Folding cooling rack
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing folding cooling racks for baking food either lack height adjustment functionality or require inconvenient multi-step operations and two-person cooperation for folding, leading to inefficiency and resource wastage.
Innovation Solution
A folding cooling rack design featuring a main frame with adjustable legs and connecting rods, pulley system, and height control grooves, allowing for flexible height adjustment and easy operation by a single person, utilizing a multi-layer connecting rod component and stainless steel wire structure.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the cooling rack uses a fixed height design, then the structure is simple and operation is convenient, but the height cannot be adjusted to meet different storage needs
Solution Approach 1:
The cooling rack employs dynamic height adjustment through movable connecting rods that can be repositioned along the legs using pulley mechanisms. This allows the rack to transition from a fixed structure to an adaptable one, resolving the contradiction between height adjustability and structural simplicity.
Solution Approach 2:
The rack is divided into modular components including multiple connecting rods, legs with rails, and adjustable shelves. This segmentation enables independent adjustment of each component's position, providing height adaptability while maintaining relative structural simplicity through standardized modular elements.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the cooling rack allows height adjustment, then storage needs can be met, but it requires multi-step operations and two-person cooperation for folding
Solution Approach 1:
The rack incorporates self-locking mechanisms where the connecting rods automatically engage with the rails at predetermined positions. This self-service feature eliminates the need for manual locking steps and allows single-person operation, resolving the contradiction between height adjustability and operational convenience.
Solution Approach 2:
The folding mechanism uses dynamic motion along guided paths with automatic engagement points. As the rack is folded, the connecting rods naturally align with and lock into the rails without requiring precise manual positioning or multiple操作步骤, enabling easy single-person operation.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the cooling rack requires multi-step operations for folding, then height adjustment is achievable, but it wastes time and manpower resources
Solution Approach 1:
The rack pre-positions locking points along the rails before the folding operation begins. During adjustment, the connecting rods automatically engage these pre-prepared positions, eliminating the need for sequential manual locking steps and significantly reducing the time required for height adjustment and folding operations.
Solution Approach 2:
The automatic engagement mechanism performs the locking action without requiring separate manual steps. The system serves itself by automatically capturing the connecting rods at the appropriate positions during movement, thereby reducing operation time while maintaining height adjustability.
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
Enhances user efficiency, saves manpower, material resources, and time by enabling flexible height adjustment and simple operation, improving the overall usability of the cooling rack.
Implementation Method 1
the connecting rod component as described is connected to the pulley connecting rod below its front end, the pulley connecting rod as described is equipped with plastic pulley at each end
Implementation Method 2
the two connecting rods as described are flexibly connected at the center by the rivet connecting device
Implementation Method 3
the first fixing rail as described is respectively connected at both ends by the first nut device to the legs as described
Implementation Method 4
the lower part of the legs are provided with a non-slip sleeve where they are in contact with the ground
Implementation Method 5
the stainless steel wire as described is welded and fixed with the stainless steel frame
Data Source
AI summary
The invention relates to a folding cooling rack for baking food, including the main frame and the cooling rack, the main frame as mentioned is equipped with legs and connecting rod component on its left and right ends, the legs as mentioned are equipped with first fixing rail at its front and back ends, the first fixing rail as described is connected respectively at both of its ends to the legs as mentioned by the first nut device, the legs as mentioned are also equipped with a chute. The connecting rod component is composed of two connecting rod, the two connecting rod component as described are flexibly connected at the center by rivet connection device, the connecting rod components as described are connected to pulley connecting rod below their front end, the pulley connecting rod as mentioned is equipped with plastic pulley at each end, the plastic pulley as mentioned is flexibly connected to the chute, using multiple connecting rod component and cooling rack, the efficiency of the use of cooling rack is greatly improved, while manpower, material and time are saved; by using height control groove and pulley connecting rod, the height can be flexibly adjusted according to the use of the rack, and the operation is simple, it can easily be operated and used by one person.