Suspended Dough Receptacle With Exchangeable Insert

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Solution Overview

Problem

Suspended receptacles for dough are complex to clean and expensive to replace, leading to high operating costs in dough processing systems.

Innovation Solution

A suspended receptacle design featuring an exchangeable dough support element with a locking mechanism, allowing for easy detachment and replacement, and a modular base that can adapt to various conveyor elements, using materials like gauze, cotton, or perforated plastics for different compartments.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If the dough support element is made as an integral part of the suspended receptacle, then the structure is stable and robust, but the cleaning becomes complex and replacement costs increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvestructural stabilityVSAvoidcleaning ease

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The suspended receptacle is divided into two separable parts: a base and an exchangeable dough support element. The dough support element can be detached from the base for easy cleaning and replacement, while the base remains as a stable structural component. This segmentation allows the dough support element to be cleaned independently without disassembling the entire receptacle structure.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

2Reliability

If the dough support element is made as an integral part of the suspended receptacle, then the structural stability is maintained, but the replacement cost and complexity increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvestructural stabilityVSAvoidreplacement cost

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

The dough support element is designed as a separate, exchangeable component that can be replaced independently of the base. This allows worn or contaminated dough support elements to be replaced without replacing the entire suspended receptacle, significantly reducing operational costs.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The dough support element is designed to be disposable or easily replaceable after a certain number of uses or when contaminated. The base structure is retained and reused, while only the dough support element is discarded or exchanged, optimizing resource utilization and reducing costs.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #34Discarding and recovering

3Ease of manufacture

If the dough support element is made from a single material, then the manufacturing is simple, but the versatility for different compartments is reduced

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvemanufacturing simplicityVSAvoidmaterial adaptability

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of manufactureVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The exchangeable dough support element design allows different materials to be used for different compartments based on specific requirements. For example, gauze for pre-rise compartments, cotton for final-rise compartments, and perforated plastics for cooling compartments. The universal base design accepts various dough support element materials.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

Different materials are selected for different dough support elements based on the specific requirements of each compartment location. Each dough support element is optimized for its specific use while maintaining compatibility with the universal base structure.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

Data Source

PatentUS8127957B2Suspended receptacle for at least one piece of dough and set consisting of a plurality of suspended receptacles of this type

Publication Date: 2012.03.06 NEUENKIRCHENER MASCHFAB EMIL KEMPER

AI summary

A suspended receptacle for at least one piece of dough has a base comprising two lateral retaining pins with which the base can be connected, so as to pivot about a pivot axis, to a conveyor element conveying a plurality of suspended receptacles of this type. A dough support element of the suspended receptacle has a support for the piece of dough. The dough support element is configured as an exchangeable insert which is detachably connected to the base.