Hand-held housing for multi-purpose food preparation appliance
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing multi-purpose food preparation appliances face challenges in mounting removable work accessories, such as mixing accessories, due to the need for precise alignment of the accessory with the drive output.
Innovation Solution
A hand-held housing for multi-purpose food preparation appliances is designed with retaining members arranged on an outer part of a protrusion inside the housing, allowing for easier engagement with the connecting element of the work accessory, facilitating its mounting.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Volume of moving object
If the mixing accessory is mounted in a cylindrical barrel supported by the electric motor with a small cross-section, then the appliance achieves a compact structure, but the mounting becomes challenging due to the need for precise alignment
Solution Approach 1:
The protrusion is pre-formed inside the housing around the second drive output, creating a guiding structure before the mixing accessory is attempted to be mounted. This preliminary structural feature automatically guides the connecting element into proper alignment as it is inserted, eliminating the need for manual alignment adjustments and simplifying the mounting process while maintaining the compact cylindrical design
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AI summary
A hand-held housing for a multi-purpose food preparation appliance, has at least one first drive output configured to drive a removable rotary work tool, an opening configured for mounting a removable work accessory, retaining members configured to engage with a connecting element of the work accessory mounted in the opening, and a second drive output configured to drive a rotary drive unit of the work accessory mounted in the opening.The retaining members are arranged on an outer part of a protrusion arranged inside the housing around the second drive output, the retaining members being configured to engage with an inner part of the connecting element.