Modular Cleaning Tool Accessory Attachment for Reach and Customization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing cleaning tools for exterior surfaces, particularly glass surfaces on buildings and tall structures, face challenges in efficiently reaching distant areas and maintaining effective cleaning, leading to reduced light transmission and increased energy costs due to dirt accumulation.
Innovation Solution
The development of cleaning tool accessory attachments that include a releasable attachment member, mounting member, and holding member configured to securely retain a cleaning element, such as a scrub pad, on an extendable pole or working head assembly, allowing for customizable and adjustable cleaning configurations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Length of moving object
If extendable poles are used to reach distant surfaces, then cleaning capability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The cleaning tool is divided into modular segments including extendable pole sections that can be assembled and disassembled. Each pole section connects through standardized interfaces, allowing the reach distance to be adjusted by adding or removing segments without requiring a completely different device configuration.
Solution Approach 2:
The pole structure incorporates telescopic mechanisms that allow dynamic adjustment of length during operation. The pole can be extended to reach distant surfaces and collapsed for easy storage and transport, providing adaptability without permanently increasing device complexity.
2Adaptability or versatility
If cleaning elements are made customizable, then adaptability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The cleaning tool employs universal mounting interfaces and standardized connection mechanisms that allow different cleaning elements (brushes, squeegees, scrub pads) to be attached to the same pole structure. This multi-functionality enables adaptability across various cleaning tasks without requiring multiple specialized devices.
Solution Approach 2:
The cleaning element is separated from the pole as an independent, replaceable component. This segmentation allows users to swap cleaning elements based on specific cleaning needs while maintaining the same pole infrastructure, thus improving adaptability without proportionally increasing overall device complexity.
3Ease of operation
If releasable connections are used for easy assembly, then ease of operation is improved, but reliability decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The connection mechanism incorporates self-locking features that automatically engage and secure components when assembled. The releasable connection includes built-in locking elements that ensure reliable attachment without requiring additional tools or complex assembly procedures, thus maintaining both ease of operation and connection reliability.
Solution Approach 2:
The connection interface includes pre-designed alignment features and tolerance compensation mechanisms that ensure proper engagement before final locking occurs. This beforehand preparation prevents misalignment or improper connection, thereby maintaining reliability while preserving ease of assembly through the releasable connection design.
Data Source
AI summary
Cleaning tools and cleaning tool accessory attachments may include an attachment member configured to releasably attached to a portion of a water-fed cleaning assembly, a mounting member releasably connected to the attachment member, and a holding member releasably connected to the mounting member, the holding member configured to releasably retain a cleaning element thereon. A cleaning tool may include an extendable pole assembly and a working head assembly with a cleaning tool accessory attachment attached to at least one of the extendable pole assembly and the working head assembly.