CN113017502A

CN113017502A - Base station and cleaning robot system

Info

Publication number: CN113017502A
Application number: CN202110381943.3A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 朱金钟
Original assignee: Midea Robozone Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Midea Robozone Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-04-09
Filing date: 2021-04-09
Publication date: 2021-06-25
Also published as: CN215838774U; CN115191877A; WO2022213446A1

Abstract

The application provides a basic station and cleaning machines people system, the basic station includes: a base station body (110), wherein the base station body (110) is provided with a communication port (111) and a cleaning inner cavity (120), and the communication port (111) is used for a cleaning robot (200) of the cleaning robot system to enter the cleaning inner cavity (120); a cleaning assembly (130) for cleaning the wiper of the cleaning robot (200), wherein the cleaning assembly (130) is detachably mounted in the cleaning cavity (120) and can be taken out through the communication port (111). This application is through setting up clean subassembly detachable in the base station body to can take out clean subassembly through the intercommunication mouth of seting up on the base station body, can convenience of customers carry out cleaning to clean subassembly, improve user's use and experienced.

Description

Base station and cleaning robot system

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of small household appliances, in particular to a base station and a cleaning robot system.

Background

With the continuous development of scientific technology, household appliances are more and more intelligent. The intelligent household appliance brings great convenience to life and work of users, and the cleaning robot is one of the household appliances. Various types of sensors, path planning, automatic obstacle avoidance, map construction and other technologies are integrated in the cleaning robot, so that the cleaning robot can autonomously perform cleaning operation, the intelligent degree is higher, the workload of people in the aspect of household cleaning can be effectively relieved, and the fatigue degree of people in the household cleaning process is relieved.

Many of the existing cleaning robots have a floor wiping function, which is mainly realized by arranging a wiping cloth at the bottom of the cleaning robot, and the wiping cloth needs to be replaced or cleaned after a period of floor wiping work, thereby increasing the workload of users. This problem can effectively be solved through configuring clean basic station for cleaning robot, is equipped with in the clean basic station and is used for carrying out abluent clean subassembly to wiping cloth, and after cleaning robot got back to clean basic station, clean basic station can clean wiping cloth automatically through clean subassembly. The cleaning assembly also needs to be cleaned after being used to remove dirt attached to the cleaning assembly, the existing cleaning base station is unreasonable in structural design, and a user is very inconvenient to clean the cleaning assembly, so that the use experience of the user is reduced.

Disclosure of Invention

The application provides a basic station and cleaning machines people system can convenience of customers to carry out cleaning to clean the subassembly, has improved user's use and has experienced.

In order to solve the above problems, the embodiment of the present application provides a technical solution that: a base station applied to a cleaning robot system, the base station comprising:

the base station comprises a base station body, a cleaning device and a control device, wherein the base station body is provided with a communication port and a cleaning inner cavity, and the communication port is used for enabling a cleaning robot of the cleaning robot system to enter the cleaning inner cavity;

the cleaning assembly is detachably arranged in the cleaning inner cavity and can be taken out through the communication port.

In one possible design, the cleaning assembly includes a tray provided with a cleaning tank for accommodating the wiper, the tray being slidably provided on the base station body and being extractable through the communication port.

In one possible design, the base station further comprises a locking mechanism for limiting the position of the tray after the tray is slid to the installation position.

In a possible design, a water outlet communicated with the cleaning tank is formed in the tray, a water drainage pipe is further arranged in the cleaning inner cavity, and when the tray is slid to the installation position, the water outlet is communicated with the water drainage pipe.

In one possible design, a suction nozzle is provided in the drain opening, which suction nozzle interfaces with the drain pipe when the tray is slid into the installed position.

In one possible design, the drain pipe flares towards an opening of the suction nozzle, into which opening the suction nozzle is inserted and brought into communication when the tray is slid into the mounted position.

In a possible design, a water level detection sensor is provided in the cleaning tank, a first terminal electrically connected to the water level detection sensor is provided on the tray, and when the tray is slid to the mounting position, the first terminal is electrically connected to a second terminal provided on the base station body.

In one possible design, when the tray is slid to the mounting position, the first terminal abuts against the second terminal to lock the tray.

In one possible embodiment, a first sealing ring is arranged in the opening.

In one possible embodiment, a second sealing ring is provided between the drain opening and the suction nozzle.

In one possible design, a sliding groove is provided on one of the tray and the base station body, and a sliding member is provided on the other of the tray and the base station body, the sliding member being slidably disposed in the sliding groove and being detachable from the sliding groove through an end opening of the sliding groove.

In one possible design, the sliding member is any one of a slider, a pulley, or a sliding pin.

In a possible design, the cleaning assembly further comprises a hollow bracket arranged in the cleaning tank, and a protruding portion used for being abutted against the wiping piece is arranged on the inner surface of the hollow bracket.

In one possible design, the cleaning assembly is provided separately from the base station body.

In a possible design, the protruding portion may include a plurality of protruding portions, and the protruding portions are distributed in a radial shape, and a plurality of protruding points are provided on the upper surface of the protruding portion.

In one possible design, the cleaning assembly further comprises a guide plate arranged on the outer side of the tray, and the guide plate is obliquely arranged, so that the cleaning robot can conveniently enter and exit the base station.

In one possible design, the tray and the guide plate may be formed into an integral structure through an integral molding process such as injection molding or 3D printing.

In a possible design, can set up the protruding muscle of antiskid in order to make things convenient for cleaning robot to enter into clean inner chamber on the deflector, can also set up limit structure (for example spacing recess or spacing arch) on this deflector to carry on spacingly to cleaning robot, prevent that cleaning robot breaks away from in the clean inner chamber when clean.

The present application also provides a cleaning robot system comprising a cleaning robot and a base station as provided in any one of the aforementioned possible designs.

In this application embodiment, base station body's inside is equipped with clean inner chamber, should clean the intracavity and be equipped with clean subassembly, has still seted up the intercommunication mouth on base station body's the lateral wall, and cleaning machines people can enter into clean inner chamber through this intercommunication mouth, treats cleaning machines people's wiper back that targets in place, and clean subassembly can clean this wiper, and the filth that will wipe on the wiper goes out.

After the cleaning of the wipe by the cleaning assembly is completed, the cleaning assembly may become contaminated, for example, dirt on the wipe may be transferred to the cleaning assembly, such that the cleaning assembly also requires a cleaning process for the next subsequent use by the user. In this application embodiment, clean subassembly detachable installs in clean inner chamber to accessible intercommunication mouth is taken out, thereby can convenience of customers carries out cleaning to clean the subassembly, has improved cleaning's efficiency and user's use experience. In addition, as the cleaning component can be taken out to the outer side of the cleaning inner cavity, the cleaning (such as flushing) of the cleaning component by a user can be more thorough, and therefore a better cleaning effect is achieved.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present application or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings needed to be used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly introduced below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are some embodiments of the present application, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to these drawings without inventive exercise.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a cleaning robot system provided in an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a base station according to an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the AA perspective of the base station shown in fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a schematic structural view of the cleaning assembly of fig. 3 separated from the base station body.

Fig. 5 is a partially enlarged view of the area a in fig. 3.

Fig. 6 is an exploded view of a partial structure of a base station according to an embodiment of the present application.

Figure 7 is an exploded view of a cleaning assembly provided in embodiments of the present application.

Reference numerals: 100. a base station; 200. a cleaning robot;

110. a base station body; 110a, a base; 110b, an upper cover; 111. a communication port; 112. a second terminal; 113. a chute; 114. A spray head; 120. cleaning the inner cavity;

130. a cleaning assembly; 131. a tray; 132. a cleaning tank; 133. a water outlet; 134. a first terminal; 135. a slider; 136. hollowing out the bracket; 137. a boss portion; 138. a guide plate;

140. a sewage tank; 150. a clear water tank; 160. a drain pipe; 161. a first seal ring; 162. a second seal ring; 163. a third seal ring; 170. a suction nozzle.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments of the present application, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like or similar reference numerals refer to the same or similar elements or elements having the same or similar function throughout. The embodiments described below with reference to the accompanying drawings are illustrative and are only for the purpose of explaining the present application and are not to be construed as limiting the present application.

In the description of the present application, it is to be understood that the terms "first", "second" and "third" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implying any number of technical features indicated. Thus, features defined as "first", "second", "third" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of the described features. In the description of the present application, "a plurality" means two or more unless specifically limited otherwise.

In the description of the present application, it is to be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "mounted" and "connected" are to be interpreted broadly, e.g., as being either fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected; may be mechanically connected, may be electrically connected or may be in communication with each other; either directly or indirectly through intervening media, either internally or in any other relationship. 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 the description of the present application, it is to be understood that the terms "upper", "lower", "side", "front", "rear", and the like indicate orientations or positional relationships based on installation, and are only for convenience in describing the present application and simplifying the description, but do not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed in a particular orientation, and be operated, and thus should not be construed as limiting the present application.

In the description of the present application, it should be noted that the term "and/or" is only one kind of association relationship describing an associated object, and means that three relationships may exist, for example, a and/or B may mean: a exists alone, A and B exist simultaneously, and B exists alone.

The embodiment of the application provides a base station and cleaning robot system, through with clean subassembly detachable set up in the base station originally internally to can take out clean subassembly through the intercommunication mouth of seting up on the base station body, thereby can convenience of customers carry out cleaning to clean subassembly, improved user's use and experienced, and it is better to the clean effect of clean subassembly.

First, an embodiment of the present application provides a cleaning robot system, and fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of the cleaning robot system provided in the embodiment of the present application. As shown in fig. 1, the cleaning robot system includes a base station 100 and a cleaning robot 200, which are used in cooperation with each other.

Wherein the bottom of the cleaning robot 200 is provided with a wiper (not shown in the drawings) by which a cleaning work can be performed on the floor. The wiping member may be a structure capable of cleaning the floor, such as a wiping cloth (mop, rag, sponge, etc.), a rolling brush, or an edge brush, but the present invention is not limited thereto. In this case, the cleaning robot 200 may be any one of a mopping (mopping) robot, a sweeping robot, a floor washing robot, and the like.

The cleaning robot 200 can autonomously travel, does not need manual direct control and operation when cleaning work is performed, and has the functions of path planning, automatic obstacle avoidance, human-computer interaction, regression charging and the like. The bottom of the cleaning robot 200 is provided with driving wheels or a driving structure such as a crawler to realize automatic traveling.

The base station 100 is a docking station of the cleaning robot 200 for performing preset operations for the cleaning robot 200, such as operations of charging the cleaning robot 200, recovering dust in a dust box of the cleaning robot 200, and the like. In the embodiment of the present application, the base station 100 can also perform a cleaning process on the wiper on the cleaning robot 200 by using its own cleaning component.

The cleaning robot 200 provided by the embodiment of the application has high degree of intelligence (higher automation degree), and can reduce the operation of a user as much as possible. When the cleaning robot 200 determines that it needs to be charged and/or that it needs to clean the wiper after the cleaning robot 200 operates for a certain period of time, the cleaning robot 200 can automatically return to the base station 100, where charging and/or cleaning of the wiper is performed at the base station 100.

The cleaning components of the base station 100 also need to be cleaned to remove the dirt attached to the cleaning components after use, and the base station 100 provided by the embodiment of the application can facilitate the cleaning of the cleaning components by a user and can improve the use experience of the user.

Fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a base station according to an embodiment of the present application. Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the AA perspective of the base station shown in fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a schematic structural view of the cleaning assembly of fig. 3 separated from the base station body. As shown in fig. 2 to 4, the base station 100 provided in the embodiment of the present application includes a base station body 110 and a cleaning assembly 130.

The base station body 110 has a communication port 111 and a cleaning inner cavity 120, and the communication port 111 is used for allowing the cleaning robot 200 to enter the cleaning inner cavity 120; the cleaning assembly 130 is used for cleaning the wiper of the cleaning robot 200, and the cleaning assembly 130 is detachably mounted in the cleaning cavity 120 and can be taken out through the communication port 111.

Specifically, the inside of base station body 110 is equipped with clean inner chamber 120, is equipped with cleaning assembly 130 in this clean inner chamber, has still seted up intercommunication mouth 111 on the lateral wall of base station body 110, and cleaning robot 200 can enter into clean inner chamber 120 through this intercommunication mouth 111 in, treats that cleaning robot 200's wiper targets in place the back, and cleaning assembly 130 can clean this wiper, goes out the filth on the wiper.

After the cleaning of the wipe by the cleaning assembly 130 is completed, the cleaning assembly 130 may become contaminated, for example, dirt on the wipe may be transferred to the cleaning assembly 130, such that the cleaning assembly 130 also requires a cleaning process for the next subsequent use by the user. In the embodiment of the present application, the cleaning assembly 130 is detachably mounted in the cleaning inner cavity 120, and can be taken out through the communication port 111, so that the cleaning assembly 130 can be conveniently cleaned by a user, and the cleaning efficiency and the user experience are improved. In addition, since the cleaning assembly 130 is taken out to the outside of the cleaning cavity 120, the cleaning (e.g., rinsing) of the cleaning assembly 130 by the user can be more thorough, thereby achieving better cleaning effect.

The base station 100 may use ultrasonic cleaning, dry cleaning or water washing to clean the wipers, so that the specific configuration of the cleaning assembly 130 may also vary. The present application does not limit the specific structure and operation of the cleaning assembly 130, as long as the cleaning action can be performed on the wiper of the cleaning robot 200.

Alternatively, the cleaning assembly 130 can be detached from the cleaning cavity 120 after being removed therefrom. That is, the cleaning assembly 130 is separated from the base station body 110, and the cleaning assembly 130 can be cleaned more thoroughly through the above arrangement, for example, at this time, a user can directly take the cleaning assembly 130 to a tap for washing, thereby achieving a better cleaning effect.

Alternatively, the cleaning assembly 130 may still be connected to the base station body 110 after being taken out through the communication port 111, so that the cleaning assembly 130 and the base station body 110 are not separated from each other, that is, the cleaning assembly 130 may still be connected to the base station body 110. Since the cleaning assembly 130 is located outside the cleaning cavity 120, the cleaning assembly 130 can be cleaned conveniently by the user.

In the embodiment of the application, the wiping piece is cleaned by water washing. Because the water washing mode is easier to realize, the cost is lower, the cleaning effect is better, and the wiping piece cleaned by the water washing mode has certain moisture, and can be directly and continuously used for wiping without additionally arranging a step of wetting the wiping piece, the water washing cleaning mode can further reduce the participation of users, and further ensure the working continuity of the cleaning robot 200.

As shown in fig. 3 and 4, in the embodiment of the present application, the cleaning assembly 130 includes a tray 131, a cleaning tank 132 for accommodating the wiper is disposed on the tray 131, and the tray 131 is slidably disposed on the base station body 110 and can be drawn out through the communication opening 111. When the cleaning robot 200 is in place, the wiper at the bottom of the cleaning robot 200 is located in the cleaning tank 132, and the cleaning water in the cleaning tank 132 can clean the wiper to remove the dirt attached to the surface of the wiper. Tray 131 slidable locates on base station body 110 to accessible intercommunication mouth 111 is taken out, and the user can take out tray 131 like the mode that draws the drawer, treats clean the completion back, can reset tray 131 like the mode that pushes away the drawer, makes the user can make things convenient for the efficient to realize the dismantlement and the installation operation to tray 131, has improved user's use from this and has experienced.

The present application does not limit how the tray 131 and the base station body 110 are slidably connected. The tray 131 may be slidably connected to an inner surface of a side wall of the base station body 110, or may be slidably connected to an inner surface of a bottom wall of the base station body 110. The tray 131 and the base station body 110 can be slidably connected by a combination of a sliding groove and a sliding member which are engaged with each other.

As shown in fig. 6 and 7, the base station body 110 is provided with a chute 113, the tray 131 is provided with a slider 135, the slider 135 is slidably disposed in the chute 113 and can be separated from the chute 113 through an end opening of the chute 113, so that the tray 131 can be slidably connected to the base station body 110, and when the tray 131 is moved to the outermost side, the slider 135 can be separated from the chute 113 through the end opening of the chute 113, so that the tray 131 and the base station body 110 can be separated from each other.

Alternatively, in other embodiments, the installation positions of the sliding chute 113 and the sliding member 135 may be reversed, for example, the sliding member 135 is installed on the base station body 110, and the sliding chute 113 is installed on the sliding chute 113 tray 131, which can also achieve the above-mentioned sliding connection effect.

As shown in fig. 6 and 7, in the embodiment of the present application, the sliding members 135 are sliding blocks, one sliding block is disposed on each of two opposite sides of the tray 131, and the inner surface of the sidewall of the base station body 110 is provided with a sliding slot 113 cooperating with the sliding block, the sliding block is slidably disposed in the sliding slot 113, and since a set of sliding slot and sliding block combination is disposed on each of the left and right sides of the tray 131, the tray 131 can be movably mounted in the cleaning cavity 120 like a drawer.

Alternatively, in other embodiments, the sliding member 135 may be any one of a pulley (roller) or a sliding pin.

Further, the tray 131 is slidably disposed on the base station body 110, and in order that the tray 131 does not shift relatively during the cleaning process of the wiping member, in the embodiment of the present application, the base station 100 further includes a locking mechanism (not shown in the figure) for locking and limiting the tray 131 after the tray 131 is slid to the installation position.

Here, the mounting position refers to a position where the tray 131 is accurately held in the cleaning cavity 120 to enable a cleaning operation on the wiper. After the tray 131 is slid to the installation position, the locking mechanism can lock the tray 131 for limitation, so as to prevent the tray from being displaced and affecting the cleaning effect.

The application does not limit the specific structure of the locking mechanism, and can play the role of locking and limiting. For example, the locking mechanism may be a latch-type stopper structure provided at the communication opening 111 of the base station body 110, and after the tray 131 is in place, the latch-type stopper structure is moved into the communication opening 111 and abuts against the outer wall surface of the tray 131 to prevent the tray from sliding outward. When cleaning is required, the tray 131 can be taken out by opening the locking mechanism (i.e., the bolt-type limiting structure).

Optionally, after the tray 131 is in place (i.e., reaches the installation position), the sliding groove 113 and the sliding member 135 may be in interference fit (the inner width of the sliding groove 113 is slightly smaller than the outer width of the sliding groove), and at this time, the sliding groove 113 and the sliding member 135 may abut against each other, so that the locking of the tray 131 may be limited. That is, the sliding slot 113 and the sliding member 135 are the locking mechanism. With the above arrangement, the internal structure of the base station 100 can be simplified, and the production cost can be saved.

Fig. 5 is a partially enlarged view of the area a in fig. 3. Fig. 6 is an exploded view of a partial structure of a base station according to an embodiment of the present application. Figure 7 is an exploded view of a cleaning assembly provided in embodiments of the present application. As shown in fig. 3 to 7, the tray 131 is provided with a drain 133 communicating with the sink 132, and a drain 160 is fixed in the cleaning cavity 120, wherein the drain 133 is connected to the drain 160 when the tray 131 is slid to the mounting position.

At this time, the sewage in the cleaning tank 132 can be discharged through the drain pipe 160 and the drain port 133. The drain opening 133 and the drain pipe 160 of the present application are configured such that when the tray 131 is slid to the installation position, the drain opening 133 and the drain pipe 160 can be automatically connected without manual connection by a user, thereby simplifying the operation and facilitating the use by the user.

As shown in fig. 2, in the embodiment of the present application, the base station 100 further includes a foul water tank 140 and a clean water tank 150 which are arranged in parallel at an upper portion of the base station body 110. The foul water tank 140 and the clean water tank 150 may be detachably connected to the base station body 110, so that a user can pour the foul water in the foul water tank 140 and perform a water replenishing operation to the clean water tank 150.

In the present embodiment, the wash tank 132 communicates with the sump tank 140 through a drain pipe 160. After the washing is completed, the sewage in the washing tub 132 may be discharged into the sewage tank 140 through the drain port 133 and the drain pipe 160. In order to provide power transmission, a negative pressure pump (not shown) may be disposed on a water flow path between the drain pipe 160 and the wastewater tank 140 to suck the wastewater in the cleaning tank 132 into the wastewater tank 140.

The cleaning tank 132 may be replenished with clean water by the clean water tank 150 before starting cleaning. As shown in fig. 3 and 6, a spray head 114 is further disposed in the cleaning cavity 120, and the spray head 114 is in communication with the clean water tank 150 and can transmit clean water in the clean water tank 150 to the cleaning tank 132 to facilitate a cleaning operation of the wiper.

The spray head 140 is disposed on the upper portion of the inner sidewall of the base station body 110, and may be used to replenish clean water before cleaning the wiping member, or during cleaning, which is not limited in the present application. One or more of the spray heads 140 may be provided according to specific requirements.

In the present embodiment, as shown in fig. 3-7, a suction nozzle 170 is fixedly disposed in the drain opening 133, and when the tray 131 is slid to the mounting position, the suction nozzle 170 is abutted against the drain pipe 160. By providing the suction nozzle 170, on the one hand, automatic connection between the drain opening 133 and the drain pipe 160 can be facilitated, and on the other hand, sewage can be sucked out of the cleaning tank 132.

Specifically, the suction nozzle 170 is fixed inside the drain opening 133, and one end of the suction nozzle 170 is located outside the tray 131, and the other end thereof penetrates through the drain opening 133 and extends into the middle of the tray 131. A sealing connection is achieved between the outer sidewall of the suction nozzle 170 and the inner wall of the drain opening 133 to prevent the leakage of sewage. The outer end of the suction nozzle 170 protrudes from the side wall of the tray 131, and when the tray 131 is slid to the mounting position, the suction nozzle 170 is docked with the drain pipe 160. At this time, the suction nozzle 170 may extend into the drain pipe 160, or the suction nozzle 170 may be sleeved outside the drain pipe 160, and the two are hermetically connected to achieve reliable conduction between the cleaning tank 132 and the waste water tank 140, which is not limited in this application.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 5, the drain 160 flares toward the opening of the suction nozzle 170 into which the suction nozzle 170 is inserted when the tray 131 is slid to the installed position. Through the arrangement, the butt joint of the drain pipe 160 and the suction nozzle 170 can be facilitated, the horn-shaped opening can also play a certain guiding role, when certain dislocation exists at the front end part of the drain pipe 160 and the suction nozzle 170 (for example, an included angle exists between the axes of the drain pipe 160 and the suction nozzle 170), as long as the suction nozzle 170 is positioned in the opening, the suction nozzle 170 can also be accurately inserted into the drain pipe 160 under the guiding of the opening, and the reliable sealing connection of the drain pipe 160 and the suction nozzle 170 can be realized.

Further, the front end of the suction nozzle 170 may be provided with a smooth chamfer to facilitate the accurate docking of the drain pipe 160 and the suction nozzle 170, and to make the docking process smooth.

As shown in FIG. 5, a first sealing ring 161 is disposed in the opening of the drain pipe 160 facing the suction nozzle 170, and after the suction nozzle 170 is inserted into the opening, the first sealing ring 161 is disposed between the drain pipe 160 and the suction nozzle 170 and abuts against the two to achieve a reliable sealing connection therebetween.

The first sealing ring 161 may be an elastic sealing ring, such as a rubber ring or a silicone ring, but is not limited thereto. The first sealing ring 161 is sleeved on the outer side wall of the suction nozzle 170, and can elastically abut against the side walls of the drain pipe 160 and the suction nozzle 170, so that the sealing device has reliable sealing performance.

Further, a second seal ring 162 is provided between the drain opening 133 and the suction nozzle 170. The second sealing ring 162 abuts against the inner wall of the drain opening 133 and the outer wall of the suction nozzle 170, respectively, to achieve a reliable sealing connection therebetween. The second sealing ring 162 is in the shape of a boss, the middle of the second sealing ring has an opening and is sleeved on the periphery of the suction nozzle 170, and the front end of the boss is embedded into the water outlet 133 and tightly abuts against the inner wall of the water outlet 133 and the outer wall of the suction nozzle 170.

An inner end portion of the suction nozzle 170 penetrates the drain opening 133 and extends into the middle portion of the tray 131, and as shown in fig. 3, a third sealing ring 163 is provided between an outer wall of the inner end portion of the suction nozzle 170 and an inner wall of the cleaning tank 132, so that a better sealing performance can be achieved and leakage of the sewage can be prevented.

In order to provide a reliable sealing connection between the drain 160 and the suction nozzle 170, the drain 160 should be securely fixed inside the cleaning cavity 120 against displacement.

As shown in fig. 3 to 5, in the embodiment of the present application, the drain pipe 160 is fixed to the side wall of the base station body 110 opposite to the communication port 111, and the opening of the front end faces the communication port 111, and when the tray 131 is slid from the communication port 111 to the mounting position (and also to the innermost position to which the tray 131 can be slid), the opening of the front end of the drain pipe 160 is reliably abutted against the suction nozzle 170. At this time, the drain tube 160 can also function as a limit support for the tray 131 and can provide a location indication to the user.

Further, as shown in fig. 6, the base station body 110 includes a base 110a and an upper cover 110b that cover each other to define the cleaning cavity 120, and the base 110a and the upper cover 110b may be detachably connected by a screw or a snap.

The base 110a has a bottom wall and a peripheral wall having a cutout to form the communication port 111. The bottom of the drain pipe 160 is also fixedly connected to the bottom wall of the base station body 110 by a connection structure, and the drain pipe 160 is L-shaped, and an opening at a side away from the suction nozzle 170 is used to communicate with the sump 140.

As shown in fig. 3 and 7, a water level detection sensor is provided in the cleaning tank 132, a first terminal 134 electrically connected to the water level detection sensor is provided on the tray 131, and the first terminal 134 is configured such that when the tray 131 is slid to the mounting position, the first terminal 134 is electrically connected to the second terminal 112 provided on the base station body 110.

This water level detection sensor can detect the water level in the washing tank 132, and this application does not do particular limitation to the concrete type of water level detection sensor, can be the water level sensing device of arbitrary model among the prior art. The second terminal 112 may be electrically connected with a controller of the base station 100, and thus, the water level detection sensor can be electrically connected with the controller, and a detection signal can be transmitted to the controller.

The controller can control the spray head to timely supply water into the cleaning tank 132 according to the water level condition in the cleaning tank 132, or control the negative pressure pump to timely discharge the sewage in the cleaning tank 132 to the sewage tank 140, so as to improve the automation degree of the base station 100. Because the tray 131 is separated from the base station body 110, when the tray 131 is slid to the installation position, the first terminal 134 is electrically connected to the second terminal 112 disposed on the base station body 110 automatically, without manual operation by a user, so that the operation of the user can be simplified, and the use by the user is facilitated.

The first terminal 134 and/or the second terminal 112 may be a metal terminal, and the metal may be a material having sufficient conductive properties, such as a copper alloy or an aluminum alloy.

Further, when the tray 131 is slid to the installation position, the first terminals 134 and the second terminals 112 elastically abut to lock the tray 131. That is, in this case, the first terminal 134 and the second terminal 112 not only function to electrically connect but also function as the aforementioned locking mechanism to lock and limit the tray 131. The structure of the base station 100 can be simplified by the above arrangement, and cost can be saved.

The first and

second terminals

134, 112 should have sufficient fatigue life, not break after multiple clenches and decouples, and still be able to return to the original configuration, always with sufficient spring force.

As shown in fig. 6 and 7, the cleaning assembly 130 further includes a hollow bracket 136 disposed in the cleaning tank 132, and a protrusion 137 for abutting against the wiper is disposed on an inner surface of the hollow bracket 136.

Specifically, be equipped with fretwork support 136 in washing tank 132, suction nozzle 170 is located between fretwork support 136 and the tray 131, can set up a plurality of through-holes on the diapire of fretwork support 136, and the aperture of these a plurality of through-holes is less, can filter the impurity in the sewage, prevents that the impurity of great granule from entering into the negative pressure pump through suction nozzle 170, causes the damage to the pump body.

The inner surface of the hollow support 136 is provided with a protruding part 137 used for being abutted to the wiping piece, and the protruding part 137 can scrape and clean the wiping piece.

When the cleaning assembly 130 cleans the wiper of the cleaning robot 200, the protrusions 137 come into contact with the wiper. Through setting up bellying 137, not only can utilize this bellying 137 to strike off sewage or impurity on the wiper at the in-process of clean wiper, realize the more thorough cleanness to the wiper, can also crowd water to the wiper, prevent to accomplish abluent wiper excessively moist influence and use.

As shown in fig. 7, the protrusion 137 may include a plurality of protrusions and be radially distributed. The upper surface of the protruding portion 137 may be provided with a plurality of bumps, so that the cleaning effect can be further improved.

As shown in fig. 6 and 7, the cleaning assembly 130 further includes a guide plate 138 disposed outside the tray 131, and the guide plate 138 is disposed at an angle, so that the cleaning robot 200 can easily move in and out of the base station 100, which helps to improve the working efficiency of the cleaning robot system.

The tray 131 and the guide plate 138 may be integrally formed by an injection molding or 3D printing process, thereby reducing the number of manufacturing processes and saving the manufacturing cost.

The guide plate 138 may be provided with anti-slip ribs to facilitate the cleaning robot 200 to enter the cleaning cavity 120, and the guide plate 138 may be further provided with a limiting structure (e.g., a limiting groove or a limiting protrusion) to limit the cleaning robot 200, so as to prevent the cleaning robot 200 from being separated from the cleaning cavity 120 during cleaning.

The above description is only for the specific embodiments of the present application, but the scope of the present application is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art can easily conceive of the changes or substitutions within the technical scope of the present application, and shall be covered by the scope of the present application. Therefore, the protection scope of the present application shall be subject to the protection scope of the claims.

Claims

1. A base station applied to a cleaning robot system, the base station comprising:

a base station body (110), wherein the base station body (110) is provided with a communication port (111) and a cleaning inner cavity (120), and the communication port (111) is used for a cleaning robot (200) of the cleaning robot system to enter the cleaning inner cavity (120);

a cleaning assembly (130) for cleaning the wiper of the cleaning robot (200), wherein the cleaning assembly (130) is detachably mounted in the cleaning cavity (120) and can be taken out through the communication port (111).

2. The base station according to claim 1, wherein the cleaning assembly (130) comprises a tray (131), a cleaning tank (132) for accommodating the wiper is provided on the tray (131), and the tray (131) is slidably provided on the base station body (110) and can be withdrawn through the communication port (111).

3. The base station according to claim 2, further comprising a locking mechanism for limiting the position of the tray (131) after the tray (131) is slid to the installation position.

4. The base station according to claim 2, wherein the tray (131) is provided with a drain opening (133) communicated with the cleaning tank (132), a drain pipe (160) is further arranged in the cleaning cavity (120), and when the tray (131) is slid to the installation position, the drain opening (133) is communicated with the drain pipe (160).

5. The base station according to claim 4, wherein a suction nozzle (170) is provided in the drain opening (133), the suction nozzle (170) interfacing with the drain pipe (160) when the tray (131) is slid to an installed position.

6. The base station of claim 5, wherein the drain (160) flares toward an opening of the suction nozzle (170) into which the suction nozzle (170) is inserted and placed in communication when the tray (131) is slid to an installed position.

7. The base station according to claim 2, wherein a water level detection sensor is provided in the cleaning tank (132), a first terminal (134) electrically connected to the water level detection sensor is provided on the tray (131), and when the tray (131) is slid to an installation position, the first terminal (134) is electrically connected to a second terminal (112) provided on the base station body (110).

8. The base station according to claim 7, characterized in that when the tray (131) is slid to the mounting position, the first terminal (134) abuts against the second terminal (112) to lock the tray (131).

9. A base station according to any of claims 2-8, characterized in that a chute (113) is provided on one of the tray (131) and the base station body (110), and a slide (135) is provided on the other of the tray (131) and the base station body (110), the slide (135) being slidably arranged in the chute (113) and being disengageable from the chute (113) through an end opening of the chute (113).

10. The base station according to any of claims 1-8, characterized in that the cleaning assembly (130) is provided separately from the base station body (110).

11. A cleaning robot system, characterized in that it comprises a cleaning robot and a base station according to any of claims 1-10.