Thin-Walled Praline Receptacle Design for Filling Proportion

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing confectioneries, such as ice-filled chocolate bars with wafer bases, often have thick side walls that detract from the taste experience due to a high proportion of non-filling material.

Innovation Solution

A confectionery design featuring a thin-walled, rectangular receptacle with a height of 3-8 mm, side walls of 0.8-1.4 mm thickness, and a large base area, allowing for a higher filling proportion and an original shape that enhances the taste experience.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Strength

If thick side walls are used in the receptacle, then structural integrity is improved, but the proportion of filling in the confectionery decreases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvestructural integrityVSAvoidfilling proportion
Core Design Contradiction:
StrengthVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies parameter changes by reducing the wall thickness from conventional thick walls to specifically 0.8-1.4 mm, and the bottom thickness to less than 2.0 mm. This parameter optimization maintains sufficient structural integrity for the receptacle to hold its shape and protect the filling, while maximizing the filling proportion to enhance taste experience.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Quantity of substance

If thin side walls are used in the receptacle, then the proportion of filling in the confectionery increases, but structural integrity may be compromised

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvefilling proportionVSAvoidstructural integrity
Core Design Contradiction:
Quantity of substanceVSStrength

Solution Approach 1:

The patent resolves this contradiction through precise parameter control, specifying side wall thickness of 0.8-1.4 mm and bottom thickness of less than 2.0 mm. These optimized parameters ensure the receptacle maintains adequate structural strength to hold the filling and resist deformation during handling, while maximizing the filling proportion for improved taste.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Quantity of substance

If the receptacle height is increased, then the filling volume increases, but the shape becomes less refined

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvefilling volumeVSAvoidrefined shape
Core Design Contradiction:
Quantity of substanceVSShape

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies parameter changes by optimizing the receptacle height to 3-8 mm, which provides sufficient volume for an appealing filling amount while maintaining a compact, refined shape that is aesthetically pleasing and appropriate for a confectionery product.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentEP1900286B1Confectionery product, in particular praline
Publication Date: 2010.03.24 PETERS GMBH
  • EP1900286B1 patent drawingFigure 1a~4

AI summary

The praline production comprises producing a reception (1) of a chocolate cream by a frozen-shell machine and introducing a cooled stamp at -2 to -15[deg] C into a reservoir with the liquefied material for the reception and extraction of the stamp after a time interval of 5-6 seconds. The chocolate cream comprises a bottom (5) provided in the reception and a side panel (6) from a material, which consists of chocolate or contains chocolate. The reception adheres formed-material at the stamp. The material intended in the reservoir for the formation of the reception has 30[deg] C. The praline production comprises producing a reception (1) of a chocolate cream by a frozen-shell machine and introducing a cooled stamp at -2 to -15[deg] C into a reservoir with liquefied material for the reception and extraction of the stamp after a time interval of 5-6 seconds. The chocolate cream comprises a bottom (5) provided in the reception and a side panel (6) from a material, which consists of chocolate or contains chocolate. The reception adheres formed-material at the stamp. The material intended in the reservoir for the formation of the reception has 30[deg] C. The reception is cooled at 11[deg] C after discharged on a pad. After the cooling of the reception and if necessary after a suitable storage time, the filling is introduced into the reception. A coat is applied on the reception and then a decoration is applied by a foil serving as decoration carriers. An independent claim is included for a manufactured praline.