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Final Project idea:Carry Wheel Cleaner

I don’t have sketch for the final project yet.

Background of the idea

Do you use a carry-on case? My family often uses carry-on cases for business trips and vacations.

It is fine when we use it, but every time we put it away, I have to clean it.

I found that very annoying.

I wanted a special item that would solve this easily. Apparently a quick Amazon research shows that this item does not exist.

Thus, I decided to create this item. Perhaps it could be a business?

Requirements

  • Carry wheels can be cleaned.
  • Carry wheels can be disinfected.
  • Wipe or dry carry wheels with water.
  • Put a cap on the carriage wheel.

sketch

sketch1 sketch2

Using Drow.io to graphically express my thought process

I often use a tool called Drow.io when I think about and organize conceptual relationships. Drow.io is a free drawing tool that works similarly in both browser and local environments, making it very user-friendly. Additionally, being able to manage it on Google Drive and GitHub is one of its attractive features.

Upon researching, I found that there is an extension that allows Drow.io to be displayed in VSCode.

Extension: Draw.io Integration

I installed the extension and decided to document my thought process in Drow.io.

  • Red: Questions or issues regarding my thoughts
  • Purple: Document links
  • Yellow: Supplementary information
  • Green: Specific challenges
  • Blue: Parameters

Thus, my thoughts were organized for the time being. This revealed several challenges.

  1. It would be better to separate the tank that draws up water from the tank that stores the discharged water.
  2. It is necessary to use a motor to perform multiple different operations in sequence, and I need to think about that mechanism.
  3. If the goal is just to meet the requirements, there is no need to use a brush. For example, it would be fine to hit a jet stream of water against the wheel to remove dirt.
  4. It became clear that I had not sufficiently thought about the function of blowing air onto the wheel.
  5. It became clear that I had not sufficiently thought about the pump mechanism for drawing up water.

From the perspective of limited rationality, it can be inferred that these relationships are likely incomplete. However, I believe that visualizing and committing to the relationships of my current thoughts is valuable.

For now, I decided to tackle the next issue to do my best at this point.

Research

2D and 3D Modeling

modeling video

Some other section

Materials