KR20120129187A

KR20120129187A - robot cleaner

Info

Publication number: KR20120129187A
Application number: KR1020110047288A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 어수곤
Original assignee: 어수곤
Priority date: 2011-05-19
Filing date: 2011-05-19
Publication date: 2012-11-28

Abstract

PURPOSE: A robot cleaner with a rag is provided to make a room cleaner by replacing a dirty rag with a clean rag while cleaning a room. CONSTITUTION: A robot cleaner with a rag comprises a cleaner body(10), a rag cartridge(30), a cartridge driving unit, a water storage unit, a water supply unit, and a cartridge fixing unit. The rag cartridge continuously replaces a dirty rag with a clean rag. The cartridge driving unit drives the rag cartridge so that the rag cartridge continuously supplies a clean rag. The water storage unit holds water for wetting the rag. The water supply unit provides the water in the water storage unit to the rag. The cartridge fixing unit maintains the coupling state between the rag cartridge and a groove(14).

Description

Mop robot cleaner

The present invention relates to a robot cleaner, and more particularly, to a mop robot cleaner capable of cleaning the mop while replacing the dirty mop with a clean mop.

A robot cleaner is a device that cleans around while grasping the surroundings and removes dust and small foreign matter accumulated on the floor. Such a robot cleaner has been in the spotlight as a product necessary for modern people who are busy at the same time pursuing convenience.

By the way, the robot cleaner can remove the dust or foreign substances that are easily separated from the floor, but the dust or oil stuck to the floor, food waste, etc. cannot be removed. Therefore, robot cleaners in Korea's housing culture, which took off their shoes, had no choice but to be an aid.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a mop robot cleaner that can implement a clean environment by performing a mop cleaning to remove dust, grease, food waste, etc. stuck to the floor. .

In order to achieve the above object, the mop robot cleaner according to the present invention,

A pair of driving wheels 11 and 12 driven by a driving motor are installed on the floor, a plurality of sensors 13 for moving direction guides are installed, and a cleaning main body having a detachable groove 14 open to the top. 10; Mop cartridge 30 that is detached to the removable groove 14, the mop cartridge 30 to replace the dirty mop 21 'with a clean mop 21 "by cleaning the floor of the room; the mop cartridge 30 is the mop A cartridge driver for driving 21 'to be replaced with a clean mop 21 " A water reservoir (50) storing water for wetting the mop (21 ') (21 "); and a water supply unit (60) for supplying water from the water reservoir (50) to the mop (21); It is characterized by.

In the present invention, the mop cartridge 30 further comprises a cartridge fixing portion 70 for maintaining the coupled state when coupled to the removable groove (14).

In the present invention, the mop cartridge 30, the body 31 to be fitted into the removable groove 14, the contact plate 32 is installed on the bottom of the body 31, and the body 31 The mop roll receiving groove 33 in which the mop roll 20 wound up as the mop 21 is formed and formed on the other side of the body 31, and the mop 21 'that is soiled by being used on the other side of the body 31 are recovered. Mop collecting groove 34 and the mop feeding portion for supplying the mop passing through the bottom of the contact plate 32, the mop roll receiving groove 33 to the mop collecting groove 34. At this time, it further comprises a cutter 35 for cutting and removing the dirty rag 21 'installed and recovered in the rag recovery groove 34.

In the present invention, it further includes a spring 38 for elastically pressing the contact plate 32 in the direction of the floor in order to closely contact the mop (21 ') (21 ") to the floor.

In the present invention, the trash feed portion, rotatably installed in front of the body 31, the plunger roller 36 and a plurality of projections (36a) formed on the surface thereof, and the trash feed roller 36 And a guide surface 37 on which the dirty mop 21 'is transported.

In the present invention, the cartridge drive unit, the first gear 41 and the detachable groove 14 is axially coupled to the roller feed roller 36, the mop cartridge 30 is installed in the removable groove ( A second gear 42 geared to the first gear 41 when coupled to the first gear 41; and a driving motor 43 installed on the cleaning main body 10 to rotate the second gear 42; It includes.

In the present invention, the water reservoir 50 and the water supply unit 60 is built in the mop cartridge (30).

According to the mop robot cleaner according to the present application, it is possible to implement a clean environment by removing dust and grease, food debris stuck to the floor while moving by itself.

In addition, during the cleaning, dirty mop surface is replaced with a clean mop surface, there is an action and effect that can enable a cleaner mop cleaning.

1 is a perspective view for explaining the configuration of the mop robot cleaner according to the present invention;
Figure 2 is a rear view of the mop robot cleaner of Figure 1,
3 is a side view of the mop robot cleaner of FIG.
4 is a view for explaining and explaining the mop cartridge of 1,
FIG. 5 is a view for explaining a state in which a mop is connected to the mop cartridge of FIG.
6 is a view for explaining the internal configuration of the mop cartridge of FIG.
7 is a view for explaining an adhesive plate of the mop cartridge of FIG.
8 is a view for explaining the cartridge fixing portion to maintain the state of the mop cartridge of Figure 1 coupled to the removable groove.

Hereinafter, a mop robot cleaner according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a perspective view for explaining the configuration of the mop robot cleaner according to the present invention, Figure 2 is a rear view of the mop robot cleaner of Figure 1, Figure 3 is a side view of the mop robot cleaner of FIG. 4 is an explanatory view for explaining and extracting the mop cartridge of Figure 1, Figure 5 is a view for explaining a state in which the mop is connected to the mop cartridge in Figure 4 in the orbit, Figure 6 is the mop cartridge of Figure 5 Figure 7 is a view for explaining the internal configuration of, Figure 7 is a view for explaining the contact plate of the mop cartridge of Figure 5, Figure 8 is a cartridge fixing part for maintaining the state coupled to the removable groove of the mop cartridge of Figure 1 It is a figure for demonstrating.

As shown, the mop robot cleaner according to the present invention, a pair of drive wheels 11, 12 driven by a drive motor is installed on the floor, a plurality of sensors 13 for the movement direction guide is installed A cleaning main body 10 formed with a detachable groove 14 open to an upper portion and a cover (not shown) for opening or closing the detachable groove 14; A mop cartridge 30 which is detachably attached to the detachable groove 14 and cleans the bottom of the floor and continuously replaces the dirty mop 21 'with a clean mop 21 "; and the mop 21 where the mop cartridge 30 is dirty. A cartridge drive unit for driving ') to be continuously replaced with a clean mop 21 "; A water reservoir 50 for storing water for mopping the mops 21 'and 21 "; a water supply unit 60 for supplying water from the water reservoir 50 to the mop 21; and the mop cartridge 30 It is characterized in that it comprises a; cartridge fixing portion 70 for maintaining the coupled state when the coupled to the removable groove (14).

The cleaning main body 10 is a pair of driving wheels (11, 12) are driven independently, it is possible to move the cleaner body in the front or rear or left and right directions. The plurality of sensors 13 generates a signal so that the cleaning main body 10 may move to avoid the obstacle when it encounters an obstacle during the movement. Since the driving wheels 11 and 12 and the sensor 13 are well known in the art, they will not be described in detail.

In addition, the wheels 11 and 12 are provided with friction wheels 11a and 12a for increasing friction with the floor. The friction wheels 11a and 12a are preferably made of a material having a high coefficient of friction. For example, rubber, urethane, or silicone rubber may be used.

The mop robot cleaner of the present application cleans the mop while moving the mop 21 'and 21 "in a state where the mop 21' and 21" are moistened with water. Thus, a large friction force is formed between the mop surface and the floor. In order to move the cleaning basic body 10 while overcoming the large frictional force therebetween, the wheels 11 and 12 are provided with friction wheels 11a and 12a for generating a large friction force with the floor. If not employing (12a), the wheels (11) (12) will be idle, which makes it very difficult to move the cleaning base (10).

The removable groove 14 provides a space in which the mop cartridge 30 can be detached. An opening 14a through which the mop 21 ″ supplied from the mop cart geography 30 passes is formed at the bottom of the detachable groove 14.

The mop cartridge 30 is detached to the detachable groove 14 of the cleaning main body 10 by the user, and cleans the floor to continuously replace the dirty mop 21 'with a clean mop 21 ". In order to ensure that, the mop cartridge 30, as shown in Figure 4, the body 31 to be fitted into the removable groove 14, the contact plate 32 is installed on the bottom of the body 31, the body A mop roll receiving groove 33 in which a mop roll 20 in which a clean mop 21 " is wound is formed and formed on the other side of the 31, and a mop 21 " ) Is supplied from the mop collecting groove 34 to which the mop is collected, the cutter 35 for cutting and removing the dirty mop 21 'which is installed and collected in the mop collecting groove 34, and the mop roll storage groove 33. And a mop sending part for transferring the mop 21 'and 21 "through the bottom of the contact plate 32 to the mop collecting groove 34, and the mop 21' and 21 " A spring 38 for elastically pressing the contact plate 32 in the direction of the floor in order to adhere to the doc and a handle groove 39 is formed on the side of the body 31 for the user to lift by hand.

The mop roll 20 has a structure in which a clean mop 21 "is wound in multiple layers and a shaft part 22 is formed in the axial direction. In this case, the mop 21" can be used once and used for disposal. In this case, the material is implemented by pulp, or a mixture of pulp and cotton.

The close contact plate 32 is to close the mop 21 'and 21 "to the floor, and the bottom of the close contact plate 32, as shown in FIG. 7, advances the mop 21' and 21". A close plate projection 32a for preventing movement from side to side with respect to the direction is provided. At this time, the close plate 32a is formed in a flat shape in the moving direction of the mop 21 'and 21 ". By this close plate 32a, the cleaning base body 10 rotates to change the direction. In the process, the mop 21 ', 21 "is prevented from being moved to the left and right sides of the contact plate 32. In addition, the adhesion plate projection 32a fixes the mop to prevent the mop from being pushed while the cleaning main body 10 moves in the front and rear directions, and also has a flat shape toward the traveling direction to replace the clean mop 21 ". When the mop 21 "is to be transported.

Mop roll receiving groove 33 is a roll-shaped mop roll 20 is accommodated, as shown in Figure 4 is provided with a shaft fitting groove 33a on which the shaft portion 22 of the mop roll 20 is caught. . Accordingly, the mop roll 20 can be rotatably housed in the mop roll receiving groove 33 only by inserting the shaft portion 22 into the shaft fitting groove 33a.

The mop collecting groove 34 is a place where the dirty mop 21 ', which is conveyed by the mop sending part to be described later, is collected. In other words, the clean mop 21 " first adhered to the bottom of the contact plate 32 becomes a dirty mop 21 'as it is cleaned, and the dirty mop 21' goes to the mop collecting groove 34 by the mop sending part. It is transported and recovered.

As shown in FIG. 6, the cutter 35 cuts and removes the collected dirty rag 21 ′. By employing such a cutter 35, the dirty rag 21 'can be easily cut without a separate tool.

The mop feeding part is supplied from the mop roll receiving groove 33 to transfer the mop via the bottom of the contact plate 32 to the mop collecting groove 34. Such a shale conveying unit may be implemented in various forms. In this embodiment, a shale conveying roller 36 and a shale conveying roller are rotatably installed in front of the body 31 and a plurality of protrusions 36a are formed on the surface thereof. And a guide surface 37 on which the dirty rag 21 'carried by 36 is guided. By this structure, when the trash feed roller 36 is rotated, the dirty rag 21 'is recovered to the rag recovery groove 34 by a plurality of projections 36a in the state guided by the guide surface 37.

The spring 38 is for keeping the mop 21 'and 21 "in close contact with the close contact plate 32 close to the floor. The close contact plate 32 subjected to the elastic force by the spring 38 has a cleaning main body ( While mop 10 moves, the mops 21 'and 21 " adhere to the floor.

The cartridge driving section is for enabling the continuous replacement of the dirty rag 21 'positioned at the bottom of the contact plate 32 with the clean rag 21' '. The second gear 42 is geared to the first gear 41 when the mop cartridge 30 is coupled to the detachable groove 14 is installed in the first gear 41 and the detachable groove 14 is axially coupled. And a driving motor 43 installed in the cleaning main body 10 to rotate the second gear 42. The driving motor 43 includes a driving motor for rotating the driving wheels 11 and 12; Of course, as shown in Fig. 3, when the mop adhered to the floor by the contact plate 32 during the cleaning of the mop, the drive motor 43 operates. To rotate the second gear 42, and the second gear 42 rotates the first gear 41 so that the mole feed roller 36 rotates the mop 21 'and 21 ". And to be able to transmit, in the end makes it possible to replace the contact plate 32 is dirty mop 21 'of the bottom with a clean cloth (21 ").

The water reservoir 50 and the water supply unit 60 are interlocked with each other to supply water to the mops 21 'and 21 ". The water reservoir 50 and the water supply unit 60 are installed in the cleaning main body 10. Although it may be, in the present embodiment will be described as built in the mop cartridge (30).

As the water reservoir 50 is embedded in the body 31, an injection hole 51 for injecting water into the water reservoir 50 is installed at an upper side of the body 31, and a lid 52 is provided at the injection hole 51. This is installed.

The water supply unit 60 wets the mops 21 'and 21 "by supplying the water supplied from the water reservoir 50 to the mops 21' and 21". To this end, a plurality of injection holes 61 are formed in the contact plate 32, and the plurality of injection holes 61 is connected to the water supply unit 60 and the hose 62.

The water supply unit 60 may be embodied in a structure in which an ultrasonic element is built therein so as to vaporize the water supplied from the water reservoir 50 and supply it to the injection hole 61, or may store water stored in the water reservoir 50. The pumping pressure pump may be implemented in a built-in structure. By this structure, the water stored in the water reservoir 60 is injected into the injection hole 61 through the hose 62 by the water supply unit 60, and thus the surface of the mop in close contact with the contact plate 32 It will be wet.

The cartridge fixing part 70 may be implemented in various ways as to maintain the coupled state when the mop cartridge 30 is coupled to the detachable groove 14. In the present embodiment, as shown in Figure 8, the body projection 71 formed on the side of the body 31, and the haunting projection to emerge from the inner circumferential surface of the removable groove 14, the body projection 71 is selectively walked 72, a spring 73 for applying an elastic force in the direction in which the projecting projection 72 hangs on the body projection 71, and the projection projection 72 is installed on the upper portion of the cleaning main body 10 to be pressed. It includes a release button 74 to be separated from the projection (71). At this time, the inclined surfaces 72a and 74a are formed at a portion where the projection protrusion 72 and the engagement release button 74 meet each other when the engagement release button 74 is pressed into the detachable groove 14. By this structure, when the mop cartridge 30 is inserted into the detachable groove 14, the projection protrusion 72 is immersed in the detachable groove 14 inner wall side and then protruded by the spring 73, the body projection 71 To be walked on, the mop cartridge 30 maintains the state coupled to the removable groove (14). And when the user presses the release button (74) is pushed in the direction in which the projection projection 72 is immersed and separated from the body projection (71), accordingly the mop cartridge 30 can be separated from the removable groove 14 It becomes a state.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but, on the contrary, is intended to cover various modifications and equivalent arrangements included within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

10 ... cleaning body 11, 12 ... drive wheel
13 ... Sensor 14 ... Detachable groove
14a ... opening 20 ... mop
21, 21 "... mop 22 ... shaft
30 ... mop cartridge 31 ... body
32 ... contact plate 32a ... contact plate projection
33 ... mop roll groove 33a ... shaft fitting groove
34 ... mop collecting groove 35 ... cutter
36 ... GRAY SONG ROLLER 37 .... Guide surface
38 ... spring 39 ... knob
40 ... Cartridge Drive 41 ... First Gear
42 ... 2nd Gear 43 ... Drive Motor
50 ... water reservoir 60 ... water supply
61 ... injection hole 62 ... hose
70 ... cartridge fixing 71 ... body projection
72 ... Rushing 73 ... Spring
74 ... release button

Claims

A pair of driving wheels 11 and 12 driven by a driving motor are installed on the floor, a plurality of sensors 13 for moving direction guides are installed, and a cleaning main body having a detachable groove 14 open to the top. 10;
A mop cartridge 30 which is detachably attached to the detachable groove 14 and cleans the bottom of the floor and continuously replaces the dirty mop 21 'with a clean mop 21 ″;
A cartridge driver for driving the mop cartridge 30 to continuously replace the dirty mop 21 'with a clean mop 21 ";
A water reservoir 50 storing water for wetting the mop 21 'and 21 "; and
Mop robot cleaner comprising a; water supply unit (60) for supplying the water of the water reservoir (50) to the mop (21 ') (21 ").

The method of claim 1,
Mop robot cleaner further comprises a cartridge fixing portion (70) for maintaining the coupled state when the mop cartridge 30 is coupled to the removable groove (14).

According to claim 1, wherein the mop cartridge 30,
A body 31 fitted into the detachable groove 14, an adhesive plate 32 installed on the bottom of the body 31, and a clean mop 21 ″ wound on one side of the body 31 are wound. The mop roll receiving groove 33 in which the mop roll 20 is stored, and the mop collecting groove 34 in which the mop 21 ', which is used and formed on the other side of the body 31, is collected, and the mop roll Mop robot cleaner, characterized in that it comprises a mop-feeding unit supplied from the receiving groove (33) to transfer the mop via the bottom of the contact plate (32) to the mop collecting groove (34).

The method of claim 3,
Mop robot cleaner further comprises a cutter (35) for cutting and removing the dirty mop (21 ') installed in the mop collecting groove (34).

The method of claim 3,
Mop robot cleaner further comprises a spring (38) for elastically pressing the contact plate (32) in the direction of the floor to close the mop (21 ') (21 ") to the floor.

The method of claim 1, wherein the trash sending unit,
It is installed rotatably in front of the body 31 and the surface of the trash feed roller 36 has a plurality of projections (36a), and the dirty rag 21 'conveyed by the trash feed roller 36 Mop robot cleaner characterized in that it comprises a guide surface 37 is guided.

The method of claim 6, wherein the cartridge drive unit,
The first gear 41 is axially coupled to the trash feed roller 36 and the first gear 41 is installed in the detachable groove 14 when the rag cartridge 30 is coupled to the detachable groove 14. Mop robot cleaner characterized in that it comprises a second gear 42 geared to the 41 and a drive motor 43 is installed on the cleaning base 10 to rotate the second gear 42. .

The method of claim 1,
The water reservoir (50) and the water supply unit 60 is mop robot cleaner, characterized in that built in the mop cartridge (30).