Heated Water Venting Line for Consistent Beverage Dispensing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Beverage making equipment with heated water reservoirs faces issues due to gas evolution during heating, which accumulates in dispensing lines, causing inconsistent water flow and reducing the accuracy of beverage production, leading to cost inefficiencies and reduced profitability, especially in large-scale operations.
Innovation Solution
A sloped dispensing line configuration with a vent tube system that allows gas to escape back to the reservoir, ensuring consistent water flow by minimizing gas accumulation and variability, thereby maintaining accurate beverage production volumes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Temperature
If water is heated in a reservoir, then water is prepared for beverage making, but gas evolves and accumulates in dispensing lines causing flow inconsistency
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts gas from the water by providing a dedicated vent port in the dispensing line that allows gas to escape separately from the water flow path. This separation enables water to be dispensed consistently while gas is removed through the vent port, resolving the flow inconsistency caused by gas accumulation.
Solution Approach 2:
The vent port acts as an intermediary element between the water-gas mixture in the reservoir and the dispensing line. It provides a separate pathway for gas to exit, mediating the interaction between heated water and gas to prevent gas from disrupting water flow consistency.
2Object-generated harmful factors
If gas accumulates in the dispensing line, then gas venting is needed, but water flow volume becomes inaccurate and inconsistent
Solution Approach 1:
The vent port extracts gas from the water-gas mixture before water enters the dispensing line. By removing gas through a separate pathway, the system ensures that only water flows through the dispense line, maintaining accurate and consistent water volume delivery.
3Object-generated harmful factors
If a venting device is added to the reservoir, then gas can be vented, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The vent port is merged into the existing dispensing line structure, combining the venting function with the water delivery system. This integration allows gas venting without requiring a completely separate venting device, thereby reducing system complexity while still effectively managing gas evolution.
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 solution significantly reduces gas-related inconsistencies in water flow, ensuring consistent beverage flavor and volume, enhancing the overall efficiency and profitability of beverage production by eliminating gas-induced flow variations.
Implementation Method 1
one of the conditions associated with the heating of water is the evolution or out-gassing of gas which might be retained in the water
Implementation Method 2
A sloped dispensing line configuration with a vent tube system that allows gas to escape back to the reservoir
Data Source
AI summary
Beverage making equipment, water heating equipment, and methods for using such equipment which use heated water and dispenses heated water from a heated water reservoir. The apparatus includes a water line extending from the heated water reservoir to a dispensing point, the line having a positive slope between the reservoir and dispensing point. A vent tube may also be used communicating with and coupled to the line with a return passage communicating with the vent and reservoir. The method of dispensing water from a heated water reservoir involves dispensing water from the reservoir at one level and delivering water to a dispensing point at a second level positioned at a positive dimension above the dispensing port of the heated water reservoir. the method may also include providing a vent tube coupled to and communicating with the line for removing gas which evolves from water passing through the line and returning the gas to the reservoir.