Segmented Baking Pan Kit for Bowl-Shaped Sandwich Buns

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing baking molds do not effectively preserve the structure of sandwich buns and maintain fillings during consumption, as they do not provide a suitable shape or mechanism to retain the bun's form and filling.

Innovation Solution

A kit comprising a heat-resistant bottom baking pan with recessed cylindrical chambers and a removably disposable cylindrical bowl, paired with a heat-resistant top baking pan having matching recessed chambers, allowing for the creation of bowl-shaped sandwich buns that maintain their structure and filling.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Stability of the object's composition

If traditional baking molds are used, then the baking process is simple, but the sandwich bun structure cannot be preserved and fillings cannot be maintained during consumption

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesandwich bun structureVSAvoidbaking mold structure
Core Design Contradiction:
Stability of the object's compositionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The baking mold is divided into three separate components: a bottom baking pan with recessed chambers, removable cylindrical bowls that fit within the chambers, and a top baking pan with matching recessed chambers. This segmentation allows each component to serve a specific function in creating the bowl-shaped sandwich bun structure.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The cylindrical bowls are designed to be nested within the recessed chambers of the bottom baking pan. This nesting arrangement creates the characteristic bowl shape of the sandwich bun while maintaining structural integrity during baking and consumption.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #7Nested doll (Nesting)

2Stability of the object's composition

If a removable cylindrical bowl is used within the bottom baking pan chamber, then the bowl-shaped sandwich bun structure is created, but the device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvebowl-shaped sandwich bun structureVSAvoidbaking mold assembly
Core Design Contradiction:
Stability of the object's compositionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The cylindrical bowls are nested within the recessed chambers of the bottom baking pan, creating a hierarchical structure that forms the bowl-shaped sandwich bun. This nesting principle allows the removable bowl to define the internal cavity while the pan provides structural support.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #7Nested doll (Nesting)

Solution Approach 2:

The removable cylindrical bowl acts as an intermediary element between the bottom and top baking pans. It defines the internal cavity shape and is removed after baking, leaving the characteristic bowl shape in the finished sandwich bun.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Stability of the object's composition

If the top baking pan is removably disposed atop the bottom baking pan, then the sandwich bun structure is formed, but the ease of operation decreases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesandwich bun structureVSAvoidmold assembly and disassembly
Core Design Contradiction:
Stability of the object's compositionVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The mold is segmented into removable top and bottom pans with matching recessed chambers. This segmentation allows the pans to be easily assembled and disassembled while maintaining the structural integrity of the baked sandwich bun during the baking process.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS10575678B1Kit for baking sandwich buns
Publication Date: 2020.03.03 ANDERSON ELLIOT
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AI summary

A kit for baking sandwich buns including a heat-resistant bottom baking pan having a plurality of recessed cylindrical bottom chambers. One of a plurality of cylindrical bowls is removably disposable within one of the plurality of recessed cylindrical bottom chambers of the heat-resistant bottom baking pan. A heat-resistant top baking pan has a plurality of recessed cylindrical top chambers. The heat-resistant top baking pan is removably disposed atop the heat-resistant bottom baking pan so that one of the plurality of recessed cylindrical top chambers of the heat-resistant top baking pan is disposed atop one of the plurality of recessed cylindrical bottom chambers of the heat-resistant bottom baking pan.