Food Processor Bowl Closure for Tool-Retained Dispensing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing food processors require users to disassemble and reassemble processing tools to remove and add foodstuff contents, which is time-consuming and inefficient.
Innovation Solution
A food processor bowl design with a support member, such as radial spokes and a hub, allows for the retention of a rotary tool within the bowl during food dispensing, enabling the bowl to be used without removing the tool, with a hinged closure and resilient catch for easy opening and a handle with a button to release the catch for content dispensing.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the processing tool is removed from the bowl for dispensing foodstuff, then the food can be easily removed from the container, but the user must perform multiple assembly steps and lose time
Solution Approach 1:
The closure is divided into a two-part structure: a first part that attaches to the container and a second part that serves as a removable tool holder. This segmentation allows the tool to be detached from the closure rather than the entire closure being removed, enabling food dispensing while keeping the processing tool in place for continuous operation
Solution Approach 2:
The processing tool is nested within the second part of the closure structure. The tool holder portion of the closure is designed to receive and retain the processing tool, creating a nested configuration where the tool is housed within the closure assembly. This allows the tool to remain positioned in the container while the closure can be opened for food dispensing
2Productivity
If the processing tool remains in the bowl during dispensing, then continuous processing can be maintained, but the tool must be retained in place without removal
Solution Approach 1:
The closure is divided into a two-part structure: a first part that attaches to the container and a second part that serves as a removable tool holder. This segmentation allows the tool to be detached from the closure rather than the entire closure being removed, enabling food dispensing while keeping the processing tool in place for continuous operation
Solution Approach 2:
The tool retention function is extracted from the main closure body and placed into a separate second part of the closure. This extracted tool holder portion can be independently removed to access the tool, while the first part of the closure remains attached to the container. This separation simplifies the retention mechanism by dedicating a specific component solely to tool holding
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AI summary
A food processor bowl includes a container having a coaxial inner sleeve for locating a rotary tool in the container and a dispensing opening. A removable closure for the container has an open position for dispensing contents from the container and a closed position for defining a processing chamber in the container. A support extends across the dispensing opening and has a central hub for retaining a rotary tool within the container when contents of the container are being dispensed through the dispensing opening.