Food Thermometer Holder for Stable Multi-Angle Temperature Sensing

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing food thermometers struggle to maintain a stable position within soft or non-firm foods, limiting their ability to accurately measure internal temperatures, and there is a need for a versatile system that allows for multiple holding positions and angles to facilitate reliable temperature measurement both within food and in food preparation vessels.

Innovation Solution

A holder system with multiple holding devices, including passages and clips, that allows the food thermometer to be held at various angles and heights, enabling insertion from different directions and positions, and can be securely attached to a vessel wall for measuring internal temperatures, while being easy to clean and durable.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If a food thermometer is inserted into soft or non-firm food, then the thermometer can measure internal temperature, but the food cannot hold the thermometer in place

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveinternal temperature measurementVSAvoidthermometer position stability

Core Design Contradiction:

Measurement precisionVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces a holder as an intermediary device between the thermometer and the food. The holder has a passage through which the thermometer is inserted, and the holder itself is held by the food or attached to the cooking vessel. This mediator allows the thermometer to be positioned in soft foods without requiring the food to firmly grip the thermometer directly.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Adaptability or versatility

If a holder with multiple holding devices is used, then the thermometer can be held at various angles and heights, but the device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveholding position optionsVSAvoidholder structure

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The holder is segmented into multiple functional components: a base for attachment to the cooking vessel, a passage for thermometer insertion, and optionally clips or other holding devices. Each segment performs a specific function, allowing the thermometer to be positioned in multiple ways while keeping each individual component relatively simple.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

3Reliability

If the passage diameter is small for a secure hold, then the thermometer is held firmly, but insertion requires more force

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvethermometer holding securityVSAvoidthermometer insertion ease

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The passage can be designed with elastic or flexible material that dynamically adjusts during insertion. When the thermometer is being inserted, the passage material flexes to allow easier passage, then returns to its original shape to provide a secure, firm hold once the thermometer is in place.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Data Source

PatentEP3995799B1System with stand and penetration food thermometer as well as stand

Publication Date: 2023.05.31 VORWERK & CO INTERHOLDING GMBH

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AI summary

The invention relates to a versatile system comprising a food thermometer (1) and a holder (2) for holding the food thermometer (1). The holder (2) includes two different holding devices (8, 11, 15, 16) by which the food thermometer (1) can be held in two different holding positions. The invention also relates to a holder (2) for the system.