EP3705012A1 - Suction collecting station, suction cleaning apparatus and system comprising a suction collecting station and a suction cleaner - Google Patents

Suction collecting station, suction cleaning apparatus and system comprising a suction collecting station and a suction cleaner Download PDF

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EP3705012A1
EP3705012A1 EP20160571.4A EP20160571A EP3705012A1 EP 3705012 A1 EP3705012 A1 EP 3705012A1 EP 20160571 A EP20160571 A EP 20160571A EP 3705012 A1 EP3705012 A1 EP 3705012A1
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Thomas Büning
Benjamin Fleczok
Robert Frielinghaus
Martin Helmich
Lorenz Hillen
Christian Holz
Gerhard Isenberg
Andrej Mosebach
Roman Ortmann
Kevin Schmitz
Fabian Vitz
Niklas VAN TEEFFELEN
Georg Hackert
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47LDOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L9/00Details or accessories of suction cleaners, e.g. mechanical means for controlling the suction or for effecting pulsating action; Storing devices specially adapted to suction cleaners or parts thereof; Carrying-vehicles specially adapted for suction cleaners
    • A47L9/10Filters; Dust separators; Dust removal; Automatic exchange of filters
    • A47L9/106Dust removal
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47LDOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L11/00Machines for cleaning floors, carpets, furniture, walls, or wall coverings
    • A47L11/40Parts or details of machines not provided for in groups A47L11/02 - A47L11/38, or not restricted to one of these groups, e.g. handles, arrangements of switches, skirts, buffers, levers
    • A47L11/4091Storing or parking devices, arrangements therefor; Means allowing transport of the machine when it is not being used
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47LDOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L11/00Machines for cleaning floors, carpets, furniture, walls, or wall coverings
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47LDOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L11/00Machines for cleaning floors, carpets, furniture, walls, or wall coverings
    • A47L11/40Parts or details of machines not provided for in groups A47L11/02 - A47L11/38, or not restricted to one of these groups, e.g. handles, arrangements of switches, skirts, buffers, levers
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47LDOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L9/00Details or accessories of suction cleaners, e.g. mechanical means for controlling the suction or for effecting pulsating action; Storing devices specially adapted to suction cleaners or parts thereof; Carrying-vehicles specially adapted for suction cleaners
    • A47L9/28Installation of the electric equipment, e.g. adaptation or attachment to the suction cleaner; Controlling suction cleaners by electric means
    • A47L9/2836Installation of the electric equipment, e.g. adaptation or attachment to the suction cleaner; Controlling suction cleaners by electric means characterised by the parts which are controlled
    • A47L9/2852Elements for displacement of the vacuum cleaner or the accessories therefor, e.g. wheels, casters or nozzles
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47LDOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L9/00Details or accessories of suction cleaners, e.g. mechanical means for controlling the suction or for effecting pulsating action; Storing devices specially adapted to suction cleaners or parts thereof; Carrying-vehicles specially adapted for suction cleaners
    • A47L9/28Installation of the electric equipment, e.g. adaptation or attachment to the suction cleaner; Controlling suction cleaners by electric means
    • A47L9/2868Arrangements for power supply of vacuum cleaners or the accessories thereof
    • A47L9/2873Docking units or charging stations
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47LDOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L2201/00Robotic cleaning machines, i.e. with automatic control of the travelling movement or the cleaning operation
    • A47L2201/02Docking stations; Docking operations
    • A47L2201/024Emptying dust or waste liquid containers

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  • the invention relates to a suction material collecting station for taking over suction material from a suction cleaning device, the suction material collecting station having a suction material collecting container and an interface for connecting the suction cleaning device to the suction material collecting station.
  • the invention also relates to a system comprising a suction material collecting station and a suction cleaning device with a housing, a suction nozzle, a filter chamber, a fan and an electric motor for driving the fan.
  • the suction material collecting stations serve to receive suction material, so that a filter chamber of a suction cleaning device containing suction material can be emptied at the suction material collecting station.
  • the suction cleaning device is preferably connected to the suction material collecting station in a dust-tight manner, so that the suction material can be transferred to the suction material collecting container of the suction material collecting station without contaminating the ambient air.
  • the pamphlet EP 1849 391 A2 or. US 7 849 555 B2 discloses a robotic cleaning system having a cleaning robot and a docking station for the cleaning robot.
  • the cleaning robot has a dust collector, which can be exchanged for another dust collector by means of the docking station.
  • a dust collecting container filled with suction material can be emptied in the docking station, the suction material being transferred to a collecting container of the docking station.
  • the publication US 2005/0212478 A1 also discloses a system of a cleaning device and a base station, wherein a collecting container of the cleaning device can be exchanged by means of a rotating mechanism of the base station. The filled collecting container taken over by the cleaning device can be emptied in the base station.
  • the object of the invention is to create an alternative suction collection station for cleaning a filter chamber of a cleaning device, with particular emphasis on disposal of the suction material without contamination of the ambient air and / or excessive noise from a fan operated in the suction collection station .
  • the suction collecting station have a receiving space for receiving a filter chamber of a suction cleaning device connected to the suction collecting station and a feed device for feeding the filter chamber into the receiving space, the receiving space being designed to completely surround the filter chamber and / or at most not to encompass a chamber side facing at the interface to the vacuum cleaning device, the receiving space forming a partial volume within the housing of the suction material collecting station, and the feed device being set up to be the filter chamber to be removed from the vacuum cleaning device and relocated to the receiving room.
  • the suction material collecting station is now designed for a preferably complete accommodation of the filter chamber of the suction cleaning device in the suction material collecting station.
  • the receiving space of the suction material collecting station is preferably designed to correspond in shape to a filter chamber of a suction cleaning device which is to be introduced into the suction material collecting station.
  • the receiving space forms a partial volume within the housing of the suction-collecting station, which is large enough to completely surround the filter chamber of the suction-cleaning device, such that an outer contour of the filter chamber lies completely within or at least on the outer contour of the housing of the suction-collecting station.
  • the receiving space adjoins, for example, one side of the space at the interface of the suction material collecting station.
  • the suction cleaning device can remain connected to the interface or alternatively move away from the suction material collecting station.
  • the vacuum cleaning device remains connected to the interface, it is not necessary to place the housing of the suction material collecting station in the area of the interface close to ensure that dust and dirt in the filter chamber or the receiving space does not get into the environment. If the suction cleaning device is removed from the suction material collecting station, it may be desirable or advisable due to noise emissions to close the housing of the suction material collecting station or the receiving space in the area of the interface.
  • the suction material cannot get into the ambient air.
  • particularly quiet cleaning of the filter chamber by means of the suction material collecting station is possible, since, for example, a fan or mechanical devices used to clean the filter chamber cannot be perceived as strongly.
  • the opening of the suction material collecting station in the area of the interface is closed by at least one chamber side of the filter chamber introduced into the receiving space.
  • This chamber side can be sealed against the walls of the receiving space and / or the housing of the suction material collecting station with the help of sealing elements, so that suction material remains within the receiving space and not through a gap in the interface that may arise between the filter chamber and the receiving space Environment can escape.
  • the receiving space of the suction material collecting station is preferably closed by a closure element in the area of the interface.
  • This can for example be a displaceable element, such as a pivotable flap or a sliding element.
  • the vacuum cleaning device the housing of which is also closed during normal vacuum cleaning operation, so that the filter chamber is not visible from the outside.
  • closure elements of the suction cleaning device and the suction material collecting station Only when the vacuum cleaning device is connected to the vacuum collection station will the Closure elements of the suction cleaning device and the suction material collecting station opened so that the filter chamber of the suction cleaning device can be transferred via the interface into the receiving space of the suction material collecting station.
  • the closure elements can be actuated manually by a user or, alternatively, automatically if a cleaning request with regard to a filter chamber is determined.
  • a transfer request can be communicated through mechanical contact between the vacuum cleaning device and the suction material collecting station.
  • the suction material collecting station can have a contact switch which causes the closure element of the interface to be opened when a suction cleaning device is docked.
  • the feeding device of the suction material collecting station is set up to remove the filter chamber from the suction cleaning device and to move it into the receiving space.
  • the feed device preferably reaches out of the housing of the suction material collecting station in the direction of the suction cleaning device, so that the filter chamber can be received.
  • the feed device can, for example, have a gripping device for gripping the filter chamber.
  • a gripping device can for example be a hook element, latching element or the like.
  • the connecting element can preferably be displaced by a motor, so that the process of gripping and releasing it again can also take place automatically.
  • a shift of the guide device can preferably also be connected, so that the filter chamber to be shifted also comes into direct contact with the guide device and is directly subject to a guided displacement movement.
  • the feed device performs a movement in the opposite direction, ie starting from the receiving space in the direction of the vacuum cleaning device.
  • the suction collecting station with a feed device, it is not necessary for the suction cleaning device to have a device or a mechanism for moving the filter chamber out of the suction cleaning device in the direction of the suction cleaning device.
  • the vacuum cleaning device can thus be designed to be passive.
  • the feed device have a guide device for guiding a displacement movement of the filter chamber into the receiving space and / or a drive device for moving the filter chamber.
  • the guide device serves to align and guide the filter chamber while it is being moved from the vacuum cleaning device into the receiving space of the suction material collecting station.
  • the displacement movement has a defined direction and it can be prevented that the filter chamber tilts on the way into the receiving space and thus cannot assume a proper position within the receiving space.
  • the guide device can for example be a guide link.
  • the guide link can be formed from walls of the receiving space, optionally also have additional guide struts or the like.
  • the guide device can have a guide rail.
  • the guide rail can extend, for example, from the interface of the suction material collecting station to the receiving space or completely into it.
  • the guide device can also have a guide spindle.
  • the guide spindle is preferably driven by a motor, so that the rotation of the guide spindle simultaneously leads to a guided displacement of the filter chamber into the receiving space.
  • the feed device can have a drive device for displacing the filter chamber.
  • a drive device can in particular have an electric motor and / or a spring element.
  • the drive device is preferably combined with a guide device of the feed device, for example the previously proposed guide rail or guide spindle. This results in a preferred combination in the sense of an automated, guided displacement movement of the filter chamber.
  • the receiving space of the suction material collecting station is arranged above the suction material collecting container in relation to a usual usage orientation of the suction material collecting station, so that suction material can fall into the suction material collecting container following gravity from a filter chamber arranged in the receiving space.
  • the filter chamber of the vacuum cleaning device is inserted into the receiving space in such a way that an opening of the filter chamber is congruent or at least partially overlapping with the opening of the receiving space and the opening of the suction material collecting container.
  • the receiving space is arranged in an air flow channel of the suction material collecting station.
  • the air flow channel of the suction material collecting station can be connected to a fan of the suction material collecting station or to an external fan, for example the fan of a vacuum cleaning device.
  • the air flow guided in the air flow channel penetrates the receiving space, whereby a negative pressure is created there which conveys out the suction material located in the filter chamber arranged there.
  • the fan is preferably connected to the air flow channel in such a way that the flow direction corresponds to a conveying direction of the suction material from the receiving space into the suction material collecting space of the suction material collecting station.
  • the conveying of the suction material by means of the air flow can be supported by the previously proposed effect of gravity.
  • the air flow duct is assigned a station fan which is set up to generate a negative pressure in the receiving space.
  • the suction material collecting station itself has a station fan in order to free the receiving space or the filter chamber arranged therein from suction material. Because the receiving space completely encloses the filter chamber, the noises from the station fan, which may be perceptible to the outside, are reliably reduced.
  • the air flow channel of the suction material collecting station has a pressure sensor in front of and behind the receiving space in the direction of flow.
  • the pressure sensors can measure a pressure loss across the filter chamber, which is a measure of the filling of the filter chamber with suction material.
  • the power of the blower / station blower can then be controlled as a function of the knowledge about the amount of suction material in the filter chamber. This allows the fan to be controlled depending on the situation so that only that suction power is used that is necessary to optimally remove the suction material from the filter chamber. This also reduces the noise emitted by the fan. If, for example, the pressure sensors detect a relatively high pressure loss across the filter chamber, a relatively high suction power of the fan can be set.
  • a point in time of operation of the fan can also be controlled as a function of the pressure loss determined. For example, the fan can only be switched on when it is actually necessary. This results in an inconspicuous, quiet and usage-controlled regeneration of the filter chamber within the suction material collection station.
  • the invention also proposes a system comprising a proposed suction material collecting station and a suction cleaning device with a housing, a suction nozzle, a filter chamber, a fan and an electric motor for driving the blower, the feed device of the suction material collecting station being set up to close the filter chamber from the suction cleaning device remove and move into the receiving space, and / or wherein the vacuum cleaning device has a displacement device which is set up to move the filter chamber out of the housing of the vacuum cleaning device, wherein the vacuum cleaning device can be arranged at the interface of the suction collecting station that the receiving space of the suction collecting station and a portion of the suction cleaning device having the filter chamber are connected to one another.
  • the system thus contains a suction material collecting station and a suction cleaning device, which are preferably designed according to an embodiment described above.
  • Either the suction cleaning device or the suction cleaning device of the system can have a mechanism for moving a filter chamber from the suction cleaning device into the receiving space of the suction cleaning device exhibit.
  • the suction cleaning device and the suction cleaning device are designed to correspond to each other so that when the suction cleaning device is docked at the interface of the suction cleaning device, a housing opening of the suction cleaning device is congruent with the interface of the suction cleaning device.
  • At least one overlap of corresponding housing openings of the suction material collecting station and the suction cleaning device is provided in such a way that the filter chamber can be transferred from the suction cleaning device to the receiving space of the suction material collecting station without any obstacles.
  • FIG. 1 shows an example of a possible embodiment of a suction material collecting station 1 according to the invention.
  • the suction material collecting station 1 serves here as a docking station for an in Figure 2 suction cleaning device 2 shown in more detail, which is designed as an automatically moving robot.
  • the suction material collecting station 1 has a station housing 23 with an interface 4 for connecting the suction cleaning device 2.
  • the interface 4 has a closure element 21, namely here an upwardly displaceable sliding element, which closes a chamber side 8 in a state in which the suction material collecting station 1 is not in use.
  • the interface 4 reveals a view into a receiving space 5, which is used to accommodate a filter chamber 6 (see FIG Fig. 2 ) of the vacuum cleaning device 2 is used.
  • the receiving space 5 has a feed device 7 with a guide device 9 designed as a spindle and a drive device 10.
  • the drive device 10 is an electric motor here.
  • the guide device 9 also has a connecting element 22 which is used to grip the filter chamber 6.
  • the connecting element 22 is designed here as a latching element which can engage in a corresponding element of the filter chamber 6.
  • the feed device 7 preferably has two guide devices 9.
  • the connecting elements 22 and the drive device 10 are located at opposite end regions of the guide device 9.
  • the station housing 23 has a collecting container access 20, which allows access to a suction material collecting container 3 in an open state.
  • FIG. 2 shows a vacuum cleaning device 2, which is designed here as an automatically moving robot.
  • the vacuum cleaning device 2 has a housing 18 with a closure element 27, a suction nozzle 14, a filter chamber 6 with a filter element 26 and a filter chamber closure element 32, a fan 15 and an electric motor 16 for driving the fan 15.
  • the filter chamber 6 is displaceable on guide devices 31 and can be displaced out of the housing 18 of the vacuum cleaning device 2 when the closure element 27 is open - following the restoring force of a spring element 30.
  • the suction nozzle 14 is assigned a cleaning element 24, which here is a rotatable brush that rotates about an essentially horizontal axis.
  • the vacuum cleaning device 2 has wheels 25 for driving the vacuum cleaning device 2 and a navigation device, not shown here, which is used for navigation and self-localization of the vacuum cleaning device 2 within an environment.
  • the navigation device is advantageously assigned sensors (also not shown), which can measure distances to obstacles, for example. On the basis of the determined distances, the navigation device can create a map of the surroundings, on the basis of which the vacuum cleaning device 2 can orient itself within the surroundings and localize itself.
  • the vacuum cleaning device 2 functions in such a way that the electric motor 16 drives the fan 15, so that a negative pressure is created which opens the filter chamber closure element 32 and sucks suction material into the filter chamber 6 from a surface to be cleaned. Suction material contained in the sucked in air remains in the filter chamber 6 or on the filter element 26, so that only cleaned air can flow on to the fan 15 and the electric motor 16.
  • FIG. 3 shows an example of a system consisting of a suction cleaning device 2 and an exemplary suction cleaning device 1.
  • the suction cleaning device 2 is docked to the suction cleaning device 1, for which devices not shown can be provided that prevent an undesired change in position of the suction cleaning device 2 and ensure that the position of the Suction cleaning device 2 relative to the suction collecting station 1 during the transfer of the filter chamber 6 to the suction collecting station 1 is not changed.
  • the suction material collecting station 1 has a suction material collecting container 3 in the form of a filter bag 19, which is used to receive suction material from the filter chamber 6.
  • the suction material collecting station 1 also has a station fan 12, which is arranged here in an air flow duct 11 to which negative pressure is applied by means of the station fan 12.
  • a station fan 12 When the station fan 12 is in operation, the receiving space 5 is subjected to negative pressure, so that air flows from the direction of the receiving space 5 to the station fan 12.
  • the suction material present in the suction air is collected inside the filter bag 19 so that only cleaned air can flow on to the station fan 12.
  • the vacuum cleaning device 2 docks to the interface 4 of the suction material collecting station 1 as described.
  • the closure elements 21 and 27 of the suction material collecting station are activated by means of contact switches 1 and the suction cleaning device 2 are opened, so that the filter chamber 6 of the suction cleaning device 2 can be transferred into the receiving space 5 of the suction material collecting station 1.
  • the restoring force of the spring element 30 of the vacuum cleaning device 2 pushes the filter chamber 6 a little way out of the housing 18 of the vacuum cleaning device 2 until the filter chamber 6 comes into contact with the connecting element 22 of the suction material collecting station 1.
  • corresponding locking elements of the feed device 7 of the suction material collecting station 1 and the filter chamber 6 can lock with one another.
  • the drive device 10 which is designed as an electric motor 16, is then actuated in order to drive the guide device 9, namely the spindle here.
  • the connecting elements 22 arranged on the spindle together with the filter chamber 6 attached to it are displaced from the vacuum cleaning device 2 into the receiving space 5 until the filter chamber 6 hits an end stop 29 of the receiving space 5.
  • the position of the filter chamber 6 at the end stop 29 is shown in FIG Figure 4 shown.
  • the impact of the filter chamber 6 on the end stop 29 can control the operation of the station fan 23 so that the receiving space 5 or the filter chamber 6 located therein is subjected to negative pressure.
  • the filter chamber closure element 32 can also be opened as a result.
  • Suction material located in the filter chamber 6 passes through the filter chamber opening 28 into the filter bag 19 of the suction material collecting container 3.
  • the receiving space 5 is also arranged in the usual orientation of the suction material collecting station 1 shown above the suction material collecting container 3, so that the suction material is also supported by the suction material attacking gravity downwards, ie falls in the direction of the suction container 3. According to a further embodiment it can be provided that the transfer of the suction material takes place entirely without the station blower 12, namely exclusively displacement of the suction material caused by gravity.
  • the noises occurring during the operation of the station blower 12 are only slightly perceptible to a user in the environment outside the suction material collecting station 1, since the receiving space 5 of the suction material collecting station 1 completely surrounds the filter chamber 6 except for the chamber side 8 pointing in the direction of the vacuum cleaning device 2 and the chamber side 8 is also covered by the vacuum cleaning device 2 docked at the interface 4.
  • the chamber side 8 is closed again by the closure element 21 of the receiving space 5 before the filter space 6 is emptied. In any case, it is ensured that suction material displaced out of the filter chamber 6 cannot pass through the interface 4 into the environment.
  • a pressure loss across the filter chamber 6 including the filter element 26 can be determined with the aid of pressure sensors 13, which are arranged in the air flow channel 11 of the suction material collecting station 1 in front of and behind the receiving space 5. If the pressure sensors 13 determine a relatively high pressure loss (compared to a reference value), it can be provided, for example, that the filter chamber 6 can be sucked off immediately by means of the station fan 12. If, however, the pressure loss is lower, it can be provided that the operation of the station blower 12 is first noted and only takes place when the user is no longer present.
  • the guide device 9 is moved in the opposite direction by means of the drive device 10, ie here the spindle by means of the electric motor 16, so that the connecting elements 22 with the filter chamber 6 arranged thereon, starting from the receiving space 5, through the interface 4 in the direction of the vacuum cleaning device 2.
  • the filter chamber 6 is thus completely displaced in the opposite direction into the housing 18 of the vacuum cleaning device 2 until it has reached its end position.
  • the closure elements 21, 27 of the suction material collecting station 1 and of the suction cleaning device 2 are then closed again and the suction cleaning device 2 is available for a new suction operation.
  • the ready-for-operation position of the vacuum cleaning device 2 after cleaning the filter chamber 6 results from the in Figure 5 depicted situation.
  • FIG. 6 shows a further embodiment of a vacuum cleaning device 2 according to the invention in a sectional view.
  • the vacuum cleaning device 2 shown there has its own displacement device 17 which can move the filter chamber 6 out of the housing 18 of the vacuum cleaning device 2.
  • the displacement device 17 consists here, for example, of a drive device 10 and a guide device 9 (spindle), which is displaced out of the vacuum cleaning device 2 when the vacuum cleaning device 2 comes into contact with the interface 4 of the suction material collecting station 1.
  • the displacement device 17 is also assigned guide devices 31 designed as rail elements, along which the filter chamber 6 can slide.
  • the displacement device 17 can also be a spring element 30 (see Fig. 2 ) exhibit.
  • a release of the tensioned spring element 30 can be triggered automatically when the vacuum cleaning device 2 comes into contact with the suction material collecting station 1.
  • a restraint system (not shown further) is released, for example a latching in the vacuum cleaning device 2, so that the spring element 30 moves the filter chamber 6 into the suction material collecting station 1 can push in.
  • the displacement of the filter chamber 6 by the spring element 30 takes place at least so far that the filter chamber 6 comes into contact with, for example, connecting elements 22 of a feed device 7 of the suction material collecting station 1 and the displacement movement can thus be continued by the drive device 10 of the suction material collecting station 1.
  • the filter chamber 6 can also be shifted exclusively by means of the displacement device 17 of the vacuum cleaning device 2 to the end stop 29 of the suction material collecting station 1, so that the suction material collecting station 1 itself does not have to have a supply device 7.
  • Suction collection container 28 Filter chamber opening 4th interface 29 End stop 5 Recording room 30th Spring element 6th Filter chamber 31 Guide device 7th Feeding device 32 Filter chamber closure element 8th Chamber side 9 Guide device 10 Drive device 11 Air flow duct 12 Station blower 13 Pressure sensor 14th Suction nozzle 15th fan 16 Electric motor 17th Relocation facility 18th casing 19th Filter bags 20th Collection container access 21st Closure element 22nd Connecting element 23 Station housing 24 Cleaning element 25th wheel

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Die Erfindung betrifft eine Sauggutsammelstation (1) zur Übernahme von Sauggut von einem Saugreinigungsgerät (2), wobei die Sauggutsammelstation (1) einen Sauggutsammelbehälter (3) und eine Schnittstelle (4) zum Verbinden des Saugreinigungsgerätes (2) mit der Sauggutsammelstation (1) aufweist. Um eine derartige Sauggutsammelstation (1) fortzubilden, wird vorgeschlagen, dass die Sauggutsammelstation (1) einen Aufnahmeraum (5) zur Aufnahme einer Filterkammer (6) eines mit der Sauggutsammelstation (1) verbundenen Saugreinigungsgerätes (2) und eine Zuführeinrichtung (7) zum Zuführen der Filterkammer (6) in den Aufnahmeraum (5) aufweist, wobei der Aufnahmeraum (5) ausgebildet ist, die Filterkammer (6) vollständig zu umfangen und/oder höchstens eine an der Schnittstelle (4) zu dem Saugreinigungsgerät (2) gewandte Kammerseite (8) nicht zu umfangen, wobei der Aufnahmeraum (5) ein Teilvolumen innerhalb des Gehäuses der Sauggutsammelstation (1) bildet, und wobei die Zuführeinrichtung (7) eingerichtet ist, die Filterkammer (6) aus dem Saugreinigungsgerät (2) zu entnehmen und in den Aufnahmeraum (5) zu verlagern.The invention relates to a suction material collecting station (1) for taking over suction material from a suction cleaning device (2), the suction material collecting station (1) having a suction material collecting container (3) and an interface (4) for connecting the suction cleaning device (2) to the suction material collecting station (1) . In order to develop such a suction material collecting station (1), it is proposed that the suction material collecting station (1) have a receiving space (5) for receiving a filter chamber (6) of a suction cleaning device (2) connected to the suction material collecting station (1) and a feed device (7) for feeding the filter chamber (6) into the receiving space (5), the receiving space (5) being designed to completely surround the filter chamber (6) and / or at most one side of the chamber (4) facing the vacuum cleaning device (2) at the most. 8), whereby the receiving space (5) forms a partial volume within the housing of the suction material collecting station (1), and the feed device (7) is set up to remove the filter chamber (6) from the suction cleaning device (2) and into the To relocate the receiving space (5).

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Gebiet der TechnikField of technology

Die Erfindung betrifft eine Sauggutsammelstation zur Übernahme von Sauggut von einem Saugreinigungsgerät, wobei die Sauggutsammelstation einen Sauggutsammelbehälter und eine Schnittstelle zum Verbinden des Saugreinigungsgerätes mit der Sauggutsammelstation aufweist.The invention relates to a suction material collecting station for taking over suction material from a suction cleaning device, the suction material collecting station having a suction material collecting container and an interface for connecting the suction cleaning device to the suction material collecting station.

Des Weiteren betrifft die Erfindung auch ein System aus einer Sauggutsammelstation und einem Saugreinigungsgerät mit einem Gehäuse, einer Saugdüse, einer Filterkammer, einem Gebläse und einem Elektromotor zum Antrieb des Gebläses.Furthermore, the invention also relates to a system comprising a suction material collecting station and a suction cleaning device with a housing, a suction nozzle, a filter chamber, a fan and an electric motor for driving the fan.

Stand der TechnikState of the art

Sauggutsammelstationen und Saugreinigungsgeräte sind im Stand der Technik bekannt.Suction collection stations and suction cleaning devices are known in the prior art.

Die Sauggutsammelstationen dienen der Aufnahme von Sauggut, so dass eine Sauggut enthaltende Filterkammer eines Saugreinigungsgerätes an der Sauggutsammelstation geleert werden kann. Zu diesem Zweck wird das Saugreinigungsgerät vorzugsweise staubdicht mit der Sauggutsammelstation verbunden, so dass das Sauggut ohne Kontamination der Umgebungsluft in den Sauggutsammelbehälter der Sauggutsammelstation überführt werden kann.The suction material collecting stations serve to receive suction material, so that a filter chamber of a suction cleaning device containing suction material can be emptied at the suction material collecting station. For this purpose, the suction cleaning device is preferably connected to the suction material collecting station in a dust-tight manner, so that the suction material can be transferred to the suction material collecting container of the suction material collecting station without contaminating the ambient air.

Die Druckschrift EP 1849 391 A2 bzw. US 7 849 555 B2 offenbart ein Roboterreinigungssystem mit einem Reinigungsroboter und einer Andockstation für den Reinigungsroboter. Der Reinigungsroboter weist einen Staubsammelbehälter auf, der mittels der Andockstation durch einen anderen Staubsammelbehälter getauscht werden kann. Ein mit Sauggut gefüllter Staubsammelbehälter kann in der Andockstation entleert werden, wobei das Sauggut in einen Sammelbehälter der Andockstation überführt wird.The pamphlet EP 1849 391 A2 or. US 7 849 555 B2 discloses a robotic cleaning system having a cleaning robot and a docking station for the cleaning robot. The cleaning robot has a dust collector, which can be exchanged for another dust collector by means of the docking station. A dust collecting container filled with suction material can be emptied in the docking station, the suction material being transferred to a collecting container of the docking station.

Die Veröffentlichung US 2005/0212478 A1 offenbart ebenfalls ein System aus einem Reinigungsgerät und einer Basisstation, wobei ein Sammelbehälter des Reinigungsgerätes mittels eines Drehmechanismus der Basisstation ausgetauscht werden kann. Der von dem Reinigungsgerät übernommene gefüllte Sammelbehälter kann in der Basisstation entleert werden.The publication US 2005/0212478 A1 also discloses a system of a cleaning device and a base station, wherein a collecting container of the cleaning device can be exchanged by means of a rotating mechanism of the base station. The filled collecting container taken over by the cleaning device can be emptied in the base station.

Zusammenfassung der ErfindungSummary of the invention

Ausgehend von dem vorgenannten Stand der Technik ist es Aufgabe der Erfindung, eine alternative Sauggutsammelstation zur Reinigung einer Filterkammer eines Reinigungsgerätes zu schaffen, wobei insbesondere eine Entsorgung des Sauggutes ohne Kontamination der Umgebungsluft und/oder übermäßige Lärmbelästigung durch ein in der Sauggutsammelstation betriebenes Gebläse im Vordergrund steht.Based on the above-mentioned prior art, the object of the invention is to create an alternative suction collection station for cleaning a filter chamber of a cleaning device, with particular emphasis on disposal of the suction material without contamination of the ambient air and / or excessive noise from a fan operated in the suction collection station .

Zur Lösung der vorgenannten Aufgabe wird vorgeschlagen, dass die Sauggutsammelstation einen Aufnahmeraum zur Aufnahme einer Filterkammer eines mit der Sauggutsammelstation verbundenen Saugreinigungsgerätes und eine Zuführeinrichtung zum Zuführen der Filterkammer in den Aufnahmeraum aufweist, wobei der Aufnahmeraum ausgebildet ist, die Filterkammer vollständig zu umfangen und/oder höchstens eine an der Schnittstelle zu dem Saugreinigungsgerät gewandte Kammerseite nicht zu umfangen, wobei der Aufnahmeraum ein Teilvolumen innerhalb des Gehäuses der Sauggutsammelstation bildet, und wobei die Zuführeinrichtung eingerichtet ist, die Filterkammer aus dem Saugreinigungsgerät zu entnehmen und in den Aufnahmeraum zu verlagern.To achieve the above-mentioned object, it is proposed that the suction collecting station have a receiving space for receiving a filter chamber of a suction cleaning device connected to the suction collecting station and a feed device for feeding the filter chamber into the receiving space, the receiving space being designed to completely surround the filter chamber and / or at most not to encompass a chamber side facing at the interface to the vacuum cleaning device, the receiving space forming a partial volume within the housing of the suction material collecting station, and the feed device being set up to be the filter chamber to be removed from the vacuum cleaning device and relocated to the receiving room.

Erfindungsgemäß ist die Sauggutsammelstation nun für eine vorzugsweise vollständige Aufnahme der Filterkammer des Saugreinigungsgerätes in die Sauggutsammelstation ausgebildet. Der Aufnahmeraum der Sauggutsammelstation ist vorzugsweise formkorrespondierend zu einer Filterkammer eines Saugreinigungsgerätes ausgebildet, die in die Sauggutsammelstation eingeführt werden soll. Der Aufnahmeraum bildet ein Teilvolumen innerhalb des Gehäuses der Sauggutsammelstation, welches groß genug ist, um die Filterkammer des Saugreinigungsgerätes vollständig zu umfangen, derart, dass eine Außenkontur der Filterkammer vollständig innerhalb oder zumindest auf der Außenkontur des Gehäuses der Sauggutsammelstation liegt. Der Aufnahmeraum grenzt dabei beispielsweise mit einer Raumseite an die Schnittstelle der Sauggutsammelstation. Bei ordnungsgemäß in dem Aufnahmeraum der Sauggutsammelstation aufgenommener Filterkammer ist nur die zu dem Saugreinigungsgerät gewandte Kammerseite der Filterkammer zugänglich. Die übrigen Kammerseiten der Filterkammer liegen innerhalb der Sauggutsammelstation und können nicht von außen eingesehen werden. Im Falle einer quaderförmigen Filterkammer bedeutet dies, dass nur eine von insgesamt sechs Seiten nicht von dem Gehäuse der Sauggutsammelstation, nämlich den Wandungen des Aufnahmeraums, überfangen ist. Durch das vollständige Einführen der Filterkammer des Saugreinigungsgerätes in die Sauggutsammelstation kann eine geräuscharme und staubfreie Überführung des Sauggutes von dem Saugreinigungsgerät in die Sauggutsammelstation sichergestellt werden. Das Saugreinigungsgerät kann nach dem Überführen der Filterkammer in den Aufnahmeraum der Sauggutsammelstation mit der Schnittstelle verbunden bleiben oder sich alternativ von der Sauggutsammelstation weg bewegen. In dem Fall, dass das Saugreinigungsgerät mit der Schnittstelle verbunden bleibt, ist es nicht erforderlich, das Gehäuse der Sauggutsammelstation im Bereich der Schnittstelle zu schließen, um sicherzustellen, dass in der Filterkammer bzw. dem Aufnahmeraum vorhandener Staub und Schmutz nicht in die Umgebung gelangt. Im Falle des Entfernens des Saugreinigungsgerätes von der Sauggutsammelstation kann es gewünscht oder aufgrund einer Geräuschemission empfehlenswert sein, das Gehäuse der Sauggutsammelstation bzw. den Aufnahmeraum im Bereich der Schnittstelle zu schließen. Es kann vorgesehen sein, dass der Aufnahmeraum und/oder das Gehäuse der Sauggutsammelstation durch ein Verschlusselement im Bereich der Schnittstelle geschlossen wird, so dass die in den Aufnahmeraum aufgenommene Filterkammer von allen Seiten umschlossen ist. Gemäß dieser Ausgestaltung kann Sauggut nicht an die Umgebungsluft gelangen. Des Weiteren ist bei dieser Ausführung ein besonders leises Abreinigen der Filterkammer mittels der Sauggutsammelstation möglich, da beispielsweise ein zur Abreinigung der Filterkammer verwendetes Gebläse oder mechanische Einrichtungen weniger stark wahrgenommen werden können. In jedem Fall ist vorgesehen, dass die Öffnung der Sauggutsammelstation im Bereich der Schnittstelle zumindest durch eine Kammerseite der in den Aufnahmeraum eingeführten Filterkammer verschlossen ist. Diese Kammerseite kann gegenüber den Wandungen des Aufnahmeraumes und/oder dem Gehäuse der Sauggutsammelstation mit Hilfe von Dichtelementen abgedichtet sein, so dass Sauggut innerhalb des Aufnahmeraumes verbleibt und nicht durch einen Spalt der Schnittstelle, welcher sich möglicherweise zwischen der Filterkammer und dem Aufnahmeraum ergibt, an die Umgebung entweichen kann. Der Aufnahmeraum der Sauggutsammelstation ist in einer Nichtgebrauchsstellung, d. h. wenn die Basisstation nicht für eine Servicetätigkeit benötigt wird, vorzugsweise durch ein Verschlusselement im Bereich der Schnittstelle geschlossen. Dies kann beispielsweise ein verlagerbares Element, wie eine schwenkbare Klappe oder ein Schiebeelement sein. Gleiches gilt für das Saugreinigungsgerät, dessen Gehäuse ebenfalls während eines üblichen Saugreinigungsbetriebs geschlossen ist, so dass die Filterkammer nicht von außen sichtbar ist. Erst wenn das Saugreinigungsgerät mit der Sauggutsammelstation verbunden wird, werden die Verschlusselemente des Saugreinigungsgerätes und der Sauggutsammelstation geöffnet, so dass die Filterkammer des Saugreinigungsgerätes über die Schnittstelle in den Aufnahmeraum der Sauggutsammelstation überführt werden kann. Die Verschlusselemente können manuell durch einen Nutzer betätigt werden oder alternativ automatisch, wenn ein Reinigungswunsch bezüglich einer Filterkammer festgestellt wird. Beispielsweise kann ein Übergabewunsch durch einen mechanischen Kontakt des Saugreinigungsgerätes mit der Sauggutsammelstation mitgeteilt werden. Beispielsweise kann die Sauggutsammelstation einen Kontaktschalter aufweisen, der bei Andocken eines Saugreinigungsgerätes ein Öffnen des Verschlusselementes der Schnittstelle veranlasst. Dabei ist es unerheblich, ob es sich um ein selbständig zu der Sauggutsammelstation verfahrendes Roboter-Saugreinigungsgerät handelt, oder um ein Saugreinigungsgerät, welches ein Nutzer manuell mit der Sauggutsammelstation verbindet. Neben Kontaktschaltern sind auch andere Öffnungsmechanismen denkbar, beispielsweise unter Einsatz von Lichtschranken, Funksignalen oder ähnlichem. Die Zuführeinrichtung der Sauggutsammelstation ist eingerichtet, die Filterkammer aus dem Saugreinigungsgerät zu entnehmen und in den Aufnahmeraum zu verlagern. Die Zuführeinrichtung greift vorzugsweise aus dem Gehäuse der Sauggutsammelstation heraus in Richtung des Saugreinigungsgerätes, so dass die Filterkammer entgegengenommen werden kann. Die Zuführeinrichtung kann beispielsweise eine Greifeinrichtung zum Ergreifen der Filterkammer aufweisen. Eine solche Greifeinrichtung kann beispielsweise ein Hakenelement, Rastelement oder ähnliches sein. Bevorzugt ist das Verbindungselement motorisch verlagerbar, so dass der Vorgang des Greifens und wieder Loslassens auch automatisiert erfolgen kann. Gleichzeitig mit einer Verlagerung der Zuführeinrichtung in Richtung des Saugreinigungsgerätes kann vorzugsweise auch eine Verlagerung der Führungseinrichtung verbunden sein, so dass die zu verlagernde Filterkammer unmittelbar auch in Kontakt mit der Führungseinrichtung gelangt und direkt einer geführten Verlagerungsbewegung unterliegt. Sobald die Filterkammer in der Sauggutsammelstation geleert wurde, vollzieht die Zuführeinrichtung eine Bewegung in entgegengesetzter Richtung, d. h. ausgehend von dem Aufnahmeraum in Richtung des Saugreinigungsgerätes. Durch die Ausbildung der Sauggutsammelstation mit einer Zuführeinrichtung ist es nicht erforderlich, dass das Saugreinigungsgerät eine Einrichtung oder einen Mechanismus zur Verlagerung der Filterkammer aus dem Saugreinigungsgerät heraus in Richtung der Sauggutsammelstation aufweist. Diesbezüglich kann das Saugreinigungsgerät somit passiv ausgebildet sein.According to the invention, the suction material collecting station is now designed for a preferably complete accommodation of the filter chamber of the suction cleaning device in the suction material collecting station. The receiving space of the suction material collecting station is preferably designed to correspond in shape to a filter chamber of a suction cleaning device which is to be introduced into the suction material collecting station. The receiving space forms a partial volume within the housing of the suction-collecting station, which is large enough to completely surround the filter chamber of the suction-cleaning device, such that an outer contour of the filter chamber lies completely within or at least on the outer contour of the housing of the suction-collecting station. The receiving space adjoins, for example, one side of the space at the interface of the suction material collecting station. When the filter chamber is properly accommodated in the receiving space of the suction material collecting station, only the chamber side of the filter chamber facing the suction cleaning device is accessible. The other chamber sides of the filter chamber are inside the suction material collecting station and cannot be seen from the outside. In the case of a cuboid filter chamber, this means that only one of a total of six sides is not covered by the housing of the suction material collecting station, namely the walls of the receiving space. By fully inserting the filter chamber of the suction cleaning device into the suction material collecting station, a low-noise and dust-free transfer of the suction material from the suction cleaning device into the suction material collecting station can be ensured. After the filter chamber has been transferred into the receiving space of the suction material collecting station, the suction cleaning device can remain connected to the interface or alternatively move away from the suction material collecting station. In the event that the vacuum cleaning device remains connected to the interface, it is not necessary to place the housing of the suction material collecting station in the area of the interface close to ensure that dust and dirt in the filter chamber or the receiving space does not get into the environment. If the suction cleaning device is removed from the suction material collecting station, it may be desirable or advisable due to noise emissions to close the housing of the suction material collecting station or the receiving space in the area of the interface. Provision can be made for the receiving space and / or the housing of the suction material collecting station to be closed by a closure element in the region of the interface so that the filter chamber accommodated in the receiving space is enclosed on all sides. According to this embodiment, the suction material cannot get into the ambient air. Furthermore, in this embodiment, particularly quiet cleaning of the filter chamber by means of the suction material collecting station is possible, since, for example, a fan or mechanical devices used to clean the filter chamber cannot be perceived as strongly. In any case, it is provided that the opening of the suction material collecting station in the area of the interface is closed by at least one chamber side of the filter chamber introduced into the receiving space. This chamber side can be sealed against the walls of the receiving space and / or the housing of the suction material collecting station with the help of sealing elements, so that suction material remains within the receiving space and not through a gap in the interface that may arise between the filter chamber and the receiving space Environment can escape. In a non-use position, ie when the base station is not required for a service activity, the receiving space of the suction material collecting station is preferably closed by a closure element in the area of the interface. This can for example be a displaceable element, such as a pivotable flap or a sliding element. The same applies to the vacuum cleaning device, the housing of which is also closed during normal vacuum cleaning operation, so that the filter chamber is not visible from the outside. Only when the vacuum cleaning device is connected to the vacuum collection station will the Closure elements of the suction cleaning device and the suction material collecting station opened so that the filter chamber of the suction cleaning device can be transferred via the interface into the receiving space of the suction material collecting station. The closure elements can be actuated manually by a user or, alternatively, automatically if a cleaning request with regard to a filter chamber is determined. For example, a transfer request can be communicated through mechanical contact between the vacuum cleaning device and the suction material collecting station. For example, the suction material collecting station can have a contact switch which causes the closure element of the interface to be opened when a suction cleaning device is docked. It does not matter whether it is a robot suction cleaning device that moves independently to the suction material collecting station, or a suction cleaning device that a user connects manually to the suction material collecting station. In addition to contact switches, other opening mechanisms are also conceivable, for example using light barriers, radio signals or the like. The feeding device of the suction material collecting station is set up to remove the filter chamber from the suction cleaning device and to move it into the receiving space. The feed device preferably reaches out of the housing of the suction material collecting station in the direction of the suction cleaning device, so that the filter chamber can be received. The feed device can, for example, have a gripping device for gripping the filter chamber. Such a gripping device can for example be a hook element, latching element or the like. The connecting element can preferably be displaced by a motor, so that the process of gripping and releasing it again can also take place automatically. Simultaneously with a shift of the feed device in the direction of the vacuum cleaning device, a shift of the guide device can preferably also be connected, so that the filter chamber to be shifted also comes into direct contact with the guide device and is directly subject to a guided displacement movement. As soon as the filter chamber in the suction collection station is emptied was, the feed device performs a movement in the opposite direction, ie starting from the receiving space in the direction of the vacuum cleaning device. By designing the suction collecting station with a feed device, it is not necessary for the suction cleaning device to have a device or a mechanism for moving the filter chamber out of the suction cleaning device in the direction of the suction cleaning device. In this regard, the vacuum cleaning device can thus be designed to be passive.

Des Weiteren wird vorgeschlagen, dass die Zuführeinrichtung eine Führungseinrichtung zur Führung einer Verlagerungsbewegung der Filterkammer in den Aufnahmeraum und/oder eine Antriebseinrichtung zum Verlagern der Filterkammer aufweist. Die Führungseinrichtung dient zur Ausrichtung und Führung der Filterkammer während der Verlagerung von dem Saugreinigungsgerät in den Aufnahmeraum der Sauggutsammelstation. Dadurch hat die Verlagerungsbewegung eine definierte Richtung und es kann verhindert werden, dass sich die Filterkammer auf dem Weg in den Aufnahmeraum verkantet und somit keine ordnungsgemäße Position innerhalb des Aufnahmeraums einnehmen kann. Die Führungseinrichtung kann beispielsweise eine Führungskulisse sein. Insbesondere kann die Führungskulisse aus Wandungen des Aufnahmeraumes gebildet sein, gegebenenfalls auch zusätzliche Führungsstreben oder ähnliches aufweisen. Des Weiteren kann die Führungseinrichtung eine Führungsschiene aufweisen. Die Führungsschiene kann beispielsweise von der Schnittstelle der Sauggutsammelstation bis zu dem Aufnahmeraum bzw. vollständig in diesen hinein reichen. Darüber hinaus kann die Führungseinrichtung auch eine Führungsspindel aufweisen. Bevorzugt ist die Führungsspindel motorisch angetrieben, so dass es durch Rotation der Führungsspindel gleichzeitig zu einer geführten Verlagerung der Filterkammer in den Aufnahmeraum kommt.It is further proposed that the feed device have a guide device for guiding a displacement movement of the filter chamber into the receiving space and / or a drive device for moving the filter chamber. The guide device serves to align and guide the filter chamber while it is being moved from the vacuum cleaning device into the receiving space of the suction material collecting station. As a result, the displacement movement has a defined direction and it can be prevented that the filter chamber tilts on the way into the receiving space and thus cannot assume a proper position within the receiving space. The guide device can for example be a guide link. In particular, the guide link can be formed from walls of the receiving space, optionally also have additional guide struts or the like. Furthermore, the guide device can have a guide rail. The guide rail can extend, for example, from the interface of the suction material collecting station to the receiving space or completely into it. In addition, the guide device can also have a guide spindle. The guide spindle is preferably driven by a motor, so that the rotation of the guide spindle simultaneously leads to a guided displacement of the filter chamber into the receiving space.

Des Weiteren kann die Zuführeinrichtung eine Antriebseinrichtung zum Verlagern der Filterkammer aufweisen. Eine solche Antriebseinrichtung kann insbesondere einen Elektromotor oder/und ein Federelement aufweisen. Die Antriebseinrichtung ist vorzugsweise mit einer Führungseinrichtung der Zuführeinrichtung kombiniert, beispielsweise die zuvor vorgeschlagene Führungsschiene oder Führungsspindel. Somit ergibt sich eine bevorzugte Kombination im Sinne einer automatisierten, geführten Verlagerungsbewegung der Filterkammer.Furthermore, the feed device can have a drive device for displacing the filter chamber. Such a drive device can in particular have an electric motor and / or a spring element. The drive device is preferably combined with a guide device of the feed device, for example the previously proposed guide rail or guide spindle. This results in a preferred combination in the sense of an automated, guided displacement movement of the filter chamber.

Des Weiteren wird vorgeschlagen, dass der Aufnahmeraum der Sauggutsammelstation bezogen auf eine übliche Gebrauchsorientierung der Sauggutsammelstation über dem Sauggutsammelbehälter angeordnet ist, so dass Sauggut der Schwerkraft folgend aus einer in dem Aufnahmeraum angeordneten Filterkammer in den Sauggutsammelbehälter fallen kann. Gemäß dieser Ausgestaltung ist es nicht notwendig, wenngleich auch möglich, zum Leeren der Filterkammer ein Gebläse oder mechanische Reinigungselemente zu verwenden. Vielmehr kann alleine die an dem Sauggut angreifende Schwerkraft ausreichen, damit das Sauggut aus der in dem Aufnahmeraum befindlichen Filterkammer herab in den darunterliegenden Sauggutsammelbehälter fällt. Dementsprechend ist es wichtig, dass eine Öffnung des Aufnahmeraumes und eine korrespondierende Öffnung des Sauggutsammelbehälters bezogen auf eine vertikale Richtung übereinander angeordnet sind. Die Filterkammer des Saugreinigungsgerätes wird entsprechend so in den Aufnahmeraum eingesetzt, dass eine Öffnung der Filterkammer deckungsgleich oder zumindest teilweise überlappend mit der Öffnung des Aufnahmeraumes und der Öffnung des Sauggutsammelbehälters ist.Furthermore, it is proposed that the receiving space of the suction material collecting station is arranged above the suction material collecting container in relation to a usual usage orientation of the suction material collecting station, so that suction material can fall into the suction material collecting container following gravity from a filter chamber arranged in the receiving space. According to this embodiment, it is not necessary, although also possible, to use a fan or mechanical cleaning elements to empty the filter chamber. Rather, the force of gravity acting on the suction material alone can be sufficient for the suction material to fall from the filter chamber located in the receiving space into the suction material collecting container below. Accordingly, it is important that an opening of the receiving space and a corresponding opening of the suction material collecting container are arranged one above the other with respect to a vertical direction. The filter chamber of the vacuum cleaning device is inserted into the receiving space in such a way that an opening of the filter chamber is congruent or at least partially overlapping with the opening of the receiving space and the opening of the suction material collecting container.

Zusätzlich oder alternativ kann vorgesehen sein, dass der Aufnahmeraum in einem Luftströmungskanal der Sauggutsammelstation angeordnet ist. Der Luftströmungskanal der Sauggutsammelstation kann an ein Gebläse der Sauggutsammelstation oder auch an ein externes Gebläse, beispielsweise das Gebläse eines Saugreinigungsgerätes, angeschlossen werden. Die in dem Luftströmungskanal geführte Luftströmung durchsetzt den Aufnahmeraum, wodurch dort ein Unterdruck entsteht, der das in der dort angeordneten Filterkammer befindliche Sauggut herausfördert. Vorzugsweise wird das Gebläse dabei so an den Luftströmungskanal angeschlossen, dass die Strömungsrichtung einer Förderrichtung des Sauggutes aus dem Aufnahmeraum in den Sauggutsammelraum der Sauggutsammelstation entspricht. Das Fördern des Sauggutes mittels der Luftströmung kann dabei durch die zuvor vorgeschlagene Schwerkraftwirkung unterstützt werden.Additionally or alternatively, it can be provided that the receiving space is arranged in an air flow channel of the suction material collecting station. The air flow channel of the suction material collecting station can be connected to a fan of the suction material collecting station or to an external fan, for example the fan of a vacuum cleaning device. The air flow guided in the air flow channel penetrates the receiving space, whereby a negative pressure is created there which conveys out the suction material located in the filter chamber arranged there. The fan is preferably connected to the air flow channel in such a way that the flow direction corresponds to a conveying direction of the suction material from the receiving space into the suction material collecting space of the suction material collecting station. The conveying of the suction material by means of the air flow can be supported by the previously proposed effect of gravity.

Es wird des Weiteren vorgeschlagen, dass dem Luftströmungskanal ein Stationsgebläse zugeordnet ist, welches eingerichtet ist, einen Unterdruck in dem Aufnahmeraum zu erzeugen. Gemäß dieser Ausführung weist die Sauggutsammelstation selbst ein Stationsgebläse auf, um den Aufnahmeraum bzw. die darin angeordnete Filterkammer von Sauggut zu befreien. Dadurch, dass der Aufnahmeraum die Filterkammer vollständig umschließt, werden die Geräusche des Stationsgebläses, die gegebenenfalls nach außen hin wahrnehmbar sind, zuverlässig reduziert.It is further proposed that the air flow duct is assigned a station fan which is set up to generate a negative pressure in the receiving space. According to this embodiment, the suction material collecting station itself has a station fan in order to free the receiving space or the filter chamber arranged therein from suction material. Because the receiving space completely encloses the filter chamber, the noises from the station fan, which may be perceptible to the outside, are reliably reduced.

Gemäß einer besonderen Ausführung kann vorgesehen sein, dass der Luftströmungskanal der Sauggutsammelstation in Strömungsrichtung vor und hinter dem Aufnahmeraum jeweils einen Drucksensor aufweist. Durch die Drucksensoren kann ein Druckverlust über die Filterkammer gemessen werden, welcher ein Maß für die Befüllung der Filterkammer mit Sauggut ist. In Abhängigkeit von der Kenntnis über die Menge des in der Filterkammer befindlichen Sauggutes kann dann eine Steuerung der Leistung des Gebläses/Stationsgebläses erfolgen. Dadurch kann das Gebläse situativ gesteuert werden, so dass nur diejenige Saugleistung angewendet wird, die notwendig ist, um das Sauggut optimal aus der Filterkammer zu entfernen. Dies reduziert zusätzlich die durch das Gebläse emittierten Geräusche. Wenn die Drucksensoren beispielsweise einen relativ hohen Druckverlust über die Filterkammer ermitteln, kann eine relativ hohe Saugleistung des Gebläses eingestellt werden. Wenn festgestellt wird, dass die Menge des enthaltenen Saugguts eher gering ist, wird eine dementsprechend reduzierte Saugleistung zur Abreinigung verwendet. Darüber hinaus kann auch ein Zeitpunkt eines Betriebs des Gebläses abhängig von dem ermittelten Druckverlust gesteuert werden. Beispielsweise kann das Gebläse erst dann eingeschaltet werden, wenn es tatsächlich notwendig ist. Es erfolgt somit eine unauffällige, leise und nutzungsgesteuerte Regeneration der Filterkammer innerhalb der Sauggutsammelstation.According to a particular embodiment, it can be provided that the air flow channel of the suction material collecting station has a pressure sensor in front of and behind the receiving space in the direction of flow. The pressure sensors can measure a pressure loss across the filter chamber, which is a measure of the filling of the filter chamber with suction material. The power of the blower / station blower can then be controlled as a function of the knowledge about the amount of suction material in the filter chamber. This allows the fan to be controlled depending on the situation so that only that suction power is used that is necessary to optimally remove the suction material from the filter chamber. This also reduces the noise emitted by the fan. If, for example, the pressure sensors detect a relatively high pressure loss across the filter chamber, a relatively high suction power of the fan can be set. If it is found that the amount of suction material contained is rather small, a correspondingly reduced suction power is used for cleaning. In addition, a point in time of operation of the fan can also be controlled as a function of the pressure loss determined. For example, the fan can only be switched on when it is actually necessary. This results in an inconspicuous, quiet and usage-controlled regeneration of the filter chamber within the suction material collection station.

Schließlich wird mit der Erfindung auch ein System aus einer vorgeschlagenen Sauggutsammelstation und einem Saugreinigungsgerät mit einem Gehäuse, einer Saugdüse, einer Filterkammer, einem Gebläse und einem Elektromotor zum Antrieb des Gebläses vorgeschlagen, wobei die Zuführeinrichtung der Sauggutsammelstation eingerichtet ist, die Filterkammer aus dem Saugreinigungsgerät zu entnehmen und in den Aufnahmeraum zu verlagern, und/oder wobei das Saugreinigungsgerät eine Verlagerungseinrichtung aufweist, welche eingerichtet ist, die Filterkammer aus dem Gehäuse des Saugreinigungsgerätes heraus zu verlagern, wobei das Saugreinigungsgerät so an der Schnittstelle der Sauggutsammelstation anordenbar ist, dass der Aufnahmeraum der Sauggutsammelstation und ein die Filterkammer aufweisender Teilbereich des Saugreinigungsgerätes miteinander verbunden sind. Das System beinhaltet somit eine Sauggutsammelstation und ein Saugreinigungsgerät, welche vorzugsweise nach einer zuvor beschriebenen Ausführung ausgebildet sind. Dabei kann entweder die Sauggutsammelstation oder das Saugreinigungsgerät des Systems einen Mechanismus zum Verlagern einer Filterkammer aus dem Saugreinigungsgerät in den Aufnahmeraum der Sauggutsammelstation aufweisen. Darüber hinaus sind die Sauggutsammelstation und das Saugreinigungsgerät korrespondierend zueinander so ausgebildet, dass in einem angedockten Zustand des Saugreinigungsgerätes an der Schnittstelle der Sauggutsammelstation eine Gehäuseöffnung des Saugreinigungsgerätes deckungsgleich mit der Schnittstelle der Sauggutsammelstation ist. Zumindest ist eine Überlappung korrespondierender Gehäuseöffnungen der Sauggutsammelstation und des Saugreinigungsgerätes derart vorgesehen, dass die Filterkammer ohne Hindernisse aus dem Saugreinigungsgerät in den Aufnahmeraum der Sauggutsammelstation überführt werden kann. Bezogen auf das erfindungsgemäße System gelten die zuvor in Bezug auf die Sauggutsammelstation und gegebenenfalls das Saugreinigungsgerät beschriebenen Vorteile und Merkmale. Um eine Wiederholung zu vermeiden, wird auf die vorstehenden Ausführungen verwiesen.Finally, the invention also proposes a system comprising a proposed suction material collecting station and a suction cleaning device with a housing, a suction nozzle, a filter chamber, a fan and an electric motor for driving the blower, the feed device of the suction material collecting station being set up to close the filter chamber from the suction cleaning device remove and move into the receiving space, and / or wherein the vacuum cleaning device has a displacement device which is set up to move the filter chamber out of the housing of the vacuum cleaning device, wherein the vacuum cleaning device can be arranged at the interface of the suction collecting station that the receiving space of the suction collecting station and a portion of the suction cleaning device having the filter chamber are connected to one another. The system thus contains a suction material collecting station and a suction cleaning device, which are preferably designed according to an embodiment described above. Either the suction cleaning device or the suction cleaning device of the system can have a mechanism for moving a filter chamber from the suction cleaning device into the receiving space of the suction cleaning device exhibit. In addition, the suction cleaning device and the suction cleaning device are designed to correspond to each other so that when the suction cleaning device is docked at the interface of the suction cleaning device, a housing opening of the suction cleaning device is congruent with the interface of the suction cleaning device. At least one overlap of corresponding housing openings of the suction material collecting station and the suction cleaning device is provided in such a way that the filter chamber can be transferred from the suction cleaning device to the receiving space of the suction material collecting station without any obstacles. With regard to the system according to the invention, the advantages and features described above with regard to the suction material collecting station and, if applicable, the suction cleaning device apply. To avoid repetition, reference is made to the above explanations.

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Im Folgenden wird die Erfindung anhand von Ausführungsbeispielen näher erläutert. Es zeigen:

Fig. 1
eine erfindungsgemäße Sauggutsammelstation,
Fig. 2
ein Saugreinigungsgerät,
Fig. 3
ein System aus einer Sauggutsammelstation und einem Saugreinigungsgerät mit einer Filterkammer gemäß einem Längsschnitt,
Fig. 4
das System gemäß Fig. 3 bei einer Verlagerung der Filterkammer des Saugreinigungsgerätes in die Sauggutsammelstation,
Fig. 5
das System gemäß den Fig. 3 und 4 nach Entleeren der Filterkammer des Saugreinigungsgerätes,
Fig. 6
ein System aus einer Sauggutsammelstation und einem Saugreinigungsgerät gemäß einer alternativen Ausführungsform.
The invention is explained in more detail below on the basis of exemplary embodiments. Show it:
Fig. 1
a suction material collecting station according to the invention,
Fig. 2
a vacuum cleaner,
Fig. 3
a system of a suction collection station and a suction cleaning device with a filter chamber according to a longitudinal section,
Fig. 4
the system according to Fig. 3 if the filter chamber of the vacuum cleaning device is relocated to the vacuum collection station,
Fig. 5
the system according to the Figures 3 and 4 after emptying the filter chamber of the vacuum cleaning device,
Fig. 6
a system comprising a suction material collecting station and a suction cleaning device according to an alternative embodiment.

Beschreibung der AusführungsformenDescription of the embodiments

Figur 1 zeigt beispielhaft eine mögliche Ausführungsform einer erfindungsgemäßen Sauggutsammelstation 1. Die Sauggutsammelstation 1 dient hier als Andockstation für ein in Figur 2 näher dargestelltes Saugreinigungsgerät 2, welches als sich selbsttätig fortbewegender Roboter ausgebildet ist. Von außen betrachtet weist die Sauggutsammelstation 1 ein Stationsgehäuse 23 mit einer Schnittstelle 4 zum Anschluss des Saugreinigungsgerätes 2 auf. Die Schnittstelle 4 weist ein Verschlusselement 21, nämlich hier ein nach oben verlagerbares Schiebeelement, auf, welches in einem Zustand, in welchem die Sauggutsammelstation 1 nicht in Benutzung ist, eine Kammerseite 8 verschließt. Die Schnittstelle 4 gibt bei geöffneter Kammerseite 8 einen Blick in einen Aufnahmeraum 5 frei, welcher zur Aufnahme einer Filterkammer 6 (siehe Fig. 2) des Saugreinigungsgerätes 2 dient. Der Aufnahmeraum 5 weist eine Zuführeinrichtung 7 mit einer als Spindel ausgebildeten Führungseinrichtung 9 und einer Antriebseinrichtung 10 auf. Die Antriebseinrichtung 10 ist hier ein Elektromotor. Des Weiteren verfügt die Führungseinrichtung 9 über ein Verbindungselement 22, welches zum Ergreifen der Filterkammer 6 dient. Das Verbindungselement 22 ist hier als Rastelement ausgebildet, das in ein korrespondierendes Element der Filterkammer 6 eingreifen kann. Bevorzugt verfügt die Zuführeinrichtung 7 über zwei Führungseinrichtungen 9. Die Verbindungselemente 22 und die Antriebseinrichtung 10 befinden sich an gegenüberliegenden Endbereichen der Führungseinrichtung 9. Das Stationsgehäuse 23 hat einen Sammelbehälterzugang 20, welcher in einem geöffneten Zustand einen Zugriff auf einen Sauggutsammelbehälter 3 erlaubt. Figure 1 shows an example of a possible embodiment of a suction material collecting station 1 according to the invention. The suction material collecting station 1 serves here as a docking station for an in Figure 2 suction cleaning device 2 shown in more detail, which is designed as an automatically moving robot. Viewed from the outside, the suction material collecting station 1 has a station housing 23 with an interface 4 for connecting the suction cleaning device 2. The interface 4 has a closure element 21, namely here an upwardly displaceable sliding element, which closes a chamber side 8 in a state in which the suction material collecting station 1 is not in use. When the chamber side 8 is open, the interface 4 reveals a view into a receiving space 5, which is used to accommodate a filter chamber 6 (see FIG Fig. 2 ) of the vacuum cleaning device 2 is used. The receiving space 5 has a feed device 7 with a guide device 9 designed as a spindle and a drive device 10. The drive device 10 is an electric motor here. The guide device 9 also has a connecting element 22 which is used to grip the filter chamber 6. The connecting element 22 is designed here as a latching element which can engage in a corresponding element of the filter chamber 6. The feed device 7 preferably has two guide devices 9. The connecting elements 22 and the drive device 10 are located at opposite end regions of the guide device 9. The station housing 23 has a collecting container access 20, which allows access to a suction material collecting container 3 in an open state.

Figur 2 zeigt ein Saugreinigungsgerät 2, welches hier als sich selbsttätig fortbewegender Roboter ausgebildet ist. Das Saugreinigungsgerät 2 verfügt über ein Gehäuse 18 mit einem Verschlusselement 27, eine Saugdüse 14, eine Filterkammer 6 mit einem Filterelement 26 und einem Filterkammerverschlusselement 32, ein Gebläse 15 und einen Elektromotor 16 zum Antrieb des Gebläses 15. Die Filterkammer 6 ist verschiebbar an Führungseinrichtungen 31 gelagert und kann bei geöffnetem Verschlusselement 27 - der Rückstellkraft eines Federelementes 30 folgend - aus dem Gehäuse 18 des Saugreinigungsgerätes 2 herausverlagert werden. Der Saugdüse 14 ist ein Reinigungselement 24 zugeordnet, welches hier eine rotierbare Bürste ist, die um eine im Wesentlichen horizontale Achse rotiert. Des Weiteren verfügt das Saugreinigungsgerät 2 über Räder 25 zum Antrieb des Saugreinigungsgerätes 2 und eine hier nicht näher dargestellte Navigationseinrichtung, welche der Navigation und Selbstlokalisierung des Saugreinigungsgerätes 2 innerhalb einer Umgebung dient. Der Navigationseinrichtung sind vorteilhaft Sensoren (ebenfalls nicht dargestellt) zugeordnet, welche beispielsweise Abstände zu Hindernissen messen können. Auf der Basis der ermittelten Abstände kann die Navigationseinrichtung eine Umgebungskarte erstellen, anhand welcher sich das Saugreinigungsgerät 2 innerhalb der Umgebung orientieren und selbstlokalisieren kann. Figure 2 shows a vacuum cleaning device 2, which is designed here as an automatically moving robot. The vacuum cleaning device 2 has a housing 18 with a closure element 27, a suction nozzle 14, a filter chamber 6 with a filter element 26 and a filter chamber closure element 32, a fan 15 and an electric motor 16 for driving the fan 15. The filter chamber 6 is displaceable on guide devices 31 and can be displaced out of the housing 18 of the vacuum cleaning device 2 when the closure element 27 is open - following the restoring force of a spring element 30. The suction nozzle 14 is assigned a cleaning element 24, which here is a rotatable brush that rotates about an essentially horizontal axis. Furthermore, the vacuum cleaning device 2 has wheels 25 for driving the vacuum cleaning device 2 and a navigation device, not shown here, which is used for navigation and self-localization of the vacuum cleaning device 2 within an environment. The navigation device is advantageously assigned sensors (also not shown), which can measure distances to obstacles, for example. On the basis of the determined distances, the navigation device can create a map of the surroundings, on the basis of which the vacuum cleaning device 2 can orient itself within the surroundings and localize itself.

Während eines üblichen Saugbetriebs funktioniert das Saugreinigungsgerät 2 so, dass der Elektromotor 16 das Gebläse 15 antreibt, so dass ein Unterdruck entsteht, welcher das Filterkammerverschlusselement 32 öffnet und Sauggut von einer zu reinigenden Fläche in die Filterkammer 6 einsaugt. In der angesaugten Luft enthaltenes Sauggut verbleibt in der Filterkammer 6 bzw. an dem Filterelement 26, so dass ausschließlich gereinigte Luft weiter zu dem Gebläse 15 und dem Elektromotor 16 strömen kann.During normal vacuum operation, the vacuum cleaning device 2 functions in such a way that the electric motor 16 drives the fan 15, so that a negative pressure is created which opens the filter chamber closure element 32 and sucks suction material into the filter chamber 6 from a surface to be cleaned. Suction material contained in the sucked in air remains in the filter chamber 6 or on the filter element 26, so that only cleaned air can flow on to the fan 15 and the electric motor 16.

Figur 3 zeigt beispielhaft ein System aus einem Saugreinigungsgerät 2 und einer beispielhaften Sauggutsammelstation 1. Das Saugreinigungsgerät 2 ist an die Sauggutsammelstation 1 angedockt, wozu nicht weiter dargestellte Einrichtungen vorgesehen sein können, die eine ungewollte Positionsänderung des Saugreinigungsgerätes 2 verhindern und dafür sorgen, dass sich die Stellung des Saugreinigungsgerätes 2 relativ zu der Sauggutsammelstation 1 während der Übergabe der Filterkammer 6 an die Sauggutsammelstation 1 nicht verändert. Wie erkennbar, weist die Sauggutsammelstation 1 neben dem Aufnahmeraum 5 einen Sauggutsammelbehälter 3 in Form eines Filterbeutels 19 auf, welcher der Aufnahme von Sauggut aus der Filterkammer 6 dient. Die Sauggutsammelstation 1 verfügt des Weiteren über ein Stationsgebläse 12, welches hier in einem Luftströmungskanal 11 angeordnet ist, der mittels des Stationsgebläses 12 mit Unterdruck beaufschlagt wird. Bei Betrieb des Stationsgebläses 12 wird der Aufnahmeraum 5 mit Unterdruck beaufschlagt, so dass Luft aus Richtung des Aufnahmeraumes 5 zu dem Stationsgebläse 12 strömt. Das in der Saugluft vorhandene Sauggut wird innerhalb des Filterbeutels 19 gesammelt, so dass ausschließlich gereinigte Luft weiter zu dem Stationsgebläse 12 strömen kann. Figure 3 shows an example of a system consisting of a suction cleaning device 2 and an exemplary suction cleaning device 1. The suction cleaning device 2 is docked to the suction cleaning device 1, for which devices not shown can be provided that prevent an undesired change in position of the suction cleaning device 2 and ensure that the position of the Suction cleaning device 2 relative to the suction collecting station 1 during the transfer of the filter chamber 6 to the suction collecting station 1 is not changed. As can be seen, in addition to the receiving space 5, the suction material collecting station 1 has a suction material collecting container 3 in the form of a filter bag 19, which is used to receive suction material from the filter chamber 6. The suction material collecting station 1 also has a station fan 12, which is arranged here in an air flow duct 11 to which negative pressure is applied by means of the station fan 12. When the station fan 12 is in operation, the receiving space 5 is subjected to negative pressure, so that air flows from the direction of the receiving space 5 to the station fan 12. The suction material present in the suction air is collected inside the filter bag 19 so that only cleaned air can flow on to the station fan 12.

Die Funktionsweise des Systems aus der Sauggutsammelstation 1 und dem damit verbundenen Saugreinigungsgerät 2 wird im Folgenden mit Bezug zu den Figuren 3 bis 5 näher dargestellt.The functioning of the system comprising the suction collection station 1 and the suction cleaning device 2 connected to it is described below with reference to FIGS Figures 3 to 5 shown in more detail.

Zunächst dockt das Saugreinigungsgerät 2 wie beschrieben an der Schnittstelle 4 der Sauggutsammelstation 1 an. Dabei werden beispielsweise mittels Kontaktschaltern die Verschlusselemente 21 und 27 der Sauggutsammelstation 1 und des Saugreinigungsgerätes 2 geöffnet, so dass die Filterkammer 6 des Saugreinigungsgerätes 2 in den Aufnahmeraum 5 der Sauggutsammelstation 1 überführt werden kann. Durch die Rückstellkraft des Federelementes 30 des Saugreinigungsgerätes 2 wird die Filterkammer 6 ein Stück weit aus dem Gehäuse 18 des Saugreinigungsgerätes 2 herausgeschoben, bis die Filterkammer 6 in Kontakt mit dem Verbindungselement 22 der Sauggutsammelstation 1 gelangt. Beispielsweise können korrespondierende Rastelemente der Zuführeinrichtung 7 der Sauggutsammelstation 1 und der Filterkammer 6 miteinander verrasten. Anschließend wird die als Elektromotor 16 ausgebildete Antriebseinrichtung 10 betätigt, um die Führungseinrichtung 9, nämlich hier die Spindel, anzutreiben. Dadurch werden die an der Spindel angeordneten Verbindungselemente 22 mitsamt der daran befestigten Filterkammer 6 aus dem Saugreinigungsgerät 2 in den Aufnahmeraum 5 verlagert, bis die Filterkammer 6 gegen einen Endanschlag 29 des Aufnahmeraumes 5 stößt. Die Lage der Filterkammer 6 an dem Endanschlag 29 ist in Figur 4 dargestellt. Das Anschlagen der Filterkammer 6 an dem Endanschlag 29 kann den Betrieb des Stationsgebläses 23 steuern, so dass der Aufnahmeraum 5 bzw. die darin befindliche Filterkammer 6 mit Unterdruck beaufschlagt wird. Ebenso kann dadurch ein Öffnen des Filterkammerverschlusselementes 32 erfolgen. In der Filterkammer 6 befindliches Sauggut gelangt durch die Filterkammeröffnung 28 hindurch in den Filterbeutel 19 des Sauggutsammelbehälters 3. Der Aufnahmeraum 5 ist zudem in der gezeigten üblichen Orientierung der Sauggutsammelstation 1 über dem Sauggutsammelbehälter 3 angeordnet, so dass das Sauggut ebenfalls unterstützt durch die an dem Sauggut angreifende Schwerkraft nach unten, d. h. in Richtung des Sauggutsammelbehälters 3 fällt. Gemäß einer weiteren Ausgestaltung kann vorgesehen sein, dass die Überführung des Sauggutes ganz ohne das Stationsgebläse 12 erfolgt, nämlich ausschließlich durch Schwerkraft bedingte Verlagerung des Sauggutes. Die bei dem Betrieb des Stationsgebläses 12 auftretenden Geräusche sind in der Umgebung außerhalb der Sauggutsammelstation 1 nur in geringem Maße von einem Nutzer wahrnehmbar, da der Aufnahmeraum 5 der Sauggutsammelstation 1 die Filterkammer 6 bis auf die in Richtung des Saugreinigungsgerätes 2 weisende Kammerseite 8 vollständig umgibt und die Kammerseite 8 des Weiteren durch das an die Schnittstelle 4 angedockte Saugreinigungsgerät 2 verdeckt ist. Zusätzlich könnte jedoch auch vorgesehen sein, dass die Kammerseite 8 durch das Verschlusselement 21 des Aufnahmeraums 5 wieder verschlossen wird, bevor die Entleerung des Filterraums 6 erfolgt. In jedem Fall ist sichergestellt, dass aus der Filterkammer 6 herausverlagertes Sauggut nicht durch die Schnittstelle 4 in die Umgebung gelangen kann.First, the vacuum cleaning device 2 docks to the interface 4 of the suction material collecting station 1 as described. Here, for example, the closure elements 21 and 27 of the suction material collecting station are activated by means of contact switches 1 and the suction cleaning device 2 are opened, so that the filter chamber 6 of the suction cleaning device 2 can be transferred into the receiving space 5 of the suction material collecting station 1. The restoring force of the spring element 30 of the vacuum cleaning device 2 pushes the filter chamber 6 a little way out of the housing 18 of the vacuum cleaning device 2 until the filter chamber 6 comes into contact with the connecting element 22 of the suction material collecting station 1. For example, corresponding locking elements of the feed device 7 of the suction material collecting station 1 and the filter chamber 6 can lock with one another. The drive device 10, which is designed as an electric motor 16, is then actuated in order to drive the guide device 9, namely the spindle here. As a result, the connecting elements 22 arranged on the spindle together with the filter chamber 6 attached to it are displaced from the vacuum cleaning device 2 into the receiving space 5 until the filter chamber 6 hits an end stop 29 of the receiving space 5. The position of the filter chamber 6 at the end stop 29 is shown in FIG Figure 4 shown. The impact of the filter chamber 6 on the end stop 29 can control the operation of the station fan 23 so that the receiving space 5 or the filter chamber 6 located therein is subjected to negative pressure. The filter chamber closure element 32 can also be opened as a result. Suction material located in the filter chamber 6 passes through the filter chamber opening 28 into the filter bag 19 of the suction material collecting container 3. The receiving space 5 is also arranged in the usual orientation of the suction material collecting station 1 shown above the suction material collecting container 3, so that the suction material is also supported by the suction material attacking gravity downwards, ie falls in the direction of the suction container 3. According to a further embodiment it can be provided that the transfer of the suction material takes place entirely without the station blower 12, namely exclusively displacement of the suction material caused by gravity. The noises occurring during the operation of the station blower 12 are only slightly perceptible to a user in the environment outside the suction material collecting station 1, since the receiving space 5 of the suction material collecting station 1 completely surrounds the filter chamber 6 except for the chamber side 8 pointing in the direction of the vacuum cleaning device 2 and the chamber side 8 is also covered by the vacuum cleaning device 2 docked at the interface 4. In addition, however, it could also be provided that the chamber side 8 is closed again by the closure element 21 of the receiving space 5 before the filter space 6 is emptied. In any case, it is ensured that suction material displaced out of the filter chamber 6 cannot pass through the interface 4 into the environment.

Um eine Störung durch die bei der Entleerung mittels des Stationsgebläses 12 auftretenden Geräusche weiter zu reduzieren, kann vorgesehen sein, dass ein Entleeren der Filterkammer 6 mittels des Stationsgebläses 12 zeitlich erst dann erfolgt, wenn ein Nutzer nicht mehr in der Umgebung der Sauggutsammelstation 1 anwesend ist. Zudem kann mit Hilfe von Drucksensoren 13, welche in dem Luftströmungskanal 11 der Sauggutsammelstation 1 vor und hinter dem Aufnahmeraum 5 angeordnet sind, ein Druckverlust über der Filterkammer 6 inklusive des Filterelementes 26 ermittelt werden. Sofern die Drucksensoren 13 einen relativ hohen Druckverlust (verglichen mit einem Referenzwert) ermitteln, kann beispielsweise vorgesehen sein, dass ein Absaugen der Filterkammer 6 mittels des Stationsgebläses 12 sofort erfolgen darf. Wenn der Druckverlust demgegenüber jedoch geringer ist, kann vorgesehen sein, dass der Betrieb des Stationsgebläses 12 zunächst vorgemerkt wird und erst dann erfolgt, wenn der Nutzer nicht mehr anwesend ist.In order to further reduce interference caused by the noises occurring during emptying by means of the station fan 12, it can be provided that the filter chamber 6 is only emptied by means of the station fan 12 when a user is no longer present in the vicinity of the suction collection station 1 . In addition, a pressure loss across the filter chamber 6 including the filter element 26 can be determined with the aid of pressure sensors 13, which are arranged in the air flow channel 11 of the suction material collecting station 1 in front of and behind the receiving space 5. If the pressure sensors 13 determine a relatively high pressure loss (compared to a reference value), it can be provided, for example, that the filter chamber 6 can be sucked off immediately by means of the station fan 12. If, however, the pressure loss is lower, it can be provided that the operation of the station blower 12 is first noted and only takes place when the user is no longer present.

Nachdem das Sauggut von der Filterkammer 6 in den Filterbeutel 19 des Sauggutsammelbehälters 3 überführt wurde, wird die Führungseinrichtung 9 mittels der Antriebseinrichtung 10, d. h. hier die Spindel mittels des Elektromotors 16, in umgekehrte Richtung bewegt, so dass die Verbindungselemente 22 mit der daran angeordneten Filterkammer 6 ausgehend von dem Aufnahmeraum 5 durch die Schnittstelle 4 hindurch in Richtung des Saugreinigungsgerätes 2 hinein verlagert werden. Die Filterkammer 6 wird somit in umgekehrter Richtung wieder vollständig in das Gehäuse 18 des Saugreinigungsgerätes 2 verlagert, bis diese ihre Endstellung erreicht hat. Sodann werden die Verschlusselemente 21, 27 der Sauggutsammelstation 1 und des Saugreinigungsgerätes 2 wieder geschlossen und das Saugreinigungsgerät 2 steht für einen erneuten Saugbetrieb zur Verfügung. Die betriebsbereite Stellung des Saugreinigungsgerätes 2 nach Reinigung der Filterkammer 6 ergibt sich im Anschluss an die in Figur 5 dargestellte Situation.After the suction material has been transferred from the filter chamber 6 into the filter bag 19 of the suction material collecting container 3, the guide device 9 is moved in the opposite direction by means of the drive device 10, ie here the spindle by means of the electric motor 16, so that the connecting elements 22 with the filter chamber 6 arranged thereon, starting from the receiving space 5, through the interface 4 in the direction of the vacuum cleaning device 2. The filter chamber 6 is thus completely displaced in the opposite direction into the housing 18 of the vacuum cleaning device 2 until it has reached its end position. The closure elements 21, 27 of the suction material collecting station 1 and of the suction cleaning device 2 are then closed again and the suction cleaning device 2 is available for a new suction operation. The ready-for-operation position of the vacuum cleaning device 2 after cleaning the filter chamber 6 results from the in Figure 5 depicted situation.

Figur 6 zeigt eine weitere Ausführungsform eines erfindungsgemäßen Saugreinigungsgerätes 2 in einer Schnittansicht. Das dort dargestellte Saugreinigungsgerät 2 verfügt über eine eigene Verlagerungseinrichtung 17, die die Filterkammer 6 aus dem Gehäuse 18 des Saugreinigungsgerätes 2 herausverlagern kann. Die Verlagerungseinrichtung 17 besteht hier beispielsweise aus einer Antriebseinrichtung 10 und einer Führungseinrichtung 9 (Spindel), die bei Kontakt des Saugreinigungsgerätes 2 mit der Schnittstelle 4 der Sauggutsammelstation 1 aus dem Saugreinigungsgerät 2 herausverlagert wird. Der Verlagerungseinrichtung 17 sind hier des Weiteren als Schienenelemente ausgebildete Führungseinrichtungen 31 zugeordnet, an welchen die Filterkammer 6 entlang gleiten kann. Figure 6 shows a further embodiment of a vacuum cleaning device 2 according to the invention in a sectional view. The vacuum cleaning device 2 shown there has its own displacement device 17 which can move the filter chamber 6 out of the housing 18 of the vacuum cleaning device 2. The displacement device 17 consists here, for example, of a drive device 10 and a guide device 9 (spindle), which is displaced out of the vacuum cleaning device 2 when the vacuum cleaning device 2 comes into contact with the interface 4 of the suction material collecting station 1. The displacement device 17 is also assigned guide devices 31 designed as rail elements, along which the filter chamber 6 can slide.

Alternativ oder zusätzlich kann die Verlagerungseinrichtung 17 auch ein Federelement 30 (siehe Fig. 2) aufweisen. Eine Freigabe des gespannten Federelementes 30 kann automatisch bei Kontakt des Saugreinigungsgerätes 2 mit der Sauggutsammelstation 1 ausgelöst werden. Dabei löst sich ein nicht weiter dargestelltes Rückhaltesystem, beispielsweise eine Verrastung in dem Saugreinigungsgerät 2, so dass das Federelement 30 die Filterkammer 6 in die Sauggutsammelstation 1 hineindrücken kann. Die Verlagerung der Filterkammer 6 durch das Federelement 30 erfolgt dabei zumindest so weit, dass die Filterkammer 6 in Kontakt mit beispielsweise Verbindungselementen 22 einer Zuführeinrichtung 7 der Sauggutsammelstation 1 gelangt und die Verlagerungsbewegung somit durch die Antriebseinrichtung 10 der Sauggutsammelstation 1 fortgesetzt werden kann. Alternativ kann die Filterkammer 6 jedoch auch ausschließlich mittels der Verlagerungseinrichtung 17 des Saugreinigungsgerätes 2 bis zum Endanschlag 29 der Sauggutsammelstation 1 verlagert werden, so dass die Sauggutsammelstation 1 selbst keine Zuführeinrichtung 7 aufweisen muss. Liste der Bezugszeichen 1 Sauggutsammelstation 26 Filterelement 2 Saugreinigungsgerät 27 Verschlusselement 3 Sauggutsammelbehälter 28 Filterkammeröffnung 4 Schnittstelle 29 Endanschlag 5 Aufnahmeraum 30 Federelement 6 Filterkammer 31 Führungseinrichtung 7 Zuführeinrichtung 32 Filterkammerverschlusselement 8 Kammerseite 9 Führungseinrichtung 10 Antriebseinrichtung 11 Luftströmungskanal 12 Stationsgebläse 13 Drucksensor 14 Saugdüse 15 Gebläse 16 Elektromotor 17 Verlagerungseinrichtung 18 Gehäuse 19 Filterbeutel 20 Sammelbehälterzugang 21 Verschlusselement 22 Verbindungselement 23 Stationsgehäuse 24 Reinigungselement 25 Rad Alternatively or in addition, the displacement device 17 can also be a spring element 30 (see Fig. 2 ) exhibit. A release of the tensioned spring element 30 can be triggered automatically when the vacuum cleaning device 2 comes into contact with the suction material collecting station 1. In the process, a restraint system (not shown further) is released, for example a latching in the vacuum cleaning device 2, so that the spring element 30 moves the filter chamber 6 into the suction material collecting station 1 can push in. The displacement of the filter chamber 6 by the spring element 30 takes place at least so far that the filter chamber 6 comes into contact with, for example, connecting elements 22 of a feed device 7 of the suction material collecting station 1 and the displacement movement can thus be continued by the drive device 10 of the suction material collecting station 1. Alternatively, however, the filter chamber 6 can also be shifted exclusively by means of the displacement device 17 of the vacuum cleaning device 2 to the end stop 29 of the suction material collecting station 1, so that the suction material collecting station 1 itself does not have to have a supply device 7. <b> List of reference signs </b> 1 Suction collection station 26th Filter element 2 Vacuum cleaning device 27 Closure element 3 Suction collection container 28 Filter chamber opening 4th interface 29 End stop 5 Recording room 30th Spring element 6th Filter chamber 31 Guide device 7th Feeding device 32 Filter chamber closure element 8th Chamber side 9 Guide device 10 Drive device 11 Air flow duct 12 Station blower 13 Pressure sensor 14th Suction nozzle 15th fan 16 Electric motor 17th Relocation facility 18th casing 19th Filter bags 20th Collection container access 21st Closure element 22nd Connecting element 23 Station housing 24 Cleaning element 25th wheel

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Sauggutsammelstation (1) zur Übernahme von Sauggut von einem Saugreinigungsgerät (2), wobei die Sauggutsammelstation (1) einen Sauggutsammelbehälter (3) und eine Schnittstelle (4) zum Verbinden des Saugreinigungsgerätes (2) mit der Sauggutsammelstation (1) aufweist, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Sauggutsammelstation (1) einen Aufnahmeraum (5) zur Aufnahme einer Filterkammer (6) eines mit der Sauggutsammelstation (1) verbundenen Saugreinigungsgerätes (2) und eine Zuführeinrichtung (7) zum Zuführen der Filterkammer (6) in den Aufnahmeraum (5) aufweist, wobei der Aufnahmeraum (5) ausgebildet ist, die Filterkammer (6) vollständig zu umfangen und/oder höchstens eine an der Schnittstelle (4) zu dem Saugreinigungsgerät (2) gewandte Kammerseite (8) nicht zu umfangen, wobei der Aufnahmeraum (5) ein Teilvolumen innerhalb des Gehäuses der Sauggutsammelstation (1) bildet, und wobei die Zuführeinrichtung (7) eingerichtet ist, die Filterkammer (6) aus dem Saugreinigungsgerät (2) zu entnehmen und in den Aufnahmeraum (5) zu verlagern.Suction material collecting station (1) for taking over suction material from a suction cleaning device (2), wherein the suction material collecting station (1) has a suction material collecting container (3) and an interface (4) for connecting the suction cleaning device (2) to the suction material collecting station (1), characterized in that that the suction collecting station (1) has a receiving space (5) for receiving a filter chamber (6) of a suction cleaning device (2) connected to the suction collecting station (1) and a feed device (7) for feeding the filter chamber (6) into the receiving space (5) , wherein the receiving space (5) is designed to completely surround the filter chamber (6) and / or not to surround at most one side of the chamber (8) facing the vacuum cleaning device (2) at the interface (4), the receiving space (5) forms a partial volume within the housing of the suction collecting station (1), and wherein the feed device (7) is set up to remove the filter chamber (6) from the suction cleaning device (2) and to move into the receiving space (5). Sauggutsammelstation (1) nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Zuführeinrichtung (7) eine Führungseinrichtung (9) zur Führung einer Verlagerungsbewegung der Filterkammer (6) in den Aufnahmeraum (5) und/oder eine Antriebseinrichtung (10) zum Verlagern der Filterkammer (6) aufweist.Suction material collecting station (1) according to claim 1, characterized in that the feed device (7) has a guide device (9) for guiding a displacement movement of the filter chamber (6) into the receiving space (5) and / or a drive device (10) for moving the filter chamber ( 6). Sauggutsammelstation (1) nach Anspruch 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Führungseinrichtung (9) eine Führungskulisse und/oder eine Führungsschiene und/oder eine Führungsspindel aufweist.Suction material collecting station (1) according to claim 2, characterized in that the guide device (9) has a guide slot and / or a guide rail and / or a guide spindle. Sauggutsammelstation (1) nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Aufnahmeraum (5) bezogen auf eine übliche Gebrauchsorientierung der Sauggutsammelstation (1) über dem Sauggutsammelbehälter (3) angeordnet ist, so dass Sauggut der Schwerkraft folgend aus einer in dem Aufnahmeraum (5) angeordneten Filterkammer (6) in den Sauggutsammelbehälter (3) fallen kann.Suction material collecting station (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the receiving space (5) is arranged above the suction material collecting container (3) in relation to a normal usage orientation of the suction material collecting station (1), so that suction material, following the force of gravity, is discharged from a receiving space ( 5) arranged filter chamber (6) can fall into the suction collection container (3). Sauggutsammelstation (1) nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Aufnahmeraum (5) in einem Luftströmungskanal (11) der Sauggutsammelstation (1) angeordnet ist.Suction material collecting station (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the receiving space (5) is arranged in an air flow channel (11) of the suction material collecting station (1). Sauggutsammelstation (1) nach Anspruch 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass dem Luftströmungskanal (11) ein Stationsgebläse (12) zugeordnet ist, welches eingerichtet ist, einen Unterdruck in dem Aufnahmeraum (5) zu erzeugen.Suction material collecting station (1) according to claim 5, characterized in that the air flow channel (11) is assigned a station fan (12) which is set up to generate a negative pressure in the receiving space (5). Sauggutsammelstation (1) nach Anspruch 5 oder 6, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Luftströmungskanal (11) in Strömungsrichtung vor und hinter dem Aufnahmeraum (5) jeweils einen Drucksensor (13) aufweist.Suction material collecting station (1) according to claim 5 or 6, characterized in that the air flow channel (11) has a pressure sensor (13) in front of and behind the receiving space (5) in the direction of flow. System aus einer gemäß einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 7 ausgebildeten Sauggutsammelstation (1) und einem Saugreinigungsgerät (2) mit einem Gehäuse (18), einer Saugdüse (14), einer Filterkammer (6), einem Gebläse (15) und einem Elektromotor (16) zum Antrieb des Gebläses (15), dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Zuführeinrichtung (7) der Sauggutsammelstation (1) eingerichtet ist, die Filterkammer (6) aus dem Saugreinigungsgerät (2) zu entnehmen und in den Aufnahmeraum (5) zu verlagern, und/oder dass das Saugreinigungsgerät (2) eine Verlagerungseinrichtung (17) aufweist, welche eingerichtet ist, die Filterkammer (6) aus dem Gehäuse (18) des Saugreinigungsgerätes (2) heraus zu verlagern, wobei das Saugreinigungsgerät (2) so an der Schnittstelle (4) der Sauggutsammelstation (1) anordenbar ist, dass der Aufnahmeraum (5) der Sauggutsammelstation (1) und ein die Filterkammer (6) aufweisender Teilbereich des Saugreinigungsgerätes (2) miteinander verbunden sind.System comprising a suction material collecting station (1) designed according to one of Claims 1 to 7 and a suction cleaning device (2) with a housing (18), a suction nozzle (14), a filter chamber (6), a fan (15) and an electric motor (16) ) for driving the fan (15), characterized in that the feed device (7) of the suction material collecting station (1) is set up to remove the filter chamber (6) from the suction cleaning device (2) and to move it into the receiving space (5), and / or that the vacuum cleaning device (2) has a displacement device (17) which is set up to remove the filter chamber (6) from the To move the housing (18) of the suction cleaning device (2) out, whereby the suction cleaning device (2) can be arranged at the interface (4) of the suction material collecting station (1) so that the receiving space (5) of the suction material collecting station (1) and a filter chamber ( 6) having part of the vacuum cleaning device (2) are connected to one another.
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