Detachable Grip Jaw Release With Side-Sliding Activation Buttons
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing detachable grip device for kitchen accessories has an unnatural orientation of the opening means, making it impractical for voluntary operation while attempting to prevent involuntary activation, due to the combination of a manual control button on the upper face and a pivoting lever on the lower face requiring simultaneous action for opening.
Innovation Solution
The opening means are repositioned to a longitudinal side of the grip body, allowing the button to slide transversally, ensuring that only the index finger can voluntarily activate it, preventing accidental activation by the thumb or other fingers, and requiring simultaneous movement of both buttons for activation to enhance safety.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the manual control button is mounted on the upper face of the grip body with movement oriented toward the longitudinal end contact with the kitchen accessory, then involuntary activation is prevented, but the voluntary movement becomes awkward and impractical
Solution Approach 1:
The button movement direction is changed from longitudinal (along the grip axis) to transverse (perpendicular to the grip axis). This dimensional change allows the button to be activated by a lateral finger movement rather than a longitudinal thumb movement, resolving the contradiction between preventing accidental activation and enabling easy voluntary operation.
2Reliability
If the opening means require simultaneous action of both a button on the upper face and a lever on the lower face, then activation safety is enhanced, but the operational complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The button and lever opening mechanisms are merged into a single transverse button operation. The button simultaneously performs the functions of both the original button and lever, eliminating the need for separate components while maintaining the safety requirement of deliberate activation.
Solution Approach 2:
The single transverse button serves multiple functions: it acts as the primary activation control, replaces the lever mechanism, and provides sufficient safety through its transverse movement orientation. This multi-functional design reduces operational complexity while maintaining reliability.
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AI summary
A detachable grip device has a body, two jaw-forming elements which are mobile in relation to each other between an open position and a closed position, a system for displacing the jaw-forming elements which are designed in such a way as to be able to alternate between a stable closing state and a stable opening state, via an intermediate state of unstable equilibrium, and a system for opening the jaw-forming elements. The opening system is adapted in such a way as to drive the displacement system initially in their closed state past the intermediate state of unstable equilibrium. The opening system comprises at least one button which is arranged on a longitudinal side of the body and is mounted in a sliding manner according to a direction of displacement having a component in the transverse direction.