Telescopic Cookie Cutter with Nested Cutting Members

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Solution Overview

Problem

The preparation of a large number of cookies from dough can be laborious, especially for home bakers, as existing methods lack efficient tools for concurrently cutting multiple uniformly shaped cookies.

Innovation Solution

A cookie cutting apparatus with an upper and lower platform member, featuring interior and exterior cutting members that can be actuated to form specific shapes in dough, allowing for the simultaneous cutting of multiple cookies by aligning and telescoping cylindrical cutting members with different diameters and shapes.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If traditional single-cookie cutters are used, then each cookie can be cut individually, but the preparation time and labor increase significantly when making large numbers of cookies

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecookie production rateVSAvoidpreparation time

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The cutting apparatus is divided into multiple independent cutting members (at least three) arranged in an array on the upper platform, each capable of cutting a separate cookie. This segmentation allows simultaneous cutting of multiple cookies in a single operation, directly increasing productivity while reducing preparation time compared to single-cookie cutters

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

Multiple cutting members are combined into a single integrated apparatus where the upper platform with interior cutting members works together with the lower platform with exterior cutting members. This merging allows concurrent cutting of multiple cookies through one unified device, achieving high-volume production without requiring multiple separate cutting operations

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

2Productivity

If multiple cutting members are used to cut multiple cookies simultaneously, then productivity increases, but the device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveconcurrent cookie cutting capabilityVSAvoidapparatus structure

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The interior cutting members on the upper platform are designed to be inserted into corresponding exterior cutting members on the lower platform, creating a nested configuration. This nesting allows the cutting members to be stored compactly when not in use and provides a straightforward mechanism for achieving concurrent cutting without requiring complex assembly or adjustment mechanisms

Inventive Principle:

Principle #7Nested doll (Nesting)

Solution Approach 2:

The apparatus is designed with multiple cutting members that can all function simultaneously, making the device universally applicable for producing large quantities of cookies in one operation. The modular design with interchangeable cutting members allows the same apparatus to handle different cookie sizes and shapes, reducing the need for multiple specialized tools

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentUS9504259B2Cookie cutter for concurrently cutting a plurality of cookies

Publication Date: 2016.11.29 WHITE RHONDA KAY

AI summary

A device for simultaneous cutting of dough into shapes including upper and lower platform members as well as interior and exterior cutting members. The upper platform member may be actuated to cause the interior cutting members to be telescopically inserted into the exterior cutting members thereby enabling cutting of prepared cookie dough into a plural cookies by each set of interior and exterior cutting members.