Squeeze bucket with flat mop
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing mop bucket and squeeze mop systems are inadequate in effectively squeezing the cleaning cloth and removing hair during the rinsing and squeezing process.
Innovation Solution
A bucket with a flat mop system featuring a water squeezing section and a rinsing section connected in the same horizontal plane, equipped with a squeezing element and a cleaner with pile threads, allowing for efficient water extraction and hair removal through a combination of rotating drum and rib structures, along with resilient elements for consistent contact.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If a conventional squeeze mop and bucket system is used, then the basic mopping function is provided, but the squeezing of the mop cleaning cloth is insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The device divides the bucket into two separate chambers: a main chamber for rinsing and a squeezing chamber for water extraction. This segmentation allows the rinsing and squeezing operations to occur in separate locations, preventing re-contamination of the cleaning cloth with dirty water from the main chamber while ensuring thorough squeezing in the dedicated squeezing chamber.
Solution Approach 2:
A vertical wall acts as an intermediary barrier between the main chamber and squeezing chamber, physically separating the two functional zones. This intermediary structure prevents water and contaminants from the main chamber from entering the squeezing chamber, ensuring that the squeezing operation works with clean water and maintains high squeezing efficiency.
2Productivity
If a conventional squeeze mop system is used, then basic rinsing is provided, but hair cleaning during rinsing and squeezing is poor
Solution Approach 1:
The device incorporates localized cleaning features with pile threads positioned specifically in the squeezing chamber. These pile threads provide a locally enhanced cleaning action that targets hair and debris on the cleaning cloth during the squeezing operation, creating a zone of improved cleaning quality without affecting the overall bucket structure.
3Reliability
If the bucket chambers are not separated, then the device structure is simpler, but the cleaning cloth becomes contaminated during squeezing
Solution Approach 1:
The bucket is segmented into two distinct chambers separated by a vertical wall, creating independent functional zones for rinsing and squeezing. This segmentation ensures that the cleaning cloth is squeezed in a controlled environment free from contaminants in the main chamber, maintaining cleaning cloth cleanliness while adding moderate structural complexity through the partition wall.
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
Enhances the quality of mop cloth squeezing and hair cleaning by ensuring maximum contact and efficient water drainage, preventing cloth contamination and effectively removing excess water and hair from the cleaning cloth.
Implementation Method 1
the squeezing element is pressed against the cleaning cloth on the working part of the mop to provide friction with the cleaning cloth
Implementation Method 2
the squeezing element and the cleaner are located parallel to the flat side of the working part of the flat mop
Data Source
AI summary
This disclosure is directed to a squeeze bucket with a bucket body and a handle, a flat mop, and a water squeezing section. The water squeezing section has an opening for accommodating a flat mop working part and a squeezing element. The flat mop provides a mop rod, the flat mop working part rotatably mounted on the mop rod, and a cleaning cloth mounted on the flat mop working part. The bucket body is divided into a main chamber and a squeezing chamber by a vertical wall mounted between side walls of the bucket body, and the water squeezing section is mounted above the squeezing chamber of the bucket body. A rinsing section is provided with an opening for accommodating the flat mop working part and a cleaner that is mounted above the main chamber of the bucket body, the water squeezing section and the rinsing section are rigidly connected to each other, located in the same horizontal plane, and mounted in the upper part of the bucket body. A bracket is mounted under the water squeezing section, the squeezing element is rotatably mounted in the bracket, and the squeezing element and the cleaner are located parallel to the flat side of the working part of the flat mop, and the lower part of the bucket body from the main chamber and squeezing chamber comprises water drain holes equipped with a plug.