Portable device for quick chilling and heating
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Solution Overview
Problem
There is a need for a portable device that can quickly adjust the temperature of consumable liquids without diluting or contaminating them, allowing for both heating and chilling, and enabling the replenishment of insulating material without interrupting the temperature adjustment process, while being suitable for both small and large servings.
Innovation Solution
A portable device comprising a container with an insulation system, a lid, and a coil for temperature alteration, allowing for the addition of insulating material during use, with a design that enables easy assembly, disassembly, and cleaning, and is suitable for both heating and cooling liquids.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Speed
If a portable device is designed to quickly alter liquid temperature, then temperature adjustment speed is improved, but device size increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements nesting by placing the coil inside the container, and the insulation system surrounding the coil and container assembly. This nested configuration allows multiple functional components to occupy overlapping spatial volumes, achieving rapid temperature adjustment through integrated heat transfer while maintaining a compact overall device footprint that is portable.
2Quantity of substance
If the device is designed to process multiple servings, then quantity of liquid processed is improved, but device size and weight increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs dynamics by making the lid removable and the insulation system replenishable, allowing the device to adapt its capacity to different serving sizes. Users can adjust the amount of insulating material and lid configuration based on whether processing a single serving or multiple servings, enabling flexible quantity handling without requiring a permanently larger or heavier device structure.
3Duration of action of stationary object
If insulating material is replenished during operation, then continuous operation is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies segmentation by dividing the device into distinct modular components: a removable lid, a container, a coil, and a replenishable insulation system. This segmentation allows the insulation material to be independently accessed and replenished through the removable lid without disassembling other components, enabling continuous operation while maintaining relatively simple individual component structures that are easy to manufacture and maintain.
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 alters the temperature of liquids without dilution or contamination, allowing for continuous operation and easy maintenance, making it suitable for various beverages and liquid foods.
Implementation Method 1
a coil for temperature alteration
Implementation Method 2
an insulation system
Data Source
AI summary
A device for chilling and heating of fluids, particularly beverages and liquid foods, is provided. The heating or cooling device can include a container encasing an insulation system, a cover or lid for covering the container, and the insulation system. The insulation system can include a coil made of a temperature-conductive material and fashioned to connect to an inlet in the cover and to an outlet in the container. The cover can also include a fluid reservoir for accepting the liquid to be processed, and an open section providing a passageway for adding additional insulating material to the insulating system while the device is in use. Once the device is assembled, a liquid can be poured into the fluid reservoir, pass through the coil that carries the liquid through the insulating system, and exit the container as a chilled or heated liquid.