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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing drinking devices fail to effectively prevent the ingestion of undesired additives and calories in aromatized beverages, while also not fully leveraging the olfactory sense for enhanced taste perception.
Innovation Solution
A drinking device with a storage container for liquid, an aroma container for retronasal aroma delivery, and separate channels for liquid and aromatized air, allowing the aroma to be perceived retronasally, thereby enhancing the taste experience without contaminating the liquid with air bubbles.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If aroma substance is added to drinking liquid before consumption, then taste perception is enhanced, but undesired additives and calories are ingested
Solution Approach 1:
The system separates the aroma delivery from the liquid consumption by creating distinct pathways: an air channel for aroma transport and a liquid channel for drinking liquid transport. This segmentation allows the aroma to be delivered retronasally without mixing with the liquid, thus enhancing taste perception while avoiding ingestion of aroma additives and stabilizing agents.
Solution Approach 2:
The aroma substance is extracted from the drinking liquid and delivered separately through the air channel. The aroma is generated in an aroma container and transported through air to the user's nose, completely separating the aroma delivery mechanism from the liquid consumption, thereby eliminating the need to ingest aroma additives with the liquid.
2Measurement precision
If aroma is delivered through nose during drinking, then taste experience is enhanced, but liquid is contaminated with air bubbles
Solution Approach 1:
The system employs completely separate channels for air and liquid flow. The air channel delivers aromatized air to the nose retronasally, while the liquid channel delivers pure drinking liquid to the mouth. This spatial segmentation prevents air bubbles from contaminating the liquid while maintaining enhanced taste experience through retronasal aroma delivery.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses the retronasal passage as an intermediary pathway for aroma delivery. Instead of mixing aroma with liquid, the aroma is delivered through the air channel to the user's nose via the retronasal route, acting as a mediator that enhances taste perception without physically contaminating the liquid with air bubbles.
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 device allows for a pure liquid sensation while delivering a strong aroma perception, reducing additive ingestion and enhancing taste experience through retronasal aroma delivery, maintaining the liquid's purity and minimizing aroma transfer into the liquid.
Implementation Method 1
an aroma container (20) through which air can flow
Implementation Method 2
a transporting channel (18) for drinking liquid, the transporting channel running from the storage container to a mouth end of the drinking device
Data Source
AI summary
A drinking device for the retronasal perception of an aroma substance comprises a storage container (12) for drinking liquid, at least one aroma container (20), through which air can flow, and a transporting channel (18) for drinking liquid, the transporting channel running from the storage container (12) to a mouth end (28) of the drinking device (10), and also comprises an air channel (22) for transporting aromatized air, said air channel running from at least one of the at least one aroma containers (20) to the transporting channel (18) for drinking liquid or to the mouth end (28).