Reconfigurable UV Floor Curing Panel for Walls and Ceilings
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing UV floor curing devices struggle to effectively cure or disinfect surfaces at significant heights or within constricted spaces due to their fixed positioning, requiring separate bulky high-voltage units and lacking room disinfection capabilities.
Innovation Solution
A multipurpose UV floor curing device with a mobile carriage and UV panel that can transition between configurations to project UV light towards the floor and elevated surfaces, incorporating adjustable radiation units for flexible disinfection and curing.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If UV lamps are positioned proximate to the floor to maximize curing intensity, then floor curing efficiency is improved, but the ability to cure surfaces at significant heights is worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The UV panel is designed with an adjustable mechanism that allows it to transition between a floor configuration (positioned close to the floor for intensive floor curing) and a non-floor configuration (positioned at elevated angles to reach walls, trim, and surfaces at significant heights). This dynamic repositioning capability resolves the contradiction by enabling the same device to optimize for both floor curing efficiency and versatility in treating surfaces at various heights.
2Adaptability or versatility
If a separate high-voltage UV unit is employed for elevated surfaces, then curing capability is improved, but device complexity and cost are worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The UV panel is designed as a multi-functional component that can treat both floor surfaces and elevated surfaces (walls, trim, cornice) within a single device configuration. By integrating the capability to reach elevated surfaces into the same UV curing device used for floors, the invention eliminates the need for separate high-voltage UV units, thereby reducing device complexity and equipment cost while maintaining comprehensive curing capability.
3Productivity
If UV panel is fixed in floor configuration, then floor curing performance is improved, but adaptability to different surfaces is worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The UV panel incorporates an adjustable mechanism that enables it to transition between a floor configuration (optimized for floor curing performance) and a non-floor configuration (optimized for treating elevated surfaces). This dynamic adaptability allows the same UV panel to maintain high performance on floors while also being versatile enough to treat walls, trim, and other surfaces at various heights, thereby resolving the contradiction between specialized performance and general 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 device efficiently cures and disinfects surfaces at various heights and within objects, including floors, walls, and ceilings, while providing area disinfection, enhancing operational flexibility and reducing equipment costs.
Implementation Method 1
the UV light is absorbed by the photoinitiators to polymerize or crosslink the resins and bind them to the floor
Implementation Method 2
radiation units configured to emit UV light of a predetermined intensity capable of curing the photocurable coating
Data Source
AI summary
Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a multipurpose ultraviolet (UV) floor curing device. The device includes a mobile carriage, a UV panel, and a control device. The mobile carriage is configured to move on a floor applied with a photocurable coating. The UV panel is coupled to the mobile carriage and removably secures a plurality of radiation units configured to emit UV light of a predetermined intensity capable of curing the photocurable coating. The UV panel is configured to transition between a floor configuration and a non-floor configuration. The control device configured to drive the UV panel for the plurality of radiation units to project the UV light towards the ground substantially underneath the UV panel in the floor configuration and towards elevated surfaces proximate to the ground in the non-floor configuration.