Full-automatic tea-making machine

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing automatic tea-making machines cannot automatically wash tea leaves, leading to incomplete infusion and potential contamination issues due to dust, impurities, and bacteria on the leaves.

Innovation Solution

A full-automatic tea-making machine with a water pump, motor-driven tea basket, and a drain valve system that allows for automatic washing of tea leaves, incorporating a water purification chamber and heating unit, along with a siphon for efficient water management.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If hot water is poured into a container with a tea basket or the tea basket is soaked in hot water through up-and-down movements, then the tea-making process is simplified, but the tea leaves cannot move quickly in the hot water and cannot be fully infused

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvetea-making process simplicityVSAvoidinfusion efficiency

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The tea basket is designed to rotate dynamically within the water container rather than remaining stationary or moving only vertically. The rotation mechanism allows tea leaves to move quickly and continuously through the hot water, significantly improving infusion efficiency while maintaining operational simplicity through automatic rotation control

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

2Productivity

If tea leaves are used directly without washing, then the tea-making process is faster, but dust, impurities, pesticide, noxious bacteria or the like covered on tea leaves contaminate the tea

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvetea-making speedVSAvoidtea leaf contamination

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary washing of tea leaves automatically before the actual tea-making process. A water pump delivers water to the rotating tea basket to rinse the leaves, and a drain valve removes the washing water. This preliminary action eliminates contaminants while maintaining overall process efficiency through full automation

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

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 thorough washing and infusion of tea leaves, ensuring cleanliness and convenience in the tea-making process.

Implementation Method 1

a water pump configured to pump water into the tea-making assembly

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectPumping: Pump

Implementation Method 2

a motor-driven tea basket

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectElectromagnetic induction: Electromagnetic Induction

Implementation Method 3

incorporating a water purification chamber and heating unit

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectHeating: Heating

Implementation Method 4

along with a siphon for efficient water management

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectSiphon effect: Syphon

Data Source

PatentUS9808115B2Full-automatic tea-making machine

Publication Date: 2017.11.07 GUANGDONG MIDEA CONSUMER ELECTRICS MFG CO LTD

AI summary

An automatic tea-making machine, comprising a base assembly and a tea-making assembly arranged on the base assembly. A water pump configured to pump water to the tea-making assembly and a motor are arranged on the base assembly. The tea-making assembly includes a tea-making cavity with an open top part, a closed bottom part and a closed peripheral wall; a tea basket driven by the motor, and a drain valve arranged at a bottom of the tea-making cavity and communicated with the tea-making cavity. The automatic tea-making machine of the present application can automatically wash tea and make tea, which is very convenient to use.