Double-Layer Mop Bucket with Separated Clean Water and Sewage Areas
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing flat mops are not cleaned properly during the cleaning process, leading to contamination of the mop head with sewage due to water overflow and poor drainage in the mop bucket.
Innovation Solution
A double-layer mop bucket design with separate clean water and sewage areas, a water supply component, and drainage ports to ensure cleanliness by guiding sewage away from the mop head during cleaning and scraping.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the mop head is inserted into the inner bucket for cleaning, then the mop can be cleaned without touching the ground, but the mop head becomes contaminated with sewage when water flows into the inner bucket during scraping
Solution Approach 1:
The inner bucket is divided into two distinct areas: a clean water area for rinsing the mop head and a sewage area for collecting dirty water. This segmentation prevents contamination by ensuring that clean water and sewage remain separated throughout the cleaning process.
Solution Approach 2:
The sewage is extracted and isolated into a separate sewage area within the inner bucket, away from the clean water area. This extraction prevents the harmful factor (sewage) from contacting the mop head during the cleaning operation.
2Device complexity
If a single-bucket design is used, then the device complexity is reduced, but the mop head cannot be kept clean during the cleaning process
Solution Approach 1:
The single bucket is segmented into functional zones (clean water area and sewage area) using internal structures such as baffle plates or raised boundaries. This allows the system to maintain cleanliness functionality without requiring completely separate buckets, thus balancing complexity and effectiveness.
3Object-affected harmful factors
If drainage ports are added to separate clean water and sewage, then sewage can be guided away from the mop head, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
A baffle plate or partition structure acts as an intermediary element that guides water flow from the clean water area to the sewage area through designated drainage ports. This intermediary structure simplifies the drainage system by providing a passive, gravity-driven flow path without requiring complex pumps or valves.
4Stability of the object's composition
If the inner bucket is fixed in the outer bucket, then structural stability is improved, but the ease of cleaning and maintenance is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The inner bucket is designed with dynamic positioning capabilities - it can be stably positioned during operation through guide rails or定位 structures, but can also be easily removed when needed by overcoming a small retention force. This dynamic design allows the system to switch between stability and ease of removal based on operational needs.
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AI summary
A double-layer mop bucket for a flat mop comprises an outer bucket provided with a clean water area and a sewage area, an inner bucket arranged in the sewage area and capable of inserting the flat mop, and a cover body component removably mounted on the outer bucket, wherein a cleaning area and a scraping area which are connected are arranged in the inner bucket, a cleaning port connected with the cleaning area and a scraping port connected with the scraping area are arranged on the cover body component, a groove for limiting the flat mop to be inserted into the bottom is arranged at the bottom of the inner bucket, and a water guiding chute capable of guiding water scraped at the scraping port and the cleaning port to flow into the sewage area is arranged in the cover body component.