Consumer Innovation Laboratory

EGG BREAKER DESIGN PROJECT

Mission

The purpose of this project is to design a device that can crack and separate an egg without getting any shells in the yolk.

Team Members

Minutes of Meetings (available to ASEL staff)

1994 Meetings

March 17, 1994, 5:00 to 6:30 PM first design team meeting
March 25, 1994, 5:00 to 6:30 PM Product Design Specifications or PDS
April 07, 1994, 5:00 to 6:30 PM The first draft of the Product Design Specifications or PDS
April 21, 1994, 5:00 to 6:30 PM Concept of Design
May 5,1994, 5:00 to 6:30 PM Manufactures and Small Business Resouces
May 19,1994, 5:00 to 6:30 PM Confidentialty agreements?
June 02,1994, 5:00 to 6:30 PM Brain Storming
June 09,1994, 5:00 to 6:30 PM Brain Storming about PDS
June 24,1994, 5:00 to 6:30 PM Guest Speaker on Eggs
July 14,1994, 5:00 to 6:30 PM Review of what needs to be done
July 21,1994, 5:00 to 6:30 PM Patents and Disclosure Agreements
July 28,1994, 5:00 to 6:30 PM More work to do!
Aug. 04,1994, 5:00 to 6:30 PM Cutting tools experiments
Aug. 11,1994, 5:00 to 6:30 PM Mosiac computer program
Aug. 18,1994, 5:00 to 6:30 PM Introduction to the Internet
Sept. 01,1994, 5:00 to 6:30 PM Learning the Internet
Sept. 15,1994, 5:00 to 6:30 PM A Bread Board Design
Sept. 22,1994, 5:00 to 6:30 PM Another Mock Up Tested
October 13, 1994, 5:30 to 7:00 PM Brain Storming
November 03, 1994, 5:30 to 7:00 PM Guest Speakers
November 10,1994, 5:30 to 7:00 PM Questionaire
December 06,1994, 5:30 to 7:00 PM Second Meeting with DDD

1995 Meetings

February 15,1995, 5:30 to 7:00 PM Concepts with DDD
February 23,1995, 5:30 to 7:00 PM Revising the PDS
March 01,1995, 5:30 to 7:00 PM Drawings of testbeds
March 08,1995, 5:30 to 7:00 PM In house meeting
March 15,1995, 5:30 to 7:00 PM Proposed testbed
April 05,1995, 5:30 to 7:00 PM Review drawing of proposed testbed
April 26,1995, 5:30 to 7:00 PM More review of testbed drawings
May 24,1995, 5:30 to 7:00 PM Review the price quote from DDD
June 7,1995, 5:30 to 7:00 PM Planning the test program
June 20,1995, 5:30 to 7:00 PM The testbed is here!
June 22,1995, 5:30 to 7:00 PM Problems with the testbed
June 29,1995, 5:30 to 7:00 PM Recording results with the testbed
July 06,1995, 5:30 to 7:00 PM Broke more eggs
August 03,1995, 5:30 to 7:00 PM Knife blade #12
August 24,1995, 5:30 to 7:00 PM New membership?
August 31,1995, 5:30 to 7:00 PM Breaking eggs
Sept. 01, 1995, 5:30 to 7:00 PM Breaking more eggs
Sept. 07, 1995, 5:30 to 7:00 PM Need another meeting with DDD
October 04, 1995, 5:30 to 7:00 PM More discussion regarding the testbed
October 11, 1995, 5:30 to 7:00 PM Testbed concerns
October 18, 1995, 5:30 to 7:00 PM Possible proposals with DDD
October 23, 1995, 9:00am to 12:30 PM In house meeting
October 25, 1995, 5:30 to 7:00 PM Reviewing data
November 17, 1995, 5:30 to 7:00 PM Guest speaker
December 06, 1995, 5:15 to 7:00 PM Need a market plan

1996 Meetings

January 03, 1996, 5:15 to 7:00 PM Proposal from Dynamic Devices Developments
January 17, 1996, 5:15 to 7:00 PM The Small Business Development Center
February 5 1996, 5:15 to 7:00 PM The first draft of the market plan
February 26 1996, 5:15 to 7:00 PM Gathering statistics
April 8, 1996, 5:15 to 7:00 PM
June 3, 1996, 5:15 to 7:00 PM The marketplan and database
July 15, 1996, 5:15 to 7:00 PM more market plan
Aug. 5, 1996, 5:15 to 7:00 PM mock up of devices
Aug.12 , 1996, 5:15 to 7:00 PM new cutting blades
Aug. 26 , 1996, 5:15 to 7:00 PM more new blades and eggs
Sept. 9, 1996, 5:15 to 7:00 PM new blades again
Sept. 23, 1996, 5:15 to 7:00 PM is this the right blade at last?
Oct. 14, 1996, 5:15 to 7:00 PM A new design shape
Nov. 11, 1996, 5:15 to 7:00 PM ways to hold an egg

1997 Meetings

Jan. 20, 1997, 5:15 to 7:00 PM Inflatable seal?
Mar. 03, 1997, 4:00 to 5:30 PM Modified seal
Mar. 24, 1997, 4:00 to 5:30 PM A wider seal
April 14, 1997, 4:00 to 5:30 PM Stronger seal and air pressures
May 12, 1997, 4:00 to 5:30 PM Trying a stationary support
July 28, 1997, 4:00 to 5:30 PM Need a longer screw for support
Aug. 04, 1997, 4:00 to 5:30 PM Stablizing and cutting problems
Aug. 25, 1997, 4:00 to 5:30 PM Using the Dremel tool
Sep. 22, 1997, 4:00 to 5:30 PM Two new holders
Nov. 10, 1997, 4:00 to 5:30 PM New drive shaft

1998 Meetings

Mar. 25, 1998, 4:00 to 5:30 PM Last meeting of the Eggbreaker team
Design Information
- Product Design Specification (PDS) (available to ASEL staff)
- Latest article from Design Team Update
For people on the web, documentation for this project is indexed in http://www.asel.udel.edu/robotics/conlab/eggbreaker/egggroup.html Access to the minutes is limited to members of this design team.

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Updated by Michael Lessig (lessig@asel.udel.edu) -- June 23, 1997