Rotating Lens Holder for Uniform Cleaning
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing lens cleaning devices struggle to provide uniform and thorough cleaning, often resulting in residual structures that can irritate the human eye, and they lack a compact and efficient design.
Innovation Solution
A cleaning device with a rotatable holder that positions the lens for rotation during cleaning, utilizing a rotatable brush as the cleaning member, and allowing for vertical or from-above positioning of the lens in the cleaning station, ensuring a uniform and thorough cleaning process.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If the lens is held in a non-rotatable manner during cleaning, then the cleaning device structure is simpler, but the cleaning uniformity and thoroughness deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The lens holder is designed to rotate the lens during the cleaning process, transforming a static cleaning arrangement into a dynamic one. This rotational movement ensures that all surfaces of the lens are uniformly cleaned by the brush, eliminating the formation of residual structures and improving overall cleaning quality without significantly increasing device complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The cleaning brush is designed with a cylindrical shape that matches the curvature of the lens surface. When the lens rotates on the cylindrical brush, the curved geometry ensures continuous and uniform contact between the brush and lens surface, achieving thorough cleaning of all lens surfaces including edges and corners
2Manufacturing precision
If the lens is moved linearly or translatory during cleaning, then the cleaning coverage is improved, but the cleaning time increases and efficiency decreases
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of moving the lens linearly through the cleaning station, the invention rotates the lens in place while it remains held by the rotating holder. This rotational movement allows the lens to be cleaned thoroughly by the rotating brush without requiring the lens to traverse through the cleaning station, significantly reducing cleaning time and improving efficiency
Solution Approach 2:
The lens rotation continues throughout the entire cleaning process, ensuring that the cleaning action is applied continuously and uniformly to all surfaces. The rotational movement of the lens combined with the rotational brush creates continuous contact and cleaning action, eliminating gaps in cleaning coverage while maintaining high cleaning speed
3Device complexity
If a common handling device is used for multiple cleaning stations, then the device compactness is improved, but the adaptability for lens-specific cleaning deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
A single common handling device with a rotating holder is designed to serve multiple cleaning stations, making the device universally applicable across different cleaning positions. The holder can rotate the lens at any cleaning station, providing consistent cleaning quality throughout the entire cleaning process while maintaining device compactness and simplicity
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 device achieves a more efficient and uniform cleaning by reducing cleaning time and allowing for individual lens-specific cleaning, while minimizing residual structures and enhancing the compactness and simplicity of the device's design.
Implementation Method 1
a cleaning by a mechanical treatment using a cleaning member such as a brush
Implementation Method 2
mechanical treatment using a cleaning member such as a brush
Data Source
AI summary
A cleaning device and a method is for cleaning a lens. The lens is supplied to a respective cleaning station by a handling device and is held in a rotating manner by a rotatable holder.