CN111588310A

CN111588310A - Intelligent floor sweeping robot

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Publication number: CN111588310A
Application number: CN202010437928.1A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 霍佃恒; 郭九春
Original assignee: Shandong Huntian Information Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: Shandong Huntian Information Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2020-05-21
Filing date: 2020-05-21
Publication date: 2020-08-28

Abstract

An intelligent floor sweeping robot comprises a shell, a walking assembly, a main brush (1), a dust box (3), a disinfecting assembly, a floor mopping assembly and a drying assembly, wherein the disinfecting assembly comprises an ultraviolet disinfection lamp (4) and a dust cover (12), the dust cover (12) covers the upper part of the main brush (1), the ultraviolet disinfection lamp (4) is installed between the dust cover (12) and the dust box (3), and the dust cover (12) and the dust box (3) are made of transparent materials; the water tank (5) is close to the dust box (3), the mop cloth (51) is arranged on the bottom surface of the water tank (5), and the water tank (5) is made of transparent materials; the drying assembly comprises a heater (6) and a negative ion generator (62). The intelligent floor sweeping robot can utilize ultraviolet rays to disinfect multiple components simultaneously, meanwhile, suspended particles in the air are condensed into larger particles to be settled down by utilizing negative ions, the particles are mopped up through a mop (51), and the particles are dried by the aid of the heater (6), so that the intelligent floor sweeping robot has good self-disinfection capacity and more effective cleaning capacity.

Description

Intelligent floor sweeping robot

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of sweeping robots, in particular to an intelligent sweeping robot with the advantages of environmental protection and good cleaning effect.

Background

The floor sweeping robot is also called an automatic cleaner, intelligent dust collection, a robot dust collector and the like, is one of intelligent household appliances, and can automatically complete floor cleaning work in a room by means of certain artificial intelligence. Generally, a brushing and sweeping mode is adopted, and impurities on the ground are absorbed into the garbage storage box, so that the function of cleaning the ground is achieved. Generally, a robot that performs cleaning, dust collection and floor wiping is also collectively called a floor sweeping robot. Along with the improvement of domestic living standard, intelligent robot of sweeping floor is popularized gradually.

The sweeping robot can sweep garbage, dust and the like into the dust box in the cleaning process, but the garbage is stored in the dust box and can propagate germs inevitably, the brush can also be in direct contact with garbage wastes possibly containing germs in the brushing and sweeping process, if the sweeping robot cannot be cleaned in time, the sweeping robot is likely to become a pollution source, and therefore some necessary disinfection means aiming at the sweeping robot are needed. In addition, for a sweeping robot with a mopping function, the cleaning effect is not ideal, firstly, a large amount of floating fine particles still exist in the air, the particles not only influence the air quality, but also can soil the just cleaned floor in a short time, and secondly, the water marks on the floor are easy to slip after mopping. To the disinfection of robot of sweeping the floor, utility model patent CN201820774217.1 provides a clean maintenance device for robot of sweeping the floor, has used special staving to disinfect, clean and maintenance work, but special staving needs to be purchased alone, and it is comparatively inconvenient again to use. The robot of sweeping the floor that is badly needed at present can carry out necessary disinfection to machine self, reduces the suspended particles in the air when clean, has concurrently and drags ground stoving function, promotes the clean effect of robot of sweeping the floor.

Disclosure of Invention

In order to solve the problems, the invention provides an intelligent floor sweeping robot which can simultaneously disinfect a main brush, a dust box and a water tank by using ultraviolet rays, and simultaneously condense suspended particles in air into larger particles by using negative ions, so that the particles gradually settle down indoors, are mopped clean by a mop, are dried by a heater in an auxiliary manner, and have better self-disinfection capability and more effective cleaning capability.

The technical scheme of the invention is as follows:

an intelligent floor sweeping robot comprises a shell, a walking component and a main brush, wherein the walking component is arranged at the bottom of the shell, the middle part of the shell is provided with a main brush, the bottom of the shell is provided with an opening, the main brush extends out of the opening and is contacted with the ground, the rear side of the main brush is connected with a dust box, and the main brush also comprises a disinfection component, a mopping component and a drying component, the sterilizing component comprises an ultraviolet sterilizing lamp and a dust cover, the dust cover covers the upper part of the main brush, the dust cover is communicated with the dust box, an ultraviolet disinfection lamp is arranged between the dust cover and the dust box, the dust cover and the dust box are made of transparent materials, the mopping assembly comprises a water tank and a mop cloth, the water tank is close to the dust box, the mop cloth is arranged on the bottom surface of the water tank, the water tank is made of transparent materials, the drying assembly is installed at the tail of the shell and comprises a heater and a negative ion generator.

By providing the scheme, the ultraviolet disinfection lamp is added, and the dust cover, the dust box and the water tank are made transparent, so that the ultraviolet disinfection lamp can irradiate the main brush, the dust box and the water tank and disinfect the main brush, the dust box and the water tank simultaneously; the negative ions generated by the negative ion generator are utilized to agglomerate the suspended particles in the air into larger particles, so that the particles gradually settle down indoors and are dragged clean by the mop, and the drying is assisted by the heater, so that the air purifier has better self-disinfection capability and more effective cleaning capability.

Preferably, the dust cover is communicated with the dust box through a dust collecting channel, the ultraviolet disinfection lamp is installed on the dust collecting channel, and the dust collecting channel is made of transparent materials. The dust collecting channel is used, so that the dust cover and the dust box are conveniently connected in a sealing way, and an excellent mounting position is provided for the ultraviolet disinfection lamp.

As a specific implementation mode, the dust box is stacked with the water tank, the lower surface of the dust box is attached to the upper surface of the water tank, the front side surface of the water tank is attached to the dust cover, and the front part of the water tank is arranged below the dust collection channel. The mode of stacking from top to bottom is adopted, and the ultraviolet disinfection lamp can disinfect the main brush, the dust box and the water tank simultaneously.

The intelligent floor sweeping robot further comprises an air outlet, a filter screen is installed at the air outlet, the air outlet is connected with an air channel, the air channel is communicated to the drying component, and wind energy generated by the main brush is recycled to assist drying.

According to the intelligent sweeping robot, the drying assembly further comprises a plurality of shunting channels, the heater is installed in the air channel, the tail end of the air channel is connected with the shunting channels, and the tail end of the shunting channel located at the tail part of the shell vertically points to the ground.

Further, the negative ion generator is arranged in an air duct behind the heater. The hot air with the negative ions is blown out by the diversion channel, so that the ground can be dried, and suspended particles in the air can be cleaned.

Preferably, at least two horizontally-oriented flow dividing channels are mounted on the front edge of the housing.

According to the intelligent floor sweeping robot, the laser radar sensor is installed at the top of the shell. The lidar sensor is capable of identifying obstacles.

Furthermore, the edge of the dust cover is connected with the edge of the opening to form a semi-cylindrical space which is concave inwards, and the main brush is arranged in the semi-cylindrical space. The dust cover separates and collects rubbish such as dust to the dirt box, has avoided the dust to pollute other subassemblies of casing.

In a refinement, the water tank is also equipped with a water quantity controller, by means of which the water of the water tank flows onto the mop. The water quantity controller is used for controlling the humidity of the mop.

Compared with the prior art, the invention has the advantages that:

according to the invention, the ultraviolet disinfection lamp is added, and the dust cover, the dust box and the water tank are made transparent, so that the ultraviolet disinfection lamp can irradiate the main brush, the dust box and the water tank, and can disinfect the main brush, the dust box and the water tank simultaneously; the negative ions generated by the negative ion generator are utilized to agglomerate the suspended particles in the air into larger particles, so that the particles gradually settle down in a room, are dragged to be clean by the mop, are dried by the aid of the heater, and have better self-disinfection capacity and more effective cleaning capacity; the dust collecting channel provides an excellent installation position for the ultraviolet disinfection lamp; energy is recycled, wind energy generated by the main brush is recycled, and auxiliary drying is performed; the advanced laser radar technology is used, the positioning is accurate, and the cleaning route is reasonably planned; the water quantity of the mop cloth is controllable, and the mopping effect is better.

Drawings

The aspects and advantages of the present application will become apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art upon reading the following detailed description of the preferred embodiments. The drawings are only for purposes of illustrating the preferred embodiments and are not to be construed as limiting the invention.

In the drawings:

fig. 1 is a schematic view of an internal structure of an intelligent floor sweeping robot in embodiment 1;

FIG. 2 is a side view of the sterilization unit according to example 1;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view showing the structure of the components around the dust box in example 1;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view showing the structure of the inside of a duct in example 1;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view showing an internal structure of the case-less shield according to example 1;

fig. 6 is a front view of the intelligent floor sweeping robot in embodiment 1;

fig. 7 is a schematic view of a bottom structure of the intelligent floor sweeping robot in embodiment 1;

fig. 8 is a schematic structural view of a water amount controller in embodiment 1.

The components represented by the reference numerals in the figures are:

1. the device comprises a main brush, 11, an opening, 12, a dust cover, 13, a dust collection channel, 2, a laser radar sensor, 3, a dust box, 31, an air outlet, 32, an air duct, 4, an ultraviolet disinfection lamp, 5, a water tank, 51, a mop, 52, a water quantity controller, 6, a heater, 61, a shunt channel, 62 and a negative ion generator.

Detailed Description

Exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in more detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be noted that these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure can be more completely understood and fully conveyed to those skilled in the art, and the present disclosure may be implemented in various forms without being limited to the embodiments set forth herein.

Example 1

Referring to fig. 1, fig. 1 is an internal structure schematic diagram of an intelligent floor sweeping robot in this embodiment 1, in which a part of a housing is removed to show an internal structure, and the internal structure schematic diagram includes a housing, a walking assembly, a main brush 1, a disinfecting assembly, a floor mopping assembly and a drying assembly, where the walking assembly is installed at the bottom of the housing, the main brush 1 is installed at the middle of the housing, an opening 11 is formed in the bottom of the housing, the main brush 1 extends out of the opening 11 and contacts with the ground, a dust box 3 is connected to the rear side of the main brush 1 through a dust cover 12, the disinfecting assembly includes an ultraviolet disinfection lamp 4 and a dust cover 12, the dust cover 12 covers the upper portion of the main brush 1, the dust cover 12 can prevent dust rising from entering other assemblies or circuits when the main brush 1 is sweeping, and the dust cover 12 is communicated with the dust box 3 to directly send the dust into the dust box. Dust cover 12 and dust box 3 within a definite time horizontal installation have an ultraviolet ray disinfection lamp 4, dust cover 12 and dust box 3 use transparent material, the subassembly of mopping includes water tank 5 and mop 51, dust box 3 is pressed close to water tank 5, mop 51 is installed in water tank 5 bottom surface, water tank 5 uses transparent material, drying assembly installs at the casing afterbody, drying assembly is including installing heater 6 and the anion generator 62 in wind channel 32.

Specifically, in the above scheme, the ultraviolet disinfection lamp 4 is additionally arranged, and the dust cover 12, the dust box 3 and the water tank 5 are made transparent, so that the ultraviolet disinfection lamp 4 can irradiate the main brush 1, the dust box 3 and the water tank 5, and the main brush 1, the dust box 3 and the water tank 5 are disinfected simultaneously. As a common disinfection means, ultraviolet sterilization and disinfection is a method that ultraviolet rays with proper wavelength can destroy the molecular structure of DNA or RNA in microbial organism cells to cause death of growing cells and death of regenerative cells, so that the sterilization and disinfection effects are achieved. The ultraviolet disinfection technology is based on modern epidemic prevention science, medicine and photodynamics, and utilizes specially designed UVC wave band ultraviolet light with high efficiency, high intensity and long service life to irradiate flowing water so as to directly kill various bacteria, viruses, parasites, algae and other pathogens in the water.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, in this embodiment, in order to maximize the disinfection effect of the uv disinfection lamp 4, the main brush 1, the dust box 3 and the water tank 5 are designed to be as close as possible, the dust cover 12 is communicated with the dust box 3 through the dust collection channel 13, the uv disinfection lamp 4 is installed on the dust collection channel 13, and the dust collection channel 13 is made of transparent material. Use collection dirt passageway 13 not only to make things convenient for the sealing connection of dust cover 12 with dirt box 3, also provide splendid mounted position for ultraviolet ray disinfection lamp 4, we directly install ultraviolet ray disinfection lamp 4 on collection dirt passageway 13 with the embedding mode, also have the disinfection effect to collection dirt passageway 13, of course, the mounted position of ultraviolet ray disinfection lamp 4 is not limited to this, under the prerequisite that does not influence the disinfection effect, technical staff in this field can design the mounted position by oneself. Install ultraviolet ray disinfection lamp 4 on collection dirt passageway 13 by main brush 1, dirt box 3 and water tank 5 surround, the ultraviolet ray that sends directly shines on the brush hair of main brush 1, on the dust rubbish in the dirt box 3 and the aquatic of water tank 5, even do not clean the operation, also can open ultraviolet ray disinfection lamp 4 and disinfect, thereby keep the clean health of whole robot self of sweeping the floor, furthest's avoiding is polluted because of sweeping into the pollutant or depositing the robot of sweeping the floor that leads to rotten and rotten, realize the automatically cleaning.

Referring to fig. 2, as a specific implementation manner, the dust box 3 and the water tank 5 are stacked, the lower surface of the dust box 3 is attached to the upper surface of the water tank 5, and the front side surface of the water tank 5 is attached to the dust cover 12, so that the space is further saved, the whole sweeping robot is more compact, the structure is more stable, the irradiation distance is shortened, and ultraviolet rays are easier to penetrate through. Correspondingly, the below of collection dirt passageway 13 is the front portion of water tank 5, because the subassembly near ultraviolet ray disinfection lamp 4 has all adopted transparent material, ultraviolet ray disinfection lamp 4 can direct irradiation to the anterior deposit water of water tank 5, and ultraviolet ray disinfection lamp 4 also can see through the deposit water of dirt box 3 to other positions of water tank 5 and shine, has guaranteed sterile effect. The mode that stacks from top to bottom is adopted, and ultraviolet ray disinfection lamp 4 can disinfect main brush 1, dirt box 3 and water tank 5 simultaneously, need not arrange a plurality of ultraviolet ray disinfection lamps 4, and this has also saved the electric quantity demand greatly, and is very energy-conserving. Mop 51 is attached to the bottom surface of water tank 5, and when viewed horizontally from the side of the figure, the bristles of main brush 1 naturally extend and appear to exceed the thickness of mop 51, but when cleaning, mop 51 directly contacts the floor, and mop 51 deforms less, and the soft bristles of main brush 1 contact the floor and deform, and the flexibility of the deformed bristles makes cleaning more powerful. It should be noted that the rotation direction of the main brush 1 shown in the figure may be clockwise or counterclockwise, and the floor sweeping robot in the market has both rotation directions, and the invention does not specifically limit the rotation direction and shape of the main brush 1, and is not an innovative point of the invention. As long as the interface of the dust box 3 that corresponds is reasonable in design, and the brush hair shape is appropriate, and two kinds of direction of rotation can both effectively collect rubbish, and main brush 1 adopts the clockwise rotation mode in this embodiment, and the brush hair will wrap up the air current of holding rubbish and pour into dust collection channel 13, and the situation slides into in the dust box 3 again.

Another outstanding advantage of the present invention is that the negative ions generated by the negative ion generator 62 agglomerate the suspended particles in the air into larger particles, which gradually settle down in the room, are then dragged clean by the mop 51, and are assisted by the heater 6 for drying, thus having better self-disinfection capability and more effective cleaning capability.

The application of the negative ions in life is very wide, the effect of the negative ions on optimizing air is proved, the negative ions are quite mature technology at present in the process of scientific and technological development, and the negative ion dust removal technology is widely applied to professional dust removal and public places such as precision laboratories, hospitals and restaurants in Europe and North America. The research shows that: most of particle pollutants in the air are positively charged, the negative ions are carried on the negative electricity, the negative ions can easily adsorb the charged particle pollutants, the smaller the diameter of the particles is, the better the adsorption effect is, the suspended particles in the air are condensed into larger particles by the negative ions and gradually settle down indoors, the settled particle pollutants are more easily cleaned, and only the mop 51 is needed to be mopped up and the auxiliary drying of the heater 6 is needed.

In order to achieve better negative ion cleaning and mopping effects, the airflow generated by the rotation of the main brush 1 is secondarily utilized, so that negative ions can be better diffused.

Firstly, referring to fig. 3 and 4, the main brush 1 rotates in the dust cover 12 to generate an air flow, the rotating main brush 1 simultaneously uses the bristles and the air flow to sweep or suck impurities such as dust on the ground into the dust box 3, an air outlet 31 is arranged at the rear end of the dust box 3, a filter screen is installed on the air outlet 31 to intercept and filter the impurities, the air outlet 31 is connected with an air duct 32, and the air duct 32 is communicated with the drying assembly. The air flow passing through the filter screen enters the air duct 32 and is introduced into the drying assembly, the heater 6 generates heat by adopting resistance wires, the principle of the electric hair dryer is the same as that of the electric hair dryer, and the description is omitted; the negative ion generator 62 emits negative ions, and the hot air flow carrying the negative ions is blown out to the ground, so that the wind energy generated by the main brush 1 is reused, the air flow plays a role in auxiliary drying, and the negative ions are diffused in the air to purify fine particles in the air.

Referring to fig. 4 and 5, specifically, the drying assembly includes four diversion channels 61 in addition to the heater 6 and the negative ion generator 62 installed in the air duct 32, the heater 6 and the negative ion generator 62 are sequentially installed in the air duct 32, the generated heat is carried out by the airflow, and in order to blow the hot airflow to the bottom surface to achieve the drying effect, referring to fig. 7, the diversion channels 61 located at the tail of the housing are further improved, so that the tail ends of the two diversion channels 61 located at the tail of the housing are vertically directed to the ground.

Referring to fig. 5 and 6, in the air duct 32, after the negative ion generator 62 is installed in the heater 6, the flow dividing channel 61 blows out hot air with negative ions, which can dry the ground and play a role of negative ions to clean suspended particles in the air. In order to realize the effect of cleaning the negative ions in a large range, two horizontal diversion channels 61 are installed at the front edge of the shell, and the diversion channels 61 are designed to be in the horizontal forward direction in the embodiment, so that the negative ions are generated at the head and the tail of the shell, the horizontal diversion channels 61 at the head cannot blow up the dust on the ground, and the sufficient diffusion range of the negative ions is ensured in the cleaning process.

Referring to fig. 1, a lidar sensor 2 is mounted on the top of the housing. The laser radar is a radar technology for detecting a characteristic quantity such as a position and a velocity of a target by emitting a laser beam. The working principle of the robot sweeper is that a detection signal is transmitted to a target, then the received signal reflected from the target is compared with the transmitted signal, and after appropriate processing, relevant information of the target, such as parameters of target distance, direction, height, speed, posture, even shape and the like, can be obtained.

Referring to fig. 7, in the present embodiment, the traveling assembly is designed as two main wheels at the middle and one universal wheel at the front, further, the edge of the dust cover 12 is connected with the edge of the opening 11 to form a semi-cylindrical space recessed inwards, the opening 11 is opened on the bottom plate of the housing, and the main brush 1 is installed in the semi-cylindrical space. Dust cover 12 separates and collects rubbish such as dust in dust box 3, and the edge of dust cover 12 is connected with the edge of trompil 11, has avoided dust to pollute other subassemblies in the casing from the gap. The dust box 3 and the water tank 5 are hidden from view by the mop 51 when viewed from the bottom, and the dust collection passage 13 serves as a communication passage for the dust cover 12 and the dust box 3, and also only the connection part of the dust collection passage 13 with the dust cover 12 is shown because it is hidden.

In a modified solution, see fig. 8, the water tank 5 is also fitted with a water quantity control 52, and the water of the water tank 5 flows through the water quantity control 52 onto the mop 51. For supplying water to the mop 51, a water outlet is shown in the center of the bottom surface of the water tank 5, and the water quantity controller 52 is essentially a baffle for controlling the water quantity of the water tank 5, and controls the humidity of the mop 51 by controlling and adjusting the area of the baffle blocking the water outlet of the water tank 5, so that the mop 51 is neither too wet nor too dry, and a satisfactory mopping effect is obtained.

In the scheme of the embodiment, the ultraviolet disinfection lamp 4 is added, and the dust cover 12, the dust box 3 and the water tank 5 are made transparent, so that the ultraviolet disinfection lamp 4 can irradiate the main brush 1, the dust box 3 and the water tank 5, and disinfect the main brush 1, the dust box 3 and the water tank 5; the negative ions generated by the negative ion generator 62 are utilized to agglomerate the suspended particles in the air into larger particles, so that the particles gradually settle down in a room, are dragged clean by the mop 51, are assisted by the heater 6 for drying, and have better self-disinfection capability and more effective cleaning capability; the dust collecting passage 13 provides an excellent mounting position for the ultraviolet sterilizing lamp 4; energy is recycled, wind energy generated by the main brush 1 is recycled, and auxiliary drying is performed; the advanced laser radar technology is used, the positioning is accurate, and the cleaning route is reasonably planned; the water quantity of the mop cloth 51 is controllable, and the mopping effect is better.

The above description is only for the preferred embodiment of the present invention, but the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and any changes or additions or substitutions that can be easily conceived by those skilled in the art within the technical scope of the present invention are also included in the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present invention shall be subject to the protection scope of the appended claims.

Claims

1. An intelligent floor sweeping robot comprises a shell, a walking assembly and a main brush (1), wherein the walking assembly is installed at the bottom of the shell, the main brush (1) is installed in the middle of the shell, an opening (11) is formed in the bottom of the shell, the main brush (1) extends out of the opening (11) and is in contact with the ground, a dust box (3) is connected to the rear side of the main brush (1), and the intelligent floor sweeping robot is characterized by further comprising a sterilizing assembly, a floor mopping assembly and a drying assembly;

the disinfection component comprises an ultraviolet disinfection lamp (4) and a dust cover (12), the dust cover (12) covers the upper part of the main brush (1), the dust cover (12) is communicated with the dust box (3), the ultraviolet disinfection lamp (4) is arranged between the dust cover (12) and the dust box (3), and the dust cover (12) and the dust box (3) are made of transparent materials;

the mopping assembly comprises a water tank (5) and a mop cloth (51), the water tank (5) is close to the dust box (3), the mop cloth (51) is installed on the bottom surface of the water tank (5), and the water tank (5) is made of transparent materials;

the drying assembly is arranged at the tail part of the shell and comprises a heater (6) and a negative ion generator (62).

2. The intelligent floor sweeping robot according to claim 1, wherein the dust cover (12) is communicated with the dust box (3) through a dust collection channel (13), the ultraviolet disinfection lamp (4) is installed on the dust collection channel (13), and the dust collection channel (13) is made of a transparent material.

3. The intelligent floor sweeping robot according to claim 2, wherein the dust box (3) is stacked on the water tank (5), the lower surface of the dust box (3) is attached to the upper surface of the water tank (5), the front side surface of the water tank (5) is attached to the dust cover (12), and the front portion of the water tank (5) is located below the dust collection channel (13).

4. The intelligent floor sweeping robot according to claim 1, wherein the rear end of the dust box (3) further comprises an air outlet (31), a filter screen is installed at the air outlet (31), the air outlet (31) is connected with an air duct (32), and the air duct (32) is communicated to the drying assembly.

5. The intelligent sweeping robot according to claim 4, wherein the drying assembly further comprises a plurality of diversion channels (61), the heater (6) is installed in the air duct (32), the end of the air duct (32) is connected with the diversion channels (61), and the end of the diversion channel (61) at the tail of the housing is vertically directed to the ground.

6. The intelligent floor sweeping robot according to claim 5, wherein the negative ion generator (62) is installed in the air duct (32) behind the heater (6).

7. An intelligent sweeping robot according to claim 5, wherein at least two horizontally-oriented diversion channels (61) are installed at the front edge of the housing.

8. The intelligent floor sweeping robot as claimed in claim 1, wherein a lidar sensor (2) is mounted on the top of the housing.

9. An intelligent floor sweeping robot according to claim 1, wherein the edge of the dust cover (12) is connected with the edge of the opening (11) to form a semi-cylindrical space which is concave inwards, and the main brush (1) is installed in the semi-cylindrical space.

10. An intelligent floor sweeping robot according to claim 1, characterized in that the water tank (5) is further provided with a water quantity controller (52), and the water in the water tank (5) flows to the mop cloth (51) through the water quantity controller (52).