Juicer module for a preparation vessel and a kitchen appliance
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing juicing aids and devices require significant user effort and often necessitate additional storage or are limited in functionality, such as electric centrifugal juicers.
Innovation Solution
A juicer module that interacts with a preparation vessel of a kitchen appliance, utilizing a drive interface to rotate a juicer tool, allowing for gentle juicing with adjustable sieve openings and components that can be easily cleaned, and a gearbox to accommodate appliances with limited speed adjustment.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a separate electric centrifugal juicer is used, then juicing function is achieved, but device complexity and storage requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The juicer module is designed to be compatible with existing preparation vessels and kitchen appliances, allowing one device to serve multiple functions (food preparation and juicing). The module can be attached to various appliance types including blenders, food processors, and stand mixers, eliminating the need for a separate dedicated juicer device.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention merges the juicing function with existing kitchen appliances by attaching a juicer module to preparation vessels. This combines two previously separate functions (food preparation and juicing) into a single integrated system, reducing the number of devices needed in the kitchen.
2Device complexity
If manual juicing tools are used, then no additional device is needed, but user effort and time expenditure increase
Solution Approach 1:
The juicer module enables the kitchen appliance to perform the juicing function automatically without requiring manual operation. The appliance's motor drives the juicing mechanism, eliminating the need for users to manually press, twist, or operate traditional juicing tools.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention replaces manual mechanical juicing operations with an automated motor-driven system. The appliance's motor substitutes for human physical effort, converting manual mechanical action into automated mechanical action that performs the same juicing function with minimal user intervention.
3Productivity
If high-speed centrifugal juicing is used, then juicing speed is improved, but juice quality and nutrient preservation deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The juicer module allows for variable speed operation, enabling the user to adjust the rotational speed parameter according to the specific juicing task. This parameter adjustment capability permits gentler, slower juicing for delicate fruits and vegetables to preserve nutrients, while still offering higher speeds for harder produce when needed.
Solution Approach 2:
The system transitions from fixed high-speed operation to dynamic variable-speed operation. The juicer module can adapt its rotational speed based on the requirements of different fruits and vegetables, providing gentle low-speed juicing for delicate items to maintain juice quality while offering high-speed options for tougher produce.
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
Reduces user effort and eliminates the need for additional devices by integrating with existing kitchen appliances, enabling efficient juicing with high juice yield and simplified cleaning.
Implementation Method 1
The drive interface (8) is designed such that it can be coupled, at least indirectly, to the tool holder (2) and/or the tool (4) arranged on the tool holder (2) for the purpose of transmitting torque, so that when the tool holder (2) rotates, the drive interface (8) also rotates
Implementation Method 2
The juicer tool (9) has a guide body (9b) and at least one sieve unit (9a). When the drive interface (8) is rotated, the guide body (9b) rotates relative to the sieve unit (9a), so that a pressing force is applied to the food to be juiced
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AI summary
The present invention relates to a juicer module (1) for interaction with a preparation vessel (3) having at least one rotatable tool holder (2), having at least one drive interface (8) and at least one juicer tool (9), wherein the juicer tool (9) can be connected to the drive interface (8) so that a rotation of the drive interface (9) can effect a rotation of at least one part of the juicer tool (9).An aid for juicing food, the handling of which reduces the effort required by the user and at the same time eliminates the need for an additional device, is realized by the fact that the juicer tool (9) has at least one guide body (9b) and at least one sieve unit (9a), that a relative movement between the guide body (9b) and the sieve unit (9a) can be effected by a rotation of the drive interface (8), and that the guide body (9b) and the sieve unit (9a) are designed and arranged such that a food to be juiced can be conveyed into a tapered gap (14) between the guide body (9b) and the sieve unit (9a) by a relative movement between the guide body (9b) and the sieve unit (9a) in order to exert a pressing force on the food to be juiced.