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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing cleaners face challenges in providing a compact design that supports both wet and dry cleaning functions without increasing weight or size, and lack modular components for additional functionalities.
Innovation Solution
A cleaner design featuring a handle assembly with a coupling surface and bracket system that allows for separable attachment of accessory modules, including rotary, vibration, and heating modules, enabling various functions such as vehicle polishing, massage, and ironing, while maintaining ergonomic grip and balanced weight distribution.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a separate handle is provided on the vacuum suction part for carrying during dry cleaning, then the vacuum suction part can be carried independently, but the handle creates spatial constraint and cannot be ergonomically designed due to compactness requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The handle assembly is designed to serve multiple functions: it acts as a carrying handle for the vacuum suction part during dry cleaning, and simultaneously serves as a support structure when the cleaner performs wet cleaning. The bracket portion of the handle assembly provides structural support for the cleaner main body during wet cleaning operations, eliminating the need for a separate support structure.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the vacuum suction part is always coupled to the cleaner main body for wet cleaning, then wet cleaning function is maintained, but the overall weight increases due to the suction motor in the vacuum suction part
Solution Approach 1:
The cleaner is divided into separable components: the cleaner main body and the vacuum suction part can be coupled or separated based on cleaning needs. During wet cleaning, only the cleaner main body is used with the cleaning module attached, excluding the heavy vacuum suction part. During dry cleaning, the vacuum suction part is coupled to the handle assembly for portable use.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the vacuum suction part is always coupled to the cleaner main body for wet cleaning, then wet cleaning function is maintained, but the overall size increases
Solution Approach 1:
The cleaner system is segmented into modular components that can be selectively assembled. The vacuum suction part is a separate module that couples to the handle assembly only when dry cleaning is needed. The cleaner main body has a separate coupling mechanism for the cleaning module during wet cleaning operations, allowing compact storage and transport of individual components.
4Adaptability or versatility
If modular accessory modules are added to the handle assembly, then additional functions such as vehicle polishing, massage, and ironing are enabled, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The handle assembly is designed as a universal platform that can accommodate multiple types of accessory modules through a standardized bracket coupling mechanism. The same bracket structure supports various modules including vacuum suction parts for dry cleaning, polishing modules for vehicle care, massage modules for personal care, and ironing modules for fabric care, eliminating the need for different coupling mechanisms for each module type.
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AI summary
The present disclosure relates to a cleaner having a bracket, the bracket including a handle coupling portion separably coupled to a coupling surface, and an accessory coupling portion extending from the handle coupling portion in a direction intersecting a direction in which the handle coupling portion is coupled to the coupling surface, the accessory coupling portion being configured such that an accessory module is separably coupled to the accessory coupling portion, such that the corresponding accessory module is mounted on a handle assembly, thereby performing various functions in addition to the function of the cleaner.