Interchangeable Container Bread Baking Mold for Flexible Toast Production
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing bread baking molds lack flexibility, requiring multiple molds for varying toast sizes and shapes, leading to high costs and space inefficiency, and are difficult to clean, resulting in material waste and poor hygiene.
Innovation Solution
A bread baking mold with a frame, detachable cover and bottom plates, and interchangeable containers of various shapes, allowing for easy size adjustments and cleaning.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a fixed toast groove is provided in each toast mold, then the mold can maintain structural stability, but it requires multiple different molds for various sizes and shapes, increasing cost and storage space
Solution Approach 1:
The mold is divided into a reusable frame and interchangeable containers. The frame provides the structural stability while the containers can be swapped to change toast shapes and sizes. This segmentation allows one mold to perform multiple functions without requiring multiple complete mold sets.
Solution Approach 2:
The frame is designed as a universal component that can accommodate different types of containers. By making the frame universal and the containers interchangeable, the system achieves multi-functionality where a single mold structure can produce various toast shapes and sizes by simply changing the container.
2Adaptability or versatility
If a large size toast mold is used, then it can accommodate various toast sizes, but it is not easy to store, resulting in space waste
Solution Approach 1:
By segmenting the mold into a frame and separate containers, the system allows users to store only the frame and the containers they currently need. Unused containers can be stored separately or discarded, reducing the overall storage space required compared to storing multiple complete large-sized molds.
Solution Approach 2:
The system transitions from a static, fixed-size mold to a dynamic, adjustable configuration. Users can dynamically assemble different container-frame combinations based on their immediate needs, allowing the mold system to adapt its effective size and storage requirements rather than being permanently fixed to a large size.
3Ease of manufacture
If traditional toast molds are used, then they can be manufactured simply, but they are difficult to clean, leaving bread crumbs in corners and resulting in poor hygiene
Solution Approach 1:
The mold is segmented into a frame and removable containers. This segmentation allows the containers to be easily removed from the frame for cleaning, and the frame can be cleaned separately. The separation of components eliminates hard-to-reach corners where crumbs would accumulate, making the entire system easier to clean and maintain hygiene.
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AI summary
The present disclosure relates to a bread baking mold including a frame, a cover plate provided at the top of the frame, a bottom plate provided at the bottom of the frame, and at least a container provided in the frame. Wherein the cover plate and the bottom plate can opening and/or closing relative to the frame respectively. When it is necessary to produce toasts of various sizes and shapes, it only needs to replace the container, and there is no need to repurchase a complete set of mold, which can effectively reduce the use cost. The container is convenient to be replaced and can be selected according to the amount of raw material to be produced, which can effectively reduce material waste. The cover plate and the bottom plate are detachable after use. There are no dead corners in the cleaning process, which is helpful to keep clean, to ensure sanitation in use, and to reduce storage space.