Vacuum food processing system
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Solution Overview
Problem
Blender containers leak liquid or ingredients through seals in high vibration environments, compromising vacuum integrity and nutritional properties of processed food.
Innovation Solution
A food processing system with a vacuum mechanism featuring a float valve and reservoir assembly that controls air flow, collects particulate, and automatically shuts off when liquid exceeds a threshold, preventing leakage and maintaining vacuum integrity.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a seal is used to form a vacuum within the blender container, then nutritional degradation is reduced, but liquid leakage occurs in high vibration environments
Solution Approach 1:
The reservoir assembly acts as an intermediary component between the blender container and the vacuum mechanism. It includes a float valve that automatically controls air flow to the vacuum mechanism based on liquid level, preventing liquid from reaching and compromising the vacuum seal while maintaining vacuum integrity for nutritional preservation
Solution Approach 2:
The float valve provides self-service functionality by automatically detecting liquid levels and controlling air flow to the vacuum mechanism without external intervention. When liquid reaches a certain level, the float valve automatically closes to prevent leakage, and opens to allow air flow when liquid level is low, creating a self-regulating system that maintains vacuum integrity while preventing leakage
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 system effectively maintains vacuum conditions, reducing nutritional degradation and preventing leakage, ensuring enhanced food quality and safety.
Implementation Method 1
said valve is a float valve, said float valve being buoyant relative to said volume of contents of said hollow interior
Data Source
AI summary
A reservoir assembly for a food processing system including a vacuum mechanism includes a housing having a hollow interior, an inlet pipe extending through said housing into said hollow interior, a fluid flow path from said hollow interior to the vacuum mechanism, and a valve positioned within said hollow interior, said valve being movable to control a flow of air provided to the vacuum mechanism via said fluid flow path.