Beer Production Container With Multistage Locking Cap Assembly
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing beer production devices lack a simple and convenient method for fermenting beer ingredients in multiple stages, particularly in maintaining optimal temperature and easily incorporating additives during the fermentation process.
Innovation Solution
A beer production device with an inner chamber, insulation, a door, a water supply module, and a temperature controller, featuring a container with a cap assembly that allows for multiple locking stages to control the addition of additives and a water supply system to provide hot water, enabling controlled fermentation at optimal temperatures.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If a simple container structure is used for beer fermentation, then device complexity is reduced, but the ability to control multiple fermentation stages and maintain optimal temperature is worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The container is divided into multiple functional components: a container body for holding beer ingredients, a separate cap assembly with additive bags for different fermentation stages, and a temperature controller. This segmentation allows each component to perform its specific function while maintaining overall system simplicity.
Solution Approach 2:
The additive bags are nested within the cap assembly, which itself is attached to the container body. The perforation portions are integrated into the cap structure. This nested arrangement allows multiple fermentation stages to be controlled within a compact, simple container design without requiring complex external systems.
2Reliability
If additives are added during fermentation, then beer quality is improved, but the ease of operation is worsened due to complex addition procedures
Solution Approach 1:
Additive bags are pre-prepared and stored within the cap assembly before fermentation begins. Each additive bag contains predetermined amounts of hops, yeast, or other flavorings. During fermentation, users simply need to activate the perforation mechanism rather than manually measuring and adding ingredients, which maintains beer quality while simplifying operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The container design allows the beer production system to automatically manage additive delivery through the perforation portions in the cap assembly. The system self-regulates when and how additives are introduced based on fermentation stage, reducing the operational burden on the user while ensuring proper additive timing for optimal beer quality.
3Reliability
If temperature control is implemented, then fermentation reliability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Rather than implementing complex temperature control throughout the entire device, the patent applies temperature control locally at the container level with an integrated temperature controller and heating element. This localized approach ensures reliable fermentation temperature management while keeping the overall device structure simple and avoiding unnecessary complexity in other system components.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Facilitates convenient addition of beer additives post-primary fermentation, allows for efficient beer production with hot water supply, and ensures fermentation at optimal low temperatures, enhancing user convenience and beer quality.
Implementation Method 1
a water supply module configured to supply water into the beer production container
Implementation Method 2
a temperature controller configured to control a temperature of the space
Implementation Method 3
an insulation member surrounding the inner chamber
Implementation Method 4
Yeast may be added to malt to ferment malt and may help produce alcohol and carbonic acid
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AI summary
The present embodiment comprises: a container, having a hollow part formed at the top part thereof and an inner space, in which the main ingredients of beer are filled, formed in the side thereof; and a cap assembly which opens and closes the hollow part and is locked by means of a multistage lock, and which accommodates therein an additive bag in which an additive is filled. Therein, the container may comprise a perforation part that perforates the additive bag, and a through-hole part through which pass water, and additive and beer, the embodiment having the benefit of enabling the multistage fermentation of beer by means of a simple structure.