Flat Mop Bridge Seat Locking for Gap Cleaning and Compact Storage
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional flat mops have a fixed design that prevents the mop handle from leveling left and right, making it difficult to clean small spaces and occupy excessive storage space, with existing solutions experiencing issues like limited movement, instability, and wear-related failures.
Innovation Solution
A flat mop design featuring a bridge seat that can levelly displace and rotate relative to the mop handle, utilizing a guide track with positioning points and a locking mechanism to stabilize the bridge seat and allow for easy storage, incorporating a sliding body and abutment elastic body to prevent wear and secure positioning.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the mop handle and mop seat have a fixed design, then the structure is simple, but the mop cannot enter small gaps and under furniture, reducing cleaning adaptability
Solution Approach 1:
The mop handle is designed to be movable relative to the mop seat through a guide groove mechanism, allowing the handle to shift position dynamically. This enables the mop to adapt to different cleaning scenarios such as narrow gaps and under furniture while maintaining a relatively simple overall structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The mop is divided into separable components including the mop handle, mop seat, and cleaning head that can move independently relative to each other. This segmentation allows each part to perform its specific function while providing flexibility in cleaning difficult-to-reach areas.
2Volume of stationary object
If the mop handle and mop seat have a fixed design, then the structure is stable, but the storage space occupied is excessive
Solution Approach 1:
The movable handle design allows the mop to be collapsed into a compact configuration for storage, significantly reducing the space occupied. The guide groove mechanism ensures the handle returns to its proper position during use, maintaining structural stability when needed.
3Adaptability or versatility
If a biasing force is used to allow handle movement, then the handle can displace, but the handle attachment becomes prone to damages and the lifecycle is shortened
Solution Approach 1:
The biasing force mechanism is removed entirely from the design. Instead, the handle displacement is achieved through direct user manipulation within the guide groove, eliminating the wear and failure risks associated with springs and biasing elements while maintaining the desired mobility.
4Ease of operation
If a strip-like elastic piece is used for positioning, then the handle can move, but the elastic piece wears out easily and causes groove wear, leading to positioning failure
Solution Approach 1:
The strip-like elastic piece is completely removed from the design. The handle positioning and movement functions are achieved through the guide groove geometry and direct mechanical interaction, eliminating wear issues and positioning failures associated with elastic components.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables effective cleaning of small spaces, reduces storage space, and enhances user convenience by allowing the mop to collapse without external elements, while preventing wear and ensuring secure positioning and stability.
Implementation Method 1
an abutment elastic body (22) installed at the base (21), and a sliding body (23) disposed correspondingly to the abutment elastic body (22), being in contact with a surface of the guide track (11)
Data Source
AI summary
A flat mop includes a mop head, a bridge seat, a mop handle and a pivot connecting member. The mop head includes a guide track, which is installed with the bridge seat therein and includes at least two positioning points. The bridge seat includes a base, an abutment elastic body installed at the base, a sliding body disposed correspondingly to the abutment elastic body and stopped at one of the positioning points when the bridge seat displaces levelly relative to the mop head to limit the movement of the bridge seat, and two locking portions respectively located at two opposite sides of the base. The mop handle includes a movement space for allowing the bridge seat to move therein, and a positioning portion disposed correspondingly to the movement space and fastening with one of the locking portions after the bridge seat moves relative to the mop handle.