Food Processor Dicer Assembly with Guide Rail and Trolley Mechanism
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing food processor appliances with dicing assemblies lack efficient mechanisms for cutting foodstuff uniformly and guiding blades effectively, leading to inconsistent cutting results and potential jamming issues.
Innovation Solution
A dicer assembly with a blade unit featuring a driven hub, extending arms, and trolleys with radially aligned flanges and lips, integrated with an annular guide rail, allowing for unidirectional cutting and easy blade insertion, facilitating smooth operation and efficient food processing.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a dicing assembly is added to a food processor appliance, then cutting functionality is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The dicing assembly is divided into separate modular components including a blade unit with multiple blades, a driven hub for rotation, and a guide rail system with trolleys. Each component can be independently manufactured, assembled, and replaced, reducing overall system complexity while maintaining cutting functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The guide rail system with trolleys serves multiple functions: it guides blade movement, maintains proper spacing between blades, enables easy insertion and removal of the blade unit, and ensures consistent cutting depth. This multi-functional design reduces the need for separate mechanisms for each function.
2Manufacturing precision
If multiple blades are used for dicing, then cutting precision is improved, but jamming risk increases
Solution Approach 1:
The guide rail acts as an intermediary mechanism between the multiple blades and the foodstuff being cut. It ensures that all blades move in perfect synchronization and maintain consistent spacing, preventing them from interfering with each other or becoming jammed while achieving uniform cutting precision.
Solution Approach 2:
The trolley system allows the blades to move dynamically along the guide rail during operation, maintaining optimal positioning and spacing. This dynamic adjustment capability ensures consistent cutting action while preventing the blades from binding or jamming against each other.
3Measurement precision
If a guide rail system is implemented, then blade guidance is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The guide rail and trolley system combines multiple functions into a single integrated mechanism: it provides precise guidance for blade movement, maintains proper spacing between blades, enables easy insertion and removal of the blade unit, and ensures consistent cutting depth. This merging reduces overall mechanism complexity compared to having separate systems for each function.
Data Source
AI summary
A dicer assembly for a food processor appliance includes a blade unit that has a driven hub, a first arm that extends from the driven hub, and a second arm that extends from the driven hub opposite the first arm. A first blade is connected to and extends along the first arm. A first trolley extends from the first arm opposite the driven hub and a second trolley extends from the second arm opposite the driven hub. An outer ring defines a guide rail slidably coupled with the first trolley and the second trolley.