Steam Floor Mop Brush for Instant and Uniform Steam Cleaning
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current steam floor mops are inconvenient and time-consuming due to the need for preheating water and uneven steam distribution, leading to incomplete cleaning and disinfecting, and lack of effective stain removal from smooth cleaning cloths.
Innovation Solution
A steam floor mop design featuring a manual water pump, steam generator, and fan-shaped floor brush with rib stripes and steam distributing grooves, allowing instant steam distribution and uniform cleaning without preheating, combined with a cleaning cloth with #-shaped grilles for effective stain removal.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Temperature
If water is heated vaporized to generate steam for cleaning work, then high-temperature disinfecting and sterilizing effect is realized, but the process takes long time and is inconvenient
Solution Approach 1:
Water is pre-loaded into the water tank before use. When the trigger is pulled, the manual water pump immediately pumps the pre-loaded water into the steam generator, eliminating the need for preheating and allowing instant steam generation for cleaning.
Solution Approach 2:
The water pumping function is extracted from an electric motor-driven system to a manual trigger-operated pump. This removes the complexity of electrical components and enables immediate water delivery to the steam generator when needed, reducing preparation time.
2Ease of manufacture
If the cleaning surface is flat, then manufacturing is simple, but steam distribution is uneven and cleaning effectiveness is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The floor brush cleaning surface is segmented into multiple regions with different heights (flat areas and raised rib stripes). This segmentation creates channels and cavities that distribute steam more evenly across the entire cleaning surface, preventing localized overheating or insufficient steaming.
Solution Approach 2:
Different portions of the floor brush have different structural characteristics (flat regions vs. raised rib stripes). The flat regions allow steam to contact the cleaning cloth directly, while the raised rib stripes create channels for steam flow, ensuring uniform steam distribution across all areas.
3Ease of manufacture
If the cleaning cloth is smooth, then it is easy to manufacture and comfortable, but stains cannot be cleaned easily
Solution Approach 1:
The cleaning cloth is made with a porous or textured surface structure rather than a completely smooth surface. This porous structure increases surface area and creates capillary action that enhances absorption of stains and dirt from the floor, improving cleaning effectiveness while remaining manufacturable.
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
Enables convenient, time-saving, and thorough high-temperature disinfecting and sterilizing with uniform steam distribution and improved stain removal.
Implementation Method 1
a manual water pump, the water tank, and a steam generator are provided; wherein the manual water pump, the water tank, the steam generator and the floor brush are connected by means of pipes
Implementation Method 2
the water needs to be provided firstly to the steam generator by powering on the water pump additionally, and then is heated vaporized to generate steam for the cleaning work
Implementation Method 3
heated vaporized to generate steam
Implementation Method 4
a plurality of rib stripes is extended from the center of the buffer area, a plurality of steam distributing grooves is formed between the rib stripes
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AI summary
A steam floor mop comprises: a handle; a body inside which a manual water pump, a water tank, and a steam generator are provided; and a floor brush connected slidably to the body. The manual water pump, the water tank the steam generator and the floor brush are connected by means of pipes. Said handle is connected directly to a piston rod in the manual water pump and serves to manipulate the operation of the manual water pump. Said floor brush is covered by a cleaning cloth.