Coffee-Additive Polyester Bottle for Odor Penetration Resistance
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Solution Overview
Problem
Reusable polyester bottles suffer from odor penetration by small molecules that cannot be completely removed, leading to unpleasant tastes and smells, limiting their use to specific beverages and necessitating electronic nose testing for odor detection.
Innovation Solution
Incorporating coffee additives, such as roasted coffee components and caffeine, into the plastic to reduce odor molecule penetration and neutralize or mask odors, ensuring the bottles can be refilled with different beverages without noticeable odors.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Object-affected harmful factors
If polyester bottles are washed at high temperatures to remove odors, then odor removal effectiveness is improved, but the bottles deform or shrink excessively and the washing solution becomes more aggressive towards the polyester
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the chemical composition parameters of the polyester by adding coffee additives (caffeine, triglycerides, diterpene esters, triterpene esters, triterpenes) which modify the polymer matrix properties. This allows the bottle to resist odor molecule penetration without requiring high-temperature washing, thus maintaining shape stability while improving odor resistance.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a composite polyester material by incorporating coffee additives into the polymer matrix. This composite structure provides both the original polyester properties and the odor-resistant properties of coffee components, enabling effective odor protection without the need for aggressive high-temperature washing that would damage the bottle structure.
2Adaptability or versatility
If polyester bottles are used for multiple beverage types, then versatility is improved, but odor-intensive molecules penetrate deep into the polyester matrix causing unpleasant tastes and smells
Solution Approach 1:
The patent converts the harmful effect of odor molecule penetration into a beneficial outcome by using coffee additives to mask and neutralize these odors. The coffee components (caffeine, triglycerides, diterpene esters, triterpene esters, triterpenes) not only resist penetration but also actively mask unpleasant odors, allowing the bottle to be used for multiple beverage types without causing consumer complaints.
Solution Approach 2:
The coffee additives act as an intermediary substance within the polyester matrix that mediates between the odor-intensive molecules and the beverage contents. These additives create a protective barrier that prevents direct interaction between penetrating odor molecules and the beverage, while also neutralizing any unpleasant odors through their aromatic properties.
3Object-affected harmful factors
If coffee additives are added to the plastic to reduce odor penetration, then odor resistance is improved, but the viscosity of the polyester is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent carefully controls the concentration parameters of coffee additives in the polyester matrix. By optimizing the amount of coffee components (caffeine, triglycerides, diterpene esters, triterpene esters, triterpenes) added, the patent achieves effective odor resistance while minimizing the impact on polyester viscosity, maintaining the material's mechanical properties.
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 addition of coffee additives significantly reduces the perception of odors by consumers, allowing bottles to be refilled with various beverages and extending their usable life cycles.
Implementation Method 1
coffee additives or coffee flavorings are added to the plastic, which reduces the penetration of the odor-intensive molecules into the plastic
Implementation Method 2
coffee additives or coffee flavorings are added to the plastic, which reduces the penetration of the odor-intensive molecules into the plastic
Implementation Method 3
coffee additives or coffee flavorings are added to the plastic, which reduces the penetration of the odor-intensive molecules into the plastic and reduces, masks or neutralizes disturbing odors of the odor-intensive molecules
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AI summary
The invention relates to a reusable plastic bottle for receiving a product, which bottle consists of a plastic material that absorbs odorous molecules from the product or from residues of the product. Coffee additives and/or coffee flavors are added to the plastic material, thereby reducing the penetration of odorous molecules into the plastic and reducing, masking or neutralizing off-odors of the odorous molecules.