Cooking Device with Removable Anti-Splash Guard for Compact Storage
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional griddles with anti-splash guards are bulky, requiring significant storage space and can be cumbersome to assemble and disassemble, posing challenges for users with limited storage and ease of use.
Innovation Solution
A cooking device with a removable and repositionable anti-splash guard and two heat spreading zones, one with low power for keeping warm and the other with high power for cooking, made of stainless steel, allowing for separate control and compact storage by flipping and sliding the guard into a side groove, along with a grease drip tray and integrated cord storage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Object-affected harmful factors
If an anti-splash guard is added to the griddle, then splashing is prevented and cleaning time is reduced, but the device height increases and storage space is consumed
Solution Approach 1:
The anti-splash guard is designed to be removable and repositionable, allowing it to be installed when needed for cooking and removed or folded away when not needed for storage. This dynamic configuration enables the device to adapt between operational and storage states, resolving the contradiction between splash protection and compact storage.
Solution Approach 2:
The anti-splash guard is designed as a separate, detachable component rather than an integrated permanent structure. This segmentation allows the guard to be independently installed or removed, enabling users to have splash protection during cooking while maintaining compact storage when the guard is detached or folded away.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If the anti-splash guard is made permanent and integrated, then splash protection is continuous, but the device becomes bulkier and harder to store
Solution Approach 1:
The anti-splash guard transitions from a static permanent structure to a dynamic removable component. It can be installed when splash protection is needed and removed or folded away when not needed, making the device more convenient for storage and transport while maintaining effective splash protection during cooking operations.
3Volume of moving object
If multiple detachable windshields are provided for storage, then storage space is optimized, but assembly and disassembly become complex and parts may be lost
Solution Approach 1:
The anti-splash guard is designed as a single integrated removable component rather than multiple separate detachable parts. This segmentation approach maintains compact storage by having the guard as a unified piece that can be easily attached and detached as one unit, eliminating the complexity of assembling and disassembling multiple parts while preventing loss of individual components.
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 solution reduces splashing and cleaning time while minimizing storage space, providing a portable and convenient cooking device that can be easily converted between usage and storage positions, maintaining efficient cooking performance within limited power constraints.
Implementation Method 1
a cooking plate on which the food to be cooked is directly laid down... a first heat spreading zone with low power (keep warm zone) and a second heat spreading zone with high power (cooking zone)
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AI summary
The present invention discloses a cooking device comprising: - a controlling unit; - a cooking plate on which the food to be cooked is directly laid down; - a removable and repositionable anti-splash guard comprising two positions, a working position surrounding the heating zones by edges rising towards the rear side of the cooking device and a storing position flipping upside down and sliding onto a side groove on the side contour of the cooking device.