CN115381358A

CN115381358A - Dehumidifying device, cleaning apparatus and dehumidifying method

Info

Publication number: CN115381358A
Application number: CN202211026992.6A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 卢智鹏; 蔡海宁; 李会超
Original assignee: Dreame Technology Suzhou Co ltd
Current assignee: Dreame Technology Suzhou Co ltd
Priority date: 2022-08-25
Filing date: 2022-08-25
Publication date: 2022-11-25

Abstract

The invention relates to the technical field of cleaning equipment, in particular to a dehumidifying device, cleaning equipment and a dehumidifying method. This dehydrating unit coupling assembling and suction opening intercommunication, the one end in the dust collection storehouse is kept away from at coupling assembling to the convulsions subassembly setting, and when humidity that the response piece detected reached preset humidity value, the coupling assembling can be opened to the convulsions subassembly, takes out the moisture and/or the hot-air in the dust collection storehouse. This dehydrating unit is convenient for prolong rubbish and dirt bag storage time, reduces the user and falls rubbish and change dirt bag frequency, is favorable to improving the cleanliness, and then improves user experience and feels. The dehumidification device can also ensure that the dust collection bin is kept at normal temperature, and condensed water generated due to uneven local temperature and humidity of the dust collection bin is prevented. The cleaning equipment is beneficial to improving the cleanliness and the user experience of a user using the cleaning equipment. The dehumidification method ensures that the dust collection bin keeps proper temperature and humidity, reduces the frequency of dumping garbage and replacing dust bags for users, and prevents condensed water from being generated in the dust collection bin.

Description

Dehumidifying device, cleaning apparatus and dehumidifying method

Technical Field

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

Background

With the wide application of the cleaning equipment in daily life or work, the cleaning equipment greatly saves the cleaning time of a user and lightens the daily cleaning burden of the user.

Specifically, the cleaning apparatus includes a cleaning robot and a base station. After the cleaning robot works for a period of time, the cleaning robot needs to return to the base station to be charged, meanwhile, the base station is provided with a dust collection bin, and the base station can recycle garbage in a dust box of the cleaning robot to the dust collection bin so as to facilitate the next work of the cleaning robot.

However, if the garbage is stored in the dust collecting bin for a period of time, the garbage is easily oxidized and becomes damp in humid air, so that the garbage is rotten, and the aim that the garbage is not thrown in the dust collecting bin for 30 days is difficult to meet. Meanwhile, wet dust or perishable garbage is stored in a humid environment for a long time, and the rotten odor is diffused to cause the dust collection bin to become a gathering place of mosquitoes, so that the product experience of users is greatly reduced.

In order to solve the above problems, it is desirable to provide a dehumidifying apparatus, a cleaning device and a dehumidifying method.

Disclosure of Invention

The first purpose of the present invention is to provide a dehumidifying device, so as to achieve the effects of prolonging the storage time of garbage and dust bags, reducing the frequency of dumping garbage and replacing dust bags for users, improving the cleanliness of the dehumidifying device, and further improving the user experience.

The second purpose of the invention is to provide a cleaning device, so as to achieve the effect of being beneficial to improving the cleanliness and the user experience of a user using the cleaning device.

The third objective of the present invention is to provide a dehumidification method, which is beneficial to take out hot air and garbage moisture in the dust collecting bin, so as to ensure that the humidity in the dust collecting bin is maintained at normal temperature and low humidity, prevent the garbage from being affected with damp and rotten due to over-high humidity or over-high temperature of the dust collecting bin, so as to prolong the storage time of the garbage and dust bags, reduce the frequency of dumping the garbage and replacing the dust bags by users, and prevent the generation of condensed water due to the non-uniform local temperature and humidity of the dust collecting bin.

In order to achieve the purpose, the invention adopts the following technical scheme:

a dehumidification apparatus comprising:

the dust collecting bin is provided with an air suction opening;

one end of the connecting component is communicated with the air suction opening;

the sensing piece is arranged on the dust collecting bin; and

the air draft assembly is electrically connected with the sensing piece, the air draft assembly is arranged at the position, away from the connecting assembly, of one end of the dust collection bin, when the humidity detected by the sensing piece reaches a preset humidity value, the air draft assembly can be opened by the connecting assembly, and the moisture and/or hot air in the dust collection bin are/is extracted.

As an alternative, the extraction assembly comprises a fan, the connection assembly comprising:

the two ends of the connecting pipe are respectively communicated with the air suction opening and the fan; and

the one-way valve is embedded in the connecting pipe, and the fan rotates to open the one-way valve, so that air flow can flow from the air suction opening to the fan.

As an alternative, the one-way valve comprises:

the mounting part is embedded in the inner diameter of the connecting pipe, and one end of the mounting part is connected with the air suction opening;

one end of the connecting part is connected with one end of the mounting part far away from the air suction opening, and the diameter of the connecting part is gradually reduced along the direction far away from the air suction opening; and

and an outlet part connected to the connection part.

As an alternative, the check valve further comprises:

the flexible portion is arranged on the outlet portion, an opening is formed in the flexible portion, and the air draft assembly rotates to be capable of opening the opening.

As an alternative, the dust bin comprises:

the air suction opening is arranged on one side of the bin body; and

and the filtering piece covers the air exhaust opening.

As an alternative, the extraction assembly includes

The fan is electrically connected with the sensing piece; and

an evacuation duct in communication with the fan and an exterior of the dehumidification device, the moisture and/or the hot air being capable of circulating along the evacuation duct.

As an alternative, the dehumidifying apparatus further comprises:

the stoving subassembly, the stoving subassembly with the convulsions subassembly sharing dredge the pipeline, just dredge the pipeline and keep away from the one end of fan and cleaning elements intercommunication of cleaning machines people, the stoving subassembly still includes heating member, heating member sets up in the dredge pipeline, just heating member selectivity starts.

As an alternative, the sensing element is a temperature sensing element and/or a humidity sensing element.

A cleaning device, comprising:

a cleaning robot configured to clean a floor;

a base station configured to charge the cleaning robot and recycle the debris within the cleaning robot, the base station including a dehumidifying apparatus as described above.

A dehumidification method comprising the steps of:

s1, detecting the humidity and/or humidity in a dust collection bin by a sensing piece;

s2, when the temperature and/or the humidity in the dust collection bin are/is higher than or equal to preset values, the air draft assembly operates; and

and S3, the connecting assembly is communicated with the air draft assembly and the dust collection bin, and moisture is extracted from the dust collection bin along the connecting assembly and the air draft assembly.

As an alternative, after step S3, the dehumidification method further comprises the steps of:

s4, the sensing piece continuously detects the humidity and/or humidity in the dust collection bin; and

and S5, when the temperature and/or the humidity in the dust collection bin are/is lower than a preset value, the air draft assembly is closed.

The beneficial effects of the invention are as follows:

the invention provides a dehumidifying device which comprises a shell for arranging and protecting internal structures. The dehumidifying device also comprises a dust collecting bin which is of a shell structure so as to increase the space for accommodating garbage, and the dust collecting bin is provided with an air suction opening. Further, this dehydrating unit still includes coupling assembling, response piece and convulsions subassembly, and the response piece sets up on the dust collection bin, coupling assembling and suction opening intercommunication, and the convulsions subassembly is connected with the response piece electricity, and the one end in the dust collection bin is kept away from at coupling assembling to the convulsions subassembly setting, and when the humidity that the response piece detected reached predetermineeing the humidity value, the coupling assembling can be opened to the convulsions subassembly, takes out moisture and/or hot-air in the dust collection bin. The dehumidification device avoids the situation that garbage or dust bags are easy to oxidize and damp in humid air to cause rotting and dust leakage, so that the storage time of the garbage and the dust bags is prolonged, and the frequency of dumping the garbage and replacing the dust bags by a user is reduced. Reduce the humidity in dust collection bin through the convulsions subassembly, the dehumidification device avoids the wet dust of long-term storage or perishable rubbish to produce rotten smell among the humid environment, avoids rotten smell to disperse and leads to the collection place that the dust collection bin becomes the mosquito, greatly reduces user's product experience and feels, is favorable to improving the cleanliness when using the dehumidification device, and then improves user experience and feels. Meanwhile, the dehumidification device can also ensure that the normal temperature is maintained in the dust collection bin, and condensed water generated due to uneven local temperature and humidity of the dust collection bin is prevented.

The invention also provides a cleaning device, and the cleaning device is beneficial to improving the cleanliness and the user experience of the cleaning device used by a user through the dehumidifying device.

The invention also provides a dehumidification method, which can avoid the garbage or the dust bag from being easily oxidized and damped in the humid air to cause rotting and dust leakage, so as to prolong the storage time of the garbage and the dust bag and reduce the frequency of dumping the garbage and replacing the dust bag by a user. This dehumidification method reduces the humidity in dust collection bin through the convulsions subassembly, avoids the wet dust or the perishable rubbish of long-term storage to produce rotten smell among the humid environment, avoids rotten smell to disperse and leads to the dust collection bin to become the gathering place of mosquito, greatly reduces user's product experience and feels, is favorable to improving the cleanliness when using dehydrating unit, and then improves user experience and feels. Meanwhile, the dehumidification method can also ensure that the normal temperature is maintained in the dust collection bin, and prevent the condensate water generated by the uneven local temperature and humidity of the dust collection bin.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments of the present invention will be briefly described below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to the contents of the embodiments of the present invention and the drawings without creative efforts.

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural view of an air extracting assembly according to a first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a dehumidification device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is an enlarged partial schematic view at A in FIG. 2;

fig. 4 is a logic diagram of a dehumidification method according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

The figures are labeled as follows:

1000-a base station;

100-a dust collection bin; 110-an air suction opening; 120-a cartridge body; 130-a filter element;

200-a connection assembly; 210-a connecting tube; 220-a one-way valve; 221-a mounting portion; 222-a connecting portion; 223-an outlet section;

300-a housing;

400-an air extraction assembly; 410-a fan; 420-dredging the pipeline; 421-main pipe; 422-branch pipeline;

500-a dust collection assembly; 510-a dust collecting drive; 520-a dust collection channel;

600-channel for replenishing Qi.

Detailed Description

The present invention will be described in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and examples. It is to be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the invention and are not limiting of the invention. It should be further noted that, for the convenience of description, only a part of the structure related to the present invention is shown in the drawings, not the whole structure.

In the description of the present invention, unless expressly stated or limited otherwise, the terms "connected," "connected," and "fixed" are to be construed broadly, e.g., as meaning permanently connected, removably connected, or integral to one another; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be directly connected or indirectly connected through intervening media, or may be structurally related or interoperable between two elements. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood in a specific case to those of ordinary skill in the art.

In the present invention, unless expressly stated or limited otherwise, the recitation of a first feature "on" or "under" a second feature may include the recitation of the first and second features being in direct contact, and may also include the recitation that the first and second features are not in direct contact, but are in contact via another feature between them. Also, the first feature being "on," "above" and "over" the second feature includes the first feature being directly on and obliquely above the second feature, or merely indicating that the first feature is at a higher level than the second feature. A first feature being "under," "below," and "beneath" a second feature includes the first feature being directly under and obliquely below the second feature, or simply meaning that the first feature is at a lesser elevation than the second feature.

In the description of the present embodiment, the terms "upper", "lower", "left", "right", and the like are used based on the orientations and positional relationships shown in the drawings only for convenience of description and simplification of operation, and do not indicate or imply that the referred device or element must have a specific orientation, be configured and operated in a specific orientation, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention. Furthermore, the terms "first" and "second" are used only for descriptive purposes and are not intended to have a special meaning.

Example one

Along with the wide application of cleaning device in daily life or work, cleaning device has greatly saved user's clean time, alleviates user's daily clean burden.

This embodiment provides a cleaning device, along with cleaning device in daily life or the wide application of work, cleaning device is very big saves user's clean time, alleviates the daily clean burden of user.

As shown in fig. 1, the cleaning apparatus includes a cleaning robot and a base station 1000. After the cleaning robot works for a while, it needs to return to the base station 1000 for charging. Meanwhile, the base station 1000 includes the dust collection assembly 500, and when the cleaning robot returns to the base station 1000 for charging, the dust collection assembly 500 can recycle the garbage in the cleaning robot. Specifically, the cleaning robot includes the dirt box, and basic station 1000 includes collection dirt storehouse 100, has seted up the collection dirt mouth on the collection dirt storehouse 100, and collection dirt subassembly 500 includes collection dirt driving piece 510, and collection dirt driving piece 510 communicates with the collection dirt mouth, when collection dirt driving piece 510 operates, can produce suction to collection dirt storehouse 100, inhales the rubbish in the dirt box in the collection dirt storehouse 100.

Meanwhile, because the suction force of the dust collection driving member 510 causes negative pressure to be generated in the dust collection bin 100 and the dust box, in order to supplement air into the dust box to improve the efficiency of the dust collection assembly 500 in recovering garbage, an air supplement port is further formed in the dust collection bin 100, the base station 1000 further comprises an air supplement channel 600, one end of the air supplement channel 600 is communicated with the air supplement port of the dust collection bin 100, and the other end of the air supplement channel 600 is communicated with a suction port of the dust box for sucking garbage, so that air can be supplemented into the dust box and the dust collection bin 100 in time, and further air pressure can be balanced.

Alternatively, since the air sucked by the dust collection driving member 510 under negative pressure is discharged to the inside of the base station 1000, it is not advantageous for long-term use of the parts of the base station 1000. Therefore, the dust collecting assembly 500 further includes a dust collecting passage 520, one end of the dust collecting passage 520 is communicated with the dust collecting driving member 510, and the other end is communicated with the dust box, so that the air sucked out by the dust collecting driving member 510 is guided into the dust box, so that the air pressure is supplemented to the dust box, and at the same time, the blowing force is formed, and the dust collecting efficiency of the dust collecting assembly 500 is improved.

As shown in fig. 1 to 3, the present embodiment provides a dehumidifying apparatus including a housing 300 for disposing and protecting an internal structure. The dust collecting chamber 100 is a housing structure so as to increase the space for accommodating the garbage, and the dust collecting chamber 100 is provided with an air suction opening 110. The dehumidifying apparatus is used to dehumidify the dust bin 100. This dehydrating unit still includes coupling assembling 200, response piece and convulsions subassembly 400, the response piece sets up on dust collection bin 100, coupling assembling 200 and suction opening 110 intercommunication, convulsions subassembly 400 is connected with the response piece electricity, and convulsions subassembly 400 sets up the one end of keeping away from dust collection bin 100 at coupling assembling 200, when the humidity that the response piece detected reached preset humidity value, convulsions subassembly 400 can open coupling assembling 200, take out the moisture and/or the hot-air in the dust collection bin 100. The dehumidification device avoids that garbage or dust bags are easy to oxidize and damp in humid air to cause rotting and dust leakage, so that the storage time of the garbage and the dust bags is prolonged, and the frequency of dumping the garbage and replacing the dust bags by a user is reduced. Reduce the humidity in dust collection bin 100 through convulsions subassembly 400, the dehumidification device avoids the wet dust or the perishable rubbish of long-term storage to produce rotten smell among the humid environment, avoids rotten smell to disperse and leads to dust collection bin 100 to become the gathering place of mosquito, greatly reduces user's product experience and feels, is favorable to improving the cleanliness when using dehumidification device, and then improves user experience and feels. Meanwhile, the dehumidifying device can also ensure that the interior of the dust collecting bin 100 can be maintained at normal temperature, and prevent the condensed water generated due to uneven local temperature and humidity of the dust collecting bin 100.

Cleaning equipment is favorable to improving the cleanliness and the user experience sense that the user used cleaning equipment through above-mentioned dehydrating unit.

In addition, since the cleaning member of the cleaning robot maintains a wet state when cleaning the floor, it is easily mildewed or even damaged if it is in a wet state for a long time in a non-working state. Therefore, the dehumidifying device further comprises a drying component, and the drying component is used for drying the cleaning piece. It will be appreciated that the cleaning member may be a wipe or a roll or the like. Specifically, the drying component comprises a heating element, and the cleaning element is dried by heating air through the heating element.

As an alternative, the dust collecting bin 100 includes a bin body 120 and a filter 130, and the suction opening 110 is provided at one side of the bin body 120 so as to be connected by the connection assembly 200. The filter 130 covers the air suction opening 110 to filter hot air and/or moisture circulating from the air suction opening 110.

It is understood that the sensing member is a temperature sensing member and/or a humidity sensing member so as to detect the temperature or humidity of the dust bin 100, or both the humidity and the temperature.

The detailed structure of the ventilation assembly 400 will now be described with reference to fig. 1 to 3.

As shown in fig. 1 to 3, the air draft assembly 400 includes a fan 410 and a dredging pipe 420, the fan 410 is electrically connected to the sensing member, the dredging pipe 420 is communicated with the fan 410 and the outside of the dehumidifying device, when the air draft assembly 400 is started, moisture and/or hot air can circulate to the external environment along the dredging pipe 420, so that air flow circulation is realized, heating of the moisture or hot air to the internal structure of the cleaning device is avoided, the whole cleaning device is kept at a proper temperature and humidity, and the service life of the cleaning device is prolonged.

Specifically, the dredging duct 420 includes a main duct 421 and at least one branch duct 422, and one end of the main duct 421 communicates with the fan 410, and one end of the at least one branch duct 422 communicates with the main duct 421 and communicates with the external environment. Illustratively, in this case, the branch ducts 422 are two, and one end of each of the two branch ducts 422 is simultaneously communicated with the main duct 421 and simultaneously branches the air flow to deliver the hot air and/or the moisture to the outside through the two branch ducts 422.

As an alternative, since the internal space of the base station 1000 is limited, in order to save space, the ventilation duct 420 is shared by the air draft assembly 400 and the drying assembly, that is, one end of the ventilation duct 420 of the air draft assembly 400, which is far away from the fan 410, is communicated with the cleaning member, and the heating member is disposed in the ventilation duct 420, and the heating member can be selectively activated. That is, when drying is not required, only the fan 410 may be operated to dehumidify the dust bin 100. When it is desired to dry the cleaning elements, the heating elements may be operated simultaneously with the fan 410 so that the cleaning elements can be dried by the heating elements while dehumidifying the dust bin 100. Meanwhile, the air heated by the heating element is blown to the cleaning element by the blowing force of the fan 410, and the efficiency of drying the cleaning element can be improved.

The detailed structure of the connecting assembly 200 will now be described with reference to fig. 2 and 3.

As shown in fig. 2 and 3, the connection assembly 200 includes a connection tube 210 and a check valve 220. Wherein, both ends of the connection pipe 210 are respectively communicated with the suction opening 110 and the fan 410, so as to realize the communication of the air flow and avoid leakage. The check valve 220 is embedded in the connection pipe 210, and the rotation of the fan 410 opens the check valve 220, so that the air flow can flow from the suction opening 110 to the fan 410, thereby preventing the external hot air or moisture from entering into the dust bin 100.

More specifically, the check valve 220 includes a mounting portion 221, a connecting portion 222, and an outlet portion 223. The mounting portion 221 is embedded in the inner diameter of the connecting pipe 210, one end of the mounting portion 221 is connected to the suction opening 110, one end of the connecting portion 222 is connected to the end of the mounting portion 221 far away from the suction opening 110, the diameter of the connecting portion 222 is gradually reduced along the direction far away from the suction opening 110, and the outlet portion 223 is connected to the connecting portion 222. The one-way valve 220 configuration can increase the air pressure to which the fan 410 draws in air to increase the draw of hot air/moisture.

Further, check valve 220 still includes flexible portion, and flexible portion sets up at export portion 223, and is provided with the opening on the flexible portion, and convulsions subassembly 400 rotates and can open the opening, and flexible portion can improve fan 410 and rotate the automatic stability of opening check valve 220, and when fan 410 closed, and flexible portion can improve the closed leakproofness of opening.

Example two

As shown in fig. 4, the present embodiment provides a dehumidification method, which includes the following steps:

s1, detecting humidity and/or humidity in a dust collection bin 100 by a sensing piece;

s2, when the temperature and/or the humidity in the dust collection bin 100 are/is higher than or equal to preset values, the air draft assembly 400 is started; and

s3, the connecting assembly 200 is communicated with the air draft assembly 400 and the dust collection bin 100, and the moisture dust collection bin 100 is drawn out along the connecting assembly 200 and the air draft assembly 400.

The dehumidification method can avoid the phenomenon that the garbage or the dust bag is easy to oxidize and damp in humid air to cause rottenness and dust leakage, so that the storage time of the garbage and the dust bag is prolonged, and the frequency of dumping the garbage and replacing the dust bag by a user is reduced. This dehumidification method reduces the humidity in dust collection bin 100 through convulsions subassembly 400, avoids the wet dust or the perishable rubbish of long-term storage to produce rotten smell among the humid environment, avoids rotten smell to disperse and leads to dust collection bin 100 to become the gathering place of mosquito, greatly reduces user's product experience and feels, is favorable to improving the cleanliness when using dehydrating unit, and then improves user experience and feels. Meanwhile, the dehumidification method can also ensure that the interior of the dust collection bin 100 is kept at normal temperature, and prevent condensate water generated due to uneven local temperature and humidity of the dust collection bin 100.

More importantly, the dehumidifying method starts the fan 410 when the temperature and/or humidity in the dust collecting bin 100 reaches a preset value, which is beneficial to saving energy and preventing the ventilation assembly 400 from continuously operating.

In order to save energy, after step S3, the dehumidification method further comprises the steps of:

s4, the sensing piece continuously detects the humidity and/or humidity in the dust collection bin 100; and

s5, when the temperature and/or the humidity in the dust collection bin 100 are/is lower than the preset value, the air draft assembly 400 is closed.

The dehumidification method can not only prevent the air draft assembly 400 from continuously operating, save energy, but also be beneficial to prolonging the service life of the air draft assembly 400, and further prolong the service life of the dehumidification device.

It is noted that the foregoing illustrates and describes the general principles and features of the present invention, together with the advantages thereof. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above, which are merely illustrative of the principles of the present invention, but that various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention, which is defined by the appended claims and their equivalents.

Claims

1. A dehumidification apparatus, comprising:

the dust collecting bin is provided with an air suction opening;

the sensing piece is arranged on the dust collecting bin; and

2. A dehumidifying device as claimed in claim 1 wherein the air extracting assembly comprises a fan, the connecting assembly comprising:

3. A dehumidifying device as claimed in claim 2 wherein the one-way valve comprises:

an outlet portion connected to the connection portion.

4. A dehumidifying device as claimed in claim 3 wherein the one-way valve further comprises:

5. The dehumidifying device of claim 1 wherein the dust bin comprises:

the air suction opening is arranged on one side of the bin body; and

and the filtering piece covers the air exhaust opening.

6. A dehumidifying device as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 5 wherein the air extraction assembly comprises

The fan is electrically connected with the sensing piece; and

7. A dehumidifying device as claimed in claim 6, further comprising:

8. A dehumidifying device as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 5 wherein the sensing means is a temperature sensing means and/or a humidity sensing means.

9. A cleaning apparatus, comprising:

a cleaning robot configured to clean a floor;

a base station configured to charge the cleaning robot and recycle the debris within the cleaning robot, the base station comprising a dehumidifying device according to any one of claims 1 to 8.

10. A dehumidification method, comprising the steps of:

11. A dehumidifying method as claimed in claim 10, wherein after step S3, the dehumidifying method further comprises the steps of: