Efficient Popcorn Maker Design with Removable Bowl
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Summary
Problems
Existing popcorn makers cannot effectively heat a removable container with a cover to secure corn kernels for efficient popcorn production.
Innovation solutions
A popcorn maker design featuring a housing with a flared receptacle, a thermally conductive bowl, a couplable cover, and a heater actuated by a switch and circuit board, allowing for controlled heating and aeration of corn kernels within a removable bowl.
TRIZ Analysis
Specific contradictions:
General conflict description:
Principle concept:
If a removable container with cover is used to secure corn kernels, then popcorn production efficiency is improved, but existing popcorn makers cannot effectively heat such containers
Why choose this principle:
The popcorn maker is divided into separate functional components: a removable bowl for containing kernels, a cover for sealing, and a heating assembly with heater and fan. This segmentation allows the bowl to be easily removed and replaced while maintaining effective heating through the dedicated heating assembly, thus improving both productivity and reliability.
Principle concept:
If a removable container with cover is used to secure corn kernels, then popcorn production efficiency is improved, but existing popcorn makers cannot effectively heat such containers
Why choose this principle:
A thermally conductive plate is introduced as an intermediary between the heater and the bowl. The plate efficiently transfers heat from the heater to the bowl containing the corn kernels, ensuring reliable heating of removable containers while maintaining the ability to easily remove and replace the bowl for continuous production.
Application Domain
Data Source
AI summary:
A popcorn maker design featuring a housing with a flared receptacle, a thermally conductive bowl, a couplable cover, and a heater actuated by a switch and circuit board, allowing for controlled heating and aeration of corn kernels within a removable bowl.
Abstract
A popcorn making assembly and method for heating a removable container having a cover includes a housing. The housing is flared adjacent to a top of the housing to define a receptacle. A bowl is removably positioned within the receptacle of the housing. The bowl contains corn kernels, wherein the corn kernels are heatable to produce popcorn when the bowl is heated. A cover is coupled to the bowl and retains the corn kernels within the bowl when the cover is coupled to the bowl. A heater is coupled to the housing and is actuated to produce and emit heat from the housing onto the bowl positioned within the receptacle. A switch is electrically coupled to the heater and is engaged to actuate the heater.