Fryer Filtration Accessory with External Support for Easy Raising
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing cooking appliances with filtration accessories often require complex attachment mechanisms for switching between lowered and raised positions, making them difficult to use and maintain.
Innovation Solution
A cooking appliance with a removable filtration accessory that uses support members resting on the housing for the raised position and lateral conformations guiding its movement, eliminating the need for attachment means within the tank, and featuring gripping members for easy handling and a filtration device that can be rotated to prevent liquid spillage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If attachment means are used within the tank to maintain the filtration accessory in the raised position, then the filtration accessory can be securely held, but the construction becomes complex and the tank structure is compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The attachment means are extracted from the tank and relocated to the housing. The support members extend laterally beyond the tank to engage with attachment means on the housing, eliminating the need for attachment means within the tank itself. This resolves the contradiction by maintaining secure holding while preserving tank simplicity.
Solution Approach 2:
The support members act as intermediaries between the filtration accessory and the housing attachment means. They extend laterally beyond the tank to connect the filtration accessory to the housing, enabling secure attachment without modifying the tank structure or increasing its complexity.
2Reliability
If the filtration accessory is raised using hooks inside the tank, then the raised position is maintained, but the device becomes difficult to use and maintain
Solution Approach 1:
The attachment mechanism is extracted from the tank interior and placed on the housing exterior. The support members extend laterally to engage with attachment means on the housing, allowing users to raise and lower the filtration accessory without reaching into the tank or manipulating hooks inside the cooking chamber, significantly improving ease of operation.
3Manufacturing precision
If the filtration accessory has small openings for effective filtration, then filtration performance improves, but the accessory becomes difficult to handle
Solution Approach 1:
The filtration accessory is segmented into distinct functional parts: the filtration element with small openings for effective filtration, and the support members with gripping members for easy handling. The gripping members extend laterally beyond the tank, providing large handholds that make it easy to grasp and maneuver the filtration accessory despite the fine mesh of the filtration element.
4Device complexity
If the tank has no attachment means to preserve its simplicity, then the tank construction is simplified, but the filtration accessory cannot be securely held in the raised position
Solution Approach 1:
The attachment means are taken out of the tank and placed on the housing. The support members extend laterally beyond the tank to engage with attachment means on the housing, allowing the tank to remain simple and unmodified while still providing secure holding capability through the external attachment system.
Solution Approach 2:
The attachment function is moved from the vertical dimension (inside the tank) to the lateral dimension (beyond the tank). The support members extend laterally beyond the tank to engage with the housing, transferring the attachment function to a different spatial dimension and allowing the tank to remain simple while maintaining secure holding capability.
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AI summary
- The invention relates to a cooking appliance, in particular an electric fryer, comprising a housing (1) housing a tank (2) intended to receive a cooking bath, and a removable filtration accessory (3) capable of occupying a position lowered in the tank (2) and a raised position, the filtration accessory (3) comprising support members (10). - In accordance with the invention, the support members (10) rest on the casing (1) outside the tank (2) when the filtration accessory (3) occupies the raised position, the casing (1 ) comprising external lateral conformations (20) housing the support members (10) when the filtering accessory (3) occupies the lowered position.