Self-cleaning method and control method for cooking device
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional cooking devices face inefficiencies in cooking due to inaccurate seasoning measurement and difficulty in cleaning the feeding system, leading to reduced cooking efficiency and potential bacterial growth.
Innovation Solution
A cooking device with a feeding system that includes multiple material boxes with a discharging structure, a feeding apparatus, and a switching apparatus that allows for multiple and cyclic feeding, along with a cleaning channel to assist in cleaning the feeding apparatus, ensuring precise measurement and prevention of material mixing and bacterial growth.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If a feeding system with multiple material boxes is used to enable multiple and cyclic feeding, then cooking efficiency is improved, but the difficulty of cleaning the feeding apparatus increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the feeding element from the cooking cavity and designs it as a separate, detachable component that can be easily removed and cleaned independently. The feeding element is connected to the material box via a discharging structure, allowing it to be taken out for cleaning without disassembling the entire cooking device, thus resolving the cleaning difficulty while maintaining multiple feeding capability
Solution Approach 2:
The feeding system is segmented into multiple independent material boxes, each with its own discharging structure and feeding element. This segmentation allows each component to be cleaned separately and independently, reducing the overall cleaning complexity while enabling multiple and cyclic feeding operations with different materials
2Measurement precision
If material boxes are used for automated feeding, then measurement precision is improved, but the risk of material mixing and bacterial growth increases
Solution Approach 1:
The feeding element is extracted as a separate component that can be removed and cleaned independently from the material boxes. This allows thorough cleaning of the feeding element to prevent bacterial growth and material mixing, while the material boxes remain sealed during operation to maintain measurement precision and prevent contamination
Solution Approach 2:
The discharging structure acts as an intermediary between the material box and the feeding element, controlling material flow precisely while preventing direct contact between different materials from different boxes. This intermediary mechanism ensures accurate measurement and prevents material mixing that could lead to bacterial growth
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AI summary
A self-cleaning method and a control method for a cooking device. The degree of contamination inside a pot body is determined, such that a corresponding conventional program or reinforcement program can be selected for cleaning. Moreover, the pot body is also heated during the process of adding water, so that the water is heated to generate steam for softening residue inside a pot. At the same time, as a food turner can move back and forth between a first cleaning position and a second cleaning position in the pot body, a 360-degree comprehensive and rapid self-cleaning program for an inner surface of a pot lid, and the bottom face and an inner wall face of the pot body can be realized.