Water boil cleaning device
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current handle cleaning devices are either costly and toxic or ineffective, with environmentally friendly alternatives lacking in deep-cleaning capabilities, and existing technologies such as foggers and steam cleaners are inefficient and hazardous, failing to effectively disinfect surfaces against pathogens like COVID-19 without causing harm to humans or the environment.
Innovation Solution
A handle cleaning device with a biodegradable reservoir that uses microwave heating to achieve a water boil of 212°F, providing a safe and effective disinfectant capable of killing pathogens without harmful chemicals, while being cost-effective and environmentally compliant, using a roughened interior surface to prevent super-heating and a liquid-tight connection to conserve cleaning solution.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If chemically-based household disinfectants are used, then disinfection effectiveness is improved, but toxicity to humans and animals increases
Solution Approach 1:
The invention changes the temperature parameter of water to achieve disinfection. By heating water to boiling point (212°F) and maintaining it at high temperature, the device achieves pathogen elimination without using chemical disinfectants, thus resolving the contradiction between disinfection effectiveness and toxicity.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention uses water, an inexpensive and non-toxic substance, as the disinfectant medium. By utilizing the phase change and thermal properties of water at boiling temperature, the device provides effective disinfection without the harmful effects of commercial chemical products.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If environmentally friendly cleaning products are used, then toxicity is reduced, but cleaning effectiveness decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The invention changes the temperature parameter of water to achieve deep cleaning. By heating water to boiling point and utilizing its thermal energy, the device achieves effective cleaning of tough stains and grime while maintaining the environmental friendliness and non-toxicity of water as the cleaning medium.
3Reliability
If steam cleaning is used, then disinfection capability is improved, but power consumption increases and cleaning area is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The invention extracts the essential disinfection capability from complex steam cleaning systems by using a simple boiling water mechanism. Instead of generating steam through high-power heating elements, the device boils water in a microwave-safe container and applies the hot water directly, achieving disinfection with significantly reduced power consumption.
4Reliability
If liquid cleaning products are used, then cleaning capability is improved, but cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
The invention replaces expensive liquid cleaning products with water, an inexpensive and readily available substance. By utilizing the thermal properties of boiled water for cleaning and disinfection, the device eliminates the need to purchase costly commercial cleaning products while maintaining effective cleaning capability.
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 effectively disinfects and deep-cleans surfaces at a lower cost than traditional methods, using a 100% natural disinfectant that is safe for users and the environment, reducing waste and operational costs while ensuring effective pathogen elimination.
Implementation Method 1
a roughened interior surface to prevent super-heating
Implementation Method 2
uses microwave heating to achieve a water boil of 212°F
Implementation Method 3
achieve a water boil of 212°F, providing a safe and effective disinfectant
Implementation Method 4
using a 100% natural disinfectant that is safe for users and the environment, reducing waste and operational costs while ensuring effective pathogen elimination
Data Source
AI summary
A dispensing handle device is disclosed comprising a handle housing having an internal reservoir in which a water boil is prepared to temperatures that clean and, according to the guidelines of governmental health organizations, effectively disinfect surfaces in a post-pandemic world. Moreover, governmental health organizations caution against potentially harmful “chemical” disinfectants or natural products that may not kill microorganisms and therefore are ineffective. Further, the handle applicator has a passageway through which the water boil is dispensed; and a base plate member having an applicator surface on one side and attachable at an opposite side to the handle housing. Integrally formed with the base plate member is a valve comprising a lever and a plurality of torsion spring members, which pressure a sealing end of the lever against the handle housing, whereby sealing the water boil passageway to discharge the water boil in a controlled manner.