Pivotable Pan Cleaning Device for Razor Heads
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional cleaning devices for electric shaving apparatuses take a long time for drying due to excess liquid remaining on the cutting means, leading to inefficient cleaning and increased cleaning liquid consumption.
Innovation Solution
The cleaning device employs a pivotable pan with an oscillating motion to enhance liquid flow through the shaving head during cleaning and a mechanism to drain excess liquid during drying, utilizing flexible tubes and an electro-mechanical actuating device to facilitate improved cleaning and faster drying.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of time
If the cleaning device uses a conventional stationary pan design, then the structure is simple, but the drying time is long due to excess liquid remaining on the cutting means
Solution Approach 1:
The pan is made pivotable instead of stationary, allowing it to change position dynamically. During cleaning, the pan remains in a first position with the cutting means immersed in liquid. During drying, the pan pivots to a second position where excess liquid drains away from the cutting means, significantly reducing drying time without requiring complex additional drying mechanisms
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses its own cleaning liquid and pan structure to facilitate drying. By pivoting the pan, the cleaning liquid itself serves to drain away from the cutting means, eliminating the need for separate drying agents or complex drying systems. The pan's own movement enables the drying function
2Productivity
If the pan is made pivotable to improve cleaning and drying, then the cleaning efficiency increases, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The pan is made pivotable instead of stationary, allowing it to change position dynamically. During cleaning, the pan remains in a first position with the cutting means immersed in liquid. During drying, the pan pivots to a second position where excess liquid drains away from the cutting means, significantly reducing drying time without requiring complex additional drying mechanisms
Solution Approach 2:
The pivotable pan serves multiple functions: it holds cleaning liquid, immerses the cutting means for cleaning, and facilitates drying by enabling liquid drainage. This single dynamic structure replaces what would otherwise require separate cleaning and drying systems, improving efficiency without proportionally increasing complexity
3Reliability
If excess cleaning liquid remains on the cutting means, then the cleaning is thorough, but the drying time increases and liquid consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The pan is made pivotable instead of stationary, allowing it to change position dynamically. During cleaning, the pan remains in a first position with the cutting means immersed in liquid. During drying, the pan pivots to a second position where excess liquid drains away from the cutting means, significantly reducing drying time without requiring complex additional drying mechanisms
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses periodic action by alternating between cleaning phase (pan in first position with liquid) and drying phase (pan pivoted to second position for drainage). This periodic positioning allows thorough cleaning followed by efficient draining, reducing overall liquid consumption while maintaining cleaning effectiveness
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
This approach results in a more thorough cleaning process and significantly reduces drying time, minimizing the amount of cleaning liquid needed and extending its useful life.
Implementation Method 1
the inertia of the liquid, the liquid is set into a back and forth movement
Implementation Method 2
the air in the process flowing not only around but also through the cutting means via inlets. In this way the cutting means is dried quickly
Implementation Method 3
an electro-mechanical actuating device (18) for oscillating the pan (3)
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AI summary
The invention relates to an electrically operated cleaning device for cleaning an electrically operated hair removal apparatus (21), which comprises a drive means (62) configured in a housing (61) and a cutting or epilation means (26), which can be driven by the drive means and is arranged on a head end (25) of said housing (61). For cleaning purposes, the cutting or epilation means (26) can be introduced into a pan which can be filled with a cleaning liquid (29) on the one hand, and which can have the cleaning liquid (29) flowing therethrough on the other hand. According to a first invention, the receptacle is formed directly by the pan (3), wherein the pan (3) is pivotably mounted on the cleaning device (2) via a rotational axis (4), wherein an alternating torque acts on the pan (3) for pivoting the same. According to a second invention, the receptacle (22) is formed by a separate component, the receptacle being mounted on the cleaning device (2) pivotably about a rotational axis (4). With the aid of the inventions, it is possible to achieve improved and more thorough cleaning of cutting or epilation means (26) of a hair removal apparatus (21) that are immersed in the pan (3) on the one hand, and the hair removal apparatus (21), which is moved into an oblique position during the drying process, can dry more quickly on the other hand because the liquid present in the cutting and epilation means (26) can drain off to one side.