Tabletop Cooking Pan Frame Layout for Maximum Tilting Space
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing cooking appliances with pans are bulky and lack the compactness and swiveling functionality of larger floor-based models, making them less versatile and space-efficient for tabletop use.
Innovation Solution
A tabletop cooking appliance design featuring a T-shaped frame with a central web and transverse web that minimizes lateral frame presence, allowing for maximum pan tilting angle and volume while maintaining stability, and incorporates electrical and liquid components in a spatially separated manner within the frame, eliminating the need for additional cladding and enhancing accessibility.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Stability of the object's composition
If a complete frame is provided around the crucible, then structural stability is improved, but the lateral construction volume increases and pan swiveling space is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent removes the frame from the front edge region and one lateral edge of the crucible, extracting unnecessary structural elements while maintaining stability through the remaining frame portions and the table surface support
2Ease of operation
If the frame height is increased to accommodate pan swiveling, then pan tilting angle is improved, but the overall height of the cooking appliance exceeds table-top limits
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates swiveling space by reducing the frame in horizontal dimensions (front edge and lateral edge regions) rather than increasing vertical height, allowing the pan to pivot into the emptied space at the front while maintaining table-top height constraints
3Volume of moving object
If the frame is reduced to minimize construction volume, then compactness is improved, but structural stability and load-bearing capacity deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies frame structure selectively - providing complete framing at the rear edge for stability and support, while removing frame elements at the front edge and one lateral edge where full structural support is not needed, creating a locally optimized structure
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AI summary
The apparatus has swingable lids (14, 16) for opening and closing tiltably mounted, heatable crucibles (10, 12). The crucibles are provided with a front edge (18), a rear edge and a lateral edge (22). A table top frame (26) is provided at the front edge of the crucible in a frame-free manner, and designed in a T-shape. The crucibles extend along the rear and lateral edges, and arranged next to each other in a parallelepiped shape. A central web (28) upwardly projects opposite to a top surface of the closed lids. A transformer is accommodated in a transverse web (30).