Inverted Beverage Container Assembly for Simplified Pressure Dispensing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing beverage dispensing assemblies are complex in design, difficult to use, and require specific containers and dispensers for operation, lacking in user-friendly features and energy efficiency.
Innovation Solution
A beverage dispensing assembly with a transparent lid that allows visibility of the container, supports various container orientations, and includes a disposable dispensing line, cooling mechanism, and adjustable gas connectors for easy use and energy efficiency.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a closure and pressure space system is used to pressurize the beverage container, then the beverage can be dispensed under pressure, but the design becomes complex and requires specific container-dispenser cooperation
Solution Approach 1:
The invention extracts the closure and pressure space system from the dispenser and relocates it to the beverage container itself. The container is sealed with a closure that creates a pressure space, eliminating the need for a separate dispenser pressure system. This simplifies the overall assembly design while maintaining reliable pressurized dispensing.
Solution Approach 2:
The beverage container is designed to be self-pressurizing through its own closure mechanism. The container automatically creates and maintains the pressure space internally without requiring external pressurization equipment from the dispenser, making the system more independent and less complex.
2Ease of operation
If the container is inverted during use with outflow opening facing downward, then gravity assists beverage flow, but the container and dispenser must be specifically designed to cooperate for closing the pressure space
Solution Approach 1:
The invention removes the complex closure mechanism from the dispenser and places it directly on the container. The container's own closure serves as the seal for the pressure space, eliminating the need for intricate container-dispenser cooperation mechanisms while maintaining easy operation through gravity-assisted flow.
3Adaptability or versatility
If a transparent lid is added to allow visibility of the container, then customer appeal and visual monitoring are improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The transparent lid serves multiple functions: it allows customer visibility and monitoring of the beverage container while also acting as a protective cover and structural component of the dispenser. This multi-functionality adds visual appeal without proportionally increasing complexity.
4Temperature
If cooling mechanism is integrated into the dispenser, then beverage temperature control is improved, but energy consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of cooling the entire dispenser or large volumes of beverage, the cooling mechanism is applied locally to the specific region where the beverage container is held. This targeted approach provides effective temperature control while minimizing overall energy consumption by cooling only what is necessary.
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 assembly provides a user-friendly, energy-efficient, and visually appealing solution for dispensing beverages, enhancing customer appeal and reducing maintenance needs.
Implementation Method 1
cooling mechanism
Implementation Method 2
a pressure is built up inside said inner space, compressing the container and thus pressurizing the beverage for dispensing
Data Source
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AI summary
Beverage dispensing assembly and beverage container Beverage dispensing assembly (1), comprising a dispenser (2) and a beverage container (3), wherein the beverage container (3) has a neck portion (7) and a shoulder portion (8) adjacent the neck portion (7), wherein the neck portion (7) is provided with at least an outflow opening and at least one gas inlet opening (9) and wherein the dispenser (2) comprises a housing (4), wherein the housing (4) is provided with a receptacle (5) for receiving at least part of the container (3), wherein the container (3) is positioned in the dispenser (2) with the neck (7) and shoulder portion (8) facing downward, such that the neck portion (7) and at least part of the shoulder portion (8) are received in the receptacle (5), wherein part of the shoulder portion (8) extends close to and/or is in contact with a wall of the receptacle (5), wherein preferably a lid (12) is provided over the container (3), enclosing a part of the container (3) extending outside the receptacle (5).