Dual-purpose food-processing appliance
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing food-processing appliances are mono-functional, requiring multiple devices for different tasks such as meat mincing and juicing, reducing practicality and convenience for users.
Innovation Solution
A dual-purpose food-processing appliance with a blending body, power unit, blending cup, and interchangeable meat mincing and juicing appliances, utilizing a transmission shaft and filtering portion to perform both meat mincing and juicing functions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple separate food-processing appliances are used for different functions (meat mincing, juicing), then each appliance can be optimized for its specific function, but the device complexity and number of appliances increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies the universality principle by designing a single food-processing appliance that can perform multiple functions through interchangeable blending units. The base unit includes a power unit, blending body, and blending cup, while different blending units (meat mincing unit with blades, juicing unit with filtering portion) can be attached to the same shaft tube. This allows one appliance to replace multiple specialized devices, resolving the contradiction between functional versatility and device complexity.
2Ease of operation
If a single appliance is designed to perform multiple functions, then the practicality and convenience improve, but the structural complexity of the appliance increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies segmentation by dividing the food-processing appliance into modular components: a base unit (power unit, blending body, blending cup, shaft tube) and interchangeable blending units (meat mincing unit, juicing unit). Each blending unit is a self-contained module that can be independently attached or removed. This modular segmentation allows the appliance to offer multiple functions while keeping the structural complexity manageable through standardized interfaces and independent components.
3Adaptability or versatility
If interchangeable blending units are designed with different structures for different functions, then the adaptability improves, but the manufacturing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies universality in the design of the shaft tube interface, which serves as a universal mounting structure for different blending units. The shaft tube has a standardized hollow structure that can accommodate various blending unit types (meat mincing unit with blending shaft and blades, juicing unit with filtering portion and blender). This universal interface design simplifies manufacturing by using a common base component while allowing for specialized blending units to be produced separately and assembled.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables convenient and practical use by combining meat mincing and juicing functions in a single appliance, enhancing user experience and appliance efficiency.
Implementation Method 1
a power unit, wherein the power unit is assembled in the blending body
Implementation Method 2
the juicing appliance comprises a filtering portion, and a blender connected in the filtering portion
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure discloses a dual-purpose food-processing appliance, comprising a blending body, wherein the blending body is provided with an assembly space and a control unit; a power unit, wherein the power unit is assembled in the blending body; a blending cup, wherein the blending cup is mounted in the assembly space; and a replaceable blending unit. The present disclosure is reasonable in structural design and by driving the blending unit to act through the power unit, the food-processing appliance can realize not only meat mincing but also juicing functions such as juicing oranges, thereby being convenient to use and having improved practicality.