Beverage container holder
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing beverage holders fail to effectively maintain temperature and accommodate various sizes of containers, leading to issues with convective heat transfer and user convenience during drinking.
Innovation Solution
A holder with an adjustable collar that adapts to different container sizes, restricting heat flow through conduction, convection, and radiation, allowing for easy insertion and removal of containers while maintaining temperature.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Stability of the object's composition
If a rigid holder with a fixed cavity size is used, then the holder can provide structural stability and insulation, but it creates an air gap that allows convective heat transfer and makes it difficult to accommodate various container sizes
Solution Approach 1:
The collar is made adjustable between a first configuration (extended) and a second configuration (retracted), allowing the holder to dynamically adapt its internal cavity size to match different container diameters. This dynamic adjustment eliminates air gaps while maintaining structural stability.
Solution Approach 2:
The collar's position is changed as a parameter to adjust the internal cavity dimensions. By moving the collar along the holder's axis, the effective cavity size is modified to accommodate containers of varying diameters, optimizing thermal insulation for each container size.
2Temperature
If the collar is adjusted to the second configuration to contact and grip the container, then temperature maintenance is improved, but the container becomes difficult to remove for emptying
Solution Approach 1:
The collar's position is dynamically adjusted between configurations. During drinking, the collar is in the second configuration to grip and maintain temperature. When emptying is needed, the collar is returned to the first configuration to release the container, making removal easy.
Solution Approach 2:
The collar alternates between gripping configuration (for temperature maintenance) and release configuration (for container removal). This periodic adjustment of the collar's state allows the system to switch between temperature maintenance mode and container servicing mode.
3Loss of energy
If a single-size holder is used, then the holder can provide optimal thermal insulation for that specific size, but multiple holders are needed for different container sizes
Solution Approach 1:
The holder is designed with an adjustable collar that can accommodate multiple container sizes within a single device. This multi-functionality eliminates the need for multiple size-specific holders while maintaining optimal thermal insulation for each container size through adjustable collar positioning.
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 holder maintains the temperature of beverages by adjusting to fit various container sizes, ensuring comfortable drinking and reducing the need for multiple holders, thus enhancing user convenience and efficiency.
Implementation Method 1
restricting heat flow through conduction, convection, and radiation
Implementation Method 2
restricting heat flow through conduction, convection, and radiation
Implementation Method 3
restricting heat flow through conduction, convection, and radiation
Implementation Method 4
the collar is adjusted to a second configuration in which the collar contacts the beverage container... the collar contacts the beverage container such that the collar and the holder inhibit heat flow
Data Source
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AI summary
A device 200 is disclosed for holding a beverage container 216 having any size within a range of sizes. The holder 200 has a side wall 202 defining an opening 208 through which the beverage container is insertable and a base 204. A collar 210 is positioned within the opening 208, and the side wall 202 and the base 204 together define a cavity 214 for receiving the beverage container 216. The collar 210 is pliable and is arranged to deform to contact and grip the beverage container 216. The opening 208 has a first width and the collar 210 has an aperture 212 formed therein, the aperture 212 having a second width, the first and second widths being selected to adapt the device to the desired range of sizes.