Interchangeable Brush System With Hose Spool
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional cleaning methods for flatware and food preparation items, such as sponges and handheld brushes, are cumbersome as they require users to juggle water spraying nozzles and cleaning tools, making it difficult to effectively clean items simultaneously.
Innovation Solution
A brush system with a storable hose and multiple interchangeable brushes, where a hose spool is housed for rotation, allowing pressurized water to be supplied through a brush coupling assembly, enabling efficient water spray discharge for cleaning, with flow control and adjustable spray characteristics.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a conventional water spraying nozzle is attached to a hose and used with a sponge or cleaning brush, then water spray function is provided, but the user must juggle the nozzle and cleaning tool between hands making operation cumbersome
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the water spraying nozzle function and the cleaning brush function into a single integrated tool. The brush is attached directly to the nozzle body, allowing the user to hold and operate both functions with one hand, eliminating the need to juggle separate tools between hands.
Solution Approach 2:
The cleaning tool is designed with multiple functions integrated into one device: it can spray water, provide mechanical brushing action, and offer different brush head options for various cleaning needs. This multi-functional design replaces the need for separate nozzle and brush tools.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple brushes of different design are provided for different spray characteristics, then cleaning versatility is improved, but device complexity and brush selection management increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system provides a universal coupling mechanism that accepts multiple brush designs, allowing users to switch between different brush types (e.g., stiff bristles for tough stains, soft bristles for delicate items) while using the same nozzle body. This achieves versatility without requiring multiple complete nozzle assemblies.
Solution Approach 2:
The cleaning system is divided into separable components: the nozzle body remains stationary while only the brush head needs to be changed. This segmentation allows users to swap just the brush portion rather than managing multiple complete tools, simplifying the management complexity.
3Volume of moving object
If a hose spool system is implemented for storing the spray hose, then hose storage efficiency is improved, but the overall system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The spray hose is wound and stored on a spool that is integrated into the nozzle assembly. The hose nests around the spool, which itself is nested within or attached to the nozzle body. This nested arrangement provides compact storage without requiring a separate, large-scale hose management system.
Solution Approach 2:
The hose storage spool is combined with the nozzle assembly as an integrated unit rather than being a separate component. This merging of functions (hose delivery and storage) into the existing nozzle structure provides efficient hose management without adding significant system complexity.
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 versatile cleaning by allowing users to easily switch between different brushes and control water spray patterns, improving cleaning efficiency and reducing the need to juggle tools.
Implementation Method 1
A source of pressurized water may be disposed in fluid communication with the spray hose
Data Source
AI summary
A brush system having a storable hose and multiple brushes which can be interchangeably attached to the hose depending on the desired spray characteristics. A hose spool is disposed for rotation in the hose housing, and a spray hose is stored on the hose spool. A brush coupling assembly terminates at a distal end of the spray hose. Various brushes of different design are interchangeably attachable to the brush coupling assembly. A flow control valve is connected to the spray hose through a supply hose. The flow control valve is connected to a source of pressurized water through a source hose. Accordingly, pressurized water may be supplied to the brush through the source hose, flow control valve, supply hose, spray hose and brush coupling assembly, respectively. A water spray is discharged from the brush onto an item to be cleaned.