Portable Bottle Internal Mixing Compartment for Powder Dissolution
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional portable bottles struggle to effectively mix and dissolve powders and insoluble materials like tea leaves or coffee grinds, leading to undissolved clumps being consumed, and existing solutions like tea bags or mixing balls are inefficient or impractical for portable use.
Innovation Solution
A portable bottle with an internal mixing compartment featuring a perforated, rigid mesh and a free-floating agitator that allows for efficient mixing by shaking, preventing clumps from exiting through the drinking opening.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Object-affected harmful factors
If a tea bag or mixing ball is used to contain particulate matter, then the solids are prevented from dispersing throughout the liquid, but the device can flow toward the bottle's exit, blocking the opening or causing the device to fall into the user's mouth
Solution Approach 1:
The bottle is divided into two separate chambers: a lower chamber for liquid and an upper chamber for particulate matter. The perforated partition wall separates these chambers, preventing solids from mixing with liquid while allowing controlled interaction through perforations. This segmentation resolves the contradiction by containing solids in a fixed location rather than using a mobile device that could block the opening.
Solution Approach 2:
A perforated partition wall acts as an intermediary structure between the liquid chamber and particulate matter chamber. It allows liquid to pass through while retaining solids, enabling mixing without direct contact between the agitator and liquid, thus preventing the agitator from blocking the opening while still achieving dissolution.
2Ease of manufacture
If the mixing compartment is accessible through the bottom opening, then particulate matter can be added easily, but the mixing compartment must be sealed watertight at the bottom
Solution Approach 1:
The bottom lid is designed with integrated sealing features and gaskets that are pre-installed during manufacturing. This preliminary preparation of sealing components simplifies the assembly process and ensures watertight closure without requiring complex field assembly operations.
3Productivity
If a mixing ball is used to assist in mixing powder with liquid, then dissolution is improved, but floating clumps still exit the bottle first when drinking
Solution Approach 1:
By separating the particulate matter chamber from the liquid chamber with a perforated partition, the system ensures that dissolved substances pass through the perforations into the liquid while undissolved particles remain confined to the upper chamber. This segmentation prevents floating clumps from entering the beverage, resolving the contradiction between mixing efficiency and beverage quality.
Solution Approach 2:
The perforated partition wall creates multiple small openings that replicate the function of a fine mesh filter, allowing dissolved substances to pass while blocking undissolved particles. This copying approach at the molecular level achieves complete separation without requiring a single complex filtering mechanism.
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
Ensures thorough dissolution of powders and prevents insoluble materials from being consumed, allowing for effective mixing and drinking directly from the bottle without spilling or clogging.
Implementation Method 1
Both the mixing compartment top and mixing compartment sidewall are formed from a perforated, rigid material such as a rigid screen mesh
Implementation Method 2
A mixing compartment chamber is defined by the mixing compartment sidewall, the mixing compartment top and the bottom lid. At least one removable agitator is placed within the internal mixing compartment
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AI summary
A portable bottle having an internal mixing compartment for mixing a powder with a liquid includes a portable drinking bottle housing a mixing compartment. The mixing compartment is formed from a rigid perforated material and extends upward into the drinking bottle from its base. The mixing compartment is accessible through an opening in the base of the bottle, and houses one or more agitators. In use, a particulate material is inserted into the mixing compartment chamber with the agitator and liquid is then added to the bottle. The bottle having an internal mixing compartment is shaken to dissolve the soluble components of the particulate material. The liquid is poured or consumed through the top of the bottle. Insoluble constituents of the particulate material are prevented from exiting the drinking bottle through the top. The agitator facilitates efficient dissolution of the soluble components of the particulate material.