Pressing spray mop
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional spray mops face issues with malfunctioning connecting lines leading to unreliable water spraying and inconvenient maintenance, and require external components for assembly, which increases labor hours and risks poor assembly or component damage.
Innovation Solution
A pressing spray mop design that eliminates the need for external components in assembly, using a mop rod, water tank seat, and spray mechanism with a pressing pin to activate water spraying, ensuring stability and ease of use without external components.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If connecting lines are used to trigger water spray by a lever, then the spray function can be activated, but the connecting lines may malfunction due to long-term use or unsatisfactory assembly, leading to unreliable spraying and inconvenient maintenance
Solution Approach 1:
The patent removes the connecting line from the system entirely. Instead of using a lever connected via a connecting line to activate the pump, the invention uses a pressing structure where the mop rod directly presses against the pump trigger when pressed downward, eliminating the need for connecting lines and their associated reliability issues.
Solution Approach 2:
The pressing structure allows the mop rod itself to directly activate the pump mechanism through downward pressure, without requiring separate connecting lines or external triggering components. The system uses its own structural components (mop rod and pump trigger) to achieve the spraying function.
2Ease of operation
If connecting lines are disposed along the mop rod to activate the pump, then water spray can be triggered, but the assembly process becomes more complex and maintenance becomes inconvenient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent eliminates the connecting line component entirely, replacing it with a direct pressing mechanism where the mop rod structurally engages with the pump trigger. This removes the assembly steps required to install and connect the connecting line, simplifying both manufacturing and maintenance.
3Ease of manufacture
If external components such as screw elements or riveting elements are used to assemble the spray mechanism, then the components can be connected, but the installation process increases labor hours and risks poor assembly or component damage
Solution Approach 1:
The patent integrates the pump trigger structure with the mop rod assembly such that the pressing action is achieved through the structural configuration of existing components rather than through separate fastening elements. The mop rod and pump trigger form an integrated pressing mechanism that eliminates the need for screws or rivets.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention removes external fastening components (screws, rivets) from the assembly process. The pump and its triggering mechanism are designed to be assembled and activated through the pressing structure of the mop rod itself, without requiring additional fastening elements.
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AI summary
A pressing spray mop includes a mop rod (1), a mop head (2), a water tank seat (3), a spray mechanism (4) installed at the water tank seat (3), and a water tank (5) installed on the water tank seat (4). The water tank seat (3) includes a hollow housing (31), and two support half casings (32) encapsulating the spray mechanism (4) after having been joggled and placed in the hollow housing (31), and forming a movement space (33) corresponding to a water drawing member (41) of the spray mechanism (4). The hollow housing (31) includes a through connecting hole (312) disposed correspondingly to the movement space (33). The mop rod (1) includes a rod body (11), a penetration opening (12) disposed on the rod body (12), and a pressing pin (13) extended into the movement space (33) via the through connecting hole (312). The pressing pin (13) is driven and displaced by the mop rod (1) in the movement space (33) and presses the water drawing member (41) to cause the spray mechanism (4) to perform spraying.