Floor surface cleaning machine and cleaning method using the same
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional floor surface cleaning machines often have fibers like hair or carpet fibers get tangled with the brush bristles, reducing the cleaning effectiveness.
Innovation Solution
A floor surface cleaning machine equipped with a suction mechanism to remove dust and fibers before brushing, followed by a brushing mechanism with a squeegee to collect dirt and liquids, ensuring efficient cleaning without fiber entanglement.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If a rotatable brush is used for cleaning the floor surface, then the cleaning capability is improved, but fibers on the floor surface become tangled with the brush bristles, reducing cleaning effectiveness
Solution Approach 1:
The suction mechanism is positioned at the front of the cleaning machine to remove fibers, dust, and debris from the floor surface before the brush mechanism contacts them. This preliminary action prevents fiber tangling with the brush bristles, ensuring the brush maintains its cleaning effectiveness without becoming clogged or tangled during the brushing operation.
2Reliability
If a suction mechanism is added to remove fibers before brushing, then fiber tangling is prevented, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The suction mechanism and brush mechanism are integrated into a single cleaning machine body, sharing common structural elements such as the frame, wheel assembly, and control systems. This merging of functions allows the machine to perform both suction and brushing operations simultaneously without proportionally increasing overall complexity, as many components serve dual purposes or are shared between the two mechanisms.
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 machine effectively cleans floors by removing fibers and dirt, preventing tangling and enhancing cleaning efficiency.
Implementation Method 1
a suction mechanism disposed at a front side of the bottom... removing dust and dirt on the predetermined surface region using a suction mechanism of the floor surface cleaning machine
Implementation Method 2
a pump disposed downstream of the cleaning liquid reservoir and upstream of the distribution nozzle to pump the cleaning liquid to the brush mechanism
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AI summary
A floor surface cleaning machine includes a suction mechanism disposed at a bottom side of a machine frame for suction of dust and dirt on the floor surface, a brush mechanism disposed at the bottom side of the machine frame rearwardly of the suction mechanism for brushing the floor surface with cleaning liquid, and a squeegee unit disposed at the bottom side of the machine frame rearwardly of the brush mechanism for gathering dirty liquid. Before brushing the floor surface, fibers may be removed from the floor surface together with the dust and dirt for preventing the fibers from being tangled up with bristles of the brush mechanism.