CN111887771A

CN111887771A - Automatic rotary table system and base station

Info

Publication number: CN111887771A
Application number: CN202010893040.9A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 杨勇; 宫海涛; 胡永华; 张绍程
Original assignee: Shenzhen 3irobotix Co Ltd
Current assignee: Shenzhen 3irobotix Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-08-28
Filing date: 2020-08-28
Publication date: 2020-11-06

Abstract

The application discloses an automatic carousel system and basic station. The automatic turntable system comprises a base, a turntable assembly and a driving assembly. The turntable assembly is rotatably connected with the base and comprises a turntable body and an annular rack arranged on the turntable body. The driving assembly is arranged on the base, and the driving gear of the driving assembly is meshed with the annular rack. The driving assembly drives the turntable body to rotate for a preset angle so as to switch the sweeper positioned on the turntable body between a walking posture and a cleaning posture. The technical scheme that this application provided can solve among the prior art sweeper and be difficult to get into the problem in the basic station through the mode of moving back.

Description

Automatic rotary table system and base station

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of sweeping robots, in particular to an automatic turntable system and a base station.

Background

In recent years, with the development of social economy and the improvement of the domestic living standard, furniture cleaning gradually enters an intelligent and mechanized era, and a cleaning robot produced by transportation can free people from household cleaning work, effectively reduce the workload of people in the aspect of household cleaning, and relieve the fatigue degree of people in the household cleaning process.

In the prior art, sweeper systems with base stations have emerged. The floor sweeper needs to enter the base station through the backward climbing action to clean the mop of the floor sweeper in the base station in a cleaning posture, namely the posture of the mop in front, and the floor sweeper cannot easily enter the base station due to the small backward climbing angle of the floor sweeper.

Disclosure of Invention

The application provides an automatic carousel system and basic station, it can solve among the prior art problem in the sweeper is difficult to get into the basic station through the mode of moving back.

In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides an automatic turntable system, including:

a base;

the turntable assembly is rotatably connected with the base and comprises a turntable body and an annular rack arranged on the turntable body; and

the driving assembly is arranged on the base, and a driving gear of the driving assembly is meshed with the annular rack;

the driving assembly drives the turntable body to rotate by a preset angle so as to switch the sweeper positioned on the turntable body between a walking posture and a cleaning posture.

In the process of the realization, the sweeper walks to the turntable body in a normal walking posture, namely a normal advancing mode, and the turntable body rotates by a preset angle through the work of the driving assembly, so that the sweeper is adjusted to a cleaning posture by adjusting the direction of the sweeper. When the automatic turntable system is applied to a base station, the sweeper easily enters the base station in a walking posture and is positioned on the turntable body due to the fact that the advancing climbing angle of the sweeper is large, the sweeper rotates to a cleaning posture through the work of the automatic turntable system, the cleaning and other works are smoothly completed in the base station, and after the cleaning is completed, the automatic turntable system works, the sweeper rotates to the walking posture, and the base station can be withdrawn.

In an alternative embodiment, the annular rack is fixed to the lower surface of the turntable body, and the turntable body is coaxial with the annular rack.

In an alternative embodiment, the automated turntable system further comprises a turntable guide wheel assembly;

the turntable guide wheel assembly is arranged on the base and abuts against the annular rack.

In an alternative embodiment, the turntable guide wheel assembly comprises a plurality of guide wheel units, and the plurality of guide wheel units are arranged at intervals along the length direction of the annular rack so as to support the annular rack and be in rolling fit with the annular rack.

In an optional embodiment, the turntable body is provided with a rotating shaft, the rotating shaft penetrates through the base, and the rotating shaft is provided with a trigger rod;

the lower surface of the base is provided with a first photoelectric switch and a second photoelectric switch which are arranged at intervals;

after the driving assembly drives the turntable body to rotate for a preset angle, the trigger rod triggers the first photoelectric switch or the second photoelectric switch to control the driving assembly to stop working.

In an alternative embodiment, the predetermined angle is one hundred and eighty degrees.

In an optional embodiment, the turntable body is provided with a stopper, and the stopper is used for being matched with the sweeper to realize braking of the sweeper.

In an alternative embodiment, the surface of the base is formed with a side enclosure, and two side guide wheel units are arranged at intervals on the side enclosure;

the side guide wheel unit comprises a side guide wheel and a vertical guide wheel;

the lateral guide wheel rolls around the vertical direction and is used for being fixedly matched with the wall surface of the sweeper;

the vertical guide wheel rolls around the horizontal direction and is abutted against the surface of the turntable body.

In an alternative embodiment, the base includes a base body and a bottom cover;

the turntable assembly is arranged on the base body, and the driving assembly is positioned between the base body and the bottom cover;

one end of the base body is formed with a slope.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a base station, where the base station includes the automatic turntable system in any one of the foregoing embodiments;

when the sweeper is switched to the cleaning posture through the automatic turntable system, the charging system and/or the cleaning system of the base station charges the sweeper and/or cleans a mop of the sweeper.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application, the drawings that are required to be used in the embodiments will be briefly described below, it should be understood that the following drawings only illustrate some embodiments of the present application and therefore should not be considered as limiting the scope, and for those skilled in the art, other related drawings can be obtained from the drawings without inventive effort.

Fig. 1 is a schematic view illustrating the sweeper of the present embodiment climbing a slope to an automatic turntable system;

fig. 2 is a schematic view of the sweeper in the automatic turntable system according to the present embodiment;

figure 3 is a schematic view of the sweeper in a cleaning attitude in a schematic view of the automatic turntable system;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the automatic turntable system of the present embodiment;

FIG. 5 is a perspective exploded view of the automatic turntable system in this embodiment;

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a partial structure of the automatic turntable system according to the present embodiment;

fig. 7 is a perspective view of the first guide unit in the present embodiment;

fig. 8 is a perspective view of a second guide unit in the present embodiment;

fig. 9 is an assembly view of the trigger lever, the first photoelectric switch and the second photoelectric switch in the present embodiment;

fig. 10 is a perspective view of the side guide wheel unit in the present embodiment.

Icon: 10-automatic turntable system; 10A-a sweeper; 11-a base; 12-a turntable assembly; 13-a drive assembly; 14-a turntable body; 15-a ring-shaped rack; 16-a guide wheel unit; 16 a-a first guiding unit; 16 b-a second guiding unit; 16 c-a scaffold; 17-a rotating shaft; 18-a trigger lever; 19-a first opto-electronic switch; 20-a second opto-electronic switch; 21-a stopper; 22-side enclosure; 23-side guide wheel unit; 24-a lateral guide wheel; 25-a vertical guide wheel; 26-a base body; 27-a bottom cover; 28-slope; 29-charged positive and negative electrodes; 30-mop.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present application clearer, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are some embodiments of the present application, but not all embodiments. The components of the embodiments of the present application, generally described and illustrated in the figures herein, can be arranged and designed in a wide variety of different configurations.

Thus, the following detailed description of the embodiments of the present application, presented in the accompanying drawings, is not intended to limit the scope of the claimed application, but is merely representative of selected embodiments of the application. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present application.

It should be noted that: like reference numbers and letters refer to like items in the following figures, and thus, once an item is defined in one figure, it need not be further defined and explained in subsequent figures.

In the description of the embodiments of the present application, it is to be understood that the terms "center", "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "inner", "outer", and the like, refer to the orientation or positional relationship as shown in the drawings, or as conventionally placed in use of the product of the application, or as conventionally understood by those skilled in the art, and are used merely for convenience of description and for simplicity of description, and do not indicate or imply that the referenced device or element must have a particular orientation, be constructed in a particular orientation, and be operated, and therefore should not be considered as limiting the present application.

In the description of the embodiments of the present application, it should also be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly stated or limited, the terms "disposed," "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly and may, for example, be fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected; they may be connected directly or indirectly through intervening media, or they may be interconnected between two elements. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present application can be understood in a specific case by those of ordinary skill in the art.

It should be noted that the embodiments and features of the embodiments in the present application may be combined with each other without conflict.

The technical solution in the present application will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The embodiment provides an automatic turntable system 10, which can solve the problem that a sweeper 10A in the prior art is difficult to enter a base station in a backward mode.

Referring to fig. 1, fig. 2, fig. 3, fig. 4, and fig. 5, fig. 1 is a schematic view of a sweeper 10A in the present embodiment when climbing a slope to an automatic turntable system 10, fig. 2 is a schematic view of the sweeper 10A in the present embodiment when the automatic turntable system 10 is in a cleaning posture, fig. 3 is a schematic view of the sweeper 10A in the automatic turntable system 10 when in a cleaning posture, fig. 4 is a perspective view of the automatic turntable system 10 in the present embodiment, and fig. 5 is a perspective exploded view of the automatic turntable system 10 in the present embodiment.

The automated turntable system 10 includes a base 11, a turntable assembly 12, and a drive assembly 13. The turntable assembly 12 is rotatably connected to the base 11, and the turntable assembly 12 includes a turntable body 14 and an annular rack 15 disposed on the turntable body 14. The driving assembly 13 is provided on the base 11 and the driving gear of the driving assembly 13 is engaged with the annular rack 15.

The driving assembly 13 drives the turntable body 14 to rotate by a predetermined angle to switch the sweeper 10A located on the turntable body 14 between its walking posture and its cleaning posture.

In the implementation process, the sweeper 10A travels to the turntable body 14 in a normal traveling posture, i.e., in a normal forward manner. Through the work of the driving assembly 13, the turntable body 14 rotates by a predetermined angle, and the direction of the sweeper 10A is adjusted, so that the sweeper 10A is adjusted to the cleaning posture.

When the automatic turntable system 10 is applied to a base station, referring to fig. 1 and 2, since the forward climbing angle of the sweeper 10A is large, the sweeper 10A easily enters the base station in a walking posture and is located on the turntable body 14. Referring to fig. 3, after the automatic turntable system 10 works and the sweeper 10A is rotated by a predetermined angle, the sweeper 10A is in a cleaning posture relative to the whole automatic turntable system 10, that is, a mop 30 of the sweeper 10A corresponds to a cleaning station of a base station, so that cleaning and other works are smoothly completed in the base station, and after the cleaning is completed, the automatic turntable system 10 works and the sweeper 10A is rotated to a walking posture, so that the base station can be withdrawn.

In the present disclosure, the annular rack 15 is fixed to the lower surface of the turntable body 14, and the turntable body 14 is coaxial with the annular rack 15.

In the implementation process, the turntable body 14 is coaxial with the annular rack 15, so that when the driving assembly 13 works, the driving gear rotates to drive the annular rack 15 and the turntable body 14 to synchronously rotate, so that the sweeper 10A is rapidly driven to rotate, and the direction of the sweeper 10A is adjusted. Meanwhile, the annular rack 15 is positioned on the lower surface of the turntable body 14, so that the annular rack 15 is prevented from interfering with the sweeper 10A.

Referring to fig. 6, fig. 6 is a perspective view of a partial structure of the automatic turntable system 10.

In the present disclosure, the automated turntable system 10 further includes a turntable guide wheel assembly. The turntable guide wheel assembly is arranged on the base 11 and abuts against the annular rack 15.

In the implementation process, the turntable guide wheel assembly guides the annular rack 15, so that the annular rack 15 can smoothly rotate by a preset angle under the driving of the driving assembly 13, and the sweeper 10A can be smoothly switched between the walking posture and the cleaning posture; meanwhile, the turntable guide wheel assembly also plays a role in supporting the annular rack 15 and the turntable body 14 so as to ensure that the annular rack 15 and the turntable body 14 can smoothly rotate relative to the base 11.

In the present disclosure, the turntable guide wheel assembly includes a plurality of guide wheel units 16, and the plurality of guide wheel units 16 are disposed at intervals along the length direction of the annular rack 15 to support the annular rack 15 and to be in rolling engagement with the annular rack 15.

In the implementation process, the guide wheel units 16 play a role in guiding and supporting together to share the acting force of the turntable assembly 12 and the sweeper 10A together, so that the service life of the turntable guide wheel assembly is prolonged.

Note that, in conjunction with fig. 7 and 8, the guide wheel unit 16 includes a first guide unit 16a and a second guide unit 16 b.

The number of the first guide units 16a is two, and two first guide units 16a are provided at intervals. The first guiding unit 16a includes a supporting frame 16c and a roller disposed on the supporting frame 16c, the supporting frame 16c is fixed on the base 11, and the roller abuts against the annular rack 15.

The number of the second guide units 16b is two, two first guide units 16a are located between the two second guide units 16b, and the second guide units 16b are located outside the first guide units 16a adjacent thereto. In the present disclosure, the second guiding unit 16b includes a roller, the roller is rotatably embedded in the base 11 through the rotating shaft 17, when the annular rack 15 rotates to a certain angle, the annular rack 15 will contact the second guiding unit 16b, and the second guiding unit 16b supports the annular rack 15.

Referring to fig. 5 and 9, fig. 9 is an assembly view of the trigger lever 18, the first electro-optical switch 19 and the second electro-optical switch 20 in the present embodiment.

The turntable body 14 is provided with a rotating shaft 17, the rotating shaft 17 penetrates through the base 11, and the rotating shaft 17 is provided with a trigger rod 18. The lower surface of the base 11 is provided with a first photoelectric switch 19 and a second photoelectric switch 20 arranged at an interval. After the driving assembly 13 drives the turntable body 14 to rotate by a predetermined angle, the triggering rod 18 triggers the first photoelectric switch 19 or the second photoelectric switch 20 to control the driving assembly 13 to stop working.

In the implementation process, when the sweeper 10A needs to be switched from the walking posture to the cleaning posture, the turntable body 14 rotates, after the turntable body 14 rotates by a preset angle, the trigger rod 18 triggers the first photoelectric switch 19, and the first photoelectric switch 19 feeds back to the driving assembly 13, so that the driving assembly 13 stops working, and the sweeper 10A is ensured to be in a correct position, namely, the cleaning posture. When the sweeper 10A needs to be switched from the cleaning posture to the walking posture, the turntable body 14 rotates reversely, after the turntable body 14 rotates reversely by a predetermined angle, the trigger rod 18 triggers the second photoelectric switch 20, and the second photoelectric switch 20 feeds back to the driving assembly 13, so that the driving assembly 13 stops working, and the sweeper 10A is ensured to be in a correct direction, namely the walking posture.

In the present disclosure, the predetermined angle is one hundred and eighty degrees.

In the implementation process, the predetermined angle is one hundred and eighty degrees, which means that the sweeper 10A can rotate one hundred and eighty degrees to switch the walking posture and the cleaning posture, as can be seen in fig. 2 and 3. It should be noted that the cleaning attitude corresponds to the cleaning station of the base station, and when the specific position of the cleaning station of the base station is changed, the predetermined angle is also changed accordingly, for example, in other embodiments, the predetermined angle may be ninety degrees or one hundred twenty degrees, etc.

In the present disclosure, the turntable body 14 is provided with a stopper 21, and the stopper 21 is used for cooperating with the sweeper 10A to realize braking of the sweeper 10A.

In the implementation process, when the sweeper 10A moves forward to the turntable body 14, the front collision of the sweeper 10A touches the stop block 21 on the turntable, and the sweeper can be immediately stopped on the turntable, so that the automatic turntable system 10 works.

In the present disclosure, a side enclosure 22 is formed on the surface of the base 11, and two side guide wheel units 23 are arranged on the side enclosure 22 at intervals. Referring to fig. 10, fig. 10 is a perspective view of the middle guide wheel unit 23 of the present embodiment.

The side guide wheel unit 23 includes a side guide wheel 24 and a vertical guide wheel 25. The lateral guide wheels 24 roll in a vertical direction for fixed engagement with the wall of the sweeper 10A. The vertical guide wheel 25 rolls around the horizontal direction and abuts against the surface of the turntable body 14.

In the implementation process, when the sweeper 10A moves forward to the turntable body 14, the lateral guide wheel 24 guides the sweeper 10A, so that the sweeper 10A can accurately and smoothly enter the lateral enclosure 22 of the base 11 and is located on the turntable body 14. The vertical guide wheel 25 is abutted against the surface of the turntable body 14, and plays a role in supporting and guiding the turntable body 14 in rotation.

In the present disclosure, the base 11 includes a base body 26 and a bottom cover 27. The turntable assembly 12 is disposed on the base body 26, and the driving assembly 13 is disposed between the base body 26 and the bottom cover 27. One end of the base body 26 is formed with a ramp 28.

In the above implementation, the sweeper 10A can smoothly enter the base body 26 through the slope 28 in the walking posture. The driving assembly 13 is located between the base body 26 and the bottom, and can be well protected, so that the driving assembly 13 is prevented from being exposed to the outside and increasing the risk of being damaged. It should be noted that, in the present disclosure, the driving assembly 13 includes a driving motor and a gearbox, and a driving gear disposed on an output shaft of the gearbox.

It should be noted that, in this disclosure, a base station is also provided.

The base station includes the automatic carousel system 10 described above.

With reference to fig. 2 and 3, when the sweeper 10A is switched to the cleaning position by the automatic turntable system 10, the charging system and/or the cleaning system of the base station charges the sweeper 10A and/or cleans the mop 30 of the sweeper 10A.

In fig. 2, the positive and negative charging poles 29 and the mop 30 of the sweeper 10A are shown.

In the implementation process, after the sweeper 10A rotates one hundred and eighty degrees, the charging anode and cathode 29 of the sweeper 10A and the mop 30 also rotate one hundred and eighty degrees, so that charging and cleaning work can be performed in the base station.

The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present application and is not intended to limit the present application, and various modifications and changes may be made by those skilled in the art. Any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement and the like made within the spirit and principle of the present application shall be included in the protection scope of the present application.

Claims

1. An automated carousel system, comprising:

a base;

the driving assembly drives the turntable body to rotate for a preset angle so as to switch the sweeper positioned on the turntable body between a walking posture and a cleaning posture.

2. The automated carousel system of claim 1,

the annular rack is fixed on the lower surface of the turntable body, and the turntable body is coaxial with the annular rack.

3. The automated carousel system of claim 2,

the automatic turntable system also comprises a turntable guide wheel assembly;

4. The automated carousel system of claim 3,

the turntable guide wheel assembly comprises a plurality of guide wheel units, and the guide wheel units are arranged at intervals along the length direction of the annular rack so as to support the annular rack and be matched with the annular rack in a rolling manner.

5. The automated carousel system of claim 1,

the rotary table body is provided with a rotary shaft, the rotary shaft penetrates through the base, and the rotary shaft is provided with a trigger rod;

when the driving assembly drives the turntable body to rotate for a preset angle, the trigger rod triggers the first photoelectric switch or the second photoelectric switch to control the driving assembly to stop working.

6. The automated turntable system of any one of claims 1-5,

the predetermined angle is one hundred and eighty degrees.

7. The automated turntable system of claim 1,

the turntable body is provided with a stop block, and the stop block is used for being matched with the sweeper to realize braking of the sweeper.

8. The automated carousel system of claim 1,

a side enclosure is formed on the surface of the base, and two side guide wheel units are arranged on the side enclosure at intervals;

9. The automated carousel system of claim 1,

the base comprises a base body and a bottom cover;

a slope is formed at one end of the base body.

10. A base station, characterized in that,

the base station comprises the automated carousel system of any one of claims 1-9;