Cutting board assembly with scrap mover
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional cutting boards require frequent manual clearing of scraps, disrupting food preparation tasks to dispose of waste.
Innovation Solution
A cutting board assembly with a basin and scrap mover that allows scraps to be dispensed into a compartment, enabling the scraps to be moved within the compartment to free up space for more scraps, reducing the need for manual disposal trips.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If scraps are dispensed into a fixed compartment, then scrap removal is facilitated, but the compartment fills up quickly requiring frequent manual disposal
Solution Approach 1:
The compartment is made movable relative to the basin, allowing it to be repositioned to expand the effective scrap storage volume. This dynamic adjustment enables the compartment to accommodate more scraps by utilizing previously unused space in the basin, thereby reducing the frequency of disposal trips while maintaining easy scrap removal operation
2Quantity of substance
If a basin is added to collect scraps, then scrap accumulation capacity increases, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The basin serves multiple functions: it collects scraps dispensed from the cutting board, provides a reservoir for the movable compartment to draw from, and acts as the final disposal container. This multi-functionality allows the system to achieve high scrap capacity without adding separate dedicated components for each function, thereby limiting the increase in device complexity
Data Source
AI summary
A cutting board assembly includes a basin that defines a compartment. A cutting board overlies the basin. The cutting board defines a scrap opening for dispensing scraps from the cutting board into the compartment of the basin. A scrap mover is positioned in the compartment of the basin and is moveable relative to the basin for moving scraps inside the compartment to provide additional space for more scraps.