CN113907640A

CN113907640A - Round brush and cleaning device

Info

Publication number: CN113907640A
Application number: CN202111399406.8A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 赵登梁; 白红太; 程艳; 廖军焕
Original assignee: Shenzhen Qiwei Robot Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: Shenzhen Qiwei Robot Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2021-11-19
Filing date: 2021-11-19
Publication date: 2022-01-11

Abstract

The invention relates to a rolling brush which comprises a brush barrel, a first brush unit, a second brush unit, a first flexible unit and a second flexible unit, wherein the side surface of the brush barrel comprises a first surface area and a second surface area, the first surface area and the second surface area are symmetrical about a radial plane where the central point of the axis of the brush barrel is located, the first brush unit is arranged in the first surface area and spirally wound on the brush barrel along the axial direction of the brush barrel, the second brush unit is arranged in the second surface area and spirally wound on the brush barrel along the axial direction of the brush barrel, the spiral winding directions of the first brush unit and the second brush unit are opposite, the first flexible unit is arranged in the first surface area and is distributed in a staggered mode with the first brush unit, and the second flexible unit is arranged in the second surface area and is distributed in a staggered mode with the second brush unit. The rolling brush and the cleaning device have the capability of cleaning floors and carpets and can collect dirt.

Description

Round brush and cleaning device

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of household appliances, in particular to a rolling brush and cleaning equipment.

Background

Along with the development of science and technology and the improvement of society, more and more families begin to use mopping machines to replace the traditional mop for mopping, the mopping machines have the capacity of treating liquid garbage and adhering stains on the ground, the function is not possessed by a dust collector, the cleaning work of the mopping machines is mainly realized by the rotary rolling brush which can be controlled at the bottom of the mopping machines, the rotary rolling brush can contact and rub the ground to be cleaned, and then the cleaning work of the ground to be cleaned is completed.

The existing rolling brush is generally composed of a brush cylinder and a brush or cloth arranged on the surface of the brush cylinder, the floor of the ground to be cleaned in a user home can be changed along with the use scene, the carpet and the like are arranged in addition, and the existing rolling brush structure can not reach the cleaning capability and is not enough for diversification of the use scene, so that the efficient cleaning of various kinds of ground can not be effectively finished, and the use experience of the user is reduced.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of this, it is necessary to provide a roll brush and a cleaning apparatus for solving the problem of insufficient cleaning ability of the roll brush of the conventional floor mopping machine in the face of diversified use scenes.

The present invention provides a roll brush, comprising:

a brush barrel, a side surface of the brush barrel comprising a first surface area and a second surface area, the first surface area and the second surface area being symmetrical about a radial plane in which a center point of an axis of the brush barrel lies;

the first brush unit is arranged in the first surface area and spirally winds the brush drum along the axial direction of the brush drum, the second brush unit is arranged in the second surface area and spirally winds the brush drum along the axial direction of the brush drum, and the spiral winding directions of the first brush unit and the second brush unit are opposite;

the first flexible unit is arranged in the first surface area and distributed with the first brush unit in a staggered mode, and the second flexible unit is arranged in the second surface area and distributed with the second brush unit in a staggered mode.

In one embodiment, the first brush unit and the second brush unit are symmetrical about a radial plane in which a center point of the brush cylinder axis is located.

In one embodiment, the intersection line of the radial plane where the central point of the axis of the brush cylinder is located and the side surface of the brush cylinder is a central radial intersection line, and the first brush unit and the second brush unit are connected on the central radial intersection line.

In one embodiment, the first flexible unit covers all areas of the first surface area except for the area where the first brush unit is disposed;

and/or the second flexible unit covers all the other areas of the second surface area except for the area where the second brush unit is arranged.

In one embodiment, the first surface area and the second surface area constitute the entire lateral surface of the brush cartridge.

In one embodiment, the material of the first brush unit and/or the second brush unit comprises any one or a combination of synthetic fibers and natural fibers;

and/or the material of the brush cylinder comprises any one or combination of polymer material, wood or metal;

and/or the first flexible unit and/or the second flexible unit comprise a material comprising polyester, polyamide or polypropylene.

In one embodiment, the first brush unit is spirally wound in the first surface region for 2 to 3 turns; and/or the second brush unit spirals in the second surface area for a number of turns of 2 to 3;

and/or the first brush unit spirals in the first surface area with a spiral angle of 30 ° to 90 °; and/or the second brush unit spirals in the second surface area at a spiral angle of 30 ° to 90 °.

In one embodiment, the length of the first brush unit and/or the second brush unit is between 6mm and 15 mm;

and/or the thickness of the first flexible unit and/or the second flexible unit is between 6mm and 15 mm;

and/or the axial length of the brush cylinder is 100mm to 300 mm.

The present invention also provides a cleaning apparatus, comprising:

the main machine comprises a machine body and a base, wherein the base is provided with a rolling brush accommodating cavity, and the center of the rolling brush accommodating cavity is provided with a suction inlet for communicating a dirt box;

the rolling brush is rotatably assembled in the rolling brush accommodating cavity, and a radial plane where the central point of the axis of the brush cylinder is located passes through the suction inlet.

In one embodiment, the cleaning apparatus comprises:

the rolling brush cover is assembled on the base, the rolling brush cover and the base form the accommodating cavity, and the inner wall of the rolling brush cover is attached to at least one part of the first brush unit and the second brush unit.

The rolling brush and the cleaning equipment integrate the brush unit and the flexible unit on the rolling brush in a proper distribution mode, so that the rolling brush has the capability of cleaning floors and carpets at the same time, the first brush unit and the second brush unit are wound on the brush cylinder in a unique symmetrical spiral winding way and are driven to rotate, the first brush unit and the second brush unit may form a toggle force that converges from both sides of the roll brush to the middle, this intermediate toggle force may cause dirt to be collected toward the middle of the roll brush by the toggling of the first brush unit and the second brush unit, thereby collecting the dirt, namely solid dirt, liquid dirt or mixed dirt effectively, this not only has certain promotion effect to the cleaning effect, has also promoted the aesthetic feeling of round brush simultaneously, possesses higher discernment degree.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a roll brush provided in one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a plan view of a roll brush provided in an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a plan view of a roll brush provided in another embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view illustrating the arrangement of the first brush unit and the second brush unit in the roll brush shown in FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view illustrating the arrangement of the first brush unit and the second brush unit in the roll brush shown in FIG. 3;

FIG. 6 is a side view of the roller brush shown in FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a cleaning apparatus provided in one embodiment of the invention;

fig. 8 is a partial exploded view of a cleaning apparatus provided in an embodiment of the invention.

Reference numerals:

001. a body; 002. a base; 003. a roller brush accommodating chamber; 004. a suction inlet;

100. a brush cylinder; 200. a first brush unit; 300. a second brush unit; 400. a first flexible unit; 500. a second flexible unit;

110. a first surface region; 120. a second surface region; 130. the radial plane where the central point of the brush cylinder axis is located.

Detailed Description

In order to make the aforementioned objects, features and advantages of the present invention comprehensible, embodiments accompanied with figures are described in detail below. In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention. This invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein.

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

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

In the present invention, unless otherwise expressly stated or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," "secured," and the like are to be construed broadly and can, for example, be fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally formed; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be directly connected or indirectly connected through intervening media, or they may be connected internally or in any other suitable relationship, unless expressly stated otherwise. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood by those skilled in the art according to specific situations.

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

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

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, an embodiment of the present invention provides a roll brush including a brush cylinder 100, a brush unit adapted to clean a carpet, and a flexible unit adapted to clean the floor, so that the brush unit and the flexible unit are integrated into the roll brush in a suitable distribution, thereby enabling the roll brush to have the ability of cleaning the floor and the carpet at the same time, and are divided into a first brush unit 200, a second brush unit 300, a first flexible unit 400, and a second flexible unit 500, respectively, for suitably integrating the first brush unit 200, the second brush unit 300, the first flexible unit 400, and the second flexible unit 500 into the roll brush. The material of the brush barrel 100 may be any one or a combination of polymer material, wood or metal, and those skilled in the art can select the material according to actual needs, and is not limited herein.

The side surface of the brush holder 100 includes a first surface area 110 and a second surface area 120, the first surface area 110 and the second surface area 120 may occupy only a partial area of the side surface of the brush holder 100, or may directly constitute the entire side surface of the brush holder 100, the first surface area 110 and the second surface area 120 are symmetrical with respect to a radial plane 130 in which an axial center point of the brush holder 100 is located, the first brush unit 200 is disposed in the first surface area 110 and spirally wound on the brush holder 100 along an axial direction of the brush holder 100, the second brush unit 300 is disposed in the second surface area 120 and spirally wound on the brush holder 100 along the axial direction of the brush holder 100, the spiral winding directions of the first brush unit 200 and the second brush unit 300 are opposite, the first flexible unit 400 is disposed in the first surface area 110 and is offset from the first brush unit 200, the second flexible unit 500 is disposed in the second surface area 120 and is distributed with the second brush unit 300 being misaligned.

As can be seen from the above, the first brush unit 200 and the second brush unit 300 are wound around the brush barrel 100 in a unique symmetrical spiral winding manner, so that when the rolling brush is mounted on a cleaning device such as a mopping machine and is driven to rotate, the first brush unit 200 and the second brush unit 300 which are symmetrically and spirally wound around the brush barrel 100 form a toggle force which is drawn from two sides of the rolling brush to the middle, and the toggle force to the middle can cause dirt to be collected to the middle of the rolling brush under the toggle action of the first brush unit 200 and the second brush unit 300, so that the dirt can be collected, whether solid dirt, liquid dirt or mixed dirt can be effectively collected and concentrated to the middle, and because the middle is more balanced, the dirt or dirt can be sucked away more quickly, which not only has a certain effect on cleaning, but also improves the aesthetic feeling of the rolling brush, has higher identification degree.

The position of the first brush unit 200 and the second brush unit 300 for collecting the dirt during the rotation of the roller brush may be determined according to the distribution of the first brush unit 200 and the second brush unit 300 on the roller brush, and the position of the roller brush defined for collecting the dirt may be a suitable position or a suitable area in the axial direction of the roller brush.

When the first brush unit 200 and the second brush unit 300 are symmetrically distributed on the roll brush, a proper spacing distance can be formed to control the size of the dirt collecting position, in one embodiment, the intersection line of the radial plane 130 where the central point of the axis of the brush cylinder 100 is located and the side surface of the brush cylinder 100 is a central radial intersection line, the first brush unit 200 and the second brush unit 300 are connected on the central radial intersection line, and at the moment, the connecting position of the first brush unit 200 and the second brush unit 300 can collect the dirt in the center of the roll brush.

For the first flexible unit 400 and the second flexible unit 500, after the first brush unit 200 and the second brush unit 300 form a certain distribution structure, an area or a shape with a suitable size may be selected to be distributed at the remaining positions in the first surface area 110 and the second surface area 120, in one embodiment, the first flexible unit 400 covers all areas except for the first brush unit 200 in the first surface area 110, and the second flexible unit 500 covers all areas except for the second brush unit 300 in the second surface area 120.

In one embodiment, the first brush unit 200 may include any one or a combination of nylon and rubber brushes or synthetic or natural fibers, and the second brush unit 300 may also include any one or a combination of nylon and rubber brushes or synthetic or natural fibers. The first flexible unit 400 may include any one or a combination of cloth and sponge, polyester, polyamide, or polypropylene, and the second flexible unit 500 may also include any one or a combination of cloth and sponge, polyester, polyamide, or polypropylene.

In one embodiment, the axial length of the brush cartridge 100 may be set to 100mm to 300mm, for example, the axial length of the brush cartridge 100 may be 100mm, 120mm, 140mm, 160mm, 180mm, 200mm, 220mm, 240mm, 260mm, 270mm, 300mm, and the like. In order to uniformly arrange the first brush unit 200 and the second brush unit 300 on the brush cartridge 100 of a proper axial length, the number of turns of the first brush unit 200 spirally wound in the first surface area 110 may be set to 2 to 3 turns, and the number of turns of the second brush unit 300 spirally wound in the second surface area 120 may also be set to 2 to 3 turns. Meanwhile, a spiral angle of the first brush unit 200 spirally wound in the first surface region 110 may be set to 30 ° to 90 °, or a spiral angle of the second brush unit 300 spirally wound in the second surface region 120 may be set to 30 ° to 90 °, for example, the spiral angles of the first brush unit 200 and the second brush unit 300 are set to 30 °, 35 °, 40 °, 45 °, 50 °, 55 °, 60 °, 65 °, 70 °, 75 °, 80 °, 85 °, 90 °, and the like.

In one embodiment, the length of the first brush unit 200 may be controlled to be between 6mm and 15mm, and the length of the second brush unit 300 may be controlled to be between 6mm and 15mm, for example, the lengths of the first brush unit 200 and the second brush unit 300 may be 6mm, 7mm, 8mm, 9mm, 10mm, 11mm, 12mm, 13mm, 14mm, 15mm, etc. The thickness of the first flexible unit 400 may be controlled to be between 6mm and 15mm, and the thickness of the second flexible unit 500 may also be controlled to be between 6mm and 15mm, for example, the lengths of the first flexible unit 400 and the second flexible unit 500 may be 6mm, 7mm, 8mm, 9mm, 10mm, 11mm, 12mm, 13mm, 14mm, 15mm, and the like.

When the roller brush is manufactured, holes are punched on the side surface of the brush cylinder 100 by a machine, the distribution structure of the holes is adapted according to the distribution structure of the first brush unit 200 and the second brush unit 300, then the first brush unit 200 and the second brush unit 300 are implanted into the punched holes, and after the completion, the first brush unit 200 and the second brush unit 300 are bypassed, and the first flexible unit 400 and the second flexible unit 500 are continuously arranged.

In the using process, the brush device further comprises a rolling brush cover which is assembled on the base and matched with the rolling brush, and the inner wall of the rolling brush cover is in fit design with at least one part of the first brush unit 200 and the second brush unit 300. The fitting arrangement herein means that the first brush unit 200 and the second brush unit 300 are in contact with the roll brush cover or the distance therebetween is within 5 mm.

It should be noted that the first brush unit 200 and the second brush unit 300 may be made of fluffy or soft fiber materials, and the design of the inner wall of the rolling brush cover attached to at least a portion of the first brush unit 200 and the second brush unit 300 may be understood as that the inner wall of the rolling brush cover directly contacts at least a portion of the first brush unit 200 and the second brush unit 300 or the distance between the inner wall of the rolling brush cover and at least a portion of the first brush unit 200 and the second brush unit 300 is within 5mm, and the design of the inner wall of the rolling brush cover attached to at least a portion of the first brush unit 200 and the second brush unit 300 can not only stir dirt on the ground during the rotation of the rolling brush, but also continuously form friction with the inner wall of the rolling brush cover, i.e. after cleaning media such as cleaning water are absorbed on the rolling brush, frictional extrusion force can be formed among the rolling brush, the rolling brush cover and the cleaning media, the friction extrusion force among the three can all carry out surface cleaning to round brush and round brush lid for cleaning equipment keeps round brush and round brush lid clean all the time in the course of the work, and can keep clean all the time round brush and round brush lid after cleaning equipment is from wasing.

The invention also provides a cleaning device, which comprises a main machine and the rolling brush, wherein the main machine comprises a machine body 001 and a base 002, the base 002 is provided with a rolling brush accommodating cavity 003, the central position of the rolling brush accommodating cavity 003 is provided with a suction inlet 004 used for communicating with a dirt box, the rolling brush is rotatably assembled in the rolling brush accommodating cavity 003, a radial plane 130 where the central point of the axis of the brush cylinder 100 is positioned passes through the suction inlet 004, the position of the dirt collection defined on the rolling brush can correspond to the suction inlet 004 at the moment, the main machine is started, a water pump on the main machine can pump water from the clean water box to the rolling brush and the cleaned ground, the motor drives the rolling brush to rotate to brush the ground, at the moment, the first brush unit 200 and the second brush unit 300 which are symmetrically spirally wound on the brush cylinder 100 can sweep the dirt on two sides of the rolling brush to the suction inlet 004, and the suction motor generates vacuum suction, can directly suck various dirt into the dirt box.

The cleaning equipment further comprises a rolling brush cover matched with the rolling brush, the rolling brush cover is assembled on the base, the rolling brush cover and the base form the containing cavity, the rolling brush is assembled in the containing cavity, and the inner wall of the rolling brush cover is attached to at least one part of the bristles of the rolling brush.

And the first brush unit 200 and the second brush unit 300 spirally wound on the brush drum 100 in a symmetrical manner are more advantageous in that the liquid applied to the surface of the roll brush from both ends of the roll brush is scattered and uniformly distributed from both ends of the roll brush to the center of the roll brush.

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

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

Claims

1. A roll brush, characterized in that the roll brush comprises:

2. The roll brush of claim 1, wherein the first brush unit and the second brush unit are symmetrical with respect to a radial plane on which a center point of the brush drum axis is located.

3. The roll brush according to claim 2, wherein an intersection of a radial plane where the center point of the axis of the brush cylinder is located and the side surface of the brush cylinder is a central radial intersection, and the first brush unit and the second brush unit are connected at the central radial intersection.

4. The roll brush according to claim 1, wherein the first flexible unit covers all areas of the first surface area except for an area where the first brush unit is provided;

5. A roller brush according to claim 4, characterized in that the first surface area and the second surface area constitute the entire side surface of the brush drum.

6. The roll brush according to claim 1, wherein the material of the first brush unit and/or the second brush unit includes any one or a combination of synthetic fibers and natural fibers;

7. The round brush according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the first brush unit is spirally wound in the first surface region for a number of turns of 2 to 3 turns; and/or the second brush unit spirals in the second surface area for a number of turns of 2 to 3;

8. The roll brush according to any of claims 1-6, wherein the length of the first brush unit and/or the second brush unit is between 6mm and 15 mm;

and/or the axial length of the brush cylinder is 100mm to 300 mm.

9. A cleaning device, characterized in that the cleaning device comprises:

a roller brush according to any one of claims 1-8, rotatably mounted in the brush receiving chamber, the radial plane in which the centre point of the brush drum axis lies passing through the suction opening.

10. The roll brush of claim 9 wherein the cleaning apparatus comprises: