Wine Taking Device With Hollow Needle And Argon Inerting
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Solution Overview
Problem
The preservation of opened wine is challenging due to the loss of sealing effectiveness, leading to changes in taste and inconvenience in accessing the wine.
Innovation Solution
A wine taking device within a wine fresh-keeping device that uses a system of pipes, solenoid valves, and a hollow needle to extract wine while maintaining a preservation gas atmosphere, such as argon, and a refrigeration system to cool the wine bottle, ensuring double preservation through gas flushing and refrigeration.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Duration of action of stationary object
If refrigeration is used to preserve opened wine, then the wine can be kept fresh for longer, but the sealing effect is lost and the taste changes
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an inert gas storage tank that stores argon gas to create an inert atmosphere. When wine is poured, argon gas is simultaneously injected into the wine bottle to displace oxygen, preventing oxidation. This inert atmosphere environment maintains wine quality without requiring continuous refrigeration, thus preserving both preservation duration and sealing effect.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses argon gas as an intermediary substance between the wine and oxygen. The argon gas acts as a mediator that prevents direct contact between oxygen and wine, thereby preventing oxidation without requiring the wine to be sealed tightly or continuously refrigerated. This intermediary approach maintains both preservation effectiveness and sealing quality.
2Ease of operation
If wine is taken out for drinking, then the wine can be consumed, but the sealing effect is compromised and oxidation occurs
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a continuous protection system where argon gas is continuously supplied through the hollow needle into the wine bottle during the wine pouring process. This continuous inert gas flow maintains an oxygen-free environment throughout the entire wine taking operation, preventing oxidation and contamination while allowing easy wine access.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses pneumatic principles by utilizing gas pressure to inject argon gas into the wine bottle through the hollow needle. The gas pressure differential created by the argon gas flow prevents oxygen from entering the bottle, thereby preventing oxidation. This pneumatic approach enables easy wine access while maintaining sealing effectiveness through pressure-driven gas displacement.
3Ease of operation
If a hollow needle is used to reach into the wine bottle, then wine can be extracted conveniently, but the structure becomes complex
Solution Approach 1:
The hollow needle serves multiple functions simultaneously: it acts as both a wine extraction conduit and an argon gas injection channel. By combining these two functions into a single component, the patent reduces the overall number of separate parts needed, thereby simplifying the device structure while maintaining convenient wine extraction capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges the wine outlet function and argon gas inlet function into a single hollow needle component. This merging of functions reduces the complexity of the pipe and valve system by eliminating the need for separate conduits for wine extraction and gas injection, while still providing convenient wine access through the integrated structure.
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 maintains the quality of wine by preventing oxidation and contamination, allowing for convenient and controlled access to the wine while keeping it fresh for longer.
Implementation Method 1
a second solenoid valve, a first end of the second solenoid valve is connected to a second end of the three-way valve, and a second end of the second solenoid valve is provided with a hollow needle used to reach into the wine bottle to take wine
Implementation Method 2
a first solenoid valve, a first end of the first solenoid valve is connected to a second end of the first pipe, a second pipe, the first end of the second pipe is connected to a second end of the first solenoid valve
Implementation Method 3
a refrigeration system to cool the wine bottle, ensuring double preservation through gas flushing and refrigeration
Implementation Method 4
maintaining a preservation gas atmosphere, such as argon, and a refrigeration system to cool the wine bottle, ensuring double preservation through gas flushing and refrigeration
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AI summary
A wine taking device used in a wine fresh-keeping device may be shown and described. A first pipe, the first end of the first pipe is connected with the fresh-keeping gas storage tank, a first solenoid valve, a first end of the first solenoid valve is connected to a second end of the first pipe, a second pipe, the first end of the second pipe is connected to a second end of the first solenoid valve, a three-way valve, a first end of the three-way valve is connected to a second end of the second pipe, a second solenoid valve, a first end of the second solenoid valve is connected to a second end of the three-way valve, and a second end of the second solenoid valve is provided with a hollow needle used to reach into the wine bottle to take wine, and connected to the second solenoid valve.