CN115517590A - Maintenance station and cleaning system - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention discloses a maintenance station and a cleaning system, wherein the maintenance station comprises a base, an emptying device, a liquid supply assembly and a liquid discharge assembly; the base is provided with an emptying port for emptying garbage collected in the cleaning robot and a cleaning tank for cleaning a cleaning piece of the cleaning robot; the emptying device comprises an emptying channel, a collecting component and an airflow generating component which are sequentially communicated, wherein the emptying channel is communicated with the emptying port, the collecting component is used for collecting garbage output by the emptying channel, and the airflow generating component is used for generating airflow to form negative pressure at the emptying port; the liquid supply assembly is provided with a liquid supply structure, and the liquid supply structure is used for outputting liquid for cleaning the cleaning piece; the liquid drainage assembly comprises a liquid tank, a liquid drainage channel and an exhaust channel, the liquid drainage channel is respectively communicated with the cleaning tank and the liquid tank, and the exhaust channel is respectively communicated with the liquid tank and the airflow generation assembly. The maintenance station has the functions of emptying and cleaning, and meets the requirement of intelligent maintenance of the cleaning robot.

Description

Maintenance station and cleaning system

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of cleaning equipment, in particular to a maintenance station and a cleaning system.

Background

Along with the continuous improvement of living standard of people, the cleaning robot is more and more widely popularized, and the intelligent degree of the cleaning robot is developed from initial primary intelligence to higher intelligent degree and gradually replaces the traditional manual cleaning.

The cleaning robot can not only sweep the floor and absorb dust, but also can mop and clean the floor, thereby further subdividing the cleaning robot into a sweeping robot, a mopping (wiping) robot and a floor washing robot. In order to achieve a higher degree of intelligence in home cleaning, maintenance stations have emerged that maintain cleaning robots. Aiming at the sweeping robot, the emptying station or the dust collection barrel can automatically empty and collect the garbage in the dust box of the sweeping robot parked on the emptying station or the dust collection barrel for many times, and a user does not need to manually pour out the garbage in the dust box. Aiming at the floor mopping (wiping) robot and the floor washing robot, the cleaning seat can automatically clean the cleaning piece of the floor mopping (wiping) robot or the floor washing robot stopped on the cleaning seat, a user does not need to pull down the dirty cleaning piece for manual cleaning, and the cleaning piece can be a mop cloth, a rotating disc type cleaning cloth or a roller.

In summary, the maintenance station only has an emptying function or a cleaning function, and when a user owns the sweeping and mopping integrated robot or owns the sweeping robot and the mopping robot at the same time, the maintenance station cannot meet the requirement of intelligent maintenance of the cleaning robot.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention mainly aims to provide a maintenance station, which has an emptying function and a cleaning function and meets the requirement of intelligent maintenance of a cleaning robot.

To achieve the above object, the present invention provides a maintenance station for maintaining a cleaning robot, the maintenance station comprising:

the base is provided with a guide inclined plane, the base is provided with an emptying port close to the guide inclined plane and a cleaning tank far away from the guide inclined plane, the emptying port is used for emptying garbage collected in the cleaning robot, and the cleaning tank is used for cleaning a cleaning piece of the cleaning robot;

the emptying device comprises an emptying channel, a collecting component and an airflow generating component which are sequentially communicated, wherein the emptying channel is communicated with the emptying port, the collecting component is used for collecting garbage output by the emptying channel, and the airflow generating component is used for generating airflow to form negative pressure at the emptying port;

the liquid supply assembly is provided with a liquid supply structure, and the liquid supply structure is used for outputting liquid for cleaning the cleaning piece; and

the liquid drainage assembly comprises a liquid tank, a liquid drainage channel and an exhaust channel, wherein the liquid drainage channel is respectively communicated with the cleaning tank and the liquid tank, and the exhaust channel is respectively communicated with the liquid tank and the airflow generation assembly.

Further, to achieve the above object, the present invention also provides a cleaning system including a cleaning robot and a maintenance station, the maintenance station including:

the base is provided with a guide inclined plane, the base is provided with an emptying port close to the guide inclined plane and a cleaning tank far away from the guide inclined plane, the emptying port is used for emptying garbage collected in the cleaning robot, and the cleaning tank is used for cleaning a cleaning piece of the cleaning robot;

the emptying device comprises an emptying channel, a collecting component and an airflow generating component which are sequentially communicated, wherein the emptying channel is communicated with the emptying port, the collecting component is used for collecting garbage output by the emptying channel, and the airflow generating component is used for generating airflow to form negative pressure at the emptying port;

the liquid supply assembly is provided with a liquid supply structure, and the liquid supply structure is used for outputting liquid for cleaning the cleaning piece; and

the liquid drainage assembly comprises a liquid tank, a liquid drainage channel and an exhaust channel, wherein the liquid drainage channel is respectively communicated with the cleaning tank and the liquid tank, and the exhaust channel is respectively communicated with the liquid tank and the airflow generation assembly.

According to the technical scheme, the emptying device is communicated with the emptying port, the liquid supply assembly, the cleaning tank and the liquid discharge assembly are matched with one another, the emptying function and the cleaning function are integrated, the intelligent maintenance requirements of different cleaning robots are met, the intelligent degree of household cleaning is further improved, and the user experience is improved. The emptying device and the liquid drainage assembly share the airflow generation assembly, so that the arrangement of a power device is reduced, the structure is simplified, and the cost is reduced.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments or technical solutions of the present invention, the drawings used in the embodiments or technical solutions of the prior art will be briefly described below, 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 structures shown in the drawings without creative efforts.

FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram of an embodiment of a maintenance station of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the maintenance station of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is another schematic illustration of the maintenance station of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a lane switch of the maintenance station of FIG. 3 in a first lane conducting state;

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of the lane change-over switch of the maintenance station of FIG. 3 in a second lane conducting state;

FIG. 6 is a schematic view of the sink configuration of the maintenance station of FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is a schematic view of a cleaning system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The objects, features and advantages of the present invention will be further explained with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Detailed Description

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

It should be noted that all directional indicators (such as up, down, left, right, front, back \8230;) in the embodiments of the present invention are only used to explain the relative positional relationship between the components, the motion situation, etc. in a specific posture (as shown in the attached drawings), and if the specific posture is changed, the directional indicator is changed accordingly.

In addition, the descriptions related to "first", "second", etc. in the present invention are only for descriptive purposes and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one such feature. In addition, technical solutions between various embodiments may be combined with each other, but must be realized by a person skilled in the art, and when the technical solutions are contradictory or cannot be realized, such a combination should not be considered to exist, and is not within the protection scope of the present invention.

The invention provides a maintenance station for maintaining a cleaning robot. Referring to fig. 1 and 2, in one embodiment, the maintenance station includes a base 1, an evacuation device 2, a liquid supply assembly 3, and a liquid discharge assembly 4. The base 1 has a guide ramp 10, the cleaning robot 7 passing over the guide ramp 10 into the maintenance station. The base 1 is provided with a drain 12 and a cleaning bath 14, and the drain 12 is provided near the guide slope 10 and is used for draining the garbage collected in the dust box 70 of the cleaning robot 7. The wash tank 14 is provided away from the guide slope 10 for washing the cleaning member 72 of the cleaning robot 7. The emptying device 2 comprises an emptying channel 20, a collecting component 22 and an airflow generating component 24 which are sequentially communicated, wherein the emptying channel 20 is communicated with the emptying port 12, the collecting component 22 is used for collecting garbage output by the emptying channel 20, and the airflow generating component 24 is used for generating airflow to form negative pressure at the emptying port 12. The liquid supply assembly 3 has a liquid supply structure 30, and the liquid supply structure 30 is used for outputting liquid for cleaning the cleaning piece 72. The liquid discharge assembly 4 includes a liquid tank 40, a liquid discharge passage 42, and an air discharge passage 44, the liquid discharge passage 42 communicating with the cleaning tank 14 and the liquid tank 40, respectively, and the air discharge passage 44 communicating with the liquid tank 40 and the air flow generating assembly 24, respectively.

When the cleaning robot 7 is parked at the preset position, the outlet of the dust box 70 of the cleaning robot 7 is aligned with the drain port 12, and the cleaning member 72 of the cleaning robot 7 is located in the cleaning bath 14. The liquid supply assembly 3 starts to supply liquid, and the liquid supply structure 30 outputs cleaning liquid to the cleaning tank 14. The airflow generating assembly 24 works, the outlet of the dust box 70 is opened under the action of suction force and is communicated with the emptying port 12, and the garbage in the dust box 70 moves along the emptying channel 20 through the emptying port 12 under the action of suction force and finally enters the collecting assembly 22 to be collected; meanwhile, air in the liquid tank 40 is drawn by the airflow generation assembly 24 through the exhaust passage 44, and the contaminated water generated by cleaning the cleaning member 72 in the cleaning tank 14 by the air pressure enters the liquid tank 40 through the liquid discharge passage 42. Therefore, the emptying function and the cleaning function are integrated in the maintenance station, the intelligent maintenance requirements of different cleaning robots 7 are met, the intelligent degree of household cleaning is further improved, and the user experience is improved. Wherein, the emptying device 2 and the liquid discharge assembly 4 share the airflow generation assembly 24, thereby reducing the arrangement of power devices, simplifying the structure and lowering the cost.

It will be appreciated that for a cleaning robot having both a dirt tray and cleaning elements, such as a sweeping robot, the maintenance station of the present embodiment can simultaneously empty and clean the cleaning robot. For a cleaning robot with only a dust box, the maintenance station of the present embodiment can empty the cleaning robot, and at the same time, the exhaust channel 44 and/or the drainage channel 42 can be cut off to provide a larger suction force to better realize the emptying of the garbage. For a cleaning robot with only cleaning elements, the maintenance station can wash the cleaning robot, and the evacuation opening 12 and/or the evacuation channel 20 can be blocked to provide a larger suction force for better liquid evacuation.

In this embodiment the maintenance station further comprises a base body 5, which base body 5 is mounted on the base 1, which base 1 and base body 5 form the housing of the entire maintenance station. Wherein at least one of the collection assembly 22, the airflow generation assembly 24, the liquid tank 40, and the exhaust passage 44 is mounted within the base 5. In other embodiments, the base body 5 can be arranged on one side of the base 1, for example on the side opposite or adjacent to the guide ramp 10, in order to reduce the height of the entire maintenance station.

Referring to FIG. 2, in some embodiments, the flow generating assembly 24 may be in communication with the collection assembly 22 and the exhaust passage 44 via a tee, respectively; alternatively, the airflow generating assembly 24 communicates with the collection assembly 22 via a connecting tube, with which the exhaust passage 44 communicates; alternatively, the airflow generating assembly 24 is in communication with the exhaust passage 44, and the collecting assembly 22 is in communication with the exhaust passage 44 via a connecting tube.

Referring to fig. 3 to fig. 5, in the present embodiment, the maintenance station further includes a channel switch 6, and the channel switch 6 is respectively connected to the airflow generating assembly 24, the collecting assembly 22 and the exhaust channel 44, and is used for switching between the conduction of the airflow generating assembly 24 and the collecting assembly 22 or the conduction of the airflow generating assembly 24 and the exhaust channel 44.

When the dust box 70 is emptied, the maintenance station control passage switching switch 6 turns on the airflow generating assembly 24 and the collection assembly 22, and as shown in fig. 4, the garbage in the dust box 70 is sucked into the collection assembly 22 by the airflow generating assembly 24. When cleaning member 72 is cleaned, the passage switching switch 6 is controlled by the maintenance station to switch on the airflow generating assembly 24 and the liquid tank 40, as shown in fig. 5, under the action of the airflow generating assembly 24, the sewage generated by cleaning member 72 in the cleaning tank 14 enters the liquid tank 40 through the liquid discharge passage 42, and the sewage is discharged in time, thereby improving the cleaning effect. Therefore, the maintenance station of the embodiment can intelligently perform emptying and/or cleaning aiming at different types of cleaning robots, and the dust boxes and/or cleaning pieces of the cleaning robots can be identified by arranging the sensors on the maintenance station. Alternatively, the cleaning robot communicates with the maintenance station in advance, and transmits information that the cleaning robot has the dirt tray and/or cleaning members to the maintenance station.

Specifically, the channel switching switch 6 includes a first channel 60, a second channel 62, and a rotary valve 64. One end of the first channel 60 is communicated with the airflow generating assembly 24, and the other end is communicated with the collecting assembly 22; the second passage 62 has one end communicating with the first passage 60 and the other end communicating with the exhaust passage 44. A rotary valve 64 is disposed at the intersection of the first and second passages 60, 62, and the rotary valve 64 is rotatable to block either the first or second passages 60, 62. In other embodiments, the rotating plate type channel switch 6 may be replaced by a piston type channel switch, and the conduction of different channels is realized by controlling the movement of the piston; or, the switch is replaced by a knob type channel switch, and different channels are conducted by controlling the rotation of a knob. The channel switch 6 can also be an electromagnetic channel switch, and the on-off of different channels is controlled by electromagnetic, such as a three-way electromagnetic valve, which is provided with two inlets and one outlet. However, the channel switching switch 6 in the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned example, and other switches that can satisfy the channel switching may be used.

In this embodiment, the base 5 has first and second spaced apart mounting cavities 50, 52, the airflow generating assembly 24 and the collection assembly 22 are mounted in the first mounting cavity 50, and the tank 40 is mounted in the second mounting cavity 52. The first and second installation cavities 50 and 52 are provided with the same upper cover or different upper covers which can be opened, wherein the collecting assembly 22 and the airflow generating assembly 24 are arranged up and down, so that vibration and noise generated when the airflow generating assembly 24 operates can be reduced.

In this embodiment, an inlet end of the evacuation channel 20 is communicated with the evacuation port 12 or the inlet end of the evacuation channel 20 forms the evacuation port 12, an outlet end of the evacuation channel 20 is communicated with the collection assembly 22, a part of the evacuation channel 20 is disposed in the base 1, passes through the base 1 to reach the base 5, and another part of the evacuation channel 20 is disposed in the base 5 and enters the first mounting cavity 50.

In this embodiment, the collection assembly 22 includes a housing box 220 and an air permeable filter bag 222, the housing box 220 is mounted in the first mounting chamber 50, and the air permeable filter bag 222 is removably mounted in the housing box 220. The housing box 220 has a first opening 224 and a second opening 226, the air permeable filter bag 222 has an inlet 228, the first opening 224 is disposed opposite to the inlet 228, one end of the evacuation passageway 20 communicates with the inlet 228 through the first opening 224, and the second opening 226 communicates with the airflow generating assembly 24.

When the airflow generating assembly 24 is in operation, due to the air permeable arrangement of the air permeable filter bag 222, the air in the housing box 220 is exhausted through the second opening 226, and the airflow carries the garbage from the dust box 70 into the air permeable filter bag 222 along the evacuation channel 20 under the action of the air pressure, and the air permeable filter bag 222 filters and collects the garbage in the airflow, so that the garbage in the dust box is evacuated for many times until the garbage in the air permeable filter bag 222 is full, and the user takes out the air permeable filter bag 222 and replaces it with a new air permeable filter bag 222.

In order to ensure the air-extracting effect inside the container 220, the connection between the sidewall of the evacuation channel 20 and the first opening 224 needs to ensure the sealing property, and a sealant may be disposed in the first opening 224 and tightly fitted with the sidewall of the evacuation channel 20.

Referring to fig. 3, in some embodiments, the collecting assembly 22 includes a box 221 and a filter member 223, the box 221 is detachably mounted in the first mounting chamber 50, and the filter member 223 is detachably mounted at the bottom of the box 221. The box body 221 has a third opening 225 and a fourth opening 227, the fourth opening 227 is disposed corresponding to the filter member 223, one end of the exhaust passage 20 is communicated with the third opening 225, and the fourth opening 227 is communicated with the airflow generating assembly 24.

When the airflow generation assembly 24 is in operation, the filter element 223 is permeable to air, so as to remove air in the box 221 through the fourth opening 227, and the air flow carries the garbage from the dust box 70 into the box 221 along the emptying channel 20 under the action of air pressure, and the filter element 223 filters the garbage in the air flow, so as to empty the garbage in the dust box for multiple times, until the box 221 is full of garbage, the user takes the box 221 out of the first installation cavity 50, and opens the box 221 to pour out the garbage in the box.

In order to ensure the air extraction effect in the box body 221, the connection between the side wall of the evacuation channel 20 and the third opening 225 needs to ensure the sealing property, and a sealant may be disposed in the third opening 225 and tightly fitted with the side wall of the evacuation channel 20.

Further, box body 221 includes the bottom plate (not numbered) that can open and shut, and on fourth opening 227 located the bottom plate, filter 223 demountable installation on the bottom plate, when falling rubbish, only need open the bottom plate, rubbish falls down automatically under the effect of gravity, conveniently pours out, filters 223 demountable installation moreover on the bottom plate, convenient the change. In this embodiment, the filter 223 is HEPA.

In this embodiment, the airflow generating assembly 24 is a fan assembly or a vacuum pump.

In this embodiment, the liquid supply assembly 3 includes a liquid bag 32 and a liquid supply mechanism, the liquid bag 32 is disposed in the liquid tank 40, the liquid bag 32 has a first liquid storage cavity with a variable volume, one end of the liquid supply mechanism is communicated with the first liquid storage cavity, and the liquid supply mechanism 30 is disposed at the other end of the liquid supply mechanism. A second reservoir is formed between tank 40 and bladder 32 and the liquid in sink 14 flows into the second reservoir through drain passage 42.

Because the volume of liquid pocket 32 is variable, the volume that its reduction can regard as the volume that the second stock solution chamber increases to realize the volumetric dynamic change of first stock solution chamber and second stock solution chamber, realized the storage of clear water and sewage promptly in a liquid case 40, and guaranteed storage volume, need not to set up clear water case (clear water chamber) and sewage case (clear water chamber) simultaneously, improved space utilization, the cost is reduced. It will be appreciated that in other embodiments, the liquid supply assembly 3 may include a clean water tank that is separate from the liquid tank 40 and the liquid supply mechanism.

Specifically, the liquid bag 32 is a bag body or a bag body, and may be made of a flexible plastic material, such as PP, PVC or PE, and the liquid bag 32 may be provided with a liquid replenishing port or a liquid replenishing pipe communicated with the first liquid storage chamber, so as to replenish cleaning liquid or clear water from the outside. The specific position of the fluid infusion port depends on the actual specification, and can be positioned at the top of the liquid bag 32, and cleaning liquid or clean water can be supplemented through the fluid infusion port by opening the liquid tank 40.

Further, the liquid supply mechanism includes a first liquid supply pipe 34, a water pump 36, and a second liquid supply pipe 38. One end of the first liquid supply pipeline 34 is communicated with the first liquid storage cavity, and the other end is communicated with the water pump 36. One end of the second liquid supply pipeline 38 is communicated with the water pump 36, and the other end is provided with the liquid supply structure 30. The water pump 36 can realize accurate control of liquid supply, meet different water pressure requirements, and prevent water dripping and water leakage of the liquid supply structure 30.

In this embodiment, the liquid supply structure 30 is a liquid supply port disposed above the cleaning tank 14, and the liquid output from the liquid supply port flows into the cleaning tank 14 under the action of gravity. However, in other embodiments, the liquid supply structure 30 is a liquid supply hole disposed on the cleaning tank 14, through which the liquid is output into the cleaning tank 14, and the cleaning member 72 located above the liquid supply hole can be sprayed with the liquid, and the liquid finally flows into the cleaning tank 14.

Referring to fig. 6, in the present embodiment, a cleaning protrusion 140 is disposed in the cleaning tank 14, and the cleaning protrusion 140 is used for cleaning a cleaning member of the cleaning robot 7. In the cleaning process, the cleaning piece is driven to move by the power mechanism of the cleaning robot 7, and then the cleaning piece is rubbed with the cleaning protrusion 140 to be cleaned.

In the present invention, the power mechanism of the cleaning robot 7 may be, but is not limited to, a turntable driving assembly, a roller driving assembly, a mop moving mechanism, or a mop vibrating assembly. When the power mechanism is a turntable driving assembly, the cleaning piece 72 is disc-shaped and is arranged on the turntable of the turntable driving assembly, and the cleaning piece is driven to rotate by driving the turntable. When the power mechanism is a roller driving assembly, the cleaning piece 72 is in a roller shape and is axially connected with the roller driving assembly, and the roller driving assembly drives the cleaning piece to rotate. When the power mechanism is a mop cloth moving mechanism, the cleaning piece 72 is a block-shaped mop cloth and is arranged on the mop cloth moving mechanism, and the mop cloth moving mechanism drives the cleaning piece to move back and forth. When the power mechanism is a mop cloth vibrating component, the cleaning piece 72 is a block mop cloth and is arranged on a vibrating mop plate of the mop cloth vibrating component, and the vibration of the mop cloth is driven by the vibration of the vibrating mop plate. Alternatively, the power mechanism may be a driving wheel assembly 74, and the driving wheel assembly 74 drives the cleaning robot 7 to move back and forth on the maintenance station, so as to drive the cleaning member 72 on the cleaning robot 7 to move in the cleaning tank 14.

Two cleaning protrusions 140 are disposed in the cleaning tank 14, and the two cleaning protrusions 140 are spaced apart from each other at two sides of the cleaning tank 14. Each cleaning protrusion 140 has a V-shape and a plurality of protrusions (not numbered) formed on an upper surface thereof, which can increase friction with the cleaning member 72 to improve cleaning of the cleaning member 72.

In this embodiment, the cleaning tank 14 is provided with a liquid draining structure 142, the liquid draining structure 142 is communicated with the liquid draining channel 42, and the liquid draining structure 142 is used for draining the liquid in the cleaning tank 14. The dirty liquid generated by cleaning the cleaning member is discharged out of the cleaning tank 14 in time through the liquid discharge structure 142, thereby ensuring the cleaning effect. However, in other embodiments, the liquid in the cleaning tank 14 can be directly drained through the draining assembly 4 of the maintenance station, i.e. the draining passage 42 of the draining assembly 4 extends from the upper side of the cleaning tank 14 into the cleaning tank 14, and the draining structure 142 is not required to be disposed on the cleaning tank 14.

It is understood that the drain structure 142 can be a drain hole disposed on the bottom wall of the cleaning tank 14, and the liquid flows out of the cleaning tank 14 through the drain hole under the action of gravity. The liquid draining structure 142 can also be a liquid outlet channel disposed on the sidewall of the cleaning tank 14, which is communicated with the cleaning tank 14 to drain the liquid.

In this embodiment, the drainage structure 142 is disposed on the bottom wall of the cleaning tank 14, and the drainage structure 142 is a drainage filter screen disposed between the two cleaning protrusions 140. The dirty liquid after washing is discharged through the flowing back filter screen, and the solid rubbish in the dirty liquid is stayed on the flowing back filter screen, avoids large granule rubbish jam flowing back part. Because the flowing back filter screen can be discharged foul solution at any time, consequently, this embodiment adopts the flowing water cleaning mode to wash the cleaning member, washs the liquid after discharging the washing while promptly, and its cleaning performance is good, can in time discharge foul solution. However, in other embodiments, the cleaning members may be cleaned by soaking.

In some embodiments, a storage tank (not shown) is disposed below the basin 14, the storage tank is respectively communicated with the drainage structure 142 and the drainage channel 42, and the liquid in the basin 14 flows into the storage tank through the drainage structure 142 under the action of gravity. The storage box can temporarily store dirty liquid, and the dirty water in the cleaning tank 14 is filtered and flows out through the liquid discharge structure 142 and enters the storage box, so that the problems of dirt deposition and difficult cleaning in the cleaning tank 14 are avoided. When dirty liquid is stored to a certain amount, dirty liquid is sucked and discharged, so that dirty liquid can be temporarily stored in the storage box during cleaning, dirt is sucked after a certain liquid amount is reserved, electric energy can be saved, and the noise generated when the airflow generation assembly 24 works is reduced.

In this embodiment, the base 1 includes a base body 16, and the cleaning tank 14 is detachably mounted on the base body 16, so that the user can take the cleaning tank 14 out of the base 1 conveniently, pour out the garbage left on the cleaning tank, and clean the residual stain, which is beneficial for the user to clean the cleaning tank 14, and the cleaning is more convenient and thorough. It should be noted that in other embodiments, the cleaning tank 14 can be non-detachably disposed on the base 16.

The invention also provides a cleaning system, referring to fig. 7 in combination with fig. 2 and 3, the cleaning system comprises a maintenance station and a cleaning robot 7, the cleaning robot 7 can stop in the maintenance station by itself, the maintenance station can maintain the cleaning robot 7 stopped thereon, and at least one function of charging, cleaning of cleaning pieces and evacuation of dust boxes can be realized. The cleaning system of this embodiment adopts all the technical solutions of the maintenance station of the above embodiments, and therefore, all the beneficial effects brought by the technical solutions of the maintenance station of the above embodiments are also achieved, and therefore, detailed descriptions are omitted here.

The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, and all modifications and equivalents of the present invention, which are made by the contents of the present specification and the accompanying drawings, or directly/indirectly applied to other related technical fields, are included in the scope of the present invention.

Claims (14)

1. A maintenance station for maintaining a cleaning robot, the maintenance station comprising:

the base is provided with a guide inclined plane, the base is provided with an emptying port close to the guide inclined plane and a cleaning tank far away from the guide inclined plane, the emptying port is used for emptying garbage collected in the cleaning robot, and the cleaning tank is used for cleaning a cleaning piece of the cleaning robot;

the emptying device comprises an emptying channel, a collecting component and an airflow generating component which are sequentially communicated, the emptying channel is communicated with the emptying port, the collecting component is used for collecting garbage output by the emptying channel, and the airflow generating component is used for generating airflow to form negative pressure at the emptying port;

the liquid supply assembly is provided with a liquid supply structure, and the liquid supply structure is used for outputting liquid for cleaning the cleaning piece; and

the liquid drainage assembly comprises a liquid tank, a liquid drainage channel and an exhaust channel, wherein the liquid drainage channel is respectively communicated with the cleaning tank and the liquid tank, and the exhaust channel is respectively communicated with the liquid tank and the airflow generation assembly.

2. The maintenance station of claim 1, further comprising:

and the channel change-over switch is respectively communicated with the airflow generation assembly, the collection assembly and the exhaust channel and is used for switching the conduction of the airflow generation assembly and the collection assembly or the conduction of the airflow generation assembly and the exhaust channel.

3. The maintenance station of claim 2, wherein said channel switch comprises a first channel, a second channel, and a rotary valve;

one end of the first channel is communicated with the airflow generating assembly, and the other end of the first channel is communicated with the collecting assembly;

one end of the second channel is communicated with the first channel, and the other end of the second channel is communicated with the exhaust channel;

the rotary valve is arranged at the intersection of the first channel and the second channel, and the rotary valve can rotate to cut off the first channel or the second channel.

4. The maintenance station according to claim 2, characterized in that said passage change-over switch is a three-way solenoid valve.

5. The maintenance station according to any of claims 1 to 4,

the liquid supply assembly comprises a liquid bag and a liquid supply mechanism, the liquid bag is arranged in the liquid box, the liquid bag is provided with a first liquid storage cavity with variable volume, one end of the liquid supply mechanism is communicated with the first liquid storage cavity, and the liquid supply mechanism is arranged at the other end of the liquid supply mechanism;

a second liquid storage cavity is formed between the liquid tank and the liquid bag, and liquid in the cleaning tank flows into the second liquid storage cavity through the liquid drainage channel.

6. The maintenance station of claim 5, wherein said liquid supply mechanism comprises a first liquid supply line, a water pump, and a second liquid supply line;

one end of the first liquid supply pipeline is communicated with the first liquid storage cavity, and the other end of the first liquid supply pipeline is communicated with the water pump;

one end of the second liquid supply pipeline is communicated with the water pump, and the other end of the second liquid supply pipeline is provided with the liquid supply structure.

7. The maintenance station according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that a cleaning protrusion is provided in the cleaning tank, the cleaning protrusion being used for cleaning a cleaning member of the cleaning robot.

8. The maintenance station according to any of claims 1 to 4, wherein said base comprises a seat on which said sink is removably mounted.

9. The maintenance station according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the cleaning bath is provided with a liquid draining structure, the liquid draining structure being in communication with the liquid draining channel, the liquid draining structure being adapted to drain the liquid in the cleaning bath.

10. The maintenance station according to claim 9, wherein a storage tank is provided below the wash bowl, the storage tank being in communication with the drain structure and the drain passage, respectively, and the liquid in the wash bowl flows into the storage tank through the drain structure under the action of gravity.

11. The maintenance station according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that said collection assembly comprises a housing box and an air-permeable filter bag removably mounted inside said housing box;

the containing box is provided with a first opening and a second opening, the breathable filter bag is provided with an inlet, the first opening is arranged opposite to the inlet, one end of the emptying channel is communicated with the inlet through the first opening, and the second opening is communicated with the airflow generating assembly.

12. The maintenance station according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that said collection assembly comprises a box and a filter element removably arranged at the bottom of said box;

the box body has third opening and fourth opening, the fourth opening with filter and correspond the setting, the one end of evacuation passageway with third opening intercommunication, the fourth opening intercommunication the subassembly takes place for the air current.

13. The maintenance station according to claim 12, wherein said cassette includes a base plate that is openable and closable, said fourth opening being provided in said base plate, said filter element being removably mounted to said base plate.

14. A cleaning system comprising a cleaning robot and a maintenance station, characterized in that the maintenance station is a maintenance station according to any of claims 1-13.

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