Circulating Mattress Cleaning Machine with Rotating Rack and Spray Nozzles
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional washing machines are not suitable for cleaning mattresses as they cannot be directly immersed in water and rotated for cleaning, necessitating a different cleaning structure.
Innovation Solution
A circulating-type mattress cleaning machine that uses a spraying form to clean mattresses with circulating water, reducing water consumption and improving cleaning efficiency through continuous spraying and rotation of the mattresses.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If traditional clothes washing method (direct immersion and rotation) is used, then cleaning structure is simple, but it cannot be applied to mattresses
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of immersing the mattress in water and rotating it like clothes, the patent inverts the approach by keeping the mattress stationary on a rack and spraying water onto it from multiple directions. The cleaning medium (water) is moved and circulated around the stationary mattress, fundamentally reversing the traditional washing paradigm to accommodate the non-flexible, bulky nature of mattresses.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a circulating water system with spray nozzles as an intermediary between the water source and the mattress. Rather than direct contact immersion, water is delivered through a controlled spray mechanism that can reach all surfaces of the mattress, including corners and edges, while the circulating pipeline acts as a mediator to distribute and recycle the cleaning fluid.
2Reliability
If water is continuously sprayed onto mattresses, then cleaning effect is improved, but water consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a water recovery and circulation system where used cleaning water is collected from the bottom of the cleaning chamber, filtered, and reused through the spray nozzles. The circulating pipeline continuously recycles the water, allowing the same water to be sprayed multiple times on the mattress, significantly reducing overall water consumption while maintaining continuous cleaning action.
Solution Approach 2:
The circulating water system operates continuously, with water being constantly pumped through the spray nozzles and recirculated back. This continuous circulation ensures that fresh cleaning solution is always available on the mattress surface without requiring continuous fresh water input, maintaining effective cleaning while minimizing water loss through evaporation and drainage.
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 machine effectively cleans mattresses while conserving water resources and enhancing cleaning effectiveness by continuously circulating and spraying water onto the mattresses.
Implementation Method 1
Two spray pipes are provided at a top of the cylindrical cavity and on one side of the top of the cylindrical cavity, respectively. Multiple spray nozzles are successively provided on the spray pipe, the spray nozzles directly face the mattresses carried by the inner container frame.
Implementation Method 2
a first pump is provided on the circulating pipeline, the circulating pipeline is further connected to a first sewage discharge pipeline and a recovery pipeline, respectively
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AI summary
A circulating-type mattress cleaning machine, including a rack; a horizontal barrel, an inner container frame and a circulating pipeline. A cylindrical cavity is formed inside the horizontal barrel. The inner container frame rotatably mounted inside the cylindrical cavity around an central axis of the cylindrical cavity, and is designed for bearing multiple mattresses side by side and driving the mattresses to rotate around the central axis. Two spray pipes are provided at a top of the cylindrical cavity and on one side of the top of the cylindrical cavity, respectively. Multiple spray nozzles are successively provided on the spray pipe, the spray nozzles directly face the mattresses carried by the inner container frame. The circulating pipeline in fluid communication with a bottom of the cylindrical cavity, and the circulating pipeline being in communication with two spray pipes.