Foldable Gas Burner Structure for Compact Storage and Safe Operation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing gas burners are inconvenient to carry and store due to their fixed volume and increased manufacturing costs associated with complex hinge mechanisms, which also compromise safety by reducing the distance between the combustion and gas supply parts when in use.
Innovation Solution
A gas burner design featuring a foldable structure with a body hinge part that connects the supply and cooking parts, allowing the burner to be minimized in volume when not in use and maximizing the distance between combustion and gas supply parts for safety when in use, utilizing a bendable tube part and hingedly coupled support parts for easy folding and unfolding.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Volume of moving object
If a fixed volume structure is used, then manufacturing is simpler, but the burner cannot be minimized for storage and increases carrying difficulty
Solution Approach 1:
The gas burner employs a foldable structure where the cooking part can be rotated relative to the supply part, transforming from a fixed static design to a dynamic configurable one. This allows the burner to minimize its volume when stored by folding the cooking part against the supply part, while maintaining full functionality when deployed for cooking.
2Volume of moving object
If the cooking part and supply part are positioned close together, then the device is more compact, but safety is compromised due to reduced distance between combustion and gas supply
Solution Approach 1:
The foldable design enables dynamic spacing adjustment between the cooking part and supply part. When in use, the cooking part can be positioned at an optimal distance from the supply part to ensure safety, while during storage, both parts are folded together to minimize volume. This dynamic configuration resolves the contradiction between compactness and safety.
3Volume of moving object
If a complex hinge mechanism is used, then the foldable function is achieved, but manufacturing cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
The gas burner is divided into distinct modular components: a supply part and a cooking part that can be independently manufactured and assembled. The hinge connection allows these segmented parts to be joined with simple rotational movement, avoiding the need for complex hinge mechanisms while achieving the foldable function.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of using a complex mechanism to achieve folding, the design simplifies the hinge to basic rotational joints and allows the parts to be positioned and maintained in place through their functional design and gravity, inverting the approach of using complex locking mechanisms to maintain position.
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 design enables easy manufacturing at low cost, minimizes volume for storage, and ensures safe operation by maximizing the distance between combustion and gas supply parts when in use, facilitating convenient carrying and use.
Implementation Method 1
A piezoelectric element (not illustrated) for electrically forming a flame on the burner head 11a is installed in the gas container casing 14
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AI summary
The present invention relates to a gas burner. The gas burner is also called a gas range, a gas grill, or the like and used to cook food indoors or outdoors. To this end, a supply part and an extension part are configured to be foldable through a body hinge part such that the supply part, the extension part, and a cooking part may be folded into one piece, and support parts are also configured to be folded through hinges (pivots) such that the support parts may be adjacent to the supply part. The gas burner including the supply part and the cooking part further includes the extension part having a length, the other end of the supply part is connected to one end of the extension part by means of the bendable body hinge part, and the cooking part is configured at the other end of the extension part.