Liquid Dispenser Guide and Actuation for Hygienic Low-Residue Taps
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing liquid dispensing systems for beverages, such as those using beverage bags with taps, face challenges in improving storage and dispensing efficiency while maintaining hygiene and reducing liquid residue.
Innovation Solution
A liquid dispenser with a housing that includes a guide device for precise positioning of a liquid container and an actuating device for controlled dispensing, featuring thermal insulation, a beveled design, and a guide device with rails for stable insertion, along with a mechanically or electromechanically operated valve system.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If a liquid container is inserted into a liquid dispenser for storage and dispensing, then storage and dispensing efficiency are improved, but liquid residue adhering to the liquid dispenser increases and hygiene is compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The liquid stream is extracted and directed away from the liquid dispenser body through a guide device. The liquid container's dispensing device is guided to discharge liquid into a receiving container positioned away from the dispenser, preventing liquid residue from adhering to the dispenser and eliminating hygiene contamination while maintaining efficient dispensing.
Solution Approach 2:
A guide device acts as an intermediary between the liquid container's dispensing device and the receiving container. This guide device directs the liquid stream along a controlled path, ensuring liquid is transferred efficiently without contacting the liquid dispenser body, thus resolving the contradiction between efficient dispensing and hygiene maintenance.
2Measurement precision
If a guide device is added to guide the liquid dispensing device during insertion, then positioning precision is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The guide device is segmented into multiple guide elements arranged in a grid pattern on the liquid dispenser. Each guide element independently guides a corresponding dispensing device, allowing precise positioning without requiring a single complex guiding mechanism. This segmentation achieves high positioning precision while keeping individual guide elements simple and the overall device complexity manageable.
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AI summary
A liquid dispenser (1) for receiving a liquid container and for dispensing a liquid from the liquid container, wherein the liquid dispenser has a housing (2) into which the liquid container is insertable and wherein the housing has, in a liquid dispensing region: a guide device (4), by means of which a liquid dispensing device of the liquid container is able to be guided during the insertion of the liquid container into the housing (2); and an actuating device (8), by means of which the liquid dispensing device is able to be actuated to dispense the liquid from the liquid container.