Modular Golf Cleaning Tool With Retractable Groove Scraper
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional golf club cleaning devices are cumbersome, pose safety risks due to exposed groove cleaners, and have non-replaceable bristles that wear out quickly, rendering the device ineffective.
Innovation Solution
A cleaning device with a removable brush assembly and pivotally connected scraper block, featuring a combination of plastic and metal bristles, allowing for easy replacement and safe operation, with a retractable mechanism for convenient storage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a combination cleaning device includes both brush section and groove cleaner fixedly provided thereon, then cleaning functionality is improved, but device complexity and safety risk increase
Solution Approach 1:
The cleaning device is divided into separate functional modules: a brush assembly with bristles for general cleaning and a groove cleaner assembly for groove cleaning. These modules can be independently attached or removed from the handle, allowing the user to select only the needed component for each cleaning task, thereby reducing overall device complexity while maintaining versatile cleaning functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The groove cleaner assembly is designed with a retractable mechanism that allows it to move between an extended position (when groove cleaning is needed) and a retracted position (when not in use). This dynamic configuration enables the device to adapt its structure based on the cleaning task, reducing complexity and safety risks when the groove cleaner is not required.
2Adaptability or versatility
If groove cleaner is exposed on the cleaning device, then groove cleaning capability is improved, but safety risk increases
Solution Approach 1:
The groove cleaner assembly incorporates a retractable mechanism that allows users to extend the groove cleaner only when groove cleaning is required and retract it when not in use. This dynamic positioning ensures the groove cleaner is exposed only during actual groove cleaning operations, maintaining cleaning capability while minimizing safety risks during storage and transport.
Solution Approach 2:
The groove cleaner assembly is designed as a separate, removable component that can be detached from the handle when not in use. This extraction of the potentially hazardous element allows it to be stored separately or retracted, eliminating safety risks during non-operational periods while preserving groove cleaning capability when needed.
3Device complexity
If brush bristles and groove cleaner are fixed as part of the contiguous cleaning device, then device simplicity is improved, but reliability decreases due to non-replaceable components
Solution Approach 1:
The brush assembly and groove cleaner assembly are designed as separate, modular components that can be independently attached to or removed from the handle. This segmentation allows each component to be replaced individually when worn or damaged, maintaining device reliability without significantly increasing overall complexity, as the replacement mechanism uses simple attachment features.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The device provides effective cleaning of golf club heads and shoes with replaceable components, reducing the risk of injury and extending the device's lifespan, while being compact and easy to use.
Implementation Method 1
a plurality of plastic bristles and a plurality of metal bristles... for removing debris from a golf accessory
Implementation Method 2
brush device having metal and/or plastic bristles... for cleaning different types of clubs
Implementation Method 3
a scraper block pivotally connected to the proximal end and contacting a second surface within the handle, the scraper block rotatably extendible outward from the second surface to expose a scraper configured to remove debris from a golf accessory
Data Source
AI summary
A device for cleaning golf equipment includes a handle, a removable brush assembly attached to an end of the handle, and a removable groove cleaner assembly attached to the handle directly above the brush assembly. The brush assembly includes a plurality of metal bristles arranged around a periphery of the handle. The metal bristles surround a plurality of plastic bristles.