Grill with at least to removeable panels
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing cooking apparatuses face difficulties in efficiently guiding and collecting fat liquid residues during cooking, as these residues often adhere to the enclosure and create cleaning challenges due to inaccessible guidance means.
Innovation Solution
A cooking apparatus with a cooking well featuring removable panels and a collection reservoir, where the panels are designed with a slope to guide residues into a tray for easy collection and cleaning, allowing for the separation of cooking residues from the cooking area.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If liquid residue guide means are provided inside the cooking well, then liquid residues can be directed to a collection area, but the guidance means become inaccessible and difficult to clean
Solution Approach 1:
The inner speaker is divided into multiple removable panels that can be separated from each other and removed from the cooking well. This segmentation allows each panel to be individually accessed and cleaned, resolving the contradiction between providing comprehensive residue guidance coverage and maintaining cleaning accessibility.
Solution Approach 2:
The guidance means are extracted from their fixed position inside the cooking well by making them removable. The panels can be taken out completely for cleaning, transforming the inaccessibility problem into a simple removal-and-clean operation.
2Ease of repair
If the cooking well enclosure is disassembled to clean guidance means, then cleaning can be performed, but the disassembly and manipulation becomes tedious
Solution Approach 1:
By segmenting the enclosure into separate removable panels, the system eliminates the need for complex disassembly of the entire enclosure. Each panel can be independently removed and cleaned without manipulating other components, significantly reducing the complexity of the cleaning process.
Solution Approach 2:
The panels are designed with dynamic removability - they can be easily inserted and removed from the cooking well. This dynamic design allows the guidance means to transition between being installed (for residue guidance) and removed (for cleaning), making the cleaning process simple and quick.
3Productivity
If removable panels with recovery zones are used, then residues can be effectively collected, but the panel design becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The panels combine multiple functions into a single component: they serve as both the enclosure structure and the liquid residue guide means, with integrated recovery zones. This merging reduces the need for separate components and simplifies the overall design while maintaining effective residue collection.
Solution Approach 2:
The removable panels are designed as multi-functional elements that provide structural enclosure, guide liquid residues, and incorporate recovery zones for collection. This universality allows a single component design to achieve multiple objectives without requiring additional complex structures.
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 solution effectively directs liquid residues into a removable tray for easy evacuation and cleaning, reducing the complexity of residue management and maintenance within the cooking apparatus.
Implementation Method 1
The panels are designed with a slope to guide residues into a tray for easy collection and cleaning
Data Source
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AI summary
Cooking appliance comprising at least two removable panels. The invention relates to a cooking appliance (1) comprising a cooking pit defining a cooking enclosure (27) having an upper opening (5), the cooking appliance (1) also comprising a cooking grille (9) and/or plate (3) positioned facing the opening (5), and at least one burner (29) having at least one heating part arranged in the cooking enclosure (27). The cooking enclosure (27) comprises an inner side wall comprising at least two removable panels (65) for securing to a support provided in the appliance. A first removable panel (65) and an adjacent second removable panel (65) comprise a covering area (89, 91).