False Lash Cleaning Apparatus With Arcuate Locators
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Solution Overview
Problem
The process of cleaning false lashes is cumbersome and time-consuming, leading to potential eye irritation and infection if not properly sanitized, and can cause premature wear, requiring frequent replacement.
Innovation Solution
A cleaning apparatus and method featuring a body with movable upper and lower supports and arcuate locators that secure false lashes in place, allowing fluid to pass through apertures for effective cleaning, and a system with nozzles for directing cleaning fluid to rinse the lashes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If false lashes are cleaned manually without proper positioning, then cleaning may be incomplete, but the process becomes cumbersome and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The false lash is positioned on the lower support with arcuate locators that pre-align the lash strip and strands before cleaning begins. This preliminary positioning ensures that when fluid is applied, it immediately flows through the strands effectively without requiring manual adjustment or repositioning during the cleaning process.
Solution Approach 2:
The upper and lower supports act as intermediary structures that hold the false lash in a fixed, optimized position for cleaning. The supports with apertures serve as a mediator between the cleaning fluid and the lash, ensuring consistent fluid distribution through the strands while eliminating the need for manual handling.
2Loss of time
If false lashes are not properly sanitized, then cleaning time is reduced, but eye irritation and infection risks increase
Solution Approach 1:
The arcuate locators on the lower support pre-position the false lash strip and align the strands to extend across the apertures before cleaning begins. This ensures that when cleaning fluid is applied, it immediately and uniformly flows through all strands, achieving complete sanitation without requiring extended cleaning time or manual manipulation.
3Device complexity
If improper cleaning method is used, then cleaning process is simplified, but false lashes wear prematurely requiring frequent replacement
Solution Approach 1:
The false lash is pre-positioned on the lower support with arcuate locators that align the strip and strands across the apertures. This preliminary alignment ensures that cleaning fluid flows uniformly through the strands, preventing localized stress or damage that could occur with manual handling, thereby extending the false lash lifespan without complicating the cleaning process.
Solution Approach 2:
The cleaning apparatus enables the false lash to be cleaned in a fixed position where the strands naturally extend across the apertures. The structure itself provides the positioning and alignment functions, eliminating the need for complex manual manipulation techniques and reducing mechanical stress on the lashes during cleaning.
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AI summary
An apparatus for cleaning false lashes for includes a body having upper and lower supports, each including a plurality of apertures, that are movable relative to one another between open and closed positions, the open position providing access to an inner surface of the lower support, and the closed position substantially abuts the upper and lower supports against one other, and an arcuate locator on an inner surface of the lower support that positions a strip of a false lash such that strands of the false lash extend across at least one aperture. The false lash is secured between the upper and lower supports in the closed position. Running fluid through the apertures of the upper and lower supports allows the fluid to run through the strands of the false lash. A system and methods of cleaning false lashes is also disclosed.