Beverage preparation device for hot and cold beverages
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing beverage preparation devices are limited to producing hot coffee beverages only, as they are designed for a pre-set optimal brewing temperature, making it inconvenient to prepare beverages of lower temperatures like iced coffee or chilled tea without cooling the beverage, which results in either refrigeration delays or undesired dilution.
Innovation Solution
A device with a hot extraction module for preparing hot beverages and a movable cooling module that allows for the selective dispensing of hot beverages into a cooling reservoir, enabling the preparation of both hot and cold beverages at desired temperatures while maintaining optimal extraction parameters.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If a beverage preparation device is designed for a pre-set optimal brewing temperature, then the extraction quality of hot beverages is improved, but the ability to prepare cold beverages is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The brewing unit and hot beverage outlet are arranged movable relative to the cooling module, allowing the system to dynamically switch between hot beverage dispensing position and cold beverage preparation position. This mobility enables the device to adapt between different beverage temperature requirements while maintaining optimal brewing parameters for each type.
Solution Approach 2:
The device integrates both hot extraction module and cooling module into a single system, enabling it to perform multiple functions: preparing hot beverages with optimal extraction and preparing cold beverages by diverting hot beverage to the cooling reservoir. The movable arrangement allows one device to serve both hot and cold beverage preparation needs.
2Adaptability or versatility
If hot beverage is diverted to cooling assembly, then cold beverage preparation is enabled, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The cooling module is integrated with the hot extraction module in a compact arrangement where the cooling reservoir can receive hot beverage directly from the brewing unit. The movable connection allows the hot beverage outlet to be positioned over the cooling reservoir, merging the hot and cold beverage preparation functions into a unified system structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The movable arrangement of the brewing unit and hot beverage outlet relative to the cooling module allows the system to switch between hot and cold beverage modes without requiring separate fixed installations. This dynamic positioning reduces the need for additional complex infrastructure while enabling both beverage types.
3Temperature
If ice cubes are added to hot beverage, then cooling effect is achieved, but beverage dilution occurs
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of adding ice cubes to the beverage, the system extracts the hot beverage from the brewing unit and directs it into a separate cooling reservoir. This separation allows the beverage to be cooled without introducing ice cubes that would dilute it, maintaining the original beverage concentration while achieving the desired cooling effect.
Solution Approach 2:
The cooling reservoir acts as an intermediary between the hot beverage and the final cold beverage product. The hot beverage is transferred to this intermediate cooling chamber where it can be cooled without direct contact with ice cubes, preserving beverage integrity while achieving temperature reduction.
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 convenient preparation of beverages at preferred temperatures, allowing consumers to choose between hot and cold states while ensuring optimal brewing parameters, thus accommodating a range of beverage preferences without the need for cooling or dilution.
Implementation Method 1
cooling means for cooling the hot extracted beverage provided into the reservoir
Data Source
AI summary
The present invention relates to a beverage preparation device for preparing hot and cold beverages, the device (30) comprising a hot extraction module (10) comprising a brewing unit (1) for injection of hot liquid into a beverage ingredients containing capsule, a hot beverage outlet (2) connected to the brewing unit (1) for dispensing of a hot extracted beverage, and a cooling module (20) comprising a cooling reservoir (5) for receiving the hot extracted beverage, wherein the hot beverage outlet (2) and the cooling module (20) are arranged moveably relative to each other such that the hot extracted beverage may be selectively dispensed from the hot beverage outlet (2) into the cooling reservoir (5) of the cooling module (20) in at least one relative position of the hot beverage outlet (2) and the cooling module (5).