CN114308879A - Cleaning device and cleaning method - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to the field of automation and discloses a cleaning device and a cleaning method, wherein the cleaning device comprises: the cleaning device comprises a shell, a self-cleaning assembly and a cleaning liquid, wherein the shell is used for storing cleaning liquid, and the self-cleaning assembly is movably connected to the inner wall of the shell; to clean the inner wall of the housing and/or the cleaning liquid when moving within the housing. Compared with the prior art, the cleaning device and the cleaning method provided by the embodiment of the invention have the advantage of improving the cleaning effect.

Description

Cleaning device and cleaning method

Technical Field

The invention relates to the field of cleaning, in particular to a cleaning device and a cleaning method.

Background

In the processing process of the display, when the mask is cleaned in the cleaning device, part of foreign matters remained on the inner wall of the cleaning groove body or in the solvent cannot be removed, so that the risk of polluting the mask which is subsequently cleaned is increased; meanwhile, when the cleaning agent dissolves enough dirt components or is just replaced, semi-transparent, colloidal and tubular residual substances which are gathered or suspended exist in the tank body, the newly cleaned mask is easily contaminated, the cleaning effect of the mask is reduced, and the risk of causing partial products to be bad is increased.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to provide a cleaning device and a cleaning method, which can improve the cleaning effect.

In order to solve the above technical problems, embodiments of the present invention provide a cleaning apparatus, including a housing for storing a cleaning solution, a self-cleaning assembly movably coupled to an inner wall of the housing; to clean the inner wall of the housing and/or the cleaning liquid when moving within the housing.

Embodiments of the present invention also provide a cleaning method, including: the aforementioned cleaning device; the detection module is used for detecting particle data in the cleaning liquid and detecting whether a piece to be cleaned exists in the shell; the device comprises a judging module and a control module, wherein the judging module is used for judging whether the particle data exceed a preset threshold value and whether the piece to be cleaned exists in the shell, and the control module is used for controlling the self-cleaning assembly to move in the shell and cleaning the shell and/or the cleaning liquid when the particle data exceed the preset threshold value and the piece to be cleaned does not exist in the shell.

Compared with the prior art, the self-cleaning assembly is movably arranged on the inner wall of the shell, when the fact that the particle data in the cleaning liquid/shell exceed the preset threshold value and the piece to be cleaned does not exist in the shell is detected, the self-cleaning assembly is controlled to move in the shell, and the inner wall of the shell and/or the cleaning liquid is cleaned when the self-cleaning assembly moves. Therefore, impurities in the inner wall of the shell and/or the cleaning liquid are cleaned, the pollution of the impurities in the shell to a piece to be cleaned subsequently is reduced, and the cleaning effect of the piece to be cleaned is further improved.

Preferably, the self-cleaning assembly comprises a first cleaning assembly, and two ends of the first cleaning assembly are movably connected to the inner wall of the housing respectively. Both ends of the first cleaning component are movably connected to the inner wall of the shell, and the inner wall of the shell can be cleaned through the first cleaning component.

Preferably, the first cleaning assembly comprises a plurality of supporting members, each supporting member is provided with a filter plate, two ends of each supporting member are movably connected to the inner wall of the housing respectively, and the outer diameters and/or kinds of impurities which can be filtered by the filter plates and are arranged on different supporting members are different. Set up first clean subassembly and include the filter, the filter can filter the washing liquid at the in-process that removes to reduce the impurity in the washing liquid, the effectual washing liquid that reduces is to the next pollution that waits to wash the piece. In addition, set up a plurality of support piece and set up filterable impurity's external diameter and kind diverse's filter at each support piece, can guarantee that various external diameters in the washing liquid and kind diverse's impurity all can be filtered by the filter, effectual promotion is to the filter effect of washing liquid.

Preferably, first clean subassembly includes certainly the inner wall of casing extremely first filter, second filter, the third filter that sets gradually in the direction at casing center, the aperture of first filter is less than the aperture of second filter, the aperture of second filter is less than the aperture of third filter. The aperture that sets up first filter is less than the aperture of second filter, and the aperture of second filter is less than the aperture of third filter, realizes filtering the level of impurity, promotes filtration efficiency and filter effect.

Preferably, the first filter plate is a solution-spray molding or microporous stacking structure, and the first filter plate is made of a high polymer molecular material; the second filter plate is of a single-layer net structure or a multi-layer net structure and is made of weak-magnetic metal or graphene; the third filter plate is of an interwoven mesh structure or a reducing porous structure, and the second filter plate is made of high-molecular synthetic plastics or foamed porous polymer materials.

Preferably, the support member includes first brush assemblies disposed at both sides of the filter plate, the first brush assemblies including a first rotation shaft and a first brush head disposed on the first rotation shaft and surrounding the first rotation shaft, the first brush head contacting the filter plate. First brush head and filter contact can be cleaned the filter at the adsorbed impurity of the in-process of filtering the washing liquid for the filter can used repeatedly, when promoting filter life, the number of times of changing the filter that reduces avoids frequently changing the filter and causes belt cleaning device's cleaning efficiency to reduce.

Preferably, the first brush assembly includes a first dirt receptacle disposed adjacent the first brush head, the first dirt receptacle including a first opening, a portion of the first brush head being located within the first opening. The first impurity containing part is arranged adjacent to the first brush head, so that impurities swept by the first brush head can be collected, and the swept impurities are prevented from entering the cleaning liquid again to cause pollution; in addition, first impurity holding piece sets up first opening, extends first brush head portion to in the first opening, can promote the collection effect of first impurity holding piece to impurity.

Preferably, the support piece further comprises a second brush assembly arranged between the first brush assembly and the inner wall of the housing, the second brush assembly comprises a second rotating shaft and a second brush head arranged on the second rotating shaft and surrounding the second rotating shaft, and the second brush head is in contact with the inner wall. Set up the contact of the inner wall of second brush head and casing, the second brush head can be cleaned the inner wall of casing at the removal in-process to guarantee shells inner wall's cleanliness, avoid impurity on the inner wall to cause the pollution to the washing liquid, promote the cleanliness factor of washing liquid, reduce the pollution that the piece was treated to impurity in the washing liquid, and then promote the cleaning performance.

Preferably, the second brush assembly includes a second dirt receptacle disposed adjacent the second brush head, the second dirt receptacle including a second opening, a portion of the second brush head being located within the second opening. The second impurity containing part is arranged adjacent to the second brush head, so that impurities swept by the second brush head can be collected, and the swept impurities are prevented from entering the cleaning liquid again to cause pollution; in addition, second impurity holding piece sets up the second opening, extends the first brush of part of second to in the second opening, can promote the collection effect of second impurity holding piece to impurity.

Preferably, a partition door is further arranged in the shell and comprises a baffle and a control unit for controlling the opening and closing of the baffle, and the baffle is arranged between the first cleaning assembly and the cleaning liquid. Set up between first clean subassembly and washing liquid and cut off the door, can avoid first clean subassembly to treat the washing of wasing and cause the influence.

Preferably, the housing comprises a plurality of wall portions; the first cleaning assembly is located between the partition door and at least one wall of the housing; the wall portion includes a bottom wall and a side wall connected to the bottom wall.

Preferably, the first cleaning component is positioned between the bottom wall and the partition door, and two ends of the first cleaning component are respectively movably connected to any two opposite side walls; and/or the first cleaning component is positioned between any one of the side walls and the partition door, and two ends of the first cleaning component are respectively and movably connected to the opposite side walls connected with the side walls.

Preferably, the self-cleaning assembly comprises a second cleaning assembly movably connected to a wall portion of the inner wall of the housing which is not connected to the first cleaning assembly. A second cleaning assembly is arranged on the wall part which is not connected with the first cleaning assembly, and the second cleaning assembly can clean the wall part which is not connected with the first cleaning assembly.

Preferably, when the first cleaning assembly is located between the bottom wall and the partition door, the second cleaning assembly is located between the bottom wall and the first cleaning assembly and is movably connected to any two opposite side walls.

Preferably, the second cleaning assembly includes a third brush head assembly including a third rotation shaft and a third brush head disposed on and around the third rotation shaft, the third brush head being in contact with the bottom wall.

Preferably, the self-cleaning device further comprises a guide rail arranged on the inner wall of the shell and a suspension piece arranged on the self-cleaning assembly; and repulsive force is generated between the guide rail and the suspension piece so that the self-cleaning assembly is arranged in the shell in a suspended mode. The guide rail and the suspension piece are arranged to enable the self-cleaning assembly to be suspended in the shell, so that the self-cleaning assembly can be prevented from being rubbed or collided with structures such as the shell in the moving process, friction loss is reduced, and meanwhile, particles generated by friction are prevented from falling into cleaning liquid to treat the cleaning piece to cause pollution. In addition, because the self-cleaning assembly is suspended in the shell, when the self-cleaning assembly needs to be replaced, operations such as disassembly of a mechanical structure and the like are not needed, and the self-cleaning assembly is more convenient to replace.

Preferably, the suspension comprises at least one of air flotation and magnetic levitation; and/or; the self-cleaning assembly is connected with the inner wall through a hinge.

Preferably, the method further comprises the following steps: the first honeycomb duct and the second honeycomb duct are communicated with the shell, a first opening communicated with the first honeycomb duct and a second opening communicated with the second honeycomb duct are arranged on the shell, the other end of the first honeycomb duct is communicated with the circulating pump, and the other end of the second honeycomb duct is communicated with the circulating pump.

Preferably, the circulating device further comprises an overflow groove arranged on the outer side of the shell, a third guide pipe communicated with the overflow groove, and a circulating filter device connected with the circulating pump, wherein the other end of the third guide pipe is communicated with the circulating pump, and the other end of the second guide pipe is communicated with the circulating pump through the circulating filter device. The circulating filter device is arranged to filter the cleaning liquid pumped by the circulating pump, so that the cleaning liquid can be recycled, and the cleaning cost is reduced.

Preferably, the detection module includes a particle detector disposed in the housing for detecting particle data within the cleaning fluid.

Preferably, before the self-cleaning control assembly moves in the housing, the self-cleaning control assembly further comprises: controlling an ultrasonic generating unit to output ultrasonic energy with certain frequency/power/time length; for dynamically suspending different types, sizes of particles within the housing. The ultrasonic generating unit outputs ultrasonic energy with certain frequency/power/duration, so that impurities in the cleaning liquid are in a suspension state, and the cleaning liquid is conveniently filtered by the filter plate.

Preferably, before the self-cleaning control assembly moves in the housing, the self-cleaning control assembly further comprises: the control baffle is opened.

Preferably, after the self-cleaning control assembly moves in the housing and cleans the housing and/or the cleaning liquid, the self-cleaning control assembly further comprises: and controlling the self-cleaning assembly to clean the filter plate and self-clean the self-cleaning assembly.

Preferably, the controlling the self-cleaning assembly moves in the housing, cleans the housing and/or the cleaning liquid, and then returns the self-cleaning assembly to the initial position, and closes the baffle.

Preferably, the method further comprises the following steps: and controlling the circulating pump to pump the cleaning liquid into the circulating filter device to filter the cleaning liquid, and reinjecting the filtered cleaning liquid into the shell.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a top view of a cleaning device according to one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA' of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along line BB' of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a top view of a cleaning device provided in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of a first brush head assembly of a cleaning device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a schematic view of a first brush head assembly of a cleaning device according to another embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a top view of a cleaning device provided in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a schematic view illustrating a second brush assembly of the cleaning device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 9 is a top view of a cleaning device provided in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 10 is a top view of a cleaning device provided in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 11 is a top view of a cleaning device according to one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 12 is a top view of a cleaning device provided in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 13 is a sectional view in the direction DD' in FIG. 12;

FIG. 14 is a top view of a cleaning device provided in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 15 is a top view of a cleaning device provided in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 16 is a top view of a cleaning device provided in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 17 is a top view of a cleaning device provided in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 18 is a top view of a cleaning device provided in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 19 is a schematic flow chart of a cleaning method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention more apparent, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, it will be appreciated by those of ordinary skill in the art that numerous technical details are set forth in order to provide a better understanding of the present application in various embodiments of the present invention. However, the technical solution claimed in the present application can be implemented without these technical details and various changes and modifications based on the following embodiments.

In the description of the embodiments of the present application, the term "and/or" is only one kind of association relationship describing an associated object, and means that three relationships may exist, for example, a and/or B, and may mean: a exists alone, A and B exist simultaneously, and B exists alone. In addition, the character "/" herein generally indicates that the former and latter related objects are in an "or" relationship.

The following detailed description of the specific structure of the cleaning device in the present embodiment will be made with reference to the accompanying drawings, which are intended to illustrate and not limit the specific embodiments of the present invention.

Referring to fig. 1, fig. 2 and fig. 3, wherein fig. 1 is a top view of the cleaning apparatus provided in the present embodiment, fig. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view along direction AA 'in fig. 1, and fig. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional view along direction BB' in fig. 1. This belt cleaning device includes: the cleaning device comprises a shell 10, a cleaning liquid and a cleaning liquid, wherein the shell 10 is used for storing the cleaning liquid, and the cleaning liquid is used for cleaning a piece to be cleaned; a self-cleaning assembly 20, the self-cleaning assembly 20 being movably connected to the inner wall of the housing 10, the self-cleaning assembly 20 cleaning the inner wall of the housing 10 and/or the cleaning liquid when moving within the housing 10.

Compared with the prior art, in the cleaning device provided by the embodiment, the movable self-cleaning assembly 20 is arranged in the housing 10, when the self-cleaning assembly 20 moves in the housing 10, the inner wall of the housing 10 and/or the cleaning liquid contained in the housing are cleaned, so that the impurities in the housing 10 are less, the pollution to the to-be-cleaned member to be cleaned in the housing 10 is less, and the cleaning effect is improved.

Specifically, in some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, the inner wall of the housing 10 includes a bottom wall 11 and a side wall 12. In some embodiments of the present invention, the moving direction of the self-cleaning assembly 20 during cleaning of the cleaning liquid stored in the housing 20 may be artificially defined, for example, the moving direction may be a direction (for example, a direction in fig. 1) from one side wall 12 of the housing 10 to the other side wall 12 of the housing 10 as shown in fig. 1. Or move from the bottom wall 11 of the housing 10 to the top, and can be flexibly arranged according to actual needs.

In this embodiment, as shown in fig. 2, the self-cleaning assembly 20 may include a first cleaning assembly 21, and both ends of the first cleaning assembly 21 are movably connected to the inner wall of the housing 10, respectively. Specifically, the first cleaning assembly 21 may include a plurality of supports 211, and both ends of each support 211 are movably connected to the inner wall of the housing 10. For example, as shown in fig. 1, two parallel slide rails 30 may be disposed on the opposite inner walls of the housing 10, and two ends of the supporting member 211 are disposed on the two parallel slide rails 30, respectively, so that when the inner walls and/or the cleaning solution need to be cleaned, the supporting member 211 can be controlled to slide along the slide rails 30.

In addition, in the present embodiment, the first cleaning assembly 21 further includes a filter plate 212 disposed on the support 211, and the filter plate 212 can filter the cleaning solution during the movement with the support 211 in the housing 10. Set up first cleaning assembly 21 and include filter 212, support piece 211 drives the in-process that removes along A direction under the drive of external force, drive filter 212 and together remove, filter 212 is moving the in-process, the washing liquid can pass through filter 212, and impurity in the washing liquid can't pass through filter 212, filter 212 can make impurity attach on filter 212 surface, thereby reduce the impurity in the washing liquid, reduce the pollution that the washing piece was treated to the washing liquid, and then promote the cleaning performance who treats the washing piece.

Preferably, the filter plates 212 provided on the respective supports 211 are different from each other in outer diameter and/or kind of impurities that can be filtered. For example, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, the first cleaning assembly 21 includes a first filter plate 2121, a second filter plate 2122, and a third filter plate 2123 sequentially arranged in a direction from an inner wall of the housing 10 to a center of the housing 10. In an embodiment of the present invention, the aperture of the first filter plate 2121 may be smaller than the aperture of the second filter plate 2122, and the aperture of the second filter plate 2122 is smaller than the aperture of the third filter plate 2123, so as to complete the layer-by-layer filtering of the impurities in the cleaning solution, and improve the filtering efficiency and effect of the cleaning solution.

Specifically, in an embodiment of the present invention, the first filter plate 2121 is a solution-spray-molded or microporous stacked structure, and the first filter plate 2121 is made of a high polymer molecular material and is used for filtering organic impurities such as colloid in the cleaning solution, and the thickness of the first filter plate 2121 can be flexibly set according to actual needs; the second filter plate 2122 is a single-layer mesh structure or a multi-layer mesh structure, and the second filter plate 2122 is made of weak magnetic metal or graphene and is used for filtering metal impurities such as metal particles in the cleaning solution, and the thickness of the second filter plate 2122 can be flexibly set according to actual needs; the third filter plate 2123 is of an interlaced net structure or a diameter-variable porous structure, and the second filter plate 2123 is made of polymer synthetic plastics or foamed porous polymer and is used for filtering long-strip-shaped impurities such as fibers in the cleaning fluid, and the thickness of the impurities can be flexibly set according to actual needs. It should be understood that the number of the support 211 and the filter plates 212 is only a specific example and not a limitation, and in other embodiments of the present invention, a single support 211 and a plurality of filter plates 212 may be disposed therebetween, and the arrangement may be flexible according to actual requirements.

In one embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 4 and 5, the supporting member 211 further includes a first bristle brush assembly 2111 disposed at both sides of the filter plate 212, the first bristle brush assembly 2111 includes a first rotating shaft 2111a and a first brush head 2111b, the first brush head 2111b is disposed on the first rotating shaft 2111a and surrounds the first rotating shaft 2111a, the first rotating shaft 2111a can drive the first brush head 2111b to rotate, so as to realize solid/eccentric control of the first brush head 2111b, and the first brush head 2111b is in contact with the filter plate 212. The first brush head 2111a is in contact with the filter plate 212, and can clean impurities adsorbed by the filter plate 212 in the process of filtering cleaning liquid, so that the filter plate 212 can be reused, the service life of the filter plate 212 is prolonged, the number of times of replacement of the filter plate 212 is reduced, and the reduction of the cleaning efficiency of the cleaning device caused by frequent replacement of the filter plate 212 is avoided.

Specifically, in some embodiments, the support member 211 slides along the slide track 30, and the first brush assembly 2111 is driven to slide along the inner wall of the housing, thereby cleaning the filter plate 212 as a whole. It should be understood that the foregoing is only a specific example of the present embodiment, and is not intended to be limiting.

Preferably, as shown in FIG. 5, first bristle brush assembly 2111 includes a first debris receptacle 2111c disposed adjacent first head 2111b, said first debris receptacle 2111c including a first opening 2111d, a portion of said first head 2111b being disposed within said first opening 2111 d. The first impurity accommodating part 2111c can collect impurities swept down by the first brush head 2111b, so that the swept-down impurities are prevented from entering the cleaning liquid again to cause pollution; in addition, the first foreign substance storage 2111c is provided with a first opening 2111, and the first brush head 2111b is partially extended into the first opening 2111d, so that the effect of collecting foreign substances by the first foreign substance storage 2111c can be improved.

It is to be understood that the first brush head 2111b is formed in a cylindrical shape around the first rotation axis 2111a as shown in fig. 5, which is only an illustration of one embodiment of the present invention, and is not a limitation, in another embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 6, the first brush head 2111b may also be a plurality of spring-shaped brush heads arranged along the radial direction of the first rotation axis 2111a, and the cross-sectional shape of the spring-shaped brush head in the direction perpendicular to the radial direction of the first rotation axis 2111a may be V-shaped, W-shaped, trapezoidal or other polygonal shapes, and may be flexibly arranged according to actual needs. In addition, a porous structure can be arranged on the elastic sheet-shaped brush head so as to adjust the hardness of the elastic sheet-shaped brush head.

Bristles 2111e on the first brush head 2111b, wherein the bristles 2111e are spaced apart from the first impurity accommodating part 2111 c. When the bristles 2111e are arranged to sweep impurities on the filter plate 212, more impurities to be swept are brought into the impurity accommodating part 2111c from the opening 2111d, the swept impurities are further prevented from being scattered outwards to enter the cleaning liquid, the collection effect of the impurities is further improved, and the quantity of the impurities in the cleaning liquid is reduced.

The hardness of the first brush head 2111b can be flexibly selected according to actual needs, preferably 5A (degrees) to 95A (degrees), the material can be non-dust-producing detergent-resistant synthetic rubber, light synthetic plastic and the like, and the specific material can also be flexibly selected according to actual needs.

Preferably, in one embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 7, the support 212 further includes a second brush assembly 2112 disposed between the first brush assembly 2111 and the inner wall of the housing 10. As shown in fig. 8, the second brush assembly 2112 includes a second rotation shaft 2112a and a second brush head 2112b disposed on the second rotation shaft 2112a and around the second rotation shaft 2112a, the second brush head 2112b being in contact with the inner wall of the housing 10. Set up the inner wall contact of second brush head 2112b with casing 10, second brush head 2112b can be cleaned the inner wall of casing 10 at the removal in-process to guarantee the cleanliness of casing 10 inner wall, avoid impurity on the inner wall to cause the pollution to the washing liquid, promote the cleanliness factor of washing liquid, reduce the impurity in the washing liquid to treating the pollution of cleaning member, and then promote the cleaning performance.

Preferably, as shown in FIG. 8, second brush assembly 2112 includes a second debris receptacle 2112c disposed adjacent second brush head 2112b, said second debris receptacle 2112c including a second opening 2112d, a portion of said second brush head 2112b being disposed within said second opening 2112 d. The second impurity accommodating part 2112c is arranged adjacent to the second brush head 2112b, so that impurities swept down by the second brush head 2112b can be collected, and the swept-down impurities are prevented from entering the cleaning liquid again to cause pollution; in addition, the second foreign substance storage 2112c is provided with a second opening 2112, and the second brush head 2112b is partially extended into the second opening 2112d, so that the effect of collecting foreign substances by the second foreign substance storage 2112c can be improved.

In an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 9, in an embodiment of the present invention, the present invention further comprises a partition door disposed in the housing 10, the partition door comprises a baffle 40 for blocking the self-cleaning assembly 20 from the cleaning liquid and a control unit (not shown) for controlling the baffle 40 to be opened, the baffle 40 is disposed between the self-cleaning assembly 20 and the cleaning liquid, when the member to be cleaned is cleaned, the baffle 40 is in a closed state, at this time, the self-cleaning assembly 20 is blocked from the cleaning liquid, the first brush assembly 2111 can clean the filter plate 212, and meanwhile, the member to be cleaned is cleaned in the cleaning liquid; during filtering of the cleaning fluid and/or cleaning of the inner wall of the housing 10, the barrier 40 is in an open state allowing the self-cleaning assembly 20 to pass through for filtering of the cleaning fluid and/or cleaning of the inner wall of the housing 10. When the first brush assembly 2111 cleans the filter plate 212, the filter plate 212 is separated from the cleaning solution by the baffle 40, so that impurities swept down by the first brush assembly 2111 can be prevented from entering the cleaning solution, the cleanliness of the cleaning solution is ensured, and the cleaning process of a to-be-cleaned member in the cleaning solution is not influenced; when the cleaning liquid is filtered, the baffle 40 is in an open state, which allows the self-cleaning assembly 20 to pass through, thereby ensuring that the filtering process of the cleaning liquid by the self-cleaning assembly 20 is not influenced by the baffle 40.

In the present embodiment, the barrier 40 includes two first and second partition plates 41 and 41 disposed opposite to each other, a first rotation shaft 43 connecting the first partition plate 41 and the housing 10, and a second rotation shaft 44 connecting the second partition plate 42 and the housing 10, the first and second partition plates 41 and 42 being engaged with each other and controlling the opening and closing of the barrier by rotating about the first and second rotation shafts 43 and 44, respectively. It should be understood that the foregoing is only a specific example of the present embodiment, and is not limiting, and the present invention may be flexibly configured according to actual needs.

Preferably, as shown in fig. 10, in one embodiment of the present invention, a recess 13 is provided on an inner wall of the housing 10, the first and second partition plates 41 and 42, the first and second rotation shafts 43 and 44 are provided in the recess 13, and when the first and second partition plates 41 and 42 are rotated about the first and second rotation shafts 43 and 44, respectively, to control the opening of the blocking plate 40, the first and second partition plates 41 and 42 fill the recess 13 and make extension surfaces of the first and second partition plates 41 and 42 flush with the inner wall of the housing 10. So configured, it is possible to prevent the first and second partition plates 41 and 42 from affecting the movement of the self-cleaning assembly 20 when being opened.

Specifically, in one embodiment of the present invention, the first cleaning assembly 21 is located between the partition door and at least one wall of the housing 10. That is, the first cleaning assembly 21 may be located between the baffle 40 of the partition door and the side wall 11 of the housing 10 and/or the bottom wall 12 of the housing 10. When the first cleaning component 21 is arranged between the bottom wall 12 and the partition door, two ends of the first cleaning component 21 are respectively movably connected to any two opposite side walls 11; when the first cleaning assembly 21 is located between any one of the side walls 11 and the partition door, two ends of the first cleaning assembly 21 are respectively movably connected to the opposite side walls 11 connected to the side walls 11. It will be appreciated that the number of first cleaning assemblies 21 and partition doors may be plural, i.e. the first cleaning assemblies 21 disposed between the bottom wall 12 and the partition doors and the first cleaning assemblies 21 disposed between the side wall 11 and the partition doors may be present simultaneously.

In one embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 11, the self-cleaning assembly 20 further comprises a second cleaning assembly 22, and the second cleaning assembly 22 is movably connected to a wall portion of the inner wall of the housing 10, which is not connected to the first cleaning assembly 21. A second cleaning assembly 22 is provided on the wall portion not connected to the first cleaning assembly 21, and the second cleaning assembly 22 can clean the wall portion not connected to the first cleaning assembly 21. For example, when the first cleaning assembly 21 is located between the bottom wall 12 and the partition door, the second cleaning assembly 22 is located between the bottom wall 12 and the first cleaning assembly 21 and is movably connected to any two opposite side walls 11.

Preferably, the second cleaning assembly 22 includes a third brush head assembly including a third rotation shaft and a third brush head disposed on and around the third rotation shaft, the third brush head being in contact with an inner wall of the housing 10. It is understood that the third brushhead assembly is substantially identical to the first brushhead assembly 211, and specific reference may be made to the detailed description of the foregoing embodiment and fig. 5 and 6, which are not described in detail herein.

Preferably, referring to fig. 12 and 13, fig. 12 is a top view of a cleaning device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and fig. 13 is a sectional view taken along direction DD' of fig. 12. The cleaning apparatus further includes a guide rail 50 provided at an inner wall of the housing 10 and a suspension 60 provided at the self-cleaning assembly 20. In the present embodiment, the suspension 60 and the guide rail 50 may generate a repulsive force therebetween to allow the self-cleaning assembly 20 to be floatingly disposed within the housing 10.

In some embodiments, the suspension 60 and the guide rail 50 may be magnetic members, and the repulsive force between the suspension 60 and the guide rail 50 is a magnetic force therebetween, or the suspension 60 is a pneumatic structure, and the repulsive force between the suspension 60 and the guide rail 50 is formed via the pneumatic structure, and particularly, the arrangement may be flexible according to actual needs. The guide rail 50 and the suspension piece 60 are arranged to enable the self-cleaning assembly 20 to be suspended in the shell 10, so that the self-cleaning assembly 20 can be prevented from being rubbed or collided with structures such as the shell 10 in the moving process, friction loss is reduced, and meanwhile, particles generated by friction are prevented from falling into cleaning liquid to pollute the cleaning piece. In addition, since the self-cleaning assembly 20 is suspended in the housing 10, when the self-cleaning assembly 20 needs to be replaced, operations such as disassembling a mechanical structure are not needed, and the replacement of the self-cleaning assembly 20 is more convenient.

It should be understood that the foregoing arrangement of the self-cleaning assembly 20 suspended in the housing 10 by magnetic levitation, air flotation, etc. is only a specific example in this embodiment, and is not limited thereto, and in other embodiments of the present invention, the self-cleaning assembly 20 may be connected to the inner wall of the housing by a hinge, etc., and may be flexibly arranged according to actual needs.

In one embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 14, the method further includes: a first draft tube 80, a circulation pump 90 connected to the first draft tube 80, and a second draft tube 100 connected to the circulation pump 90. Further, the housing 10 is provided with a first opening 81 and a second opening 101. One end of the first flow guide pipe 80 is communicated with the circulating pump 90, the other end of the first flow guide pipe is communicated with the first opening 81, one end of the second flow guide pipe 100 is communicated with the circulating pump 90, and the other end of the second flow guide pipe is communicated with the second opening 101.

Preferably, the first opening 81 and the second opening 101 are located on opposite sides of the self-cleaning assembly 20, respectively.

Set up first honeycomb duct 80 and be connected with circulating pump 90, circulating pump 90 can take out the washing liquid in casing 20 via first opening 81 at the during operation to make the washing liquid flow towards first opening 81 department, the washing liquid is when flowing through self-cleaning assembly 20, because self-cleaning assembly 20 includes filter 212, then can utilize filter 212 to filter the washing liquid, the washing liquid after the filtration reinjects in casing 20 via second honeycomb duct 100 again, can realize the filtration and the cyclic utilization to the washing liquid.

In one embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 15, a blocking member 110 is further included in the housing 10 and positioned on a moving path of the self-cleaning assembly 20, and the blocking member 110 blocks the second brush assembly 2112 in a moving direction of the self-cleaning assembly 20. First opening 81 is located on the side of self-cleaning assembly 20 remote from barrier 110 and second opening 101 is located on the side of self-cleaning assembly 20 near barrier 110. The blocking member 110 is arranged to block the second brush assembly 2112, so that the flow speed of the cleaning liquid at the second brush assembly 2112 can be reduced, impurities swept down by the second brush assembly 2112 by the cleaning liquid flowing fast are prevented from being brought into the cleaning liquid, and the content of the impurities in the cleaning liquid is reduced. It is understood that the blocking member 110 in this embodiment may also rotate when the self-cleaning assembly 20 needs to pass through as shown by the blocking plate 40 in the foregoing embodiment, and be received in the concave portion 13 to avoid affecting the movement of the self-cleaning assembly 20.

Preferably, as shown in fig. 16, in an embodiment of the present invention, the method further includes: the overflow groove 120, the third guide pipe 130 connected with the overflow groove 120 and the circulating filter device 140 connected with the circulating pump 90 are arranged outside the shell 10, one end of the third guide pipe 130 is communicated with the overflow groove 120, the other end of the third guide pipe 130 is communicated with the circulating pump 90, and the circulating filter device 140 is arranged between the circulating pump 90 and the second guide pipe 100 and is communicated with the second guide pipe 100 and the circulating pump 90. The overflow groove 120 is arranged on the outer side of the shell 10 to collect overflowed cleaning liquid, the third guide pipe 130 is arranged to enable one end to be communicated with the overflow groove 120 and the other end to be communicated with the circulating pump 90 to extract the cleaning liquid in the overflow groove 120, and the circulating filter device 140 is arranged to filter the extracted cleaning liquid, so that the cleaning liquid can be recycled, and the cleaning cost is reduced. In addition, the cleaning solution in the overflow tank 120 can be prevented from flowing into the first flow guide pipe 80 by pumping the cleaning solution in the housing 20 and the overflow tank 120 out and pumping the cleaning solution into the second flow guide pipe 100 by the power of the circulation pump 90.

In one embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 17, the method further includes: a particle detector 150 disposed on the housing 10, the particle detector 150 for detecting particle data, such as particle data and/or particle density and/or particle size, etc., within the cleaning fluid; a control unit 160 connected to the particle detector 150, the control unit 160 being configured to determine whether the particle data detected by the particle detector 150 exceeds a preset threshold value, and to control the self-cleaning assembly 20 to move when the particle data exceeds the preset threshold value.

It is understood that the control unit 160 in the present embodiment can also be used to control the opening and closing of the baffle 40 described in the previous embodiments. In other embodiments of the present invention, the baffle 40 and the particle detector 150 may be controlled by two different control units, and specific reference may be made to the specific arrangement of the foregoing embodiments.

Compared with the prior art, set up particle detector 150 and detect the granule data in the cleaning solution in casing 10 to set up the control unit 160 and start according to the granule data automatic control self-cleaning component 20 that detects, promoted degree of automation, reduced artificial input, impurity in the washing liquid of assurance when promoting efficiency does not exceed standard, reduces the influence of impurity granule in the washing liquid to being washd and treating the cleaning member.

Preferably, in the present embodiment, the number of the particle detectors 150 is plural, and the plural particle detectors 150 are respectively disposed at different heights of the housing 10. The particle detector 150 can be used for detecting particle data of cleaning liquid at different depths, and detection precision is improved. In addition, the particle detector 150 may be disposed in the overflow chamber 120 and the first, second and third flow conduits 80, 100 and 130, so as to ensure that the cleaning solution at each stage can be detected.

Preferably, in an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 18, the present invention further includes a cleaning member detecting unit 170 disposed on the housing 10, wherein the cleaning member detecting unit 170 is configured to detect whether there is a cleaning member to be cleaned in the housing 10; the control unit 160 controls the self-cleaning assembly 20 to be activated to move within the housing 10 when it is detected that there is no cleaning object being cleaned within the housing 10 and the particle data exceeds a preset threshold. The cleaning part detecting unit 170 is arranged to detect whether the cleaning part to be cleaned exists, so that the influence of the self-cleaning assembly 20 on the cleaning process of the cleaning part to be cleaned is avoided, and the cleaning efficiency of the cleaning part to be cleaned is ensured.

In addition, the method further comprises the following steps: and the ultrasonic generating unit is arranged on the shell 10 and is used for outputting ultrasonic energy with certain frequency/power/duration under the control of the control unit 160, so that impurities in the cleaning liquid are in a suspension state, and the cleaning liquid is conveniently filtered by the filter plate.

A second embodiment of the present invention relates to a cleaning method applied to the cleaning apparatus provided in the previous embodiments, wherein the cleaning apparatus includes a detection module, a determination module, and a control module, and the detection module includes a particle detector disposed in the housing. The specific steps of the cleaning method are shown in fig. 19, and the method comprises the following steps:

step S101: particle data within the cleaning fluid is detected.

Specifically, in this step, the control module may control the particle detector in the detection module to detect the data of the impurity particles in the cleaning solution, so as to obtain a detection result.

Step S102: and judging whether the particle data in the cleaning liquid exceeds a preset threshold value, if so, executing step S103, and if not, executing step S101.

Step S103: and judging whether the piece to be cleaned exists in the shell, if so, executing step S104, and if not, executing step S101.

Specifically, in this step, the control unit can control the detection module to detect whether there is a piece to be cleaned in the housing, and also can determine whether there is a piece to be cleaned in the housing through the preset condition of the cleaning time period of the piece to be cleaned, that is, the cleaning time period of the piece to be cleaned is preset, and then it is determined that there is a piece to be cleaned in the housing in the cleaning time period, and there is no piece to be cleaned in the housings in other time periods not belonging to the cleaning time period, and flexible setting can be specifically performed according to actual needs.

Step S104: the control baffle is opened.

Specifically, the control unit controls the flap to be opened in advance so that the self-cleaning assembly can pass through.

Step S105: the self-cleaning assembly is controlled to move in the shell and clean the shell and/or the cleaning liquid.

Specifically, in this step, in the process that the self-cleaning assembly moves in the housing, if the self-cleaning assembly is provided with the filter plate, the filter plate can filter the cleaning liquid, and if the self-cleaning assembly has the second brush assembly or the third brush assembly, the second brush assembly or the third brush assembly can clean the inner wall of the housing.

In addition, when the first cleaning member is included in the self-cleaning assembly, after the cleaning of the housing and/or the cleaning solution is completed, the self-cleaning assembly can be controlled to return to the initial position, the baffle plate is closed, and the first cleaning member is controlled to clean the filter plate.

Preferably, in other embodiments of the present invention, when the self-cleaning assembly is controlled to move in the housing, the circulation pump may be further controlled to pump the cleaning liquid to the circulation filtering device for filtering, and the filtered cleaning liquid is re-injected into the housing, so as to recycle the cleaning liquid and reduce the cleaning cost.

Preferably, in other embodiments of the present invention, before the self-cleaning assembly moves in the housing, the ultrasonic generating unit is further controlled to output ultrasonic energy with a certain frequency/power/time length to dynamically suspend particles with different types and sizes in the housing, so that the impurity particles are suspended in the housing to facilitate cleaning of the impurity particles.

Step S106: and finishing the cleaning of the piece to be cleaned.

It is to be understood that this embodiment is an example of a cleaning method corresponding to the embodiment of the cleaning apparatus described above, and that this embodiment can be implemented in cooperation with the embodiment of the cleaning apparatus described above. The related technical details and technical effects mentioned in the foregoing embodiments of the cleaning device are still valid in this embodiment, and are not described herein again in order to reduce repetition. Accordingly, the related art details mentioned in the present embodiment can also be applied to the embodiments of the aforementioned cleaning apparatus.

Preferably, in an embodiment of the present invention, after the cleaning of the to-be-cleaned object is completed, the self-cleaning assembly may be controlled to return to the initial position and the blocking plate may be closed, so as to avoid an influence on the cleaning process of the to-be-cleaned object caused by the self-cleaning assembly.

Preferably, in an embodiment of the present invention, after the cleaning of the to-be-cleaned member is completed, the particle detector may be further controlled to detect the particle data again, and if the detected particle data still exceeds the preset threshold, the self-cleaning assembly may be controlled to clean the cleaning liquid again until the particle data is lower than the preset threshold.

Preferably, in an embodiment of the present invention, after the cleaning of the to-be-cleaned object is completed, the device in the housing may be further configured to set parameters such as frequency/power used during production, so that the cleaning liquid is kept in a preheating stable state. And controlling the self-cleaning assembly to clean the cleaning liquid and/or the shell when the cleaning gap of the piece to be cleaned is detected, immediately finishing the self-cleaning process and switching to a cleaning mode of the piece to be cleaned when the piece to be cleaned is detected to be put into the cleaning liquid.

The steps of the above methods are divided for clarity, and the order of the steps may be reasonably adjusted, or multiple steps may be combined into one step or some steps may be split into multiple steps, so long as the same logical relationship is included, which is within the scope of the present patent; it is within the scope of the patent to add insignificant modifications to the algorithms or processes or to introduce insignificant design changes to the core design without changing the algorithms or processes.

It will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that the foregoing embodiments are specific examples for carrying out the invention, and that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention in practice.

Claims (10)

1. A cleaning device, comprising:

a housing for storing a cleaning fluid,

a self-cleaning assembly movably connected to an inner wall of the housing;

to clean the inner wall of the housing and/or the cleaning liquid when moving within the housing.

2. The cleaning device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the self-cleaning assembly comprises a first cleaning assembly having both ends movably connected to the inner wall of the housing,

preferably, the first cleaning assembly comprises a plurality of supporting members, each supporting member is provided with a filter plate, two ends of each supporting member are respectively movably connected to the inner wall of the housing, and the outer diameters and/or kinds of impurities which can be filtered by the filter plates and are arranged on different supporting members are different;

preferably, the first cleaning assembly comprises a first filter plate, a second filter plate and a third filter plate which are sequentially arranged in the direction from the inner wall of the shell to the center of the shell, the aperture of the first filter plate is smaller than that of the second filter plate, and the aperture of the second filter plate is smaller than that of the third filter plate;

preferably, the first filter plate is a solution-spray molding or microporous stacking structure, and the first filter plate is made of a high polymer molecular material; the second filter plate is of a single-layer net structure or a multi-layer net structure and is made of weak-magnetic metal or graphene; the third filter plate is of an interwoven mesh structure or a reducing porous structure, and the second filter plate is made of high-molecular synthetic plastics or foamed porous polymer materials.

3. The cleaning device according to claim 2, wherein the support member includes first brush assemblies disposed at both sides of the filter plate, the first brush assemblies including a first rotating shaft and a first brush head disposed on and around the first rotating shaft, the first brush head contacting the filter plate;

preferably, the first brush assembly includes a first dirt receptacle disposed adjacent the first brush head, the first dirt receptacle including a first opening, a portion of the first brush head being located within the first opening.

4. The cleaning device of claim 3, wherein the support further comprises a second brush assembly disposed between the first brush assembly and the inner wall of the housing, the second brush assembly including a second rotational axis and a second brush head disposed on and around the second rotational axis, the second brush head being in contact with the inner wall;

preferably, the second brush assembly includes a second dirt receptacle disposed adjacent the second brush head, the second dirt receptacle including a second opening, a portion of the second brush head being located within the second opening.

5. The cleaning device of claim 2, wherein a partition door is further disposed in the housing, the partition door including a shutter and a control unit for controlling opening and closing of the shutter, the shutter being disposed between the first cleaning assembly and the cleaning solution.

6. The cleaning device of claim 5, wherein the housing includes a plurality of walls; the first cleaning assembly is located between the partition door and at least one wall of the housing;

the wall portion comprises a bottom wall and a side wall connected with the bottom wall;

preferably, the first cleaning component is positioned between the bottom wall and the partition door, and two ends of the first cleaning component are respectively movably connected to any two opposite side walls; and/or the first cleaning component is positioned between any one of the side walls and the partition door, and two ends of the first cleaning component are respectively and movably connected to the opposite side walls connected with the side walls.

7. The cleaning device of claim 6, wherein the self-cleaning assembly includes a second cleaning assembly movably connected to a wall portion of the interior wall of the housing that is not connected to the first cleaning assembly;

preferably, when the first cleaning component is positioned between the bottom wall and the partition door, the second cleaning component is positioned between the bottom wall and the first cleaning component and is movably connected to any two opposite side walls;

preferably, the second cleaning assembly includes a third brush head assembly including a third rotation shaft and a third brush head disposed on and around the third rotation shaft, the third brush head being in contact with the bottom wall.

8. The cleaning device of claim 1, further comprising a guide rail disposed on an inner wall of the housing, and a float disposed on the self-cleaning assembly;

a repulsive force is generated between the guide rail and the suspension piece so that the self-cleaning assembly is arranged in the shell in a suspending way;

preferably, the suspension comprises at least one of air flotation and magnetic levitation;

and/or; the self-cleaning assembly is connected with the inner wall through a hinge.

9. The cleaning device of any one of claims 2-8, further comprising: the shell is provided with a first opening communicated with one end of the first guide pipe and a second opening communicated with one end of the second guide pipe, the other end of the first guide pipe is communicated with the circulating pump, and the other end of the second guide pipe is communicated with the circulating pump;

preferably, the method further comprises the following steps: an overflow tank disposed outside the housing; one end of the third flow guide pipe is communicated with the overflow groove, and the other end of the third flow guide pipe is communicated with the circulating pump; and the circulating filter device is communicated with the second flow guide pipe and the circulating pump.

10. A cleaning method applied to the cleaning apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 9, comprising:

the detection module is used for detecting particle data in the cleaning liquid and detecting whether a piece to be cleaned exists in the shell;

the judging module is used for judging whether the particle data exceed a preset threshold value and whether the piece to be cleaned exists in the shell;

the control module is used for controlling the self-cleaning assembly to move in the shell and cleaning the shell and/or the cleaning liquid when the particle data exceed a preset threshold and the piece to be cleaned does not exist in the shell;

preferably, the detection module comprises a particle detector disposed in the housing for detecting particle data within the cleaning fluid;

preferably, before the self-cleaning control assembly moves in the housing, the self-cleaning control assembly further comprises: controlling an ultrasonic generating unit to output ultrasonic energy with certain frequency/power/time length for dynamically suspending particles with different types and sizes in the shell;

preferably, before the self-cleaning control assembly moves in the housing, the self-cleaning control assembly further comprises: controlling the baffle to open;

preferably, after the self-cleaning control assembly moves in the housing and cleans the housing and/or the cleaning liquid, the self-cleaning control assembly further comprises: controlling the self-cleaning assembly to clean the filter plate and self-clean the self-cleaning assembly;

preferably, after the self-cleaning assembly moves in the housing and cleans the housing and/or the cleaning liquid, the self-cleaning assembly is returned to the initial position, and the baffle is closed;

preferably, the method further comprises the following steps: and controlling the circulating pump to pump the cleaning liquid into the circulating filter device to filter the cleaning liquid, and reinjecting the filtered cleaning liquid into the shell.

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