Separated-Water Mop Bucket Structure to Prevent Dirty Water Reuse
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional mop buckets fail to maintain clean water for effective cleaning, leading to poor cleaning results and secondary pollution due to the reuse of dirty water.
Innovation Solution
A clean water and wastewater separating mop bucket design featuring a lower bucket body with independent clean water and sewage containers, a water guide pipe, and a water pump device that ensures clean water is pumped into the upper bucket body for cleaning, while allowing sewage to be drained, preventing the reuse of dirty water.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If the cleaning container uses a single water reservoir that is not changed, then the device complexity is reduced, but the water quality deteriorates leading to poor cleaning results and secondary pollution
Solution Approach 1:
The single water reservoir is divided into two independent containers: a clean water container and a sewage container. This segmentation allows clean water to be separated from sewage, ensuring the mop is always cleaned with clean water while maintaining a relatively simple overall bucket structure.
2Loss of substance
If the cleaning container continuously uses the same water, then the loss of substance is reduced, but the harmful factors increase due to repeated contamination
Solution Approach 1:
By segmenting the water reservoir into clean and sewage sections, the system prevents mixing of clean water with contaminants. This allows clean water to be reused multiple times without contamination, reducing overall water consumption while eliminating secondary pollution from reused dirty water.
3Ease of manufacture
If the cleaning container is simplified to a single chamber, then the ease of manufacture is improved, but the cleaning effectiveness deteriorates due to water contamination
Solution Approach 1:
The bucket is manufactured with two separate but integrated containers within a single outer shell. This segmentation design maintains cleaning effectiveness by preventing water contamination, while the integrated structure keeps manufacturing complexity relatively low compared to completely separate buckets.
Solution Approach 2:
The clean water container and sewage container are nested within the same outer bucket body, with the sewage container positioned below or adjacent to the clean water container. This nesting approach ensures reliable cleaning effectiveness through physical separation while maintaining a compact, easy-to-manufacture overall structure.
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
Ensures the mop is cleaned with clean water every time, improving cleaning effectiveness and preventing secondary pollution by separating and managing clean and wastewater effectively.
Implementation Method 1
a water pump device, connected to the water guide pipe
Implementation Method 2
The mop is rotated in the cleaning container for rinsing, and then rotated in the drying container for drying, with the water thrown out
Data Source
AI summary
Provided is a clean water and wastewater separating mop bucket, including: a lower bucket body and an upper bucket body movably disposed in the lower bucket body; wherein the lower bucket body includes a clean water container and a sewage container that are independent of each other and are blocked from each other; a water guide pipe, connecting the clean water container and the upper bucket body; and a water pump device, connected to the water guide pipe.