Cooking device for food
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional egg boiling devices often result in cracked eggs due to overcrowding, uneven cooking, and occupy excessive space, making them inefficient for large-scale egg production in catering settings.
Innovation Solution
A cooking device featuring a base with a power unit and multi-stage cooking unit, including rotation shafts, sprockets, and chains, which allows for hierarchical cooking and spacing to prevent egg cracking, ensuring even cooking and reducing device length to save space.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If eggs are processed in batches using conventional egg boiling device, then large number of eggs can be produced to meet market demand, but eggs are easily squeezed against each other and cracked causing loss
Solution Approach 1:
The device divides the cooking chamber into multiple layers (upper layer and lower layer) with independent egg carrying structures. Each layer has its own set of driving members, allowing eggs to be processed in parallel without overcrowding, thus maintaining egg integrity while increasing overall productivity
Solution Approach 2:
The invention transitions from single-layer batch processing to multi-layer three-dimensional processing. By adding the vertical dimension with multiple layers, the device can process more eggs simultaneously without increasing the horizontal crowding that causes cracking, effectively resolving the contradiction between productivity and egg integrity
2Productivity
If conventional egg boiling device is used to cook large number of eggs, then market demand can be met, but it is difficult to effectively control the quality of the boiled eggs resulting in eccentric yolk or uneven cooking
Solution Approach 1:
The multi-layer structure with independent driving members for each layer enables separate control of cooking parameters for each layer. This segmentation allows precise control over egg positioning and cooking conditions, ensuring uniform cooking quality and preventing eccentric yolks even when processing large numbers of eggs
Solution Approach 2:
The device employs driving members that can dynamically adjust egg positioning and movement during the cooking process. This dynamic control ensures that eggs remain properly positioned and receive uniform heat distribution throughout cooking, maintaining high manufacturing precision regardless of batch size
3Productivity
If conventional egg boiling device has large overall volume to process batches, then large number of eggs can be cooked, but it occupies too much space of the workshop making it inconvenient to use
Solution Approach 1:
The device utilizes the vertical dimension by implementing multiple layers stacked one above the other. This allows the device to process more eggs simultaneously without proportionally increasing the horizontal footprint, effectively reducing the area occupied in the workshop while maintaining or increasing productivity
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AI summary
The present disclosure is relates to a cooking device for food. The cooking device includes a base, a power unit and a multi-stage cooking unit. The base has an inlet end and an outlet end. The power unit is connected to the base. The power unit has a first driving member and a second driving member. The multi-stage cooking unit is divided into an upper layer and a lower layer, and has a plurality of stoppers and at least one guideway. The stoppers pivotally are connected to the second driving members. The at least one guideway is connected to the base, the stoppers pivotally move to form a carrying spacing or a blanking spacing, and near the outlet end the stoppers pivotally move to output the cooked food.