Spiral blade, grinding component and food processor
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing juice machines, particularly vertical ones, have complex structures with numerous parts, making them difficult to clean and resulting in low juice yield due to insufficient squeezing and clogged filter screens.
Innovation Solution
A spiral blade with a conical design and integrated cleaning structure for a food processor, which simplifies the grinding process, improves juice yield by efficiently crushing food and discharging residues without the need for filter screens or rotary brushes, using a spiral blade with a feeding, grinding, and discharging area, and a cleaning structure to enhance discharging efficiency.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If vertical juice machines use spiral blades for extrusion and filter screens for juice separation, then juice yield can be improved, but the structure becomes complex with numerous parts including rotary brushes for cleaning
Solution Approach 1:
The patent removes the filter screen and rotary brush components from the vertical juice machine structure. By extracting these parts, the invention simplifies the overall structure while maintaining the spiral blade for extrusion and juice separation, directly resolving the contradiction between juice yield and structural complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The spiral blade is designed to perform multiple functions: extruding the fruit pulp and simultaneously separating juice from residues. This multi-functional design eliminates the need for separate filter screens and cleaning mechanisms, reducing structural complexity while preserving productivity
2Productivity
If filter screens with small holes are used for juice separation, then juice yield can be improved, but cleaning becomes difficult and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The patent completely removes the filter screen component from the system. By extracting this element, the invention eliminates the cleaning difficulty associated with small holes while maintaining effective juice separation through the spiral blade's extrusion action alone
Solution Approach 2:
The spiral blade design allows for self-cleaning through its rotational motion and structural configuration, where the blade's own movement prevents residue accumulation, eliminating the need for separate cleaning mechanisms and improving cleaning convenience
3Ease of operation
If horizontal juice machines use simple structures with fewer parts, then cleaning becomes easier, but squeezing efficiency is insufficient and juice yield decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent optimizes the spiral blade's geometric parameters including pitch, width, and curvature to enhance extrusion efficiency. By changing these parameters, the blade achieves effective squeezing action with a simplified structure, resolving the contradiction between cleaning ease and juice yield
Solution Approach 2:
The spiral blade is designed with dynamic characteristics that allow it to adaptively process different fruit types and consistencies. The rotational motion and progressive compression created by the spiral geometry enable efficient squeezing without requiring complex mechanisms, maintaining both simplicity and productivity
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The spiral blade design enhances food grinding and juice yield by ensuring smooth feeding, grinding, and discharging processes, reducing the complexity of the machine and improving user experience through easier cleaning and reduced part count.
Implementation Method 1
a spiral blade body having a feeding area for feeding, a grinding area connected with the feeding area and a discharging area connected with the grinding area; and a plurality of spiral ribs are arranged on the grinding area
Implementation Method 2
a cleaning structure is arranged on the discharging area... the cleaning structure can be used for pushing the crushed food to a predetermined area
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure provides a spiral blade, a grinding component and a food processor. The spiral blade includes: a spiral blade body, and the spiral blade body includes a feeding area used for feeding, a grinding area connected with the feeding area and a discharging area connected with the grinding area; and a plurality of spiral ribs are arranged on the grinding area, and a cleaning structure is arranged on the discharging area. The spiral blade is applied to the food processor and is only used for grinding food rather than extruding juice and discharging residues, therefore its structure is relatively simple, meanwhile, as a cleaning structure is arranged on the discharging area, the cleaning structure can be used for pushing the crushed food to a predetermined area.