Manual-Pump Steam Floor Mop for Even Steam and Stain Removal
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current steam floor mops are inconvenient and time-consuming due to the need for preheating water and uneven steam distribution, leading to incomplete disinfecting and sterilization, and lack of effective stain removal due to smooth cleaning cloths without patterns.
Innovation Solution
A steam floor mop design featuring a manual water pump, steam generator, and a fan-shaped floor brush with rib stripes and steam distributing grooves, allowing instantaneous steam distribution and effective disinfecting, combined with a cleaning cloth with #-shaped checks for efficient stain removal, eliminating the need for preheating and ensuring uniform steam coverage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Temperature
If water is heated vaporized to generate steam for cleaning, then high-temperature disinfecting and sterilization effect is achieved, but the process takes long time and is inconvenient
Solution Approach 1:
Water is pre-loaded into the water tank before use, eliminating the need for preheating during operation. The heating element and steam generator are pre-assembled in the handle, ready for immediate steam generation when water is added.
Solution Approach 2:
The manual water pump replaces automatic electric pumping systems, allowing instant water delivery to the steam generator through manual operation, reducing wait time while maintaining steam temperature.
2Ease of manufacture
If the cleaning surface is made flat, then manufacturing is simple, but steam distribution is uneven and cleaning effectiveness is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The floor brush surface is segmented into multiple regions with different textures (smooth areas and patterned areas) to optimize steam distribution and cleaning effectiveness for different types of stains and floor surfaces.
Solution Approach 2:
Different areas of the cleaning cloth have different surface properties - some areas are smooth for general cleaning, while other areas have patterns or stripes for enhanced steam distribution and stain removal, matching specific cleaning needs to specific locations.
3Ease of manufacture
If the cleaning cloth is made smooth, then it is easy to manufacture, but stains cannot be cleaned easily
Solution Approach 1:
The cleaning cloth is divided into different zones with varying surface textures - smooth zones for general cleaning and patterned zones with raised designs for tackling stubborn stains, providing both ease of manufacture and effective stain removal.
Solution Approach 2:
The cleaning cloth incorporates local variations in surface texture and pattern density, with smoother areas for delicate surfaces and more textured areas for heavy-duty stain removal, optimizing both manufacturing simplicity and cleaning performance.
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 convenient, time-saving, and thorough high-temperature disinfecting and sterilization with uniform steam distribution and effective stain removal.
Implementation Method 1
a manual water pump, the water tank, and a steam generator are housed in the central body; the manual water pump, the water tank, and the steam generator are connected to the floor brush by means of pipes
Implementation Method 2
the water needs to be loaded firstly to the steam generator by powering on the water pump additionally, and then is heated vaporized to generate steam for the cleaning work
Implementation Method 3
steam distributing function, with which the water is firstly heated vaporized to generate steam which is then distributed to the floor for the cleaning work so as to realize the effect of high-temperature disinfecting and sterilization
Implementation Method 4
high-temperature disinfecting and sterilization
Data Source
AI summary
The present invention discloses a steam floor mop, comprising a handle; a central body inside which a manual water pump, a water tank, and a steam generator are housed; and a floor brush connected flexibly to the central body, wherein the manual water pump, the water tank, and the steam generator are connected to the floor brush by means of pipes; said handle is connected directly to the piston rod of the manual water pump and serves to manipulate the operation of the manual water pump; said floor brush is covered by a cleaning cloth. In accordance with the steam floor mop of the present invention, by only pushing the handle of the steam floor mop, the steam can be generated and distributed to the floor brush so that the cleaning work having an effect of high temperature disinfecting and sterilization can be realized. It is not needed to power on the water pump additionally so as to supply water to the steam generator to generate the steam.