Joining member for connecting a first baking dish and a second baking dish
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing cooking vessels with edge-to-edge dish assemblies lack safe and efficient handling due to slipping, burning risks from condensation, and inadequate gripping mechanisms, limiting their usability, especially when handling hot dishes with or without gripping lugs.
Innovation Solution
A connecting member with a gripping portion that positions the second dish overhanging the first, featuring a connecting ring with a lower end inside the first dish, an upper end outside the second dish, and a central portion between them, which includes a gripping portion that complements the second dish's gripping lugs for safe handling and prevents condensation flow outside.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the second dish is provided with gripping ears, then the user can grasp the lid, but the high temperature of the gripping lugs will prevent the user from handling the dish serving as a lid in complete safety
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a connecting device as an intermediary component between the user's hand and the hot gripping lugs. The connecting device includes a gripping portion that extends from the connecting ring, allowing the user to grasp the device without directly contacting the hot second dish. This intermediary structure transfers the grasping function away from the hot surface, enabling safe handling of the lid during cooking operations.
2Device complexity
If the two dishes are positioned edge to edge without a junction member, then the structure is simple, but the flow of condensation inside the side walls of the dish forming the lid can extend outside the walls and burn the user
Solution Approach 1:
The connecting device acts as an intermediary barrier between the condensation flow path and the user. The connecting ring with its gripping portion extending outward creates a physical structure that intercepts condensation flowing down the exterior surface of the second dish. The gripping portion specifically serves as a condensation barrier, preventing hot condensate from reaching the user's hand during handling operations.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the dishes are superimposed edge to edge to produce a closed enclosure, then the cooking function is improved, but the handling of such an assembly is tricky and the dishes can slip one over the other or even fall on the ground and break
Solution Approach 1:
The connecting device serves as a mediating structure that mechanically links the first and second dishes together. The connecting ring positioned between the edges of the two dishes, combined with the gripping portion extending from the second dish, creates a stable mechanical connection that prevents the dishes from slipping relative to each other. This intermediary structure transforms the unstable edge-to-edge superposition into a reliable assembled unit suitable for safe handling and transport.
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AI summary
The junction member (3) comprises a connecting ring (8) shaped to position the edge of the second dish overhanging the edge of the first dish, at least one gripping portion (12) extending from the connecting ring (8), said connecting ring (8) comprising: a first lower end portion (9) shaped to extend inside the side wall of the first plate, a second upper end portion ( 10) shaped to extend outside the side wall of the second plate, and a central portion (11) connecting the first and second end portions (9,10) and arranged to be pinched between the side walls of the first and second courses; and said at least one gripping portion (12) of the junction member (3) extending transversely from the second upper end portion (10) and in the extension of the second upper end portion (10) ; the invention also relates to a cooking vessel comprising a first dish and a second dish each having an edge and a junction member (3) as previously described.