Double-Sided Squeegee with Interchangeable Card Components
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing squeegee tools for applying film materials to automobile surfaces are inefficient due to the need for multiple tools with varying sizes, shapes, and durometers to accommodate different surface configurations, leading to frustration and delays in the application process.
Innovation Solution
A double-sided squeegee device with interchangeable squeegee card components made of rubber or rubber-like composition, offering varying degrees of hardness and shape configurations, allowing for two separate working edges that can be easily swapped to suit different application needs.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple squeegee tools with varying sizes, shapes, and durometers are used to accommodate different surface configurations, then the adaptability to different surfaces is improved, but the device complexity and the number of tools required increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple squeegee card components with different working edges into a single double-sided squeegee tool. The first squeegee card component with its working edge and the second squeegee card component with its working edge are attached together to form one integrated tool, allowing the user to have multiple working edges available on a single tool rather than needing multiple separate tools.
Solution Approach 2:
The double-sided squeegee tool is designed to perform multiple functions by incorporating different working edges on opposite sides. Each working edge can be optimized for different surface configurations (flat, convex, concave, rounded), making the single tool universal enough to replace multiple specialized tools while maintaining adaptability to various application needs.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple squeegee tools are kept for different applications, then the versatility for different surface configurations is improved, but the ease of operation and speed of application deteriorates due to the need to constantly change tools
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple working edges onto a single double-sided tool, eliminating the need to switch between separate tools. The user can simply flip the tool over to access the other working edge, which is much faster and more convenient than changing entire tools, thereby improving ease of operation while maintaining versatility.
Solution Approach 2:
The squeegee card components are designed with attachment portions that allow for quick interchangeability. The dynamic aspect is体现在 the ability to rapidly switch between different working edges on the same tool by detaching and reattaching components, enabling fast adaptation to different surface configurations without the delay of tool changes.
3Device complexity
If a single squeegee tool with fixed working edges is used, then the device complexity is reduced, but the adaptability to different surface configurations deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The squeegee tool is segmented into separate card components that can be independently selected and attached. Each component has its own working edge optimized for specific surface types. This segmentation allows the tool to maintain simplicity in its basic structure while gaining adaptability through the modular combination of different working edges on a double-sided design.
4Adaptability or versatility
If squeegee card components with different durometers are used, then the adaptability to different surface configurations is improved, but the quantity of components and tool complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines squeegee card components with different durometers onto opposite sides of a single double-sided tool. This merging approach allows the user to have access to multiple durometer options (softer for rounded surfaces, harder for flat surfaces) without needing to maintain separate tools or components, thereby reducing the total quantity of components needed while preserving adaptability.
Data Source
AI summary
A squeegee device for applying a film material to a surface includes a selection of squeegee card components formed of a rubber, rubberized plastic or other rubber-like composition; the selection of squeegee card components being provided in varying degrees of hardness (i.e., durometer) and each squeegee card component including a blade portion with a working edge having a specific length and configuration (e.g., straight, curved, V-shaped) and an attachment portion structured for cooperating interlocked attachment with the attachment portion of another select one of the squeegee card components to provide a double-sided squeegee card with interchangeable card components having two different working edges which may be the same or different length, shape and/or hardness and the same or different durometer.