Beverage brewing apparatus and related method
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing submersion brewing devices require significant user intervention, leading to inconsistencies and decreased reliability in producing uniformly extracted beverages, and often result in increased complexity and production costs.
Innovation Solution
A logic-controlled submersion brewing device with a boiler module and reservoir tank, where a logic controller regulates the interaction of liquid and pressurized vapor in an extraction chamber to achieve optimal extraction with customizable parameters, including temperature, time, agitation, and pressure, using a novel method of pressure control to separate beverage liquid from spent media with minimal user interaction.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If manual beverage brewing devices are used, then favorable taste and ritual experience are achieved, but significant user intervention and labor intensive preparation are required
Solution Approach 1:
The brewing device automatically performs the brewing process without requiring continuous user intervention. The system self-regulates water flow, temperature, and extraction timing, allowing the beverage to prepare itself while minimizing user interaction to simple input of desired parameters.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces manual mechanical operations with automated electronic control systems. Sensors, microcontrollers, and automated pumps substitute for manual pouring, timing, and monitoring actions, thereby reducing user intervention while maintaining brewing quality.
2Ease of operation
If brewing appliances automate the preparation process, then user intervention is reduced, but device complexity and production costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The brewing device is divided into functional modules: water reservoir, heating element, extraction chamber, filtration system, and control unit. Each module performs a specific function and can be independently managed, reducing overall system complexity while maintaining automation capabilities.
Solution Approach 2:
The device is designed to handle multiple brewing types (coffee, tea, espresso) using a single integrated system. The same apparatus performs water heating, extraction, filtration, and dispensing functions that would otherwise require separate devices, reducing complexity through consolidation of universal functions.
3Ease of operation
If submersion brewing is automated, then user intervention is reduced, but brewing consistency and reliability decrease
Solution Approach 1:
The system incorporates sensors that continuously monitor water temperature, flow rate, and extraction pressure. This feedback is fed to the control unit which automatically adjusts parameters to maintain optimal brewing conditions, ensuring consistent results regardless of minor variations in input or environmental conditions.
Solution Approach 2:
The device pre-heats water to the exact required temperature before extraction begins and pre-wets the coffee grounds to ensure uniform saturation. These preliminary actions are automatically timed and controlled to guarantee consistent starting conditions for each brewing cycle, thereby maintaining reliability.
4Manufacturing precision
If brewing parameters are made customizable, then extraction optimization is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The control system allows dynamic adjustment of brewing parameters (temperature, time, agitation, pressure) based on user preferences and beverage type. The system adapts its operation in real-time during the brewing process, modifying parameters on-the-fly to optimize extraction while maintaining a user-friendly interface that masks the underlying complexity.
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 operates reliably with minimal user interaction, ensuring consistent and repeatable extraction of beverages by monitoring and adjusting brewing parameters, enhancing reliability and repeatability through pressure control and sensor analysis, and maintaining optimal extraction conditions.
Implementation Method 1
the logic-controller allows the boiler to provide vapor pressure to the extraction chamber to forcibly move beverage liquid across a sieve
Implementation Method 2
solid base extraction media and extraction liquid react in a manner monitored and regulated by the logic controller in order to achieve an optimal and uniform extraction of beverage
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AI summary
The present inventive concept consists of a logic controlled submersion brewing device that operates reliably with minimal user interaction. The brewer employs a submersion brewing technique to ensure a uniform extraction of beverage from solid extraction media. The device may be programmable to start on a timer. Parameters of the brew program may be customizable including serving size and extraction settings. The device will use vapor pressure to forcibly move beverage liquid across a sieve thereby separating the liquid from spent extraction media. Reliability and repeatability of the separation procedure is enhanced using a novel method of pressure control.