Automatic Egg Frying Mechanism with Gravity-Based Flipping
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing egg frying machines lack visibility into the frying process, and the flipping and ejection mechanisms are complex, leading to inefficiencies and potential for burnt or unevenly cooked eggs.
Innovation Solution
An automatic egg frying mechanism with a flipping function, featuring a fixing plate with upper and lower pans, where the upper spatula pushes fried eggs into the lower pan for flipping, and heating pipes control the frying time, eliminating the need for manual operation and complex apparatuses.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If heating element and upper heating assembly are arranged to heat eggs from above and below, then egg frying is performed, but the egg frying condition cannot be observed and time needs to be strictly controlled
Solution Approach 1:
The patent removes one side wall of the frying pan to create an open structure, allowing direct observation of the egg frying process. This extraction of the blocking wall enables visual monitoring of cooking conditions without requiring a completely closed environment, resolving the contradiction between reliability of condition control and device complexity.
2Extent of automation
If ejection motor and incomplete gear are used to rotate and eject eggs, then eggs can be taken out from the pan, but the process requires more apparatus parts and complicated assembly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the flipping and ejection functions into a single integrated mechanism. The flipping arm structure performs both the flipping motion and the ejection action in one continuous movement, eliminating the need for separate ejection motors, incomplete gears, and multiple components. This merging reduces device complexity while maintaining automation.
Solution Approach 2:
The flipping arm is designed to automatically complete the entire flipping and ejection process through its own mechanical structure, without requiring external motors or complex control systems. The arm's movement naturally accomplishes both flipping and ejection functions, making the system self-sufficient and reducing overall complexity.
3Productivity
If multiple actions of flipping and taking out eggs are performed, then eggs are removed from the pan, but much time is wasted and egg frying efficiency is low
Solution Approach 1:
The flipping arm performs flipping and ejection in one continuous, uninterrupted motion. The arm rotates to flip the egg and continues its motion to eject the egg from the pan without pausing or requiring separate actions. This continuous useful action eliminates time waste between flipping and ejection, significantly improving egg frying efficiency.
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
This solution allows for efficient, evenly cooked eggs with improved appearance and taste, reducing cooking time and simplifying the assembly process while ensuring the eggs are not manually handled or subjected to complex machinery.
Implementation Method 1
heating pipes are inserted into the heating pipe holes to directly heat egg frying surfaces for egg frying
Implementation Method 2
when the upper spatula is pushed to push fried eggs from the egg outlet of the upper pan to the lower pan, the fried eggs naturally fall down to achieve flipping
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AI summary
Disclosed in the present disclosure is an automatic egg frying mechanism with a flipping function, which aims at solving the technical problems that the egg frying condition fails to be observed and the actions of flipping eggs and taking out the eggs from a pan are complicated in the prior art. The automatic egg frying mechanism with a flipping function includes a fixing plate, where an upper pan and a lower pan are fixedly arranged on the fixing plate, egg outlets are formed in the upper pan and the low pan, and the egg outlet of the upper pan is positioned above the lower pan. Moreover, an upper spatula is arranged in the upper pan, and a lower spatula is arranged in the lower pan. Compared with the prior art, in the present disclosure, the egg frying condition can be observed, eggs are flipped and taken out of the pan without manual operation or complex apparatuses, and used parts are simple and convenient to assemble, such that an egg frying speed is improved, and egg frying time is saved.