Dual Support Dusting Head With Telescopic Handle Adjustment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing cleaning devices lack an easy-to-use, all-in-one solution with a telescoping handle that can be extended for floor cleaning and collapsed for furniture and appliance cleaning, and they often require two hands to adjust the angle of the dusting head, which is inconvenient.
Innovation Solution
A cleaning tool with a telescopic support system featuring multiple shafts and pivotally mounted support heads that can be easily adjusted and locked into various positions, allowing for single-handed operation and independent use of dual dusting heads for different cleaning tasks.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Length of moving object
If a telescoping handle is used to extend the cleaning device for floor cleaning, then the cleaning device can reach floors and ceilings, but the device becomes more complex and harder to collapse for furniture dusting
Solution Approach 1:
The handle is divided into multiple telescoping sections that can be independently extended and collapsed. The cleaning head is separated into a removable dusting head that can be independently handled, allowing the handle to be collapsed to a manageable size for furniture dusting while extending for floor cleaning.
Solution Approach 2:
The handle incorporates a telescoping mechanism with movable sections that can dynamically adjust length. The dusting head includes a pivotable mounting that allows dynamic angle adjustment, enabling the device to adapt between extended floor cleaning configuration and collapsed furniture dusting configuration.
2Reliability
If a strong locking device is used to adjust the angle of the dusting head, then the angle can be securely locked, but two hands are required and the consumer's hand must come near to the soiled dusting heads
Solution Approach 1:
The locking mechanism is designed to be self-actuating through spring-loaded buttons that automatically engage with detents on the pivot arm. The user simply presses a button located on the handle shaft with one hand, and the spring mechanism provides the locking force, eliminating the need for two hands or proximity to the dusting heads.
Solution Approach 2:
A spring-loaded button acts as an intermediary between the user's finger and the locking mechanism. The button transmits the user's small pressing force into the larger locking force needed to secure the dusting head at the desired angle, while keeping the user's hand far from the soiled dusting surfaces.
3Adaptability or versatility
If a single dusting head is used, then the device is simpler, but it cannot accommodate alternative dusting tasks requiring different head positions or orientations
Solution Approach 1:
The dusting head is mounted on a pivot mechanism that allows it to rotate to different angles relative to the handle. This dynamic positioning capability enables a single dusting head to perform multiple dusting tasks by adjusting its orientation, eliminating the need for multiple fixed-position heads while maintaining versatility.
Solution Approach 2:
The pivotable dusting head design provides universal functionality, allowing one dusting head to perform the work of multiple fixed-position heads. The head can be oriented at various angles to clean different surfaces including floors, ceilings, and furniture, making the device adaptable to alternative dusting tasks without adding multiple separate components.
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AI summary
A cleaning tool 410 designed to be used with at least one cleaning implement/replaceable dusting sleeve/cleaning mitt or cleaning pad 11 is disclosed. The cleaning tool 410 includes a telescoping support 409 comprised of a plurality of telescopingly received shafts or sections (412, 413, 414, 415) wherein one of the shafts is an I-beam 415. The shafts 412, 413, 414 and 415 may be freely extended into a locked fully extended position 401 and released via depression of a first engaging projection 439. A primary support head 416 and secondary support head 418 are pivotally mounted to a forward mount 440 and releasably locked together.