Double-Sealed Bottle Enclosure for Spill and Freshness Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Beverages in open bottles often spill or lose freshness due to lack of resealable caps, especially in glass bottles, and temperature equilibration with ambient conditions, making it difficult to consume them over time while maintaining quality.
Innovation Solution
A protective bottle enclosure consisting of a removable base and cap system that forms a double seal with the bottle, providing insulation and protection from spills, using a container with threaded components and elastomeric seals to secure and insulate the bottle.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If glass bottles are used for beverages, then the beverage quality and freshness are maintained, but the bottles cannot be re-sealed after opening causing spills and waste
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a separate cap assembly with a stopper as an intermediary component that can be applied to the bottle opening. This cap assembly acts as a mediator between the user's need to reopen the bottle and the bottle's inability to self-seal, providing a reliable sealing mechanism without modifying the original glass bottle structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The sealing function is segmented from the bottle itself and placed in a separate removable cap assembly. This allows the sealing mechanism to be independently designed and applied only when needed, enabling the bottle to maintain its original properties while gaining re-sealability through the attached cap with stopper.
2Ease of operation
If bottles are opened for consumption, then the beverage can be accessed, but the beverage loses effervescence and freshness due to exposure to air
Solution Approach 1:
The cap assembly with stopper is designed to be applied to the bottle opening before the beverage is fully consumed. This preliminary sealing action prevents air exposure and maintains effervescence and freshness for subsequent consumption periods, addressing the problem of quality degradation after opening.
3Ease of operation
If beverages are consumed over time after opening, then convenience is improved, but temperature equilibration with ambient environment occurs reducing beverage quality
Solution Approach 1:
The cap assembly serves as a thermal barrier intermediary between the beverage and the ambient environment. By sealing the bottle opening, it reduces heat transfer and helps maintain the beverage's original temperature during storage periods, preventing unwanted thermal equilibration with the surrounding environment.
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
The enclosure effectively prevents spills, maintains beverage freshness, and regulates temperature, allowing for safe and efficient consumption of beverages over time without losing effervescence or quality.
Implementation Method 1
The cap has an internal stopper, which, when the cap is fully seated on the container, forms an inner seal with the mouth of the open bottle and forms an outer seal with the container
Implementation Method 2
insulates the bottle
Data Source
AI summary
A protective bottle enclosure for enclosing and sealing a bottle with an open mouth carried within the enclosure. The enclosure includes a container having an upper portion and a base removably coupled to the upper portion, and an external cap applicable to the container in a seated position of the cap. In the seated position of the cap, the cap seals the open mouth of the bottle carried in the enclosure and forms an impermeable inner seal between the cap and the bottle. A stopper carried by the cap forms the impermeable inner seal between the cap and the bottle, and in the seated position of the cap, the cap is fully seated against the upper portion of the container and forms an impermeable outer seal between the cap and the container.