Implement head cleaning system
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for cleaning mop and broom heads, such as shaking, striking, or vacuuming, often disperse entrained materials into the air or require cumbersome vacuum hose configurations, leading to inefficient and messy cleaning processes.
Innovation Solution
An implement head cleaner system with a base featuring an air flow chamber and vacuum chamber, utilizing an air flow inlet plate with aperture elements to direct airflow for removing entrained materials, and a vacuum chamber to secure the base during use, allowing for efficient cleaning without dispersing debris.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If shaking or striking a mop or broom head is used to remove material, then material can be removed from the implement head, but the removed materials are dispersed into the surrounding air causing inhalation risks and surface contamination
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a vacuum hose as an intermediary device between the implement head and the material collection system. The vacuum hose with its specific attachment configuration captures materials at the source before they can disperse into the air, thus resolving the contradiction between effective material removal and preventing airborne contamination
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extracts the harmful effect of material dispersal by using vacuum suction to immediately remove materials from the implement head as they are loosened. This extraction approach prevents the materials from becoming airborne contaminants while maintaining efficient cleaning performance
2Object-affected harmful factors
If a vacuum hose is used to vacuum the mop or broom head, then materials can be removed without dispersal, but the vacuum hose or attachments may not be configured to readily clean the configuration of the implement head and require engagement discrete from normal operational movements
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies dynamics by making the vacuum hose and its attachments flexible rather than rigid. This flexibility allows the vacuum system to adapt to different implement head configurations and enables engagement during normal operational movements, resolving the contradiction between effective material capture and ease of operation
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a universal vacuum attachment system that can accommodate various implement head configurations. The multi-functional design allows the same vacuum hose and attachment to work with different mop and broom head types, eliminating the need for specialized configurations and improving ease of operation
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
Effectively captures and contains entrained materials from mop or broom heads, preventing airborne dispersal and surface contamination, while allowing for easy cleaning without disrupting normal operational movements.
Implementation Method 1
an air flow generator fluidically coupled to the air flow chamber configured to generate an air flow through the air flow inlet plate
Implementation Method 2
a vacuum chamber disposed in a base bottom configured for placement on a support surface... generate a vacuum to hold the implement head cleaner in position
Data Source
AI summary
An implement head cleaning system which includes apparatuses and methods of cleaning an implement head. An implement head cleaner including an implement head cleaning base having a base bottom configured for placement on a support surface and having an air flow chamber disposed in a base top covered by an air flow inlet plate which directs an air flow through one or more air inlet aperture elements to egress through an air outlet toward an air flow generator. Materials entrained in material entrainment elements carried by the implement head can be removed by moving the material entrainment elements over the air flow inlet plate through the air flow.