Pivoting Drying Rack for Breast Pump Parts and Cleaning Brushes
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing drying solutions for breast pump parts, such as breast receiving cups or funnels, lack a versatile and efficient mechanism for both cleaning and drying, particularly in accommodating cleaning devices like brushes.
Innovation Solution
A drying rack with a pivotally connected design featuring a movable core member and associated cleaning devices, allowing for adjustable positioning of cleaning devices between vertical and horizontal orientations, ensuring effective cleaning and drying of breast pump parts.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a fixed drying rack structure is used, then the structure is simple and stable, but it cannot accommodate cleaning devices in multiple orientations and lacks versatility
Solution Approach 1:
The drying rack employs a movable core member that can pivot between vertical and horizontal positions, allowing the same structure to accommodate cleaning devices in multiple orientations. This dynamic element provides versatility without requiring multiple fixed structures.
Solution Approach 2:
The movable core member serves multiple functions: it acts as a support structure for cleaning devices, enables positional adjustment between vertical and horizontal orientations, and maintains structural integrity. This multi-functionality resolves the contradiction between versatility and complexity.
2Ease of operation
If cleaning devices are permanently fixed, then they are securely held, but they cannot be easily repositioned or removed for cleaning and drying
Solution Approach 1:
The movable core member provides a dynamic holding mechanism that can securely retain cleaning devices while allowing easy repositioning. The pivotal connection enables the core member to shift positions, facilitating both secure storage and convenient access for cleaning and drying operations.
3Productivity
If the drying rack cannot change configuration, then it is structurally simple, but it cannot provide effective cleaning and drying positioning for breast pump parts
Solution Approach 1:
The movable core member enables the drying rack to change configuration between vertical and horizontal positions, providing effective positioning for cleaning and drying breast pump parts. This dynamic adjustment improves productivity without requiring a completely complex reconfigurable system.
Data Source
AI summary
A drying rack includes a first rack, a second rack and a movable core member. The second rack is pivotally connected with the first rack. The movable core member includes a receptacle configured to receive an associated cleaning device. The movable core member is operatively connected for pivotal movement with and pivotal movement with respect to each rack so as to change a relative location of the receptacle with respect to at least one of the first rack and the second rack based on a relative position of the first rack with respect to the second rack.