Cleaning machine with stabilizing auxiliary structure

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional cleaning machines struggle to adapt to surfaces with varying inclinations, leading to uneven cleaning force distribution and blind areas, which affects efficiency and quality, failing to meet the demands of modern cleaning operations for intelligence and convenience.

Innovation Solution

A cleaning machine with a stabilizing auxiliary structure featuring a mounting housing, vacuum adsorption member, stabilizing auxiliary adsorption member, walking drive, rotary motor, rotary disk, and dynamic wiper connected via elastic components, allowing for adaptive inclination adjustment and stable support.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If a fixed wiping disc is used in conventional cleaning machines, then the structure is simple and stable, but the cleaning machine cannot adapt to surfaces with varying inclinations, resulting in uneven cleaning force distribution and cleaning blind areas

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveadaptability to varying inclination surfacesVSAvoidstructure complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The wiping disc is transformed from a fixed structure to a dynamically adjustable one. The elastic component allows the wiping disc to rotate and tilt automatically according to the inclination angle of the cleaning surface, enabling the cleaning machine to adapt to various slopes while maintaining a relatively simple overall structure.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The inclination angle parameter of the wiping disc is made variable through the elastic component mechanism. As the cleaning surface inclination changes, the wiping disc automatically adjusts its tilt angle to maintain optimal contact with the surface, solving the adaptability problem without requiring complex control systems.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Reliability

If a fixed wiping disc is used, then the device structure is simple, but the cleaning force is unevenly distributed causing cleaning blind areas

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecleaning qualityVSAvoidwiping mechanism complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The wiping disc is designed to dynamically adjust its inclination angle through the elastic component, ensuring that the cleaning force is evenly distributed across the cleaning surface regardless of the surface slope. This dynamic adjustment eliminates cleaning blind areas while keeping the mechanism relatively simple.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

3Productivity

If the wiping disc cannot be automatically adjusted, then the control system is simple, but the cleaning efficiency and quality are reduced due to inability to adhere to the cleaning surface

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecleaning efficiencyVSAvoidadjustment mechanism complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The elastic component enables the wiping disc to automatically adjust its own inclination angle in response to changes in cleaning surface slope, without requiring external control systems or complex actuators. This self-adjusting capability improves cleaning efficiency and quality while maintaining system simplicity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

4Adaptability or versatility

If a fixed structure is used, then the manufacturing cost is low, but the cleaning machine cannot meet the high requirements of intelligent and convenient cleaning operations

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveintelligent adaptation capabilityVSAvoidmanufacturing complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

The elastic component introduces dynamic adaptability to the otherwise simple fixed structure. The wiping disc can now automatically adjust to varying inclinations, providing intelligent adaptation capability that meets modern cleaning requirements while avoiding the complexity and high costs of electronic control systems.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

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 ensures a stable and flexible fit with cleaning surfaces, improving coverage, efficiency, and quality by balancing cleaning force and preventing slippage, thus enhancing the cleaning process.

Implementation Method 1

a dynamic wiper arranged parallel to the rotary disk and connected to the rotary disk via an elastic component, wherein an elastic gap is formed between the dynamic wiper and the rotary disk

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectElasticity: Elasticity

Implementation Method 2

a vacuum adsorption member mounted on the mounting housing, wherein a stabilizing auxiliary adsorption member is provided beside the vacuum adsorption member

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectVacuum adsorption: Adsorption

Data Source

PatentEP4573996A1Cleaning machine with stabilizing auxiliary structure
Publication Date: 2025.06.25 SHENZHEN AIDIBAO TECH CO LTD
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AI summary

A cleaning machine with a stabilizing auxiliary structure is disclosed. A stabilizing auxiliary adsorption member is provided beside a vacuum adsorption member; an adsorption cavity communicating with an adsorption end of the vacuum adsorption member is provided in the stabilizing auxiliary adsorption member; a walking drive is provided at both sides of the vacuum adsorption member; a rotary motor is provided at both sides of the stabilizing auxiliary adsorption member; a rotary disk is movably mounted at a bottom end of a mounting housing and a transmission end of the rotary motor; and a dynamic wipers are arranged parallel to the rotary disc and are connected to the rotary disc by an elastic component. The invention improves the cleaning coverage, cleaning effect and cleaning efficiency by introducing the stabilizing auxiliary adsorption member, providing the elastic component between the rotary disk and the dynamic wiper, forming a stable multi-point elastic support.