Cleaning tool arrangement for electromechanical devices

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing cleaning tools for electromechanical devices are inadequate in reaching and cleaning all internal components due to their design, which makes it difficult to access and clean the complex and compact spaces within these devices, leading to inefficiencies and incomplete cleaning.

Innovation Solution

A cleaning tool with a flexible, resilient rod and a pre-saturated cleaning head, equipped with a scraper fin and chisel, designed to fit into tight spaces and access hard-to-reach areas, allowing for effective scraping and cleaning of internal components without requiring substantial disassembly of the device.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If cleaning tools are designed to reach into tight spaces within electromechanical devices, then accessibility to internal components is improved, but the tool becomes awkward to manipulate and inadequate for cleaning various surfaces

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveaccessibility to internal componentsVSAvoidability to clean various surfaces

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The cleaning tool is divided into separate functional components: a flexible rod for navigation, a cleaning head for surface cleaning, a scraper fin for scraping surfaces, and a chisel for removing built-up material. Each component can be independently positioned and used according to the specific cleaning needs of different surfaces and angles within the device.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The cleaning head, scraper fin, and chisel are designed to be movable relative to the rod, allowing the user to adjust their positions and angles dynamically. This enables the tool to adapt to various surface orientations and cleaning requirements while maintaining easy manipulation through the flexible rod.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

2Productivity

If the cleaning head is pre-saturated with cleaning solution, then cleaning effectiveness is improved, but the cleaning solution may dry out or become contaminated before use

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecleaning effectivenessVSAvoidcleaning solution availability

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The cleaning head is pre-saturated with cleaning solution during manufacturing or packaging, so that the cleaning action is ready to begin immediately upon insertion into the device. This eliminates the need for separate solution application steps and ensures consistent cleaning effectiveness from the start of use.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The cleaning head is enclosed within a sealed wrapper that contains the cleaning solution. The wrapper acts as a protective container that maintains the solution's integrity and prevents evaporation or contamination until the moment of use, when the cleaning head is activated.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #7Nested doll (Nesting)

3Volume of moving object

If the device has a small footprint to meet consumer demands, then device compactness is improved, but access to internal components for cleaning becomes difficult

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedevice footprintVSAvoidaccess to internal components

Core Design Contradiction:

Volume of moving objectVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The cleaning tool employs a flexible rod that can bend and conform to the narrow, irregular pathways within compact devices. This flexibility allows the tool to navigate through tight spaces and reach internal components that would be inaccessible to rigid cleaning tools, enabling effective cleaning of compact devices without increasing their footprint.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #30Flexible shells and thin films

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

The tool enables thorough cleaning of internal components in compact electromechanical devices, improving accessibility and efficiency by using a flexible rod and pre-saturated cleaning head with scraper fin and chisel, ensuring effective removal of dirt and oils from hard-to-reach areas.

Implementation Method 1

a cleaning tool having flexible, resilient rod having a first end, a second end, and a lateral dimension

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectElasticity: Elasticity

Implementation Method 2

the cleaning head is pre-saturated with a cleaning solution

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectAbsorption: Absorption (physical)

Implementation Method 3

the scraper fin extends away from the rod in a direction that is perpendicular to the lateral dimension of the rod

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectFriction: Friction

Data Source

PatentUS10849479B2Cleaning tool arrangement for electromechanical devices

Publication Date: 2020.12.01 KICTEAM INC

AI summary

A cleaning tool arrangement for cleaning internal components of electromechanical devices, including a cleaning tool having a flexible, resilient rod having a first end, a second end, and a lateral dimension, as well as a scraper fin, wherein the scraper fin extends from or is attached to the rod at a position that is proximate the second end, and further wherein the scraper fin extends away from the rod in a direction that is perpendicular to the lateral dimension of the rod. The cleaning tool also includes a cleaning head attached to the first end of the rod and extending away from the rod, the cleaning head being pre-saturated with a cleaning solution. Additionally, the cleaning tool arrangement includes a sealed wrapper, wherein the sealed wrapper is sized and configured to enclose at least the cleaning head.