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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing tea containers, particularly glass ones, suffer from instability and ease of collision with tea leaf filters, leading to compromised user experience and health concerns due to volatile plastic fumes from high-temperature use and unsanitary conditions during tea preparation.
Innovation Solution
A teapot design featuring a cylindrical pot body with a tea leaf filter basket and a flip lid mechanism, where the filter basket is secured by a silicone rubber ring and a pivoted connection bracket, and the lid includes a quick steam condensation ring to prevent backflow and facilitate easy handling.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a filter cup with inner and outer cups is used, then tea leaves can be filtered, but the inner and outer cups are loosely connected and low in stability
Solution Approach 1:
The filter cup is divided into separate components (filter basket, bracket, lid) that can be assembled and disassembled. The bracket is a separate piece that connects the filter basket to the lid, allowing each component to be optimized independently while maintaining overall stability through precise fitting interfaces.
Solution Approach 2:
The bracket serves as an intermediary component between the filter basket and the lid. It provides a stable connection structure that directly links the two components, eliminating the looseness problem while maintaining the filtering function. The bracket acts as a mediator that transfers and stabilizes the connection.
2Ease of operation
If the lid is opened for adding water or tea leaves, then access is provided, but condensed water wets the tabletop and it is easy for a person to touch the cup body and be scalded
Solution Approach 1:
The lid is designed to be opened preliminarily (partially or controllably) before adding ingredients, allowing users to prepare without fully exposing the hot contents. The stable connection structure allows the lid to be manipulated safely, reducing the risk of scalding while maintaining access for adding tea leaves or water.
Solution Approach 2:
The teapot design allows users to control the lid opening themselves at their own pace, enabling them to add ingredients without assistance. The stable connection and clear structure empower users to safely manage the hot beverage preparation process independently, reducing scalding risks through better control.
3Productivity
If tea leaves are directly put into a teapot for brewing, then the process is simple, but tea leaves and water are easy to pour out together, resulting in impure tea
Solution Approach 1:
The brewing system is segmented into a filter basket section and a pouring section. The filter basket contains the tea leaves during brewing, while the pouring spout is positioned to allow clear tea to flow out separately. This segmentation enables both efficient brewing and pure pouring without compromising either function.
Solution Approach 2:
The filter basket is positioned in a vertical dimension above the brewing chamber, with the lid providing top-down access. This vertical arrangement separates the tea leaf containment space from the pouring path, allowing tea leaves to remain contained while brewed tea flows out through a separate horizontal pouring spout, achieving both efficiency and purity.
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 design enhances stability, reduces collision noise, ensures cleanliness, and simplifies the tea-making process by preventing tea leaves from mixing with water, while the silicone rubber ring maintains heat and the flip lid mechanism allows for easy handling without scalding.
Implementation Method 1
the groove is internally sleeved with a silicone rubber ring; and the silicone rubber ring is in interference fit with the inner side surface of the pot opening of the pot body
Implementation Method 2
a lower end surface of the circular flat plate is provided with a circular-ring-type quick steam condensation ring
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AI summary
The present disclosure discloses a teapot to solve the technical problems to achieve that tea making is clean and sanitary and convenience in use. The teapot of the present disclosure is provided with a pot body, a tea leaf filter basket in the pot body, and a lid on the pot body. A tea leaf filter basket bracket is sleeved at a pot opening of the pot body on an outer edge of the tea leaf filter basket; the tea leaf filter basket bracket and an inner side surface of the pot opening of the pot body are in interference fit; and the tea leaf filter basket bracket is in pivoted connection with the lid. Compared with the prior art, the present disclosure has the advantages that the tea leaf filter basket is placed on the tea leaf filter basket bracket, so that when the tea leaf filter basket is placed, collision between the tea leaf filter basket and the glass pot body is avoided, glass is protected, and the collision sound is reduced. The tea leaf filter basket bracket is provided with the connection lugs pivoted with the lid, so that the lid is fixed on the connection lugs of the tea leaf filter basket bracket in a flip manner to cover the upper end of the tea leaf basket. The structure is simple and practical. The lid is provided with the quick steam condensation ring to reduce backflow of condensed water on the inner wall of the lid; tea leaves can be effectively filtered, and the tea water effectively flows out. The teapot is stable in structure, clean, sanitary and convenient to use.