An ultrasonic humidifier according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a water bottle accommodating water capable of generating humidification; a water bottle lid covering an upper opening surface of the water bottle and including a humidification outlet for discharging the humidification; and an ultrasonic humidification generating module which floats submersibly in the water accommodated in the water bottle and generates humidifying particles by using ultrasonic waves.

An air conditioner includes a humidifying assembly and a control unit to control the humidifying assembly. The humidifying assembly includes a humidifying-receiving unit including a water tank configured to receive water and a humidifying-sterilizing unit configured to irradiate light to sterilize water received in the water tank. The control unit is configured to control a driving time of the humidifying-sterilizing unit based on an amount of water received in the water tank.

An aerosol-generating system includes an aerosol-generating device and at least two consumables. Each consumable includes an aerosol-forming substrate. The aerosol-generating device further includes a device housing comprising at least two receiving chambers, wherein each consumable is accommodated in a separate receiving chamber of the at least two receiving chambers. The aerosol-generating device further includes at least two mouthpieces, wherein each mouthpiece of the at least two mouthpieces is aligned with a separate consumable of the at least two consumables and wherein the aerosol-generating device is configured to isolate airflows through separate, respective mouthpieces of the at least two mouthpieces.

A vibrating piezoelectric atomizer comprising: a piezoelectric tube having a length, a first end defining an opening and a second end, the second end of the piezoelectric transducer tubular body is connected to a horn; the horn is dimensioned to be half wavelength resonator; the horn is folded and located alongside the piezoelectric tube; a metallic disk is connected to the horn near the first end of the piezoelectric tube, whereby by applying an alternating voltage across electrodes of the piezoelectric tube, the piezoelectric tube is excited into a resonant vibration when frequency of excitation equals to half wavelength resonant frequency of the piezoelectric tube's length and vibrates in synchronism and is communicated to the metallic disk to atomize a liquid.

An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for vaporizing fuel. A method for vaporizing fuel includes providing a fuel vaporizer. The fuel vaporizer includes a chamber for receiving a liquid, the chamber comprising at least one inlet and at least one outlet. The fuel vaporizer also includes a driver module coupled with the chamber, and a oscillator disposed within the chamber and configured to be driven by the driver module. The method includes feeding water through an inlet of the at least one inlet into the chamber. The method includes driving the oscillator using the driver module at a predetermined frequency, wherein a mist is created from the liquid. The method also includes introducing the mist from the chamber via an outlet of the at least one outlet into an intake of an internal combustion engine.

A floating humidifier using a vertical power transmission scheme according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a wireless power transmitting unit including a substrate and a vertical structure vertically arranged on the substrate, and configured to transmit electric power in a magnetic induction scheme through the substrate and the vertical structure; a water container including an accommodation portion in which water is accommodated and a fastening portion protruding from a center of the accommodation portion and fitted in the vertical structure above the wireless power transmitting unit; and a humidification generating unit inserted into the fastening portion of the water container through a vertically penetrated fastening hole and configured to generate a current using a magnetic force induced by the wireless power transmitting unit to drive a humidifier.

A method is disclosed comprising drawing air into a robotic vapor device, exposing the drawn air to a sensor to detect one or more constituents in the drawn air, determining first measurement data for the one or more constituents of the drawn air via the sensor, transmitting the first measurement data to a one or more of a plurality of vapor devices via a peer-to-peer network, receiving second measurement data from the one or more of the plurality of vapor devices via the peer-to-peer network, determining one or more vaporizable materials to vaporize based on the first measurement data and the second measurement data, and dispensing a vapor comprised of the one or more vaporizable materials.

A method is disclosed comprising drawing air into a robotic vapor device, exposing the drawn air to a sensor to detect one or more constituents in the drawn air, determining measurement data for the one or more constituents of the drawn air via the sensor, and engaging a filtration component in the robotic vapor device based on the measurement data.

An aerosol-generating system includes an aerosol-generating device and at least two consumables. Each consumable includes an aerosol-forming substrate. The aerosol-generating device further includes a device housing comprising at least two receiving chambers, wherein each consumable is accommodated in a separate receiving chamber of the at least two receiving chambers. The aerosol-generating device further includes at least two mouthpieces, wherein each mouthpiece of the at least two mouthpieces is aligned with a separate consumable of the at least two consumables and wherein the aerosol-generating device is configured to isolate airflows through separate, respective mouthpieces of the at least two mouthpieces.

A mixed-fluid delivery device includes a piezoelectric pump that includes a piezoelectric vibrator having a piezoelectric element and a vibrating plate and a pump cabinet and discharges a fluid, and a case body including a pump housing chamber, a liquid reservoir portion, a mixing portion that generates a mixed fluid, a nozzle portion through which the gas discharged from the piezoelectric pump is ejected to the mixing portion, and a conducting portion that conducts a liquid toward the mixing portion. The case body has a reflux path through which a residual liquid that remains in the mixing portion without being delivered to the outside is returned to the liquid reservoir portion. The reflux path is provided so as to be in contact with at least a portion of the pump cabinet.