CN113180548B

CN113180548B - Cleaning system

Info

Publication number: CN113180548B
Application number: CN202110476987.4A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 金仟柱; 王源
Original assignee: Shenzhen Useer Robot Co Ltd
Current assignee: Shenzhen Useer Robot Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-04-29
Filing date: 2021-04-29
Publication date: 2022-08-16
Anticipated expiration: 2041-04-29
Also published as: CN113180548A

Abstract

The invention discloses a cleaning system, comprising: the robot comprises a main body and a driving device, wherein a dust collecting box is arranged in the main body, and an openable dust box baffle is arranged at the lower end of the dust collecting box; the maintenance station comprises a top surface and a collecting box, wherein the top surface is obliquely arranged, the collecting box is used for receiving dust, a dust discharging port for dust to enter is formed in the top of the collecting box, and the dust discharging port is formed in the top surface; when the dust box baffle is aligned with the dust discharge port, the dust box baffle is opened to allow dust in the dust collection box to enter the collection box through the dust discharge port. Through setting up the top surface of maintaining the station to the slope to set up the dirt box baffle of being connected with the dust collection box in the bottom of robot, when the robot moved to the top surface of maintaining the station, open the dirt box baffle, utilize gravity to directly fall down collection entering collecting box in the maintenance station with dust collection box in, compare in current scheme, need not to use vacuum assembly to adsorb the dust collection box, the volume of maintaining the station has been reduced greatly, and the structure becomes simpler moreover, and the cost is lower, does benefit to extensive popularization.

Description

Cleaning system

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of cleaning, in particular to a cleaning system.

Background

At present, with the wide application of intelligent cleaning equipment such as a sweeping robot, how to discharge dust collected by the cleaning equipment during cleaning becomes a key problem of general research in the industry. Based on this, US patent No. US9492048B2 discloses a cleaning system comprising a robot and a maintenance station comprising a collection bin arranged to receive and contain debris removed by a mechanical agitator.

However, the above solution still has the problem that the vacuum assembly is required to be arranged for the collecting box to suck the dust in the robot into the collecting box, so that the design of the maintenance station is complicated and the manufacturing cost is high. Meanwhile, because the vacuum assembly is generally large in size, the maintenance station occupies too large space and is not suitable for narrow spaces such as houses.

Therefore, there is a need for a cleaning system to solve the problems of the prior art that the maintenance station is bulky and complex.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to: in order to overcome the defects in the prior art, the invention provides a cleaning system which can solve the problems of large size, complex structure and the like of a maintenance station in the prior art.

The technical scheme is as follows: a cleaning system, comprising:

the robot comprises a main body and a driving device arranged at the bottom of the main body, wherein a dust collecting box is arranged in the main body, an opening is formed in the lower end of the dust collecting box, and an openable dust box baffle plate is arranged to cover the opening;

the maintenance station comprises a top surface and a collecting box, the top surface is obliquely arranged, the collecting box is used for receiving dust, the bottom end of the top surface extends to the bottom surface of the maintenance station so that the robot can run onto the top surface, the top of the collecting box is provided with a dust discharging port for dust to enter, and the dust discharging port is arranged on the top surface;

the dirt tray flap is configured to open when the dirt tray flap is aligned with the dust discharge opening to allow dust in the dirt collection bin to enter the collection bin through the dust discharge opening.

Furthermore, the dust box baffle is also in driving connection with a driving mechanism for driving the dust box baffle to rotate and open towards the two sides of the bottom surface of the main body.

Further, actuating mechanism includes the first connecting rod of rotationally being connected with the main part, first connecting rod end swing joint has the second connecting rod, second connecting rod swing joint the dirt box baffle.

Furthermore, the top end of the first connecting rod is provided with a counter bore with a downward opening, and correspondingly, the top surface is provided with a driving component which can be inserted into the counter bore and is used for driving the first connecting rod to rotate

Further, drive assembly is including locating motor and drive connection in the maintenance station the pivot of motor, the pivot passes the top surface sets up, and when the robot is located the dust exhaust mouth with the alignment state of dust box baffle the pivot with the counter bore drive is connected.

Further, the rotating shaft is arranged to be capable of ascending or descending along the direction of the axis of the rotating shaft.

Further, the dirt box baffle includes two relative settings, correspondingly actuating mechanism includes two, drive connection respectively two dirt box baffles.

Further, the dirt box baffle includes two relative settings, two dirt box baffles are respectively through elastic component elastic connection the both ends of dust exhaust mouth are in order to order about two dirt box baffles keep drawing close the state, and every dirt box baffle lower surface is equipped with the lug, correspondingly ground the opening part of dust collection box is equipped with the edge two guide rails of top surface axis upward direction distance grow gradually, works as the robot is in when the top surface removes the lug receives thereby guide rail control produces the displacement.

Furthermore, the driving device comprises a universal wheel for controlling the advancing direction and a driving wheel for driving the robot to move, when the dust exhaust port is aligned with the dust box baffle, a recess is formed in the position, corresponding to the universal wheel and/or the driving wheel, of the top surface, and the maximum depth of the recess is not more than one half of the radius of the universal wheel or the driving wheel.

Furthermore, charging connectors are arranged on two sides of the universal wheel, when the dust exhaust port is aligned with the dust box baffle correspondingly, charging elastic pieces used for charging the robot are arranged on two sides of the top surface corresponding to the position of the universal wheel, and the charging elastic pieces are electrically connected with an external power supply.

Has the advantages that: according to the cleaning system, the top surface of the maintenance station is inclined, the dust box baffle connected with the dust box is arranged at the bottom of the robot, when the robot moves to the top surface of the maintenance station, the dust box baffle is opened, and dust and the like in the dust box directly fall down and are collected into the collection box in the maintenance station by utilizing gravity.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of one embodiment of a cleaning system of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the cleaning system of FIG. 1 in a dust exhaust state;

FIG. 3 is a schematic plan view of a robot portion of the cleaning system of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a schematic cross-sectional perspective view of the robot shown in FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a schematic perspective view of a portion of a maintenance station of another embodiment of the cleaning system of the present invention;

fig. 6 is a schematic plan view of a robot portion of the cleaning system of fig. 5.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention more apparent, the present invention is described in further detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the invention and do not limit the invention. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

It should be noted that the description relating to "first", "second", etc. in the present invention is for descriptive purposes only and is not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one such feature. In addition, technical solutions between various embodiments may be combined with each other, but must be realized by a person skilled in the art, and when the technical solutions are contradictory or cannot be realized, such a combination should not be considered to exist, and is not within the protection scope of the present invention.

Referring to one embodiment of the cleaning system of the present invention shown in fig. 1 to 4, the cleaning system comprises a robot 1 and a maintenance station 2. The robot 1 comprises a main body and a driving device arranged at the bottom of the main body, wherein the driving device comprises a universal wheel 12 for controlling the traveling direction and a driving wheel 13 for driving the robot 1 to move. The main body is internally provided with a dust collecting box 11, the lower end of the dust collecting box 11 is provided with an opening, and a dust box baffle 14 which can be opened is arranged to cover the opening.

The maintenance station 2 comprises a top surface 20 and a collection box 21, wherein the top surface 20 is arranged in an inclined manner, the collection box 21 is used for receiving dust, the bottom end of the top surface 20 extends towards the bottom surface of the maintenance station 2 so that the robot 1 can run onto the top surface 20, the top of the collection box 21 is provided with a dust discharge port 22 for dust to enter, and the dust discharge port 22 is arranged on the top surface 20.

The dust box shutter 14 is configured such that when the dust box shutter 14 is aligned with the dust discharge opening 22, the dust box shutter 14 is opened to allow dust in the dust box 11 to enter the collection box 21 through the dust discharge opening 22. In some embodiments, the relative position relationship between the robot 1 and the maintenance station 2 when the dust box baffle 14 and the dust discharge opening 22 are in the aligned position is used as a reference, and the robot 1 and the maintenance station 2 are provided with corresponding infrared devices or magnetic attraction devices, which is not limited in this respect, and any means capable of determining the aligned state of the dust box baffle 14 and the dust discharge opening 22 may be applied.

Through setting up maintenance station 2 top surface 20 to the slope, and set up the dirt box baffle 14 of being connected with dust collection box 11 in the bottom of robot 1, when robot 1 moved maintenance station 2 top surface 20, open dirt box baffle 14, utilize gravity to fall dust in the dust collection box 11 directly to collect and get into in the collecting box 21 of maintenance station 2, compare in current scheme, need not to use vacuum assembly to adsorb dust collection box 11, the volume of maintenance station 2 has been reduced greatly, and the structure becomes simpler, and the cost is lower, do benefit to extensive popularization.

Specifically, the dust box baffle 14 is further connected with a driving mechanism for driving the dust box baffle 14 to rotate and open towards the two sides of the bottom surface of the main body, and opening towards the two sides is compared with rotating downwards, so that dust can be effectively prevented from being accumulated on the baffle when falling, and the need of cleaning the baffle is avoided.

The driving mechanism comprises a first connecting rod 141 rotatably connected with the main body, the tail end of the first connecting rod 141 is movably connected with a second connecting rod 142, and the second connecting rod 142 is movably connected with the dust box baffle 14. When the dust box shutter 14 needs to be opened, the first link 141 rotates around the top end and drives the second link 142 to move, thereby driving the dust box shutter 14 to open towards both sides.

In this embodiment, a counter bore 143 that opens downward is disposed at the top end of the first connecting rod 141, and correspondingly, a driving component that can be inserted into the counter bore 143 and is used for driving the first connecting rod 141 to rotate is disposed on the top surface 20. Thus, the driving assembly can drive the first connecting rod 141 to drive the dust box baffle 14 to open, and also plays a role in alignment, thereby improving the working efficiency.

Specifically, the drive assembly includes motor 26 and the pivot 25 of drive connection motor 26 of locating in the maintenance station 2, the pivot 25 passes the top surface 20 sets up, and when robot 1 is located dust exhaust 22 with dust box baffle 14 alignment state the pivot 25 with counter bore 143 drive connection.

Preferably, the shaft 25 is configured to be raised or lowered upward in the direction of its axis. In some embodiments, a damper is further connected to the shaft 25 to facilitate the shaft 25 to be pushed into the counterbore 143 for alignment and driving when the robot 1 travels to the position of the dust exhaust port 22. In other embodiments, a linear power mechanism such as an air cylinder may be disposed on the motor 26 to raise or lower the motor 26 and the rotating shaft 25 integrally along the axial direction thereof.

In this embodiment, the dust box baffle 14 includes two pieces that are disposed oppositely, and correspondingly, the driving mechanism includes two pieces that are respectively connected to the two pieces of dust box baffle 14 in a driving manner. In other embodiments, a dust box baffle 14 may be provided, and such structural variations would still fall within the scope of the present invention.

In other embodiments, as shown in fig. 5 to 6, the dust box baffle 14 includes two pieces that are oppositely disposed, the two pieces of dust box baffles 14 are respectively elastically connected to two ends of the opening of the dust box 14 through elastic members (not shown) to drive the two pieces of dust box baffles 14 to keep close, a protrusion 144 is disposed on a lower surface of each piece of dust box baffle 14, two guide rails 221 whose distance gradually increases upward along the axis of the top surface 20 are correspondingly disposed at the dust outlet 22, and when the robot 1 moves on the top surface 20, the protrusion 144 is controlled by the guide rails 221 to generate displacement.

As a further optimization of this embodiment, when the dust outlet 22 is aligned with the dust box baffle 14, the top surface 20 is provided with a recess 23 corresponding to the universal wheel 12, and the maximum depth of the recess 23 is not more than one-half of the radius of the universal wheel 12. In other embodiments, the top surface 20 may be provided with a recess 23 corresponding to the driving wheel 13, and likewise, the maximum depth of the recess 23 is not more than half of the radius of the driving wheel 13. Through setting up sunken 23, can make universal wheel 12 or drive wheel 13 form a comparatively stable dust exhaust state, prevent to deviate from to avoid drive wheel 13 to need continue work, it is more energy-conserving. When the dust exhaust device needs to move from a dust exhaust position, the depth of the universal wheel 12 or the driving wheel 13 does not exceed one half of the radius, so that the driving wheel 13 can be conveniently and easily separated, and the phenomenon of blocking is avoided.

Specifically, the universal wheel 12 is provided with charging connectors 15 on two sides, and when the dust exhaust port 22 is aligned with the dust box baffle 14, the top surface 20 is provided with charging spring pieces 24 corresponding to the universal wheel 12 on two sides of the position for charging the robot 1, and the charging spring pieces 24 are electrically connected with an external power supply.

The above description is only of the preferred embodiments of the present invention, and it should be noted that: it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and adaptations can be made without departing from the principles of the invention and these are intended to be within the scope of the invention.

Claims

1. A cleaning system, comprising:

the dirt tray flap is configured to open when the dirt tray flap is aligned with the dust discharge opening to allow dust within the dirt tray to enter the collection bin through the dust discharge opening;

the dust box baffle is also in driving connection with a driving mechanism for driving the dust box baffle to rotate and open towards the two sides of the bottom surface of the main body;

the driving mechanism comprises a first connecting rod which is rotatably connected with the main body, the tail end of the first connecting rod is movably connected with a second connecting rod, and the second connecting rod is movably connected with the dust box baffle;

first connecting rod top is equipped with downward open-ended counter bore, correspondingly be equipped with on the top surface and peg graft just be used for the drive in the counter bore first connecting rod pivoted drive assembly, drive assembly is including locating motor and drive connection in the maintenance station the pivot of motor, the pivot is passed the top surface sets up, and the robot is located the dust exhaust mouth with when the dirt box baffle alignment state the pivot with the counter bore drive is connected.

2. The cleaning system of claim 1, wherein: the rotating shaft is arranged to be capable of ascending or descending along the direction of the axis of the rotating shaft.

3. The cleaning system of claim 1, wherein: the dust box baffle comprises two oppositely arranged dust box baffles, and correspondingly, the driving mechanisms comprise two driving mechanisms which are respectively in driving connection with the two dust box baffles.

4. The cleaning system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein: the driving device comprises a universal wheel used for controlling the advancing direction and a driving wheel used for driving the robot to move, when the dust discharging port is aligned with the dust box baffle, a recess is formed in the position, corresponding to the universal wheel and/or the driving wheel, of the top surface, and the maximum depth of the recess is not more than one half of the radius of the universal wheel or the driving wheel.

5. The cleaning system of claim 4, wherein: the robot is characterized in that charging connectors are arranged on two sides of the universal wheel, the corresponding dust exhaust port is aligned with the position of the dust box baffle, charging elastic pieces used for charging the robot are arranged on two sides of the top surface corresponding to the position of the universal wheel, and the charging elastic pieces are electrically connected with an external power supply.