Beverage Dispensing Without Closure Removal: Patent Solution
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Summary
Problems
Existing beverage dispensing systems often require removal or damage to the closure of a container, such as a cork, to extract liquids, which can introduce air or other gases, affecting beverage quality and requiring multiple steps for repeated dispensing.
Innovation solutions
A beverage dispensing device with a needle that can be inserted through the closure to introduce pressurized gas and extract beverage without removing the closure, using a clamp to secure the device to the container and sensors to control gas and beverage flow based on container orientation.
TRIZ Analysis
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General conflict description:
Principle concept:
If the closure is removed from the container to dispense beverage, then the beverage can be accessed and dispensed, but air and other gases enter the container which can damage the beverage and affect quality
Why choose this principle:
A needle serves as an intermediary component that pierces through the closure to create a controlled passage for beverage extraction. This intermediary structure allows beverage access while maintaining the closure's sealing function, preventing air and gas contamination during dispensing operations
Principle concept:
If the closure is removed from the container to dispense beverage, then the beverage can be accessed and dispensed, but air and other gases enter the container which can damage the beverage and affect quality
Why choose this principle:
The beverage extraction system extracts only the necessary component (beverage) through the needle passage while leaving the closure in place. This selective extraction approach enables beverage removal without removing the closure, thereby preventing harmful factors from entering the container
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Data Source
AI summary:
A beverage dispensing device with a needle that can be inserted through the closure to introduce pressurized gas and extract beverage without removing the closure, using a clamp to secure the device to the container and sensors to control gas and beverage flow based on container orientation.
Abstract
A clamp of the dispensing device may include a container engagement surface arranged to engage and/or disengage the clamp from the container neck when the clamp is pushed downwardly or pulled upwardly relative to the container neck. The container engagement surface may include a surface with a lower portion that slopes upwardly and inwardly, and an upper portion that slopes upwardly and outwardly relative to the container neck and that moves the clamp radially outwardly and away from the container neck as the clamp is moved vertically relative to the container neck. A latch may maintain a body portion of the dispensing device in an upper position, preventing needle insertion, until a container is suitably engaged with the base portion of the device, e.g., by a clamp. Sensors may detect engagement of a container with the device and/or insertion of a needle into the container.