Multi-Button Dosing Device for Precise Granulated Product Portioning
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current cooking and food preparation methods lack a portable, user-friendly device to accurately dose and monitor the addition of granulated products like salt, leading to excessive salt intake, which is a significant public health concern.
Innovation Solution
A dosing device with a translucent top storage, multiple dosing push buttons, and a blade mechanism to dispense precise amounts, integrated with electronic monitoring and communication capabilities, ensuring compliance with dietary recommendations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If no dosing device is used and traditional salt shakers are used, then the device is simple and easy to manufacture, but the dosing precision and salt intake control are insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The device divides the dosing function into multiple push buttons, each corresponding to a specific dosage level (e.g., 1g, 2g, 3g of salt). This segmentation allows precise dosing control while keeping each button's mechanism simple and modular, resolving the contradiction between dosing precision and device complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The dosing push buttons are pre-configured with specific dosage amounts during manufacturing. This preliminary action eliminates the need for users to manually measure or calculate salt quantities, providing precise dosing control through a simple button-pressing interface, thus achieving high measurement precision without increasing operational complexity.
2Ease of operation
If a dosing device with multiple push buttons is implemented, then the ease of operation and user-friendliness improve, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The dosing function is segmented into multiple independent push buttons, each handling a specific dosage scenario. This allows users to easily select the appropriate button for their needs without complex calculations, improving ease of operation while maintaining modular simplicity in each button's internal mechanism.
Solution Approach 2:
The device automatically dispenses the correct amount of salt when a push button is pressed, eliminating the need for manual measurement or adjustment by the user. This self-service mechanism simplifies the user interaction to a single button press, significantly improving ease of operation despite the internal mechanical complexity.
3Measurement precision
If electronic monitoring and communication capabilities are integrated, then the monitoring precision and dietary guideline compliance improve, but the device complexity and manufacturing cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The electronic monitoring system provides real-time feedback on salt usage by tracking the number of push button presses and calculating total salt dispensed. This feedback mechanism enables precise monitoring of salt intake and provides alerts when approaching dietary limits, achieving high monitoring precision through relatively simple electronic counting and display components.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces manual monitoring and calculation methods with electronic sensors and digital display systems. This substitution automates the tracking of salt usage, providing precise monitoring data without requiring complex mechanical measurement devices, thus achieving high monitoring precision with moderate electronic complexity.
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 precise dosing and monitoring of granulated products during cooking, facilitating adherence to healthy dietary guidelines and reducing excessive salt intake.
Implementation Method 1
the dosing push button, in particular the front part of the push button and rear pivoting part, are returned to the initial position by the force exerted by the spring
Implementation Method 2
by gravity force the product to be dosed passes through the vertical dosing hole of the dosing push button
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AI summary
The present invention relates to a dosing device that comprises a top storage (1) that comprises a cover (2), a dosing mechanism (9) that includes a top plate (3), a blade (26), at least a dosing push button (6), an intermediate plate (5) for insertion of at least one dosing push button (6), and a lower plate (7) for insertion of at least one tray (8) for storing the product to be dosed, which are respectively and sequentially engaged and inserted into each other to form a single device; the present invention also claims the various steps comprising the method of operating the dosing device.