Soybean Milk Maker Flow Guider for Easier Filter Cleaning
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional home soybean milk makers face difficulties in cleaning the filter mesh cover, especially when it is heated during slurry boiling, due to the integration of the filter mesh with the crushing and slurry-making process.
Innovation Solution
The design incorporates a flow guider with guiding holes or channels that immerses into the water, allowing water and materials to be raised and crushed by a blade, expelling them back into the container, facilitating easier cleaning by separating the slurry-making process from the filter mesh, which remains cooler and easier to clean.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If the filter mesh cover is integrated with the crushing blade and heating element for compact design, then the device structure is simplified and space is saved, but the cleaning difficulty increases significantly when slurry boils and adheres to the mesh
Solution Approach 1:
The device is divided into separate functional modules: the filter mesh cover is separated from the heating element and crushing chamber. The filter mesh cover can be removed independently for cleaning, while the heating element remains in the base unit. This segmentation allows the filter mesh to be cleaned separately without dealing with heated components, significantly reducing cleaning difficulty while maintaining a compact overall structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The filter mesh cover is extracted as a removable component from the main heating assembly. By taking out the filter mesh cover as a separate detachable part, users can easily remove and clean it without disassembling the entire device or dealing with the heating element. This extraction resolves the contradiction by simplifying the cleaning process while preserving the integrated design benefits.
2Productivity
If the filter mesh cover is heated during slurry boiling to improve cooking efficiency, then nutrient extraction and processing speed are enhanced, but the cleaning difficulty increases due to thermal adherence of slurry
Solution Approach 1:
The heating function is segmented from the filter mesh cover and placed in the base unit. The filter mesh cover itself is not heated; instead, the base unit's heating element heats the slurry from below. This segmentation allows the filter mesh cover to remain cool during operation, enabling easy cleaning without dealing with thermal adherence, while still achieving efficient cooking through the base unit's heating capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The heating element is extracted from the filter mesh cover and relocated to the base unit. This extraction eliminates the problem of heated filter mesh that causes slurry adherence. The filter mesh cover can now be easily removed and cleaned at any time without thermal constraints, while the base unit continues to provide efficient heating for nutrient extraction and processing.
3Productivity
If the blade is positioned to extensively cycle and crush materials within the flow guider for better nutrient extraction, then productivity and extraction efficiency are improved, but the complexity of the crushing mechanism increases
Solution Approach 1:
The crushing and cycling functions are merged into a single blade component that rotates within the flow guider. The blade simultaneously performs crushing of materials and cycling of the slurry through the flow guider's guiding holes. This merging achieves efficient nutrient extraction through extensive material circulation and crushing without requiring separate mechanisms, thereby improving productivity while avoiding excessive complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The blade is designed as a multi-functional component that performs both crushing and cycling operations. By making the blade universal in its function, the device achieves efficient nutrient extraction through combined crushing and circulation actions without adding separate dedicated mechanisms for each function. This reduces overall device complexity while maintaining high productivity and extraction efficiency.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This design enhances the ease of cleaning and efficiency of soybean milk production, allowing for better crushing and nutrient extraction, while also enabling the device to make various food items like rice paste and vegetable soups, with improved usability and maintenance.
Implementation Method 1
the blade fastened at the front end of the motor shaft is arranged within the flow guider and extends into the water. During a process of making slurry, the water and the materials for making slurry in a lower part of the container are raised upwardly inside the flow guider, and the materials for making slurry are crushed by the blade
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AI summary
An easily-cleaning multifunctional soybean milk maker comprises a motor, a blade, a head unit, and a container, wherein a lower cover of the head unit being capped on the container, characterized in that a flow guider is securely fastened to the lower cover of the head unit, with the lower part of the flow guider immersed into water and the lower port of the flow guider being open. The blade fastened at the front end of the motor shaft is arranged within the flow guider and extends into water. Guiding holes are provided in the flow guider, and/or guiding channels in communication with the interior of the flow guider are provided on the lower cover of the head unit.