Champagne Ejector Assembly with Interlocking Handholds

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing methods for creating a festive and safe 'champagne sprinkling' game using effervescent liquids do not effectively replicate the traditional experience while ensuring safety and control over the jet's size, duration, and distance.

Innovation Solution

An ejector assembly with a stopper-diffuser seal and interlocking handheld parts that securely hold a bottle, allowing for controlled ejection of effervescent liquid as a jet of chosen size, duration, and distance, mimicking a firearm design for enhanced festivity and safety.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If a traditional thumb-covering method is used to create a champagne jet, then the device complexity is minimal, but the control over jet size, duration, and distance is poor and safety is compromised

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecontrol over jet size, duration, and distanceVSAvoidstructure of ejection assembly

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The ejection assembly is divided into distinct functional segments: a stopper-diffuser seal assembly that controls liquid ejection, a handhold portion for user operation, and interlocking mechanisms for secure assembly. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized for its specific function while maintaining overall system control and safety.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The stopper-diffuser seal acts as an intermediary element between the bottle contents and the external environment. It diffuses the effervescent liquid through controlled openings, transforming the uncontrolled internal pressure into a manageable jet pattern, thereby mediating between the high-pressure source and the user-safe output.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Reliability

If the stopper-diffuser seal tightly seals the bottle neck to prevent leakage, then the sealing effectiveness is improved, but the difficulty of installation and removal increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvesealing effectivenessVSAvoidinstallation and removal of seal

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The stopper-diffuser seal incorporates elastic elements that allow it to dynamically adapt to the bottle neck dimensions. The elastic clamping mechanism provides sufficient sealing force when installed while allowing easy removal when actuated, transforming a static sealing problem into a dynamic one that responds to user input.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The seal's clamping force parameter is made variable through the elastic mechanism and actuation system. During installation, the elastic elements naturally provide high clamping force for sealing. During removal, user actuation changes this parameter to reduce clamping force, enabling easy detachment without compromising sealing effectiveness during use.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

3Productivity

If the ejection assembly is designed to produce a long-distance jet for festive effect, then the entertainment value is improved, but the safety risk to users and bystanders increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvejet distance and durationVSAvoidsafety risk to users and bystanders

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The assembly converts the potentially harmful high-pressure effervescent liquid into a beneficial festive jet by using the stopper-diffuser seal to control and diffuse the liquid flow. The same internal pressure that could cause dangerous spraying is transformed into a controlled, long-distance jet pattern that enhances entertainment while maintaining safety through the diffuser's flow management.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #22Blessing in disguise (Convert harm into benefit)

Solution Approach 2:

The stopper-diffuser seal incorporates porous or perforated structures that allow controlled passage of the effervescent liquid. These porous elements diffuse the liquid flow into multiple smaller streams, reducing the risk of concentrated high-pressure jets while maintaining jet distance and festive effect through the combined output pattern.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #31Porous materials

4Adaptability or versatility

If the handhold parts are made detachable for ease of storage and transport, then the adaptability is improved, but the reliability of secure holding during use decreases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvestorage and transport convenienceVSAvoidsecure holding during use

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The interlocking mechanisms are designed to be engaged in advance before use, ensuring that the handhold parts are securely connected prior to operation. This preliminary action of locking the components together maintains reliability during use while still allowing detachment for storage when not in use.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The interlocking mechanisms use simple, robust connection elements that can be easily engaged and disengaged multiple times. These mechanical interlocks are designed for repeated use rather than permanent attachment, providing reliable connection during each use cycle while enabling easy separation for storage and transport.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #27Cheap short-living objects (Disposable)

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

Enables the secure holding of a bottle and controlled ejection of effervescent liquid over several meters for several seconds without danger, providing a festive and safe experience.

Implementation Method 1

a stopper-diffuser seal (2) having at least one diffusion opening (20) and adapted to be elastically clamped around the neck (5) of the bottle

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectElasticity: Elasticity

Implementation Method 2

the internal pressure of the bottle causes the ejection of a jet of liquid

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectPressure gradient: Pressure Gradient

Implementation Method 3

a stopper-diffuser seal (2) having at least one diffusion opening (20)

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectDiffusion: Diffusion

Data Source

PatentEP3286518B1Assembly for ejecting the contents of a bottle containing an effervescent liquid such as champagne and a sealing-diffusing gasket for said assembly

Publication Date: 2019.05.08 EXTRANIGHT

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AI summary

The invention relates to an assembly (1) which includes a sealing-diffusing gasket (2) provided with a diffusion opening, intended for being clamped resiliently around the neck (5) of the bottle (3) and for sealing the mouth (7) of the bottle. The assembly also includes a first portion (8) forming a hand grip, secured to the sealing-diffusing gasket (2), and including first hand-gripping means of the bottle (6) and first nesting means (8). The assembly also comprises a second portion (12) forming a hand grip and provided with second nesting means (12) suitable for nesting with the first nesting means (8) and second hand-gripping means (16) secured to the second nesting means (12). The assembly makes it possible to produce a jet of effervescent liquid of a selected size, duration and distance, by a user agitating the first and/or second hand grip portions (6 and 16) thus nested inside one another.