Toasting tray for buns
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional methods for toasting buns are complicated, messy, and often result in broken buns and leakage of condiments, failing to produce crispy buns with desirable grill marks, while existing solutions require separate apparatuses and do not efficiently cook food and buns simultaneously.
Innovation Solution
A multifunctional toasting tray with an angled ridge and elongated conducting elements for even heating, featuring a nonstick coating, adjustable design, and a lip to catch crumbs, allowing for efficient toasting of buns and food with aesthetically pleasing grill marks without breaking the bun.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Temperature
If the bun is spread open to toast the inner surfaces, then the bun can be toasted, but the hinged structure is broken or weakened and food items leak out
Solution Approach 1:
The toasting apparatus is divided into separate components: a toasting tray for the bun and a separate cooking surface for food items. This allows the bun to be toasted without requiring the hinged structure to bear the weight of food items, thus maintaining bun integrity while achieving toasting.
Solution Approach 2:
The toasting tray acts as an intermediary device between the heat source and the bun. It provides a dedicated toasting surface that supports the bun in an open position without requiring the bun's own hinged structure to bear additional loads, preventing breakage while enabling toasting.
2Temperature
If a separate bun heating and toasting apparatus is used, then the bun can be toasted, but the process of preparing a meal becomes more complicated
Solution Approach 1:
The toasting tray is designed to integrate with standard grill surfaces. The tray can be placed directly on the grill, combining the bun toasting function with the existing cooking apparatus, thus avoiding the need for completely separate equipment while still providing dedicated toasting capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The toasting tray is designed to work with various grill types and can accommodate different bun sizes. It serves multiple functions: toasting buns, providing a stable base for open buns, and integrating with existing grill surfaces, thus reducing the need for multiple specialized devices.
3Ease of operation
If the bun is opened widely to receive food items, then food items can be placed in the bun, but condiments and food items leak out onto the consumer or clothing
Solution Approach 1:
The toasting tray serves as an intermediary platform that supports the open bun at an optimal angle. This positioning allows easy placement of food items while the tray's structure and associated components (such as the food well) prevent condiments and food items from leaking onto the consumer or clothing.
Solution Approach 2:
The apparatus includes a food well that automatically contains and directs condiments and food items, preventing leakage without requiring active intervention from the user. The结构设计 itself provides the leakage prevention function.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The tray provides a versatile, efficient, and clean method for toasting buns and cooking food, maintaining the structural integrity of the bun while producing crispy, grill-marked results, and is reusable, dishwasher-safe, and environmentally friendly.
Implementation Method 1
a plurality of elongated conducting elements positioned inside of the ridge, said plurality of elongated conducting elements in thermal contact with a downward facing surface of the toasting tray
Implementation Method 2
A plurality of ribs protrudes above the apex, the first side surface, second side surface, and the horizontal section of the toasting tray for buns
Data Source
AI summary
A toasting tray for buns is shown and described. The toasting tray for buns comprises a ridge that is further comprised of an apex defined by the intersection of a first side surface and a second side surface. The toasting tray for buns also has a horizontal section connected at a lower end of said sides. A plurality of ribs protrudes above the apex, the first side surface, second side surface, and the horizontal section of the toasting tray for buns. Additionally, a plurality of elongated conducting elements are positioned inside of the ridge. The plurality of elongated conducting elements are in thermal contact with a downward facing surface of the toasting tray.