Beverage making machine
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing beverage making systems face challenges in efficiently delivering high-pressure gas for carbonated beverages, particularly in low-volume settings, and struggle to maintain aroma quality in packaged beverages, while also requiring large equipment footprints and lacking compact, high-quality solutions for size-constrained locations and bulk water dispensing.
Innovation Solution
A beverage making machine utilizing a solid gas source that sublimates to emit gas, integrated with a gas storage tank and a micro ingredient system, allowing for precise gas infusion and aroma enhancement, enabling the creation of high-quality beverages in a compact form factor suitable for various locations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If high pressure gas is delivered using traditional pressure vessels, then gas delivery is reliable, but the system requires heavy equipment and large footprint
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the physical state of the gas source from compressed gas in pressure vessels to solid carbon dioxide cartridges that sublimate. This parameter change eliminates the need for heavy pressure vessels while maintaining reliable gas delivery through the sublimation process, directly resolving the contradiction between reliability and equipment weight
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the mechanical pressure vessel system with a chemical sublimation system. Instead of using mechanically pressurized gas tanks, the system uses solid CO2 cartridges that naturally sublimate to provide gas pressure, eliminating heavy mechanical equipment while maintaining functional reliability
2Ease of manufacture
If traditional packaged beverage systems are used, then beverage production is simple, but aroma quality is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by pre-mixing the micro ingredient with the solid gas source in the cartridge before use. This ensures that the aroma-enhancing ingredient is positioned to be released at the optimal moment during beverage formation, maintaining simplicity while preserving aroma quality that would otherwise be lost in traditional packaging
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a micro ingredient as an intermediary substance that mediates between the solid gas source and the beverage diluent. This micro ingredient carries and releases aroma compounds during the sublimation process, enabling aroma preservation while maintaining the simple operation of the beverage making system
3Productivity
If bulk water dispensers are used, then beverage dispensing capacity is high, but beverage quality is poor
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the beverage making system into modular cartridges (solid gas source, micro ingredient, beverage diluent) that can be independently controlled. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized for its specific function while maintaining high dispensing capacity, resolving the contradiction between productivity and beverage quality
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
Enables efficient gas delivery and aroma preservation, providing a compact, high-quality beverage making solution that can be used in small spaces and supports bulk water dispensing, improving the quality and convenience of beverage production.
Implementation Method 1
a gas source portion, the gas source portion contains a solid gas source that through sublimation emits a gas
Implementation Method 2
a dissolver dissolves a portion of the gas, from the gas storage tank, into the beverage diluent liquid
Data Source
AI summary
The present invention relates to a beverage making machine comprising a first beverage making cartridge comprising at least one of a gas source portion, the gas source portion contains a solid gas source that through sublimation emits a gas, and a gas storage tank arranged to store the gas emitted from the solid gas source. The beverage making machine further comprising a second beverage making cartridge comprising at least one of a micro ingredient, a beverage diluent receptacle for receiving a beverage diluent liquid, a dissolver dissolves portion of the gas, from the gas storage tank, into the beverage diluent liquid, and a dispenser selectively dispenses a predefined ratio of at least one of the micro ingredient and the beverage diluent liquid, to form a beverage. Exemplary embodiments include a computer control arranged to receive a beverage selection from a consumer and control the beverage making machine to form beverages.