Tray and cleaning apparatus system
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing cleaning devices often leave roller brushes in a humid environment after use, leading to bacterial growth, odor production, and a shortened service life, as well as potential safety hazards.
Innovation Solution
A tray with a drying unit, such as a heating apparatus or air outlet, is integrated to dry the roller brush accommodation region, preventing humid conditions and extending the roller brush's lifespan while ensuring user safety.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Object-affected harmful factors
If a tray is used to store the cleaning machine, then liquid can flow into the tray to prevent ground contamination, but the roller brush remains in a humid environment leading to bacterial growth and odors
Solution Approach 1:
A drying unit is introduced as an intermediary component within the tray system. This drying unit actively removes moisture from the roller brush accommodation region, serving as a mediator between the liquid collection function and the hygiene maintenance function. The drying unit includes heating elements and air circulation components that work together to create a dry environment despite the tray's liquid collection capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The tray is designed with multi-functionality to simultaneously perform liquid collection and drying operations. The tray body includes both a liquid collection area and a heated drying region with air circulation. This allows the single tray structure to handle both the containment of spilled liquid and the active drying of the roller brush, eliminating the conflict between liquid collection and moisture prevention.
2Ease of operation
If the roller brush is stored in the tray after cleaning, then the cleaning machine can be stored conveniently, but the service life of the roller brush is shortened due to prolonged exposure to humid conditions
Solution Approach 1:
The drying unit is designed to automatically activate when the cleaning machine is placed in the tray for storage. The heating elements and air circulation system begin their drying operation immediately, performing the drying action in advance before significant moisture accumulation occurs. This preliminary drying action preserves the roller brush during the storage period, extending its service life while maintaining storage convenience.
Solution Approach 2:
The drying unit operates continuously during the entire storage period of the cleaning machine in the tray. The heating elements maintain a consistent temperature and the air circulation system runs continuously to prevent moisture accumulation. This continuous drying action ensures the roller brush remains dry throughout storage, preserving it and extending its usable life while allowing convenient storage.
3Reliability
If a drying unit with heating apparatus is added to the tray, then the roller brush can be dried effectively, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The drying unit components are merged into the existing tray structure. The heating elements are integrated within the tray body, and the air circulation system uses the tray's existing cavities and openings. By combining the drying function with the storage function in a single integrated structure, the complexity is minimized while maintaining effective drying capability. The heating apparatus and air circulation components share space and structural elements with the tray's liquid collection features.
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 drying tray effectively prevents bacterial growth and odor production, prolongs the service life of the roller brush, and enhances user safety by maintaining a dry environment.
Implementation Method 1
a heating apparatus, and a position of the heating apparatus corresponds to a position of the roller brush accommodation region
Implementation Method 2
the drying unit includes a heating apparatus
Implementation Method 3
an air outlet apparatus; the tray body is provided an air outlet facing the roller brush accommodation region; a ventilation channel is provided in the mounting cavity, and the air outlet apparatus is communicated with the air outlet through the ventilation channel
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AI summary
Provided are a tray and a cleaning apparatus system. The tray includes: a tray body, where a roller brush accommodation region is arranged on an outer surface of the tray body, and a mounting cavity is provided in the tray body; and a drying unit, where the drying unit is mounted in the mounting cavity, and the drying unit runs to perform drying treatment on the roller brush accommodation region and an object in the roller brush accommodation region. The tray may be used with a cleaning machine. When the cleaning machine is disposed on the tray, a roller brush on the cleaning machine is located in the roller brush accommodation region, and the drying unit runs to perform drying treatment on the roller brush accommodation region and the object in the roller brush accommodation region.