Saxophone Cleaning Tool With Magnetic Loop Pull Bodies
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional saxophone cleaning tools are inefficient and user-unfriendly due to the need to turn the instrument upside down, which can cause strain and damage, and are not well-suited for saxophones with varying tube diameters and tone hole column heights, leading to obstructed cleaning paths and reduced effectiveness.
Innovation Solution
A saxophone cleaning tool with a cleaner and two pull bodies connected by magnetic members, allowing for loop formation without upside-down operation, enabling easy and cyclic cleaning of the instrument's inner surface without requiring manual inversion, and accommodating different saxophone types through supplementary cleaning members.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If conventional swabs are used to clean the saxophone tube, then the cleaning function is provided, but the user must turn the instrument upside down which causes strain and potential damage
Solution Approach 1:
The patent inverts the conventional cleaning approach by instead of turning the saxophone upside down, the cleaning tool uses a loop configuration where the pull bodies are pulled upward while the saxophone remains in its normal upright position. This reverses the operational method to eliminate the harmful upside-down handling.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a loop configuration with pull bodies as an intermediary mechanism. The loop allows the cleaning tool to be pulled through the tube in an upward direction, mediating between the user's pulling action and the cleaning surface's movement, thereby eliminating the need to invert the instrument.
2Productivity
If the saxophone is cleaned by passing the swab through the tube, then cleaning is achieved, but repeated upside-down operations reduce cleaning efficiency
Solution Approach 1:
The loop configuration enables continuous upward pulling motion for cleaning, eliminating the need to repeatedly invert the instrument between passes. The useful cleaning action can continue in one direction, improving productivity and reducing time loss.
3Adaptability or versatility
If standard cleaning tools are used on saxophones with varying tube diameters and tone hole column heights, then cleaning is provided, but the tone hole columns obstruct the cleaning path
Solution Approach 1:
The cleaning surface is designed with specific local qualities including flexibility and contour adaptation to navigate around tone hole columns of varying heights. The loop configuration allows the cleaning surface to conform to local tube geometries and obstacles, enabling smooth operation across different saxophone types.
Solution Approach 2:
The cleaning tool incorporates dynamic elements that allow it to adapt to different tube diameters and tone hole configurations. The loop and pull body configuration enables the cleaning surface to move dynamically around obstacles rather than following a fixed rigid path.
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 tool facilitates efficient, safe, and user-friendly cleaning of saxophones by eliminating the need for upside-down handling and accommodating various saxophone designs, ensuring effective cleaning across different models and heights, improving both efficiency and applicability.
Implementation Method 1
A free end of both the first and the second pull bodies is provided with an assembly portion and a magnetic member so that the assembly portions are connected with each other by the magnetic members magnetically attached to each other.
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AI summary
A saxophone cleaning tool is revealed. The saxophone cleaning tool includes a cleaner provided with a cleaning surface for cleaning an inner surface of a tube, a first pull body having one end connected with a first connection portion of the cleaner and the other end placed into the tube through a tube opening and descending into a curved portion, and a second pull body having one end connected with a second connection portion of the cleaner and the other end placed into the tube through a bell opening and descending into the curved portion. A free end of both the first and second pull bodies is provided with an assembly portion and a magnetic member. Thereby the cleaning tool is passed through the tube easily with the two free ends connected to form a loop which is pulled continuously for fast and cyclic cleaning of the saxophone.