Hollow Needle Insertion Structure for Wine Fresh-Keeping Device
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Solution Overview
Problem
The preservation of opened wine is challenging due to the loss of sealing effectiveness, leading to changes in taste and inconvenience in accessing the wine, as existing refrigeration methods fail to maintain the wine's freshness.
Innovation Solution
A wine fresh-keeping device incorporating a hollow needle insertion structure, a wine bottle installation chamber, and a refrigeration system that uses argon flushing and a wine taking device with solenoid valves to preserve and dispense wine efficiently, ensuring double preservation through refrigeration and gas flushing.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Duration of action of stationary object
If wine is stored in a refrigerator after opening, then the wine can be preserved for a longer time, but the sealing effect cannot be comparable to the original factory sealing, causing the taste of the wine to change
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an inert gas (argon or nitrogen) into the wine bottle to replace oxygen in the headspace. This creates an inert atmosphere that prevents oxidation of the wine, maintaining its original taste and quality. The inert gas forms a protective layer between the wine and oxygen, effectively solving the sealing and taste preservation problem during refrigerated storage.
2Duration of action of stationary object
If wine is stored in a refrigerator, then the wine can be preserved, but it is very troublesome to take out and drink every time
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts a small amount of wine from the main stored quantity by inserting a needle through the cork into the wine bottle. This allows users to take out only the needed portion for drinking while leaving the majority of the wine preserved in the refrigerator, significantly improving access convenience without compromising preservation.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses a needle as an intermediary tool to access the wine inside the sealed bottle without breaking the seal. The needle penetrates the cork and allows wine extraction while maintaining the integrity of the bottle's sealing system, enabling convenient access while preserving the wine's quality.
3Ease of operation
If a hollow needle is inserted into the wine bottle, then wine can be dispensed easily, but the structure becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The patent designs a self-service mechanism where the user themselves performs the needle insertion operation. This simple manual operation achieves wine dispensing without requiring complex automated dispensing systems, motors, or electronic controls. The user inserts the needle, extracts wine as needed, and removes the needle, maintaining system simplicity while providing ease of operation.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The device effectively maintains the freshness of wine by using argon flushing and refrigeration, preventing oxidation and spoilage, while facilitating easy access to the wine through a controlled dispensing mechanism, thus enhancing the preservation and consumption experience.
Implementation Method 1
a refrigeration system that uses argon flushing and a wine taking device with solenoid valves to preserve and dispense wine efficiently, ensuring double preservation through refrigeration and gas flushing
Implementation Method 2
after contact with the hollow needle, the hollow needle is inserted into the wine bottle under the rotation of the wine sleeve
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AI summary
A hollow needle insertion structure used in a wine fresh-keeping device may be shown and described. A wine bottle installation chamber, where the wine bottle installation chamber is arranged in a containing chamber, and one end of the wine bottle installation chamber is matched with an exchange port, a wine sleeve, the wine sleeve is arranged in the wine bottle installation chamber, and a cooperating movement threads is provided between outer side wall of the wine sleeve and inner side wall of the wine bottle installation chamber; and a hollow needle, the hollow needle is matched with the wine bottle installation chamber; after the wine bottle is installed in the wine sleeve, the wine sleeve moves along the cooperating movement threads into the wine bottle installation chamber, and after contact with the hollow needle, the hollow needle is inserted into the wine bottle under the rotation of the wine sleeve.