Sponge Mop Wringing Slide for Bucket-Free Floor Cleaning
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing manual floor washing devices require substantial physical effort and often result in imperfect wringing, leading to pad deterioration and splash issues, as they necessitate a special bucket and rely on user force for effective wringing.
Innovation Solution
A washing combination featuring a rigid soleplate with a spongy mop pad, connected to a shaft via a joint, incorporating a sliding wringing module with a wiper that moves along the soleplate, allowing for effective wringing without a dedicated bucket, while maintaining the mop pad's cleanliness by detaching embedded dirt.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a special bucket with wringing system is used, then wringing function is provided, but device complexity increases and portability is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The wringing function is extracted from the separate bucket and integrated directly into the washing device's soleplate assembly. The soleplate itself becomes the wringing element through its pivotable design, eliminating the need for a dedicated wringing bucket and reducing overall device complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The washing and wringing functions are merged into a single integrated system. The soleplate serves dual purposes: as the washing surface during cleaning operations and as the wringing mechanism when pivoted, combining multiple functions into one component.
2Reliability
If user force is applied for wringing, then wringing effect is achieved, but substantial physical effort is required
Solution Approach 1:
Return springs are introduced to counterbalance the weight of the soleplate and mop pad assembly. When the soleplate is pivoted to the wringing position, the springs automatically provide the necessary force to press the pad against the wringing surface, eliminating the need for user force during the wringing action.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses its own weight combined with spring assistance to perform the wringing action automatically. Once positioned in the wringing orientation, gravity and spring force work together to compress and wring the pad without requiring continuous user input or physical effort.
3Ease of operation
If thrust fork is raised by sliding upwards, then soleplate returns to coplanar position, but splashes occur
Solution Approach 1:
The wringing operation is completed fully before initiating the return motion. The pad is thoroughly compressed and wrung while in the elevated position, ensuring excess water is removed beforehand. This preliminary completion of the wringing function prevents water splashes during the subsequent return to the coplanar washing position.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Facilitates easy wringing and dirt removal without splashing, is autonomous, and simplifies operation, making it lightweight and easy to use, while preventing pad deterioration and splash issues.
Implementation Method 1
a wiper oriented perpendicularly to the axis of the shaft and exerting a pressing force and wiping action on the external surface of said mop pad during its movements along the latter
Data Source
AI summary
Method of wringing of the sponge mop pad provided on mops comprising a soleplate whereon is applied such a pad, and fixed to the distal end of a shaft, characterized in that the cleaning and the wringing of the mop pad are obtained simultaneously by placing the unit comprised of said soleplate and said mop pad in a position parallel to the axis of the shaft and by moving a slide comprising a cleaning and wringing wiper along said ensemble, said slide exerting, during its movements, a wiping action on the lower surface of the soleplate and a wringing pressure on said surface of the mop pad. The invention also relates to a washing combination allowing for the implementation of this method.