large, then liquid flow is easy, but vapor production consistency is poor
Solution Approach 1:
The liquid flow path is divided into multiple atomizer sections, each with controlled opening sizes. This segmentation allows the system to maintain adequate liquid flow while ensuring consistent vapor production through progressive liquid distribution stages.
Solution Approach 2:
The opening size parameter is systematically varied across different atomizer sections, decreasing with distance from the liquid reservoir. This parameter change optimizes both liquid flow rate and vapor production consistency by controlling liquid distribution at each stage.
3Reliability
If the atomizer structure is simple, then manufacturing is easier, but liquid supply reliability is insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The atomizer is designed as a series of segmented sections with progressively smaller openings. This segmentation improves liquid supply reliability through multi-stage liquid distribution while maintaining a relatively simple overall structure that can be manufactured using standard techniques.
4Duration of action of stationary object
If conventional wicks are used, then liquid distribution is simple, but device longevity is reduced due to frequent replacements
Solution Approach 1:
The conventional wick component is completely removed from the system. Liquid distribution is achieved through the engineered opening structure of the atomizer sections themselves, eliminating the wick and thereby extending device longevity without requiring frequent replacements.
Solution Approach 2:
The atomizer sections serve multiple functions: they distribute liquid, control liquid flow rate, and provide structural support. This multi-functionality eliminates the need for separate wick components, extending device life while maintaining relatively simple manufacturing.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
This solution provides a reliable and consistent vapor production mechanism, enhancing user experience by maintaining atomizer functionality and reducing the need for frequent replacements, as more liquid is drawn into the atomizer during operation.
Implementation Method 1
allowing for efficient liquid distribution and vaporization through surface tension
Implementation Method 2
The atomizer vaporizes or atomizes liquid supplied from a reservoir and provides vaporized or atomized liquid as an aerosol
Data Source
AI summary
An electronic smoking device is provided including a power supply portion comprising a power supply, an atomizer/liquid reservoir portion comprising a liquid reservoir storing a liquid, and an atomizer adapted to atomize the liquid stored in the liquid reservoir when operated by the power supply. The atomizer extends away from the liquid reservoir in a first direction (L). The atomizer comprises first atomizer sections, wherein each of the first atomizer sections defines an opening that is at least partly encircled by the first atomizer section. The sizes of the openings defined by the first atomizer sections decrease with increasing distance of the first atomizer sections from the liquid reservoir in the first direction.