Kettle Lid Snap-Fit Assembly for Easy Cleaning and Low-Cost Detachment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional kettle lids are either bonded to the kettle body, making them difficult to clean, or have complex and costly detachable designs that complicate assembly.
Innovation Solution
A kettle lid design featuring an upper and lower lid, a button, push block assembly, push block spring, and sliding rod assemblies, allowing for easy snapping and locking mechanisms that simplify installation and use while maintaining a low cost.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If the kettle lid is bonded to the kettle body, then the structure is simple, but it is inconvenient to clean inside of the kettle
Solution Approach 1:
The kettle lid is segmented into an upper lid and a lower lid that can be separated from each other. The upper lid can be removed from the lower lid, allowing users to clean inside the kettle body easily while maintaining a relatively simple overall structure. This segmentation resolves the contradiction by enabling disassembly for cleaning purposes.
2Ease of operation
If the kettle lid is made detachable with locking mechanism, then cleaning convenience is improved, but the structure becomes complicated and cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
The kettle lid is divided into an upper lid and a lower lid that can be easily separated without complex locking mechanisms. The snap-fit connection allows simple assembly and disassembly for cleaning, avoiding the need for complicated locking structures while maintaining ease of operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The upper lid is designed to be easily extractable from the lower lid. By simplifying the connection mechanism to a basic snap-fit structure, the design enables easy removal of the upper lid for cleaning purposes without requiring complex locking or unlocking operations.
3Ease of operation
If the kettle lid is made detachable with locking mechanism, then cleaning convenience is improved, but the assembly becomes complicated
Solution Approach 1:
The kettle lid is segmented into upper and lower parts with a simple snap-fit connection. This segmentation allows easy separation for cleaning while keeping the assembly process simple, as the components can be easily joined and separated without complex locking mechanisms.
Solution Approach 2:
The upper lid is designed for easy extraction from the lower lid through a simplified connection mechanism. This design enables straightforward assembly and disassembly operations, improving both manufacturing ease and cleaning convenience without requiring complex locking structures.
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
The design provides a convenient, easy-to-clean, and cost-effective kettle lid solution that simplifies assembly and operation while ensuring secure closure and easy opening.
Implementation Method 1
a push block spring, and the second end is driven by motion of the push block body to slide in a chute... the second end is locked at the second position under action of a resilience force of the push block spring
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AI summary
A kettle lid and a kettle with the kettle lid are provided. The kettle lid includes an upper lid, a lower lid, a button, a push block assembly, a push block spring and two sliding rod assemblies. The upper lid is snapped on the lower lid to form a housing of the kettle lid, the push block assembly, the push block spring and the sliding rod assembly are disposed in the housing; the upper lid is provided with a via, the button is disposed extending through the via, each of the sliding rod assemblies includes a siding rod that can radially extend out of the housing, the two sliding rod assemblies are respectively disposed at two sides of the push block assembly, and the push block assembly slidably coordinates with the sliding rod assemblies to drive the sliding rods to radially extend and move.