Flexible Baking Pan Base for Easy Food Release
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional metal baking pans often face difficulties in removing baked foods due to the food becoming attached to the pan during the baking process.
Innovation Solution
A baking pan design featuring a metal base and side wall connected by a flexible strap-like loop, allowing for movement between the base and wall to facilitate food detachment, with the loop and band made from materials like silicone or thin metal strips, enabling vertical, circular, and parallel movements to release the food without damage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a traditional rigid metal baking pan is used, then the pan provides structural stability and durability, but the baked food becomes difficult to remove as it attaches to the pan during baking
Solution Approach 1:
The baking pan is divided into separate components: a base and a side wall, connected by a flexible strap-like loop rather than being rigidly integrated. This segmentation allows the side wall to move independently relative to the base, enabling detachment movements that facilitate food removal while maintaining overall structural integrity during baking.
Solution Approach 2:
The connection between the base and side wall is made dynamic through the flexible strap-like loop, which allows movement and adjustment during the baking and removal process. The loop can flex and deform to permit the side wall to move away from the baked food, transforming the static rigid structure into a dynamic system that adapts to the food removal requirement.
2Ease of operation
If the side wall is rigidly connected to the base, then the pan maintains its shape and stability during baking, but the food becomes attached and difficult to detach
Solution Approach 1:
The flexible strap-like loop acts as an intermediary element between the base and side wall. This intermediate component provides the necessary flexibility and movement capability while maintaining a relatively simple overall structure. The loop serves as a mediator that enables detachment functionality without requiring complex mechanisms, joints, or multiple moving parts.
3Ease of operation
If the pan structure is made flexible to allow movement, then food can be easily detached, but the pan may lose structural stability during baking
Solution Approach 1:
The flexible strap-like loop functions as a flexible structural element that connects the base and side wall. This flexible component allows the side wall to move for food detachment while maintaining sufficient structural integrity during baking. The loop's flexibility is controlled to provide movement capability without compromising the overall stability and reliability of the pan structure under baking conditions.
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
The flexible connection allows for easy detachment of baked goods from the pan, preventing damage and ensuring efficient food removal without scratching the work surface, while maintaining a secure seal during baking.
Implementation Method 1
the base and wall are continuously connected by a flexible strap-like loop whereby a first edge of the loop is continuously connected to the base and a second edge of the loop is continuously connected to the wall. It is an advantage that the loop is flexible so as to allow sufficient movement between the base and wall to help detach the baked food from the baking pan.
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AI summary
The baking pan which may have various forms has a substantially metal base and a substantially metal side wall connected by a flexible loop. The base comprises first and second metal segments that are connected by a flexible strap-like band. One edge of the band is connected to an edge of the first metal segment and a second edge of the band is connected to an edge of the second metal segment. Both ends of the strap-like band are connected to the first edge of the loop. The band can flex along its length to allow the metal segments to move with respect to each other to aid in the detachment of baked food from the base.