Vibrating Blender Container for Pouring Thick Frozen Beverages
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Solution Overview
Problem
Beverages with high viscosities, such as slushies and smoothies, often become lodged in blender containers during blending, making them difficult to pour, and existing methods like using utensils or banging the container are inefficient and can cause operator discomfort or injury.
Innovation Solution
Integration of vibrating mechanisms within or coupled to the beverage container, activated during pouring to dislodge trapped ingredients and improve pourability, using a rechargeable power source and vibration control circuit to manage vibration intensity.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If high viscosity beverages are blended in a container, then the beverages are prepared efficiently, but the ingredients become lodged in crevices and accumulate at the bottom, making pouring difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies mechanical vibration through a vibrating mechanism coupled to the bottom portion of the beverage container. The vibration promotes pourability by dislodging ingredients that became lodged in crevices during blending and freeing up accumulated ingredients at the bottom of the container, thereby resolving the pouring difficulty without affecting the blending efficiency
2Ease of operation
If utensils are used to promote pourability, then some ingredients can be loosened, but the process is cumbersome and only moderately effective with significant waste
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the manual mechanical system of using utensils with an automated vibrating mechanism. This substitution provides more effective and consistent vibration throughout the container, significantly improving pourability promotion while minimizing beverage waste through complete dispensing
3Ease of operation
If the container is banged to promote pourability, then some lodged ingredients may be dislodged, but it causes discomfort and potential injury to operators
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the harmful manual banging action with a controlled vibrating mechanism coupled to the container. This provides effective ingredient dislodging through controlled vibrations while eliminating the harmful impacts to the operator's hands and wrists, resolving both the pourability issue and the operator safety concern
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
Effectively promotes the pourability of semi-frozen and semi-fluidic beverages by dislodging ingredients from crevices and the bottom of the container, reducing waste and operator discomfort by providing controlled vibrations.
Implementation Method 1
Vibrations from the one or more vibrating mechanisms are mechanically transmitted to the beverage container, thereby promoting the pourability of the beverage
Data Source
AI summary
A beverage container for a blender includes one or more vibrating mechanisms coupled to a bottom portion of the beverage container or integrated within one or more walls of the beverage container. After a beverage has been blended, the one or more vibrating mechanisms are activated as the beverage is being poured. Vibrations from the one or more vibrating mechanisms are mechanically transmitted to the beverage container, thereby promoting the pourability of the beverage from the beverage container, including dislodging ingredients in the beverage that became lodged or trapped in crevices of the beverage container during the prior blending process, and freeing up beverage ingredients that accumulated at the bottom of the beverage container during the prior blending process.