Wine Temperature Regulator with Integrated Aerator
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Solution Overview
Problem
Maintaining the ideal temperature of wine after opening is challenging, as wine bottles often become too warm or too cold, and existing solutions like wine ice buckets can affect the wine's flavor and taste.
Innovation Solution
An apparatus with a body containing a fluid with a freezing point of 10° C or less, sealed inside a cavity, and an aerator that allows air to flow into the bottle, maintaining temperature and aerating the wine while dispensing it.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If wine bottles are kept at room temperature for quick service, then service speed is improved, but wine temperature becomes too high affecting quality
Solution Approach 1:
The temperature regulation apparatus is nested inside the wine bottle, with the body containing a temperature-regulating fluid inserted within the bottle. This allows the apparatus to be in direct thermal contact with the wine, enabling rapid temperature adjustment without requiring external cooling equipment or ice buckets that would affect wine quality.
Solution Approach 2:
The apparatus uses a fluid with specific thermal properties (freezing point at or below 0°C) that can be selectively activated. By changing the thermal state of this internal fluid, the system can rapidly adjust wine temperature to match ambient conditions, enabling quick service while maintaining proper serving temperature.
2Temperature
If wine bottles are placed in ice buckets or freezers for cooling, then temperature regulation is improved, but wine flavor and taste are affected
Solution Approach 1:
The invention extracts the temperature regulation function from external devices (ice buckets, freezers) and places it directly inside the wine bottle. This eliminates contact between the wine and external cooling media that cause flavor degradation, while still achieving effective temperature control through the internal fluid medium.
Solution Approach 2:
The temperature-regulating fluid inside the apparatus acts as an intermediary between the wine and the cooling system. This intermediate medium transfers thermal energy to or from the wine without direct contact between the wine and external cooling sources, preventing flavor contamination while maintaining temperature control.
3Adaptability or versatility
If conventional pour-through devices are used for ventilation, then aeration is improved, but temperature increases affecting taste
Solution Approach 1:
The apparatus merges the temperature regulation function and the aeration function into a single integrated system. The body structure serves both as a thermal contact medium for temperature control and as a conduit for air flow during dispensing, eliminating the need for separate devices and preventing temperature increase during aeration.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Effectively regulates the temperature of wine, preventing flavor loss and ensuring it is served at the ideal temperature, even when quickly dispensed, without affecting its quality.
Implementation Method 1
a body adapted to contact the fluid inside the container... a second fluid located and sealed inside the cavity... having a freezing point of about 10° C. or less
Implementation Method 2
an aerator mounted to the body and has a fluid inlet, a fluid outlet, and an air inlet and an air outlet... a channel extending between the fluid inlet to the fluid outlet... an internal passage configured to flow at least a portion of the air from the air inlet into the channel to aerate the fluid
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AI summary
An apparatus for regulating a temperature of a fluid inside a container, and aerating and dispensing the fluid from the container is disclosed. The apparatus has a body that contacts the fluid inside the container. The apparatus includes an axis, a cavity, a fluid inlet, and an air outlet. A second fluid is located and sealed inside the cavity. An aerator separates the fluid inlet from the air outlet. The aerator includes a channel to the fluid inlet through which fluid flows out of the aerator, an air inlet through which air flows to the air outlet and into the container, and a passage from the air inlet into the channel to aerate the fluid.