Collapsible and portable outdoor oven
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Solution Overview
Problem
Portable outdoor ovens are often heavy, bulky, and expensive due to the need for robust construction to withstand high temperatures, making them difficult to ship and assemble, and they lack modular components for easy maintenance.
Innovation Solution
A collapsible portable outdoor oven design using interfitting tabs and slots for easy assembly, constructed from heat-resistant materials like stainless steel and refractory bricks, allowing for efficient heat transfer and modular component replacement.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If portable outdoor ovens are constructed in a robust manner to withstand high temperatures, then durability and temperature resistance are improved, but weight and bulk increase making them difficult to ship and assemble
Solution Approach 1:
The oven is divided into multiple separable components including a base unit, a cooking chamber, and a lid that can be assembled and disassembled. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized for temperature resistance while the overall system remains portable and easy to ship.
Solution Approach 2:
The oven incorporates collapsible or foldable elements that allow the structure to transition between a compact transport state and a stable cooking state. This dynamic design reduces weight and bulk during shipping while maintaining structural integrity during use.
2Reliability
If robust construction techniques are used to ensure durability, then temperature resistance is improved, but manufacturing complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
By segmenting the oven into standardized components, each part can be manufactured using simple, cost-effective processes. The modular design allows for mass production of individual parts that are then assembled, reducing overall manufacturing complexity while maintaining durability.
Solution Approach 2:
The oven design incorporates self-aligning features and intuitive assembly mechanisms that reduce the need for sophisticated manufacturing techniques. Components are designed to assemble themselves with minimal intervention, simplifying both manufacturing and end-user assembly.
3Ease of operation
If the oven is designed to be portable and easy to assemble, then ease of operation is improved, but structural robustness and temperature resistance may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The segmented design allows each component to be optimized for both ease of assembly and structural strength. Connection points are designed with simple interfaces that are easy to assemble but create strong, heat-resistant joints when properly connected.
Solution Approach 2:
Components are pre-designed and pre-configured during manufacturing with built-in alignment features and attachment mechanisms that ensure proper assembly. This preliminary preparation makes the assembly process intuitive and error-proof while maintaining structural integrity.
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 design results in a durable, affordable, and easy-to-assemble oven that can withstand high temperatures, is cost-effective to manufacture and ship, and allows for on-site assembly without sophisticated tools, ensuring safety and longevity.
Implementation Method 1
at least one of the first side wall, the rear side wall and the lower surface comprised of a plurality of refractory brick elements
Implementation Method 2
at least one upwardly and outwardly extending baffle positioned adjacent to the respective upper edge on an inner surface of the respective upper edge
Data Source
AI summary
It is contemplated that the present invention can provide a collapsible and portable outdoor oven having a front wall having at least one opening, a rear wall, a top wall, a first side wall, a second side wall, at least one horizontally extending exhaust slot, at least one upwardly and outwardly extending baffle, at least one internal cavity having a rear inner wall, a first inner side wall, a rear inner side wall, an upper inner surface, a lower inner surface and an upwardly and forwardly projecting baffle positioned rearwardly on the lower surface, at least one of the first side wall, the second side wall, rear wall, upper surface and the lower surface comprised of a plurality of refractory brick elements and at least one door element adapted to cover the at least one opening of the front wall.