Modular Feeding Device for Cooking Machine with Quick-Release Assembly
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional cooking machine feeding mechanisms are complex, making assembly difficult and costly, and they cannot be easily uninstalled for cleaning due to electromagnetic assemblies and electrical connections.
Innovation Solution
A feeding device with a modular design featuring a box supporting assembly, movable baffle, and support assemblies with active and driven quick-release parts, allowing for easy installation and removal from the cooking machine body frame, facilitating cleaning and reducing production costs.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If a conventional feeding mechanism is used, then the cooking machine can perform feeding function, but the assembly structure becomes complex and production costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The feeding mechanism is divided into independent modular components: food material box, box supporting assembly, movable baffle assembly, and support assemblies. Each module can be manufactured separately and assembled through simple connection structures, reducing overall system complexity and production costs.
Solution Approach 2:
The box supporting assembly serves multiple functions: supporting the food material box, enabling rotation for overturning, and providing quick connection/disconnection interfaces. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate specialized components, simplifying the overall structure.
2Ease of operation
If electromagnetic assembly is integrated in the feeding mechanism, then electrical connection is achieved, but the feeding mechanism cannot be easily uninstalled for cleaning
Solution Approach 1:
The electromagnetic assembly and electrical connection components are extracted from the main feeding mechanism body. The support assemblies provide mechanical connection while electrical connections are handled separately through the connection base assembly, allowing the food material box and movable baffle to be easily removed for cleaning without disconnecting electrical wires.
Solution Approach 2:
The feeding mechanism is segmented into electrically connected components (connection base assembly with electromagnetic assembly) and mechanically operable components (food material box, movable baffle). This segmentation allows the non-electrical parts to be easily detached for cleaning while the electrical components remain in the body frame.
3Productivity
If a fixed feeding mechanism is used, then structural stability is maintained, but rapid installation and uninstallation cannot be achieved
Solution Approach 1:
The support assemblies incorporate a dynamic quick-release mechanism with active and driven quick-release parts that can transition between locked and unlocked states. This allows the box supporting assembly to be rapidly installed or removed by actuating the release mechanism, while maintaining stable connection during operation through the engaged quick-release parts.
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 solution simplifies assembly and disassembly, reduces production costs, and enhances user experience by enabling rapid installation and uninstallation, as well as easy cleaning of components.
Implementation Method 1
with the rotation of the motor output shaft assembly, the box supporting assembly rotates to overturn the food material box by 180 degrees
Implementation Method 2
a spring, and a spring base; the spring is sleeved on the axial convex column and disposed inside the spring cap; the spring cap is movable back and forth in the cap channel
Implementation Method 3
a magnetic sheet is fixedly connected to the raised positioning post; the spring sleeves the raised positioning post and is disposed between a spring plate and an inner bottom surface of the sleeve; and the positioning post is disposed in the inner cylinder so that the magnetic sheet attracts the rebounder
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AI summary
A feeding device for cooking machine, includes: a box supporting assembly, a food material box, a movable baffle, and support assemblies. The box supporting assembly includes a base frame and a box frame. The box frame is disposed on one side of the base frame to support the food material box. The movable baffle is disposed on the base frame. The food material box includes a discharging end attached to a lower surface of the movable baffle. The support assemblies are respectively disposed on two opposite sides of the base frame, and operate to hang the box supporting assembly modularly over a body frame of a cooking machine or detach the box supporting assembly from the body frame in a plug-and-play manner. The support assemblies each include an active quick-release part and a driven quick-release part. The active quick-release part is connected to a motor output shaft assembly.