Multi-orientation cleaning device
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing cleaning devices for hard surfaces are less than optimal, as they inefficiently spray cleaning fluids, leading to airborne chemicals reaching the user's breathing space when used at heights, and lack adaptability in orientation.
Innovation Solution
A cleaning device with a power source, pump, and a storage container with a valve assembly that adjusts fluid pathways based on orientation, ensuring cleaning fluid is directed onto the surface while preventing airborne spray, and includes a refillable, translucent container with a vent system for efficient operation in various orientations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If cleaning fluid is sprayed at heights to clean hard surfaces, then cleaning effectiveness is improved, but airborne chemicals reach the user's breathing space causing safety hazards
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a shield or barrier structure between the spray nozzle and the user's breathing space. This intermediary element intercepts and redirects the cleaning fluid spray, preventing airborne chemicals from reaching the user while maintaining cleaning effectiveness on vertical surfaces at heights.
Solution Approach 2:
The spray system is designed with localized spray patterns that direct cleaning fluid precisely onto the target surface area. By concentrating the spray in specific zones and controlling spray trajectory, the system minimizes dispersion of cleaning chemicals into the air while maintaining effective cleaning coverage on vertical surfaces.
2Device complexity
If cleaning devices are designed for fixed orientation, then structural simplicity is maintained, but adaptability to different cleaning orientations is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The cleaning device incorporates adjustable components such as rotatable spray nozzles, flexible positioning mechanisms, and reconfigurable cleaning heads that allow the device to adapt to different orientations (vertical, horizontal, angled surfaces). These dynamic elements enable the same basic structure to function effectively across multiple cleaning scenarios without requiring completely different device designs.
Solution Approach 2:
The device is designed with universal cleaning heads and adjustable spray systems that can effectively clean various surface orientations using a single device configuration. The spray nozzle assembly can be positioned and angled to accommodate vertical walls, horizontal ceilings, and inclined surfaces, making the device versatile across different cleaning applications.
3Productivity
If cleaning fluid spray is increased to improve cleaning coverage, then cleaning efficiency is improved, but airborne chemical dispersion increases reaching user breathing space
Solution Approach 1:
The spray system uses focused, localized spray patterns that concentrate cleaning fluid precisely on the target surface rather than dispersing it broadly into the air. By optimizing spray trajectory, angle, and distribution density, the system achieves effective cleaning coverage while minimizing airborne chemical dispersion that could reach the user's breathing space.
Solution Approach 2:
A protective shield or deflection barrier is positioned between the spray zone and the user's breathing area. This intermediary structure intercepts cleaning fluid droplets and aerosols before they can disperse into the air, redirecting them onto the target surface or back toward the cleaning head, thereby maintaining coverage efficiency while reducing airborne exposure.
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 device effectively directs cleaning fluid onto surfaces while minimizing airborne exposure and allows operation in multiple orientations, ensuring efficient and safe cleaning of hard surfaces.
Implementation Method 1
A pump is provided. The pump is in selective fluid communication with the interior of the storage container
Implementation Method 2
A valve assembly is disposed in the storage container and in fluid communication with the pump, the valve assembly being configured to selectively flow cleaning fluid from a first portion and a second portion of the storage container
Data Source
AI summary
A cleaning device is provided. The cleaning device includes a power source and a pump in selective electrical communication with the power source. A storage container is provided. A valve assembly is disposed in the storage container and is in fluid communication with the pump. The valve assembly selectively flows cleaning fluid from a first portion and a second portion of the storage container. A cleaning element having a spray nozzle is in fluid communication with the pump.