Melamine Foam Cleaning Pad With Universal Mop Attachment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing disposable liquid absorbing cleaning pads for sponge mops are not always effective in removing all types of soils from hard surfaces and are often incompatible with different mop brands due to structural differences.
Innovation Solution
A disposable liquid absorbing cleaning pad with a layer of sponge material bonded to a flexible open cell foam made from melamine resin, featuring a backing plate with removably attaching mechanisms that can accommodate various mop types, including squeeze, butterfly, and roller mops, allowing for universal compatibility and enhanced cleaning efficacy.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a disposable liquid absorbing cleaning pad is designed for a specific mop brand, then it achieves reliable attachment and cleaning performance, but it reduces compatibility with different mop types
Solution Approach 1:
The cleaning pad is designed with a universal attachment system featuring a backing plate with multiple hole patterns that can accommodate different mop types (squeeze mops, butterfly mops, roller mops). The backing plate serves multiple functions: providing structural support, enabling various attachment methods (screws, clips, adhesives), and ensuring compatibility across different mop brands while maintaining reliable attachment.
2Ease of manufacture
If a cleaning pad uses a single layer of sponge material, then it maintains simple construction, but it reduces effectiveness in removing all types of soils
Solution Approach 1:
The cleaning pad employs a composite structure consisting of a sponge material layer bonded to a flexible open cell foam layer made from melamine resin. This composite construction combines the liquid absorption capabilities of sponge material with the soil-removal properties of melamine foam, enabling effective cleaning of various soil types while maintaining a relatively simple manufacturing process through bonding techniques.
3Reliability
If a cleaning pad uses a flexible open cell foam made from melamine resin, then it enhances soil removal capability, but it increases manufacturing complexity
Solution Approach 1:
The patent specifies particular parameters for the melamine resin foam including flexibility, open cell structure, and bonding characteristics. By controlling these material parameters and specifying bonding methods, the manufacturing process achieves the desired soil removal effectiveness while keeping complexity manageable through standardized production techniques for foam fabrication and bonding to the sponge layer.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The cleaning pad effectively absorbs and removes soils from hard surfaces, providing a versatile solution that can be used with multiple mop brands, improving cleaning efficiency and convenience by ensuring compatibility and ease of use across different mop types.
Implementation Method 1
a disposable liquid absorbing cleaning pad which includes a layer of sponge material
Implementation Method 2
a layer of a flexible open cell foam material made from melamine resin fixedly attached to the layer of sponge material
Data Source
AI summary
A disposable liquid absorbing cleaning pad for a hand held cleaning implement having an elongated handle includes a layer of sponge material, a layer of flexible open cell foam material made from melamine resin fixedly attached to the layer of sponge material and attachment structure fixedly secured to the layer of sponge material for removably attaching the cleaning pad to the cleaning implement. In one embodiment of the invention the attachment structure includes a backing plate which is fixedly mounted onto the layer of sponge material and a pair of wing screw assemblies which are removably and slidably mounted on the backing plate for removably attaching the cleaning pad to the cleaning implement. In using the hand held cleaning implement the layer of flexible open cell foam material made from melamine resin is the layer that contacts the surface to be cleaned.