Storage structure for food processing accessories

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional storage vessels for food processing accessories are large, bulky, and inefficient, occupying significant kitchen space and posing safety concerns due to exposed cutting blades.

Innovation Solution

A storage structure for food processing devices that includes a base unit configured to fit within the processing bowl, featuring engagement formations to retain and individually remove accessories without disturbing others, ensuring safe storage and easy access.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Quantity of substance

If accessories are stored in a separate vessel, then storage capacity is improved, but the vessel becomes large and bulky occupying substantial kitchen space

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvestorage capacityVSAvoidkitchen space occupation

Core Design Contradiction:

Quantity of substanceVSVolume of stationary object

Solution Approach 1:

The storage structure is nested within the food processor bowl, utilizing the existing bowl volume for dual purposes (food processing and accessory storage). The base unit fits inside the bowl, and accessories are stored within the base unit, creating a nested arrangement that maximizes space efficiency without requiring additional kitchen space.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #7Nested doll (Nesting)

Solution Approach 2:

The food processor bowl serves multiple functions: it is used for food processing operations and simultaneously serves as a storage container for accessories. This multi-functionality eliminates the need for a separate dedicated storage vessel, reducing overall space requirements while maintaining storage capacity.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Adaptability or versatility

If accessories are stored in a separate vessel, then storage organization is improved, but safety concerns arise due to exposed cutting blades

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvestorage organizationVSAvoiduser safety

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

Accessories are nested within the base unit which is itself nested within the bowl. This nested arrangement provides multiple layers of protection, with the base unit walls enclosing the accessories and the bowl providing an outer protective layer, thereby shielding users from exposed cutting blades while maintaining organized storage.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #7Nested doll (Nesting)

Solution Approach 2:

The base unit acts as an intermediary container between the accessories and the external environment. It provides a protective barrier that organizes accessories safely within its structure, preventing direct user contact with sharp blades while allowing controlled access when needed.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Volume of stationary object

If accessories are stored in the food processor preparation bowl, then kitchen space is improved, but the bowl is not designed for safe storage of accessories with sharp blades

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvekitchen space utilizationVSAvoidaccessory storage safety

Core Design Contradiction:

Volume of stationary objectVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The base unit is nested within the bowl, creating a dedicated storage compartment that provides structural protection for accessories. This nested arrangement allows the bowl to serve dual purposes while the base unit provides the necessary safety enclosure that the bowl alone cannot provide.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #7Nested doll (Nesting)

Solution Approach 2:

The base unit serves as an intermediary structure between the bowl and the accessories. It provides the specialized storage environment with protective features needed for sharp-bladed accessories, while allowing the bowl to maintain its primary food processing function and space-efficient design.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

4Quantity of substance

If multiple accessories are stored together, then storage efficiency is improved, but access to individual accessories requires removing other accessories

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvestorage efficiencyVSAvoidaccessibility

Core Design Contradiction:

Quantity of substanceVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The base unit is divided into multiple separate recesses, each accommodating a specific accessory. This segmentation allows each accessory to be independently accessed through its own opening, enabling users to retrieve or insert accessories without disturbing others, thereby maintaining storage efficiency while improving accessibility.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

Each recess in the base unit is specifically designed with local features (openings, engagement formations) tailored to its designated accessory. This localized design allows each accessory to be accessed independently through its specific opening, providing convenient access while maintaining organized, space-efficient storage of multiple accessories.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

Data Source

PatentUS20250072665A1Storage structure for food processing accessories

Publication Date: 2025.03.06 BREVILLE HLDG PTY LTD

AI summary

A storage structure (400) for a food processing device (10) with a bowl (16) for processing food using different accessories (82, 84, 86, 88), the storage structure (400) comprising:a base unit (402) configured to fit within the bowl (16), andengagement formations (474) to retain a plurality of the accessories (82, 84, 86, 88) on the base unit (402) for individual removal from the base unit (402), and replacement into the base unit (402), without first removing or replacing another of the accessories (82, 84, 86, 88).