Wastewater separator, tank cover assembly, wastewater tank, cleaning device and cleaning system
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Solution Overview
Problem
The inconvenience of pouring out solid debris together with wastewater from a wastewater tank after cleaning, which affects user experience.
Innovation Solution
A wastewater separator with a partition member that divides the tank into two chambers, allowing solid debris to be stored in the upper chamber and wastewater to flow into the lower chamber, enabling separate disposal of solid and liquid contents.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If solid debris and wastewater are stored together in the wastewater tank, then the tank structure is simple, but it is inconvenient to pour out the solid debris together with the wastewater affecting user experience
Solution Approach 1:
The wastewater tank is divided into an upper chamber and a lower chamber using a partition member. The partition member includes a first drainage part that allows wastewater to pass from the upper chamber to the lower chamber while retaining solid debris in the upper chamber. This segmentation enables separate disposal of solid debris and wastewater, improving ease of operation without significantly complicating the overall tank structure.
2Ease of operation
If a partition member is added to separate solid debris and wastewater, then separate pouring is enabled improving user experience, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The partition member is designed as a simple structural element that divides the tank into two chambers. It includes a first drainage part that provides a pathway for wastewater while blocking solid debris. This segmentation approach enables separate pouring operations while maintaining relatively simple device complexity through straightforward structural division.
Solution Approach 2:
The first drainage part acts as an intermediary structure within the partition member. It mediates the separation process by allowing liquid wastewater to pass through while retaining solid debris. This intermediary element enables the separation function without requiring complex mechanical systems, thus balancing ease of operation with acceptable device complexity.
3Productivity
If the wastewater tank is cleaned by pouring out contents, then cleaning is simple, but solid debris and wastewater cannot be separated requiring repeated cleaning operations
Solution Approach 1:
By dividing the tank into upper and lower chambers with the partition member, solid debris is retained in the upper chamber while wastewater flows to the lower chamber. This segmentation allows users to pour out wastewater separately from solid debris in a single operation, significantly improving cleaning efficiency and eliminating the need for repeated cleaning operations.
Solution Approach 2:
The partition member with the first drainage part performs preliminary separation of solid debris and wastewater before the user needs to clean the tank. This preliminary action of separation occurs automatically during normal operation, so when cleaning is required, the user only needs to pour out the separated contents without needing to perform additional separation steps, thereby improving productivity.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables rapid cleaning of solid debris and wastewater by allowing separate pouring, improving user experience and practicability.
Implementation Method 1
water portion in the wastewater collected into the upper chamber is guided into a lower chamber via the first drainage part, such that solid debris in the wastewater is stored into the upper chamber
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AI summary
A wastewater separator mounted on a wastewater tank of a cleaning device, the wastewater separator comprising a partition (2), wherein the partition (2) is provided with a first water drain portion (202), the partition (2) divides the wastewater tank (b) into two chambers respectively located above and below the partition (2), the two chambers are in communication with each other via the first water drain portion (202), and the partition (2) is arranged at a mounting hole (201) through which a water suction pipe (e) passes. When the wastewater tank (b) is in use, wastewater in the wastewater tank (b) is collected into the chamber above the partition (2) through the suction pipe (e), and the water in the wastewater collected into the chamber above the partition (2) is drained into the chamber below through the first drain portion (2), so that solid waste in the wastewater is stored in the chamber above, thereby achieving solid and liquid separation of the wastewater by means of the partition (2).