Floor Scrubber Segmented Collection for Garbage and Sewage Separation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing floor scrubbers face challenges in efficiently separating garbage and sewage during cleaning, leading to mixed collection that affects user experience.

Innovation Solution

A floor scrubber design with a garbage collection box and a sewage collection chamber, featuring a roller brush, scraping strips, and a water squeezing device to separate garbage and sewage, along with a driving device for automated operation and a filtering system for water recycling.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Device complexity

If garbage and sewage are collected into the same collection chamber, then the device structure is simple, but cleaning efficiency deteriorates due to mixing of garbage and sewage

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecollection chamber structureVSAvoidcleaning efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The collection chamber is segmented into two separate functional areas: a garbage collection box for solid waste and a sewage collection chamber for liquid waste. This segmentation allows independent collection and processing of different waste types, preventing mixing and maintaining high cleaning efficiency while managing device complexity through functional division.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Device complexity

If manual dragging of the roller brush is required, then the device structure is simple, but ease of operation deteriorates due to increased manual labor

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedriving mechanismVSAvoidmanual labor requirement
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The roller brush is equipped with a self-driven mechanism that automatically propels the cleaning device forward during operation. This self-service capability eliminates the need for manual dragging, significantly improving ease of operation while the automated driving mechanism manages the added device complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

3Device complexity

If water is not recycled, then the device structure is simple, but loss of substance increases due to water waste

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvewater recycling systemVSAvoidwater consumption
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSLoss of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The system recovers used water from the cleaning process and recycles it back into the system for continued use. This discarding and recovering approach prevents water waste, significantly reducing loss of substance while the water recycling system manages the added device complexity through integrated filtration and redistribution mechanisms.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #34Discarding and recovering

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

Enables efficient and automated separation of garbage and sewage, improving user experience by reducing manual labor and enhancing cleaning efficiency while promoting water recycling.

Implementation Method 1

a roller brush for rotatably cleaning a ground is arranged on the machine base

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectFriction: Friction

Implementation Method 2

a water squeezing device that can squeeze sewage on the roller brush into the sewage collection chamber

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectMechanical Force: Mechanical Force

Implementation Method 3

a first scraping strip that can scrape garbage adhering to the roller brush into the garbage collection box

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectFriction: Friction

Data Source

PatentUS20250241500A1Floor scrubber
Publication Date: 2025.07.31 JIAXING JACKSON TRAVEL PROD CO LTD
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AI summary

A floor scrubber is provided. The floor scrubber includes a machine body and a machine base. A roller brush for rotatably cleaning a ground is arranged on the machine base, and a garbage collection box is arranged in the machine base. The roller brush can carry ground garbage into the garbage collection box, and the machine base is further provided with a sewage collection chamber. A water squeezing device that can squeeze sewage on the roller brush into the sewage collection chamber is arranged on the machine base. The garbage collection box is arranged in the machine base to collect the garbage, the water squeezing device is arranged to squeeze out the sewage on the roller brush, and the sewage is collected by the sewage collection chamber, thus achieving classified collection of the garbage and the sewage.