Cleaning tool with a spin-drying bucket
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional mop buckets require separate positions for cleaning and spin-drying, leading to increased complexity and size, and existing cost-effective solutions are overly complicated.
Innovation Solution
A hand-operated rotary mop with a bucket that integrates a telescopic upper and lower rod system, where the lower rod's rotation drives a transmission shaft and water spray mechanism, allowing for simultaneous cleaning and spin-drying at a fixed height without the need for additional supports or acceleration mechanisms.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If cleaning and dewatering are carried out independently in two parts of the bucket, then the cleaning function is improved, but the cross-sectional area of the bucket increases greatly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the cleaning plate and dewatering basket into a single integrated component that performs both cleaning and dewatering functions simultaneously within the same spatial location, eliminating the need for separate cleaning and dewatering sections and thereby reducing the overall bucket cross-sectional area
2Ease of manufacture
If cleaning and spin-drying are carried out at different positions in the bucket, then the cleaning effect is improved, but the bucket depth increases and operation becomes complicated
Solution Approach 1:
The cleaning plate is designed with both cleaning functionality (for wet cleaning) and dewatering functionality (for spin-drying) integrated into the same component, allowing both operations to occur at the same height level within the bucket, thereby eliminating the need for increased bucket depth and complex lifting mechanisms
3Ease of manufacture
If a lifting function is added to the rotating structure, then the dewatering function is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The cleaning plate is designed to perform both cleaning and dewatering functions simultaneously at the same position, eliminating the need for a lifting mechanism that would otherwise be required to move the dewatering basket between different height positions, thereby significantly reducing device complexity
4Ease of manufacture
If the dewatering basket is positioned above the water level during cleaning, then the dewatering function is improved, but the bucket depth and operational complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The integrated cleaning plate design allows the dewatering function to be performed at the same height as the cleaning function, eliminating the need to position the dewatering basket above the water level during cleaning, thereby reducing bucket depth requirements and operational complexity
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 simplifies the structure, reduces costs, and enables effective cleaning and spin-drying at the same position, minimizing the bucket's volume and improving operational efficiency.
Implementation Method 1
the rotation of the lower rod drives the transmission shaft, the mop head, and the squeezing component of the water spray mechanism to rotate together
Implementation Method 2
When dewatering the mop, it is beneficial for the rotation of the mop head to drive the dewatering basket in the mop bucket to rotate, in order to realize centrifugal dewatering
Data Source
AI summary
A cleaning tool with a spin-drying bucket, comprising a hand-operated rotary mop (2) and a bucket (1), the hand-operated rotary mop (2) comprises an upper rod (21) and a lower rod (22) disposed in a nested arrangement, the upper rod (21) extends telescopically from the lower rod (22), and the lower rod (22) rotates relative to the upper rod (21), a driving mechanism disposed between the upper rod (21) and the lower rod (22) converts a telescopic motion of the upper rod (21) into a rotary motion of the lower rod (22), the lower rod (22) has a mop head (23) with a wiper disposed at a bottom of the lower rod (22); a transmission shaft (3), used for connecting to the mop head (23), is disposed in the bucket (1), a water spray mechanism (5) having a squeezing component (52) for spraying water to the wiper, is disposed in the bucket (1), when the mop head (23) is connected to the transmission shaft (3), the rotation of the lower rod (22) drives the transmission shaft (3), the mop head (23), and the squeezing component (52) of the water spray mechanism (5) to rotate together around a same axis and/or at a same speed.