Beverage Brewing Lid with Gravity-Fed Water Transfer Screen
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional brewing systems produce large quantities of beverages that degrade in quality and freshness over time due to prolonged heating, and existing individual serving systems lack efficient controlled brewing and gravity-fed water distribution.
Innovation Solution
A disposable beverage cup lid with a prepackaged individual serving dose of beverage, featuring a chamber for hot water pouring, a circular water transfer screen assembly for controlled brewing, and a self-sealing valve for efficient fluid transfer and spill prevention, allowing gravity-fed brewing into a cup without removing spent grounds.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If traditional brewing systems are used to produce large quantities of beverages, then brewing efficiency is improved, but beverage quality and freshness deteriorate over time due to prolonged heating
Solution Approach 1:
The brewing system is segmented into individual serving portions, with each lid containing a separate beverage container and filter assembly. This allows multiple beverages to be brewed simultaneously while maintaining quality for each individual serving, resolving the contradiction between批量 brewing efficiency and individual beverage freshness.
Solution Approach 2:
The beverage containers are pre-filled with beverage components and sealed before use. The filter assemblies are pre-assembled and attached to lids in advance. This preliminary preparation enables rapid dispensing of fresh beverages without prolonged heating, maintaining quality while improving serving efficiency.
2Reliability
If individual serving beverage containers are used, then beverage freshness is improved, but brewing control and water distribution efficiency deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
A filter assembly acts as an intermediary component between the water source and the beverage container. This filter assembly includes a water distribution system that controls water flow and pressure, enabling precise brewing control while maintaining individual serving freshness. The filter assembly mediates between the macro-scale water supply and micro-scale individual beverage preparation.
3Ease of operation
If a disposable brewing system is used, then ease of operation is improved, but device complexity increases due to integration of multiple functions
Solution Approach 1:
The disposable lid integrates multiple functions into a single component: it serves as the cup closure, holds the beverage container, contains the filter assembly, and provides the brewing interface. This merging of functions simplifies the overall system for the user (只需更换盖子即可) while managing complexity through integrated design.
Solution Approach 2:
The lid is designed as a universal component that performs multiple functions: sealing the cup, housing the beverage container, providing filtration, and enabling brewing. This multi-functionality reduces the number of separate components needed, improving ease of operation while consolidating complexity into a single standardized interface.
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 freshness and quality of brewed beverages by controlling brewing parameters and preventing external contamination, offering a convenient, easy-to-use system that replicates large-scale brewing quality in individual servings.
Implementation Method 1
hot water is gravity fed in a controlled way from the top of the lid to the bottom of the lid
Implementation Method 2
a self-sealing valve for efficient fluid transfer and spill prevention
Data Source
AI summary
A beverage cup lid and a system and method incorporating such a lid is provided. The lid holds an individual serving dose of a beverage to be brewed. Hot water is poured into a chamber of the lid to brew the beverage. The brewed beverage is fed into an underlying cup through an outlet in the lid. The beverage can be consumed through an opening in the lid without removing the spent grounds contained in the lid, from which the beverage was brewed.