CN114343495B

CN114343495B - Base station and cleaning unit replacement method

Info

Publication number: CN114343495B
Application number: CN202111676871.1A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 彭振声; 杨勇
Original assignee: Shenzhen 3irobotix Co Ltd
Current assignee: Shenzhen 3irobotix Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-12-31
Filing date: 2021-12-31
Publication date: 2023-03-10
Anticipated expiration: 2041-12-31
Also published as: CN114343495A

Abstract

The invention provides a base station and a cleaning unit replacement method, wherein a cleaning unit for cleaning is arranged in the base station, an integrated assembly for accommodating the cleaning unit is arranged in the base station, an installation assembly detachably connected with the integrated assembly is arranged in the cleaning unit, a separation switch is arranged outside the cleaning unit, an unhooking assembly for triggering the separation switch is arranged in the base station, and the unhooking assembly is configured to enable the separation switch to generate displacement so as to separate the cleaning unit from the integrated assembly. According to the invention, the cleaning unit in the automatic cleaning equipment can be stored in the integrated assembly of the base station, and the cleaning unit in the integrated assembly can be automatically disassembled through the unhooking assembly, so that the touch of a user is avoided, and the use experience of the user is improved.

Description

Base station and cleaning unit replacement method

Technical Field

The invention relates to a base station and a cleaning unit replacing method, and belongs to the field of automatic cleaning equipment.

Background

The existing sweeping robot is usually provided with a floor mopping module, and can be integrally cleaned, but a common sweeping robot in the current market usually arranges a rolling brush component at the front end of the sweeping robot, and places the floor mopping module at the rear end of the sweeping robot, and the rolling brush component and the floor mopping module are separately placed to occupy a large space of the sweeping robot, so that the sweeping robot has a large volume or other mechanisms of the sweeping robot are limited in volume. Therefore, the space of the sweeping robot can be saved by replacing different cleaning modules, time and labor are wasted by manually replacing the cleaning modules, and the experience of a user is poor.

The cleaning module of robot of sweeping the floor through set up the dismouting unit in basic station generally carries out automatic dismantlement and installation, also need set up in the basic station simultaneously and store the structure and be used for storing different cleaning module and change the robot of sweeping the floor, but current storage structure is more complicated, need cooperate through a plurality of devices, and stability is not strong.

In view of the above, it is necessary to improve the existing base station and cleaning unit replacement method to solve the above problems.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to provide a base station and a cleaning unit replacing method, which can automatically replace a cleaning unit of an automatic cleaning device.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a base station, wherein a cleaning unit for cleaning is provided in the base station, an integrated assembly for accommodating the cleaning unit is provided in the base station, a mounting assembly detachably connected to the integrated assembly is provided in the cleaning unit, a separation switch is provided outside the cleaning unit, an unhooking assembly for triggering the separation switch is provided in the base station, and the unhooking assembly is configured to displace the separation switch to separate the cleaning unit from the integrated assembly.

As a further improvement of the invention, the integrated assembly further comprises a housing, a positioning piece is arranged outside the housing of the integrated assembly, and the positioning piece comprises a conical part and a connecting column for connecting the conical part and the housing.

As a further improvement of the invention, the base station is provided with a lifting component, the lifting component is arranged at two sides of the integrated component, and the integrated component is connected with the lifting component through a fixed shaft and can lift along with the lifting component.

As a further improvement of the present invention, an inner housing and a rotating assembly are disposed in the base station, the inner housing is disposed in the outer housing, the fixed shaft can only rotate relative to the inner housing, and the rotating assembly is configured to drive the outer housing to rotate relative to the inner housing, so that the positioning element drives the cleaning unit to rotate.

As a further improvement of the present invention, a reciprocating assembly is further disposed in the integrated assembly, the reciprocating assembly is disposed on the inner housing and includes an eccentric wheel and a connecting ring, the connecting ring is disposed around the fixed shaft and is fixedly connected to the outer housing, and the outer housing can be driven to horizontally reciprocate along an extending direction of the fixed shaft relative to the fixed shaft and the inner housing by driving the eccentric wheel to rotate, so that the positioning element is vibrated, and the cleaning unit is prevented from being separated from the positioning element.

As a further improvement of the invention, a detection unit for detecting whether the cleaning unit is assembled or not is further included in the integrated assembly.

As a further improvement of the present invention, the housing is prism-shaped, and each side surface of the housing is provided with the positioning element.

As a further development of the invention, the housing is quadrangular.

As a further development of the invention, the cleaning unit comprises a mopping unit or a sweeping unit.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention further provides a cleaning unit replacing method capable of automatically detaching a cleaning unit on an integrated component in a base station, which mainly comprises the following steps:

step 1, the integrated assembly descends, the unhooking assembly is switched from a first state to a second state to trigger a separating switch of the cleaning unit to be shifted from a first position to a second position, the connecting assembly is disconnected from the integrated assembly, and the cleaning unit descends along with gravity;

and 2, manually triggering a disconnecting switch of the cleaning unit and fixing the disconnecting switch with the automatic cleaning equipment through a mounting assembly.

The invention has the beneficial effects that: according to the invention, the cleaning unit in the automatic cleaning equipment can be stored in the integrated assembly of the base station, and the cleaning unit in the integrated assembly can be automatically disassembled through the unhooking assembly, so that the touch of a user is avoided, and the use experience of the user is improved.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the construction of an automatic cleaning system of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a schematic view of the internal structure of the automatic cleaning system of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of the construction of the robotic cleaning device and base of the robotic cleaning system of the present invention.

Fig. 4 is a schematic view showing the structure of the unhooking assembly and the cleaning unit in the automatic cleaning system of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an exploded view of the unhooking assembly and mounting assembly of the robotic cleaning system of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an exploded view of the unhooking assembly of the robotic cleaning system of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is an exploded view of a third trigger and slider configuration of the automatic cleaning system of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view of a support member of the automatic cleaning system of the present invention.

Fig. 9 is a schematic view of a unhooking assembly in another embodiment of an automated cleaning system of the present invention.

Figure 10 is an exploded view of a decoupling assembly and a mounting assembly in another embodiment of an automated cleaning system of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a schematic bottom view of the automatic cleaning apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a schematic sectional view of the automatic cleaning apparatus of the present invention assembled with a cleaning unit.

Fig. 13 is an enlarged view of the structure at a in fig. 12.

Figure 14 is a top view of a cleaning assembly in the robotic cleaning device of the invention.

Fig. 15 is a schematic diagram of the internal structure of the integrated components in the base station of the present invention.

Fig. 16 is a schematic view of the internal structure of the automatic cleaning system of the present invention.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention more apparent, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments.

It should be noted that, in order to avoid obscuring the present invention with unnecessary details, only the structures and/or processing steps closely related to the scheme of the present invention are shown in the drawings, and other details not closely related to the present invention are omitted.

In addition, it is also to be noted that the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus.

As shown in fig. 1 to 16, the present invention discloses an automatic cleaning system 100, the automatic cleaning system 100 includes a base station 10 and an automatic cleaning device 20, the automatic cleaning device 20 may be a floor cleaning robot, the base station 10 is used for cleaning, charging and other operations of the automatic cleaning device 20, the base station 10 has a cavity 11 for accommodating the automatic cleaning device 20, a base 111 is disposed in the cavity 11, and the base 111 is used for driving in and out the automatic cleaning device 20. The automatic cleaning device 20 may be partially accommodated in the cavity 11, or may be completely accommodated in the cavity 11, and may be specifically configured according to needs, and is not limited herein. For clarity of description, the following description section will provide a detailed description of the specific structure and components of the automatic cleaning system 100.

As shown in fig. 1, in a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the automatic cleaning system 100 further includes a cleaning unit 30 disposed in the automatic cleaning device 20, the cleaning unit 30 is used for cleaning, and the cleaning unit 30 includes, but is not limited to, a floor mopping unit and a sweeping unit, the cleaning unit 30 is disposed below the automatic cleaning device 20 in a modularized manner, so as to replace the cleaning unit 30 as required. When the automatic cleaning device 20 travels into the chamber 11, the cleaning unit 30 is located in the chamber 11 and is disposed in bilateral symmetry with respect to the base station 10 and the chamber 11.

As shown in fig. 2, preferably, the cleaning unit 30 is detachably connected to the automatic cleaning apparatus 20, and the base station 10 is provided therein with a disengaging assembly 12 for automatically detaching the cleaning unit 30, and the disengaging assembly 12 is disposed on both sides of the base 111. Specifically, the unhooking assembly 12 includes a driving structure, a transmission structure and a triggering structure, the transmission structure is respectively in transmission connection with the driving structure and the triggering structure, and the driving structure is configured to drive the triggering structure to generate displacement, so that the triggering structure triggers the disconnecting switch to generate displacement. When the automatic cleaning device 20 travels into the chamber 11, the unhooking assembly 12 may separate the automatic cleaning device 20 from the cleaning unit 30, the cleaning unit 30 will be temporarily stored in the base station 10, and the automatic cleaning device 20 may then leave the base station 10. Of course, it will be appreciated that the cleaning unit 30 can be mounted to the robotic cleaning device 20 when the unhooking assembly 12 is operated in reverse. In other embodiments of the present invention, the cleaning unit 30 can also be manually disassembled and assembled, including but not limited to, automatic disassembly and manual assembly via the unhooking assembly 12, or manual disassembly and automatic assembly via the unhooking assembly 12.

As shown in fig. 3 to 8, further, a separation switch 31 is disposed outside the cleaning unit 30, the separation switch 31 is configured to be able to separate the cleaning unit 30 and the automatic cleaning apparatus 20, and the unhooking assembly 12 is configured to be able to displace the separation switch 31 to separate the cleaning unit 30 from the automatic cleaning apparatus 20. Preferably, the separation switch 31 is disposed on both sides of the cleaning unit 30, and the unhooking assembly 12 is correspondingly disposed on both sides of the base station 10, so that the cleaning unit 30 can be separated smoothly.

In the above embodiment of the present invention, the separating switch 31 is of a sliding type, the separating switch 31 is configured to be slidable only along the surface of the cleaning unit 30, the surface of the cleaning unit 30 is provided with a guide groove 311, the separating switch 31 is disposed in the guide groove 311, and the separating switch 31 is movable along the guide groove 311.

The unhooking component 12 is externally provided with a housing 121, the driving structure, the transmission structure and the triggering structure are disposed in the housing 121, the driving structure includes a motor 122, the transmission structure includes a rotating member 123, the motor 122 and the rotating member 123 are accommodated inside the housing 121, the rotating member 123 is driven by the motor 122 through a gear and rotates, the housing 121 is provided with a sliding slot 1211 through which the rotating member 123 partially extends to the outside of the housing 121, and the rotating member 123 can reciprocate along the sliding slot 1211. The rotation plane of the rotation member 123 is parallel to the sliding plane of the separation switch 31, the triggering structure includes a first triggering member 1231, the first triggering member is disposed on the rotation member 123 and extends towards the cleaning unit 30, and the first triggering member 1231 may be a cylindrical structure and perpendicular to the rotation plane of the rotation member 123. When the rotating member 123 reciprocates along the sliding slot 1211, the first triggering member 1231 is driven to rotate, so that the first triggering member 1231 abuts against the disconnecting switch 31, and the disconnecting switch 31 is driven to slide. Preferably, the first triggering member 1231 and the disconnecting switch 31 are located on the same rotating track, which is not strictly limited herein, as long as the first triggering member 1231 can correctly trigger the disconnecting switch 31. Specifically, the rotating member 123 is a reduction gear set, and the reduction purpose is achieved by combining gears of different sizes, for example, a small gear drives a large gear to rotate, of course, the specific number of the gears includes but is not limited to two, and the specific number may be set as required, and is not limited herein.

In order to make the rotating member 123 perform a correct reciprocating motion, the triggering mechanism includes a second triggering member 1232 disposed on the rotating member 123, and the second triggering member 1232 may be a cylindrical structure and perpendicular to the rotation plane of the rotating member 123, such that the first triggering member 1231 and the second triggering member 1232 rotate synchronously. The unhooking assembly 12 further includes a first micro switch 1233 and a second micro switch 1234 respectively disposed on two sides of the second trigger 1232, when the first trigger 1231 is located at an initial position, the first trigger 1231 is far away from the disconnecting switch 31, the second trigger 1232 is located between the first trigger 1231 and the second trigger 1232, when the unhooking assembly 12 operates, the motor 122 drives the first trigger 1231 to move toward the disconnecting switch 31, at this time, the second trigger 1232 synchronously moves toward the first micro switch 1233, after the first trigger 1231 drives the disconnecting switch 31 to generate a maximum displacement, the second trigger 1232 triggers the first trigger 1233 to control the motor 122 to rotate reversely, so that the first trigger moves reversely, and at the same time, the second trigger 1232 moves reversely, i.e., moves toward the second micro switch 1234, after the second trigger 1232 triggers the second micro switch 1232 to control the micro switch 122 to stop the rotation of the motor 122, so that the first micro switch 1231 is reset is achieved. It should be noted that the motor 122 is configured as a motor 122 capable of performing reverse rotation in the present invention, and the present invention may also use an H-bridge circuit or a relay to control the motor 122 to perform reverse rotation, which is not limited herein.

Furthermore, the triggering structure includes a third triggering member 1235 disposed on the rotating member 123, the third triggering member 1235 is fixedly connected to the rotating member 123 and follows the rotating member 123 to rotate synchronously, the unhooking assembly 12 further includes a supporting member 1236 disposed in the base 111, and the supporting member 1236 is configured to support the cleaning unit 30 to ascend and descend. The bottom of the cleaning unit 30 is provided with a supporting groove 32 matched with the supporting member 1236, and the supporting member 1236 is positioned right below the supporting groove 32. The third trigger member 1235 is connected to the support member 1236 through a slider structure 1238, the slider structure 1238 is configured to convert the rotational motion of the third trigger member 1235 into a linear motion of the support member 1236, specifically, the slider structure 1238 abuts against the support member 1236 through an inclined plane, the slider structure 1238 is further provided with a limiting groove 1239, the third trigger member 1235 is partially disposed in the limiting groove 1239, and the extending direction of the limiting groove 1239 is perpendicular to the moving direction of the slider structure 1238, so as to resolve the rotational motion of the third trigger member 1235. In this embodiment, the slider structure 1238 moves in the horizontal direction, and the limiting groove 1239 is disposed in the vertical direction.

The supporting member 1236 is driven by the third triggering member 1235 to move in the vertical direction and protrude from the base 111 into the cavity 11, and after the cleaning unit 30 is separated from the automatic cleaning apparatus 20, the supporting member 1236 is aligned with the supporting groove 32 to support the cleaning unit 30 to slowly fall down, so as to play a role of buffering. Preferably, the unhooking assembly 12 further includes an elastic member 1237 connected to the supporting member 1236, and the elastic member 1237 may be disposed at an end of the supporting member 1236 to enhance a buffering effect by converting a kinetic energy of the cleaning unit 30 falling into an elastic potential energy. It can be understood that, when the rotating member 123 rotates, the first triggering member 1231 and the third triggering member 1235 are synchronously driven to move, that is, the separation switch 31 and the supporting member 1236 move to the maximum displacement synchronously, which is equivalent to that the supporting member 1236 moves to the highest point when the cleaning unit 30 is about to fall off.

It should be noted that the support member 1236 is used to lift and lower the cleaning unit 30 when separating the cleaning unit 30, that is, after the cleaning unit 30 is completely unhooked from the automatic cleaning apparatus 20, the rotating member 123 makes the cleaning unit 30 descend synchronously with the support member 1236 during the returning process to vertically misalign the cleaning unit 30 with the automatic cleaning apparatus 20 so that the automatic cleaning apparatus 20 moves away from the base station 10. On the contrary, when the automatic cleaning device 20 returns to the base station 10, the rotating member 123 makes the cleaning unit 30 ascend along with the supporting member 1236 in synchronization with the rotation, so as to make the cleaning unit 30 interface with the automatic cleaning device 20 in the vertical direction.

In another alternative embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 9 and 10, the separating switch 31 'is of a push type, the separating switch 31' is configured to be displaceable only in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the cleaning unit 30, the driving structure includes a motor 122, the driving structure includes a transmission member 1241, the triggering structure includes a fourth triggering member 124, the motor 122 is configured to drive the transmission member 1241 and reciprocate the fourth triggering member 124 in a horizontal direction to touch the separating switch 31 'for displacement, and in this embodiment, the separating switch 31' and the fourth triggering member 124 are displaced in the same direction. The fourth trigger 124 is connected to the transmission member 1241 through a slider structure 1238, the slider structure 1238 is configured to convert the rotational movement of the fourth trigger 124 into a linear movement of the support 1236, specifically, the slider structure 1238 abuts against the fourth trigger 124 through an inclined surface, the slider structure 1238 is further provided with a limiting groove 1239, the transmission member 1241 is partially disposed in the limiting groove 1239', and the extending direction of the limiting groove 1239' is perpendicular to the moving direction of the slider structure 1238, so as to resolve the rotational movement of the rotating member 123. In this embodiment, the limiting groove 1239' is arranged in the horizontal direction, and the sliding block structure 1238 moves in the vertical direction.

In an alternative embodiment of the invention, the unhooking assembly 12 is configured to displace the disconnecting switch 31 by electromagnetic action. The disconnecting switch 31 may be provided with a magnet, and the unhooking assembly 12 may be provided with a relay, so that the disconnecting switch 31 is controlled to generate displacement by controlling on and off of the relay. The specific setting can be performed as required, and is not limited herein.

As shown in fig. 11 to 15, as a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a receiving cavity 21 with a downward opening is formed in the automatic cleaning device 20, the cleaning unit 30 is disposed in the receiving cavity 21, and the cleaning unit 30 is detachably connected to the automatic cleaning device 20 through a mounting assembly 33. Specifically, the accommodating cavity 21 is provided with a first positioning member 211 disposed toward the cleaning unit 30, the mounting assembly 33 includes a positioning hole 331 formed at an upper end of the cleaning unit 30 and a retaining member 332, and the retaining member 332 is configured to retain the first positioning member 211 in the positioning hole 331 so as to fix the cleaning unit 30 in the accommodating cavity 21. Preferably, the automatic cleaning apparatus 20 further includes a first detecting unit for detecting whether the cleaning unit 30 is assembled. The first detection unit may be a pressure sensor or an infrared sensor, which is not limited herein.

In the above embodiment, the first triggering member 1231 and the fourth triggering member 124 are both finally used to trigger the rotation of the holding member 332 through transmission, and the holding member 332 is triggered by the disconnecting switch 31, so that the stroke of each displacement of the disconnecting switch 31 is the same for each rotation of the holding member 332 in the detaching process, that is, the stroke generated by the first triggering member 1231 triggering the disconnecting switch 31 is the same as the stroke generated by the fourth triggering member 124 triggering the disconnecting switch 31.

It should be noted that the first positioning element 211 comprises a conical part 212 and a connecting column for connecting the conical part 212 and the receiving cavity 21, a bottom surface of the conical part 212 faces the receiving cavity 21, a conical part of the conical part 212 is arranged vertically downwards,

the clamping member 332 is provided with a clamping hole 3321 having the same size as the positioning hole 331, and when the clamping hole 3321 is aligned with the positioning hole 331, the first positioning member 211 passes through the positioning hole 331 and the clamping hole 3321, respectively, so that the bottom surface of the tapered portion 212 abuts against the side wall of the clamping hole 3321 to achieve fixation, preferably, the diameters of the positioning hole 331 and the clamping hole 3321 are greater than the diameter of the bottom surface of the tapered portion 212, so as to achieve connection and separation of the cleaning unit 30 and the automatic cleaning device 20. When the card hole 3321 is misaligned with the positioning hole 331, the size of the overlapped through hole between the card hole 3321 and the positioning hole 331 can be reduced, so as to prevent the positioning hole 331 from being randomly detached.

As a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the holding member 332 is connected to the separation switch 31, and the separation switch 31 is triggered to switch the alignment/misalignment state between the holding hole 3321 and the positioning hole 331, so as to connect and disconnect the cleaning unit 30 to and from the automatic cleaning apparatus 20. Further, the mounting assembly 33 further includes a resetting member 333 for resetting the holding member 332, in this embodiment, the engaging hole 3321 and the positioning hole 331 are misaligned to each other to be an initial state, after the separation switch 31 is triggered, the engaging hole 3321 and the positioning hole 331 are aligned to each other, and then, the engaging hole 3321 and the positioning hole 331 are driven by the resetting member 333 to return to the misaligned state, and the separation switch 31 is reset.

Specifically, the mounting assembly 33 further includes a rotating shaft 3322 disposed on the retaining member 332, the retaining member 332 can rotate around the rotating shaft 3322 to switch the alignment/dislocation state, the two ends of the retaining member 332 are respectively provided with the retaining holes 3321, that is, the rotating shaft 3322 is disposed between the retaining holes 3321, and the accommodating cavity 21 is provided with two first positioning members 211 corresponding to the two retaining holes 3321. One end of the holding member 332 is connected to the reset member 333, the reset member 333 may be an elastic member 1237 including, but not limited to, a spring, etc., the other end of the holding member 332 is in transmission connection with the disconnecting switch 31, when the disconnecting switch 31 is triggered, the holding member 332 rotates around the rotating shaft 3322, and the elastic potential energy of the reset member 333 is increased.

In the above embodiment of the present invention, the base station 10 further includes an integrated assembly 13, a lifting assembly 14, and a rotating assembly (not shown). The integrated assembly 13 is used for temporarily storing the cleaning unit 30 detached from the automatic cleaning device 20, the lifting assembly 14 is disposed at both sides of the integrated assembly 13, the integrated assembly 13 is connected to the lifting assembly 14 through a fixed shaft 134 and can be lifted along with the lifting assembly 14, and the rotating assembly is disposed inside the integrated assembly 13 for driving the integrated assembly 13 to rotate around the fixed shaft 134 so as to adjust the angle of the cleaning unit 30. In this embodiment, the lifting assembly 14 and the rotating assembly can be driven by gears, and can be specifically configured as required, without any limitation.

Specifically, the integrated component 13 is disposed on the upper portion of the cavity 11 and driven by the lifting component 14 to move up and down along the cavity 11. When the automatic cleaning device 20 is located in the chamber 11, the unhooking assembly 12 separates the cleaning unit 30, and the automatic cleaning device 20 then leaves the chamber 11, at which time the integrated assembly 13 can be lowered to the bottom of the chamber 11 and docked with the cleaning unit 30, so that the cleaning unit 30 is stored above the chamber 11. It is understood that the integrated assembly 13 further includes a housing 131, a second positioning member 133 is disposed outside the housing 131 of the integrated assembly 13, and the second positioning member 133 has the same structure as the first positioning member 211, so that the cleaning unit 30 is fixed outside the integrated assembly 13 by the mounting assembly 33. In other embodiments of the present invention, the integrated component 13 is prism-shaped, that is, the housing 131 is prism-shaped, each side of the prism is provided with the second positioning element 133, and the integrated component 13 is preferably quadrangular, that is, the integrated component 13 can store up to four cleaning units 30 at the same time.

The integrated assembly 13 further includes an inner housing 132 and a reciprocating assembly 15, the inner housing 132 is disposed in the outer housing 131, the fixed shaft 134 is disposed in the inner housing 132, and the fixed shaft 134 can only rotate relative to the inner housing 132, and the rotating assembly can drive the outer housing 131 to rotate relative to the inner housing 132, so that the second positioning element 133 drives the cleaning unit 30 to rotate. The reciprocating assembly 15 is disposed on the inner housing 132 and includes an eccentric wheel 151 and a connecting ring 152, the connecting ring 152 is disposed around the fixing shaft 134 and is fixedly connected to the outer housing 131, and the eccentric wheel 151 is driven to rotate to drive the connecting ring 152 to move relative to the inner housing 132, and then drive the outer housing 131 to horizontally reciprocate relative to the fixing shaft 134 and the inner housing 132 along the extending direction of the fixing shaft 134, so that the second positioning element 133 vibrates, and the cleaning unit 30 is prevented from being separated from the second positioning element 133.

Preferably, a second detection unit for detecting whether the cleaning unit 30 is assembled is further included in the integrated assembly 13. The second detection unit may be a pressure sensor or an infrared sensor, which is not limited herein. Of course, it is understood that the second detection unit may also be used to detect the position of the integrated component 13, including but not limited to whether the cleaning unit 30 is located directly below the integrated component 13.

As shown in fig. 16, as an alternative embodiment of the present invention, the present invention further provides a cleaning unit 30 replacing method, capable of automatically disassembling the cleaning unit 30 of the automatic cleaning device 20, mainly comprising the following steps:

step A1, the automatic cleaning equipment 20 returns to the base station 10, the unhooking component 12 triggers the separation switch 31 of the first cleaning unit to separate the first cleaning unit from the automatic cleaning equipment 20, and the first cleaning unit descends along with gravity;

step A2, the release switch 31 of the second cleaning unit is manually triggered and fixed to the automatic cleaning apparatus 20 by the mounting assembly 33.

The first cleaning unit is separated after cleaning, and due to the fact that the first cleaning unit is stained more, the first cleaning unit is automatically disassembled and the clean second cleaning unit is installed, a user does not need to manually disassemble to avoid touch, and user experience is improved.

As an alternative embodiment of the present invention, the present invention further provides a method for replacing the cleaning unit 30, which can automatically disassemble the cleaning unit 30 on the integrated assembly 13, and mainly comprises the following steps:

step B1, the integrated component 13 descends, the unhooking component 12 is switched from the first state to the second state to trigger the separating switch 31 of the second cleaning unit to be shifted from the first position to the second position, so that the connecting component is disconnected from the integrated component 13, and the second cleaning unit descends along with gravity;

step B2, the disconnecting switch 31 of the second cleaning unit is manually triggered and fixed with the automatic cleaning device 20 by the mounting assembly 33.

Wherein the unhooking assembly 12 can be used for disassembling the cleaning unit 30 on the automatic cleaning device 20, and can also be used for automatically disassembling the cleaning unit 30 on the integrated assembly 13. The integrated assembly 13 can store different cleaning units 30 at ordinary times, and the integrated assembly 13 can provide corresponding cleaning units 30 through selection and setting of a user so as to meet different requirements.

As an alternative embodiment of the present invention, the present invention further provides a method for replacing the cleaning unit 30, which can automatically replace the cleaning unit 30, and mainly includes the following steps:

step S1, the automatic cleaning equipment 20 returns to the base station 10, the unhooking assembly 12 triggers the disconnecting switch 31 of the first cleaning unit to separate the first cleaning unit from the automatic cleaning equipment 20, and the first cleaning unit descends;

s2, the automatic cleaning equipment 20 is driven away from the base station 10, the integrated component 13 descends, and meanwhile, the unhooking component 12 triggers the disconnecting switch 31 of the first cleaning unit to enable the first cleaning unit to ascend and be fixed with the integrated component 13;

s3, lifting and rotating the integrated assembly 13 to enable the second cleaning unit to be located right below the integrated assembly 13; when the integrated assembly 13 descends, the unhooking assembly 12 triggers the separating switch 31 of the second cleaning unit to separate the second cleaning unit from the integrated assembly 13, and the second cleaning unit descends along with gravity;

step S4, the automatic cleaning device 20 returns to the base station 10, and the unhooking assembly 12 triggers the disconnecting switch 31 of the second cleaning unit to lift the second cleaning unit to be fixed with the automatic cleaning device 20.

The steps S1 to S4 will be described in detail below.

In step S1, the unhooking assembly 12 activates the disconnecting switch 31 of the first cleaning unit to rotate the holding member 332, so that the positioning hole 331 is aligned with the locking hole 3321, and the cleaning unit 30 descends synchronously with the support 1236, so that the first positioning member 211 is sequentially separated from the locking hole 3321 and the positioning hole 331. It is understood that the automatic cleaning apparatus 20 itself may be vibrated to prevent the first positioning member 211 from being unable to be disengaged from the card hole 3321 and the positioning hole 331. The first cleaning unit may be a sweeping unit, and the automatic cleaning device 20 may return to the base station 10 to replace the cleaning unit 30 after completing the sweeping operation, so as to replace the cleaning mode.

In step S2, after the automatic cleaning device 20 moves away from the base station 10, the first cleaning unit is located at the bottom of the cavity 11 of the base station 10, the integrated component 13 descends through the lifting component 14 and rotates through the rotating component to make the idle second positioning element 133 face downward, the unhooking component 12 triggers the separating switch 31 of the first cleaning unit to make the second positioning element 133 sequentially pass through the positioning hole 331 and the clamping hole 3321, and after the rotating component 123 is reset, the separating switch 31 resets and drives the clamping component 332 to rotate to lock the second positioning element 133.

In step S3, the first cleaning unit is driven by the integrated component 13 to ascend, the integrated component 13 rotates to enable the second cleaning unit to be located right below the integrated component 13 and descend, so that the disconnecting switch 31 of the second cleaning unit and the unhooking component 12 are located at the same height, and the unhooking component 12 repeats the unhooking step to enable the second cleaning unit to be located at the bottom of the cavity 11 of the base station 10. Wherein the second cleaning unit may be a floor mopping unit, and the automatic cleaning apparatus 20 performs a sweeping-mopping mode by replacing the cleaning unit 30.

In step S4, the automatic cleaning device 20 returns to the base station 10 again, the accommodating cavity 21 of the automatic cleaning device 20 is located above the second cleaning unit, the unhooking assembly 12 triggers the disconnecting switch 31 of the second cleaning unit to lift the second cleaning unit, the first positioning element 211 sequentially passes through the positioning hole 331 and the locking hole 3321, and finally, the second cleaning unit and the automatic cleaning device 20 are fixed.

In particular, in other embodiments of the present invention, the automatic cleaning device 20 may also be configured to replace the cleaning unit 30 without moving, and may be specifically configured according to needs, and is not limited herein.

In summary, the automatic cleaning system 100 provided by the present invention can automatically detach the cleaning unit 30 of the automatic cleaning device 20 through the cooperation of the unhooking component 12 and the mounting component 33, store the cleaning unit 30 through the integration component 13 disposed in the base station 10, and automatically mount a new cleaning unit 30 on the automatic cleaning device 20, so as to completely realize automation, and do not need to be manually replaced, thereby greatly improving the user experience, and meanwhile, the cleaning unit 30 can greatly reduce the space occupied by the automatic cleaning device 20 through the modularized arrangement.

Although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the preferred embodiments, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes may be made and equivalents may be substituted for elements thereof without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A base station in which a cleaning unit for cleaning is provided, characterized in that: the base station is internally provided with an integrated assembly for accommodating the cleaning unit, the cleaning unit is internally provided with a mounting assembly detachably connected with the integrated assembly, the outer side of the cleaning unit is provided with a disconnecting switch, the base station is internally provided with a disconnecting assembly for triggering the disconnecting switch, and the disconnecting assembly is configured to enable the disconnecting switch to generate displacement so as to separate the cleaning unit from the integrated assembly; the integrated assembly also comprises an outer shell, an inner shell and a fixed shaft,

the reciprocating assembly is arranged on the inner shell and comprises an eccentric wheel and a connecting ring, the connecting ring is arranged around the fixing shaft and fixedly connected with the outer shell, and the outer shell can be driven to horizontally reciprocate relative to the fixing shaft and the inner shell along the extending direction of the fixing shaft by driving the eccentric wheel to rotate.

2. The base station of claim 1, wherein: a positioning piece is arranged outside the shell of the integrated assembly and comprises a conical part and a connecting column used for connecting the conical part with the shell.

3. The base station of claim 2, wherein: the base station is internally provided with a lifting component, the lifting component is arranged on two sides of the integrated component, and the integrated component is connected with the lifting component through the fixed shaft and can lift along with the lifting component.

4. The base station of claim 3, wherein: the base station is provided with a rotating assembly, the inner shell is arranged in the outer shell, the fixed shaft can only rotate relative to the inner shell, and the rotating assembly is configured to drive the outer shell to rotate relative to the inner shell, so that the positioning piece drives the cleaning unit to rotate.

5. The base station of claim 1, wherein: the integrated assembly also comprises a detection unit for detecting whether the cleaning unit is assembled or not.

6. The base station of claim 2, wherein: the shell is prismatic, and each side of shell all is equipped with the setting element.

7. The base station of claim 6, wherein: the shell is a quadrangular prism.

8. A base station according to claim 3, characterized in that: the cleaning unit comprises a mopping unit or a sweeping unit.

9. A cleaning unit replacement method enabling automatic disassembly of a cleaning unit on an integrated component in a base station, characterized in that it is applied to a base station according to any of claims 1-8, essentially comprising the following steps: