Cold Drink Discharge Mechanism With Hooded Splash Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional cold drink dispensers cause ice cream or ice slush to deform and break due to intense impact forces at the outlet, leading to splashing and hygiene issues.
Innovation Solution
A discharging mechanism with a discharging tray, casing, and handle, featuring a sealing member and transmission component to control the opening and closing of discharging ports, ensuring ice cream or smoothies are retained within the casing and discharged smoothly through a discharging hood.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Power
If mechanical pressure and shear force are applied to push ice cream or ice slush out from the freezing cylinder, then sufficient power is generated to push the product out, but intense impact forces cause the ice cream or ice slush to deform and break at the outlet
Solution Approach 1:
A discharging hood is introduced as an intermediary component between the freezing cylinder and the external environment. The hood receives the ice cream or ice slush from the cylinder and guides it through a controlled path to the outlet, reducing direct impact forces on the product while maintaining effective discharge.
Solution Approach 2:
The discharge process utilizes temperature gradient changes as the product moves from the cold freezing cylinder to the warmer outlet environment. This temperature parameter change affects the texture and stability of the ice cream or ice slush, and the hood design accommodates this transition to prevent deformation and breakage.
2Device complexity
If ice cream or ice slush is discharged directly from the freezing cylinder outlet, then the discharge process is simple, but the softened product at the outlet is prone to deformation and breakage due to reduced air bubble stability
Solution Approach 1:
The discharging hood serves as a protective intermediary structure that encloses the discharge path. This hood prevents direct exposure of the softened ice cream or ice slush to external impacts and environmental factors, maintaining air bubble stability and preventing deformation during the discharge process.
3Productivity
If ice cream or smoothie is pushed out from the freezing cylinder in traditional cold drink dispensers, then the product is discharged, but it splashes everywhere causing hygiene risks and material loss
Solution Approach 1:
The discharging hood acts as a containment intermediary that directs the ice cream or smoothie flow along a controlled path from the freezing cylinder to the discharge outlet. This prevents splashing and contamination of surrounding equipment and environment while maintaining efficient product discharge.
Solution Approach 2:
The discharging hood functions as a flexible containment structure that adapts to the flow of ice cream or smoothie, guiding it smoothly through the discharge process without causing splashing or overflow, thereby preventing hygiene risks and material loss.
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AI summary
This application discloses a novel discharging mechanism for a cold drink dispenser, which comprises a discharging tray, a casing, and a handle; the discharging tray is provided with a second discharging outlet, the bottom of the discharging tray is provided with a discharging hood, the discharging hood is provided with a first discharging outlet; the bottom of the handle is provided with a sealing member and a transmission component, the transmission component connects the handle and the sealing member. In this application, effectively avoiding the problem of ice cream or iced drinks splashing everywhere when they are pushed out from the freezing cylinder in traditional cold drink dispensers.