Temperature pre-adjusting system, beverage brewing device, and temperature pre-adjusting method

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional beverage brewing devices face issues with temperature stability and consistency due to ambient temperature fluctuations, leading to deviations in brewing water temperature and affecting beverage taste and quality, especially in extreme weather conditions.

Innovation Solution

A temperature pre-adjusting system for beverage brewing devices, which includes a control unit, brewing unit, and multiple fluid pipelines to manage temperature-adjusting media, using pumps or valves to preheat or pre-cool the brewing unit before brewing, ensuring temperature consistency by discharging residual media through separate pipelines.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Temperature

If a beverage brewing device is left idle for a period of time, then the brewing unit temperature deviates from the set temperature due to heat convection or cold convection, but adding ice cubes to adjust temperature reduces beverage concentration and affects drinking timeliness

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvebrewing unit temperatureVSAvoidbeverage concentration
Core Design Contradiction:
TemperatureVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary temperature adjustment of the brewing unit before beverage brewing. When the brewing unit temperature deviates from the set temperature, the control unit activates the heating assembly to preheat the brewing unit, ensuring the temperature is corrected before the actual brewing process begins. This prevents the need to add ice cubes during or after brewing, thereby maintaining beverage concentration and drinking timeliness.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Reliability

If the brewing unit temperature deviates from set temperature due to ambient temperature impact, then brewing water temperature becomes unstable, but increasing temperature control complexity may affect device simplicity

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvebrewing water temperature stabilityVSAvoidtemperature control system complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system employs a feedback control mechanism where the temperature sensor continuously detects the brewing unit temperature and transmits data to the control unit. The control unit compares the detected temperature with the preset temperature and automatically activates or deactivates the heating assembly based on the temperature deviation, maintaining stable brewing water temperature without requiring complex manual intervention systems.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The temperature control system operates autonomously by detecting temperature deviations and self-correcting through automatic activation of the heating assembly. The control unit monitors the brewing unit temperature and initiates heating when needed, eliminating the need for user intervention and simplifying the overall control architecture while ensuring temperature stability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

3Stability of the object's composition

If temperature adjusting medium is used to preheat or pre-cool the brewing unit, then temperature consistency is improved, but residual medium in pipelines may affect beverage quality

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvebeverage taste consistencyVSAvoidbeverage quality
Core Design Contradiction:
Stability of the object's compositionVSManufacturing precision

Solution Approach 1:

The system extracts and removes the temperature adjusting medium from the beverage path. The discharge assembly is configured to discharge the temperature adjusting medium through a separate discharge outlet, ensuring it does not mix with or contaminate the beverage. This separation allows temperature adjustment while maintaining beverage quality and taste consistency.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The system uses a separate discharge pipeline as an intermediary pathway for the temperature adjusting medium. This intermediary channel allows the medium to flow through the brewing unit for temperature adjustment purposes while being directed to a separate discharge outlet, preventing contact with the beverage and ensuring beverage quality is not compromised.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

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

Maintains stable and consistent beverage taste by pre-adjusting the brewing unit temperature, preventing deviations caused by ambient temperature changes and ensuring high-quality beverage output.

Implementation Method 1

the brewing unit is preheated or pre-cooled before a beverage is brewed

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectHeating: Heating

Implementation Method 2

heat conduction benefit is used to perform temperature adjusting on a brewing unit or a related pipeline

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectHeat conduction: Conduction (thermal)

Implementation Method 3

The control component is a pump, and the pump is disposed on the third fluid pipeline

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectPumping: Pump

Implementation Method 4

the control component is controlled by the host control unit

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectValve control: Valve

Data Source

PatentEP4226818B1Temperature pre-adjusting system, beverage brewing device, and temperature pre-adjusting method
Publication Date: 2025.07.23 KALERM TECH (SUZHOU) CO LTD
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AI summary

A temperature pre-adjusting system, a beverage brewing device, and a temperature pre-adjusting method are provided. The temperature pre-adjusting system includes a host control unit, a brewing unit (1), a first fluid pipeline (3), a second fluid pipeline (2), a third fluid pipeline (4), and a control component, where the control component is configured to control on-off of the first fluid pipeline (3) and the third fluid pipeline (4). Temperature pre-adjusting is performed on the brewing unit (1) and pipelines, to prevent changes in water temperature caused by ambient temperature, thereby ensuring stable taste of a beverage.