Double-Level Swivel-Platform Container Mixing to Prevent Liquid Separation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional beverage containers often experience liquid separation when multiple phases or additives are added, requiring manual stirring which can be inconvenient and inefficient.
Innovation Solution
A container design featuring a pressurized vacuum lock suction mechanism with a swivel platform and compressible cavity that creates convergent flow circulation, using materials like rubber, silicone, and metals to prevent separation and facilitate mixing without loose stirring items.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple phases or flavor additives are added into a traditional beverage container, then beverage variety and flavor are improved, but liquid separation occurs
Solution Approach 1:
The container employs periodic compression and decompression cycles to maintain liquid mixture. The compressible cavity body is periodically compressed to create upward flow and decompressed to create downward flow, continuously preventing separation of multiple liquid phases and additives throughout the beverage storage period.
Solution Approach 2:
The system maintains continuous circulation of liquid through the compressible cavity and nozzle assembly. By keeping the liquid in constant motion through repeated compression-decompression cycles, the beverage remains uniformly mixed without settling or separating into layers.
2Ease of operation
If manual stirring items such as spoons or stir sticks are used, then mixing is achieved, but convenience and cleanliness are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The container performs self-mixing through its built-in compressible cavity mechanism. By simply compressing and releasing the container body, the liquid automatically circulates and mixes without requiring external stirring tools, making the system self-sufficient and eliminating the need for separate mixing devices.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention extracts the mixing function from external tools (spoons, stir sticks) and integrates it directly into the container structure itself. The compressible cavity and nozzle assembly form an internal mixing mechanism that eliminates the need for loose stirring items.
3Productivity
If a compressible cavity mechanism is used to create circulation, then mixing effectiveness is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The compressible cavity body utilizes flexible materials such as rubber, silicone, or elastic polymers that can be compressed and released manually. This flexible shell approach creates the circulation mechanism without requiring complex mechanical components, pumps, or motors, maintaining simplicity while achieving effective mixing.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses pneumatic principles where manual compression of the cavity creates pressure differential that drives liquid flow through the nozzle and back into the cavity. This simple pressure-based hydraulic circulation achieves thorough mixing without complex mechanical mixing devices.
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
Effectively prevents liquid separation, allows for efficient mixing and cleaning of various liquids and small items, and can be manually controlled for balanced taste and texture, making it suitable for kitchen and industrial use.
Implementation Method 1
The cavity body is compressible and creates a vacuum pressure that creates a flow circulation
Implementation Method 2
creates a vacuum pressure that creates a flow circulation
Implementation Method 3
Some embodiments use stretchable fabrics such as rubber, silicone, metals, polymer material that work together the manual platform's level plate
Data Source
AI summary
A hand-actuated container used for mixing liquids contains a compression platform with release holes and walls with convolution areas. The convolution areas are convoluted when the container is in a state of compression. These features form a compressible cavity body that, when filled with liquid and compressed, push liquid at high pressure through a nozzle into a liquid reservoir. Vacuum backflow occurs through the release holes and the nozzle as the compressible cavity body returns to its original shape. In some embodiments, a double level platform allows a user to dial in the amount of backflow through the release holes.