Adhesive Cleaning Tip Geometry for Camera Sensor and Lens Surfaces
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional cleaning tools with adhesive members are not suitable for cleaning digital camera components due to their shape mismatch with rectangular or circular surfaces, making it difficult to effectively remove foreign matter from imaging devices and other photographic device parts.
Innovation Solution
A cleaning tool with an adhesive member featuring an arcuate and rectangular adhesive surface, allowing for efficient cleaning of various shapes by selectively using either the arcuate or rectangular area to match the surface being cleaned, ensuring effective adherence and removal of foreign matter.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a cleaning tool uses a conventional circular adhesive member, then it can effectively clean circular surfaces such as photographing lenses, but it cannot effectively clean rectangular surfaces such as imaging device surfaces
Solution Approach 1:
The adhesive member is divided into two distinct functional areas: a first adhesive area with a circular outline for cleaning circular surfaces like photographing lenses, and a second adhesive area with a rectangular outline for cleaning rectangular surfaces like imaging devices. This segmentation allows each area to be optimally shaped for its intended surface type, resolving the contradiction between versatility and cleaning effectiveness.
Solution Approach 2:
The adhesive member is designed to perform multiple cleaning functions by incorporating both circular and rectangular adhesive areas in a single component. This multi-functional design enables the cleaning tool to effectively clean various surface shapes (both circular and rectangular) without requiring separate tools, thereby achieving both versatility and operational effectiveness.
2Adaptability or versatility
If a cleaning tool is designed with a rectangular adhesive member for cleaning imaging devices, then it can effectively clean rectangular surfaces, but it cannot effectively clean circular surfaces such as photographing lenses
Solution Approach 1:
The adhesive member is divided into two distinct functional areas: a first adhesive area with a circular outline for cleaning circular surfaces such as photographing lenses, and a second adhesive area with a rectangular outline for cleaning rectangular surfaces such as imaging devices. This segmentation allows each area to be optimally shaped for its intended surface type, resolving the contradiction between versatility and cleaning effectiveness.
Solution Approach 2:
The adhesive member is designed to perform multiple cleaning functions by incorporating both circular and rectangular adhesive areas in a single component. This multi-functional design enables the cleaning tool to effectively clean various surface shapes (both circular and rectangular) without requiring separate tools, thereby achieving both versatility and operational effectiveness.
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 tool enables reliable and efficient cleaning of digital camera components by adapting to different shapes, such as rectangular and circular surfaces, ensuring thorough removal of foreign matter without obstruction, improving image quality.
Implementation Method 1
an adhesive member (12) having an adhesive surface (12S) on which the foreign matter adheres
Data Source
AI summary
A cleaning tool is to remove foreign matter from a surface of a photographic device. The cleaning tool includes an adhesive member and a stick body. The adhesive member has an adhesive surface for the foreign matter to adhere to. The stick body has an end to which the adhesive member is attached. The adhesive surface has an arcuate area, of which part of the outline is an arcuate section and a rectangular area that has a rectangular shape. The arcuate area is located between two theoretical lines which extend from two adjoining sides of the rectangular area.