Cleaning combination in block form with at least one cleaning component
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing cleaning systems for cooking appliances and ovens generate significant plastic waste due to single-phase or multi-phase tabs with plastic coatings, and cleaning cartridges packaged in plastic films, leading to environmental pollution and residue issues.
Innovation Solution
A cleaner combination in block form with dissolvable or meltable casings and connecting/separating layers made from materials that dissolve or melt in cleaning fluids, reducing plastic waste and allowing for controlled release of cleaning components based on temperature or pH changes, ensuring no residual plastic and efficient separation of incompatible substances.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If cleaning components are packaged in plastic coatings or plastic films, then the cleaning components are protected during storage and transport, but significant plastic waste is generated and environmental pollution occurs
Solution Approach 1:
The packaging material undergoes parameter change by transitioning from a non-dissolvable plastic coating to a water-soluble coating, allowing the packaging to dissolve during the cleaning process and eliminate plastic waste while still providing protection during storage and transport
Solution Approach 2:
The invention uses disposable cleaning components with water-soluble packaging that dissolves during use, replacing durable plastic packaging with a short-living alternative that serves its protective function only until needed, then disappears without creating waste
2Quantity of substance
If multiple cleaning components are combined in a single block, then product usage is reduced and environmental impact is minimized, but incompatible substances need to be separated during storage
Solution Approach 1:
The cleaning block is segmented into multiple cleaning components (descaling agent, cleaning agent, rinse aid) that are physically separated by water-soluble partition walls, allowing incompatible substances to coexist stably during storage while enabling complete dissolution and mixing during the cleaning process
Solution Approach 2:
Water-soluble partition walls act as intermediaries that separate incompatible cleaning substances during storage and transport, then dissolve during the cleaning process to allow the substances to mix and work together without direct contact during storage
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 solution drastically reduces plastic waste, allows for less product usage, and minimizes environmental impact by completely dissolving packaging materials during the cleaning process, ensuring effective separation and release of cleaning components without leaving residues.
Implementation Method 1
connecting and separating layers which bond the cleaning components to one another in the original state and which are designed to dissolve or melt during a cleaning process
Implementation Method 2
casings and connecting/separating layers made from materials that dissolve or melt in cleaning fluids
Implementation Method 3
allowing for controlled release of cleaning components based on temperature or pH changes
Implementation Method 4
allowing for controlled release of cleaning components based on temperature or pH changes
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AI summary
The invention relates to a cleaning agent combination (10) in block form (12) with at least one cleaning component (17) in the form of a descaler or cleaning agent block (18) for receiving in a receiving device (32). This device is arranged in the interior (14) of a cooking appliance or oven (16). In addition to the descaler or cleaning agent block (18), the cleaning agent combination (10) contains further cleaning components (17) which are connected and separated by bonding and separating layers (24, 26, 40) that cause a gravity-induced detachment of a cleaning component (17) and/or are provided with a dissolvable coating (28, 38).