Cleaning brush
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing cleaning brushes for textile machines require complex replacement or repair due to wear and tear, leading to inefficiencies in maintenance and product quality consistency.
Innovation Solution
A cleaning brush design featuring cylindrical hollow elements with a skeleton and needle cloth connected via a rubber casting compound, allowing for easy attachment and non-rotatable mounting on a shaft, enabling simple replacement and enhanced cleaning efficiency.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of repair
If cleaning brushes are made with traditional integrated structures, then they provide sufficient cleaning capability, but they require complex replacement or repair after wear and tear
Solution Approach 1:
The cleaning brush is divided into modular components: a base body and interchangeable cleaning elements. Each cleaning element consists of a skeleton with cleaning bristles attached, allowing individual replacement without replacing the entire brush. This segmentation enables easy maintenance while keeping the overall structure simple through standardized connection interfaces.
2Ease of repair
If cleaning elements are designed as interchangeable modular components, then replacement becomes simple, but the structure becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The cleaning element integrates multiple functions into a single modular unit: the skeleton provides structural support, the rubber casting compound connects the skeleton to the base body, and the cleaning bristles perform the cleaning function. This merging of functions into one replaceable module simplifies replacement procedures while maintaining manageable structural complexity through standardized design.
3Reliability
If cleaning brushes use traditional fixed structures, then they maintain stability during operation, but they require complete replacement after wear
Solution Approach 1:
The design allows the cleaning elements (bristles and skeleton) to be discarded after wear while recovering and retaining the base body for continued use. The standardized connection system enables quick replacement of worn elements, maintaining consistent cleaning performance without requiring complete brush replacement, thus improving both reliability and maintenance efficiency.
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
The solution facilitates easy maintenance and improved cleaning performance by allowing for standardized, interchangeable cleaning elements with a stable cylindrical shape, ensuring consistent product quality and reduced maintenance complexity.
Implementation Method 1
The skeleton is connected to the needle cloth via a rubber casting compound
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AI summary
The invention relates to a cleaning element (1) for attachment to a cylindrical base body (2) with a longitudinal axis (4). The cleaning element (1) is designed as a cylindrical hollow element and comprises a skeleton (3) and a needle cloth (5) stretched over the skeleton (3). The skeleton (3) is connected to the needle cloth (5) via a rubber casting compound (6) and an inner surface (7) of the cleaning element (1) facing the longitudinal axis (4) is connected by the skeleton (3) or the rubber casting compound (6) educated. The skeleton (3) is formed by support rings (8) arranged at certain intervals concentrically to the longitudinal axis (4) and held by one or more webs (9) running in the direction of the longitudinal axis (4).