Pumpkin Pulp Cleaning Agent for Greasy Dirt Removal

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional household and industrial cleaning products are often aggressive, harmful to the environment, and have inadequate cleaning effects, while sustainable plant-based cleaning agents typically have complex compositions with pumpkin ingredients in small proportions and limited applications.

Innovation Solution

Utilizing the pulp, juice, or decoction of zucchinis and pumpkins as a primary component in a cleaning agent, which provides a high cleaning and care effect for various surfaces and textiles, with a composition that is environmentally friendly and gentle on skin and surfaces.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If conventional synthetic or petroleum-based chemicals are used for cleaning, then cleaning effectiveness is improved, but environmental harm and health risks increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecleaning effectivenessVSAvoidenvironmental harm and health risks
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The invention changes the chemical composition parameters by replacing synthetic detergents with pumpkin pulp containing natural surfactants. The pumpkin pulp's emulsifying substances and saponins provide adequate cleaning power while eliminating harmful synthetic chemicals, thus resolving the contradiction between cleaning effectiveness and environmental/health safety

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The invention uses readily available pumpkin pulp, a natural and biodegradable material, replacing persistent synthetic chemicals. The natural components break down quickly in the environment, reducing long-term pollution while maintaining cleaning effectiveness through the pulp's natural surfactant properties

Inventive Principle:
Principle #27Cheap short-living objects (Disposable)

2Object-affected harmful factors

If plant-based cleaning agents are used to reduce environmental harm, then sustainability is improved, but cleaning effectiveness and application range deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveenvironmental friendlinessVSAvoidcleaning effectiveness
Core Design Contradiction:
Object-affected harmful factorsVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The invention extracts and utilizes the active cleaning components (emulsifying substances, saponins, and other surfactants) from pumpkin pulp, concentrating the effective ingredients to achieve strong cleaning performance. This extraction approach maintains environmental friendliness while overcoming the typical weakness of plant-based cleaners

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The invention creates a composite cleaning system by combining multiple natural components from pumpkin pulp including emulsifying substances, saponins, vitamins, and minerals. This composite approach synergistically enhances cleaning effectiveness across different surface types and soil conditions, expanding application range while remaining environmentally friendly

Inventive Principle:
Principle #40Composite materials

3Device complexity

If pumpkin components are used in small proportions in cleaning agents, then formulation flexibility is improved, but cleaning effectiveness deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveformulation flexibilityVSAvoidcleaning effectiveness
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The invention positions pumpkin pulp as a universal cleaning agent that can replace multiple conventional detergent components. The pulp provides surfactant, emulsifier, and conditioning functions simultaneously, allowing it to be used in high proportions (5-95% by weight) across various cleaning applications without requiring complex formulation adjustments

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

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 zucchini and pumpkin-based cleaning agent achieves a strong cleaning effect against greasy dirt and stubborn incrustations, is gentle on surfaces and skin, and provides a protective and care effect, delaying new contamination and enhancing surface gloss and homogeneity.

Implementation Method 1

The cleaning agents described therein have in common that they have a complex composition of numerous ingredients, with pumpkin components accounting for only a comparatively small proportion of the overall composition and a significant proportion of conventional detergent substances added to achieve the desired cleaning effect

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectSurfactant action: Surfactant

Implementation Method 2

the treated surfaces and also has an extraordinary skin-protecting effect... delaying new contamination and enhancing surface gloss and homogeneity

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectAdsorption: Adsorption

Data Source

PatentEP3375857B1Use of plants from the pumpkin family as cleaning agents
Publication Date: 2024.06.12 GLACHTSIOU SOFIA
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AI summary

The invention relates to the use of the pulp of fruits of plants from the gourd family (Cucurbitaceae) or of a juice, decoction or extract thereof as a cleaning agent for cleaning and care of surfaces and textiles, especially in the household and kitchen area, as well as a corresponding cleaning agent based on the pulp of plants from the gourd family (Cucurbitaceae), and its production.