Cloth-Clamping Flat Mop with Elevated Claw Design to Reduce Wear
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing cloth-clamping flat mops suffer from issues where the cloth-clamping claws directly contact the ground during use, leading to wear and requiring manual cloth replacement, which is inconvenient.
Innovation Solution
A cloth-clamping flat mop design featuring movable cloth-clamping mechanisms driven by a mechanism that switches between opened and inward-retracted states, using guide plates and cloth-clamping claws to automatically clamp the wiping cloth without direct ground contact, allowing for easy replacement.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If the cloth-clamping claw is arranged coplanarly with the wiping surface, then the structure is simple, but the cloth-clamping claw contacts the ground during mopping causing wear and affecting aesthetics
Solution Approach 1:
The invention raises the cloth-clamping claw from the coplanar position with the wiping surface to a higher position above the wiping surface. This dimensional change in the vertical direction allows the claw to be elevated above the ground contact area, preventing wear while maintaining structural functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention introduces a cloth-clamping mechanism as an intermediary structure that includes a cloth-clamping claw, a supporting arm, and a driving mechanism. This intermediary system mediates between the wiping surface and the ground, allowing the claw to clamp the cloth effectively without directly contacting the ground during mopping.
2Reliability
If the cloth-clamping claw is elevated above the wiping surface, then the claw avoids ground contact and wear, but the device structure becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The invention segments the cloth-clamping function into distinct components: a cloth-clamping claw for clamping, a supporting arm for movement, and a driving mechanism for actuation. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized independently, managing complexity through functional decomposition while achieving the elevated position.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention employs a dynamic cloth-clamping mechanism where the supporting arm can rotate and the cloth-clamping claw can move between different positions. This dynamic design allows the system to adapt its configuration, managing structural complexity through mobility rather than fixed rigid structures.
3Device complexity
If manual opening of cloth-clamping claws is required, then the structure is simple, but cloth replacement is inconvenient and requires manual intervention
Solution Approach 1:
The invention implements a self-service cloth replacement system where the driving mechanism automatically actuates the cloth-clamping claws to open and close. The system serves itself by using the driving mechanism to perform the clamping and releasing actions, eliminating the need for manual opening and closing of the claws during cloth replacement.
Solution Approach 2:
The driving mechanism serves multiple functions: it acts as the power source for the cloth-clamping claws, provides the actuation force for opening and closing the claws, and enables automatic cloth replacement. This multi-functionality consolidates complexity into a single component that handles both clamping and replacement operations.
4Ease of operation
If a driving mechanism is added to automate cloth-clamping claw movement, then cloth replacement becomes convenient and hands-free, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The invention merges the driving mechanism with the supporting arm and cloth-clamping claw assembly. The driving mechanism is integrated into the existing structure, combining the actuation function with the clamping structure. This merging reduces overall device complexity by consolidating components rather than adding separate independent systems.
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AI summary
Provided is a cloth-clamping flat mop, including a mop rod, a mop head, and a driving mechanism. A bottom of the mop head is a wiping surface, cloth-clamping mechanisms are movably mounted on both sides of the mop head, and the driving mechanism drives the cloth-clamping mechanisms to move outward or inward; each of the cloth-clamping mechanisms includes a cloth-clamping claw and a supporting arm, and guide plates are arranged on a back side at two sides of the wiping surface; in an opened state, each of the cloth-clamping mechanisms moves outward, the cloth-clamping claw is opened outward and downward along the guide plates, and the cloth-clamping claw is lower than the wiping surface; and when cloth is clamped, the cloth-clamping claw drives the wiping cloth and retracts inward along the guide plates to clamp the cloth and reset. The cloth-clamping claw in the invention is capable of moving toward one side of the wiping surface, so that the cloth-clamping claw is capable of clamping the wiping cloth and clamping the wiping cloth to enter an inward-retracted cloth-clamping state. The cloth-clamping flat mop is convenient and reliable to operate integrally. When the cloth-clamping flat mop is used for mopping a floor, the cloth-clamping claws will not touch the ground completely. When being replaced, the wiping cloth is not contacted by hands.