Automatic Bread Maker Ingredient Box for Precise Ingredient Unloading
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing bread makers require users to manually mix and measure ingredients, which is time-consuming and requires technical expertise, and have a low fault tolerance, leading to potential errors in bread composition and baking processes.
Innovation Solution
An automatic bread maker with a supporting ingredient box and a sawtooth blade mechanism that pierces a film to unload ingredients into a stock bin, allowing for standardized ingredient preparation and automatic water control, simplifying the baking process and reducing errors.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If users manually mix and measure ingredients for bread making, then they can control the composition, but it is time-consuming and prone to errors
Solution Approach 1:
The patent pre-packages ingredients in standardized boxes with pre-measured compositions. The ingredient boxes are prepared in advance with precise proportions of flour, fermentation powder, and other components, eliminating the need for users to manually measure and mix ingredients at home.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediate device (the automated bread maker with ingredient box interface) that bridges the gap between pre-packaged ingredients and the final bread product. The device automatically transfers ingredients from boxes to the baking pan, ensuring precise composition without user intervention.
2Adaptability or versatility
If users learn different ingredient compositions and baking processes for various bread types, then they can make diverse bread, but it requires extensive knowledge and experience
Solution Approach 1:
The patent pre-configures different ingredient compositions for various bread types in separate standardized boxes. Each box contains pre-measured ingredients specific to a particular bread type (e.g., white bread, whole wheat, sweet bread), eliminating the need for users to learn complex formulations.
Solution Approach 2:
The bread maker device is designed with universal functionality to handle multiple bread types through a standardized interface. The same device can process different ingredient boxes with varying compositions, providing versatility without requiring users to master different preparation techniques.
3Device complexity
If the bread making process uses simple baking processing, then the device is simple, but the fault tolerant rate is low and prone to failure
Solution Approach 1:
The patent pre-packages ingredients in standardized boxes with precise compositions and proper storage conditions. This preliminary preparation ensures that ingredients are always in optimal condition for baking, reducing the risk of failure due to incorrect ingredient ratios or spoilage.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent incorporates an automated control system that monitors the baking process and adjusts parameters as needed. The system provides feedback on ingredient transfer, mixing, and baking conditions, automatically correcting deviations to maintain high reliability despite simple overall processing.
4Manufacturing precision
If ingredients are pre-packaged in boxes, then ingredient composition is standardized, but the unloading mechanism must be precise to prevent overflow
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a stock bin as an intermediate container between the ingredient box and the baking pan. The unloading mechanism transfers ingredients to the stock bin first, which then feeds them to the baking pan. This intermediary step simplifies the unloading mechanism while maintaining precision and preventing overflow.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent divides the unloading process into segmented steps: first unloading from the ingredient box to the stock bin, then from the stock bin to the baking pan. This segmentation allows each step to be simpler and more controlled, reducing the complexity of any single unloading mechanism while maintaining overall precision.
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 automatic bread maker system simplifies bread preparation, reduces errors, and enables mass production of consistent-tasting bread with automatic water management and controlled ingredient unloading, enhancing the convenience and reliability of home bread making.
Implementation Method 1
the sawtooth blade is faced up; the drop opening is faced to the entrance, the size of the drop opening is smaller than that of the entrance; when the ingredient box is pierced, the bread ingredient of the ingredient box is dropped down to the stock bin
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AI summary
A method of making bread uses an automatic bread maker and an ingredient box. The method includes: put the bread ingredient with flour and baking powder according to proper formula into the accommodating room of the ingredient box and packaged; then place the ingredient box faced down in the hanging rack above the baking pan inside the automatic bread maker, operate the bread maker to make the sawtooth blade of the hanging rack pierced the film of the ingredient box and the bread ingredient inside fell down into the baking pan, then water the baking pan; close the housing of the automatic bread maker and turn on the baking pan, the bread ingredient is processed with working dough of mixing, stirring and kneading; get the baking pan out, and remove the bread of baked and shaped.