CN112587047A

CN112587047A - Rolling mop and cleaning equipment

Info

Publication number: CN112587047A
Application number: CN202011555294.6A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 刘宇莹; 黄现安; 林海利; 林达浩; 李健; 王超
Original assignee: Gree Electric Appliances Inc of Zhuhai
Current assignee: Gree Electric Appliances Inc of Zhuhai
Priority date: 2020-12-24
Filing date: 2020-12-24
Publication date: 2021-04-02

Abstract

The present application relates to a roller mop and cleaning device. The rolling mop comprises a wiping layer and a water tank, wherein the wiping layer is surrounded and provided with a mounting cavity which is constructed to rotate along the rotation axis of the wiping layer, the water tank is positioned in the mounting cavity and provided with a water storage cavity and an overflow hole communicated with the water storage cavity, and the overflow hole is opened towards the wiping layer. According to the application, the wiping layer rotates along the rotation axis of the wiping layer, and the rotating wiping layer wipes the ground. Meanwhile, when the wiping layer wipes the ground, the water tank supplies water to the wiping layer through the overflow hole, so that the wiping layer is always in a wet state when the wiping layer wipes the ground. So, utilize rotatory rolling to drag the ground and clean, compare the tiled mop, clean efficiency is higher, will clean the layer simultaneously and water tank integration in an organic whole, need not additionally wet or spray water to ground to cleaning the layer, just can make and clean the layer and be in moist state all the time cleaning the in-process, not only improve clean effect greatly, reduced the energy consumption, still simplified the structure.

Description

Rolling mop and cleaning equipment

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of intelligent electrical appliances, in particular to a rolling mop and cleaning equipment.

Background

Along with the development of economy and the progress of society, the quality requirement of people on life is higher and higher, so some intelligent electrical appliances capable of freeing hands are produced. The sweeping robot is used as one of intelligent household appliances and plays an increasingly important role in daily life of people.

When an existing sweeping robot is used for mopping the floor, a floor wiping part of the existing sweeping robot is generally a cleaning cloth located at the bottom of a water tank, and when the sweeping robot moves, the floor is wiped through the cleaning cloth. Such a wiping mode is only to wipe ground gently, and the cleaning effect is unsatisfactory, needs to wipe repeatedly to make a round trip to wipe if dry, wastes time and energy, very extravagant to electric power resource.

Disclosure of Invention

The application provides a roll to drag and cleaning device to the unsatisfactory and big problem of power consumption of current cleaning device cleaning performance, should roll to drag and cleaning device have the good and energy-conserving technological effect of cleaning performance.

A roller skate, comprising:

the wiping layer is surrounded with a mounting cavity and is configured to rotate along the rotation axis of the wiping layer;

the water tank is positioned in the mounting cavity and is provided with a water storage cavity and an overflow hole communicated with the water storage cavity, and the overflow hole is formed towards the wiping layer.

In one embodiment, the water tank rotates in synchronization with the wipe layer.

In one embodiment, the axis of rotation of the water tank coincides with the axis of rotation of the wipe layer.

In one embodiment, the wipe layer is nested against an outer surface of the tank.

In one embodiment, the outer surface of the water tank has two end surfaces opposing along the rotational axis of the water tank and a circumferential surface connecting the two end surfaces;

the overflow hole penetrates through the circumferential surface, and the wiping layer is sleeved on the circumferential surface.

In one embodiment, the number of the overflow holes is multiple;

a plurality of said water flood holes form a plurality of water flood groups spaced along the axis of rotation of said wiping layer.

In one embodiment, each of the overflow groups includes at least two of the overflow holes, and the at least two of the overflow holes are uniformly arranged on the same cross section of the water tank perpendicular to the rotation axis of the wiping layer.

In addition, an embodiment of the present application further provides a cleaning device, which includes a body and a roller mop rotatably disposed on the body as described in any one of the above embodiments.

In one embodiment, the body has a drive portion for providing torque, the drive portion being in driving connection with the roller.

In one embodiment, the body further comprises a first cavity, the first cavity is provided with a dust suction port communicated with the outside of the body, the driving part and the roller are positioned in the first cavity, and the roller part extends out of the dust suction port.

In one embodiment, the roller is detachably mounted to the driving part.

In one embodiment, the body further comprises a roller brush, a dust collection box and a dust inlet channel;

the rolling brush is configured to be positioned in the first cavity, detachably mounted on the driving part and driven by the driving part to rotate, and the rolling brush part positioned in the first cavity extends out of the dust suction opening;

the dust inlet channel is communicated with the dust collecting box and the first cavity.

In practical application, the rolling mop rotates the wiping layer along the rotation axis of the rolling mop, and the rotating wiping layer wipes the ground. Meanwhile, when the wiping layer wipes the ground, the water tank supplies water to the wiping layer through the overflow hole, so that the wiping layer is always in a wet state when the wiping layer wipes the ground.

Compared with the prior art, utilize rotatory rolling to drag the ground and clean, compare the tiled mop, clean efficiency is higher, will clean the layer simultaneously and integrate in an organic whole with the water tank, need not additionally wet or spray water to ground to cleaning the layer, just can be so that clean the layer and be in moist state all the time cleaning the in-process, not only improve clean effect greatly, reduced the energy consumption, still simplified the structure.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a roller in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the roller-drag of FIG. 1 from another perspective;

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the roll-on water tank shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a front view of the water tank shown in FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of a cleaning apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 6 is a cross-sectional view of the cleaning apparatus shown in fig. 5.

Description of reference numerals:

rolling and dragging 1; a wipe layer 11; a convex rib 111; a water tank 12; an overflow hole 121; a body 2; a first cavity 21; a dust collecting box 22.

Detailed Description

In order to make the aforementioned objects, features and advantages of the present application more comprehensible, embodiments accompanying the present application are described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present application. This application is capable of embodiments in many different forms than those described herein and that modifications may be made by one skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the application and it is therefore not intended to be limited to the specific embodiments disclosed below.

In the description of the present application, it is to be understood that the terms "center," "longitudinal," "lateral," "length," "width," "thickness," "upper," "lower," "front," "rear," "left," "right," "vertical," "horizontal," "top," "bottom," "inner," "outer," "clockwise," "counterclockwise," "axial," "radial," "circumferential," and the like are used in the orientations and positional relationships indicated in the drawings for convenience in describing the present application and for simplicity in description, and are not intended to indicate or imply that the referenced devices or elements must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and are therefore not to be considered limiting of the present application.

Furthermore, the terms "first", "second" and "first" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one such feature. In the description of the present application, "plurality" means at least two, e.g., two, three, etc., unless specifically limited otherwise.

In this application, unless expressly stated or limited otherwise, the terms "mounted," "connected," "secured," and the like are to be construed broadly and can include, for example, fixed connections, removable connections, or integral parts; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be directly connected or indirectly connected through intervening media, or they may be connected internally or in any other suitable relationship, unless expressly stated otherwise. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present application can be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art as appropriate.

In this application, unless expressly stated or limited otherwise, the first feature "on" or "under" the second feature may be directly contacting the first and second features or indirectly contacting the first and second features through intervening media. Also, a first feature "on," "over," and "above" a second feature may be directly or diagonally above the second feature, or may simply indicate that the first feature is at a higher level than the second feature. A first feature being "under," "below," and "beneath" a second feature may be directly under or obliquely under the first feature, or may simply mean that the first feature is at a lesser elevation than the second feature.

It will be understood that when an element is referred to as being "secured to" or "disposed on" another element, it can be directly on the other element or intervening elements may also be present. When an element is referred to as being "connected" to another element, it can be directly connected to the other element or intervening elements may also be present. The terms "vertical," "horizontal," "upper," "lower," "left," "right," and the like as used herein are for illustrative purposes only and do not denote a unique embodiment.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, in an embodiment of the present invention, a roller 1 includes a wiping layer 11 and a water tank 12, the wiping layer 11 is surrounded by a mounting cavity configured to rotate along its rotation axis, the water tank 12 is located in the mounting cavity and has a water storage cavity and a water overflow hole 121 communicating with the water storage cavity, and the water overflow hole 121 is opened toward the wiping layer 11.

In the roll 1, the wiping layer 11 rotates along its own rotation axis during actual use, and the rotating wiping layer 11 wipes the ground. Meanwhile, when the wipe layer 11 wipes the floor, the water tank 12 supplies water to the wipe layer 11 through the overflow holes 121 so that the wipe layer 11 is always in a wet state when wiping the floor.

Compared with the prior art, utilize rotatory rolling to drag 1 ground and clean, compare the tiled mop, clean efficiency is higher, will clean layer 11 and water tank 12 integration in an organic whole simultaneously, need not additionally wet or spray water to ground to cleaning layer 11, just can be so that clean layer 11 is in moist state all the time cleaning the in-process, not only improves clean effect greatly, has reduced the energy consumption, has still simplified the structure.

It should be noted that the "wiping layer 11" mentioned in the embodiments of the present application may be a structural layer having a water absorbing effect, such as a mop cloth or a sponge.

In addition, the installation cavity can be a closed cavity or a cavity with an opening.

Preferably, the wiping surface of the wiping layer 11 is provided with a plurality of ribs 111 extending along the rotation axis of the wiping layer 11, the plurality of ribs 111 are arranged at intervals along the circumferential direction of the wiping layer 11, and grooves are formed between adjacent ribs 111. Therefore, the friction force between the wiping layer 11 and the ground is increased, and the cleaning force is improved.

In some embodiments, the water tank 12 remains stationary during the rotational movement of the wipe layer 11. For example, the wiping layer 11 is rotatably connected to the water tank 12, when the mop 1 is mounted on the cleaning device, the water tank 12 is fixed to the cleaning device, the wiping layer 11 is drivingly connected to a driving unit capable of providing torque on the cleaning device, the driving unit drives the wiping layer 11 to rotate, and the water tank 12 supplies water to the wiping layer 11 through the overflow holes 121 when the wiping layer 11 rotates.

In other embodiments, the water tank 12 rotates in synchronization with the wipe layer 11. In practice, even if the water level in the water tank 12 drops, the water in the water tank 12 is thrown out through the overflow holes 121 by centrifugal force and wets the wipe layer 11, so that the water supply amount of the wipe layer 11 can be ensured even if the water level is insufficient, and the cleaning effect can be ensured.

In the embodiment, the rotation axis of the water tank 12 coincides with the rotation axis of the wiping layer 11, so that the center of gravity of the roller 1 is ensured to be on the same vertical line in the rotation process, and unstable operation of the cleaning equipment caused by the change of the center of gravity when the roller 1 moves is avoided.

In the embodiment, the wiping layer 11 is sleeved on the outer surface of the water tank 12. In this way, the wipe layer 11 and the water tank 12 can be rotated synchronously.

In the embodiment, the outer surface of the water tank 12 has two end surfaces facing each other along the rotation axis of the water tank 12 and a circumferential surface connecting the two end surfaces, the overflow hole 121 penetrates the circumferential surface, and the wipe layer 11 is fitted to the circumferential surface of the water tank 12. Because in actual operation, mainly wipe ground by wiping layer 11 on the water tank 12 circumference face, so, only cup joint wiping layer 11 on the circumference face of water tank 12, can save wiping layer 11 material, reduce cost.

Preferably, the water tank 12 is cylindrical, so that the thickness of the wipe layer 11 fitted over the water tank 12 is uniform throughout, contributing to an improvement in operation stability.

It will be appreciated that the tank 12 may also be square, trapezoidal, shaped, etc. in cross-section. The wiping surface of the wiping layer 11 may be a surface of revolution.

Further, the water tank 12 has a rotation portion configured to rotate the wipe layer 11 when rotated by the driving of a torque.

The rotary connection part can be a rotary connection shaft protruding along the rotation axis on the water tank 12, and the rotary connection shaft is in transmission connection with the driving part. For example, the driving part comprises a driving motor, the rotary shaft is connected with an output shaft of the driving motor through a coupler, and when the output shaft of the driving motor rotates, the rotary shaft rotates along with the driving motor, so that the water tank 12 and the wiping layer 11 sleeved on the water tank 12 rotate synchronously.

Further, the screw-on portion of the water tank 12 is located on at least one of the two end surfaces.

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 4 and 5, the number of the overflow holes 121 is plural, and the plurality of overflow holes 121 form a plurality of overflow groups, the plurality of overflow groups being arranged at intervals along the rotation axis of the wipe layer 11.

In actual operation, the water in the water tank 12 soaks the wiping layer 11 through each overflow group, and water can be supplied to a plurality of positions on the rotation axis of the wiping layer 11, so that the wiping layer 11 is favorably and uniformly wetted, and the cleaning effect of the wiping layer 11 is favorably improved.

Wherein each overflow group includes at least one overflow hole 121.

In particular, in the embodiment, referring to fig. 5, each of the overflow groups includes at least two overflow holes 121, and the at least two overflow holes 121 are uniformly arranged on the same cross section of the water tank 12 perpendicular to the rotation axis of the wipe layer 11. Thus, water can be supplied to a plurality of positions on the cross section perpendicular to the rotation axis of the wiping layer 11, which is beneficial to realizing uniform wetting of the wiping layer 11 and improving the cleaning effect.

Further, the number of the overflow groups is at least three, and at least one overflow group is provided corresponding to the middle portion of the wiping layer 11, and at least two overflow groups are provided corresponding to the two end portions of the wiping layer 11 opposite to each other along the rotation axis, respectively. In this way, it helps to ensure the wetting effect.

Preferably, each of the overflow groups includes three or four overflow holes 121. During actual operation, the water in the water tank 12 can overflow at a proper speed, so that the wiping layer 11 can be ensured to have good humidity, the wiping layer 11 can be prevented from being too wet, and the water in the water tank 12 can be prevented from being too quickly consumed.

Preferably, the diameter of the overflow hole 121 is in the range of 0.6mm to 1 mm. For example, the aperture of the overflow holes 121 may be 0.7mm, 0.8mm, or 0.9mm, and may be smaller when the number of the overflow holes 121 is larger, and may be larger when the number of the overflow holes 121 is smaller.

It will be appreciated that the tank 12 also has a fill port for filling water.

Preferably, a water injection port is disposed on one of both end surfaces of the water tank 12 to facilitate water addition.

In addition, the wiping layer 11 and the water tank 12 can be detachably connected, for example, by screw connection or magic tape adhesion.

In the rolling mop 1 provided in the above embodiment of the present application, in practical application, the wiping layer 11 rotates along its own rotation axis, and the rotating wiping layer 11 wipes the ground. Meanwhile, when the wipe layer 11 wipes the floor, the water tank 12 supplies water to the wipe layer 11 through the overflow holes 121 so that the wipe layer 11 is always in a wet state when wiping the floor. Thus, the floor is wiped by the rotating mop 1, which is more efficient than a flat mop. Simultaneously with wiping layer 11 and water tank 12 integration in an organic whole, need not additionally carry out moist or carry out the watering to ground wiping layer 11, just can make wiping layer 11 be in the moist state all the time wiping the in-process, not only improve clean effect greatly, reduced the energy consumption, still simplified the structure.

In addition, referring to fig. 5, the embodiment of the present application further provides a cleaning device, which includes a body 2 and the roller 1 provided in any of the above embodiments, wherein the roller 1 is rotatably provided on the body 2. Since the cleaning device comprises the roller 1, the cleaning device comprises all the above-mentioned advantages, which are not described in detail herein.

Wherein, the cleaning device can be a mop, and the rolling mop 1 is connected with the body 2 of the mop in a screwing way. In actual operation, the user can drive the rolling mop 1 to rotate by driving the body 2 to move, so as to clean the ground.

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 5, the body 2 has a drive for providing torque, which is drivingly connected to the roller 1. In actual operation, the roller 1 is directly driven by the driving part to rotate so as to clean the ground, so that the cleaning efficiency can be improved, and time and labor are saved.

In the embodiment, the body 2 further comprises a first cavity 21, the first cavity 21 has a dust suction opening communicating with the outside of the body 2, the driving part and the roller 1 are located in the first cavity 21, and a part of the roller 1 extends out of the dust suction opening. At this time, the roller 1 is partially accommodated in the first cavity 21, which helps to reduce the height of the cleaning device.

Further, the roller 1 is detachably mounted on the driving part. Thus, the roller 1 is convenient to clean and replace. The rolling mop 1 can be clamped with the driving part and connected with a screw, etc.

In a specific embodiment, referring to fig. 6, the body 2 further includes a roller brush, a dust collection box 22 and a dust inlet passage, the roller brush is configured to be located in the first cavity 21, and detachably mounted to the driving portion, and is driven by the driving portion to rotate, a portion of the roller brush located in the first cavity 21 extends out of the dust suction port, and the dust inlet passage communicates with the dust collection box 22 and the first cavity 21.

In actual operation, the user can select one of the roll brush or the roll mop 1 to be mounted on the driving part according to the cleaning mode. When the floor is to be swept, the rolling brush is arranged on the driving part, when the driving part drives the rolling brush to rotate, dust on the ground is brought into the first cavity 21, and the dust in the first wall enters the dust collection box 22 through the dust inlet channel, so that the floor is swept. When the mopping device needs to mop the floor, the roller mop 1 is arranged on the driving part, the driving part drives the roller mop 1 to rotate, the water in the water tank 12 continuously wets the wiping layer 11, and the wetted wiping layer 11 adsorbs dust on the ground, so that the mopping is realized.

Utilize a drive division to adapt to simultaneously and roll and drag 1 and round the brush for cleaning device has the function of sweeping the floor and drags the ground function, has not only simplified cleaning device inner structure, helps reducing cleaning device's size and area, can directly use on current cleaning device who only has the function of sweeping the floor, has widened current cleaning device's function, has improved equipment utilization greatly.

Further, the dust box 22 is detachably disposed in the first cavity 21, so as to facilitate cleaning of dust in the dust box 22.

The rolling brush is of a structure capable of rotating along a rotation axis of the rolling brush, and comprises a rolling roller and a cleaning piece wound on the rolling roller, wherein the rolling roller is mounted on a driving part, the driving part drives the rolling roller to rotate, and the cleaning piece rotates along with the rolling roller, so that the sweeping is realized. The cleaning member includes a brush, a rubber brush, etc., and the rolling brush may be a commercially available member, and the specific structure is not limited herein. It is noted that, in actual operation, the rotation axis of the roller 1 and the rotation axis of the roller brush coincide and are parallel to the surface to be cleaned, which may be the floor.

In some embodiments, the driving part comprises a driving motor, and the driving motor is in transmission connection with the roller 1 and the roller brush so as to drive the roller 1 and the roller brush to rotate. Of course, the driving portion may also include other structures, such as a transmission shaft, which are not described herein.

In some embodiments, the cleaning device may further include a traveling mechanism, the body 2 is disposed on the traveling mechanism, and the traveling mechanism can move relative to the surface to be cleaned, so as to drive the rolling brush and the roller mop 1 to move, thereby sweeping and mopping the floor. The specific structure of the traveling mechanism is described in detail herein.

Of course, the cleaning device may further include other structures, such as a radar obstacle avoidance structure, and details are not described herein.

The cleaning equipment is a floor mopping robot, and particularly can be a sweeping and mopping integrated robot.

The technical features of the embodiments described above may be arbitrarily combined, and for the sake of brevity, all possible combinations of the technical features in the embodiments described above are not described, but should be considered as being within the scope of the present specification as long as there is no contradiction between the combinations of the technical features.

The above-mentioned embodiments only express several embodiments of the present application, and the description thereof is more specific and detailed, but not construed as limiting the claims. It should be noted that, for a person skilled in the art, several variations and modifications can be made without departing from the concept of the present application, which falls within the scope of protection of the present application. Therefore, the protection scope of the present patent shall be subject to the appended claims.

Claims

1. A roller skate, comprising:

a wiping layer (11) which is surrounded to form a mounting cavity and is configured to rotate along the rotation axis of the wiping layer;

and the water tank (12) is positioned in the mounting cavity and is provided with a water storage cavity and an overflow hole (121) communicated with the water storage cavity, and the overflow hole (121) is formed towards the wiping layer (11).

2. Roller mop according to claim 1, characterized in that the water tank (12) rotates synchronously with the wipe layer (11).

3. Roller mop according to claim 2, characterized in that the axis of rotation of the water tank (12) coincides with the axis of rotation of the wiping layer (11).

4. Roller mop according to claim 2, characterized in that the wiping layer (11) is applied to the outer surface of the tank (12).

5. Roller mop according to claim 4, characterized in that said outer surface of said tank (12) has two end faces opposite along said rotation axis of said tank (12) and a circumferential face connecting said two end faces;

the overflow holes (121) penetrate through the circumferential surface, and the wiping layer (11) is sleeved on the circumferential surface.

6. Rolling tractor as in any claim from 1 to 5, characterized in that said spillway holes (121) are in a plurality;

the plurality of water overflow holes (121) form a plurality of water overflow groups which are arranged at intervals along the rotation axis of the wiping layer (11).

7. Rolling mop according to claim 6 characterized in that each said overflow group comprises at least two said overflow holes (121) and in that said at least two overflow holes (121) are uniformly distributed on the same cross section of said tank (12) perpendicular to the rotation axis of said wiping layer (11).

8. A cleaning device, characterized by comprising a body (2) and a roller (1) according to any one of claims 1 to 7 rotatably arranged on the body (2).

9. Cleaning device according to claim 8, characterized in that the body (2) has a drive for providing a torque, which drive is in driving connection with the roller (1).

10. A cleaning device according to claim 9, characterized in that the body (2) further comprises a first cavity (21), the first cavity (21) having a suction opening communicating with the exterior of the body (2), the driving portion and the roller (1) being located in the first cavity (21), and the roller (1) partially protruding out of the suction opening.

11. Cleaning device according to claim 10, characterized in that the roller mop (1) is detachably mounted to the drive.

12. Cleaning device according to claim 11, characterized in that the body (2) further comprises a roller brush, a dust box (22) and a dust inlet channel;

the rolling brush is configured to be positioned in the first cavity (21), detachably mounted on the driving part and driven by the driving part to rotate, and the rolling brush part positioned in the first cavity (21) extends out of the dust suction opening;

the dust inlet channel is communicated with the dust collection box (22) and the first cavity (21).