Bottle with Movable Ice-Making Plates for Sanitary Ice Cube Retrieval
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing ice cube molds are inconvenient for removing ice cubes, often requiring an extra container and can be unsanitary due to splashing, and they lack a water-containing function.
Innovation Solution
A bottle with two movable ice-making plates that form an ice-making space when closed and a chamber for ice cubes when opened, allowing ice cubes to drop into the bottle body, incorporating a water inlet and flow channel for efficient water distribution and easy ice cube retrieval.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If existing ice cube mould is used, then ice-making function is provided, but it is inconvenient to take ice cubes out and requires extra container
Solution Approach 1:
The invention merges the ice-making plate with the storage bottle into a single integrated device. The ice-making plate is disposed inside the bottle body, and when frozen, the ice cubes remain within the bottle structure. This eliminates the need for separate containers for both ice-making and storage, directly resolving the contradiction by combining functions.
Solution Approach 2:
The bottle structure serves multiple functions: it acts as both the container for the ice-making plate and the final storage vessel for the ice cubes. The bottle body provides both the structural framework for freezing and the storage chamber, making the device universal for both ice production and storage purposes.
2Ease of operation
If existing ice cube mould is used, then ice-making function is provided, but splashing of ice cubes occurs during knocking process which is unsanitary
Solution Approach 1:
The ice-making plate is designed to be movable relative to the bottle body, capable of sliding between a frozen position (where ice cubes are formed) and a retrieval position (where the plate moves away, allowing ice cubes to be accessed). This dynamic mechanism eliminates the need for violent knocking, preventing splashing and maintaining sanitation.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention replaces the traditional mechanical knocking method with a controlled sliding mechanism. Instead of applying external impact forces that cause splashing, the plate smoothly transitions positions within the bottle, allowing ice cubes to be retrieved in a controlled, sanitary manner.
3Adaptability or versatility
If existing ice cube mould is used, then ice-making function is provided, but it only has ice-making function without water-containing function
Solution Approach 1:
The bottle structure is designed to serve dual purposes: it contains the ice-making plate during the freezing process and subsequently stores the formed ice cubes. The same bottle body that provides the structural framework also functions as the water-containing and ice-storage vessel, adding versatility without significant complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention combines the ice-making function and water-containing/storage function into a single integrated structure. The bottle body simultaneously serves as the container for the ice-making plate and the final storage vessel for ice cubes, merging multiple functions into one device.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables sanitary and convenient ice cube production and retrieval, with ice cubes falling into the bottle body without knocking, allowing for direct use in drinks or pouring into a cup.
Implementation Method 1
When the two ice-making plates are at the closed state, two recesses facing each other form an ice-making space... when the two ice-making plates are at the opened state, a chamber of the bottle body is defined between the two ice-making plates, and ice cubes formed inside the recesses drop into the chamber of the bottle body
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AI summary
A bottle with an ice cube mould, comprises a bottle body (1) with a neck (111) and a lid (2), the bottle body (1) has two ice-making plates (3) opposite with each other, at least one of the two ice-making plates (3) has a plurality of recesses (31), and the two ice-making plates (3) are capable of moving relative to each other; when the two ice-making plates (3) are at the closed state, two recesses facing each other (31) form an ice-making space, and a water flow channel for guiding water coming from the water inlet (32) to the ice-making space is formed between the two ice-making plates (3); when the two ice-making plates (3) are at the opened state, a chamber (A) of the bottle body (1) is defined between the two ice-making plates (3), and ice cubes formed inside the recesses drop into the chamber (A) of the bottle body (1). The bottle has both an ice-making function and a water-containing function, and it is sanitary to make ice cubes and also convenient to take the ice cubes out.