Spherical Discharge Section for Uniform Container Cleaning
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional container cleaning devices struggle to achieve uniform cleaning due to non-uniform distances between the suctioning and supplying nozzles and the cuvette walls, leading to inefficiencies in cleaning liquid usage and potential carryover of sample residues.
Innovation Solution
A container cleaning device with a discharge section that conforms to the spherical inner bottom of the container, featuring a bottom portion with an aperture and channels that guide cleaning liquid to the aperture, and an elevator mechanism to ensure thorough cleaning with reduced liquid volume immersion.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If tubular suctioning nozzle and tubular supplying nozzle are inserted into squared tubular cuvette, then the sum of the volume of the submerged part of the supplying nozzle and the volume of the submerged part of the suctioning nozzle can be greater than the volume of the liquid within the cuvette, but the distance between the inner wall surface of the cuvette and the outer surface of the suctioning nozzle is not uniform in the cross section, preventing uniform cleaning
Solution Approach 1:
The discharge section is designed with a spherical bottom surface that conforms to the spherical inner bottom of the container, replacing the tubular nozzle configuration. This curved geometry ensures uniform distance distribution between the discharge section outer surface and the container inner wall surface, enabling uniform cleaning while reducing the volume of cleaning liquid required.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If cleaning is performed until the part at which the cleaning force is weakest is sufficiently clean, then carry over is reduced, but the total amount of cleaning liquid used cannot be reduced
Solution Approach 1:
By configuring the discharge section with a spherical bottom that matches the container's spherical inner bottom, the invention eliminates the greatest distance gap between the discharge section and container wall. This geometric conformity ensures that cleaning liquid reaches all surfaces uniformly, achieving thorough cleaning with reduced liquid volume and minimizing carry over without requiring excessive cleaning liquid.
3Quantity of substance
If the discharge section is inserted to the deepest part of the container, then the volume of the submerged part of the discharge section is maximized, but the gap between the inner wall surface of the container and the bottom part of the discharge section becomes non-uniform
Solution Approach 1:
The discharge section incorporates a spherical bottom surface that precisely conforms to the spherical inner bottom of the container. This geometric matching ensures that when the discharge section is inserted to the deepest part, the gap between its outer surface and the container inner wall remains uniform throughout, maximizing cleaning effectiveness while maintaining consistent liquid distribution.
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 solution enables efficient and thorough cleaning of containers with reduced cleaning liquid usage, minimizing carryover and optimizing the discharge of samples or cleaning liquids by conforming to the container's shape and utilizing an elevator for precise positioning.
Implementation Method 1
a discharge flow path which is connected to the aperture and discharges the sample or the cleaning liquid in the container
Implementation Method 2
discharges the sample or the cleaning liquid in the container
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed is a container cleaning device which cleans a container for holding a sample. The device comprises: a container holding section for holding the container which has a substantially spherical inner bottom; a discharge section which is inserted into the container; and a cleaning nozzle which discharges a cleaning liquid into the container. The discharge section comprises an aperture at the bottom, and comprises a discharge flow path which is connected to the aperture and discharges the sample or the cleaning liquid in the container, and the discharge section is insertable to the deepest part of the container, and the bottom part of the discharge section conforms to the shape of the substantially spherical inner bottom of the container.