Beverage Server Hermetic Lid Design for Stability and Maintenance
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional beverage servers accommodating multiple cans are bulky, unstable, and difficult to maintain, especially when it comes to cleaning, due to the placement of main components on the upper container.
Innovation Solution
A beverage server design featuring a main body with a hermetic space covered by an inner and outer lid, where the inner lid contains liquid pumping pipes and a beverage discharge pipe, and the outer lid has a pump for air supply and a manipulation member to control beverage discharge, with all electric components isolated in the outer lid for easy maintenance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If two liquid pumping pipes are joined on the lower container side with the joining part hanging down from the upper container, then the beverage server can accommodate multiple cans, but the dimensions of the upper container in the vertical direction are increased and the center of gravity position is high causing instability
Solution Approach 1:
The liquid pumping pipes are routed horizontally along the side wall of the upper container instead of hanging down vertically from the bottom. This dimensional change in pipe routing eliminates the need for vertical space and lowers the center of gravity, thereby improving stability while maintaining the multi-can accommodation capability
2Extent of automation
If most main components including electric and electronic parts are gathered and disposed on the upper container, then the beverage server can function with integrated control, but maintenance such as cleaning after use is difficult to be performed
Solution Approach 1:
The beverage server is divided into separable components: the upper container housing the electric and electronic control components can be detached from the lower container. This segmentation allows the lower container to be easily removed and cleaned without disassembling electrical components, while the upper container retains full automated control functionality when reattached
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 design allows for easy cleaning and maintenance by separating the main body and inner lid from the outer lid, which contains electric components, and accommodates multiple cans while maintaining stability and operability.
Implementation Method 1
the pump is operated to increase the atmospheric pressure in the closed container, a beverage in the cans is pushed up through the liquid pumping pipes
Implementation Method 2
When an ultrasonic generator is built in a beverage server, this exerts an effect that carbonic acid bubbles become finer in pouring canned beer from a can into a cup
Data Source
AI summary
A beverage server including: a main body having a space, the main body having a top end opened; an inner lid disposed on an upper part of the main body; and an outer lid put on the top end of the main body with the inner lid covered, the outer lid being configured to make the space hermetic, wherein the inner lid has a plurality of liquid pumping pipes to be inserted into the space, and a beverage discharge pipe communicating with the liquid pumping pipes, the beverage discharge pipe being configured to discharge a beverage from the space to outside the main body, the outer lid has a pump configured to feed air to the hermetic space, and a manipulation member configured to switch between discharging a beverage and discharging no beverage, and the pump is operated by switching the manipulation member to discharging a beverage.