Mandolin Slicer Kit Interchangeable Plate Assembly
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Solution Overview
Problem
Mandolin slicers in prior art require direct contact with slicing plates for interchange, leading to potential hand injuries and limited ability to achieve variable slicing patterns due to complex and difficult-to-manufacture structures.
Innovation Solution
A mandolin slicer kit assembly featuring a main body with a cutting blade, a slicing plate carrier, multiple slicing plates with recesses, an adapter plate with elastic ribs, and a slicing plate holder with a releasing mechanism, allowing for interchangeable slicing plates without direct user contact, enabling variable slicing patterns and adjustable slice thickness.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If slicing plates are made interchangeable by direct user contact, then versatility of slicing patterns is improved, but safety deteriorates due to risk of hand injuries
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a holder as an intermediary component between the user's hand and the slicing plate. The holder has a handhold portion that the user grips, while the slicing plate is mounted on the holder via a mounting structure. This mediator allows the user to change slicing plates without direct contact with the sharp slicing surface, thus maintaining versatility while eliminating the harmful factor of hand injury risk.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If a complex mechanism is used to avoid direct contact with slicing plates, then safety is improved, but device complexity increases and manufacturing becomes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the slicing plate assembly into distinct segments: the slicing plate itself, the holder with handhold portion, and the mounting structure. This segmentation allows each component to be simple and easy to manufacture individually, while their combination provides the safety function. The mounting structure includes simple elements like mounting holes and positioning features, avoiding complex mechanisms while achieving the safety goal.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple slicing plates are provided for variable patterns, then adaptability is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates due to difficulty in interchange
Solution Approach 1:
The holder serves as a mediator that simplifies the interchange operation. Instead of handling multiple bare slicing plates directly, the user handles uniform holders with integrated handhold portions. The slicing plates are attached to holders through simple mounting structures with positioning features, making the attachment and detachment process straightforward and intuitive, thus improving ease of operation while maintaining adaptability.
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 users to change slicing plates without direct contact with slicing teeth, preventing hand injuries and providing versatile slicing patterns through a user-friendly and manageable design.
Implementation Method 1
the leading portion has at least one elastic rib for detachable engagement with the at least one recess of the slicing plate
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AI summary
The present invention discloses a mandolin slicer kit assembly comprising: a main body having two opposite side panels; a cutting blade mounted on the main body; a slicing plate carrier mounted between the two side panels of the main body; a plurality of slicing plates of different types, each of the slicing plates having a plurality of slicing teeth mounted on a top surface thereof and at least one recess formed on a bottom surface thereof; and an adapter plate having a leading portion, wherein said leading portion has at least one elastic rib for detachable engagement with the at least one recess of the slicing plate to form a slicing plate assembly, and said slicing plate assembly detachably is mounted on the slicing plate carrier. The mandolin slicer further comprises a slicing plate holder separate from all of the main body, the cutting blade, the slicing plate carrier, and the adapter plate.