CN113876242B - Cleaning device - Google Patents

Abstract

The embodiment of the application provides a cleaning device, including host computer and annex: the host includes a body having a locking portion configured to lock the accessory on the body; an unlocking mechanism is arranged on one of the machine body and the accessory and is configured to unlock the accessory and the locking part when a preset condition is met; an ejection mechanism is provided on one of the body and the attachment, and the ejection mechanism is configured to cause the attachment to be partially detached from the body and to be integrally held on the body when the attachment and the lock portion are unlocked.

Description

Cleaning device

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of cleaning household appliances, in particular to a cleaning device.

Background

The cleaning equipment can clean the target area, and reduces labor burden and environmental cleanliness. Cleaning devices are classified more often, and different types of cleaning devices are equipped with different accessories. Accessories such as clean water tanks, dirty water tanks, roller brushes, dust boxes, filter screens, etc., require the user to clean or replace them in time. In the related art, the cleaning device usually reminds the user in a voice mode or a software pushing mode, and is easily ignored by the user, so that corresponding accessories cannot be cleaned or replaced in time, and problems such as deterioration and odor, bacterial growth or reduced cleaning efficiency are caused.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the application provides a cleaning device, can remind the user in time to clear up or change corresponding auxiliary member, makes corresponding auxiliary member and its affiliated cleaning equipment keep the operating condition of preferred.

In one aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a cleaning device, including a host computer and an accessory: the host includes a body having a locking portion configured to lock the accessory on the body; an unlocking mechanism is arranged on one of the machine body and the accessory and is configured to unlock the accessory and the locking part when a preset condition is met; an ejection mechanism is provided on one of the body and the attachment, and the ejection mechanism is configured to cause the attachment to be partially detached from the body and to be integrally held on the body when the attachment and the lock portion are unlocked.

In some embodiments, the withdrawing mechanism is configured to, when the accessory and the locking portion are unlocked, swing apart an end of the accessory close to the locking portion from the main body and keep an end of the accessory away from the locking portion connected to the main body.

In some embodiments, the body has a mounting cavity portion open on a surface thereof, the locking portion being configured to lock the accessory within the mounting cavity portion; the withdrawing mechanism is configured to, when the attachment and the locking portion are unlocked, swing one end of the attachment close to the locking portion away from the attachment chamber and press one end of the attachment away from the locking portion against the flange portion.

In some embodiments, the ejection mechanism includes a swinging member and a spring member, and the spring member is configured to drive the swinging member to swing to act on the accessory so as to swing the accessory away from the body near the end of the locking portion and keep the end of the accessory away from the locking portion connected with the body.

In some embodiments, a side surface of the attachment is provided with a groove portion, and the swinging member is held in abutment with the groove portion in a swinging stroke; when the accessory is locked on the machine body, the swinging piece is abutted with the groove bottom of the groove part; at the end of the stroke where the attachment is swingably separated from the body at the end close to the lock portion, the swinging member abuts against the groove wall of the groove portion and is held stationary.

In some embodiments, an end of the swinging member near the groove portion forms a bent portion that is held in abutment with the groove portion during a swinging stroke.

In some embodiments, a side surface of the attachment is provided with a flange portion, and the swinging member is held in abutment with the side surface of the attachment in a swinging stroke; when the attachment is locked to the body, the swinging member abuts against a region of the side surface of the attachment where the flange portion is not provided; the swinging member abuts against the flange portion when the attachment is partially detached from the body and is integrally held to the body.

In some embodiments, an end of the swinging member near the groove portion forms a bent portion that is held in abutment with a side surface of the attachment provided with the flange portion in a swinging stroke.

In some embodiments, the ejection mechanism further comprises a slide bypass member hinged to the swing member, the swing member being swingable about a hinge axis thereof with the slide bypass member; the slide avoidance member is slidably disposed within the mounting chamber portion to separate the swinging member and the attachment when the attachment is integrally separated from the body.

In some embodiments, the exit mechanism further comprises a second spring member connecting the slide bypass member and the body, the second spring member having a spring force configured to urge the oscillating member toward the attachment member.

In some embodiments, the preset condition comprises at least one of the following conditions: the cleaning device finishes the self-cleaning task of the accessory to be cleaned; the cleaning device finishes a cleaning task on the target area; the cleaning device begins a charging task; the life of the accessory is exhausted; the accessory reaches a cleaning cycle; the accessory requires replenishment of the contents.

In another aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a cleaning device, including a host and an accessory: the host comprises a body, and the accessory can be kept on the body in a first position and a second position; the first position is the latched position of annex, the second position is the unblock position of annex, when satisfying preset the condition, the annex is automatic followed first position swings to the second position, the second position with the first position has the contained angle, the contained angle is the acute angle.

In some embodiments, the included angle is 5 to 15 °.

According to the embodiment of the application, the unlocking mechanism and the withdrawing mechanism are arranged, the accessory and the locking part are unlocked by the unlocking mechanism when the preset condition is met, and then the withdrawing mechanism enables the accessory to be partially separated from the machine body on one hand and enables the accessory to be still integrally kept on the machine body without falling on the other hand, and the accessory can be an accessory or a protection piece configured to decorate and protect the accessory on the machine body; thus, when the preset conditions are met, on one hand, the auxiliary/protection piece protrudes locally on the machine body, so that a user can visually observe the auxiliary to take the auxiliary out in time, or visually observe the protection piece to take the auxiliary corresponding to the protection piece out in time, and further perform corresponding subsequent treatment on the taken-out auxiliary, so that the phenomena that the auxiliary such as a sewage tank with sewage is deteriorated and smelled and bacteria are bred due to the fact that the auxiliary is not cleaned in time, the auxiliary such as a roller brush in a wet state is deteriorated and smelled and bacteria are bred due to the fact that the auxiliary is not dried in time, and accessories such as a dust box in a full-load state are mildewed and smelled or the cleaning efficiency of cleaning equipment is reduced due to the fact that the auxiliary is not cleaned in time are avoided, on the other hand, the auxiliary/protection piece protruding locally can still be stably kept on the machine body and cannot fall off, and the ground environment pollution caused by the fact that the auxiliary is damaged by the fact that the ground is hit off or the auxiliary is avoided.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application, the drawings needed to be used in the description of the embodiments are briefly introduced below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art to obtain other drawings based on these drawings without creative efforts.

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional block diagram of a host provided in some embodiments of the present application;

FIG. 2 is a left side view block diagram of a host provided by some embodiments of the present application;

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional structural view of a cleaning device provided in some embodiments of the present application with the auxiliary member locked;

FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of the cleaning apparatus of FIG. 1 at M;

FIG. 5 is an enlarged view of the cleaning apparatus of FIG. 1 at N;

FIG. 6 is another enlarged structural view at N of the cleaning apparatus of FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is a further enlarged structural view at N of the cleaning device of FIG. 1;

FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional block diagram of a cleaning device provided in accordance with certain embodiments of the present application with the auxiliary unlocked;

fig. 9 is a sectional structural view of a cleaning apparatus provided in some embodiments of the present application when a protector is unlocked.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be described clearly and completely with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present application, and not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present application.

In the description of the present application, it is to be understood that the terms "center", "longitudinal", "lateral", "length", "width", "thickness", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", and the like indicate orientations or positional relationships based on those shown in the drawings, and are used merely for convenience of description and for simplicity of description, and do not indicate or imply that the referenced device or element must have a particular orientation, be constructed in a particular orientation, and be operated, and thus should not be considered as limiting the present application. Furthermore, the terms "first", "second" and "first" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, features defined as "first", "second", 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.

"A and/or B" includes the following three combinations: a alone, B alone, and a combination of A and B.

The use of "adapted to" or "configured to" in this application means open and inclusive language that does not exclude devices adapted to or configured to perform additional tasks or steps. Additionally, the use of "based on" is meant to be open and inclusive in that a process, step, calculation, or other action that is "based on" one or more stated conditions or values may, in practice, be based on additional conditions or exceed the stated values.

In this application, the word "exemplary" is used to mean "serving as an example, instance, or illustration. Any embodiment described herein as "exemplary" is not necessarily to be construed as preferred or advantageous over other embodiments. The following description is presented to enable any person skilled in the art to make and use the application. In the following description, details are set forth for the purpose of explanation. It will be apparent to one of ordinary skill in the art that the present application may be practiced without these specific details. In other instances, well-known structures and processes are not set forth in detail in order to avoid obscuring the description of the present application with unnecessary detail. Thus, the present application is not intended to be limited to the embodiments shown, but is to be accorded the widest scope consistent with the principles and features disclosed herein.

As shown in fig. 1 to 3, the present embodiment provides a main body 101, where the main body 101 includes a main body 10, an unlocking mechanism 20 and an exiting mechanism 30, and can remind a user to clean or replace a corresponding accessory 102a in time, so that the corresponding accessory 102 and the cleaning device to which the accessory belongs can maintain a better working state. Here, the host 101 may adopt host structures of different types of cleaning devices, such as a floor sweeping robot, a floor mopping robot, a sweeping and mopping integrated robot, a dust collector, a cleaning machine, a glass cleaning robot, and the like, or host structures of a cleaning base station matched with some floor mopping/sweeping and mopping integrated robots for cleaning rags, according to actual application needs, so as to achieve corresponding cleaning effects, which is not limited in the embodiments of the present application. Here, the X direction, the Y direction, and the Z direction may be defined as follows. The X direction is a horizontal direction extending along the rear side of the body 10 to the front side of the body 10, the front and rear sides of the body 10 are defined as directions when a user uses the cleaning apparatus, i.e., a direction of the body 10 toward the auxiliary 102a is defined as the front side of the body, a direction of the body 10 away from the auxiliary 102a is defined as the rear side of the body, the Y direction is a direction orthogonal to the X direction in a horizontal plane, and the Z direction is a vertical extending direction of the body 10.

The body 10 may have locking portions 11, the locking portions 11 being configured to lock the attachment 102 to the body 10. Here, as shown in fig. 1 to 3 and 9, the accessory 102 may be an accessory 102a or a protector 102b configured to decorate the accessory 102a on the body 10; the auxiliary 102a is a device configured to assist in performing a certain function, and may be configured according to the type of the host 101. In some embodiments, the accessory 102a may include at least one of a roller brush, a dirt box, a roller brush, a rag, a clean water tank, and a dirty water tank, among others. The rolling brush can sweep and remove dust and adhered objects in a target area, so that the swept garbage can be sucked away by the dust suction port; the dust box can load the garbage sucked by the dust suction port, so that the garbage collection and storage functions are realized; the roller brush is also called as a floor brush, can rotationally scrub the dirt in the target area, and the cleaning cloth can horizontally scrub the dirt in the target area; the clean water tank may be loaded with clean water or cleaning liquid, and the dirty water tank may be loaded with dirty water sucked from a target area or generated within the body 10. In this way, the auxiliary 102a can be connected with the body 10 as a reliable integral structure, and achieve the corresponding function.

In some embodiments, the accessory 102 may be an accessory 102a exposed on an outer surface of the host 101, and the user may directly attach or detach the accessory 102a. In some examples, the secondary element 102a may be directly locked on the outer surface of the fuselage 10; for example, some wipes and the like may be provided in this manner. In other examples, the auxiliary 102a may also be at least partially embedded within the interior of the fuselage 10 and remain exposed to the exterior surface of the fuselage 10; for example, some of the roll brushes, the clean water tank, the dirty water tank, etc. may be arranged in this manner.

In other embodiments, the accessory 102 may be a protective member 102b configured to decorate the protective accessory 102a on the fuselage 10. Thus, the accessory 102a is decorated and protected by the protector 102b, and the user can mount or dismount the accessory 102a after removing the protector 102b. The structural form of the protection member 102b may be determined according to actual needs, and may be in the form of a cover plate, for example, which is not limited in the embodiments of the present application. For example, the protection member 102b may be a cover plate disposed on a side of the roller brush away from the ground, and is used for decorating and protecting the roller brush; the user may first open the cover plate and then remove or load the roller brush. As another example, the protection member 102b may be a cover plate disposed outside the dust box for decorating and protecting the dust box; the user may first open the cover and then remove or load the dirt tray.

As shown in fig. 1 to 4 and 8, an unlocking mechanism 20 may be provided on the body 10, configured to unlock the attachment 102 and the locking portion 11 when a preset condition is satisfied. Here, the unlocking mechanism 20 can disengage the attachment 102 and the locking portion 11 to unlock. When the attachment 102 and the lock portions 11 are unlocked, the lock portions 11 no longer exert a locking action on the attachment 102, so that the attachment 102 can be removed from the body 10. The eject mechanism 30 is provided on the body 10 and configured to partially separate the attachment 102 from the body 10 and hold the attachment 102 on the body 10 as a whole when the attachment 102 and the lock portion 11 are unlocked.

As previously described, the accessory 102 may be an accessory 102a or a protective member 102b configured to decorate the protective accessory 102a on the fuselage 10. On one hand, a local area of the auxiliary component 102 a/the protection component 102b can protrude from the main body 10, so that the separation between the local area and the main body 10 can be visually observed by a user, and the user is reminded to timely remove the auxiliary component 102a or the auxiliary component 102a corresponding to the protection component 102b, and then corresponding subsequent processing is performed on the removed auxiliary component 102a. Correspondingly, the auxiliary parts 102a such as the sewage tank with the sewage can be taken down in time to carry out sewage dumping and inner cavity cleaning, so that the phenomena of deterioration, odor, bacteria breeding and the like caused by not being cleaned in time are avoided; the auxiliary 102a such as the roller brush or the rag which is in a wet state through the self-cleaning process can be taken down and dried in time, so that deterioration, odor and bacteria breeding caused by not drying in time are avoided; the auxiliary parts 102a such as the dust box and the like in a full-load state can be timely taken down to carry out garbage dumping and inner cavity cleaning on the auxiliary parts, so that the cleaning efficiency of the cleaning equipment is prevented from being reduced due to mildewing and smelling caused by not timely cleaning or over-filling of the dust box; when the service life of the auxiliary 102a such as the roller brush, the rag and the filter screen is exhausted or reaches the cleaning time limit, the auxiliary can be timely found out and taken down for replacement or cleaning, so that the cleaning efficiency of the cleaning equipment is prevented from being influenced due to the service life exhaustion or low cleanliness of the auxiliary 102a. On the other hand, under the action of the ejection mechanism, the partially protruding auxiliary 102 a/protection member 102b can still be stably held on the body 10 without falling off, so that damage caused by falling of the auxiliary 102 a/protection member 102b on the ground can be avoided, and pollution caused by falling of the dirty auxiliary 102a on the ground and the surrounding environment can be avoided.

Here, the preset condition may be preset according to the actual working requirement of the cleaning apparatus 100, and the embodiment of the present application does not limit this. In some embodiments, the cleaning device 100 may self-clean the auxiliary 102a such as a roller brush, a rag, etc. accordingly, the preset condition may include the cleaning device 100 ending the task of self-cleaning the cleaned auxiliary 102a. After the self-cleaning task is finished, the auxiliary 102a such as the roller brush or the rag which is subjected to the self-cleaning process is in a wet state with moisture or cleaning liquid; due to the fact that the preset conditions are met, the unlocking mechanism 20 and the withdrawing mechanism 30 are sequentially actuated, and the cleaned auxiliary element 102a can be found by a user in time and taken down to be dried. Similarly, the above-mentioned self-cleaning process generates sewage, which is collected in the sewage tank; after the self-cleaning task is finished, the unlocking mechanism 20 and the withdrawing mechanism 30 are sequentially actuated due to the fact that preset conditions are met, the sewage tank can be timely found by a user, and therefore the sewage tank is taken down to dump sewage and is cleaned, and the sewage tank is kept clean.

In other embodiments, the preset condition may include the cleaning apparatus 100 ending the cleaning task for the target area. Thus, when the cleaning device 100 finishes the cleaning operation on the target area, the unlocking mechanism 20 and the ejection mechanism 30 can be sequentially actuated, so that the auxiliary 102a requiring the corresponding processing at this stage can be timely found and removed by the user for the subsequent processing. For example, when the cleaning apparatus 100 sucks up the contaminated water existing on the surface of the target area or performs wet cleaning on the target area, the contaminated water originally existing on the surface of the target area and/or the contaminated water generated by the wet cleaning may be sucked into the contaminated water tank; after the cleaning operation is finished, the user can be visually and intuitively reminded through the mode, so that the user can timely dump the sewage in the sewage tank and clean the inner cavity of the sewage tank.

In still other embodiments, the preset condition may include the cleaning device 100 starting a charging task. The cleaning device 100 with autonomous movement and control capability, such as a cleaning device like a sweeping robot, a mopping robot, a sweeping and mopping integrated robot, a glass cleaning robot, etc., returns to a charging position for charging after completing cleaning operation, so as to ensure the electric energy required by the next operation process; after the cleaning device 100, such as a vacuum cleaner or a cleaning machine, which requires a user to perform a handheld operation, is cleaned, the cleaning device can be put back to the charging stand for charging by the user, so as to ensure the electric energy required by the next operation process. Here, the start of the charging task of the cleaning apparatus 100 may be regarded as a sign of stopping the work and performing cleaning; when the cleaning apparatus 100 starts the charging task, the unlocking mechanism 20 and the ejecting mechanism 30 may be sequentially actuated, so that the auxiliary 102a requiring the corresponding process at this stage is timely found and removed by the user for the subsequent process.

In still other embodiments, the preset condition may include the exhaustion of the life of the auxiliary 102a. The auxiliary 102a, such as a rolling brush, a roller brush, a rag, a filter screen, etc., has a limited service life, which may be limited by the use time or the use times, that is, when the preset use time or the use times passes, the service life of the auxiliary 102a may be judged to be exhausted; the auxiliary 102a needs to be replaced with a new one in time after the service life of the old auxiliary 102a is exhausted, so as to ensure the cleaning efficiency of the cleaning device. At this time, the unlocking mechanism 20 and the eject mechanism 30 may be sequentially actuated, so that the auxiliary 102a that needs to be replaced is immediately found by the user and replaced.

In still other embodiments, the preset condition may include the auxiliary 102a reaching a cleaning cycle. The auxiliary 102a such as a roll brush, a roller brush, a rag, a screen, etc. which needs to be in contact with the dirt is easily attached with the dirt, and needs to be cleaned periodically and there is a cleaning cycle; the cleaning cycle may be defined by a predetermined time or number of uses, i.e., the accessory 102a may be determined to have reached the cleaning cycle when the predetermined time or number of uses has elapsed since the accessory 102a was first placed into use or was last cleaned. At this time, the unlocking mechanism 20 and the eject mechanism 30 may be sequentially actuated, so that the auxiliary 102a to be cleaned is timely found and cleaned by the user.

In still other embodiments, the predetermined condition may include the need for the auxiliary 102a to be replenished with contents such as water or cleaning fluid. The auxiliary 102a, such as a clean water tank, needs to be replenished before or during the main machine 101 performs the self-cleaning task, or before or during the main machine 101 performs the surface cleaning task, after the water level therein drops below the threshold water level, otherwise the subsequent operation of the cleaning apparatus 100 is hindered. At this time, the unlocking mechanism 20 and the ejecting mechanism 30 may be sequentially operated, so that the accessory 102a requiring water replenishment may be timely found by the user and water replenishment may be performed.

In still other embodiments, the preset condition may include at least one of the above conditions.

The structural form of the locking part 11 can be determined according to actual needs, and the embodiment of the present application does not limit this. In some embodiments, the locking part 11 may be a female button disposed on the body 10, and a male button 1021 is correspondingly disposed on the auxiliary member 102a, and the locking is achieved through the engagement relationship between the female button and the male button 1021.

The structural form of the unlocking mechanism 20 may be determined according to actual needs, so as to achieve the separated unlocking of the locking portion 11 and the auxiliary 102a, which is not limited in the embodiment of the present application. In some embodiments, the unlocking mechanism 20 may include an ejector 21 that may reciprocate linearly. When a preset condition is satisfied, the ejector 21 may be linearly moved in the ejection movement direction to separate the lock 11 and the attachment 102, for example, to eject a corresponding portion of the attachment 102 from the lock 11 or to eject the lock 11 from a corresponding portion of the attachment 102. In some examples, after the locking portion 11 and the attachment 102 are separated, the ejector 21 can return to the initial position by self-resetting in time, and the locking positions of the locking portion 11 and the attachment 102 are avoided; thus, when it is necessary to lock the accessory 102 to the main body 10, the accessory 102 can be directly locked to the main body 10 by the locking portion 11. In other examples, the ejector 21 may not be previously reset after the lock portion 11 and the attachment 102 are separated; when the accessory 102 needs to be locked to the body 10, the ejector 21 can move linearly in the direction opposite to the ejection movement direction to avoid the accessory 102 and the locking part 11, so that the locking part 11 and the accessory 102 can be combined to lock the accessory 102 to the body 10 through the locking part 11. In still other examples, the ejector 21 may not be previously reset after the lock portion 11 and the attachment 102 are separated; when the accessory 102 needs to be locked to the main body 10, the accessory 102 may be directly mounted to the main body 10, and the male buckle 1021 of the accessory 102 pushes the ejector 21 back to the initial position, so that the lock portion 11 and the accessory 102 may be combined, and the lock portion 11 may lock the accessory 102 to the main body 10. Here, the specific structure of the ejector 21 may be determined according to actual needs, and types such as a linear motor, an electric push rod, a telescopic cylinder, and the like may be adopted, which is not limited in the embodiment of the present application.

The structure of the withdrawing mechanism 30 may be determined according to actual needs, and may adopt a structure type that is easy to perform process control or a structure type that does not need to perform process control, which is not limited in the embodiment of the present application. In some embodiments, the withdrawing mechanism 30 may be of a type that is easy to control the process, and when the accessory 102 and the locking portion 11 are unlocked, the actuating portion in the withdrawing mechanism 30 is controlled to perform an action, so that the accessory 102 is partially separated from the main body 10 and then is integrally maintained on the main body 10; here, the actuator may be driven by a driving element such as an electric motor, a telescopic cylinder, a hydraulic motor, an electric push rod, or the like, to which control can be applied. In other embodiments, the eject mechanism 30 may be of a type that does not require process control, and when the attachment 102 and the locking portion 11 are unlocked, the actuator in the eject mechanism 30 performs its own operation without control, so that the attachment 102 is partially detached from the body 10 and then is entirely retained on the body 10; here, the actuator may be resiliently driven by a driving element having resilient capability, such as a spring.

The eject mechanism 30 may be partially separated from the body 10 in different ways and may be integrally retained on the body 10, which is not limited in the embodiment of the present application. In some embodiments, the exit mechanism 30 may be configured to hold the appendage 102 in its entirety to the body 10 after partial separation translationally from the body 10 when the appendage 102 and the lock 11 are unlocked. In other embodiments, the eject mechanism 30 may be configured to pivotally separate the end of the attachment 102 close to the lock portion 11 from the body 10 and to keep the end of the attachment 102 far from the lock portion 11 connected to the body 10 when the attachment 102 and the lock portion 11 are unlocked. Thus, the attachment 102 can be partially detached from the body 10 in a swinging manner and can be integrally held on the body 10.

In some examples, the body 10 can have a mounting cavity portion 12 open on a surface thereof, the locking portion 11 being configured to lock the accessory 102 within the mounting cavity portion 12. For example, the opening of the installation cavity portion 12 may be provided with a blocking portion 13 for blocking and limiting an edge portion of the opening. As shown in fig. 1 to 8, here, the eject mechanism 30 may be configured to, when the attachment 102 and the lock portion 11 are unlocked, swing apart one end of the attachment 102 close to the lock portion 11 from the mounting chamber portion 12 and press one end of the attachment 102 away from the lock portion 11 against the rib portion 13. Thus, the end of the appendage 102 proximate the locking portion 11 can project outwardly from the mounting cavity portion 12; meanwhile, one end of the accessory 102 far away from the locking part 11 is contacted with the flange part 13 and is blocked by the flange part 13, the withdrawing mechanism 30 and the flange part 13 apply clamping force to the accessory 102 from two sides of the accessory 102, so that the accessory 102 is clamped between the withdrawing mechanism 30 and the flange part 13 and cannot fall off the machine body 10, and the structural safety and the surrounding environment of the accessory 102 are protected from dirt pollution on the accessory 102. For example, the withdrawing mechanism 30 may be disposed in a side wall of the mounting chamber portion 12, and an avoiding space and a mounting space of the withdrawing mechanism 30 are formed in the side wall of the mounting chamber portion 12; when the attachment 102 is locked to the body 10, the withdrawing mechanism 30 can be withdrawn from the installation space of the attachment 102 and retracted into the retracted space of the installation chamber 12, thereby retracting the attachment 102 and enabling the entire attachment 102 to be tightly locked in the installation space of the installation chamber 12.

In some examples, the ejection mechanism 30 may include a swinging member 31 and a spring member 32. Here, the swinging member 31 is an actuator of the eject mechanism 30; the spring member 32 is configured to drive the swinging member 31 to swing to act on the attachment 102 so that the end of the attachment 102 close to the lock portion 11 is swung to be separated from the body 10 and the end of the attachment 102 away from the lock portion 11 is kept connected to the body 10. Here, the swinging member 31 can swing about a rotation axis. As shown in fig. 5, correspondingly, the spring element 32 may be a torsion spring sleeved on the rotating shaft, and the elastic force of the torsion spring is configured to make the swinging element 31 swing to act on the accessory 102; as shown in fig. 6, alternatively, the spring member 32 may be a compression spring provided between the side wall of the mounting chamber portion 12 and the swinging member 31, and the elastic force of the compression spring is arranged to be directed from the side wall of the mounting chamber portion 12 to the swinging member 31. In other examples, the spring member 32 may be replaced by a rotary electric machine, an electric push rod, a hydraulic motor, or the like.

As shown in fig. 5 to 6, for example, one side surface of the attachment 102 may be provided with a groove portion 1022, and the swinging member 31 is kept in abutment with the groove portion 1022 during the swinging stroke, so that a force is always applied between the swinging member 31 and the groove portion 1022. Here, the groove portion 1022 may include a groove bottom 1022a and a groove wall 1022b; the recessed portion 1022 may face the mounting cavity portion 12 of the body 10 when the accessory 102 is held on the body 10. For example, the groove wall 1022b may be located at the bottom of the groove part 1022 in the vertical direction, and slope downward at an incline. When the attachment 102 is locked to the body 10, the swinging member 31 may abut against the groove bottom 1022a of the recessed groove portion 1022. When the attachment 102 and the lock portion 11 are unlocked, the spring member 32 drives the swinging member 31 to swing, thereby separating the attachment 102 from the mounting chamber portion 12 in a manner that the end close to the lock portion 11 is swung; in this process, the urging force of the spring member 32 to the swinging member 31 gradually decreases, the end of the attachment member 102 close to the lock portion 11 gradually moves away from the body 10, and the swinging member 31 slides along the groove bottom 1022a of the groove portion 1022, gradually approaching the groove wall 1022b of the groove portion 1022. At the end of the stroke at which the attachment 102 is separated from the body 10 while swinging at the end close to the lock portion 11, the swinging member 31 may abut against the groove wall 1022b of the groove portion 1022; the contact force applied to the attachment 102 by the contact of the swing member 31 against the groove wall 1022b of the groove part 1022, the gravity of the attachment 102 itself, and the blocking force of the rib part 13 against the attachment 102 are balanced, and the rotational moments are offset from each other, so that the attachment 102 is held stationary and held on the body 10.

As shown in fig. 7, by way of further example, a side surface of the attachment 102 facing the mounting chamber portion 12 may be provided with a flange portion 1023 formed to protrude from the side surface toward the mounting chamber portion 12, and the oscillating piece 31 is held in abutment with the side surface of the attachment 102 facing the mounting chamber portion 12 in the oscillating stroke, so that there is always a force acting between the oscillating piece 31 and the side surface of the attachment 102. Here, the flange portion 1023 may be formed sloping downward. When the attachment 102 is locked to the body 10, the swinging member 31 may abut against an area of the side surface of the attachment 102 where the flange portion 1023 is not provided, specifically, the swinging member 31 abuts against an area of the side surface of the attachment 102 above the flange portion 1023. When the attachment 102 and the locking portion 11 are unlocked, the spring member 32 drives the swinging member 31 to swing, thereby separating the attachment 102 from the mounting chamber portion 12 in a manner that the end close to the locking portion 11 is swung; in this process, the urging force of the spring member 32 to the swinging member 31 gradually decreases, the end of the attachment member 102 close to the lock portion 11 gradually moves away from the body 10, and the swinging member 31 slides along the side surface of the attachment member 102, gradually approaching the flange portion 1023. At the end of the stroke at which the attachment 102 is separated from the body 10 while swinging at the end close to the lock portion 11, the swinging member 31 may abut against the flange portion 1023; the swing member 31 abuts on the flange portion 1023 to balance the abutting force applied to the attachment 102, the gravity of the attachment 102 itself, and the blocking force of the flange portion 13 to the attachment 102, and the rotational moments cancel each other out, so that the attachment 102 is held stationary and held on the body 10.

The structure of the swinging member 31 may be determined according to actual needs, and may adopt a columnar structure, a plate-like structure, a sheet-like structure, and the like, which is not limited in the embodiment of the present application. As shown in fig. 5 to 7, in some examples, an end of the swinging member 31 remote from the spring member 32 may form a bent portion 311, and the bent portion 311 has an arc-shaped surface. Illustratively, the arc-shaped bent portion 311 may be kept in abutment with the groove portion 1022 during the swing stroke; here, a groove wall 1022b of the groove portion 1022 has an arc-shaped slope surface, the arc-shaped slope surface of the groove wall 1022b is fitted with the arc-shaped surface of the bending portion 311, and a smooth transition is made between the groove wall 1022b and the groove bottom 1022 a. Further illustratively, the bent portion 311 may be held in abutment with the flange portion 1023 during the swing stroke; here, the flange portion 1023 may have an arc-shaped slope surface which is fitted with the arc-shaped surface of the bent portion 311 and smoothly transits to the surface on which the flange portion is provided on the attachment 102.

In some examples, the exit mechanism 30 can further include a sliding bypass member 33 hinged to the swinging member 31, and the swinging member 31 can be swung around a hinge axis thereof with the sliding bypass member 33 to act on the attachment 102. The slide escape member 33 is slidably provided in the mounting chamber portion 12 to separate the swinging member 31 and the attachment 102 when the attachment 102 is integrally separated from the body 10. Thus, after observing the partial protrusion of the attachment 102, the user can detach the attachment 102 from the main body 10 as a whole; in the detaching process, a user can pull the accessory 102 along the detaching direction of the accessory 102 and the body 10, the pulling force acts on the sliding avoidance member 33 through the accessory 102 and the swinging member 31, so that the sliding avoidance member 33 and the swinging member 31 can slide along the detaching direction, and the swinging member 31 swings and avoids, so that the swinging member 31 and the accessory 102 can be easily separated softly, the swinging member 31 and the accessory 102 are prevented from being damaged structurally by a hard separating mode, and the structural safety of the swinging member 31 and the accessory 102 is protected. Illustratively, the accessory 102 here may be an accessory 102a.

Illustratively, the main body 101 may further include a sliding guide portion 14, and the sliding avoidance member 33 is slidably retained on the sliding guide portion 14. Thus, the slide guide portion 14 can define the sliding direction of the slide avoidance member 33, such that the sliding of the slide avoidance member 33 can be in accordance with the separation direction of the attachment 102 and the body 10, and soft separation between the swinging member 31 and the attachment 102 can be achieved. The slide guide 14 may be a slide groove or a slide rail, for example.

Illustratively, the ejection mechanism 30 may also include a second spring member 34. The second spring member 34 connects the slide bypass member 33 and the body 10. On the one hand, after the attachment 102 is integrally detached from the body 10, the second spring member 34 can drive the slide avoidance member 33 to be reset; on the other hand, during the process that the end of the attachment member 102 close to the lock portion 11 is separated from the body 10 in a swinging manner, the swinging member 31 abuts on the attachment member 102, the attachment member 102 has a reaction force to the swinging member 31, the reaction force may cause the sliding avoidance member 33 to slide to affect the abutment between the swinging member 31 and the attachment member 102, at this time, the second spring member 34 has a function of inhibiting the sliding of the sliding avoidance member 33, and as the position between the swinging member 31 and the attachment member 102 changes, the second spring member 34 can cause the swinging member 31 to tightly contact with the attachment member 102 and push the swinging member 31 to quickly slide along the groove bottom 1022a of the groove portion 1022 to approach the groove wall 1022b of the groove portion 1022, and reach the force balance position quickly; in a third aspect, at the end of the stroke of the accessory 102 separating from the main body 10 in a swinging manner at the end close to the locking portion 11, the second spring member 34 can increase the acting force between the swinging member 31 and the recessed portion 1022 of the accessory 102, so as to better balance the self-weight and gravity moment of the accessory 102 and ensure that the accessory 102 is reliably held on the main body 10 without falling.

In a second aspect, embodiments of the present application further provide a cleaning apparatus 100, which includes a host 101 and an accessory 102. Here, the cleaning apparatus 100 may adopt different types of cleaning device structures such as a sweeping robot, a mopping robot, a sweeping and mopping integrated robot, a dust collector, a washing machine, a glass cleaning robot, and the like according to actual application needs. The host machine 101 includes a main body 10, the main body 10 having a locking part 11, and the locking part 11 being configured to lock the accessory 102 to the main body 10. Here, the accessory 102 may be an accessory 102a or a protector 102b configured to decorate the accessory 102a on the body 10.

An unlocking mechanism 20 is provided on one of the body 10 and the attachment 102, and the unlocking mechanism 20 is configured to unlock the attachment 102 and the lock portion 11 when a preset condition is satisfied. In some embodiments, when the unlocking mechanism 20 is disposed on the main body 10, reference may be made to the corresponding structure described above. In other embodiments, the release mechanism 20 may be provided on the attachment 102, and may be configured similarly to the previously described configuration.

The eject mechanism 30 is provided on one of the body 10 and the attachment 102, and the eject mechanism 30 is configured to partially separate the attachment 102 from the body 10 and to entirely hold the attachment 102 on the body 10 when the attachment 102 and the lock portion 11 are unlocked. In some embodiments, where the ejection mechanism 30 is disposed on the fuselage 10, reference may be made to the corresponding structure previously described. In other embodiments, the eject mechanism 30 may be disposed on the attachment 102, and a structure similar to that described above may be used.

In a third aspect, embodiments of the present application provide a cleaning device 100 comprising a host 101 and an accessory 102. The main body 101 comprises a main body 10, and the accessory 102 can be kept on the main body 10 in a first position and a second position; the first position is a locked position of the attachment 102 and the second position is an unlocked position of the attachment 102. When the preset condition is met, the accessory 102 automatically swings from the first position to the second position, and the second position and the first position form an included angle which is an acute angle. In some embodiments, the included angle may be 5 to 15 °, for example, 5 °, 5.5 °, 6 °, 6.4 °, 6.8 °, 7 °, 7.5 °, 8 °, 8.5 °, 9 °, 9.5 °, 10 °, 10.5 °, 11 °, 11.5 °, 12 °, 12.5 °, 13 °, 13.6 °, 14 °, 14.5 °, or 15 °, so that the swing stroke range of the accessory 102 between the first position and the second position is better, and the accessory 102 can be locked or unlocked relatively quickly and effectively. In some embodiments, the preset condition may be the aforementioned preset condition.

Here, several typical application examples are briefly described.

Application example 1

As shown in fig. 1 to 8, the cleaning device 100 includes a main body 101 and at least one auxiliary 102a, the main body 101 includes a body 10, an unlocking mechanism 20, and an ejection mechanism 30, wherein one auxiliary 102a is a waste water tank. The body 10 is provided with a locking part 11 and an installation cavity part 12, and a flange part 13 is arranged at the opening of the installation cavity part 12. The unlocking mechanism 20 may include an ejector 21 in the form of a linear motor, and the ejector 21 may be linearly reciprocated. The eject mechanism 30 may include a swinging member 31 and a spring member 32, and the swinging member 31 is driven to swing by the spring member 32. The sewage tank is provided with a male buckle 1021 which can be locked by a locking part 11 in the form of a female buckle.

When a preset condition is not satisfied, such as when the main body 101 is in a cleaning operation or during a self-cleaning operation of the other auxiliary 102a, the ejector 21 avoids the sump tank, which is locked in the mounting chamber portion 12 by the locking portion 11, and a side surface of the sump tank, such as a side surface provided with a handle, may be exposed on an outer surface of the body 10. The sewage tank presses the swinging member 31, keeping the spring member 32 compressed and in a stationary state.

When a preset condition, such as the host 101 ending a cleaning task for a target area or a self-cleaning task for the auxiliary 102a being cleaned, is satisfied, the ejector 21 ejects the male catch 1021 of the sewage tank from the female catch of the lock portion 11 in the ejection movement direction, and separates the lock portion 11 and the sewage tank to release the lock. Subsequently, due to the loss of the locking force of the locking portion 11 on the sewage tank, the spring member 32 rebounds to return to drive the swinging member 31 to swing, and the end of the sewage tank close to the locking portion 11 is driven by the swinging member 31 to separate from the mounting chamber portion 12; at the same time, one end of the sewage tank far from the locking part 11 contacts the rib part 13 and is blocked by the rib part 13, and the swinging piece 31 and the rib part 13 apply clamping force from both sides of the sewage tank, so that the sewage tank is clamped between the withdrawing mechanism 30 and the rib part 13 and cannot fall from the body 10. Thus, one end of the sewage tank close to the locking part 11 protrudes from the body 10 to be detected by a user in time, so that the sewage tank is taken down to dump the sewage and is cleaned.

Application example two

As shown in fig. 1 to 8, the cleaning device 100 includes a main body 101 and at least one auxiliary 102a, the main body 101 includes a body 10, an unlocking mechanism 20, and an ejection mechanism 30, wherein one auxiliary 102a is a waste water tank. The body 10 is provided with a locking part 11 and an installation cavity part 12, and a flange part 13 is arranged at the opening of the installation cavity part 12. The unlocking mechanism 20 may include an ejector 21 in the form of a linear motor, and the ejector 21 may be linearly reciprocated. The exit mechanism 30 can include a swinging member 31, a spring member 32, a sliding avoidance member 33, and a second spring member 34, the sliding avoidance member 33 is hinged to the swinging member 31, the swinging member 31 is driven by the spring member 32 to swing around a hinge axis of the swinging member 31 and the sliding avoidance member 33, and the sliding avoidance member 33 is connected to the second spring member 34. The sewage tank is provided with a male buckle 1021 which can be locked by a locking part 11 in the form of a female buckle. A side surface of the foul water tank close to the swinging member 31 is provided with a groove portion 1022, and the swinging member 31 is held in abutment with the groove portion 1022 in a swinging stroke.

When a preset condition is not satisfied, such as when the main body 101 is in a cleaning operation or during a self-cleaning operation of the other auxiliary 102a, the ejector 21 avoids the sump tank, which is locked in the mounting chamber portion 12 by the locking portion 11, and a side surface of the sump tank, such as a side surface provided with a handle, may be exposed on an outer surface of the body 10. The tank compresses the oscillating member 31, keeping the spring member 32 compressed and in a rest condition and the second spring member 34 compressed and in a rest condition.

When a preset condition, such as the host computer 101 ending a cleaning task for a target area or a self-cleaning task for the auxiliary 102a to be cleaned, is satisfied, the ejector 21 ejects the male button 1021 of the sewage tank from the female button of the lock part 11 in the ejection movement direction, separates the lock part 11 from the sewage tank, and unlocks. Subsequently, due to the loss of the locking force of the locking portion 11 on the foul water tank, the spring member 32 rebounds to return to drive the swinging member 31 to swing, and the end of the foul water tank close to the locking portion 11 is driven by the swinging member 31 to separate from the mounting chamber portion 12; meanwhile, the acting force of the spring member 32 on the swinging member 31 gradually decreases, and the swinging member 31 slides along the groove bottom 1022a of the groove portion 1022 and gradually approaches the groove wall 1022b of the groove portion 1022, so that the swinging member 31 abuts against the groove wall 1022b of the groove portion 1022 to apply the abutting force to the attachment 102, and one end of the wastewater tank far away from the locking portion 11 contacts with the rib portion 13 to be blocked by the rib portion 13, and the abutting force, the gravity of the attachment 102 and the blocking force of the rib portion 13 to the attachment 102 are balanced, and the rotation moment is mutually offset, so that the attachment 102 is kept still and is kept on the body 10. Thus, one end of the sewage tank close to the locking part 11 protrudes from the body 10 to be detected by a user in time, so that the sewage tank is taken down to dump the sewage and clean the sewage tank.

After observing the partial protrusion of the sewage tank, the user can detach the sewage tank from the body 10 as a whole; in the separation process, a user can pull the sewage tank along the separation direction of the sewage tank and the machine body 10, the pulling force acts on the sliding avoiding piece 33 through the sewage tank and the swinging piece 31, so that the sliding avoiding piece 33 and the swinging piece 31 can slide along the separation direction, and meanwhile, the swinging piece 31 swings and avoids, the grooves of the swinging piece 31 and the sewage tank can easily realize soft separation, the swinging piece 31 and the sewage tank are prevented from being structurally damaged by a hard separation mode, and the structural safety of the swinging piece 31 and the accessory 102 is protected.

Application example three

As shown in fig. 9, the cleaning apparatus 100 includes a main body 101 and at least two attachments 102, the main body 101 including a body 10, an unlocking mechanism 20, and an eject mechanism 30, wherein one attachment 102 is an auxiliary 102a in the form of a roller brush and the other attachment 102 is a protective member 102b in the form of a cover plate. The body 10 is provided with a locking portion 11. The unlocking mechanism 20 may include an ejector 21 in the form of a linear motor, and the ejector 21 may be linearly reciprocated. The eject mechanism 30 may include a third spring member 32, and the cover plate is connected to the body 10 by the third spring member 32 and driven to swing by the third spring member 32. The cover plate is provided with a male button 1021, which can be snap-locked by a locking part 11 in the form of a female button. Here, the third spring member 32 may be a torsion spring or a compression spring.

When a preset condition is not satisfied, for example, the main body 101 is in a cleaning operation or during a self-cleaning operation of the roller brush, the ejector 21 retreats the cover plate and the locking portion 11, the cover plate is locked on the body 10 by the locking portion 11, and the roller brush is locked in a cavity defined by the cover plate and the body 10. The cover plate presses the third spring element 32, which is held compressed and in a rest state.

When a preset condition, such as the host 101 ending a cleaning task for a target area or a self-cleaning task for a roller brush, is satisfied, the ejector 21 ejects the male button 1021 of the cover plate from the female button of the locking part 11 in the ejection movement direction, separates the cover plate from the sewage tank, and unlocks the cover plate. Subsequently, due to the loss of the locking force of the locking part 11 to the sump, the third spring member 32 is resiliently returned to swing the end of the driving cover close to the locking part 11 away from the body 10, while the end of the driving cover close to the third spring member 32 is still connected to the body 10 by the third spring member 32. Like this, the apron is protruding from fuselage 10, can in time be discover by the user to remind the user in time to take off the cylinder brush of apron department and carry out manual washing or dry.

Application example four

The cleaning device 100 comprises a main body 101 and at least two attachments 102, the main body 101 comprising a main body 10, an unlocking mechanism 20 and an ejection mechanism 30, wherein one attachment 102 is an auxiliary 102a in the form of a roller brush and the other attachment 102 is a protective member 102b in the form of a cover plate. The body 10 is provided with a locking portion 11. The unlocking mechanism 20 may include an ejector 21 in the form of a linear motor, and the ejector 21 may be linearly reciprocated. The eject mechanism 30 may be structured as application example one or two. The cover plate is provided with a male button 1021, which can be snap-locked by a locking part 11 in the form of a female button.

The above detailed description is provided for a cleaning device provided in the embodiments of the present application, and the principle and the embodiments of the present application are explained by applying specific examples herein, and the above description of the embodiments is only provided to help understanding the method and the core idea of the present application; meanwhile, for those skilled in the art, according to the idea of the present application, there may be variations in the specific embodiments and the application scope, and in summary, the content of the present specification should not be construed as a limitation to the present application.

Claims (10)

1. A cleaning device, comprising a main body and an accessory:

the main machine comprises a machine body, the machine body is provided with a locking part and an installation cavity part with an opening on the surface of the machine body, the locking part is configured to lock the accessory in the installation cavity part, and a flange part is arranged at the opening of the installation cavity part;

an unlocking mechanism configured to unlock the accessory and the locking portion when a preset condition is satisfied;

an ejecting mechanism configured to, when the attachment and the lock portion are unlocked, swing an end of the attachment close to the lock portion away from the mounting cavity portion and press an end of the attachment away from the lock portion into the flange portion;

the ejection mechanism comprises a swinging member and a first spring member, wherein the swinging member is driven to swing to act on the accessory, so that one end of the accessory close to the locking part is separated from the machine body in a swinging mode, and one end of the accessory far away from the locking part is kept on the machine body;

a groove part is arranged on one side surface of the accessory, and the swinging piece is kept in contact with the groove part in a swinging stroke; alternatively, a flange portion is provided on one side surface of the attachment, and the swinging member is held in abutment with the side surface of the attachment in a swinging stroke.

2. The cleaning apparatus defined in claim 1, wherein the release mechanism is disposed on either the body or the attachment, and the ejection mechanism is disposed on either the body or the attachment.

3. The cleaning device as claimed in claim 1, wherein a side surface of the attachment is provided with the groove portion;

when the accessory is locked on the machine body, the swinging piece is abutted with the groove bottom of the groove part; when the accessory is partially separated from the body and integrally held on the body, the swinging member abuts against the groove wall of the groove portion.

4. The cleaning apparatus as claimed in claim 3, wherein an end of the swinging member remote from the first spring member is formed with a bent portion having an arcuate surface, and a groove wall of the groove portion has a surface cooperating with the arcuate surface of the bent portion.

5. The cleaning apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein a side surface of the attachment is provided with the flange portion;

when the attachment is locked on the body, the swinging member abuts against an area of the side surface of the attachment above the flange portion; the swinging member abuts against the flange portion when the attachment is partially detached from the body and is integrally held to the body.

6. The cleaning device of claim 5, wherein an end of the oscillating member remote from the first spring member forms a bend, the bend having an arcuate surface, and the flange having a surface that engages the arcuate surface of the bend.

7. The cleaning apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the eject mechanism further comprises a slide bypass member hinged to the swing member, the swing member being swingable about a hinge axis thereof with the slide bypass member; the slide avoidance member is slidably disposed within the mounting chamber portion to separate the swinging member and the attachment when the attachment is integrally separated from the body.

8. The cleaning apparatus as recited in claim 7, wherein the exit mechanism further comprises a second spring member connecting the sliding bypass member and the body.

9. The cleaning device of claim 1, wherein the preset condition comprises at least one of: the cleaning device finishes the self-cleaning task; the cleaning device finishes a cleaning task on the target area; the cleaning device begins a charging task; the life of the accessory is exhausted; the accessory reaches a cleaning cycle; the accessory needs to be replenished with contents.

10. The cleaning apparatus of claim 1,

the accessory is retainable on the body in a first position and a second position;

the first position is the latched position of annex, the second position is the unblock position of annex, when satisfying preset the condition, the annex is automatic followed the first position swings to the second position, the second position with the first position has the contained angle, the contained angle is the acute angle.

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