CN106923739B

CN106923739B - Surface cleaning system

Info

Publication number: CN106923739B
Application number: CN201710035359.6A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 卞庄
Original assignee: Suzhou EUP Electric Co Ltd
Current assignee: Suzhou EUP Electric Co Ltd
Priority date: 2017-01-17
Filing date: 2017-01-17
Publication date: 2022-11-11
Anticipated expiration: 2037-01-17
Also published as: CN106923739A

Abstract

The present invention relates to a surface cleaning system comprising a base, a first cleaning means and a second cleaning means, the base comprising a base portion capable of being supported on a floor surface and an upright portion extending upwardly from the base portion; a first cleaning device for manual cleaning by moving over a surface to be cleaned, the first cleaning device comprising a hand-held vacuum cleaner body, a wand and a first cleaning head, the hand-held vacuum cleaner body being received within or supportable on or removably mountable on the upright portion; the second cleaning device automatically cleans by moving on the surface to be cleaned, a containing chamber is arranged in the base part, and the second cleaning device can stay at the base part and at least part of the second cleaning device can be contained in the containing chamber when staying; this scheme compares with a plurality of independent cleaning device in traditional family, and it is more convenient that the cost is reduced and the space that needs to store cleaning device is reduced to use.

Description

Surface cleaning system

Technical Field

The present invention relates to a surface cleaning system, and more particularly to a surface cleaning system incorporating multiple cleaning devices.

Background

In the field of surface cleaning technology, there are various types of surface cleaning devices, typically vacuum cleaner type cleaning devices for removing dust, dirt and debris from a room, the vacuum cleaner collecting the dust and loose debris by suction generated by a low pressure unit. The dust collector cleaning devices are divided into a manual dust collector and an automatic surface dust collector according to working modes, wherein the manual dust collector comprises a vertical dust collector, a horizontal dust collector, a handheld dust collector and the like, and the automatic dust collector comprises a sweeping robot and the like.

An upright cleaner, which is a heavy-duty cleaning device with a relatively large volume and is generally provided with a supporting base having a dust suction opening at a lower portion thereof, can be referred to as an upright cleaner disclosed in CN 101108080.

A canister cleaner is a type of conventional cleaner in which a main cleaner body is movable on a floor surface, and the main cleaner body is connected to a hose, a dust collection pipe, and a cleaning head to perform work, and for example, a cleaner disclosed in CN204427932U is referred to.

A hand-held cleaner is disclosed in publication No. CN102440717A, the cleaner includes: a handheld vacuum attached to an elongated wand and fluidly connected to a cleaning head disposed at an end of the wand. The wand in this cleaner effectively extends down to the floor so that the user can remain standing whilst cleaning the floor surface. Such cleaners need to be suspended from the front wall for storage after use.

The robot cleaner is designed to remove dust and debris from the floor surface while moving on the floor surface by automatic movement without manual operation. An example of the robot cleaner can be seen in a robot cleaner structure in publication No. CN 204363897U.

In reality, although the robot cleaner is also used by more and more people, the robot cleaner has some disadvantages: such as a robot cleaner, is limited to the floor only in its self-cleaning function. The robot cleaner cannot clean sofa surfaces, wall surfaces and other similar surfaces; and the robot cleaner cannot generate strong suction force due to self-movement, thereby causing insufficient cleaning, and the robot cleaner needs to be additionally provided with a docking station so that the robot can supplement electric power at any time and can return to the home position after completing cleaning work.

Therefore, in order to facilitate cleaning, there is a great need for a surface cleaning apparatus that can perform both manual cleaning and automatic cleaning, and that ensures that the apparatus is not easily placed and takes up less space.

Disclosure of Invention

In order to solve the above technical problems, it is an object of the present invention to provide a combined surface cleaning system that can perform both automatic cleaning and manual cleaning.

In order to achieve the purpose of the invention, the invention adopts the following technical scheme: a surface cleaning system, the system comprising:

the stand comprises a base part capable of being supported on the ground and an upright part extending upwards from the base part;

a first cleaning device capable of being manually cleaned by moving over a surface to be cleaned, the first cleaning device comprising a hand-held vacuum cleaner body, a wand and a first cleaning head capable of moving over the surface, the hand-held vacuum cleaner body comprising a handle for gripping by a user, an air-dust separating unit and an airflow generator in airflow communication with the air-dust separating unit, the wand having a first end and a second end, the hand-held vacuum cleaner body being connectable to the first end of the wand and being in fluid communication with the first cleaning head mounted on the second end of the wand, the first cleaning head comprising a first housing, a first suction opening at the bottom of the first housing, the hand-held vacuum cleaner body being receivable in or supportable on or removably mountable on the wand;

the second cleaning device automatically cleans by automatically moving on the ground, and comprises a robot body and a first rechargeable power supply arranged on the robot body, wherein the base part is provided with an accommodating chamber, the robot body can stay at the base part and at least part of the robot body is accommodated in the accommodating chamber when the robot body stays at the base part, and the base part is provided with a first charging unit for charging the first rechargeable power supply when the robot body stays at the base part.

In the above technical solution, preferably, the first cleaning device can be accommodated in the housing in an integrated form or in a form of being separated into at least two parts, or the first cleaning device can be supported on the housing in an integrated form or in a form of being separated into at least two parts, or the first cleaning device can be detachably mounted on the housing in an integrated form or in a form of being separated into at least two parts.

In the above technical solution, preferably, the system further includes: the second cleaning head, the second cleaning head can accomodate the frame in or can support and be in the frame on or can dismantle the installation the frame on, handheld vacuum cleaner body can install the second cleaning head on and fluid coupling the second cleaning head, the second cleaning head include a second casing, set up and be in second dust absorption mouth, the setting of second casing lower part are in on the second casing and can treat the vibration part that the clean surface was patted and make the drive component of vibration part vibration.

In the above technical solution, preferably, the second cleaning head includes an ultraviolet lamp assembly for sterilizing the surface to be cleaned, and the ultraviolet lamp assembly is located at the bottom of the second housing.

In the above technical solution, preferably, the base portion is provided with a drawer, and the second cleaning head can be accommodated in the drawer.

In the above technical solution, preferably, the handheld vacuum cleaner body can be supported on a top of the upright portion or detachably mounted on the top of the upright portion.

In the above technical solution, preferably, the handheld vacuum cleaner body includes a second rechargeable power source for supplying power to the airflow generator, and a second charging unit is disposed at a top of the upright portion for charging the second rechargeable power source when the handheld vacuum cleaner body is mounted at the top thereof.

In the above technical solution, preferably, the upright portion is an elongated column structure compared to the base portion.

In the above technical solution, preferably, the upright portion is located above the middle of the base portion), the air-ash separation unit has a rotation axis, the air-ash separation unit and the airflow generator are sequentially arranged along the rotation axis, and the upright portion has a longitudinal center line; when the hand-held vacuum cleaner body is supported on top of the upright section or removably mounted on top of the upright section, the longitudinal centerline (124) coincides with the axis of rotation.

In the above technical solution, preferably, the system further includes: and the air purification device comprises a plurality of clean air outlets, and at least part of the clean air outlets are positioned on the outer side wall surface of the upright part.

Compared with the prior art, the invention has the following beneficial effects: by providing a housing which can be supported on the floor and which enables the first cleaning device and the second cleaning device to be respectively received or assembled on the housing, it reduces the space required to store the cleaning devices compared to conventional homes which are often provided with a plurality of independent cleaning devices to perform different cleaning functions, and since there are a plurality of cleaning devices in the cleaning system, it increases the convenience of use of the cleaning system and reduces the cost.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic front view of a surface cleaning system of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a perspective view from a rear perspective of the surface cleaning system of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a partially broken away schematic view of the surface cleaning system of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is another partially broken away schematic view of the surface cleaning system of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic perspective view of a first cleaning apparatus of the present invention in use;

FIG. 6 is a schematic view of the base portion of the housing of the present invention after the drawer has been pulled open;

FIG. 7 is a schematic bottom view of the beater type vacuum cleaner head of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the flapwise cleaner head of the present invention during use;

wherein: 100. a surface cleaning system; 1. a machine base; 11. a base portion; 111. a housing chamber; 112. a drawer; 113. a groove; 114. a door; 12. an upright portion; 121. a limiting clamping groove; 122. a receiving cavity; 123. a plane; 124. a longitudinal centerline; 13. a charging terminal; 14. a charging terminal; 2. a first cleaning device; 21. a hand-held vacuum cleaner body; 211. a handle; 212. a cyclone separation barrel; 2121. rotating the shaft axis; 213. a vacuum motor assembly; 214. a rechargeable battery pack; 215. an air inlet hole; 216. a locking element; 22. a hard tube; 221. an upper end portion; 222. a lower end portion; 23. a dust-absorbing floor brush; 231. an outer housing; 232. a dust suction port; 3. a second cleaning device; 24. a flapped dust collection head; 241. an outer housing; 242. a dust suction port; 243. a vibration member; 244. an ultraviolet lamp assembly; 25. a transfer tube; 3. a second cleaning device; 31. a robot body; 4. an air purification device; 41. and a clean air outlet.

Detailed Description

For the purpose of illustrating the technical content, the constructional features, the achieved objects and the effects of the invention in detail, reference will be made to the following detailed description of the embodiments in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

A surface cleaning system 100, as shown in fig. 1-4, includes a frame 1, a first cleaning device 2, and a second cleaning device 3, each of the first cleaning device 2 and the second cleaning device 3 being coupled to the frame 1. The stand 1 comprises a base portion 11 capable of resting on a floor surface and an upright portion 12 extending upwardly from the base portion 11, the upright portion 12 being located above a central portion of the base portion 11, the upright portion 12 being of an elongate cylindrical configuration compared to the base portion 11. In this example, the first cleaning device 2 can be removably mounted on the upright portion 12 and the second cleaning device 3 can be housed within the base portion 11.

As shown in fig. 4, the first cleaning device 2 is a hand-held dust suction device which performs manual cleaning by a user pushing the first cleaning device 2 to move in a surface to be cleaned. The first cleaning device 2 is mainly composed of three parts, i.e., a hand-held vacuum cleaner body 21 which can be held by a user, an elongated hard tube 22 which is connected to the hand-held vacuum cleaner body 21 and can reach down to the floor, and a dust-collecting floor brush 23 which can suck up dirt on the floor while moving over the floor.

The handheld vacuum cleaner body 21 includes a handle 211 to be held by a user, a cyclone separation barrel 212 for air-dust separation, a vacuum motor assembly 213 in airflow communication with the cyclone separation barrel 212, and a rechargeable battery pack 214 electrically connected to the vacuum motor assembly 213, wherein the front end of the handle 211 has an air inlet 215 communicating with the inside of the cyclone separation barrel 212, the cyclone separation barrel 212 has a rotation axis 2121, and in this example, the cyclone separation barrel 212, the vacuum motor assembly 213, and the rechargeable battery pack 214 are sequentially arranged along the rotation axis 2121, and the handle 211 is located at one side thereof. The hand-held vacuum cleaner body 21 can be separated from the wand 22 by means of an unlocking locking element 216. The hand-held vacuum cleaner body 21 can be used alone as a stand-alone hand-held vacuum cleaner by removing the hard tube 22, or alternatively, a small accessory such as a flat nozzle can be attached to the air inlet hole 215 of the hand-held vacuum cleaner body 21 for cleaning.

The upper surface of the base part 11 is provided with a groove 113 with the same shape as the dust-absorbing floor brush 23, the top of the upright part 12 is provided with a limit slot 121, the inner upper part of the upright part 12 is provided with a containing cavity 122, a small-volume dust-absorbing accessory such as a flat suction nozzle connected with an air inlet 215 on the hand-held vacuum cleaner body 21 can be contained in the containing cavity 122, and the side surface of the upright part 12 is provided with a plane 123 attached to one side surface of the square hard tube 22. Upright section 12 has a longitudinal centerline 124; in this example, as shown in fig. 2, the hand-held vacuum cleaner body 21 is detachably mounted on the top of the upright portion 12 and the cyclone separation barrel 212 has a portion fixed in the position-limiting groove 121, and when the first cleaning device 2 is mounted on the base 1, the first cleaning device 2 is mounted on the base 1 in an integrated manner, the square hard tube 22 is contracted to the shortest position, one side surface of the hard tube 22 is abutted to the plane 123 on the upright portion 12, the dust-collecting floor brush 23 is supported in the groove 113, and the rotation axis 2121 of the cyclone separation barrel 212 is coincident with the longitudinal center 124 of the upright portion 12. In order to enable the housing 1 to recharge the first cleaning apparatus 2 when the first cleaning apparatus 2 is mounted on the housing 1, the top of the upright section 12 is also provided with a charging terminal 14 for charging the rechargeable battery pack 214 when the hand-held vacuum cleaner body 21 is mounted on top of it. In other embodiments, when the first cleaning apparatus is provided in one piece on the chassis, the hand-held vacuum cleaner body in the first cleaning apparatus can be supported directly on top of the upright section. In another embodiment, the first cleaning device may be divided into a plurality of parts, which are detachably mounted on the base, respectively housed in the base, or respectively supported on the base.

As shown in fig. 3, the second cleaning device 3 is a self-moving floor cleaning robot which performs automatic cleaning by automatically moving within the surface to be cleaned. The second cleaning device 3 includes a substantially circular robot body 31, and the robot body 31 can move on the floor surface to clean the floor surface. Although not shown in the drawings, the robot body 31 has a rechargeable battery pack, an ash collecting part, a vacuum motor part for generating vacuum suction force, and a moving wheel assembly for moving the robot body 31 on the ground. A receiving chamber 111 is provided in the base portion 11 of the housing 1, a pair of doors 114 is provided outside the receiving chamber 111, the robot body 31 can stay at the base portion 11 and can be received in the receiving chamber 111 while staying, and the doors 114 are opened only when the robot body 31 moves to the vicinity of the housing 1 and is about to enter the receiving chamber 111. The base part 11 is provided with a charging terminal 13 for charging a rechargeable battery pack inside the robot body 31 when the robot body 31 stays at the base part 11. Therefore, the base part 11 of the lower portion of the housing 1 can function as a charging stand for the robot. When the robot body 31 performs a cleaning task or needs to be supplied with power, the robot body 31 returns to the accommodating chamber 111 of the base portion 11, and when the robot body 31 moves to the vicinity of the accommodating chamber 111, the door 114 is opened, and the robot body 31 is inserted into the accommodating chamber 111. Therefore, in order to guide the robot body 313 back to the housing room 111, the base part 11 is provided with a signal emitting device (not shown), and the robot body 31 is provided with a navigation device (not shown) capable of recognizing a signal emitted from the signal emitting device and guiding the robot body 31 back to the housing 1.

In this embodiment, the upright part 12 is further provided with an air cleaning device 4 at a lower portion of the receiving chamber 122, and the air cleaning device 4 includes a plurality of clean air outlets 41, and the clean air outlets 41 are located on an outer wall surface of the upright part 12, which is opposite to the plane 123.

As shown in fig. 5, the hard tube 22 is a square tube that can be conveniently stretched in length, and has an upper end 221 and a lower end 222, and the upper end 221 of the hard tube 22 is connected to the air inlet hole 215 of the hand-held vacuum cleaner body 21 and is locked by a locking member 216. The lower end 222 of the hard tube 22 is connected to the dust-absorbing floor brush 23, and the hard tube 22 and the dust-absorbing floor brush 23 are rotatably connected, i.e. the hard tube 22 can rotate around at least one axis relative to the dust-absorbing floor brush 23. The dust-collecting floor brush 23 has a substantially rectangular outer casing 231, and a dust-collecting opening 232 is formed at the lower bottom of the outer casing 231. When the dust collection device is used, a user holds the handle 211 to push the dust collection floor brush 23 to move on the ground, dust-containing air flow is sucked through the dust collection port 232 at the bottom of the dust collection floor brush 23 and is conveyed to the air inlet 215 on the handheld vacuum dust collection machine body 21 through the hard pipe 22, then enters the cyclone separation barrel 212 to be subjected to air-dust separation, solid dirt is left in the cyclone separation barrel 212, and clean air is discharged to the outside after passing through the vacuum motor assembly 213.

As shown in fig. 6, the base portion 11 is further provided with a drawer 112 above the accommodating chamber 111 (in this case, the drawer 112 is disposed at the position shown in fig. 1 to 4), the drawer 112 stores a flapped type cleaning head 24 capable of cleaning soft surfaces such as bedding and the like and an adapter tube 25 separated from the cleaning head 24, and the drawer 112 is disposed opposite to the groove 113. In this example, the adaptor pipe 25 is detachable from the flapwise cleaner head 24, and the entire height of the flapwise cleaner head 24 can be reduced so as to be stored in the drawer 12. In other embodiments, the adapter tube 25 may be integrally and fixedly disposed on the flapwise cleaning head 24. A hand-held vacuum cleaner body 21 is mounted to the beater type cleaner head 24 and is fluidly connected to the cleaner head 24 by an adaptor tube 25. In other embodiments, the beater-type cleaning head can also be supported directly on the frame or can be removably mounted on the frame.

As shown in fig. 7, the flapwise cleaning head 24 includes an outer casing 241, a dust suction opening 242 disposed at a lower portion of the outer casing 241, a vibration member 243 disposed on the outer casing 241 and capable of flapwise cleaning a surface to be cleaned, a driving member (not shown) for vibrating the vibration member 243, and an ultraviolet lamp assembly 244 disposed at a bottom portion of the outer casing 241 and used for sterilizing the surface to be cleaned.

As shown in fig. 8, when the flapwise cleaning head 24 is used, the hand-held vacuum cleaner body 21 is attached to the cleaning head 24. When the beater type dust collection head 24 starts to work, the vibration part 243 can beat the surface to be cleaned under continuous vibration, the ultraviolet lamp assembly 244 carries out ultraviolet sterilization on the surface to be cleaned, dusty airflow on the surface to be cleaned is sucked through the dust suction port 242 and is conveyed to the air inlet 215 on the handheld vacuum dust collection machine body 21 through the adapter tube 25, then the airflow enters the cyclone separation barrel 212 to be subjected to air-dust separation, solid dirt is left in the cyclone separation barrel 212, and clean air is discharged to the outside after passing through the vacuum motor assembly 213.

The present invention provides a surface cleaning system in which a first cleaning device is used for manual cleaning and a second cleaning device is used for automatic cleaning, thereby improving the utility and cleaning convenience of the system. The base can be used as a parking storage station for the first cleaning device and the second cleaning device, and can also be used as a charging station for supplementing electric energy for the first cleaning device and the second cleaning device, so that the requirement that a plurality of devices need a plurality of storage devices and charging devices in the prior art is eliminated, the use convenience is improved, and the cost is reduced. Thus, the present invention reduces the cost and space required to store and operate the cleaning device, as compared to the conventional household that is currently equipped with multiple independent cleaning devices to perform different cleaning functions.

The above embodiments are only for illustrating the technical idea and features of the present invention, and the purpose of the present invention is to enable those skilled in the art to understand the content of the present invention and implement the present invention, and not to limit the protection scope of the present invention by this means. All equivalent changes and modifications made according to the spirit of the present invention should be covered within the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A surface cleaning system, characterized by: the system comprises:

-a housing (1) comprising a base portion (11) adapted to be supported on a floor surface and an upright portion (12) extending upwardly from said base portion (11), said upright portion (12) being located above the middle of said base portion (11), said upright portion (12) being of an elongated cylindrical configuration relative to said base portion (11);

a first cleaning device (2), said first cleaning device (2) being manually cleanable by moving across a surface to be cleaned, said first cleaning device (2) comprising a hand-held vacuum cleaner body (21), a wand (22) and a first cleaning head (23) movable across a floor surface, said hand-held vacuum cleaner body (21) comprising a handle (211) for gripping by a user, an air-dust separation unit (212) and an air flow generator (213) in air flow communication with said air-dust separation unit (212), said wand (22) having a first end (221) and a second end (222), said hand-held vacuum cleaner body (21) being connectable to the first end (221) of said wand (22) and in fluid communication with a first cleaning head (23) mounted on the second end (222) of said wand (22), said first cleaning head (23) comprising a first housing (231), a first dust suction opening (232) at the bottom of said first housing (231), said first cleaning device (2) being in the form of a single unit which said cleaning head (1) is capable of being supported on said hand-held vacuum cleaner body (21) and when said first cleaning device (1) is assembled on said hand-held vacuum cleaner body, said hand-held vacuum cleaner body (21) being capable of being supported on said upright portion (12) or being removably mounted on said upright portion (12); and

the second cleaning device (3) automatically cleans by moving on the ground, the second cleaning device (3) comprises a robot body (31) and a first rechargeable power supply arranged on the robot body (31), a containing chamber (111) is arranged on the base part (11), the robot body (31) can stay at the base part (11) and at least part of the robot body is contained in the containing chamber (111) when staying, and a first charging unit (13) for charging the first rechargeable power supply when the robot body (31) stays at the base part (11) is arranged on the base part (11);

wherein, the inner upper part of the upright part (12) is provided with a containing cavity (122), the base part (11) is provided with a drawer (112), and the drawer (112) is positioned above the accommodating chamber (111).

2. The surface cleaning system of claim 1, wherein: the upper surface of the base part (11) is provided with a groove (113) which is consistent with the shape of the first cleaning head (23), and the groove (113) is arranged opposite to the drawer (112); when the first cleaning device (2) is supported on the base (1) in an integral manner, the first cleaning head (23) is supported in the recess (113).

3. The surface cleaning system of claim 1, wherein: the system further comprises: a second cleaning head (24), the second cleaning head (24) can be received in the base (1) or can be supported on the base (1) or can be detachably mounted on the base (1), the handheld vacuum cleaner body (21) can be mounted on the second cleaning head (24) and is communicated with the second cleaning head (24), the second cleaning head (24) comprises a second shell (241), a second dust suction port (242) arranged at the lower part of the second shell (241), a vibrating component (243) arranged on the second shell (241) and capable of beating a surface to be cleaned, and a driving component for vibrating the vibrating component (243).

4. A surface cleaning system as claimed in claim 3, wherein: the second cleaning head (24) includes a uv lamp assembly (244) for sterilizing the surface to be cleaned, the uv lamp assembly (244) being located at the bottom of the second housing (241).

5. A surface cleaning system as claimed in claim 3, wherein: the second cleaning head (24) can be accommodated in the drawer (112).

6. The surface cleaning system of claim 1, wherein: the hand-held vacuum cleaner body (21) can be supported on top of the upright portion (12) or can be removably mounted on top of the upright portion (12).

7. The surface cleaning system of claim 6, wherein: the hand-held vacuum cleaner body (21) comprises a second rechargeable power source (214) for powering the airflow generator (213), and a second charging unit (14) is arranged on the top of the upright portion (12) for charging the second rechargeable power source (214) when the hand-held vacuum cleaner body (21) is mounted on the top thereof.

8. The surface cleaning system of claim 7, wherein: the accommodating chamber (111) is externally provided with a pair of doors (114), and the pair of doors (114) is configured to be opened only when the robot body (31) moves to the vicinity of the base (1) and is about to enter the accommodating chamber (111).

9. The surface cleaning system of claim 6, wherein: the top of the upright part (12) is provided with a limiting clamping groove (121), the gas-ash separation unit (212) is provided with a rotating axis (2121), the gas-ash separation unit (212) and the air flow generator (213) are sequentially arranged along the rotating axis, and the upright part is provided with a longitudinal center line (124); when the hand-held vacuum cleaner body (21) is supported on the top of the upright part (12) or detachably mounted on the top of the upright part (12), the longitudinal center line (124) is coincident with the rotating axis line (2121), and a part of the air-ash separation unit (212) is fixed in the limiting clamping groove (121).

10. The surface cleaning system of claim 7, wherein: the system further comprises: an air cleaning device (4), said air cleaning device (4) comprising a plurality of clean air outlets (41), said clean air outlets (41) being at least partially located on the outer side wall of said upright portion (12).