Cooking device
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional cooking devices with fixed hoods struggle to effectively inhale cooking smells and smoke from small or low-height cooking vessels, while movable hoods face instability and require additional installations for island-type cooking setups, compromising space utilization and aesthetics.
Innovation Solution
A cooking device with a hood portion that can move upward and downward, adjust its direction, and be positioned adjacent to the cooking vessel, featuring a suction port that can tilt between 0° to 90°, equipped with a driving mechanism and sensors for optimal suction and user feedback.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the hood portion is fixedly arranged on the upper side of the cooking portion, then the structure is simple and stable, but the hood portion cannot effectively inhale cooking smell and smoke from small or low-height cooking vessels
Solution Approach 1:
The hood portion is designed to be movable rather than fixed, allowing it to adjust its position vertically and change its angle. This dynamic configuration enables the hood to adapt to different cooking vessel sizes and heights, maintaining effective suction performance while preserving a simple overall structure when not in use.
2Reliability
If the hood portion is arranged close to the cooking portion, then the suction effectiveness is improved, but the cooking space required when a user cooks food in front of the cooking portion cannot be properly secured
Solution Approach 1:
The hood portion moves vertically along the cooking portion, allowing it to be positioned close to the cooking surface only when needed for effective suction. When not in use, it retracts to a compact position that preserves maximum cooking space and maintains an aesthetically pleasing appearance.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of occupying horizontal space that would reduce cooking area, the hood portion utilizes the vertical dimension by moving up and down along the cooking portion. This dimensional transition allows effective suction positioning without compromising the horizontal cooking space needed by users.
3Area of stationary object
If a hood portion that is movable upward and downward is arranged on the ceiling, then the cooking space is secured, but the upward/downward movement of the hood portion becomes unstable due to wire-based power transfer
Solution Approach 1:
The driving portion is extracted from a ceiling-mounted location and integrated directly into the cooking portion. This repositioning allows the hood to be driven vertically along the cooking portion using a compact driving mechanism, eliminating the need for long wire-based power transfer and ensuring stable, controlled movement.
4Adaptability or versatility
If an island type cooking portion is arranged in the center of or on one side of a kitchen, then the cooking functionality is improved, but additional hood portion installation on the ceiling becomes troublesome
Solution Approach 1:
The hood portion is merged with the cooking portion as an integrated unit, sharing the same housing and control system. This combination eliminates the need for separate ceiling installations, making the system particularly suitable for island-type cooking portions while simplifying both installation and maintenance.
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AI summary
A cooking device is provided, which includes a cooking portion, a hood portion arranged on the cooking portion and provided with a suction port formed on one side thereof, and a driving portion configured to move the hood portion, wherein the hood portion is movable to any one of a first position in which the hood portion is accommodated in the cooking portion and a second position in which the hood portion projects from the cooking portion, and an angle of the hood portion is varied so as to change a direction in which the suction port is directed in the second position.