Rotating Brewing Chamber Water Dispersion for Uniform Extraction
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing beverage brewing methods often result in non-uniform extraction of brewed beverages due to water forming channels or packets within the brewing material, leading to inconsistent flavor and quality.
Innovation Solution
A brewing material holder with a spinning assembly that disperses water uniformly into the brewing chamber, either through gears, a propeller, or a rotating magnetic field, ensuring even contact with the brewing material.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If water is injected into the brewing material using conventional methods, then the brewing process is simple, but the water forms channels or packets leading to non-uniform extraction
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs a rotating shower head that dynamically moves water distribution points across the brewing material surface. This rotational motion transforms static water injection into dynamic spraying, ensuring water is distributed uniformly across the entire surface area over time, thereby preventing channel formation while maintaining reasonable device complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The shower head is divided into multiple spray nozzles arranged around the rotation axis, with each nozzle contributing to a specific sector of water distribution. This segmentation allows comprehensive coverage of the brewing material surface through rotation, achieving uniform water distribution without requiring a complex array of fixed nozzles
2Manufacturing precision
If water is sprayed into the brewing material, then water contact is increased, but channels or packets form causing non-uniform extraction
Solution Approach 1:
The rotating shower head continuously changes the position of water spray entry points, preventing water from following the same path through the brewing material. This dynamic movement disperses water across multiple locations, eliminating channel formation while maintaining increased water contact for improved extraction
Solution Approach 2:
The invention introduces temporal dimension to water distribution by rotating the shower head during the brewing process. Water is sprayed from different angular positions at different times, creating a two-dimensional coverage pattern over time that prevents one-dimensional channel formation while maximizing water-material contact
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 spinning assembly ensures uniform water dispersion, enhancing the extraction process and resulting in a consistently brewed beverage with improved flavor and quality.
Implementation Method 1
the flow of water causes the spinning assembly to spin by the water flowing past gears or a propeller, or by tangential jets on the spinning member
Implementation Method 2
include stator winding creating a rotating magnetic field in the brewing chamber to cause the spinning assembly to spin
Data Source
AI summary
A brewing material holder includes a spinning assembly for uniformly dispersing water into brewing material. The spinning assembly may be attached to a removable holder lid or reside in the base of the holder. When water is pumped into the holder, the flow of water is sprayed into brewing material contained in the brewing chamber. On one embodiment, water is pumped into the brewing material holder, and the flow of water causes the spinning assembly to spin by the water flowing past gears or a propeller, or by tangential jets on the spinning member. In another embodiment, the coffee maker includes a rotating shaft engaging the brewing material holder to cause the spinning assembly to spin, or may include stator winding creating a rotating magnetic field in the brewing chamber to cause the spinning assembly to spin.