Device or system for creating a vapour filled bubble
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Solution Overview
Problem
The hospitality industry faces challenges in distinguishing beverage offerings, particularly in bars and restaurants, as existing technologies lack innovative methods to enhance the consumer experience through distinctive beverage preparation.
Innovation Solution
A device is designed to create vapor-filled bubbles by using a dispensing nozzle with a liquid retention system, an air displacement element, and a vapor-producing means, which includes a heating element and absorbent material, to produce aromatic vapors that enhance the taste and smell of beverages when the bubble bursts.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a device is designed to create vapor-filled bubbles with aromatic scents to enhance beverage experience, then the consumer experience and beverage distinction are improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple functions into a single integrated device: vapor generation, bubble formation, and aromatic scent delivery are merged into one system. The dispensing nozzle simultaneously creates bubbles and infuses them with vapor and scent, eliminating the need for separate vaporizers and bubble-making devices.
Solution Approach 2:
The device is designed as a multi-functional tool that can enhance various types of beverages with different aromatic scents. The removable tank allows different vapour producing liquids to be used, making the device universally applicable to different beverage types and flavor profiles.
2Productivity
If a heating element is used to produce vapor from vapour producing liquid, then the vapor production efficiency is improved, but the energy consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs a high-frequency signal to power the heating element, which changes the electrical parameters from standard frequency to high frequency. This parameter change enables more efficient heating with reduced energy consumption, as the high-frequency signal allows for better control and reduced power loss.
3Reliability
If an absorbent material is used to become saturated with vapour producing fluid, then the vapor delivery consistency is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The absorbent material automatically becomes saturated with the vapour producing fluid through capillary action, without requiring external pumping or forcing mechanisms. The material self-regulates the vapor delivery by absorbing and releasing fluid as needed, maintaining consistent vapor supply passively.
4Manufacturing precision
If a liquid retention formation with interlocking raised profiles and grooves is used to increase surface area, then the bubble creation quality is improved, but the manufacturing precision requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The dispensing nozzle incorporates curved surfaces and rounded profiles instead of sharp edges, which naturally guide liquid flow and promote uniform bubble formation. The curved geometry of the raised profiles and grooves helps distribute liquid evenly across the surface area, improving bubble quality while being more manufacturable than sharp angular features.
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 effectively creates vapor-filled bubbles that can be customized for different beverages, enhancing consumer experience and allowing for flavor changes without needing multiple devices, while optimizing energy use with a high-frequency signal.
Implementation Method 1
a vapour producing means comprising a source of vapour producing liquid and a means for heating the liquid
Implementation Method 2
a heating element for heating the vapour producing liquid
Implementation Method 3
an air displacement element; wherein the air displacement element is arranged to provide airflow through the vapour producing means to produce vapour
Implementation Method 4
an absorbent material arranged to become saturated with the vapour producing fluid
Implementation Method 5
an absorbent material arranged to become saturated with the vapour producing fluid
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AI summary
A device creates a vapor filled bubble. The device includes a dispensing nozzle including a liquid retention formation for assisting bubble creation, an air displacement element; a vapor producing means, which includes a source of vapor producing liquid, and a means for heating the liquid. The air displacement element is arranged to provide airflow through the vapor producing means to produce vapor for delivery to the dispensing nozzle.