Inert Gas Serving Device for Wine Preservation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current devices for serving liquids from containers after opening, such as wines, fail to balance preservation with ease of use, space efficiency, affordability, and retention of the ritualistic pouring experience, often distorting the bottle's shape and requiring complex setups or apprenticeship.

Innovation Solution

A device with a first portion housed inside the container and a second portion outside, featuring a gas reservoir, degassing port, control valve, and sealing means that allows pouring by tilting the container, minimizing liquid loss and preserving the fluid's quality by using inert gas, with a compact design that maintains the bottle's normal use and simplicity of operation.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If a cabinet system is used to preserve wine after opening, then preservation effectiveness is improved, but space occupation and device complexity increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvepreservation effectivenessVSAvoiddevice complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The device is divided into two distinct portions: a first portion that fits inside the bottle neck and a second portion that remains outside. This segmentation allows the preservation function to be integrated into the bottle itself rather than requiring a separate cabinet system, thereby reducing overall device complexity while maintaining preservation effectiveness through the inert gas atmosphere created in the bottle.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

2Ease of operation

If a portable device is attached to the bottle neck, then accessibility and portability are improved, but the bottle's shape is distorted and gripping becomes difficult

Engineering Contradiction:

ImproveaccessibilityVSAvoidbottle shape

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSShape

Solution Approach 1:

The first portion of the device is designed to be nested inside the bottle neck, with only the necessary external components (second portion) extending outward. This nesting approach minimizes the external footprint of the device, preserving the bottle's original shape and gripping characteristics while still providing the required preservation functionality through the inert gas system.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #7Nested doll (Nesting)

3Productivity

If a through-drilling needle is used to access the bottle, then liquid access is improved, but cap fragments may fall into the wine

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveliquid accessVSAvoidcap contamination

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

Instead of directly drilling through the cap with a needle, the invention uses a corkscrew mechanism as an intermediary to first secure attachment to the bottle, followed by a controlled piercing action. This intermediary approach allows for more controlled access through the cap and into the wine, reducing the risk of cap fragments falling in while maintaining efficient liquid access.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

4Ease of operation

If the bottle is uncorked for traditional pouring, then the pouring ritual is maintained, but the wine oxidizes quickly after opening

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvepouring ritualVSAvoidwine preservation

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The device is prepared in advance with an inert gas reservoir and sealing mechanisms positioned within the bottle neck. When the bottle is uncorked for the traditional pouring ritual, the device is already in place to immediately create and maintain an inert gas atmosphere around the wine, preventing oxidation from the moment of opening while allowing the pouring ritual to proceed normally.

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

The device effectively preserves the liquid by preventing oxidation, allows efficient pouring of nearly the entire bottle, and simplifies the serving process while maintaining the traditional pouring experience, being space-efficient and accessible to a wide range of users.

Implementation Method 1

a gas reservoir (110) and a degassing port (120) for removing gas from the reservoir towards the interior of the container

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectGas pressure: Pressure Increase

Implementation Method 2

sealing means (190) separating the first portion and the second portion, configured to obturate the container in a sealed manner

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectSealing: Physical Containment

Data Source

PatentUS11352192B2Device for serving by single glasses

Publication Date: 2022.06.07 NOXOE UNIPESSOAL LDA

AI summary

The invention relates to a device for pouring fluid (F) stored in a container (20) by inclining the container (20), the device (10) comprising: —a first part (100) comprising at least one collecting orifice (130) for collecting the fluid in the container (20), —a second part (150), which comprises fluid pouring means (160) that can be fluidically connected to the collecting orifice (130), —sealing means (190) separating the first part (100) and the second part (150), configured to seal the container when the device (10) is mounted on the container (20), the device being characterized in that the first part (100) also comprises a gas reservoir (110) and a degassing orifice (120) for evacuating gas from the reservoir (110) to the interior of the container (20).