Beverage Container Scent Caps With Sealed Chambers
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing beverage container designs pose challenges in effectively and consistently delivering scent from scented articles due to structural constraints, size, scent concentration, and position configurations, failing to enhance the user's drinking experience through scent perception.
Innovation Solution
The development of scent delivery systems for beverage containers, including caps and straws, that incorporate scented articles with mechanisms to move between open and closed positions, creating a seal to preserve scent and allow controlled release during consumption, using encasement structures to trap scent within a compartment and ensure consistent scent delivery across multiple uses.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a scented article is incorporated in a beverage container, then the user's olfactory sensation and taste perception are enhanced, but the scent is lost due to leakage or evaporation during storage and transport
Solution Approach 1:
The scented article is nested within an encasement structure that has an inner wall and outer wall forming a channel. This nested configuration allows the scented article to be contained within the beverage container while maintaining structural integrity and preventing scent loss during storage and transport.
Solution Approach 2:
The encasement structure includes a flexible seal between the inner wall and outer wall that can adapt to different container configurations. This flexible sealing mechanism prevents scent leakage while allowing the scented article to remain securely positioned throughout the beverage container's lifecycle.
2Ease of operation
If the scented article is exposed to air, then the scent can be delivered to the user during consumption, but the scent dissipates prematurely before use
Solution Approach 1:
The encasement structure transitions from a sealed state during storage to an exposed state during consumption. The seal between the inner and outer walls can be opened to allow air access to the scented article when needed, enabling controlled scent delivery while maintaining persistence during storage.
Solution Approach 2:
The encasement is divided into distinct functional zones: the inner wall defines the scent-containing chamber, the outer wall provides structural support and sealing, and the seal mechanism controls access. This segmentation allows independent optimization of each function while maintaining overall system performance.
3Reliability
If the encasement structure is made larger to better preserve scent, then scent preservation improves, but the available space in the beverage container is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The encasement utilizes thin-walled construction that minimizes volume while maintaining structural integrity. The flexible seal design allows the encasement to conform to available space within the beverage container, maximizing scent preservation without significantly reducing container capacity.
Solution Approach 2:
The encasement is designed to nest efficiently within the beverage container geometry, utilizing available space optimally. The channel structure formed by the inner and outer walls provides maximum scent-containing volume within minimal external dimensions, preserving scent while minimizing space occupation.
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 systems provide a controlled and consistent scent experience, enhancing the user's olfactory sensation and taste perception by ensuring the scent is preserved and released effectively, regardless of the beverage container design or usage scenario.
Implementation Method 1
a scented article that couples to the cap and operable to generate a scent capable of stimulating an olfactory sensation of a user
Implementation Method 2
when in the cap is in closed position, a seal is created by the cap to enclose the scented article and lock in the scent
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed are devices, systems and methods for controlling scent delivery by a scented article for beverage containers. In some aspects, a scent delivery system includes a cap attachable to a beverage container; and a scented article that couples to the cap, wherein the cap comprises a base, a movable component coupled to the base and able to move between a first position and a second position, and a scent chamber including an encasement to which the scented article is attached, the encasement coupled to the movable component or the base, wherein a portion of the scented article is exposed to air from an outside environment with respect to the cap when the movable component is in the second position, and wherein the encasement creates a contact seal to enclose the scented article within the scent chamber and lock in the scent when the movable component is in the first position.