Portable Wipe Dispenser With Pivoting Spray Head
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing wipe dispensing systems lack flexibility in applying cleaning chemicals, as they often require pre-impregnation of all wipes within a container, which may not suit various cleaning needs, and the sprayer is not effectively positioned to spray either the wipe or a surface directly.
Innovation Solution
A portable dispenser with a housing containing a spray bottle and a roll of wipe material, where the spray head can pivot for directed spraying, allowing the user to choose when and how to apply liquid, either to the wipe or a surface, with the option to impregnate wipes with different chemicals for specific reactions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If wipes are pre-impregnated with liquid cleaner, then cleaning effectiveness is improved, but the dispenser structure becomes complex and all wipes must be similarly impregnated reducing flexibility
Solution Approach 1:
The system separates the cleaner storage from the wipe material, allowing independent control. The spray bottle contains the liquid cleaner while wipes remain separate, enabling selective application rather than pre-impregnating all wipes. This segmentation resolves the contradiction by maintaining cleaning effectiveness through available liquid cleaner while simplifying the dispenser structure and providing flexibility in wipe treatment.
Solution Approach 2:
The spray head is made pivotable with a vertical axis of rotation, allowing dynamic adjustment of spray direction. This enables the user to direct the spray onto the wipe or onto external surfaces as needed, providing adaptability without requiring complex pre-impregnation structures. The dynamic positioning resolves the contradiction by maintaining simple dispenser structure while achieving flexible and effective cleaner application.
2Adaptability or versatility
If a spray bottle is integrated into the dispenser, then flexibility in applying cleaner is improved, but the sprayer positioning becomes inadequate for spraying both wipes and surfaces directly
Solution Approach 1:
The spray head is made pivotable with a vertical axis of rotation, allowing dynamic adjustment of spray direction. This enables the user to direct the spray onto the wipe or onto external surfaces as needed, providing adaptability without requiring complex pre-impregnation structures. The dynamic positioning resolves the contradiction by maintaining simple dispenser structure while achieving flexible and effective cleaner application.
Solution Approach 2:
The spray bottle is designed to perform multiple functions: it can spray cleaner onto the wipe material, onto external surfaces, and the spray head can be repositioned for different angles of application. This multi-functionality resolves the contradiction by providing versatile cleaner application while maintaining ease of operation through a single, adaptable spray mechanism rather than multiple specialized components.
3Ease of manufacture
If all wipes in a container are similarly impregnated, then manufacturing simplicity is maintained, but user flexibility in selecting wetness level is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The system separates the cleaner storage from the wipe material, allowing independent control. The spray bottle contains the liquid cleaner while wipes remain separate, enabling selective application rather than pre-impregnating all wipes. This segmentation resolves the contradiction by maintaining cleaning effectiveness through available liquid cleaner while simplifying the dispenser structure and providing flexibility in wipe treatment.
Solution Approach 2:
The wipes are prepared in advance in a simple state (dry or minimally treated) for easy manufacturing, and the cleaner is applied at the point of use. This preliminary preparation resolves the contradiction by maintaining manufacturing simplicity while enabling user flexibility in selecting the amount and timing of cleaner application to achieve desired wetness levels.
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
Provides a consumer-controlled, flexible system for dispensing wipes with adjustable wetness levels and chemical application, enhancing cleaning efficacy and convenience by allowing selective impregnation and directional spraying.
Implementation Method 1
When a spray bottle is used the outlet is preferably in a spray head that extends externally of the housing, such that if a liquid is stored in the spray bottle and a consumer moves the spray head it can cause the liquid to be delivered from the bottle and sprayed out the outlet
Implementation Method 2
The bottle may also be linked to a pump sprayer
Implementation Method 3
If the cleaning liquid in the spray bottle is sprayed on the impregnated wipe, a chemical reaction will be caused thereby. For example, components of a two-part bleach system could be activated in this manner
Data Source
AI summary
Portable wipe dispensers are provided. In one form the wipe dispenser can be used to spray a cleaning liquid onto a wipe being dispensed from the device. Alternatively the outlet may be directed against a surface external to the dispenser.