Brush Tool with Integrated Blade Removal for Food Processor Cleaning
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional food processing appliances face difficulties in thorough cleaning due to food residues accumulating behind the blade, requiring cumbersome blade removal processes and separate tools, which are costly and unsafe.
Innovation Solution
A food processing appliance with a removable blade and a brush tool that integrates a locking mechanism for blade removal, utilizing magnets and a control circuit board to secure the blade during removal, and a detachable hollow portion for easy separation, allowing the brush to function as both a cleaning and removal tool.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If the blade is secured inside the container through assembly components such as screws or bolts, then the blade is firmly fixed during operation, but food residues accumulate behind the blade and in the assembly area, making it difficult to clean thoroughly
Solution Approach 1:
The blade assembly is divided into separable components: the blade can be detached from the container body. This segmentation allows the blade to be removed for thorough cleaning of the assembly area, while still providing firm fixation during operation through the screw connection mechanism.
Solution Approach 2:
The blade fixation system transitions from a static permanent connection to a dynamic removable connection. The screw mechanism allows the blade to be easily inserted and removed, enabling dynamic adjustment between operational fixation and cleaning states.
2Ease of operation
If a separate cutter removal tool is required to remove the blade, then the blade can be removed for cleaning, but the process becomes cumbersome and maintenance costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The cleaning brush is designed with dual functionality: it serves both as a cleaning tool for the container interior and as a blade removal tool. The brush handle incorporates a groove that engages with the blade's groove, allowing the same tool to both clean surfaces and detach the blade, eliminating the need for separate removal tools.
Solution Approach 2:
The functions of cleaning and blade removal are merged into a single tool. The cleaning brush combines the cleaning bristles with a removal mechanism (groove in the handle), integrating two previously separate functions into one unified device.
3Stability of the object's composition
If the blade rotates along with the motor's output shaft when removed, then the blade remains connected to the motor, but making removal difficult or even impossible without securing the output shaft
Solution Approach 1:
The cleaning brush extracts and secures the motor output shaft through its groove structure, separating the shaft from the rotating blade system. This allows the blade to be removed independently without the entire motor assembly rotating, making removal possible and safe.
Solution Approach 2:
The cleaning brush acts as an intermediary tool that interfaces with both the motor output shaft and the blade. Its groove structure engages with the shaft to prevent rotation, while its other end engages with the blade for removal, mediating between the fixed shaft and the removable blade.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Facilitates easy and safe blade removal, enhances hygiene, reduces maintenance costs, and ensures structural stability, providing a versatile and reliable cleaning solution.
Implementation Method 1
utilizing magnets and a control circuit board to secure the blade during removal
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed is a brush tool and a food processing appliance for convenient blade removal. The present disclosure discloses a brush tool for cutter removal in a food processing appliance, which has a simple structure, enables both cleaning and cutter removal, is easy to operate, highly applicable, practical, reliable, and easy to maintain, and ensures hygiene and safety, and a food processing appliance including the brush tool.