Coiled Bristle Cleaning Brush for Grill Durability
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional BBQ cleaning brushes with straight wire bristles tend to deform and break, potentially lodging in food during cooking, and do not effectively clean grill surfaces due to limited directional movement.
Innovation Solution
The cleaning brush features coiled bristle members with a frustoconical coiled section that allows lateral movement along perpendicular axes, combined with angled brushing surfaces and a locking mechanism to prevent rotation, ensuring effective cleaning and durability.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If straight wire bristles are used for cleaning the grill, then the brush structure is simple and easy to manufacture, but the bristles deform and break with use, potentially lodging in food
Solution Approach 1:
The bristle members are designed with a coiled section that allows them to flex and adapt dynamically to the grill surface contours, while the bristle section maintains rigidity for effective cleaning. This dynamic structure prevents breakage while maintaining cleaning effectiveness.
Solution Approach 2:
Each bristle member is segmented into distinct functional zones: a coiled section for flexibility and shock absorption, and a bristle section for rigid cleaning action. This segmentation allows each part to perform its specific function optimally without compromising the other.
2Device complexity
If straight wire bristles are used, then the brush design is simple, but the bristles have limited directional movement and do not effectively clean grill surfaces
Solution Approach 1:
The coiled section enables the bristle members to move laterally in multiple directions, allowing them to adapt to the grill surface geometry and effectively clean complex contours that straight bristles cannot reach.
Solution Approach 2:
The bristle members incorporate geometric parameters including coil diameter, wire diameter, and angle between adjacent bristle members, which are optimized to balance flexibility for multi-directional movement with rigidity for effective cleaning action.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the coiled section allows lateral movement along perpendicular axes, then omnidirectional cleaning is achieved, but the bristle members may rotate excessively reducing control
Solution Approach 1:
The coiled section provides controlled flexibility that allows lateral movement along perpendicular axes for omnidirectional cleaning, while the inherent spring resistance provides natural damping that prevents excessive rotation and maintains user control.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The coiled bristle design provides superior cleaning capabilities and extends the brush's useful life by allowing omnidirectional movement and preventing bristle breakage, ensuring safe and effective grill cleaning without contaminating food.
Implementation Method 1
The coiled section permits lateral movement of the bristle section along at least one of a first axis and a second axis that are perpendicular to each other
Data Source
AI summary
A bristle member for a cleaning includes a coiled section and a bristle section that extends from the coiled section. The coiled section permits lateral movement of the bristle section along at least one of a first axis and a second axis that are perpendicular to each other. A cleaning brush that includes a plurality of the bristle members is also disclosed.