Pivoting Blender Assembly for Continuous Food Particle Removal

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional blenders require stopping and manual intervention to remove stuck food particles from the sides, which is time-consuming and risks contamination.

Innovation Solution

A blender assembly with a pivoting mechanism that allows the blending container to be rocked back and forth to dislodge stuck food particles without stopping the blender, using a pivotally mounted motor assembly that can be manually pivoted in various directions to engage with a hard stop and dislodge food from the sidewalls.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If the blender operates continuously without stopping, then productivity is improved, but food particles stick to the side walls and blending quality deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecontinuous operation timeVSAvoidblending quality

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSManufacturing precision

Solution Approach 1:

The motor mount is made dynamically movable relative to the base, allowing the user to pivot the motor assembly back and forth. This dynamic movement creates knocking actions that dislodge food particles from the side walls, enabling continuous operation while maintaining blending quality without requiring manual intervention or stopping the blender.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

2Manufacturing precision

If a spatula is inserted to scrape food off the walls, then blending quality is improved, but the risk of contamination increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveblending qualityVSAvoidcontamination risk

Core Design Contradiction:

Manufacturing precisionVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The blender performs self-service by using its own motor assembly as a knocking tool. The user simply pivots the motor mount back and forth, and the motor housing itself knocks against the container walls to dislodge food particles. This eliminates the need for external utensils like spatulas, thereby maintaining blending quality while eliminating contamination risk from dirty tools.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

3Manufacturing precision

If the blender is stopped to remove stuck food, then blending quality is improved, but time is lost

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveblending qualityVSAvoidblender downtime

Core Design Contradiction:

Manufacturing precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The blender maintains continuous useful action by allowing the motor assembly to be pivoted back and forth during operation. This enables the dislodging of food particles without stopping the blending process, ensuring both high blending quality and continuous productivity without time loss for manual intervention.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #20Continuity of useful action

4Device complexity

If the motor mount is fixed on the base, then device complexity is reduced, but the ability to dislodge stuck food is lost

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvemounting structureVSAvoidfood dislodging capability

Core Design Contradiction:

Device complexityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The mounting structure transitions from a fixed design to a dynamically movable one. The motor mount is attached to the base via a pivot mechanism that allows back-and-forth motion. This simple dynamic addition provides food dislodging capability while maintaining relatively low device complexity, avoiding the need for complex automated knocking mechanisms.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Data Source

PatentUS10441928B2Pivoting blender

Publication Date: 2019.10.15 MANTEO GRAMATIKI

AI summary

A blender assembly includes a base and a blender pivotally mounted on the base such that the blender pivots in only a single plane. A magnetic locking assembly releasably locks the blender to the base and unlocks the blender from the base to allow the blender to pivot with respect to the base.