Micro Puree Machine with Rotating Platform for Compact Home Processing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing home-use machines for making frozen foods and desserts are impractical due to their size, complexity, and high cost, making them unsuitable for preparing non-dessert food products, and micro-puree machines are too large and expensive for home use.
Innovation Solution
A compact device with a gearbox assembly, drive motor, and position motor that enables vertical movement of a blade assembly for efficient processing of food ingredients, featuring a rotating blade with alternating grooves for improved cutting efficiency and a disposable bowl assembly for convenience.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If commercial-grade micro-puree machines are used to prepare frozen foods, then processing capability is improved, but device size and cost increase making them impractical for home use
Solution Approach 1:
The device is divided into separate functional modules: a base unit containing the motor and gearbox, and a removable bowl assembly containing the blade. This segmentation allows the main processing components to be compact while maintaining commercial-grade performance, and enables the bowl to be easily detached for cleaning or replacement.
Solution Approach 2:
The blade assembly is designed to perform multiple functions - it can puree frozen ingredients for desserts, prepare non-dessert food products, and process various textures by adjusting blade speed and plunge depth. This multi-functionality eliminates the need for multiple specialized machines, reducing overall device size required in a home kitchen.
2Productivity
If commercial-grade micro-puree machines are used, then processing capability is improved, but device cost and complexity increase making them too expensive for home use
Solution Approach 1:
By separating the blade assembly from the motor housing, the system becomes easier to manufacture, assemble, and maintain. Each module can be produced independently using standardized components, reducing overall system complexity and manufacturing cost while preserving processing capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The blade assembly is designed as a replaceable component that can be easily cleaned or replaced if damaged. This approach reduces maintenance costs and complexity, as users can simply replace the blade rather than servicing the entire machine, making the system more economically viable for home use.
3Power
If a blade assembly with complex engagement features is used, then power transmission efficiency is improved, but manufacturing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The blade assembly features localized engagement surfaces and keyways at specific positions to optimize power transmission from the drive shaft to the blade. By concentrating complex features only where needed for power transmission rather than throughout the entire assembly, manufacturing complexity is reduced while maintaining high power transmission efficiency.
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 device provides efficient processing of frozen ingredients into desserts and non-dessert purees, offering versatility and practicality for home use with reduced size, cost, and maintenance complexity.
Implementation Method 1
a drive motor assembly, as well as a position motor. The position motor enables vertical movement of the gearbox assembly and drive motor assembly. The drive motor assembly provides power to a power shaft
Implementation Method 2
The blade assembly comprises one or more cutting blades having alternating grooves with distinct dimensions to create a cutting profile that provides for improved power management and processing efficiencies
Data Source
AI summary
A micro puree machine including a housing, a power shaft, a bowl assembly and a platform. The power shaft extends from the housing. The bowl assembly including at least one locking bowl element. The platform includes at least one complementary locking platform element that is configured to engage the at least one locking bowl element such that rotation of the bowl assembly relative to the platform is prevented at times the bowl assembly is positioned thereon. The platform is rotatable from a first position to a second position relative to the housing such that the platform raises the bowl assembly towards the power shaft during the rotation of the bowl assembly and platform. The raising of the bowl assembly facilitates connection between the power shaft and a blade assembly that is positioned in a lid assembly on the bowl assembly.