Fountain-type Brewing Device with Automatic Water Supply Function
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional brewing devices often result in non-uniform brewing and are inconvenient to clean due to their design, particularly those with rotary motors and impeller stirring heads.
Innovation Solution
A fountain-type brewing device with an automatic water supply function, featuring a device body with a brewing container, a brewing frame, and a water pump system that creates a fountain effect by spraying water columns to ensure uniform brewing, along with a detachable brewing frame for easy cleaning and a control system for temperature and assembly detection.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If a rotary motor with impeller stirring head is used to stir, then brewing uniformity is improved, but cleaning convenience deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent removes the rotary motor and impeller stirring head from the brewing device, replacing them with a fountain-type water supply system. This extraction eliminates the cleaning difficulty associated with mechanical stirring components while maintaining brewing effectiveness through water column collision and fountain effect.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent employs a water pump to generate water columns that collide and form a fountain effect for brewing. This hydraulic approach replaces the mechanical stirring system, achieving uniform brewing through water dynamics rather than mechanical agitation, thereby simplifying the device structure and improving cleanability.
2Device complexity
If a brewing basket rises and falls in water for brewing, then device simplicity is improved, but brewing uniformity deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a water pump system that generates water columns colliding to form a fountain effect. This hydraulic mechanism ensures uniform water distribution over the brewing basket, achieving consistent brewing results while maintaining relative structural simplicity through the use of a detachable brewing frame.
Solution Approach 2:
The brewing device is divided into detachable components including the brewing frame and brewing basket. This segmentation allows for easy assembly and disassembly, facilitating cleaning while the integrated fountain water supply system ensures uniform brewing when assembled.
3Ease of operation
If a detachable brewing frame is used for easy cleaning, then cleaning convenience is improved, but assembly reliability may deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The brewing frame incorporates an induction switch that automatically detects whether the brewing frame is properly assembled. This self-detection mechanism ensures assembly reliability by preventing operation when components are not correctly connected, while still allowing easy manual assembly and disassembly for cleaning purposes.
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 achieves uniform and efficient brewing through the fountain effect, allowing for easy cleaning and user-friendly operation, with features like temperature control and assembly detection ensuring safe and effective brewing.
Implementation Method 1
a water outlet of the water pump is communicated with the main passage via a drain joint... water sprayed out of the two discharge passages under the effect of the water pump form water columns that collide with each other to form a horizontal spraying surface
Implementation Method 2
a heating plate... is disposed at the bottom of the brewing container
Implementation Method 3
the locking element is a magnet, a buckle, or a thread
Data Source
AI summary
A fountain-type brewing device with an automatic water supply function comprises a device body provided with a brewing container and a brewing frame. A main passage and a branched passage are disposed in the brewing frame. A brewing basket is disposed on the brewing frame. The brewing frame is provided with a guide rod located above the brewing basket. The guide rod is provided with a guide cavity communicated with the branched passage, and a water outlet of the guide cavity is exactly opposite to a pipe outlet of the main passage. A water pump is disposed in the device body and is provided with a water inlet disposed in the brewing container and a water outlet communicated with the main passage via a drain joint.