Shaver Cleaning Base With Water Recirculation and Magnetic Positioning
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing shaver heads accumulate beard residues and dirt after use, and manual cleaning is often ineffective or time-consuming.
Innovation Solution
A cleaning base for shavers featuring a water box, spray pipes, backflow channel, and filter screen, which efficiently sprays water to clean the shaver head, automatically recycles water, and includes a magnetic positioning mechanism for stability and a modular design for ease of use.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If manual cleaning is used for shaver heads, then users can clean the shaver themselves, but the cleaning effectiveness is poor and it consumes a lot of time
Solution Approach 1:
The cleaning base enables automatic cleaning of the shaver head through a water spray system. The drive mechanism automatically sprays water from the water box through spray pipes onto the shaver head, eliminating the need for manual cleaning operations while achieving thorough cleaning效果.
Solution Approach 2:
The cleaning base uses a hydraulic water spray system where water is stored in the water box and delivered through spray pipes to clean the shaver head. The drive mechanism controls the water flow to achieve effective cleaning without manual intervention.
2Reliability
If water is sprayed continuously to ensure thorough cleaning, then cleaning effectiveness improves, but water consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The cleaning base incorporates a backflow channel that collects and recycles water after it has been sprayed onto the shaver head. The filter screen filters the backflowing water to remove debris, and the cleaned water is returned to the water box for reuse, significantly reducing overall water consumption while maintaining cleaning effectiveness.
Solution Approach 2:
The backflow channel creates a feedback loop where used water is collected, filtered, and returned to the spray system. This closed-loop system ensures water is reused multiple times rather than being discarded, reducing consumption while maintaining cleaning performance.
3Extent of automation
If the cleaning base structure is made complex to achieve automated cleaning and water recycling, then cleaning functionality improves, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The cleaning base is divided into functional modules: water box for water storage, drive mechanism for spray control, spray pipes for water delivery, backflow channel for water collection, and filter screen for water purification. This modular segmentation makes the complex automated system easier to manufacture, assemble, and maintain.
Solution Approach 2:
The water box serves multiple functions: storing clean water for spraying and receiving recycled water from the backflow channel. The filter screen both filters debris from backflow water and prevents particles from entering the spray system. This multi-functionality reduces the number of separate components needed.
4Manufacturing precision
If the shaver head is firmly fixed on the cleaning base to ensure stable cleaning, then cleaning precision improves, but ease of installation and removal decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The cleaning base uses a dynamic magnetic positioning system where magnets in the base interact with magnetic components on the shaver head handle. This provides automatic positioning and secure fixation during cleaning, yet allows easy installation and removal when needed, combining stability with operational convenience.
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 cleaning base provides efficient and thorough cleaning, reduces water waste, enhances user convenience, and improves durability through automated water recycling and modular structure.
Implementation Method 1
the inner wall of the upper cleaning shell is provided with the magnet, which is corresponding and fits to the magnetic positioning structure on the shaver handle
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure provides a cleaning base for shaver, which comprises a cleaning mechanism (comprising a water box, a drive, spray pipes, an accommodating cavity, a backflow hole, a backflow channel and an overflow hole), a housing, a connection assembly and a magnet; the water box is below the accommodating cavity, the overflow hole is on the inner wall of the accommodating cavity, the diameter of the water box is larger than that of the accommodating cavity, the drive is between the accommodating cavity and the water box, the spray pipes are above the drive, and one end of the drive is inside the water box; the accommodating cavity houses a shaver head; the drive spays water from the water box into the accommodating cavity through the spray pipes; it can solve the problem of residue accumulation after use, and ineffective or time-consuming manual cleaning.