Riding Floor Cleaning Machines With Integrated Intelligent Systems
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing riding floor cleaning machines lack intelligent systems capable of selectively gathering, monitoring, storing, and analyzing data, as well as communicating this data with other systems and users, and are not compatible with secondary electrochemical cell sub-assemblies.
Innovation Solution
Integration of an intelligent system within riding floor cleaning machines that includes sub-assemblies such as a main frame, steering and drive wheel, solution tank, recovery tank, control panel, and battery sub-assemblies, enabling data gathering, monitoring, storage, analysis, and communication with other systems and users, along with the use of secondary electrochemical cells like lithium-ion batteries.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If an intelligent system is integrated into the riding floor cleaning machine, then data management and communication capabilities are improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The intelligent system integrates multiple functions including data gathering from sensors, data storage in memory, data analysis through processing units, and communication via transmitters into a single unified subsystem. This multi-functional integration resolves the contradiction by consolidating what would otherwise require multiple separate systems, thereby improving data management capability while limiting the increase in overall device complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The intelligent system is implemented as a nested subsystem within the existing cleaning machine architecture. Sensors, processors, memory units, and communication modules are embedded within the machine's structural framework and integrated into the control system. This nesting approach allows the intelligent capabilities to be incorporated without significantly increasing the external complexity or footprint of the machine.
2Duration of action of moving object
If secondary electrochemical cell sub-assemblies are integrated, then energy storage and operational duration are improved, but device complexity and manufacturing difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The secondary electrochemical cell sub-assemblies are designed with universal mounting interfaces and standardized electrical connections that are compatible with the existing machine architecture. The battery assemblies serve multiple functions including power storage, voltage regulation, and integration with the intelligent system's power management, thereby improving operational duration without proportionally increasing manufacturing complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The power system is segmented into modular battery sub-assemblies that can be independently manufactured and then integrated into the machine. This segmentation allows different components (battery cells, housing, connectors, management circuits) to be manufactured separately using optimized processes and then assembled, reducing overall manufacturing difficulty while achieving improved energy storage capacity and operational duration.
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
Enables efficient data management and communication, enhancing operational efficiency, maintenance planning, and user interaction by providing real-time data analysis and alerts for component maintenance, improving overall machine performance and user experience.
Implementation Method 1
secondary electrochemical cells like lithium-ion batteries
Data Source
AI summary
A riding floor cleaning machine having an intelligent system including a main frame sub-assembly, a steering and drive wheel sub-assembly, a solution tank sub-assembly, a recovery tank sub-assembly, a recovery tank cover sub-assembly, a control panel sub-assembly, a main controller sub-assembly, a seat and detergent system sub-assembly, a battery sub-assembly, a scrub head sub-assembly, a scrub head lift sub-assembly, a squeegee sub-assembly, a solution and detergent sub-assembly, and an intelligent system associated with at least one of the above-identified sub-assemblies, wherein the intelligent system selectively gathers, obtains, monitors, stores, records, and/or analyzes data associated with components of the riding floor cleaning machine, and controllably communicates and/or disseminates such data with another system and/or user.