Multipurpose UV Curing Device for Floors and Elevated Surfaces
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing UV floor curing devices are ineffective in curing or disinfecting surfaces at significant heights or within constricted spaces, requiring separate high-voltage units that are bulky and costly, and lack the ability to disinfect large areas.
Innovation Solution
A multipurpose UV floor curing device with a mobile carriage and UV panel that can transition between floor and non-floor configurations, allowing UV light projection onto both ground and elevated surfaces, and integrating disinfection capabilities.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If UV lamps are positioned proximate to the floor to maximize curing speed, then floor curing efficiency is improved, but the ability to cure elevated surfaces and objects is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The UV lamp assembly is made dynamically adjustable in height and angle through a movable carriage system with height adjustment mechanism. This allows the lamps to transition from a low position optimized for floor curing to elevated positions that can reach walls, ceilings, and objects at various heights, resolving the contradiction between curing speed and versatility.
Solution Approach 2:
The device is designed as a multi-functional system that can perform both floor curing and elevated surface curing/disinfection using the same UV lamp assembly. By integrating height adjustment and angle modification capabilities, a single device replaces the need for separate floor curing equipment and high-voltage UV units, achieving universal applicability across different curing scenarios.
2Adaptability or versatility
If a separate high-voltage UV unit is used to cure elevated surfaces, then curing capability is improved, but device complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the functions of floor curing and elevated surface curing into a single integrated device. The UV lamp assembly, when combined with the movable carriage and height adjustment mechanism, replaces the need for separate floor curing devices and high-voltage UV units, simplifying the overall equipment configuration and reducing total device complexity.
3Illumination intensity
If UV lamps are positioned directly facing the floor, then curing intensity is improved, but coverage area is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The UV lamp assembly incorporates adjustable angle mechanisms that allow the lamps to change their orientation dynamically. This enables the system to maintain high UV light intensity on target surfaces while expanding coverage area by adjusting the angle and direction of UV projection to reach walls, ceilings, and various surfaces throughout the space.
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 efficiently cures and disinfects floors, walls, ceilings, and other elevated surfaces using a single UV source, enhancing coverage and reducing equipment complexity and cost.
Implementation Method 1
During a UV curing process, the UV light is absorbed by the photoinitiators to polymerize or crosslink the resins and bind them to the floor
Implementation Method 2
The UV lamps may be positioned proximate to the floor and directly face the floor to speed up the curing process by maximizing floor exposure to the high-intensity UV light
Data Source
AI summary
Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a multipurpose ultraviolet (UV) floor curing device. The device includes a mobile carriage, a UV panel, and a control device. The mobile carriage is configured to move on a floor applied with a photocurable coating. The UV panel is coupled to the mobile carriage and removably secures a plurality of radiation units configured to emit UV light of a predetermined intensity capable of curing the photocurable coating. The UV panel is configured to transition between a floor configuration and a non-floor configuration. The control device configured to drive the UV panel for the plurality of radiation units to project the UV light towards the ground substantially underneath the UV panel in the floor configuration and towards elevated surfaces proximate to the ground in the non-floor configuration.