Blending system with a liner for blending container
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional personal blending systems with small motors do not effectively manage pressure build-up in containers, leading to unsafe conditions, and users often face inconvenience with frequent washing of single containers that cannot serve as both blending and drinking vessels.
Innovation Solution
A blending system that includes a base with a motor, a blade assembly, and a container with a removable inner liner and outer sleeve. The system features a gasket for pressure management and an interlock feature for safety, allowing the inner liner to be easily removed for storage, transport, or consumption.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Power
If a conventional sealing system with a high performance blender is used, then blending performance is improved, but unsafe pressure conditions build up within the container
Solution Approach 1:
The container is divided into two functional parts: an outer container body and a removable inner liner. The inner liner acts as a separable component that can be easily removed after blending, allowing users to transfer contents to another vessel rather than washing the entire container. This segmentation resolves the contradiction by maintaining the container's structural integrity for safe pressure handling while providing flexibility for convenient content disposal.
Solution Approach 2:
The inner liner is extracted as a removable component from the container system. This extracted liner can be discarded or transferred, eliminating the need to wash the entire container assembly. The extraction principle allows the container to function safely under high pressure during blending while providing a convenient way to remove contents without cleaning the entire vessel.
2Device complexity
If a single conventional blend and go container is used, then device simplicity is improved, but user convenience deteriorates due to frequent washing requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The container is segmented into a permanent outer container and a removable inner liner. This segmentation allows the inner liner to be easily removed and discarded or transferred, eliminating the need to wash the entire container. The outer container serves as a durable vessel that can be reused, while the inner liner handles the contamination from blended contents.
Solution Approach 2:
The inner liner is designed as a disposable or easily replaceable component that can be discarded after use or transferred to another container. This disposable element absorbs the washing burden, allowing users to simply remove and discard the liner rather than cleaning the entire container assembly, thereby improving ease of operation.
3Adaptability or versatility
If a single container serves both blending and drinking functions, then adaptability is improved, but manufacturing precision requirements increase due to interlock features
Solution Approach 1:
The container system is segmented into an outer container with interlock features for blending functionality and a removable inner liner for drinking/transport functionality. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized for its specific function while reducing the overall manufacturing precision requirements compared to a single integrated container that must accommodate both functions with tight tolerances.
Solution Approach 2:
The outer container is designed with universal interlock features that can accommodate different inner liners or configurations. This universality allows the same outer container to serve both blending and drinking/transport functions by simply changing or removing the inner liner, thereby achieving adaptability without requiring the entire container to meet stringent precision requirements for both functions simultaneously.
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 system effectively manages pressure within the container, ensuring user safety, and provides convenience by allowing the inner liner to be easily removed and reused, reducing the need for frequent washing and enabling the container to function as both a blending and drinking vessel.
Implementation Method 1
the gasket is configured to create a seal between the blade assembly and container at a first pressure and to allow gas to exit between the container and blade assembly at a second pressure
Implementation Method 2
wherein at least a portion of the wall of the inner liner frictionally engages against a portion of the inner surface of the outer sleeve
Data Source
AI summary
A blending container for retaining foodstuff to be blended by a blender, the blending container may include an outer sleeve having an inner surface and at least one interlock tab extending therefrom. An inner liner having a wall that extends from a perimeter of a bottom to define a cavity to retain the foodstuff to be blended, wherein at least a portion of the wall of the inner liner frictionally engages against a portion of the inner surface of the outer sleeve. The inner liner may be made from a disposable material. The inner liner may include a rim that defines an opening such that the rim is configured to abut against a blade base. The inner liner may include a size of at least one of 8, 12, and 16 fluid ounces and the outer sleeve may be configured to receive the inner liner of various sizes.