Induction Grill Plate Layout With Thermal Isolation Groove
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing grill and frying plates are limited in their usability across different cooking hobs and require excessive fat during cooking, posing challenges in secure operation.
Innovation Solution
A grill and/or frying plate design featuring a grill section directly above heating elements and a separate frame or warming section, with a silicone gasket and fixation groove to reduce heat transfer and ensure secure handling, and optionally using suction cups for additional support, allowing adaptation to various cooking hob types and preventing slipping.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a grill plate is designed as a single uniform structure, then manufacturing is simple, but heat transfer to handling sections causes safety issues and limited functionality
Solution Approach 1:
The grill plate is divided into multiple functional sections: a grill section with ribs for grilling, a frying section with a smooth surface for frying, and a frame section for handling. These sections are separated by heat-insulating grooves that prevent heat transfer to the frame section, allowing each section to serve its specific function while maintaining overall structural integrity.
Solution Approach 2:
Different sections of the grill plate have different thermal properties and structures tailored to their specific functions. The grill section has ribs for drainage and heat distribution, the frying section has a smooth surface for even heat distribution, and the frame section is thermally isolated to remain cool for safe handling. This local differentiation enables multi-functionality without compromising safety.
2Productivity
If the entire grill plate is heated uniformly, then cooking efficiency is high, but handling becomes dangerous due to heat transfer to all sections
Solution Approach 1:
Heat-insulating grooves act as thermal intermediaries between the heated cooking sections and the frame section. These grooves have reduced cross-sections that limit heat conduction, allowing the cooking sections to be heated efficiently while preventing excessive heat transfer to the frame section, thus maintaining both cooking efficiency and handling safety.
3Use of energy by moving object
If a grill plate requires precise positioning on the cooking hob, then heating efficiency is improved, but adaptation to different hob geometries is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The grill plate incorporates a flexible gasket made of silicone or similar material that can adapt to different cooking hob geometries. This gasket creates a seal between the grill plate and the cooking hob surface, ensuring efficient heat transfer and preventing heat loss, while its flexibility allows the grill plate to accommodate various hob shapes and sizes.
4Ease of operation
If the frame section is positioned away from the cooking hob, then safe handling is enabled, but stable operation during cooking becomes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
A flexible gasket surrounds the perimeter of the grill plate and creates a seal with the cooking hob surface. This gasket allows the frame section to be positioned away from the direct heat source for safe handling, while simultaneously providing friction and adhesion that stabilize the grill plate during cooking operations, preventing slipping or displacement.
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
Enables secure and fat-efficient grilling or frying on different cooking hobs by reducing heat transfer between sections, ensuring safe handling, and accommodating various cooking hob geometries, including induction cooking.
Implementation Method 1
the less flexible portion can be compressed to compensate the offset
Implementation Method 2
a recess and/or a securing recess and/or a fixation groove are arranged in a region that delimits the grill section from the section different from the grill section, in such a way that the heat transfer from the grill section to the section different from the grill section is reduced
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AI summary
A grill and/or frying plate for use on an induction cooking hob, including at least one grill section and at least one section different from the grill section, in particular a frame section or a warming section. When the grill and/or frying plate is mounted to the cooking hob, the at least one grill section is at least partially arranged directly above at least one heating element of the cooking hob and that the at least one section different from the grill section is at least partially arranged in a position where no heating element is arranged below. A recess and/or a securing recess and/or a fixation groove are arranged in a region that delimits the grill section from the section different from the grill section, in such a way that the heat transfer from the grill section to the section different from the grill section is reduced.