Clothes care apparatus
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing clothes care apparatuses face challenges in securely supporting and managing racks within the care compartment, leading to issues with air leakage and user convenience during rack installation and removal.
Innovation Solution
A holder unit with a housing system that allows the holder to be rotatably received or protrude from the housing, featuring a locking mechanism and elastic fixing parts to securely attach and detach the rack, preventing air leakage and enhancing user convenience.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the rack is detachably disposed inside the care compartment, then the ease of operation is improved, but the reliability of air sealing deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The holder unit is divided into separate components: a holder body that supports the rack, a housing that receives the holder, and a door that can be independently opened. This segmentation allows the rack to be detachably mounted while maintaining air sealing when the door is closed, resolving the contradiction between ease of operation and air sealing reliability.
Solution Approach 2:
The holder unit acts as an intermediary component between the rack and the care compartment. It provides a secure mounting structure with receiving portions and locking mechanisms that ensure both easy rack installation/removal and reliable air sealing when the door is closed.
2Ease of operation
If the holder unit is rotatably provided, then the ease of operation is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of making the holder itself complex with multiple adjustment mechanisms, the solution inverts the approach by providing a simple rotatable holder that can be received in or protrude from the housing. The complexity is minimized by using a straightforward rotational mechanism rather than complex adjustable joints.
Solution Approach 2:
The holder is designed to be rotatable, allowing it to dynamically adjust between being received in the housing and protruding from it. This dynamic capability provides operational flexibility while maintaining relatively simple construction through a single rotational degree of freedom.
3Reliability
If the locking mechanism is added, then the reliability is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The locking function is extracted as a separate, simple mechanism within the holder unit. The locking portion and locking groove are distinct features that provide secure fixation without requiring a complex overall structure. This extracted locking mechanism ensures reliable rack fixation while adding minimal complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The locking mechanism is designed to automatically engage when the holder is properly positioned in the housing. The locking portion and locking groove work together to provide self-locking functionality, ensuring reliable rack fixation without requiring additional actuators or complex control systems.
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed is a clothes care apparatus including a holder unit improved to support a rack. The clothes care apparatus a main body including a care compartment for accommodating clothes, a rack detachably disposed inside the care compartment, and a holder unit configured to support the rack and including a housing coupled to the care compartment and a holder rotatably provided to be received in the housing or protrude from the housing.