Adjustable Corn Creamer Sleeve for Kernel Consistency Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing corn creamers are inefficient in removing corn kernels from ears of corn, lacking a mechanism for effective and adjustable blade positioning to achieve desired kernel consistency.
Innovation Solution
A corn creamer with a rotatable sleeve and adjustable blade assemblies that can be positioned for selective rotational and radial adjustment, allowing for efficient removal of corn kernels and control over kernel consistency through blade orientation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If existing corn creamers use fixed blade positioning, then the device structure is simple, but the efficiency of removing corn kernels and control over kernel consistency is poor
Solution Approach 1:
The blade assemblies are made adjustable rather than fixed, allowing radial and rotational positioning changes. The radial adjustment mechanism enables blades to be moved inward or outward along the sleeve axis, while rotational adjustment changes blade orientation angles, dynamically adapting the cutting configuration to different corn kernel removal requirements and consistency preferences.
Solution Approach 2:
The blade positioning system is divided into independent adjustment mechanisms for each blade assembly. Each blade can be individually positioned radially and rotated independently, allowing selective adjustment of multiple blades at different locations along the sleeve without affecting each other, thereby提高效率 while managing complexity through modular design.
2Adaptability or versatility
If existing corn creamers lack adjustable blade positioning, then the device is easy to operate, but the ability to produce corn with desired consistency is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The blade assemblies incorporate adjustable mechanisms that allow users to change radial positions and rotational angles according to desired kernel consistency. By making the blade positioning dynamic rather than fixed, the system adapts to different operational requirements for kernel removal efficiency and creaminess control.
Solution Approach 2:
The system allows changing of geometric parameters of the blade positioning - specifically radial distance from sleeve center and rotational angle around the sleeve axis. These parameter changes enable control over the cutting action and resulting kernel consistency, with different parameter settings producing different degrees of kernel removal and creaminess.
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AI summary
A corn creamer may include a creamer base. A rotatable sleeve drive shall may be carried by the creamer base. A creamer sleeve may he drivingly engaged for rotation by the sleeve drive shaft. The creamer sleeve may have a sleeve wall and a sleeve interior formed by the sleeve wall. At least one creamer blade assembly may include at least one blade shaft carried by the sleeve wall of the creamer sleeve. At least one creamer blade may be carried by the at least one blade shaft in the sleeve interior of the creamer sleeve. In some, applications, a hand drill may be coupled to the sleeve drive shaft to rotate the sleeve drive shaft as an ear of corn is inserted into the rotating creamer sleeve. The at least one creamer blade of the at least one creamer blade assembly may contact the corn kernels on the ear of corn to remove the corn kernels typically for preparation of creamed corn.