CN106923745B

CN106923745B - Multifunctional surface cleaning system

Info

Publication number: CN106923745B
Application number: CN201710035560.4A
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: 2022-09-27
Anticipated expiration: 2037-01-17
Also published as: CN106923745A

Abstract

The present invention relates to a multifunctional surface cleaning system comprising a chassis, a first cleaning device and a second cleaning head, the base comprising a base portion and an upright portion; the first cleaning means is manually cleanable and comprises a hand-held vacuum cleaner body receivable within or supportable on or removably mountable to the upright section, a wand and a first cleaning head; the second cleaning head can be accomodate in the frame or can support on the frame or can dismantle install on the frame, and hand-held type vacuum cleaner body can be installed on the second cleaning head and fluid communicates the second cleaning head, and the second cleaning head includes the second casing, sets up second dust absorption mouth, the setting on the second casing and can treat the vibration part that clean surface carried out the patting and make the drive component of vibration part vibration on the second casing. The system of the scheme reduces the space required to be stored, and is more convenient to use.

Description

Multifunctional 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 cleaner type cleaning devices for removing dust, dirt and debris from a room, the 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 and bulky cleaning device, is usually supported on a support base with a suction opening at the bottom, as 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 suction hose, and a cleaner head to perform work, and for example, a cleaner disclosed in CN204427932U is disclosed.

A hand-held cleaner is disclosed in publication No. CN102440717A, which comprises: a handheld vacuum attached to an elongate wand and fluidly connected to a cleaning head provided 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.

In reality, there is a type of vacuum cleaner that can clean sofa surfaces, bedding surfaces and other similar surfaces, for example, see the bed vacuum cleaner disclosed in CN 203468505U.

At present, in order to meet various requirements of household cleaning, users usually purchase various types of dust collectors at home, and the types of dust collectors are not only unfavorable for saving cost, but also require space for placement and use. Therefore, the analysis needs a cleaning device which can ensure the function, is convenient to place and occupies less space for the user to select.

Disclosure of Invention

In order to solve the above technical problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a multifunctional surface cleaning system that is convenient to store and use.

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

a stand including a base portion capable of being supported on a floor and an upright portion extending upwardly from the base portion;

a first cleaning device capable of being manually cleaned by moving across a surface to be cleaned, the first cleaning device comprising a hand-held vacuum cleaner body, a wand and a first cleaning head movable across 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 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 dust-collecting opening in a bottom of the first housing, the hand-held vacuum cleaner body being receivable in or supportable on the upright portion or detachably mountable on the upright portion The above step (1);

the second cleaning head, the second cleaning head can accomodate the frame in or can dismantle the installation the frame on, handheld vacuum cleaner body can install the second cleaning head on and fluid communicate the second cleaning head, the second cleaning head include the 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 system further includes: 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 may be accommodated in the housing in an integral form or in a form of being separated into at least two parts, or the first cleaning device may be supported on the housing in an integral form or in a form of being separated into at least two parts, or the first cleaning device may be detachably mounted on the housing in an integral form or in a form of being separated into at least two parts.

In the above technical solution, preferably, the handheld vacuum cleaner body is detachably mounted on a 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 a middle portion of the base portion.

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: the present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a vacuum cleaner having a base and a first and second cleaning head, which can reduce a space required to store a cleaning device, and increase convenience of use and reduce costs of the cleaning system due to the plurality of cleaning devices provided in the cleaning system.

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 stand 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 dust collecting head of the present invention;

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 vibrating 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 contents, structural features, and objects and functions of the invention in detail, reference will be made to the following detailed description taken 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 housing 1 comprises a base portion 11 capable of being supported 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 relative 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 handheld 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 with 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 and detachably mounted on the base, or respectively accommodated 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 therein, an ash collecting part, a vacuum motor part generating a vacuum suction force, and a moving wheel assembly 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 rectangular 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 cleaner head 24 is in use, the hand-held vacuum cleaner body 21 is attached to the cleaner 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 and containing 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 containing 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 costs and reduces the space required to store and operate the cleaning device, compared to the conventional household that is currently equipped with a plurality of independent cleaning devices to perform different cleaning functions.

The above embodiments are merely illustrative of the technical ideas and features of the present invention, and the purpose thereof is to enable those skilled in the art to understand the contents of the present invention and implement the present invention, and not to limit the protection scope of the present invention. All equivalent changes or modifications made according to the spirit of the present invention should be covered within the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

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

a housing (1) including a base portion (11) capable of being supported on a floor and an upright portion (12) extending upwardly from said base portion (11), said upright portion (12) having an elongated cylindrical configuration relative to said base portion (11), said upright portion (12) being positioned above a central portion of said base portion (11), said base portion (11) having a recess (113) in an upper surface thereof, said base portion (11) having a drawer (112) and a receiving chamber (111) therein, said drawer (112) being disposed opposite said recess (113);

a first cleaning device (2), said first cleaning device (2) being capable of manual cleaning by moving across a surface to be cleaned, said first cleaning device (2) comprising a handheld vacuum cleaner body (21), a wand (22) and a first cleaning head (23) movable across a floor surface, said first cleaning head (23) being capable of being supported in said recess (113), said handheld vacuum cleaner body (21) comprising a handle (211) for gripping by a user, an air-dust separating unit (212) and an air flow generator (213) in air flow communication with said air-dust separating unit (212), said wand (22) having a first end (221) and a second end (222), said handheld vacuum cleaner body (21) being capable of being connected to said first end (221) of said wand (22) and being fluidly connected to said first cleaning head (23) mounted at said second end (222) of said wand (22), the first cleaning head (23) comprising a first housing (231), a first suction opening (232) at the bottom of the first housing (231), the hand-held vacuum cleaner body (21) being capable of being supported on top of the upright section (12) or of being removably mounted on top of the upright section (12);

a second cleaning head (24), said second cleaning head (24) being receivable in said drawer (112), said hand-held vacuum cleaner body (21) being mountable to said second cleaning head (24) and being fluidly connected to said second cleaning head (24), said second cleaning head (24) comprising a second housing (241), a second suction opening (242) provided in a lower portion of said second housing (241), a vibrating member (243) provided in said second housing (241) and capable of beating a surface to be cleaned, and a driving member for vibrating said vibrating member (243); 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 installed on the robot body (31), the robot body (31) can stay at the base part (11) and at least part of the robot body can be accommodated in the accommodating 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).

2. The multifunctional surface cleaning system according to claim 1, characterized in that: the second cleaning head (24) comprises an ultraviolet lamp assembly (244) for sterilizing the surface to be cleaned, the ultraviolet lamp assembly (244) being located at the bottom of the second housing (241).

3. The multi-functional surface cleaning system of claim 1, wherein: the first cleaning device (2) can be accommodated in the base (1) in an integral form or in a form of being split into at least two parts, or the first cleaning device (2) can be supported on the base (1) in an integral form or in a form of being split into at least two parts, or the first cleaning device (2) can be detachably mounted on the base (1) in an integral form or in a form of being split into at least two parts.

4. The multi-functional surface cleaning system of claim 1, wherein: the hand-held vacuum cleaner body (21) comprises a second rechargeable power source (214) for supplying power to the airflow generator (213), and a second charging unit (13) is arranged at the top of the upright part (12) and used for charging the second rechargeable power source (214) when the hand-held vacuum cleaner body (21) is installed at the top of the upright part.

5. The multifunctional surface cleaning system according to claim 1, characterized in that: the gas-ash separation unit (212) has a rotational axis (2121), the gas-ash separation unit (212) and the airflow generator (213) are arranged in sequence along the rotational axis, and the upright portion has a longitudinal centerline (124); when the hand-held vacuum cleaner body (21) is supported on top of the upright portion (12) or detachably mounted on top of the upright portion (12), the longitudinal centerline (124) coincides with the rotational axis (2121).

6. The multi-functional surface cleaning system of claim 5, 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).