CN215959650U

CN215959650U - Base station and cleaning system

Info

Publication number: CN215959650U
Application number: CN202121787805.7U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 汪飞; 程厚虎; 张猛; 郑庆辉
Original assignee: Midea Robozone Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Midea Robozone Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-08-02
Filing date: 2021-08-02
Publication date: 2022-03-08
Anticipated expiration: 2031-08-02
Also published as: WO2023010717A1

Abstract

The utility model provides a base station and a cleaning system, which relate to the technical field of household appliances and comprise: a housing having an inlet; a tray is arranged at the inlet; the upper surface of the tray is an inclined surface with the height increasing along the entering direction of the inlet; a guide is disposed on the tray for cooperating with the cleaning device to assist the cleaning device in moving along the entry direction. In the technical scheme, the guide piece can provide guiding force for the cleaning equipment when the cleaning equipment reaches the inlet position of the base station, and assists the cleaning equipment to enter the inlet of the base station, so that the problem of insufficient power of the cleaning equipment is solved, and the cleaning equipment can smoothly enter the base station.

Description

Base station and cleaning system

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of household appliances, in particular to a base station and a cleaning system.

Background

The cleaning system can automatically mop the floor, and the cleaning equipment of the cleaning system returns to the base station frequently to clean the rag in the floor mopping process. However, in the conventional cleaning system, when the cleaning device returns to the base station, the cleaning device is difficult to smoothly enter the base station, which affects the user experience.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model aims to provide a base station and a cleaning system, and aims to solve the technical problem that the cleaning system in the prior art is difficult to smoothly enter the base station.

The utility model provides a base station for a cleaning device, comprising:

a housing having an inlet;

a tray disposed at the entrance; the upper surface of the tray is an inclined surface with the height increasing along the entering direction of the inlet;

and the guide piece is arranged on the tray and is used for being matched with the cleaning equipment to assist the cleaning equipment to move along the entering direction.

Further, the guide member includes:

a guide protrusion protruding from an upper surface of the tray; at least one side wall of the guide protrusion is a guide surface matched with the cleaning equipment, and the guide surface faces the inlet and has a guide included angle with a vertical surface of the entering direction.

Further, the guide included angle is between 30 ° and 60 °.

Further, the guide projection is located at the center of the bottom edge of the tray.

Furthermore, two side walls of the guide protrusion are provided with two opposite guide surfaces and form an inverted V shape.

Furthermore, a weight reduction groove is formed in the center of the guide protrusion.

Further, the guide surface includes a straight bevel region and a curved bevel region.

Further, the straight bevel area and the curved bevel area are sequentially arranged along the entering direction.

Furthermore, at least two sides of the upper surface of the tray are provided with anti-skid areas.

The present application further provides a cleaning system comprising:

the base station;

a cleaning device having a rotating mop; the rotating mop is capable of interacting with a guide of the base station to create a guiding force that moves the cleaning apparatus in the entry direction.

In the technical scheme, the guide piece can provide guiding force for the cleaning equipment when the cleaning equipment reaches the inlet position of the base station, and assists the cleaning equipment to enter the inlet of the base station, so that the problem of insufficient power of the cleaning equipment is solved, and the cleaning equipment can smoothly enter the base station.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are some embodiments of the present invention, and other drawings can be obtained by those skilled in the art without creative efforts.

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a base station according to an embodiment of the present invention 1;

fig. 2 is a perspective view of a base station according to an embodiment of the present invention 2;

FIG. 3 is a top view of the base station shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a right side view of the base station shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a guide projection provided in one embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 6 is a perspective view of a base station according to another embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 7 is a perspective view of a base station according to another embodiment of the present invention, shown in fig. 2;

FIG. 8 is a front view of the base station shown in FIG. 6;

FIG. 9 is a top view of the base station shown in FIG. 6;

FIG. 10 is a right side view of the base station shown in FIG. 6;

FIG. 11 is a schematic structural view of a guide projection according to another embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 12 is a schematic view of a rotary mop according to one embodiment of the present invention in the entry state shown in FIG. 1;

fig. 13 is a schematic view of a rotary mop entering state provided by one embodiment of the present invention 2.

Reference numerals:

100. a housing; 200. a tray; 300. a guide member;

110. an inlet; 120. entering a direction;

210. an inclined surface; 220. an anti-slip region;

310. a guide projection; 320. a guide surface; 330. a weight reduction groove;

321. a flat bevel area; 322. a curved bevel area;

410. the mop is rotated.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions of the present invention will be described clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings, and it should be understood that the described embodiments are some, but not all embodiments of the present invention. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that the terms "center", "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "inner", "outer", etc., indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of description and simplicity of description, but do not indicate or imply that the device or element being referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention. Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and "third" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance.

In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, e.g., as meaning either a fixed connection, a removable connection, or an integral connection; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be connected directly or indirectly through intervening media, or they may be interconnected between two elements. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood in specific cases to those skilled in the art.

The cleaning system is based on the characteristic of having the function of mopping, the rotating mop for mopping needs to be kept wet, so the rotating mop needs to be returned to the base station for cleaning for a long time, and the reason that the rotating mop needs to be difficult to enter the base station is found to be multifaceted through research, when the cleaning equipment returns to the base station and moves towards the entering direction of the inlet, the tail of the cleaning equipment is lifted due to the fact that the upper surface of the tray is an inclined surface, the acting force of the tension spring acting on the driving wheel is reduced due to the fact that the acting force of the tension spring acting on the driving wheel is reduced along with the lifting of the tail of the cleaning equipment, and the driving force of the driving wheel is reduced. In addition, sometimes detergent and disinfectant are sprayed on the ground to eliminate stubborn stains, and when the cleaning equipment reciprocates to clean the rag of the base station, the detergent and the disinfectant can cause abnormal wet and slippery in front of the base station, so that the driving wheels of the cleaning equipment are insufficient in power, and the cleaning equipment cannot smoothly enter the base station. However, the reason why the cleaning equipment is difficult to enter the base station is that the power is insufficient in the process of entering the base station, so that the following technical scheme is provided for solving the problem.

Referring also to fig. 1 to 13, the base station for a cleaning apparatus provided in the present embodiment includes a housing 100, the housing 100 having an inlet 110; the base station further comprises a tray 200, the tray 200 being arranged at said entrance 110; the upper surface of the tray 200 is an inclined surface 210 having a height increasing along the entering direction 120 of the inlet 110; the base station further comprises a guide 300 arranged on said tray 200 for cooperating with said cleaning device for assisting said cleaning device in moving along said entering direction 120. The housing 100 is a protection structure for assembling various devices in the base station, and the various devices include a control structure, a cleaning structure, and the like, which are not limited herein. The tray 200 is intended to provide the cleaning device with a sloped surface 210 that allows access to the base station entrance 110, since the base station entrance 110 is typically above the floor when the base station is placed on the floor, and the cleaning device can access the upper entrance 110 along the sloped surface 210 of the tray 200 to enter the base station.

In order to overcome the power shortage and prevent the cleaning device from smoothly entering the entrance 110 of the base station, the tray 200 is further provided with a guide 300, the guide 300 may be a single component or a plurality of components, and the guide 300 is used for providing the cleaning device with a guiding force towards the entering direction 120, and the guiding force can be generated from the active supply of the guide 300 or from the passive generation of the interaction between the guide 300 and the cleaning device, so the guide 300 can adopt various structures as long as the guide 300 can form a guide and assist the cleaning device to smoothly enter the entrance 110 of the base station.

For example, when the guiding force is generated by the active supply of the guiding element 300, the guiding element 300 may completely adopt a pushing structure with a pushing function, such as an electrically controlled telescopic rod, a hydraulic telescopic rod, a pneumatic telescopic rod, etc., and when the cleaning device reaches the position of the inlet 110 of the base station, the pushing structure may provide a pushing force to the cleaning device, so that the cleaning device is guided by the pushing force, and the cleaning device has a more sufficient advancing power to smoothly enter the inlet 110 of the base station.

In addition, when such a guiding force is passively generated by interaction of the guiding member 300 with the cleaning device, the guiding member 300 may also adopt a structure having a guiding surface 320, for example, the guiding member 300 includes a guiding protrusion 310, and the guiding protrusion 310 protrudes from the upper surface of the tray 200; at least one side wall of the guide protrusion 310 is a guide surface 320 engaged with the cleaning device, and the guide surface 320 faces the inlet 110 and forms a guide angle with a vertical surface of the entering direction 120. At this time, when the cleaning device reaches the entrance 110 of the base station, the rotating mop 410 at the bottom of the cleaning device can rotate, and when the mop and the guide surface 320 of the guide protrusion 310 form an interaction force, the interaction force can form an auxiliary guide for the cleaning device, so as to form a guide force, so that the cleaning device has more sufficient forward power, and further, the cleaning device can smoothly enter the entrance 110 of the base station.

Therefore, no matter the guide 300 adopts a structure of actively forming a guide force or a structure of passively forming a guide force, the guide 300 can assist the cleaning device to enter the entrance 110 of the base station when the cleaning device reaches the entrance 110 of the base station, so that the cleaning device overcomes various problems of insufficient power and achieves the effect of smoothly entering the base station. As to the structure of the guide 300, those skilled in the art can arrange the guide according to the requirement, and the structure is not limited herein.

For the structure of the guide member 300 using the guide protrusion 310, according to the difficulty of the cleaning device entering the base station, the guide surface 320 may be set to different guide angles, which are also relative to the entering direction 120, the larger the guide angle is, the larger the guide force generated when the rotating mop 410 and the guide surface 320 interact with each other is, and conversely, the smaller the guide angle is, the smaller the guide force generated when the rotating mop 410 and the guide surface 320 interact with each other is, in one embodiment, the guide angle is between 30 ° and 60 °, for example, the guide angle may be 30 °, 33 °, 36 °, 40 °, 45 °, 50 °, 60 °, and the like, and those skilled in the art may set the guide angles according to the needs, and the arrangement is not limited herein.

The position of the guide protrusion 310 on the upper surface of the tray 200 may be different for different types of cleaning devices, because when the rotary mop 410 at the bottom of the cleaning device is single, the single rotary mop 410 is generally located at the center of the bottom of the cleaning device, so that the guide protrusion 310 is needed to be arranged at the side of the center of the bottom of the tray 200, so that the single rotary mop 410 can form an interaction force with the guide surface 320 of the guide protrusion 310. However, when the bottom of the cleaning device has two symmetrical rotating mops 410, it is necessary to locate the guide protrusion 310 at the center of the bottom edge of the tray 200, and the two symmetrical rotating mops 410 can sandwich the center guide protrusion 310, and one of the rotating mops 410 can form a force with the guide surface 320 of the guide protrusion 310. For the structure of the cleaning device having two symmetrical rotating mops 410 at the bottom, it is also possible to make the two side walls of the guide projection 310 have two opposite guide surfaces 320 and form an inverted V-shape. At this time, the two rotary mops 410 can clamp the central guide protrusion 310 therebetween, and the two rotary mops 410 can simultaneously form a force with the guide surfaces 320 on both sides of the guide protrusion 310, which greatly increases the generation of the guide force, so that the cleaning device can more easily enter the entrance 110 of the base station.

Also, referring to fig. 5 or 11, the purpose of the guiding surface 320 is to match the rotation of the rotating mop 410 on the cleaning device, so the guiding surface 320 can be configured as a matched slope structure according to the advancing process of the cleaning device, for example, the guiding surface 320 can be a straight slope as a whole, or a curved slope can be provided therein, and in one embodiment, the guiding surface 320 includes a straight slope area 321 and a curved slope area 322. The straight bevel area 321 can interact with the rotating mop 410 of the cleaning device, and a part of the component of the interaction force of the rotating mop 410 and the straight bevel area 321 can form a guiding force, and at this time, because the whole straight bevel area 321 is straight, the guiding force is also stably generated, and the guiding direction is also stable. The curved slope area 322 has a curved structure similar to a wave state, and the tangential direction of each surface of the curved slope area 322 is different, so that the magnitude and direction of the provided guiding force are changed continuously. Therefore, the straight bevel area 321 and the curved bevel area 322 may be sequentially arranged along the entering direction, so that, when the cleaning device initially reaches the tray 200, the straight bevel area 321 may be used to provide a guiding force with stable magnitude and direction, so that the cleaning device can stably move to the upper surface of the tray 200, and after the cleaning device is about to reach the entrance 110 of the base station, the curved bevel area 322 may provide a guiding force with constantly changing magnitude and direction, and such a guiding force may provide a larger guiding force on a certain distance, so that the cleaning device about to enter the entrance 110 of the base station directly enters the base station with stronger power. In order to form a larger friction force between the cleaning device and the upper surface of the tray 200 and prevent slipping, anti-slip regions 220 may be disposed on at least two sides of the upper surface of the tray 200, and the anti-slip regions 220 may be formed by a plurality of ribs, bumps, and the like, so as to increase the friction force on the upper surface of the tray 200.

In fact, the guide protrusion 310 is formed on the upper surface of the tray 200, and the main structure of the guide protrusion 310 is the guide surface 320 on the guide protrusion 310, because the cleaning device enters the base station entrance 110, the rotating mop 410 of the cleaning device needs to form a relative force with the guide surface 320 of the guide protrusion 310, and further generates a guide force, so long as the guide protrusion 310 has a proper guide surface 320. Therefore, in order to reduce the weight of the base station, the guide protrusion 310 only needs to retain the guide surface 320, and the guide surface 320 has a certain strength, and can interact with the rotating mop 410 of the cleaning device, so that the center of the guide protrusion 310 can be provided with the weight reduction groove 330, and the weight reduction groove 330 can be provided in various shapes, namely, a regular shape or an irregular shape. For example, as shown in fig. 11, the weight-reducing groove 330 may be opened in cooperation with the guide surface 320, so that a side surface having the guide surface 320 forms a linear protrusion.

The present application also provides a cleaning system comprising the base station; the cleaning system further includes a cleaning device having a rotating mop 410; the rotating mop can interact with the guides 300 of the base station to create a guiding force that moves the cleaning device along the entry direction 120. Since the detailed structure, functional principle and technical effect of the base station are described in detail in the foregoing, no further description is provided herein, and thus, reference may be made to the above description for any technical content related to the base station.

Finally, it should be noted that: the above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solution of the present invention, and not to limit the same; while the utility model has been described in detail and with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that: the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments may still be modified, or some or all of the technical features may be equivalently replaced; and the modifications or the substitutions do not make the essence of the corresponding technical solutions depart from the scope of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention.

Claims

1. A base station for a cleaning appliance, comprising:

a housing having an inlet;

2. The base station of claim 1, wherein the guide comprises:

3. The base station of claim 2, wherein the included pilot angle is between 30 ° and 60 °.

4. The base station of claim 2, wherein the guide projection is located at a central position of a bottom edge of the tray.

5. The base station as claimed in claim 2, wherein the guide projection has two side walls having opposite guide surfaces and forming an inverted V-shape.

6. The base station as claimed in claim 5, wherein the guide protrusion has a weight-reducing groove formed at a center thereof.

7. The base station of claim 2, wherein the guide surface comprises a straight bevel region and a curved bevel region.

8. The base station of claim 7, wherein the straight bevel region and the curved bevel region are disposed sequentially along the entry direction.

9. A base station according to any of claims 1-8, characterized in that at least both sides of the upper surface of the tray are provided with non-slip areas.

10. A cleaning system, comprising:

the base station of any one of claims 1-9;