Dough Roller Assembly With Manual Roller Key for Thorough Cleaning
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing dough roller assemblies are difficult to clean effectively, leading to contamination of dough batches and potential operational issues due to accumulated debris and food particles.
Innovation Solution
A dough roller assembly design that allows for manual operation and disassembly, featuring a roller key for rotating the rollers independently, enabling thorough cleaning of both exposed and hidden surfaces.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the dough roller assembly is designed with a fixed housing and drive mechanism, then the structural integrity and operational reliability are improved, but the ease of cleaning deteriorates due to inaccessible roller surfaces
Solution Approach 1:
The housing is divided into separate sections (front housing section, rear housing section) that can be detached from each other, allowing access to the rollers for cleaning while maintaining structural integrity during operation. The drive mechanism is also separated into a removable drive assembly that can be detached from the housing.
Solution Approach 2:
The housing transitions from a static, fixed structure during operation to a dynamic, disassemblable structure during cleaning. The drive assembly can be removed and reattached, allowing the system to adapt between operational reliability and cleaning accessibility states.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If the rollers are completely enclosed within the housing, then contamination prevention is improved, but the ease of cleaning deteriorates due to inability to access roller surfaces
Solution Approach 1:
The housing is segmented into removable sections that can be separated to expose the rollers for cleaning, then reassembled to provide contamination prevention during operation. This allows the system to switch between enclosed protective state and open accessible state.
Solution Approach 2:
The drive assembly containing the drive mechanism is extracted as a separate removable component from the housing. This allows the housing to be opened for roller access while the drive mechanism can be cleaned separately or maintained outside the housing.
3Loss of time
If the drive mechanism remains connected during cleaning, then operational readiness is improved, but the ease of cleaning deteriorates due to obstruction of roller access and rotation
Solution Approach 1:
The drive assembly is designed to be dynamically removable and reattachable. During cleaning, it is detached to allow full access and rotation of rollers. After cleaning, it is reattached to restore operational readiness, minimizing downtime through quick connection/disconnection mechanisms.
Solution Approach 2:
The drive assembly is detached before cleaning begins, allowing unobstructed access to the rollers. This preliminary action prevents cleaning obstacles and enables thorough cleaning, with the drive mechanism ready for quick reattachment afterward.
4Ease of operation
If manual rotation capability is added for cleaning purposes, then the ease of cleaning is improved, but the device complexity increases due to additional components
Solution Approach 1:
The drive port is designed with dual functionality: it accepts the drive shaft during normal operation and accepts the roller key for manual rotation during cleaning. This universal interface allows one component to serve multiple purposes without adding separate mechanisms, maintaining simplicity while enabling manual rotation capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The roller key acts as a simple intermediary tool that engages with the drive port to enable manual rotation of the rollers. Instead of building complex integrated rotation mechanisms, a simple external key tool provides the necessary manual rotation function with minimal added complexity.
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AI summary
A dough roller assembly including a housing, a first roller, a second roller, and a roller key. The housing has a drive port adapted and configured to receive a drive shaft of a stand mixer. The first roller is within the housing and operably connected to the drive port such that, when the drive port receives the drive shaft of the stand mixer, rotation of the drive shaft of the stand mixer rotates the first roller in a first direction about a first axis of rotation. The second roller is within the housing and operably connected to the first roller such that rotation of the first roller rotates the second roller in a second direction about a second axis of rotation. The roller key is adapted and configured to be received by the drive port and to permit manual rotation of the first and second rollers by a user.