Stacked Tapered Cutting Tool Storage With Locking Cover
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing food preparation appliances require manual manipulation to store and retrieve stacked cutting tools, leading to inefficiencies in storage and handling.
Innovation Solution
A household appliance with a drive base, work accessory, and locking cover that allows cutting tools with a frustoconical shape to be stacked and secured within the appliance, using snap-fastening, screwing, or bayonet locking mechanisms, enabling compact and secure storage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Volume of moving object
If cutting tools are stacked in the magazine of the working accessory, then storage compactness is improved, but the user must lift the body of the box to store or retrieve tools, reducing ease of operation
Solution Approach 1:
The device is divided into two main segments: a stationary drive base containing the motor and control electronics, and a removable working accessory containing the magazine for tool storage. This segmentation allows the magazine with stacked tools to be easily detached and reattached without moving the entire device body, resolving the contradiction between compact storage and ease of operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The magazine containing the stacked cutting tools is extracted as a separate removable component from the working accessory. This allows users to easily remove the entire magazine with multiple tools stacked inside for storage or replacement, eliminating the need to manually handle each individual tool or lift the entire device body.
2Stability of the object's composition
If a locking cover is used to secure stacked cutting tools, then tool stability during storage is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The locking cover is merged with the magazine assembly, forming an integrated unit that combines tool storage, stacking, and locking functions. The cover is shaped to match the contours of the stacked tools and includes locking means that engage with the magazine, providing stable tool retention without requiring separate locking mechanisms or increasing overall device complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The locking cover is designed to nest over the stacked cutting tools in the magazine, with the cover's internal shape complementary to the external shape of the stacked tools. This nested configuration provides stable containment and locking while maintaining a compact, simple structure that does not add significant complexity to the device.
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AI summary
The appliance (1) has a motor base (2) formed of a case (3) enclosing an electrical driving motor, and a working accessory (5) including a storage place (7) for mounting tapered cutting tools (8', 8'', 8''') e.g. tapered graters. A driving and coupling unit couples and rotatably drives the cutting tools mounted in the storage place of the accessory. A locking cover (16) locks the cutting tools that are stacked against one another in the storage place. The locking cover is provided with a blocking unit e.g. bayonet blocking unit, blocking the locking cover on the working accessory. An independent claim is also included for a method for storing and arranging cutting tools of an electric household appliance.