Self-Adhesive High Viscosity Gel for Hard Surface Cleaning
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing cleaning compositions for hard surfaces require applicators, are limited to specific viscosity ranges, and do not provide continuous cleaning benefits, especially on wet or dry surfaces without additional tools.
Innovation Solution
A gel cleaning composition with ultra-high viscosity (600,000 mPas to 1,500,000 mPas) that self-adheres to hard surfaces, allowing for manual application without a dispenser and providing continuous cleaning through the Marangoni effect, dispersing cleaning components with water flow for immediate and residual benefits.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If gel and liquid cleaning compositions are used, then cleaning effectiveness is improved, but an applicator or dispenser is required which increases cost and requires storage
Solution Approach 1:
The cleaning composition is formulated with ultra-high viscosity (600,000-1,500,000 mPas) to enable self-adhesion to hard surfaces without requiring an applicator or dispenser. The composition applies itself when manually placed on the surface and remains in position through its own rheological properties, eliminating the need for separate application tools and their associated storage requirements.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent modifies the viscosity parameter of the cleaning composition to ultra-high levels (600,000-1,500,000 mPas), which fundamentally changes the application method. At this viscosity level, the composition behaves as a semi-solid that can be manually applied and will self-adhere to vertical and overhead surfaces without running or requiring mechanical application aids.
2Device complexity
If solid cleaning composition is used, then applicator is not required, but dry surface is required for adhesion and dispersal speed is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent formulates a cleaning composition with ultra-high viscosity (600,000-1,500,000 mPas) that occupies an intermediate state between solid and liquid. This rheological parameter change allows the composition to adhere to both wet and dry surfaces like a solid while maintaining sufficient mobility to disperse quickly when water is applied, combining the advantages of both states.
Solution Approach 2:
The cleaning composition combines properties of both solids (self-adhesion, no applicator needed) and liquids (rapid dispersal when wetted) through its unique ultra-high viscosity formulation. The composition acts as a rheologically composite material that exhibits solid-like behavior during application and storage, but liquid-like behavior during active cleaning when water is present.
3Ease of operation
If low viscosity gel is used, then application is easy, but it requires applicator and does not provide extended cleaning duration
Solution Approach 1:
The patent increases the viscosity parameter to ultra-high levels (600,000-1,500,000 mPas) while maintaining manual applicability. This parameter change allows the composition to be applied as easily as a low-viscosity gel through manual placement, but once applied, the high viscosity prevents runoff and enables extended residence time on the surface for continuous cleaning action over days or weeks.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables efficient, continuous cleaning without the need for separate applicators, reducing storage and packaging, and offering enhanced cleaning performance on both wet and dry surfaces with improved adhesion and extended cleaning duration.
Implementation Method 1
The cleaning composition of the present invention is adherable to a wet or dry hard surface
Implementation Method 2
The composition provides a Marangoni effect in the spreading of the cleaning composition and the providing of transportation of the cleaning components
Data Source
AI summary
A composition for cleaning hard surfaces which is self-adhering to a wet or dry hard surface through a plurality of flows of water thereover. The composition is a gel having a viscosity of about 600,000 cP to about 1,500,000 cP and is capable of being manually applied, i.e., in absence of an applicating dispenser, to a hard surface. The gel composition with high viscosity provides for continuous cleaning until depletion, or may be used for one-time cleaning at any time between application of the composition to a hard surface and depletion of the gel composition.