Power Tool Battery-Powered Beverage Maker with Universal Battery Mount
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing hot beverage makers, such as coffeemakers, require complex electronics and multiple battery configurations to operate with different power tool batteries, making them inconvenient for use at construction sites or locations without AC power, and they often necessitate manual measurement and handling of coffee grounds.
Innovation Solution
A portable electrical device with a battery-mount part for power tool batteries, a heat-generating means, and a single-serve container system that simplifies battery mounting, eliminates the need for manual coffee ground measurement, and integrates a water reservoir with a passageway to supply water directly to the heat-generating means, ensuring stability and preventing electrical issues.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple battery configurations are provided to accommodate different power tool batteries, then adaptability is improved, but device complexity increases and electrical reliability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The battery-mount part is designed with universal compatibility to accept different types of power tool batteries (e.g., 18V, 14.4V) through a standardized mounting interface, allowing the same device structure to serve multiple battery types without requiring separate configurations or complex switching electronics
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple battery configurations are provided to accommodate different power tool batteries, then adaptability is improved, but electrical reliability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The battery-mount part uses a universal mounting design that physically and electrically connects to different battery types through a standardized interface, ensuring reliable electrical connection without requiring complex interlock circuits or voltage switching electronics that could fail
3Manufacturing precision
If manual measurement and handling of coffee grounds is required, then manufacturing precision is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
Coffee grounds are pre-measured and pre-packaged in individual serving containers before use, eliminating the need for manual measurement and handling at the point of operation. The user simply needs to insert the pre-prepared container into the device
Solution Approach 2:
The invention uses disposable single-serve containers that are pre-filled with the correct amount of coffee grounds. These inexpensive, single-use containers eliminate the need for precise manual measurement while ensuring consistent dosage, as each container is manufactured with the exact amount needed
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 allows for easy and convenient brewing of hot beverages at construction sites using power tool batteries, simplifies the circuit configuration, improves electrical reliability, and reduces the risk of electrical faults, while maintaining stability and ease of use.
Implementation Method 1
a heat-generating means, which can boil water by using electric power (current) supplied by the battery mounted on the battery-mount part
Data Source
AI summary
An electrical device includes a battery-mount part (40) configured such that a battery used as a power supply of a power tool is mountable thereon, and a heat-generating element (54) for boiling water using electric power from the battery (B1, B2) mounted on the battery-mount part. The electrical device further includes a drip case (21) for holding a pod, in which a predetermined amount of tea leaves or coffee grounds is encased in a permeable bag-shaped element. A hot water supply (50y) supplies the water boiled by the heat-generating element (54) automatically to the drip case (21). An extraction part (21p) in the drip case (21) allows a beverage produced by the hot water that has been poured onto (injected into) the pod to downwardly flow.