Pre-Packaged Ingredient Box for Automated Home Bread Making
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing bread making methods for home use are time-consuming and require technical expertise, with a high fault tolerance rate due to the need for precise ingredient composition and baking processes, leading to potential errors in bread production.
Innovation Solution
An automatic bread making method using an automatic bread maker with a bread ingredient box featuring a sawtooth blade to pierce and unload ingredients, a stock bin for controlled ingredient distribution, and a water tank for automated watering, along with a recognition device for standardized baking processes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If users manually weigh and mix bread ingredients according to different recipes, then bread composition can be customized, but the process becomes time-consuming and requires technical expertise
Solution Approach 1:
The patent pre-packages bread ingredients in standardized boxes with pre-measured compositions. Users simply need to select and load the pre-packaged boxes into the automatic bread maker, eliminating the time-consuming manual weighing and mixing process while maintaining recipe variety through different pre-packaged options
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an automatic bread maker as an intermediary device that automatically measures, mixes, and processes ingredients. The machine includes automated ingredient delivery systems with hoppers and measuring mechanisms that precisely combine ingredients according to selected recipes, removing the need for manual intervention
2Adaptability or versatility
If users manually mix and bake bread ingredients, then flexibility in bread types is achieved, but the process requires technical expertise and has high fault tolerance rate
Solution Approach 1:
The automatic bread maker performs all bread-making operations autonomously once the pre-packaged ingredient boxes are loaded. The machine automatically controls mixing, kneading, proofing, and baking parameters based on the selected recipe type, eliminating the need for users to have technical bread-making knowledge while still producing various bread types
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces manual mechanical operations with automated mechanical and computational systems. The bread maker includes programmable controllers that automatically adjust mixing speeds, temperatures, and timing sequences based on the selected bread type, substituting human expertise with automated control systems
3Manufacturing precision
If precise ingredient composition and baking processes are required, then bread quality is improved, but the process becomes complex and error-prone
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the bread-making process into separate, standardized modules: pre-packaged ingredient boxes containing pre-measured components, automated ingredient delivery hoppers, and programmable baking cycles. This segmentation allows precise control of each stage independently while simplifying the overall process through standardization
Solution Approach 2:
The automatic bread maker uses programmable parameters for temperature, time, and mixing speeds that are automatically adjusted based on the selected bread type. The system stores optimized parameter sets for different bread varieties, ensuring consistent quality without requiring users to understand or manually adjust complex parameters
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
This method simplifies bread making, reduces the risk of errors, and allows for mass production of consistent bread with automatic water control, enhancing the variety of bread types and reducing the need for user expertise.
Implementation Method 1
when the ingredient box is pierced, the bread ingredient of the ingredient box is dropped down to the stock bin
Implementation Method 2
close the housing of the automatic bread maker and turn on the baking pan of the automatic bread maker, the bread ingredient is processed with working dough of mixing, stirring and kneading
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AI summary
The present invention is provided with a bread making method and the support automatic bread maker and the ingredient box. The making method of bread is as followed: put the bread ingredient with flour and baking powder according to proper formula into the accommodating room of the ingredient box and packaged; then place the ingredient box faced down in the hanging rack above the baking pan inside the automatic bread maker, operate the bread maker to make the sawtooth blade of the hanging rack pierced the film of the ingredient box and the bread ingredient inside fell down into the baking pan, then water the baking pan; close the housing of the automatic bread maker and turn on the baking pan, the bread ingredient is processed with working dough of mixing, stirring and kneading; get the baking pan out, and remove the bread of baked and shaped. The method much saves the prepare time of the bread ingredient and making it a standardization module, and it prevents the error of the fermentation of the bread, and the method is simplified with low fault rate of the home made bread.