CN112690713B - Automatic cleaning equipment - Google Patents

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CN112690713B
CN112690713B CN202110138563.7A CN202110138563A CN112690713B CN 112690713 B CN112690713 B CN 112690713B CN 202110138563 A CN202110138563 A CN 202110138563A CN 112690713 B CN112690713 B CN 112690713B
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李行
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段传林
杨志敏
刘俊刚
杨帆
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Abstract

The present invention provides an automatic cleaning apparatus, comprising: a mobile platform configured to automatically move on the operation surface; clean module, set up in on the moving platform, include: a dry cleaning module configured to clean at least a portion of the operating surface using a dry cleaning method; a wet cleaning module configured to clean at least a portion of the operating surface using a wet cleaning method; wherein, the wet cleaning module includes: the cleaning device comprises a cleaning head for cleaning the operation surface and a driving unit for driving the cleaning head to reciprocate along a target surface, wherein the target surface is a part of the operation surface. The cleaning head can basically reciprocate, so that the surface to be cleaned can be repeatedly cleaned, multiple times of cleaning can be realized by passing through a certain area once in the motion track of the cleaning robot, the cleaning effect is greatly enhanced, and the cleaning effect is obvious particularly for the area with more stains.

Description

Automatic cleaning equipment
Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of cleaning robots, in particular to automatic cleaning equipment.
Background
The cleaning robot mainly comprises a sweeping robot and a mopping robot, and the sweeping robot and the mopping robot have single functions, and can only sweep or mop. If the floor is swept and mopped simultaneously, two sets of equipment must be prepared simultaneously, and double space is occupied.
In the prior art, a floor sweeping robot and a floor mopping robot are combined, a mop cloth is additionally arranged at the tail end of the robot so as to realize integral sweeping and mopping, but the floor mopping function in the integral sweeping only adopts translation of one mop cloth on the ground, and along with the translation of the mop cloth, single floor mopping is carried out in the moving track of the cleaning robot, so that the floor mopping effect and efficiency are greatly reduced, and particularly for some environments with more stains and dirty ground, the floor can not be cleaned clearly by one-time moving mopping.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to provide automatic cleaning equipment which can solve the technical problem that the ground cannot be cleaned completely. The specific scheme is as follows:
according to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided an automatic cleaning apparatus including:
a mobile platform 100 configured to automatically move on an operation surface;
the cleaning module 150, disposed on the mobile platform 100, includes:
a dry cleaning module 151 configured to clean at least a portion of the operation surface by dry cleaning;
a wet cleaning module 400 configured to clean at least a portion of the operating surface using a wet cleaning method; wherein the wet cleaning module 400 comprises:
a cleaning head 410 for cleaning the worktop, and,
a drive unit 420 for driving the cleaning head 410 in a substantially reciprocating motion along a target surface, which is part of the operating surface.
Optionally, the driving unit 420 includes:
a driving platform 421 connected to the bottom surface of the moving platform 100 for providing a driving force;
a support platform 422 detachably connected to the driving platform 421 for supporting the cleaning head 410.
Optionally, the driving platform 421 includes:
a motor 4211, which is disposed on one side of the driving platform 421 close to the movable platform 100 and outputs power through a motor output shaft;
and the driving wheel 4212 is connected with the output shaft of the motor, and the driving wheel 4212 is of an asymmetric structure.
Optionally, the driving platform 421 further includes:
a vibration member 4213 disposed on the opposite side of the driving platform 421 from the motor 4211, connected to the driving wheel 4212, and configured to perform a substantially reciprocating motion by the asymmetrical rotation of the driving wheel 4212.
Optionally, the driving platform 421 further includes:
a connecting rod 4214 extending along the edge of the driving platform 421 for connecting the driving wheel 4212 with the vibrating member 4213 so that the vibrating member 4213 extends to a preset position.
Optionally, the vibration member 4213 is a rod-shaped structure, and the extending direction of the vibration member is perpendicular to the connecting rod 4214.
Optionally, the driving platform includes a vibration buffering device 4215 disposed on the connecting rod 4214.
Optionally, the supporting platform 422 includes:
a cleaning base plate 4221 freely movably disposed on the support platform 422, wherein the cleaning base plate 4221 substantially reciprocates relative to the support platform 422 under the vibration of the vibration member 4213.
Optionally, the cleaning substrate 4221 includes:
and an assembly notch, which is arranged at a position contacting with the vibration member 4213, wherein when the support platform 422 is connected to the driving platform 421, the vibration member 4213 is assembled in the assembly notch.
Optionally, the supporting platform 422 further includes:
a release button 4229 for removably attaching the support platform 422 to the drive platform 421.
Optionally, the supporting platform 422 further includes:
at least one mounting area 4224 provided in the support platform 422 for mounting the cleaning head 410.
Optionally, the cleaning head 410 comprises:
and an active region 412 connected to the cleaning substrate 4221 and substantially reciprocated along the target surface by the cleaning substrate 4221.
Optionally, an adhesive layer is disposed on a side of the active region 412 connected to the cleaning substrate 4221, and the active region 412 is connected to the cleaning substrate 4221 through the adhesive layer.
Optionally, the cleaning head 410 further comprises:
a fixed area 411 connected to the bottom of the support platform 422 through the at least one mounting area 4224, the fixed area 411 cleaning at least a portion of the worktop as the support platform 422 moves.
Optionally, the cleaning head 410 further comprises:
and a flexible connection part 413 disposed between the fixed region 411 and the movable region 412, for connecting the fixed region 411 and the movable region 412.
Optionally, the cleaning head 410 further comprises:
a slide latch 414 extending along the edge of the cleaning head 410 and removably mounted to the support platform 422.
Optionally, a lifting module is disposed between the cleaning module 150 and the mobile platform 100.
Optionally, the dry cleaning module 151 is connected to the mobile platform 100 through a passive lifting module.
Optionally, the wet cleaning module 400 is connected to the moving platform 100 through an active lifting module.
Compared with the prior art, the embodiment of the invention has the following technical effects:
according to the sweeping and mopping integrated cleaning equipment provided by the invention, as the cleaning module of the automatic cleaning equipment is provided with the dry type cleaning module and the wet type cleaning module, a more comprehensive cleaning function can be provided. Simultaneously, in the wet-type cleaning module, through increasing drive unit, vibrations region, make the cleaning head reciprocating motion to can treat that the clean surface cleans repeatedly, make in cleaning machines people's movement track, a lot of cleanness can be realized through a certain region to once, thereby strengthened cleaning performance greatly, especially to the region that the spot is many, cleaning performance is obvious.
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The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments consistent with the invention and together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the invention. It is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the invention, and that for a person skilled in the art, other drawings can be derived from them without inventive effort. In the drawings:
fig. 1 is an oblique view of an automatic cleaning apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is a schematic view of a bottom structure of an automatic cleaning apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is an oblique view of a one side drive wheel assembly of one embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a front view of a one side drive wheel assembly of one embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is an oblique view of a dust box of one embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 6 is an oblique view of a blower of one embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 7 is a schematic view showing an opened state of the dust box according to the embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 8 is a schematic view of a dust box and fan combination according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 9 is an exploded view of an automatic cleaning device according to one embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 10 is a block diagram of a robotic cleaning device support platform according to one embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 11 is a structural diagram of a vibrating member of an automatic cleaning device according to an embodiment of the invention.
FIG. 12 is a schematic view of a cleaning head drive mechanism based on a slider-crank mechanism according to another embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 13 is a schematic view of a cleaning head driving mechanism based on a double crank mechanism according to another embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 14 is a schematic view of a cleaning head drive mechanism based on a crank mechanism according to another embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 15 is a block diagram of a vibrating member according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 16 is a schematic view of a clean substrate assembly according to one embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 17 is a block diagram of a motor-driven clean water pump according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 18 is a structural view of a motor-driven lifting module according to an embodiment of the present invention.
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the mobile platform 100, the rear portion 110, the front portion 111, the sensing system 120, the position determining device 121, the bumper 122, the cliff sensor 123, the control system 130, the driving system 140, the driving wheel assembly 141, the steering assembly 142, the elastic element 143, the driving motor 146, the cleaning module 150, the dry cleaning module 151, the dust box 152, the filter screen 153, the dust suction port 154, the air outlet 155, the fan 156, the energy system 160, the human-computer interaction system 170, the wet cleaning assembly 400, the cleaning head 410, the driving unit 420, the driving platform 421, the supporting platform 422, the motor 4211, the driving wheel 4212, the vibration piece 4213, the connecting rod 4214, the vibration buffering device 4215, the pawl 4216, the clean water pump tube 4218, the clean water pump 4219, the cleaning base plate 4221, the elastic detachment button 4229, the assembly area 4224, the snap-in position 4225, the first sliding slot 4222, the second sliding slot 4223, the first slider 525, the second slider 528, the swivel end 512 (4227), the sliding end (4226), the first pivot 516), the second pivot 514, the driving mechanism (626), and the driving mechanism 500).
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In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention clearer, the present invention will be described in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, and it is apparent that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be obtained by a person skilled in the art without making any creative effort based on the embodiments in the present invention, belong to the protection scope of the present invention.
The terminology used in the embodiments of the invention is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. As used in the examples of the present invention and the appended claims, the singular forms "a", "an", and "the" are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, and "a plurality" typically includes at least two.
It should be understood that the term "and/or" as used herein is merely one type of association that describes an associated object, meaning that three relationships may exist, e.g., a and/or B may mean: a exists alone, A and B exist simultaneously, and B exists alone. In addition, the character "/" herein generally indicates that the former and latter associated objects are in an "or" relationship.
It should be understood that although the terms first, second, third, etc. may be used to describe in embodiments of the present invention, these should not be limited to these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish one from another. For example, a first may also be referred to as a second, and similarly, a second may also be referred to as a first, without departing from the scope of embodiments of the present invention.
It is also noted that the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that an article or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such article or apparatus. Without further limitation, the recitation of an element by the phrase "comprising a" does not exclude the presence of additional like elements in a commodity or device comprising the element.
Alternative embodiments of the present invention are described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Fig. 1-2 are schematic structural views illustrating an automatic cleaning apparatus, which may be a vacuum robot, a floor mopping/brushing robot, a window climbing robot, etc., as shown in fig. 1-2, according to an exemplary embodiment, and which may include a mobile platform 100, a sensing system 120, a control system 130, a drive system 140, a cleaning module 150, an energy system 160, and a human-computer interaction system 170. Wherein:
the mobile platform 100 may be configured to automatically move along a target direction on the operation surface. The operating surface may be a surface to be cleaned by the automatic cleaning device. In some embodiments, the robotic cleaning device may be a floor mopping robot, and the robotic cleaning device operates on a floor, the floor being the operative surface; the automatic cleaning equipment can also be a window cleaning robot, and the automatic cleaning equipment works on the outer surface of the glass of the building, wherein the glass is the operation surface; the automatic cleaning device can also be a pipeline cleaning robot, and the automatic cleaning device works on the inner surface of the pipeline, wherein the inner surface of the pipeline is the operation surface. The following description in this application is given by way of example of a mopping robot, purely for the sake of illustration.
In some embodiments, the mobile platform 100 may be an autonomous mobile platform or a non-autonomous mobile platform. The autonomous mobile platform means that the mobile platform 100 itself can automatically and adaptively make operation decisions according to unexpected environmental inputs; the non-autonomous mobile platform itself cannot adaptively make operational decisions based on unexpected environmental inputs, but may execute established programs or operate according to certain logic. Accordingly, when the mobile platform 100 is an autonomous mobile platform, the target direction may be autonomously determined by the robotic cleaning device; when the mobile platform 100 is a non-autonomous mobile platform, the target direction may be systematically or manually set. When the mobile platform 100 is an autonomous mobile platform, the mobile platform 100 includes a forward portion 111 and a rearward portion 110.
The sensing system 120 includes a position determining device 121 located above the mobile platform 100, a buffer 122 located in the forward portion 111 of the mobile platform 100, cliff sensors 123 and ultrasonic sensors (not shown), infrared sensors (not shown), magnetometers (not shown), accelerometers (not shown), gyroscopes (not shown), odometers (not shown), and other sensing devices located at the bottom of the mobile platform, and provides various position and motion state information of the machine to the control system 130.
To describe the behavior of the automatic cleaning device more clearly, the following directional definitions are made: the robotic cleaning device may travel over the floor through various combinations of movement relative to the following three mutually perpendicular axes defined by the mobile platform 100: a lateral axis x, a front-to-back axis y, and a central vertical axis z. The forward driving direction along the fore-and-aft axis y is denoted as "forward", and the backward driving direction along the fore-and-aft axis y is denoted as "backward". The transverse axis x extends substantially along the axis defined by the center points of the drive wheel assemblies 141 between the right and left wheels of the robotic cleaning device. Wherein the robotic cleaning device is rotatable about an x-axis. The "pitch up" is when the forward portion of the automatic cleaning apparatus is tilted upward and the rearward portion is tilted downward, and the "pitch down" is when the forward portion of the automatic cleaning apparatus is tilted downward and the rearward portion is tilted upward. Additionally, the robotic cleaning device may be rotatable about the z-axis. In the forward direction of the automatic cleaning apparatus, when the automatic cleaning apparatus is tilted to the right side of the Y axis, it is "turned right", and when the automatic cleaning apparatus is tilted to the left side of the Y axis, it is "turned left".
As shown in fig. 2, cliff sensors 123 for preventing the automatic cleaning apparatus from falling when the automatic cleaning apparatus is retreated are provided on the bottom of the moving platform 100 and in front of and behind the driving wheel assemblies 141, so that the automatic cleaning apparatus can be prevented from being damaged. The "front" means the same side with respect to the traveling direction of the automatic cleaning apparatus, and the "rear" means the opposite side with respect to the traveling direction of the automatic cleaning apparatus.
The position determining device 121 includes, but is not limited to, a camera, a laser distance measuring device (LDS).
The various components of the sensing system 120 may operate independently or together to achieve a more accurate function. The surface to be cleaned is identified by the cliff sensors 123 and the ultrasonic sensors to determine the physical characteristics of the surface to be cleaned, including surface material, degree of cleaning, etc., and may be more accurately determined in conjunction with cameras, laser ranging devices, etc.
For example, whether the surface to be cleaned is a carpet may be determined by the ultrasonic sensor, and if the ultrasonic sensor determines that the surface to be cleaned is made of a carpet material, the control system 130 controls the automatic cleaning device to perform carpet mode cleaning.
The forward portion 111 of the mobile platform 100 is provided with a bumper 122, the bumper 122 detects one or more events (or objects) in the travel path of the robotic cleaning device via a sensor system, such as an infrared sensor, as the robotic cleaning device is propelled across the floor by the drive wheel assembly 141 during cleaning, and the robotic cleaning device can respond to the events (or objects), such as an obstacle, a wall, by controlling the drive wheel assembly 141 to cause the robotic cleaning device to respond to the events (or objects), such as a distance from the obstacle, as detected by the bumper 122.
The control system 130 is disposed on a circuit board in the mobile platform 100, and includes a non-transitory memory, such as a hard disk, a flash memory, a random access memory, a communication computing processor, such as a central processing unit, and an application processor, and the application processor is configured to receive sensed environmental information of the plurality of sensors from the sensing system 120, draw an instantaneous map of the environment in which the automatic cleaning apparatus is located using a positioning algorithm, such as SLAM, based on obstacle information fed back from the laser ranging device, and the like, and autonomously determine a travel path based on the environmental information and the environmental map, and then control the driving system 140 to perform operations, such as forward, backward, and/or steering, based on the autonomously determined travel path. Further, the control system 130 can also determine whether to start the cleaning module 150 for cleaning operation according to the environmental information and the environmental map.
Specifically, the control system 130 may comprehensively determine what working state the sweeper is currently in by combining the distance information and the speed information fed back by the buffer 122, the cliff sensor 123, the ultrasonic sensor, the infrared sensor, the magnetometer, the accelerometer, the gyroscope, the odometer and other sensing devices, for example, when the distance information and the speed information are passed through a threshold, the sweeper is positioned at the cliff, the upper side or the lower side of the working state is clamped, the dust box is full, the sweeper is taken up and the like, and further, specific next-step action strategies are provided according to different conditions, so that the working of the automatic cleaning device better meets the requirements of an owner, and better user experience is achieved. Furthermore, the control system can plan the most efficient and reasonable cleaning path and cleaning mode based on the instant map information drawn by the SLAM, and the cleaning efficiency of the automatic cleaning equipment is greatly improved.
Drive system 140 may execute drive commands to steer the robotic cleaning device across the floor based on specific distance and angle information, such as x, y, and theta components. Fig. 3 and 4 are oblique and front views of one side driving wheel assembly 141 according to an embodiment of the present invention, and as shown, the driving system 140 includes the driving wheel assembly 141, and the driving system 140 can control the left and right wheels simultaneously, and in order to control the movement of the machine more precisely, the driving system 140 preferably includes a left driving wheel assembly and a right driving wheel assembly, respectively. The left and right drive wheel assemblies are symmetrically disposed along a lateral axis defined by the mobile platform 100. The driving wheel assembly comprises a body part, a driving wheel and an elastic element, one end of the body part is connected to the frame, and the driving wheel is arranged on the body part and driven by a driving motor 146; the elastic element is connected between the body part and the frame, the elastic element is configured to provide an elastic force between the frame and the body part, the driving motor 146 is located outside the driving wheel assembly 141, the axial center of the driving motor 146 is located in the cross-sectional projection of the driving wheel, and the driving wheel assembly 141 can also be connected with a circuit for measuring the driving current and an odometer.
In order to provide more stable movement or greater mobility of the robotic cleaning device over the floor surface, the robotic cleaning device may include one or more steering assemblies 142, the steering assemblies 142 may be driven wheels or driving wheels, and the steering assemblies 142 may be configured to include, but are not limited to, universal wheels, and the steering assemblies 142 may be positioned in front of the driving wheel assemblies 141.
The drive motor 146 powers rotation of the drive wheel assembly 141 and/or the steering assembly 142.
The drive wheel assembly 141 may be removably attached to the mobile platform 100 to facilitate disassembly and maintenance. The drive wheel may have a biased drop-type suspension system movably secured, e.g., rotatably attached, to the robotic cleaning device moving platform 100 and maintained in contact with the floor and traction with a certain grounding force by a resilient element 143, such as a tension or compression spring, while the cleaning module 150 of the robotic cleaning device also contacts the surface to be cleaned with a certain pressure.
Energy source system 160 includes rechargeable batteries such as nickel metal hydride batteries and lithium batteries. The charging battery can be connected with a charging control circuit, a battery pack charging temperature detection circuit and a battery under-voltage monitoring circuit, and the charging control circuit, the battery pack charging temperature detection circuit and the battery under-voltage monitoring circuit are connected with the single chip microcomputer control circuit. The host computer is connected with the charging pile through the charging electrode arranged on the side or the lower part of the machine body for charging. If dust is attached to the exposed charging electrode, the plastic body around the electrode is melted and deformed due to the accumulation effect of electric charge in the charging process, and even the electrode is deformed, so that normal charging cannot be continued.
The human-computer interaction system 170 comprises keys on a panel of the host computer, and the keys are used for a user to select functions; the machine control system can further comprise a display screen and/or an indicator light and/or a loudspeaker, wherein the display screen, the indicator light and the loudspeaker show the current state or function selection item of the machine to a user; and a mobile phone client program can be further included. For the path navigation type cleaning equipment, a map of the environment where the equipment is located and the position of a machine can be displayed for a user at a mobile phone client, and richer and more humanized function items can be provided for the user.
The cleaning module 150 may include a dry cleaning module 151 and/or a wet cleaning module 400.
As shown in fig. 5-8, the dry cleaning module 151 includes a roller brush, a dust box, a blower, and an air outlet. The rolling brush with certain interference with the ground sweeps the garbage on the ground and winds the garbage to the front of a dust suction opening between the rolling brush and the dust box, and then the garbage is sucked into the dust box by air which is generated by the fan and passes through the dust box and has suction force. The Dust removal capability of the sweeper can be represented by cleaning efficiency DPU (Dust pick up efficiency), the cleaning efficiency DPU is influenced by the structure and the material of the rolling brush, the wind power utilization rate of an air duct formed by a Dust suction port, a Dust box, a fan, an air outlet and connecting parts among the Dust suction port, the Dust box, the fan, the air outlet and the Dust box, the type and the power of the fan, and the sweeper is a complicated system design problem. Compared with the common plug-in dust collector, the improvement of the dust removal capability has greater significance for cleaning automatic cleaning equipment with limited energy. Because the improvement of the dust removal capability directly and effectively reduces the energy requirement, namely the machine which can clean the ground of 80 square meters by charging once originally can be changed into a machine which can clean 180 square meters or more by charging once. And the service life of the battery, which reduces the number of times of charging, is also greatly increased, so that the frequency of replacing the battery by the user is also increased. More intuitively and importantly, the improvement of the dust removal capability is the most obvious and important user experience, and the user can directly draw a conclusion whether the sweeping/wiping is clean. The dry cleaning module may also include an edge brush 152 having an axis of rotation that is angled relative to the floor for moving debris into the roller brush area of the cleaning module 150.
Fig. 5 is a schematic structural view of the dust box 152 in the dry cleaning module, fig. 6 is a schematic structural view of the fan 156 in the dry cleaning module, fig. 7 is a schematic structural view of the dust box 152 in an open state, and fig. 8 is a schematic structural view of the dust box and the fan in an assembled state.
The rolling brush with certain interference with the ground sweeps up the garbage on the ground and winds the garbage in front of the dust suction opening 154 between the rolling brush and the dust box 152, then the garbage is sucked into the dust box 152 by the air which is generated by the structure of the fan 156 and passes through the dust box 152 and has suction force, the garbage is isolated in the dust box 152 by the filter screen 153 and is close to one side of the dust suction opening 154, the dust suction opening is completely isolated from the air outlet by the filter screen 153, and the filtered air enters the fan 156 through the air outlet 155.
Typically, the dust collection opening 154 of the dust box 152 is located at the front of the machine, the air outlet 155 is located at the side of the dust box 152, and the air suction opening of the fan 156 is connected with the air outlet of the dust box.
The front panel of the dirt tray 152 can be opened for cleaning the dirt tray 152 of the trash.
The box body of filter screen 153 and dirt box 152 is for dismantling the connection, makes things convenient for the filter screen to dismantle and wash.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 9 to 11, the wet cleaning module 400 provided by the present invention is configured to clean at least a portion of the operation surface by using a wet cleaning method; wherein the wet cleaning module 400 comprises: a cleaning head 410, a drive unit 420, wherein the cleaning head 410 is configured to clean at least a portion of the operative surface, and the drive unit 420 is configured to drive the cleaning head 410 to substantially reciprocate along a target surface, the target surface being a portion of the operative surface. The cleaning head 410 reciprocates along the surface to be cleaned, cleaning cloth or a cleaning plate is arranged on the surface of the contact surface of the cleaning head 410 and the surface to be cleaned, and high-frequency friction is generated between the cleaning head 410 and the surface to be cleaned through reciprocating motion, so that stains on the surface to be cleaned are removed.
The higher the friction frequency, the more the friction times in unit time, the high-frequency reciprocating motion, also called reciprocating vibration, the cleaning capacity is much higher than that of the common reciprocating motion, such as rotation and friction cleaning, and optionally, the friction frequency is close to the sound wave, and the cleaning effect is much higher than that of the rotation friction cleaning of dozens of circles per minute. On the other hand, the hair tufts on the surface of the cleaning head can extend towards the same direction more regularly under the shaking of high-frequency vibration, so that the whole cleaning effect is more uniform, the cleaning effect is improved by only applying downward pressure to increase the friction force under the condition of low-frequency rotation, the hair tufts cannot extend towards the same direction only by the downward pressure, and the effect is characterized in that the water marks on the operation surface after high-frequency vibration cleaning are more uniform, and chaotic water marks cannot be left.
The reciprocating motion may be a reciprocating motion along any one or more directions in the operation surface, or may be a vibration perpendicular to the operation surface, which is not strictly limited. Optionally, the reciprocating direction of the cleaning module is approximately perpendicular to the machine traveling direction, because the reciprocating direction parallel to the machine traveling direction may cause instability to the traveling machine itself, because the driving wheels may easily slip due to thrust and resistance in the traveling direction, the effect of the slip is more obvious when a wet cleaning module is included, because the possibility of the slip is increased due to the wet slip of the operation surface, and the slip may cause inaccurate distance measurement of sensors such as odometers and gyroscopes besides affecting smooth traveling cleaning of the machine, thereby causing inaccurate positioning and mapping of the navigation type automatic cleaning device, and in case of frequent slip, the effect on SLAM may not be ignored, and therefore, the machine behavior of the slip needs to be avoided as much as possible. In addition to slippage, the component of the cleaning head motion in the direction of machine travel causes the machine to be constantly propelled forward and backward while traveling, and thus the machine travels erratically and smoothly.
As an alternative embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 9, the driving unit 420 includes: a driving platform 421 connected to the bottom surface of the moving platform 100 for providing a driving force; and a supporting platform 422 detachably connected to the driving platform 421, for supporting the cleaning head 410, and being capable of lifting under the driving of the driving platform 421.
As an alternative embodiment of the present invention, a lifting module is disposed between the cleaning module 150 and the mobile platform 100 for making the cleaning module 150 contact with the surface to be cleaned better, or for cleaning the surface to be cleaned with different materials by using different cleaning strategies.
Optionally, the dry type cleaning module 151 may be connected to the mobile platform 100 through a passive lifting module, and when the cleaning device encounters an obstacle, the dry type cleaning module 151 may more conveniently pass over the obstacle through the lifting module.
Optionally, the wet cleaning module 400 may be connected to the movable platform 100 through an active lifting module, and when the wet cleaning module 400 does not work temporarily or meets a surface to be cleaned, which cannot be cleaned by the wet cleaning module 400, the wet cleaning module 400 is lifted by the active lifting module and separated from the surface to be cleaned, so as to change a cleaning method.
As shown in fig. 10 to 11, the driving stage 421 includes: a motor 4211, which is disposed on one side of the driving platform 421 close to the movable platform 100 and outputs power through a motor output shaft; the driving wheel 4212 is connected with the output shaft of the motor, and the driving wheel 4212 is of an asymmetric structure; and a vibration member 4213 provided on the opposite side of the driving platform 421 from the motor 4211, connected to the driving wheel 4212, and configured to reciprocate by the driving wheel 4212 rotating asymmetrically.
The drive platform 421 may further include a gear mechanism. A gear mechanism may connect the motor 4211 and the drive wheel 4212. The motor 4211 can directly drive the driving wheel 4212 to make a rotary motion, or indirectly drive the driving wheel 4212 to make a rotary motion through a gear mechanism. One skilled in the art will appreciate that the gear mechanism may be a single gear or a gear set comprising a plurality of gears.
The motor 4211 transmits power to the cleaning head 410, the driving platform 421, the supporting platform 422, the water feeding mechanism, the water tank, etc. at the same time through the power transmission device. The energy system 160 provides power and energy to the electric machine 4211 and is controlled as a whole by the control system 130. The power transmission device can be a gear transmission, a chain transmission, a belt transmission, a worm gear and the like.
The motor 4211 comprises a forward output mode and a reverse output mode, the motor 4211 rotates forward in the forward output mode, the motor 4211 rotates reversely in the reverse output mode, in the forward output mode of the motor 4211, the motor 4211 can simultaneously drive the driving platform vibration piece 4213 in the wet cleaning assembly 400 to do reciprocating motion and the water feeding mechanism to do synchronous motion through the power transmission device, and in the reverse output mode of the motor 4211, the motor 4211 drives the driving platform 421 to go up and down through the power transmission device.
Further, the driving platform 421 further includes: a connecting rod 4214 extending along the edge of the driving platform 421 for connecting the driving wheel 4212 with the vibrating member 4213 to extend the vibrating member 4213 to a predetermined position, wherein the vibrating member 4213 extends in a direction perpendicular to the connecting rod 4214, so that the reciprocating direction of the vibrating member 4213 is substantially perpendicular to the machine traveling direction.
The motor 4211 is connected to a drive wheel 4212, a vibration element 4213, a link 4214 and a vibration damper 4215 via a power transmission device. The vibrating member 4213 and the connecting rod 4214 form an approximately L-shaped structure, and as shown in fig. 15, the vibrating member 4213 reciprocates under the driving of the connecting rod 4214. The vibration buffering device 4215 plays a role in absorbing vibration and reducing shaking for the movement driven by the driving wheel 4212, so that the vibration piece 4213 can stably vibrate within the range of the movement amplitude provided by the supporting platform 422. Optionally, the shock buffering device 4215 is made of a soft material, and optionally has a rubber structure, and the shock buffering device 4215 is sleeved on the connecting rod 4214. On the other hand, the vibration buffering device 4215 can also protect the vibration element 4213 from being damaged due to collision with the driving platform 421, and the reciprocating motion of the vibration element 4213 is also influenced. The movable and stationary members of the drive platform 421 are connected to each other in a flexible manner in a direction substantially perpendicular to the direction of travel, i.e., the direction of vibration of the vibration member 4213, so as to restrict movement in the direction of travel of the machine by a connection having a relatively small elasticity. The above-mentioned both movement restrictions make the movement pattern of the vibration member 4213 not exactly reciprocating but substantially reciprocating. When the wet type cleaning assembly 400 is started, the motor 4211 starts to work to rotate forward, the motor 4211 drives the connecting rod 4214 to reciprocate along the surface of the driving platform 421 through the driving wheel 4212, meanwhile, the vibration buffering device 4215 drives the vibration member 4213 to basically reciprocate along the surface of the driving platform 421, the vibration member 4213 drives the cleaning base plate 4221 to basically reciprocate along the surface of the supporting platform 422, and the cleaning base plate 4221 drives the movable area 412 to basically reciprocate along the surface to be cleaned. At this time, the clean water pump makes the clean water flow out from the clean water tank and sprinkles the clean water on the cleaning head 410 through the water outlet device 4217, and the cleaning head 410 cleans the surface to be cleaned through reciprocating motion.
The cleaning intensity/efficiency of the automatic cleaning device can also be automatically and dynamically adjusted according to the working environment of the automatic cleaning device. For example, the automatic cleaning device may be dynamically adjusted based on the sensing system 120 detecting physical information of the face of the surface to be cleaned. For example, the sensing system 120 may detect information about the flatness of the surface to be cleaned, the material of the surface to be cleaned, the presence of dirt and dust, etc., and communicate this information to the control system 130 of the robotic cleaning device. Accordingly, the control system 130 can direct the automatic cleaning apparatus to automatically and dynamically adjust the rotation speed of the motor and the transmission ratio of the power transmission device according to the working environment of the automatic cleaning apparatus, thereby adjusting the preset reciprocating period of the reciprocating motion of the cleaning head 410.
For example, when the automatic cleaning device works on a flat ground, the preset reciprocating period can be automatically and dynamically adjusted to be longer, and the water quantity of the water pump can be automatically and dynamically adjusted to be smaller; when the automatic cleaning equipment works on a not-flat ground, the preset reciprocating period can be automatically and dynamically adjusted to be shorter, and the water quantity of the water pump can be automatically and dynamically adjusted to be larger. This is because a flat floor surface is easier to clean than a less flat floor surface, and thus cleaning an uneven floor surface requires a faster reciprocating motion (i.e., higher frequency) and a greater volume of water by the cleaning head 410.
For another example, when the automatic cleaning device works on a table, the preset reciprocating period can be automatically and dynamically adjusted to be longer, and the water quantity of the water pump can be automatically and dynamically adjusted to be smaller; when the automatic cleaning device 100 is operated on the ground, the preset reciprocation period may be automatically and dynamically adjusted to be shorter, and the water amount of the water pump may be automatically and dynamically adjusted to be larger. This is because the table top has less dust and oil dirt relative to the floor, and the material forming the table top is easier to clean, so that the cleaning head 410 needs to perform a smaller number of reciprocating movements and the water pump provides a relatively smaller amount of water to clean the table top.
As an alternative embodiment of the present invention, the supporting platform 422 includes: a cleaning base plate 4221 freely movably disposed on the supporting platform 422, wherein the cleaning base plate 4221 substantially reciprocates under the vibration of the vibration member 4213. Alternatively, as shown in fig. 16, the cleaning substrate 4221 includes: and assembly notches 42211 provided at positions contacting with the vibration members 4213, wherein when the support platform 422 is coupled to the driving platform 421, the vibration members 4213 are assembled to the assembly notches 42211, so that the cleaning base plate 4221 can be substantially reciprocated in synchronization with the vibration members 4213. The cleaning device travel direction of the cleaning substrate 4221 comprises 4 first limit positions 42212, the 4 first limit positions 42212 are flexibly connected with the cleaning substrate 4221, but the elastic scaling space is small, so that the movement of the cleaning substrate 4221 relative to the support platform 422 in the cleaning device travel direction is limited; two second limit positions 42213 are included in the cleaning substrate 4221 in a direction perpendicular to the traveling direction of the cleaning device, and the two second limit positions 42213 limit the range of reciprocating movement of the cleaning substrate 4221 in the direction perpendicular to the traveling direction of the cleaning device. In addition, a water outlet hole 42214 is provided near the fitting indentation 42211 of the cleaning base plate 4221, so that water discharged from the water discharge device 4217 flows to the cleaning head 410 through the water outlet hole. The movement of the cleaning substrate 4221 is substantially reciprocating because of the influence of the restricting position and the shock absorbing means. The cleaning substrate 4221 is located on a portion of the support platform 422, and the local vibration may be performed at a higher vibration frequency, such as in a sonic frequency range. The movable and stationary members of the drive platform 421 are connected to each other in a flexible manner in a direction substantially perpendicular to the direction of travel, i.e., the direction of vibration of the vibration member 4213, so as to restrict movement in the direction of travel of the machine by a connection having a relatively small elasticity.
FIG. 12 illustrates another cleaning head drive mechanism 500 based on a slider-crank mechanism in accordance with various embodiments of the present application. The drive mechanism 500 may be applied to the drive platform 421. The drive mechanism 500 includes a drive wheel 4212, a vibrating member 4213, a cleaning base plate 4221, a link 4222 (first link), and a link 4223 (second link).
The sliding grooves 4222 and 4223 are arranged on the supporting platform 422. Both ends of the cleaning substrate 4221 respectively include a slider 525 (first slider) and a slider 528 (second slider). The sliders 525 and 528 are respectively a protrusion at both ends of the cleaning substrate 4221. The slider 525 is inserted in the slide groove 4222 and can slide along the slide groove 4222; the slider 4223 is inserted into the slide groove 4223, and can slide along the slide groove 4223. In some embodiments, slot 4222 is collinear with slot 4223. In some embodiments, chute 4222 and chute 4223 are not collinear. In some embodiments, chute 4222 extends in the same direction as chute 4223. In some embodiments, the sliding slot 4222 and the sliding slot 4223 extend in the same direction as the cleaning substrate 4221. In some embodiments, the direction of extension of the link 4222 and link 4223 is different from the direction of extension of the cleaning base plate 4221. In some embodiments, the extension directions of the 4222 and 4223 are different. For example, as shown in fig. 12, the extending direction of the link 4222 is the same as the extending direction of the cleaning base plate 4221, and the extending direction of the link 4223 is at an angle to the extending direction of the link 4222.
The shock 4213 includes a swivel end 512 and a sliding end 514. The rotating end 512 is connected to the driving wheel 4212 via a first pivot 516, and the sliding end 514 is connected to the cleaning base plate 4221 via a second pivot 518.
The rotation center of the drive wheel 4212 is point O, and the pivot center of the first pivot 516 is point a. The point O and the point A are not coincident, and the distance between the point O and the point A is a preset distance d.
When the driving wheel 4212 rotates, point a makes a circular rotation movement. Accordingly, the turning end 512 makes a circular turning motion following the point a; the sliding end 514 drives the cleaning substrate 4221 to slide via the second pivot 518. Accordingly, the slider 525 of the cleaning base plate 4221 makes a reciprocating linear motion along the slide groove 4222; the slider 528 reciprocates linearly along the slide groove 4223. In fig. 4, the moving speed of the moving platform 210 is V0, and the moving direction is the target direction. According to some embodiments, when the chute 4223 and the chute 4222 are respectively approximately perpendicular to the direction of the moving speed V0 of the moving platform 210, the overall displacement of the cleaning base plate 4221 is substantially perpendicular to the target direction. According to other embodiments, when any one of the chutes 4223 and 4222 is at an angle other than 90 degrees to the target direction, the overall displacement of the cleaning base plate 4221 includes both components perpendicular to the target direction and parallel to the target direction.
Further, a shock absorber 4215 is included, which is disposed on the connecting rod 4214, and is used for reducing the shock in a specific direction, in this embodiment, a moving component direction perpendicular to the target direction of the automatic cleaning apparatus.
Figure 13 illustrates another dual crank mechanism based cleaning head drive mechanism 600 according to various embodiments of the present application. The drive mechanism 600 may be applied to the drive platform 421. The drive mechanism 600 includes a drive wheel 4212 (first drive wheel), a drive wheel 4212' (second drive wheel), and a cleaning substrate 4221.
The cleaning substrate 4221 has two ends. The first end is connected with the driving wheel 4212 through a pivot 624 (first pivot); the second end is connected to the drive wheel 4212' via a pivot 626 (second pivot). The center of rotation of drive wheel 4212 is point O and the center of pivot 624 is point a. The point O and the point A are not coincident, and the distance between the point O and the point A is a preset distance d. The center of rotation of the drive wheel 236 is point O 'and the center of pivoting of the pivot 626 is point a'. The point O 'and the point A' are not coincident, and the distance between the point O 'and the point A' is a preset distance d. In some embodiments, point a ', point O, and point O' lie on the same plane. Thus, drive wheel 4212', and cleaning base plate 4221 may form a double crankshaft mechanism (or parallelogram mechanism) in which cleaning base plate 4221 acts as a coupling rod and drive wheels 4212 and 4212' act as two cranks.
Further, a vibration damping device 4215 is included, which is disposed on the connecting rod 4214, and is used for damping vibration in a specific direction, in this embodiment, in a direction of a movement component perpendicular to a target direction of the automatic cleaning apparatus.
Fig. 14 illustrates a drive mechanism 700 based on a slider-crank mechanism in accordance with various embodiments of the present application. The drive mechanism 700 may be applied to the drive platform 421. The drive mechanism 700 includes a drive wheel 4212, a cleaning base plate 4221, and a chute 4222.
The slot 4222 is opened on the support platform 422. The cleaning base plate 4221 includes a swivel end 4227 and a sliding end 4226. Swivel end 4227 is connected to drive wheel 4212 by pivot 4228. The rotation center of the driving wheel 4212 is point O, and the rotation center of the rotation end pivot 4228 is point a. The point O and the point A are not coincident, and the distance between the point O and the point A is a preset distance d. The slide end 4226 comprises a slider 4225. Slider 4225 is a projection on slider end 4226. The slider 4225 is inserted into the slide groove 4222 and can slide along the slide groove 4222. Therefore, the drive wheel 4221, the cleaning base plate 4221, the slider 4225 and the slide groove 4222 constitute a crank slider mechanism.
When the driving wheel 4212 rotates, the point a makes a circular rotation motion. Accordingly, the rotation end 4227 of the cleaning substrate 4221 makes a circular rotation movement following the point a; the slider 4225 slides in the sliding slot 4222 and reciprocates linearly. As a result, the cleaning base plate 4221 starts to reciprocate. According to some embodiments, the chute 4222 is approximately perpendicular to the direction of the target direction of the speed of movement of the mobile platform, and thus, the linear movement of the sliding end 4226 comprises a component perpendicular to the target direction, and the circular swiveling motion of the swiveling end 4227 comprises both a component perpendicular to the target direction and a component parallel to the target direction.
In fig. 14, the moving speed of the moving platform is V0, and the moving direction is the target direction; and the chute 4222 is approximately perpendicular to the target direction. At this time, the cleaning substrate 4221 as a whole makes a reciprocating motion having a moving component parallel to the target direction of the automatic cleaning apparatus and a moving component perpendicular to the target direction of the automatic cleaning apparatus.
Further, the supporting platform 422 further comprises: an elastic detachment button 4229 is provided on at least one side of the support platform 422 for detachably connecting the support platform 422 to the claws 4216 of the driving platform 421, so that the support platform 422 is detachably mechanically fixed to the driving platform 421 and fixed relative to the driving platform and the automatic cleaning device itself. At least one mounting area 4224 provided on the support platform 422 for mounting the cleaning head 410. The mounting region 4224 may be formed of an adhesive material having an adhesive layer.
As an alternative embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 9, the cleaning head 410 includes: and an active region 412 connected to the cleaning substrate 4221 and substantially reciprocated along the cleaning surface by the cleaning substrate 4221. The active region 412 is located at approximately the center of the cleaning head 410.
Optionally, an adhesive layer is disposed on a side of the active region 412 connected to the cleaning substrate 4221, and the active region 412 is connected to the cleaning substrate 4221 through the adhesive layer.
Optionally, the cleaning head 410 further comprises: a fixed area 411 connected to the bottom of the support platform 422 through the at least one mounting area 4224, the fixed area 411 cleaning at least a portion of the worktop as the support platform 422 moves.
Further, the cleaning head 410 further includes: and a flexible connection part 413 disposed between the fixed region 411 and the movable region 412, for connecting the fixed region 411 and the movable region 412. The cleaning head 410 further comprises: a slide latch 414, extending along the edge of the cleaner head 410, is removably mounted to the support platform 422 at a latch location 4225.
In this embodiment, as shown in fig. 9, the cleaning head 410 may be made of a material having a certain elasticity, and the cleaning head 410 is fixed to the surface of the supporting platform 422 by an adhesive layer, thereby performing a reciprocating motion. The cleaning head 410 is in contact with the surface to be cleaned at all times while the cleaning head 410 is in operation.
The water supply device comprises a water outlet device 4217, and the water outlet device 4217 can be directly or indirectly connected with a cleaning solution outlet of a water tank (not shown), that is, a liquid outlet of the clean water tank, wherein the cleaning solution can flow to the water outlet device 4217 through the cleaning solution outlet of the water tank, and can be uniformly coated on the surface to be cleaned through the water outlet device. The water outlet device can be provided with a connecting element (not shown) by means of which the water outlet device is connected to the cleaning fluid outlet of the water tank. The water outlet device is provided with a distribution port which can be a continuous opening or a combination of a plurality of broken small openings, and the distribution port can be provided with a plurality of nozzles. The cleaning solution is through the water tank the cleaning solution export with go out water installation the connecting piece flow direction distribution mouth, through the distribution mouth scribbles uniformly on the operation face.
The water delivery mechanism can also comprise a clean water pump 4219 and/or a clean water pump pipe 4218, and the clean water pump 4219 can be directly communicated with a cleaning liquid outlet of the water tank or can be communicated with the cleaning liquid outlet of the water tank through the clean water pump pipe 4218.
A clean water pump 4219 may be connected with the connection of the water outlet and may be configured to draw the cleaning liquid from the tank to the water outlet. The clean water pump may be a gear pump, a vane pump, a plunger pump, a peristaltic pump, or the like.
The water delivery mechanism pumps the cleaning solution in the clean water tank out through a clean water pump 4219 and a clean water pump tube 4218 and delivers the cleaning solution to a water outlet device, the water outlet device 4217 can be a nozzle, a water dropping hole, a soaking cloth and the like, and the water is uniformly distributed on the cleaning head, so that the cleaning head and the surface to be cleaned are wetted. The stains on the surface to be cleaned after being wetted can be cleaned more easily. In the wet cleaning assembly 400, the power/flow of the clean water pump may be adjusted.
Further, as shown in fig. 17, the motor 4211 drives the clean water pump 4219 to creep through the gear set 42193, clean water enters from the water inlet 42191 and flows out from the water outlet 42192 through the creep of the clean water pump 4219, the clean water is conveyed to the water outlet device 4217 through the clean water pump tube 4218, and water flowing out from the water outlet device 4217 flows to the cleaning head 410 through the water outlet hole.
Further, as shown in fig. 18, the motor 4211 drives the cable gear 42196 to rotate through the gear set 42193, the cable 42194 is wound on the cable gear 42196, the cable 42194 is wound on the driving platform 421, and the cable gear 42196 pulls the cable 42194 to lift and fall, so that the driving platform 421 is lifted and lowered. The cable gear 42196 and the cable 42194 are core components of the lifting module.
A clutch 42195 is arranged on the gear set 42193 and a guy cable gear 42196, the clutch 42195 comprises a spring and a sheet piece, the motor 4211 controls the three motion modules by controlling the clutch of the clutch 42195, the vibration piece is driven to vibrate by controlling the clutch 42195 to supply water to the clean water pump 4219, and the lifting module is driven to lift by rotating in the opposite direction through a guy cable 42194. Optionally, the combined design of the gear set realizes control of different combination forms of the three motion modules, such as water supply of a rotary clean water pump in one direction and control of lifting and vibration in the opposite direction. Alternatively, two motors may be used to control three motion modules, but the use of one more motor also increases the cost.
According to the sweeping and mopping integrated cleaning equipment provided by the invention, as the cleaning module of the automatic cleaning equipment is provided with the dry type cleaning module and the wet type cleaning module, a more comprehensive cleaning function can be provided. Simultaneously, in the wet-type cleaning module, through increasing drive unit, vibrations region, make the cleaning head reciprocating motion to can treat that the clean surface cleans repeatedly, make in cleaning machines people's movement track, a lot of cleanness can be realized through a certain region to once, thereby strengthened cleaning performance greatly, especially to the region that the spot is many, cleaning performance is obvious.
The cooperation surface medium sensor etc. can detect the sensor of treating the surface type on clean surface, and the lift module can be clean the operation according to the clean surface of treating of difference with the clean module of wet-type, if at the carpet surface with the clean module lifting of wet-type to put down the clean module of wet-type on surfaces such as floor/ceramic tile and clean, thereby realize more comprehensive clean effect. Finally, it should be noted that: the embodiments in the present description are described in a progressive manner, each embodiment focuses on differences from other embodiments, and the same and similar parts among the embodiments are referred to each other. The system or the device disclosed by the embodiment corresponds to the method disclosed by the embodiment, so that the description is simple, and the relevant points can be referred to the method part for description.
The above examples are only intended to illustrate the technical solutions of the present disclosure, not to limit them; although the present disclosure has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it should be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments may still be modified, or some technical features may be equivalently replaced; and such modifications or substitutions do not depart from the spirit and scope of the corresponding technical solutions of the embodiments of the present disclosure.

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1. An automatic cleaning apparatus, comprising:
a mobile platform (100) configured to automatically move on an operation surface;
a cleaning module (150) disposed on the mobile platform (100), comprising:
a dry cleaning module (151) configured to clean at least a portion of the operating surface by dry cleaning;
a wet cleaning module (400) configured to clean at least a portion of the operative surface using a wet cleaning method; wherein the wet cleaning module (400) comprises:
a cleaning head (410) for cleaning the operating face, and,
a drive unit (420) for driving the cleaning head (410) in a substantially reciprocating motion along a target surface, the target surface being a part of the operative surface, the drive unit (420) comprising:
a drive platform (421) connected to the underside of the mobile platform (100) for providing a driving force, the drive platform comprising a seismic member (4213), the seismic member (4213) being configured to substantially reciprocate in a direction substantially perpendicular to the direction of travel of the cleaning apparatus;
a support platform (422) detachably connected to the driving platform (421) for supporting the cleaning head (410), wherein the support platform (422) comprises a cleaning base plate (4221), the cleaning base plate (4221) is freely movably arranged on the support platform (422), and the cleaning base plate (4221) basically reciprocates relative to the support platform (422) under the vibration of the vibration member (4213),
the cleaning head (410) comprises:
a fixed area (411) is connected to the bottom of the support platform (422) and is configured to clean at least one part of the operation surface along with the movement of the support platform (422);
a movable region (412) connected to the cleaning substrate (4221) and configured to substantially reciprocate in a direction substantially perpendicular to a traveling direction of the cleaning apparatus by being driven by the cleaning substrate (4221); and
a flexible connection part (413) provided between the fixed region (411) and the movable region (412) to connect the fixed region (411) and the movable region (412).
2. The automatic cleaning apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that the drive platform (421) comprises:
the motor (4211) is arranged on one side, close to the moving platform (100), of the driving platform (421), and outputs power through a motor output shaft;
and the driving wheel (4212) is connected with the output shaft of the motor, and the driving wheel (4212) is of an asymmetric structure.
3. The automatic cleaning apparatus of claim 2,
the vibration piece (4213) is arranged on the side, opposite to the motor (4211), of the driving platform (421), is connected with the driving wheel (4212), and basically reciprocates under the asymmetrical rotation of the driving wheel (4212).
4. The automatic cleaning apparatus of claim 3, wherein the drive platform (421) further comprises:
and the connecting rod (4214) extends along the edge of the driving platform (421) and is used for connecting the driving wheel (4212) with the vibration piece (4213) so that the vibration piece (4213) extends to a preset position.
5. The robotic cleaning device according to claim 4, wherein the vibrating member (4213) is a rod-like structure extending perpendicular to the connecting rod (4214).
6. The robotic cleaning device of claim 4, wherein the drive platform comprises a shock absorber (4215) disposed on the connecting rod (4214).
7. The automatic cleaning apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the cleaning substrate (4221) comprises:
and the assembling notch is arranged at a position contacted with the vibration piece (4213), and when the supporting platform (422) is connected to the driving platform (421), the vibration piece (4213) is assembled in the assembling notch.
8. The robotic cleaning device of claim 1, wherein the support platform (422) further comprises:
a disassembly button (4229) for detachably connecting the support platform (422) to the drive platform (421).
9. The automatic cleaning apparatus of claim 1, wherein the support platform (422) further comprises:
at least one mounting area (4224) provided to the support platform (422) for mounting the cleaning head (410).
10. An automatic cleaning device according to claim 9, characterized in that the cleaning head (410) comprises:
an active region (412) coupled to the cleaning substrate (4221) and configured to substantially reciprocate along the target surface upon actuation of the cleaning substrate (4221).
11. The automatic cleaning apparatus of claim 10,
an adhesive layer is arranged on one side of the movable area (412) connected with the cleaning substrate (4221), and the movable area (412) is connected with the cleaning substrate (4221) through the adhesive layer.
12. The robotic cleaning device of claim 11, wherein the cleaning head (410) further comprises:
a securing area (411) connected to the bottom of the support platform (422) by the at least one fitting area (4224), the securing area (411) cleaning at least a portion of the worktop as the support platform (422) moves.
13. The robotic cleaning device of claim 12, wherein the cleaning head (410) further comprises:
a flexible connection (413) disposed between the fixed region (411) and the movable region (412) for connecting the fixed region (411) and the movable region (412).
14. The automatic cleaning apparatus of claim 11, wherein the cleaning head (410) further comprises:
a sliding catch (414) extending along an edge of the cleaning head (410) and removably mounted to the support platform (422).
15. The automatic cleaning apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a lifting module is disposed between the cleaning module (150) and the moving platform (100).
16. The automatic cleaning apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the dry cleaning module (151) is connected to the moving platform (100) by a passive lifting module.
17. The robotic cleaning device according to claim 15, wherein the wet cleaning module (400) is connected to the moving platform (100) by an active lifting module.
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