Cooking vessel
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing cooking utensils lack flexibility in design and functionality, with limited options for material selection and configuration, and often require a unified design that compromises on performance and maintenance.
Innovation Solution
A cooking utensil design featuring a detachable inner and outer shell with bayonet locking, allowing for various configurations, material choices, and integration of sensors and electronics, enabling versatile use on different cooking surfaces while maintaining ease of cleaning and assembly.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If a unified design is used for cooking utensils, then manufacturing is simplified, but flexibility in material selection and configuration is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The cooking utensil is divided into separate components: an outer shell and an inner shell that can be detached from each other. This segmentation allows each component to be manufactured independently using different materials and design approaches, thereby maintaining manufacturing simplicity while significantly improving design flexibility and adaptability.
2Adaptability or versatility
If electronics and sensors are integrated into the cooking utensil, then functionality is enhanced, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The outer shell serves as an intermediary structure that houses and protects the electronics and sensors, while the inner shell remains focused on its primary cooking function. This separation allows electronic components to be integrated without complicating the inner shell's design or cleaning requirements, as the electronics are contained within the outer shell's structure.
3Ease of repair
If the inner shell is made of a single material for ease of cleaning, then maintenance is simplified, but functional versatility is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The detachable inner shell is designed as a universal component that can be removed and replaced with different material variants depending on the desired function. For example, users can swap between stainless steel, non-stick coated, or ceramic-coated inner shells, allowing the same outer shell structure to support multiple material options and functions while maintaining ease of cleaning for each specific material type.
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
This design enhances the usability and longevity of cooking utensils by allowing multiple inner shells to be used with a single outer shell, simplifies assembly, and ensures proper sealing and thermal insulation, making them suitable for induction cooking and easy maintenance.
Implementation Method 1
The cooking utensil according to the invention can be designed for use on an induction hob
Implementation Method 2
US 2009/0065500 A1 discloses a double-walled cooking utensil with an insulating material between the two walls
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AI summary
The invention relates to a cooking vessel (2), comprising a vessel body (4) and at least one handle (6) arranged on the vessel body (4), the vessel body (4) delimiting a space (8) for receiving food to be cooked, which is open to the top in the use position of the cooking vessel (2) and which receives food to be cooked. In order to improve a cooking vessel (2) of this kind, the invention proposes that the vessel body (4) comprises an outer shell (10) which is or can be connected to the handle (6) and an inner shell (12) which is connected to the outer shell (10) when the cooking vessel (2) is assembled, wherein the outer shell (10) receives the inner shell (12) when the cooking vessel (2) is assembled, and the space (8) for receiving food to be cooked is formed in the inner shell (12).