Cleaning assembly
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing cleaning devices often damage surfaces or fail to effectively clean complex geometries, and lack ergonomic handling for efficient manipulation.
Innovation Solution
A cleaning device comprising deformable microfiber panels with intersecting cuts forming tentacles, stacked and offset for comprehensive surface contact, and a coupler engaging a finger for ergonomic manipulation, allowing for thorough dusting and cleaning without surface abrasion.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If rigid cleaning panels are used, then structural strength is improved, but surface abrasion and damage occur
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs flexible cleaning panels made of deformable material that can conform to surface contours. These panels include perimeter edges with intersecting sides that flex during cleaning operations, allowing the cleaning surface to adapt to complex geometries while maintaining gentle contact that prevents abrasion.
Solution Approach 2:
The cleaning panels are designed with deformable material properties that allow them to change shape and flexibility parameters during use. The material can deform under applied pressure and return to its original shape, enabling the panels to maintain structural integrity while adapting to different surface geometries without causing damage.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple panels are stacked to clean complex geometries, then adaptability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The cleaning device is divided into multiple discrete panels that can be independently manipulated and stacked. Each panel is a separate component with defined perimeter edges, allowing them to be arranged in various configurations to match different surface geometries. This segmentation enables flexible adaptation while keeping individual components simple.
Solution Approach 2:
The panels are designed to be stacked one on top of another in a nested arrangement, with each panel fitting within the boundaries of the previous one. This nesting configuration allows multiple panels to be compactly organized while maintaining accessibility for manipulation and cleaning of complex surface geometries.
3Adaptability or versatility
If panels are made deformable for surface conformity, then cleaning effectiveness is improved, but manipulation difficulty increases
Solution Approach 1:
The panels utilize flexible material that allows easy manipulation by hand while maintaining deformability for surface conformity. The material properties enable the panels to be easily picked up, positioned, and adjusted by a single operator despite their flexibility, resolving the contradiction between ease of manipulation and adaptability.
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 effective cleaning of various surfaces without abrasion, with easy manipulation and launderability of the panels, ensuring thorough dusting and cleaning while maintaining surface integrity.
Implementation Method 1
Each of the first panels 12 is comprised of a deformable material thereby facilitating each of the first panels clean a surface
Data Source
AI summary
A cleaning assembly for cleaning a surface includes a plurality of first panels. The first panels are stacked on top of each other. Each of the first panels is comprised of a deformable material thereby facilitating each of the first panels clean a surface. A coupler is provided that selectively engages a finger. The coupler is coupled to each of the first panels thereby facilitating the plurality of first panels to be manipulated to clean the surface.