Cutting Board Pegs for Safe Food Slicing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing cutting devices often struggle to slice food items efficiently and safely, as they can cause accidents due to direct contact with the blade and may not effectively space the food from the cutting surface, leading to incomplete cuts.
Innovation Solution
A food slicer design featuring a plate with pegs that space the food item from the cutting surface, using resilient pads to prevent sliding and a mechanism to guide the blade through the food item, with balls or knobs to prevent piercing and ensure safe operation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If food items are placed directly on the cutting surface, then the slicing process is simpler, but the blade may contact the cutting surface causing safety accidents and incomplete cuts
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces pegs as intermediary elements between the cutting surface and the food item. These pegs elevate the food item above the cutting surface, preventing direct contact between the blade and the cutting surface during slicing, thereby eliminating safety accidents while maintaining a relatively simple device structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The cutting surface is segmented into multiple regions by introducing pegs at different positions. This segmentation allows the food item to be elevated and positioned correctly, ensuring the blade can cut through completely without contacting the cutting surface, thus improving safety and cut completeness.
2Manufacturing precision
If food items are placed directly on the cutting surface, then the setup is simpler, but the blade cannot pass fully through the food item leading to incomplete cuts
Solution Approach 1:
The pegs serve as mediators that elevate the food item to an optimal height, ensuring the blade can pass fully through the food item during slicing. This intermediary structure guarantees complete cuts by maintaining proper spacing between the food item and the cutting surface throughout the slicing process.
Solution Approach 2:
The pegs are pre-positioned on the cutting surface before the food item is placed. This preliminary action ensures that when the food item is positioned on the pegs, it is automatically elevated to the correct height, guaranteeing that the blade can cut through completely without requiring additional adjustments during slicing.
3Stability of the object's composition
If the plate is positioned on a support surface without anti-slip measures, then the structure is simpler, but the plate may slide during cutting operations
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of making the entire plate structure more complex, the patent applies anti-slip pads only at specific locations on the plate where contact with the support surface occurs. This localized application of anti-slip material provides sufficient stability during cutting operations while maintaining overall structural simplicity.
Data Source
AI summary
A cutting board assembly for slicing a food item includes a food slicer that may be manipulated thereby facilitating the food slicer to slice a food item into a plurality of slices. A plate is provided and the plate is selectively positioned on a support surface. A plurality of pegs is provided and each of the pegs is coupled to and extends upwardly from the plate. A food item is selectively placed on each of the pegs. Moreover, the plurality of pegs space the food item from the plate thereby facilitating the food slicer to slice fully through the food item.