Beverage cooling device
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing beverage cooling devices are inefficient in rapidly cooling beverages due to poor insulation in containers and require expensive supercooled liquids or manual rotation, which is time-consuming and labor-intensive.
Innovation Solution
A handheld, buoyant beverage cooling device that rotates a beverage container in a cooling medium using a motorized system, allowing for rapid chilling by engaging the container securely with a chuck that accommodates various shapes and sizes, and is powered by a rechargeable battery or disposable batteries.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Temperature
If manual rotation of beverage containers in cooling medium is used, then cooling effectiveness is improved, but time consumption and labor intensity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces manual mechanical rotation with an automated motorized rotation system. The motor-driven chuck automatically rotates the beverage container within the cooling medium, eliminating the need for manual rotation while maintaining effective cooling. This substitution of mechanical action with automated motorized action resolves the contradiction by improving cooling effectiveness without increasing time consumption or labor intensity.
2Productivity
If supercooled liquid is used for rapid cooling, then cooling speed is improved, but cost and operational complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses ordinary ice or ice water as the cooling medium instead of expensive supercooled liquids. The ice is a simple, inexpensive, and readily available substance that can be easily obtained and disposed of after use. This approach achieves rapid cooling through motorized rotation without requiring complex supercooled liquid systems, pumps, or specialized equipment, thereby reducing both cost and operational complexity while maintaining high cooling speed.
3Weight of moving object
If beverage containers are poorly insulated, then portability is improved, but temperature maintenance deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by rapidly cooling the beverage container immediately before consumption. Instead of relying on poor insulation to maintain temperature over time, the system quickly chills the beverage right before it is needed, ensuring optimal temperature at the moment of consumption. This preliminary cooling action compensates for the lack of insulation and maintains temperature effectiveness without requiring heavy insulated containers.
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 efficiently cools beverages by rotating them in contact with a chilling substance, providing rapid chilling of the contents, improving upon existing methods by being more efficient and adaptable to different container types.
Implementation Method 1
Rapid rotation of the beverage container in contact with a chilling substance such as ice or ice water results in a rapid chilling of the contents of the beverage container
Data Source
AI summary
A beverage cooling device including a housing having a top wall, a side wall, and a cavity. A motor is operatively connected to a power supply within the housing. A container engagement member is rotatably coupled to the motor and configured to receive torque from the motor when the motor is actuated. The container engagement member includes an aperture for receiving an inserted beverage container and a plurality of spring members configured to deform upon insertion of the beverage container into the aperture and to provide a gripping force upon the beverage container.