Cone-Integrated Canvas Cleaning Device for Stain Re-adhesion

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing canvas cleaning devices for paper machines face challenges in preventing re-adhesion of stains and achieving efficient cleaning due to the separation of stain preventive agent and high-pressure water spraying means, and the difficulty in bringing these devices close to each other in the dryer part, leading to suboptimal cleaning efficiency.

Innovation Solution

A canvas cleaning device with a cone part and high-pressure water spraying device installed inside, combined with a nozzle device attached to an arm part, where the cone and nozzle are aligned along the transporting direction, allowing for efficient spraying and application of chemical solutions, and a negative pressure generating device to ensure thorough cleaning and prevent re-adhesion.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of manufacture

If the supply means for stain preventive agent and the high pressure water spraying means are separated and located with a fixed distance spaced from each other, then the device structure is simple and easy to install, but stains re-adhere to the canvas during transportation between the two means

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveease of installationVSAvoidcleaning effectiveness
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of manufactureVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent combines the supply means for stain preventive agent and the high pressure water spraying means into an integrated cleaning unit. This merging allows both functions to operate in close proximity, preventing stain re-adhesion while maintaining structural simplicity and ease of installation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

2Reliability

If the supply means and the high pressure water spraying means are brought close to each other to prevent stain re-adhesion, then cleaning effectiveness improves, but it becomes difficult to bring the two means close due to their large size and design constraints of the dryer part

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecleaning effectivenessVSAvoiddesign complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent employs a nested structure where the supply means and high pressure water spraying means are integrated into a compact unit. This nesting approach allows the two large devices to be positioned close together by placing one within or adjacent to the other, reducing spatial requirements while maintaining cleaning effectiveness.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #7Nested doll (Nesting)

3Ease of manufacture

If conventional cleaning devices are used with separated means, then the device structure is simple, but the cleaning efficiency is suboptimal due to inability to maintain close proximity

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvestructural simplicityVSAvoidcleaning efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of manufactureVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges the supply means and spraying means into a unified cleaning system that maintains close proximity between functional components. This combination improves cleaning efficiency by preventing stain re-adhesion while preserving structural simplicity through integrated design.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

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 device effectively removes stains and moisture from the canvas, prevents re-adhesion, and ensures efficient cleaning by aligning the cone and nozzle parts to maintain close proximity, allowing for uniform application of high-pressure water and chemical solutions, thereby enhancing cleaning efficiency and compactness.

Implementation Method 1

a high pressure water spraying device for spraying high pressure water onto the canvas formed inside the cone part

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectHigh-pressure water spraying: Fluid Spray

Implementation Method 2

a negative pressure generating device for setting the inside of the cone part to a negative pressure, and inside the cone part, high pressure water is sprayed from the high pressure water spraying device onto the canvas, with the high pressure water being sucked by the negative pressure generating device

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectNegative pressure suction: Suction

Data Source

PatentEP3702525B1Canvass cleaning device, canvass cleaning method, and canvass cleaning mechanism
Publication Date: 2022.10.12 MAINTECH
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AI summary

[Problem] To provide a canvas cleaning device that can prevent re-adhesion of stains as much as possible and also efficiently clean the canvas. [Solution] The canvas cleaning device 100 is provided with a base part 11 capable of sliding along a rail part 1 that extends in a width direction of a canvas K1, a cone part 13 having a cylinder shape, which is attached to the base part 11, and extends straightly, a high pressure water spraying device 13a installed inside the cone part 13, an arm part 15 that is extended and installed on the downstream side from the base part 11 and a nozzle device 16 attached to the tip of the arm part 15, and in this structure, high pressure water is sprayed onto the canvas K1 from the high pressure water spraying device 13a inside the cone part 13.