Container head
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing drinking bottles mix two liquids before consumption, diluting the taste of the flavorful liquid, leading to a reduced taste experience for the drinker.
Innovation Solution
A container head design with a first outlet opening closer to the main body and a second outlet opening further away, allowing the flavorful liquid to directly reach the taste buds while the diluting liquid is guided past them, maintaining the taste experience.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If two liquids are mixed before consumption, then the drinker consumes a diluted mixture, but the taste experience of the flavorful liquid is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transitions from mixing liquids in a single spatial location (traditional mixing) to distributing them at different positions along the longitudinal axis of the mouthpiece. The first outlet opening is positioned closer to the main body while the second outlet opening is positioned farther away, creating a spatial gradient that allows the flavorful liquid to reach taste buds first, followed by the diluting liquid, thus preserving taste experience while achieving dilution.
2Ease of operation
If two liquids are dispensed at spatially adjacent outlet openings, then mixing occurs in the oral cavity, but the taste buds sense the diluted beverage
Solution Approach 1:
The mouthpiece is segmented into distinct outlet zones along its longitudinal extent. The first outlet opening for the flavorful liquid is positioned at a first location, while the second outlet opening for the diluting liquid is positioned at a second location farther from the main body. This segmentation ensures that the flavorful liquid is delivered to the taste buds before the diluting liquid arrives, preventing the taste buds from sensing a diluted mixture.
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AI summary
A container head with a mouthpiece, longitudinally elongate in a longitudinal extent direction, and a main body. The main body has a first connector for a first container and a second connector for a second container, and the mouthpiece is fastened in the main body in an operating position. A first liquid line for transporting a first drinkable liquid in the operating position leads from the first connector through the interior of the mouthpiece to a first outlet opening in the mouthpiece, and a second liquid line for transporting a second drinkable liquid in the operating position leads from the second connector through the interior of the mouthpiece to a second outlet opening in the mouthpiece. The first outlet opening is arranged further away from an end of the mouthpiece which lies opposite the main body in the operating position than the second outlet opening.