Hamburger mold
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing hamburger molds are inefficient in removing the raw material and maintaining the shape of handmade hamburgers, often requiring cumbersome movements and resulting in the hamburger falling or losing its shape during removal.
Innovation Solution
A mold with a mobile cradle that can be detached from the main body, combined with a hinged cap and overcap, allowing for adjustable thickness and easy filling accommodation, facilitating easier handling and cleaning.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Shape
If a hollow cylinder mold is used for hamburger preparation, then the hamburger can be contained and shaped, but the removal of the raw material becomes difficult and the hamburger may lose its shape
Solution Approach 1:
The mold is divided into three main segments: a hollow cylinder body, a removable cradle for raw material accommodation, and a hinged cap. The cradle can be detached from the cylinder body, allowing easy removal of the formed hamburger without damaging its shape. This segmentation resolves the contradiction by enabling both shape maintenance and easy removal.
Solution Approach 2:
The cradle is designed to be mobile and removable from the hollow cylinder body, transforming a static mold into a dynamic system. The cradle can be inserted and removed easily, facilitating convenient handling and cleaning while maintaining the hamburger's shape during the forming process.
2Ease of operation
If a handle is added to the hollow cylinder to facilitate removal, then the ease of operation improves, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of adding a handle to the hollow cylinder, the invention segments the mold into a cylinder body and a separate removable cradle. The cradle itself acts as the handling element, eliminating the need for additional handles or attachments. This reduces device complexity while improving ease of operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The cradle is extracted as a separate removable component from the hollow cylinder body. This extraction allows the cradle to be easily manipulated and removed with simple hand movements, improving ease of operation without adding complex structural elements to the main cylinder.
3Ease of operation
If the cradle is made mobile and removable from the main body, then the ease of operation and cleaning improves, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The mold is segmented into a main hollow cylinder body and a separate cradle component. The cradle can be easily detached from the cylinder body through simple vertical movements, enabling easy cleaning of both components separately. The segmentation is achieved through basic geometric interfaces without complex fastening mechanisms.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of making the entire mold removable, the invention inverts the approach by making only the inner cradle removable while the outer cylinder body remains stable. This inverted design simplifies the overall structure while providing the benefits of easy handling and cleaning.
4Adaptability or versatility
If a hinged overcap is added for shaping the filling portion, then the adaptability improves, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
A hinged overcap is added to the hollow cylinder body, creating a dynamic component that can pivot between open and closed positions. The overcap features a groove that shapes the filling portion when closed, providing adaptability for different hamburger types. The hinged connection allows easy opening for filling accommodation while maintaining a relatively simple structural addition.
Data Source
AI summary
A hamburger mold is provided, which refers to a mold that aims to greatly facilitate the preparation of handmade hamburgers, besides allowing the achievement of hamburgers of several formats, in relation to its thicknesses or containing or no containing fillings. Therefore, the disclosed embodiments present a singular and unique constructiveness, by the fact that the cradle in which the raw material of the hamburger is accommodated, is mobile and stands out from the main body. This feature even reduces or simplifies the cleaning and handling of the present mold for the preparation of hamburgers.