Sliding Kitchen Slicer for Uniform Ingredient Thickness
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing guillotine-type slicing devices in kitchens, such as those used for cheese, suffer from non-uniform slice thickness due to point contact between the blade and the ingredient, causing the ingredient to move easily during cutting.
Innovation Solution
A kitchen slicing device with a base, knife, and knife holder where the knife slides towards an object receiving portion, providing a larger contact area and stable cutting, and includes features like guide rails, a positioning rod, and adjustable mechanism for uniform slicing.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If a guillotine-type slicing device with point contact blade is used, then the device structure is simple, but the slice thickness uniformity deteriorates due to ingredient movement during cutting
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transitions from point contact (0D/1D) to line contact (1D) by designing the blade to contact the ingredient along a line rather than at a single point. This dimensional increase stabilizes the ingredient during cutting, preventing movement and ensuring uniform slice thickness while maintaining structural simplicity
2Manufacturing precision
If a larger contact area between blade and ingredient is achieved, then slice thickness uniformity improves, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The blade is designed to contact the ingredient along a line (increasing contact dimension) rather than requiring complex multi-point contact mechanisms. This simple dimensional change achieves larger effective contact area and better slice uniformity without significantly increasing device complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a positioning mechanism that acts as an intermediary to stabilize the ingredient before cutting. This mediator component ensures the ingredient remains in place during cutting, achieving uniform slices without requiring complex blade structures
Data Source
AI summary
The invention discloses a kitchen slicing device, comprising a base, a blade and a blade holder, wherein the base is provided with an object receiving portion, the blade is mounted on the blade holder, and the blade holder is slidably connected to the base to allow the blade to slide towards the object receiving portion to complete cutting. In contrast to point contact in a guillotine-type slicing device, the contact area between the slicing device of the invention and ingredients is larger, and when a force is applied the ingredients are unlikely to move and can be cut more stably, such that slices of ingredients are uniform in thickness.