Sweet Tea Brewing Device with Integrated Sugar Dissolution
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing methods for brewing sweet tea are cumbersome and prone to inconsistencies due to manual addition and dissolving of sugar, leading to potential undissolved sugar and variations in sweetness.
Innovation Solution
A sweet tea brewing device with a tea basket, a sugar basket positioned downstream, and a dilution line for dilution water, where hot brewed tea and dilution water combine to dissolve sugar, ensuring consistent sweetness in a single step process.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If manual addition and stirring of sugar is used in brewed tea, then the brewing process is simple, but the sweetness consistency and dissolving completeness deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the sugar storage container, brewing chamber, and stirring mechanism into a single integrated brewing device. The sugar container is positioned within the brewing chamber, and the stirring element is embedded in the sugar container, merging multiple functions (sugar storage, tea brewing, and sugar dissolution) into one unified system that automatically ensures consistent sweetness without separate manual operations
Solution Approach 2:
The brewing device performs sugar dissolution automatically through the natural brewing process. The stirring element rotates automatically during brewing to dissolve sugar, and the system self-regulates the sugar addition and dissolution without requiring manual intervention, making the process reliable and consistent
2Productivity
If sugar is added to brewed tea in a tea urn, then the equipment is simple, but the dissolving time and labor requirement increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent positions the sugar container within the brewing chamber before brewing begins, and the stirring mechanism is pre-installed and ready to operate. This preliminary arrangement ensures that sugar dissolution occurs simultaneously with the brewing process rather than as a separate subsequent step, eliminating additional time requirements
Solution Approach 2:
The stirring element rotates continuously during the brewing process to maintain sugar dissolution, ensuring that sugar is dissolved throughout the entire brewing cycle. This continuous action eliminates idle time and ensures complete dissolution without requiring separate stirring operations after brewing
3Manufacturing precision
If manual sugar addition is used, then the device structure is simple, but human error and inconsistency in sweetness increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent incorporates a controller that monitors and controls the stirring element's rotation during brewing. This feedback mechanism ensures consistent stirring speed and duration, guaranteeing uniform sugar dissolution and sweetness distribution across all batches, eliminating the variability introduced by manual stirring
Solution Approach 2:
The brewing device segments the sugar container and stirring mechanism as separate but integrated components. The sugar container is a distinct element within the brewing chamber with its own embedded stirring element, allowing precise control over sugar dissolution while maintaining an overall simple device structure
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The device automates the dissolving of sugar in sweet tea, reducing human error and ensuring consistent sweetness and quality by integrating the sugar dissolving process into the brewing cycle, resulting in a more efficient and reliable brewing method.
Implementation Method 1
The tea from the tea basket and the dilution water from the dilution line dissolve the sugar in the sugar basket
Implementation Method 2
The tea from the tea basket and the dilution water from the dilution line dissolve the sugar in the sugar basket such that the combined tea, dissolved sugar, and dilution water flow to the tea urn
Data Source
AI summary
The present application provides a sweet tea brewing device for brewing tea with hot water and adding sugar and dilution water. The sweet tea brewing device includes a tea basket for brewing the tea with the hot water, a sugar basket with the sugar downstream of the tea basket, a dilution line with the dilution water in communication with the sugar basket, and a tea urn downstream of the sugar basket. The tea from the tea basket and the dilution water from the dilution line dissolve the sugar in the sugar basket such that the combined tea, dissolved sugar, and dilution water flow to the tea urn.