Expandable Mop Head with Movable Plates for Variable Mopping Area
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing cleaning tools have a limited mopping area due to fixed mop head dimensions, leading to low mopping efficiency and increased manufacturing and logistics costs when attempting to enlarge the cleaning barrel to accommodate a larger mopping area.
Innovation Solution
A cleaning tool with a mop head that can change length and width through a transformation driving mechanism, featuring movable plates, a base plate, and a track mechanism, allowing the mop rod to rotate and adjust the position of the movable plates to maximize the mopping area when in use and minimize size for cleaning and drying.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If the mopping area of the mop head is enlarged, then the mopping efficiency is improved, but the cleaning barrel has to be made larger which increases manufacturing cost and logistics cost
Solution Approach 1:
The mop head is designed with movable plates that can change position relative to the base plate, transforming the mop head from a static fixed-size structure to a dynamic variable-size structure. This allows the mop head to adapt its mopping area according to different cleaning needs without requiring multiple sizes of cleaning barrels
Solution Approach 2:
The invention changes the physical parameters of the mop head by allowing the movable plates to slide along guide rails, thereby changing the length and width of the mop head. This parameter change enables the mop head to achieve different mopping areas while maintaining compatibility with the same cleaning barrel size
2Area of stationary object
If the cleaning barrel is made larger to accommodate a larger mopping area, then the mopping area is increased, but the device size and manufacturing cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The mop head incorporates movable plates that can dynamically adjust their position to change the effective mopping area. This dynamic adjustment allows the mop head to provide both small and large mopping areas without requiring the cleaning barrel to change size
Solution Approach 2:
The mop head is segmented into a base plate and multiple movable plates that can independently slide and reposition. This segmentation allows flexible reconfiguration of the mop head dimensions while maintaining compatibility with a fixed-size cleaning barrel
3Ease of operation
If the mop head size is reduced for easier cleaning and drying, then the cleaning and drying process is simplified, but the mopping area is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The movable plates can be retracted to a compact position, transforming the mop head from an extended large-area configuration to a compact small-area configuration. This dynamic transformation allows the user to switch between large mopping area for efficiency and compact size for easy cleaning and drying
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AI summary
A cleaning tool capable of contracting to be cleaned and expanding to be used includes a mop and a cleaning barrel. The mop includes a mop head and a mop rod connected with the mop head. The mop rod is a rotary mop rod which is able to linearly move upwards or downward and be driven to rotate. A support site used for supporting the mop rod during rotation is arranged in the cleaning barrel. The mop further includes a transformation driving mechanism. The mop head includes movable plates and a base plate. The movable plates are located on the same plane as the base plate and are able to rotate relative to the base plate. A track mechanism is arranged between the movable plates and the base plate. The mop rod is able to rotate relative to the base plate to drive the transformation driving mechanism.