Juicer assembly for large diameter feed tube
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional juicers require pre-grinding of ingredients, increasing user workload, as they are not designed to handle large food pieces efficiently, limiting their ability to process larger food items effectively.
Innovation Solution
A juice extractor assembly with a large-diameter feeding pipe and rotating blade system that automatically cuts and crushes ingredients, featuring a cover with a feed port, vertical grooves, and inclined rotating blades, allowing for simultaneous horizontal and vertical cutting, and a screw with distinct zones for feeding and squeezing, facilitating the processing of large food items without pre-treatment.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If conventional juicers are used, then they can process small ingredients, but they require pre-grinding of ingredients which increases user workload
Solution Approach 1:
The cutting chamber is divided into multiple cutting zones with different blade configurations. The first cutting zone has blades for horizontal cutting, the second cutting zone has blades for vertical cutting, and the third cutting zone has blades for diagonal cutting. This segmentation allows the juicer to handle large food pieces by progressively cutting them into smaller pieces across different zones, eliminating the need for pre-grinding while maintaining ease of operation.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the feed pipe diameter is increased to accommodate large food items, then the juicer can process whole fruits, but the structure becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The feed pipe is integrated with the cutting chamber to form a unified structure. The feed pipe directly connects to the first cutting zone, and the cutting chamber contains all three cutting zones in sequence. This merging eliminates the need for separate feeding and cutting mechanisms, allowing whole fruits to be processed while keeping the overall structure relatively simple and compact.
3Productivity
If multiple cutting zones are added to handle large food pieces, then cutting efficiency is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Each cutting zone serves multiple functions: the first cutting zone performs initial horizontal cutting and begins vertical cutting, the second cutting zone continues vertical cutting and introduces diagonal cutting, and the third cutting zone completes the size reduction. This multi-functionality across cutting zones achieves high cutting efficiency for large food pieces while avoiding excessive complexity by having each zone perform progressively more sophisticated cutting tasks rather than adding separate specialized mechanisms.
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 the efficient cutting and crushing of large food pieces, reducing user workload and optimizing the juicing process by allowing whole fruits like oranges and apples to be processed directly, with improved cutting efficiency and user experience.
Implementation Method 1
The function of the rotating blade is to crush and cut the ingredients put into the juicer by rotating
Implementation Method 2
one of the end faces of the screw is a feeding end, and the feeding end of the screw is connected with a rotating blade
Data Source
AI summary
The juice extractor assembly with large diameter feeding pipe designed by the present invention is designed with a rotating blade connected to the feeding end of the screw, and the rotating blade is covered with a cover with a feeding pipe, and the rotating blade is in the direction of rotation of the screw. The acute angle is set on the edge. When the juicer is working, the large pieces of food are fed into the feeding pipe, and then cut by the force between the rotating blade and the feeding port, and fall into the screw part, which is achieved to a certain extent. The screw is divided into a feeding area and a pressing area. The feeding area is provided with propulsion ribs with chopping and propulsion functions, while the pressing area is equipped with screw ribs with pressing and propulsion functions.