Device for beverage production
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing beverage production devices, such as liquefiers, suffer from issues like splattering of remnants during pouring, incomplete juice extraction due to inability to compact solids, and the need for multiple accessory tubes for different models, leading to increased costs and inconvenience.
Innovation Solution
A device comprising a filtering beaker and pestle designed for use with hand-held blenders, where the filtering beaker is fixed to a containing beaker with a wide top rim to prevent splattering, and a pestle is used to compact and extract remaining juice from solids, allowing for efficient juice extraction and easy cleaning.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If a tubular filter element is used in liquefiers, then filtering is improved, but splattering of remnants occurs during pouring and incomplete juice extraction happens
Solution Approach 1:
The device divides the beaker into two functional parts: an inner filtering beaker with filter elements for juice extraction, and an outer containing beaker that receives the beverage. The filtering beaker can be removed separately, allowing complete emptying without splattering, while the filter elements remain in place during operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The filtering beaker is designed to be extractable from the containing beaker. After filtering completes, the inner beaker can be removed and completely emptied by tilting, with the wide rim preventing splatter. This separates the filtering function from the serving function.
2Reliability
If tubular filter elements are fixed to the base, then filtering structure is stable, but multiple models require different tubes increasing cost
Solution Approach 1:
The filtering beaker with its integrated filter elements is designed to be universally compatible with different liquefier models. The same filtering beaker can be used across multiple device variants, eliminating the need for model-specific tubes and reducing both cost and complexity.
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 effectively prevents splattering, ensures complete juice extraction by compacting solids, and eliminates the need for multiple accessory tubes, providing a cost-effective and user-friendly beverage production solution.
Implementation Method 1
filtering beaker (2), having on the bottom portion of its lateral walls and on its base a series of windows (3) completely covered by a mesh
Implementation Method 2
a pestle is used to compact and extract remaining juice from solids
Implementation Method 3
filtering beaker is fixed to a containing beaker with a wide top rim to prevent splattering
Data Source
AI summary
Described is a device for producing beverages, compatible with any handheld domestic blender, which enables producing beverages either by crushing a solid element from which the juice is extracted and at the same time filtering the same or, enabling mixing a solid element with a liquid one at the same time that it is being filtered, the device including at least one filtering beaker, a pestle for inserting into the filtering beaker, and structure for holding the filtering beaker.