Food processor
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Solution Overview
Problem
Fully automatic high-speed blenders struggle with processing non-fluid food materials that require heating and smashing, leading to difficulties in removing finished products, which negatively impacts user experience.
Innovation Solution
A food processor design that includes a processing chamber with a heating device and a detachable processing cup, where heat-conducting fluid is used to heat food materials, allowing for heating, stirring, and easy removal of processed food, expanding the processor's capabilities to handle non-fluid materials.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Extent of automation
If a fully automatic high-speed blender is used to process non-fluid food materials, then the automation level is improved, but the ease of operation deteriorates due to difficulty in removing finished food materials
Solution Approach 1:
The processing cup is divided into a cup body and a cup cover that can be separated. After processing non-fluid food materials, the cup cover is removed first, allowing access to the processed food without needing to disassemble the entire blending mechanism or force the food out, thus improving ease of operation while maintaining automation.
Solution Approach 2:
The processing cup is designed to be detachable from the main machine body. The finished food materials can be easily removed by taking out the processing cup as a separate unit, eliminating the difficulty of extracting food from an integrated blending chamber and improving user experience.
2Adaptability or versatility
If heating and stirring functions are added to process non-liquid food materials, then the adaptability is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The processing cup serves multiple functions: it acts as both the blending container and the heating chamber. The cup body and cup cover structure allows the same component to handle both fluid and non-fluid food materials with heating and stirring capabilities, improving adaptability without proportionally increasing device complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The processing cup structure is nested within the main machine body, with the cup cover fitting over the cup body. This nested design allows multiple functions (blending, heating, stirring) to be integrated in a compact arrangement, achieving versatility while controlling structural complexity through space-efficient nesting.
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 efficient processing and easy removal of non-fluid food materials, enhancing user experience by allowing for heating and stirring functions typically not available in standard high-speed blenders.
Implementation Method 1
a heating device provided in the main machine, for heating heat-conducting fluid in the processing chamber, the heated heat-conducting fluid conducting heat into the processing cavity, to at least heat the food material in the processing cavity
Implementation Method 2
the heat-conducting fluid in the processing chamber is introduced into the processing cavity after a phase thereof is changed to steam the food material in the processing cavity
Implementation Method 3
the heat-conducting fluid in the processing chamber is introduced into the processing cavity after a phase thereof is changed to steam the food material in the processing cavity
Data Source
AI summary
A food processor includes a main machine, a processing cup structure, and a heating device. The main machine has a processing chamber with an opening at an upper end of the processing chamber. The processing cup structure includes a processing cup, at least part of the processing cup is configured to be detachably mounted in the processing chamber through the opening of the processing chamber, and a processing cavity is formed in the processing cup for containing food material. The heating device is provided in the main machine, and is configured to heat heat-conducting fluid in the processing chamber. The heated heat-conducting fluid conducts heat into the processing cavity, to at least heat the food material in the processing cavity.