Adjustable Support Foot for Kitchen Appliance Supplementary Components
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional kitchen appliance supplementary components with support feet are inflexible and require specific designs for different types of food processors, leading to increased production costs and user error, as well as limited adaptability in case of changed needs or defects.
Innovation Solution
A support foot for kitchen appliance supplementary components comprising two adjustable elements, where one element attaches to the component and the other rests on a surface, with a distance between them that can be adjusted, allowing for telescopic connection and a fixing mechanism to secure the length, enabling universal usability across various food processors.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the supplementary component is designed with a fixed support foot for a specific food processor type, then it can provide stable support for that type, but it cannot be used with other types and requires multiple variants for different types
Solution Approach 1:
The support foot incorporates a telescopic mechanism with adjustable length, allowing it to dynamically adapt its dimensions to match different food processor types. The support foot can be extended or retracted to achieve the appropriate support height for various connection area positions, thereby providing stable support across multiple device types rather than being fixed for a single type.
Solution Approach 2:
The support foot is designed as a universal component that can accommodate multiple food processor types through its adjustable mechanism. Rather than creating separate support feet for each food processor type, a single universal support foot design with adjustment capability serves all types, eliminating the need for multiple specialized variants.
2Reliability
If multiple support foot variants are manufactured for different food processor types, then each type gets proper support, but production costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The support foot is designed as a universal component that can accommodate multiple food processor types through its adjustable mechanism. Rather than creating separate support feet for each food processor type, a single universal support foot design with adjustment capability serves all types, eliminating the need for multiple specialized variants and reducing production costs.
Solution Approach 2:
The support foot incorporates a telescopic mechanism with adjustable length, allowing it to dynamically adapt its dimensions to match different food processor types. This dynamic adjustment capability eliminates the need for manufacturing multiple fixed-length support foot variants, thereby reducing production complexity and costs while maintaining proper support for each type.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the support foot is designed with adjustable length, then it can adapt to different food processor types, but the structure becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The support foot is divided into multiple telescopic segments that can slide relative to each other. This segmentation allows the support foot to achieve variable length through the relative movement of discrete segments, providing adjustability while keeping each individual segment structurally simple and easy to manufacture.
Solution Approach 2:
The support foot employs a telescopic mechanism where one element is partially inserted into another element, creating a nested structure. This nesting arrangement allows the support foot to compactly store multiple length configurations within a single structure, providing adaptability without proportionally increasing the overall structural complexity.
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AI summary
A support foot 30, 30' according to the invention for a kitchen appliance supplemental component 20 comprises at least two elements connected to one another. A first of the elements 31 has a component attachment 32 which attaches to the food processor add-on component 20 or is adapted to be attached to the food processor add-on component. A second of the elements 33 has a placement end 34 for placement on a base U. The distance H, H1, H2 between the component attachment 32 and the placement end 34 is adjustable. A food processor supplementary component 20 according to the invention comprises a support foot 30, 30' according to the invention.