Compact Meat Shredder With Screw-Threaded Rods
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing meat shredders are overly complex and large, making them inconvenient for single-family use.
Innovation Solution
A compact meat shredder design featuring a main cylinder, driving body, and shredding mechanism with screw-threaded shredding rods, allowing for rapid meat shredding and easy assembly/disassembly.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a multifunctional meat shredder with multiple drawing rollers and adjusting levers is used, then the shredding capacity and versatility are improved, but the device complexity and overall volume increase
Solution Approach 1:
The meat shredder is divided into three independent functional modules: feeding mechanism (hopper and feeding roller), shredding mechanism (cutting blade and rotating drum with grooves), and output mechanism (discharge chute). Each module performs a specific function, allowing the overall system to achieve versatility through simple, dedicated components rather than complex multifunctional mechanisms.
2Adaptability or versatility
If a multifunctional meat shredder with multiple drawing rollers and adjusting levers is used, then the shredding capacity and versatility are improved, but the overall volume increases making it inconvenient for single family use
Solution Approach 1:
The feeding roller is positioned inside the rotating drum, with the cutting blade mounted on the drum's inner surface. This nested arrangement allows the feeding mechanism to be contained within the shredding mechanism, significantly reducing the overall volume while maintaining both feeding and shredding functions.
3Productivity
If screw threads are provided on the shredding rods, then the shredding speed and efficiency are improved, but the manufacturing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The rotating drum features uniformly distributed circumferential grooves that are identical in shape and spacing around the entire drum surface. This homogeneous design simplifies manufacturing compared to individual screw threads, while still achieving the desired meat-shredding effect through the uniform cutting action of the blade against the grooves.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The compact structure and simple design enable efficient meat shredding while being suitable for single-family use, with the screw-threaded shredding rods facilitating quick shredding of meat.
Implementation Method 1
an outside of each shredding rod is provided with screw threads... when the shredding rods rotate following rotation of the main rod body, the meat can be quickly shred and meat is broken into into shreds
Data Source
AI summary
A meat shredder comprises a main cylinder, a driving body and a shredding mechanism; the shredding mechanism is installed in an interior of the main cylinder and driven by the driving body; the shredding mechanism comprises a main rod body, and an outside of the main rod body is fixedly provided with no less than two groups of shredding rods; an outside of each shredding rod is provided with screw threads. The invention realizes that the meat placed inside the main cylinder is shred rapidly through cooperation of the shredding mechanism with the main cylinder and the driving body; the overall structure is relatively simple and the volume is small, which can well meet use of a family; the installation of shredding rods with screw threads on the main rod body of the shredding mechanism can realize that meat can be quickly broken into into shreds.