Micro Puree Platform Locking and Bowl Lift for Home Use
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing home-use machines for making frozen foods and drinks are impractical due to time and effort requirements, while commercial-grade micro-puree machines are too large, complex, and expensive for domestic use.
Innovation Solution
A compact kitchen device with a gearbox assembly, drive motor, and position motor for vertical movement of a blade assembly, featuring alternating grooves for improved power management and processing efficiencies, along with a disposable bowl assembly for convenience.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If commercial-grade micro-puree machines are used, then processing efficiency and capability are improved, but device size, complexity, and cost increase making them impractical for home use
Solution Approach 1:
The device is divided into modular components: a base unit containing the motor and gearbox, a removable bowl assembly, and a separate blade assembly. This segmentation allows the complex micro-puree function to be achieved in a compact, manageable form suitable for home use while maintaining processing efficiency.
Solution Approach 2:
The blade assembly is designed to be interchangeable, allowing the same device to handle multiple food processing tasks. The universal design enables the machine to process various frozen ingredients efficiently without requiring multiple specialized devices, reducing overall system complexity.
2Productivity
If commercial-grade micro-puree machines are used, then processing capability is improved, but device weight and size increase making them cumbersome
Solution Approach 1:
The heavy-duty processing components (motor and gearbox) are concentrated in a compact base unit, while the bowl and blade assemblies are designed to be lightweight and removable. This extraction of functions allows the machine to maintain commercial-grade processing capability while significantly reducing the weight of the portions users handle during operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The blade assembly nests within the bowl assembly, and both can be stored within or alongside the base unit. This nested arrangement minimizes the overall footprint and weight distribution, making the device less cumbersome while preserving full processing capability.
3Productivity
If complex systems are used to achieve micro-puree function, then processing performance is improved, but ease of maintenance deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
By segmenting the device into removable assemblies (bowl, blade, base), each component can be independently maintained or replaced. The blade assembly can be removed and cleaned separately, and if needed, individual components can be replaced without disassembling the entire system, greatly easing maintenance despite complex processing performance.
4Adaptability or versatility
If home-use machines with refrigeration mechanisms are used, then frozen food making capability is achieved, but time and effort requirements increase making them impractical
Solution Approach 1:
The device is designed to work with pre-frozen ingredients, eliminating the need for built-in refrigeration mechanisms. Users simply add the frozen ingredients to the bowl and activate the blade assembly, significantly reducing preparation time and effort while maintaining the ability to make various frozen foods and drinks.
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 efficiently processes frozen ingredients into frozen foods and drinks with reduced effort and cost, suitable for home use, offering versatility and ease of maintenance.
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 and coupling connected to a rotating blade assembly that engages with ingredients for processing
Implementation Method 2
The device further comprises a gearbox assembly and a drive motor assembly
Implementation Method 3
The position motor enables vertical movement of the gearbox assembly and drive motor assembly
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.