Drink and Mist Bottle Cap With Electric Pump
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing drink and mist bottles require manual operation, produce a coarse mist, and are not universally compatible with existing bottles, limiting their functionality and efficiency.
Innovation Solution
A detachable drink and mist bottle cap with a universal thread design, featuring a micro pump, anti-backwash valve, ultraviolet light, and pressure relief valve, allowing for electric operation, fine mist production, and compatibility with various bottles, while maintaining the ability to drink directly from the bottle.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If manual operation is used for misting, then device complexity is reduced, but productivity and ease of operation deteriorate due to requiring manual effort and producing coarse mist
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces manual mechanical operation with an electric pump system. The pump is powered by a battery and controlled by a button, eliminating the need for manual squeezing or pumping actions. This substitution of mechanical effort with an electric system improves ease of operation while the integrated design keeps the overall device complexity manageable.
2Manufacturing precision
If manual squeezing is used to produce mist, then device complexity is minimized, but manufacturing precision and mist quality worsen due to coarse mist production
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces manual squeezing with an electric pump that delivers controlled liquid flow to the mist nozzle. This enables precise control over the liquid supply, allowing the nozzle to produce a fine mist rather than a coarse spray, thereby improving manufacturing precision in terms of mist quality.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the operational parameters by using an electric pump to control liquid flow rate and pressure, rather than relying on variable manual squeezing force. This parameter control enables consistent fine mist production, improving mist quality while maintaining manageable device complexity through integration.
3Adaptability or versatility
If universal thread design is implemented, then adaptability improves for retrofitting to existing bottles, but device complexity increases due to thread and component integration
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal thread design on the bottle cap, allowing it to be retrofitted to various existing water bottles with standard threads. This universal interface provides adaptability and versatility, enabling the misting device to work with multiple bottle types while the integrated cap design keeps the overall complexity manageable.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges the bottle cap, pump, battery, and mist nozzle into a single integrated unit. The cap houses the pump and battery compartment, combining multiple functions into one component. This merging reduces the number of separate parts and simplifies the overall device structure, offsetting the complexity introduced by the universal thread design.
4Productivity
If electric pump is used for misting, then productivity and mist quality improve, but use of energy and device complexity worsen
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses an electric pump to replace manual operation, enabling continuous and efficient mist production. The pump is powered by a rechargeable battery with USB charging capability, providing sustained energy supply. This electric system significantly improves productivity by enabling continuous operation without manual effort, while the battery design manages energy consumption effectively.
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 efficient, electric operation with a fine mist and reduced water usage, allowing for continuous cooling without manual effort, while being retrofittable to most bottles, ensuring convenience and effectiveness in hydration and cooling.
Implementation Method 1
A micro pump, all within a single cap assembly. The pump is configured to draw liquid from within the bottle
Implementation Method 2
An ultraviolet light may be configured to produce a disinfecting ultraviolet light within the bottle
Implementation Method 3
produce a mist for cooling
Data Source
AI summary
A drink and mist bottle cap is detachably attachable to a bottle to enable a person to produce a mist from a pump and mist nozzle and also drink from a drink spout. A drinking spout has a drink spout cap that is detachably attachable over the drinking spout to seal the liquid contents within the bottle when not drinking form the bottle. The drink and mist bottle cap may also have an anti-backwash valve that is configured to prevent backwash from flowing back into the interior of the bottle and an ultraviolet light configured to produce a disinfecting ultraviolet light within the bottle, and a pressure relief valve to allow pressure equalization when there is a pressure differential between the interior of the bottle and the exterior of the bottle.