CN115736710A - Variable speed lifting device and automatic cleaning equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a variable speed lifting device, which includes: the lifting shaft is provided with an external thread part on at least part of the outer surface; a lifting control part which is provided with a central hole and at least partially forms the central hole of the lifting control part into an internal thread part, is rotatably arranged on the lifting shaft and enables the external thread part of the lifting shaft to be matched with the internal thread part of the lifting control part; and a lifting selection device which selectively locks the lifting control part to enable the lifting shaft to generate lifting motion when the lifting control part is locked and the lifting shaft rotates; when the lifting control part is not locked, the lifting shaft and the lifting control part rotate at the same speed. The present disclosure also provides an automatic cleaning apparatus.

Description

Variable speed lifting device and automatic cleaning equipment

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to a variable speed lifting device and an automatic cleaning apparatus.

Background

The sweeping robot is a device for cleaning a surface to be cleaned by active movement, and more families use the sweeping robot to sweep the ground instead of manual sweeping.

When the sweeper in the prior art is used for sweeping the ground, dust is sucked into the dust box through negative pressure, gas is exhausted to the outside of the dust box through the filter, and solid garbage is collected in the dust box.

Moreover, in order to improve the cleanliness of the cleaning robot after cleaning the surface to be cleaned, the general cleaning robot comprises a rotating floor mopping part, in particular a floor mopping part comprising a double rotating disc. At this time, since the floor mopping component cannot be actively lifted, the cleaned surface generates secondary pollution, and the sweeping robot cannot be applied to cleaning of special surfaces such as carpets.

Disclosure of Invention

In order to solve one of the above technical problems, the present disclosure provides a variable speed lifting device and an automatic cleaning apparatus.

According to one aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a variable speed lifting device for an automatic cleaning apparatus to drive a rotation member of the automatic cleaning apparatus to rotate and/or lift when the automatic cleaning apparatus is in an operating state, comprising:

the lifting shaft is provided with an external thread part on at least part of the outer surface;

a lifting control part which is provided with a central hole and at least partially forms the central hole of the lifting control part into an internal thread part, is rotatably arranged on the lifting shaft and enables the external thread part of the lifting shaft to be matched with the internal thread part of the lifting control part;

a lifting selection device selectively locking the lifting control part to enable the lifting shaft to generate lifting motion when the lifting control part is locked and the lifting shaft rotates; when the lifting control part is not locked, the lifting shaft and the lifting control part rotate at the same speed; and

the driving device is used for providing power for the lifting shaft so as to enable the lifting shaft to lift and/or rotate.

A variable speed lift according to at least one embodiment of the present disclosure further includes:

a transmission lift case portion for restricting movement of the lift control portion in an axial direction of the lift shaft.

According to the variable speed lifting device of at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, the lifting selection device is provided to the variable speed lifting box body portion.

According to the variable speed lifting device of at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, the variable speed lifting box body portion is formed with an installation space, a bearing portion is provided in the installation space, and the lifting control portion is rotatably provided in the bearing portion.

According to the variable speed lifting device of at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, an outer flange is formed on an outer circumferential surface of the lifting control portion, the variable speed lifting box body portion is engaged with the outer flange of the lifting control portion, and the position of the lifting control portion is restricted by restricting the position of the outer flange of the lifting control portion.

The variable speed lift device according to at least one embodiment of the present disclosure further includes a case end cap portion provided to the variable speed lift case portion such that an outer flange of the lift control portion is confined between the variable speed lift case portion and the case end cap portion.

According to the variable speed lifting device of at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, at least one of the upper surface and the lower surface of the outer flange of the lifting control portion is provided with a friction reducing member to reduce a friction force when the lifting control portion rotates by the friction reducing member.

According to the variable speed lifting device of at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, the lifting control part is formed with a mounting groove, and when the lifting selection part is operated, the mounting groove is matched with the mounting groove of the lifting control part to lock the lifting control part; otherwise, the elevating control part is allowed to rotate.

According to the variable speed lifting device of at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, the mounting groove is formed at an outer flange of the lifting control part;

according to the variable-speed lifting device of at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, the driving device is connected with a main gear, the driving device drives the main gear to rotate, and the main gear drives the lifting shaft to rotate through a transmission gear train;

according to at least one embodiment of this disclosure, the variable speed lifting device, the drive train comprises:

the intermediate gear comprises a large gear and a small gear which rotate synchronously, and the main gear is in transmission connection with the large gear of the intermediate gear; and

the lifting gear is arranged on the lifting shaft and used for driving the lifting shaft to rotate, and the lifting gear is in transmission connection with the pinion of the intermediate gear;

according to the variable speed lifting device of at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, a rotation axis of the intermediate gear is parallel to a rotation axis of the driving device;

according to the variable speed lifting device of at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, the height of the pinion of the intermediate gear is set to: when the lifting shaft is positioned at the uppermost extreme position and moves to the lowermost extreme position, the lifting gear is in transmission connection with the pinion;

the variable speed lifting device according to at least one embodiment of the present disclosure further includes:

the first rotating piece is arranged at the lower end of the lifting shaft and drives the first rotating piece to lift and rotate through the lifting shaft;

according to the variable speed lifting device of at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, the first rotating member is provided to be movable in an axial direction of the lifting shaft, and/or movable in a radial direction of the lifting shaft, and/or an included angle between a rotation axis of the first rotating member and the rotation axis of the lifting shaft is not 0 °;

according to the variable speed lifting device of at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, the lifting shaft includes a stopper portion to restrict an upward movement position of the first rotating member in an axial direction of the lifting shaft by the stopper portion;

according to the variable speed lifting device of at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, the stopper portion includes a shoulder formed on the lifting shaft;

according to the variable speed lifting device of at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, a mounting hole is formed in the middle of the first rotating member, and the lower end of the lifting shaft is inserted into the mounting hole, wherein the mounting hole is a non-circular hole, and the lower end of the lifting shaft is identical to or matched with the mounting hole in shape, so that the lifting shaft drives the first rotating member to rotate;

according to the variable speed lifting device of at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, a gap is provided between an outer surface of a lower end of the lifting shaft and a mounting hole of the first rotating member, so that the first rotating member is movable in a radial direction of the lifting shaft, and/or an included angle of an angle other than 0 ° can be formed between a rotation axis of the first rotating member and a rotation axis of the lifting shaft;

according to the variable speed lifting device of at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, a lower end of the lifting shaft is provided with a fastening member to restrict a downward movement position of the first rotating member in an axial direction of the lifting shaft by the fastening member;

according to the variable speed lifting device of at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, when the first rotating member is in contact with the stopper portion of the lifting shaft, a preset distance is provided between the fastening member and the first rotating member;

according to the variable speed lifting device of at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, the fastening member includes a cap screw fixed to a lower end of the lifting shaft, and when the first rotating member is in contact with the stopper portion of the lifting shaft, a screw head of the cap screw and the first rotating member have a preset distance therebetween; when the first rotating member is in contact with the cap screw, at least a portion of a head of the cap screw is in contact with the first rotating member;

according to the variable speed lifting device of at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, a counter bore is formed at the lower end of the first rotating member, the counter bore is communicated with the mounting hole of the first rotating member, and part of the fastening element is located in the counter bore;

according to the variable speed lifting device of at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, a gap is formed between the fastening element and the side wall of the counterbore, so that the first rotating member can move along the radial direction of the lifting shaft, and/or the rotating axis of the first rotating member and the rotating axis of the lifting shaft can form an included angle with an angle different from 0 degrees;

according to at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, the drive comprises a scrubbing drive.

According to another aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided an automatic cleaning apparatus including the above-described variable speed lifting device.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the disclosure and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate exemplary embodiments of the disclosure and together with the description serve to explain the principles of the disclosure.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of an automatic cleaning apparatus according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 2 is another angular configuration schematic of an automated cleaning apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 3 is a schematic structural view of an upper housing portion according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 4 is a schematic structural view of a lower housing portion according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 5 is another angular configuration schematic of an automated cleaning apparatus according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 6 is a schematic structural view of an automatic cleaning apparatus according to another embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 7 is a bottom view of an automatic cleaning apparatus according to another embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 8 is a schematic structural view of an automatic cleaning apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 9 is a schematic structural view of a first drive wheel assembly according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 10 is a schematic structural view of a traveling transmission mechanism according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 11 is a schematic structural view of a dust collecting apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 12 is another perspective view of a dust collector according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 13 is a cross-sectional view of a dust collection device according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 14 is another perspective view of the dust collector after removing the suction device according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 15 is a schematic structural view of a dust collecting container according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 16 is another angular configuration schematic view of a dust collection container according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 17 is a sectional view of a dust collection container according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 18 is an enlarged schematic view of a portion a of fig. 17.

Fig. 19 is a schematic view of an opened state of a first bottom wall of a dust collecting container according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 20 is a schematic structural view of a first locking device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 21 is an enlarged schematic view of a portion B of fig. 20.

Fig. 22 is a schematic view of an open state of the first locking device of fig. 21.

Fig. 23 is a schematic structural view of a second locking device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 24 is an enlarged schematic view of the portion C of fig. 23.

Fig. 25 is a schematic view of an opened state of the second locking device of fig. 24.

FIG. 26 is a schematic structural view of a filtration apparatus according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 27 is a schematic view of an installation position of a filtering apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 28 is a schematic view of a separating structure of a dust collecting apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 29 is a cross-sectional view of a dust collection device according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 30 is a schematic view of a scrubbing element according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 31 is a schematic structural view of a transmission according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 32 is a schematic structural view of a transmission according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 33 is a schematic structural view of a hoist drive according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 34 is a schematic structural view of a lifting transmission (part) according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 35 is a schematic structural view of a lifting transmission (part) according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 36 is a schematic structural view of a lift drive assembly according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 37 is a schematic structural view of a variable speed lift according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 38 is a schematic view of another angle of a variable speed lift according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 39 is a schematic structural view of a cleaning liquid storage portion according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Detailed Description

The present disclosure will be described in further detail with reference to the drawings and embodiments. It is to be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are for purposes of illustration only and are not to be construed as limitations of the present disclosure. It should be further noted that, for the convenience of description, only the portions relevant to the present disclosure are shown in the drawings.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of an automatic cleaning apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. Fig. 2 is another angular configuration schematic of an automated cleaning apparatus according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

As shown in fig. 1 and 2, the present disclosure provides an automatic cleaning device 10, in particular an intelligent cleaning device, such as a sweeping robot or the like, the automatic cleaning device 10 being used to autonomously clean surfaces to be cleaned, such as soft surfaces of carpets and rugs, floor surfaces, and hard surfaces such as hard woods, tiles and linoleum.

In the present disclosure, the automatic cleaning apparatus 10 may include a housing assembly 100, a traveling device 200, a dry type cleaning device 300, a dust collecting device 400, a wet type cleaning device 500, and a detecting device 600.

Among them, the housing assembly 100 is formed in an outer shape of the automatic cleaning apparatus 10, that is, the housing assembly 100 forms an upper surface, a lower surface, and a side surface between the upper surface and the lower surface of the automatic cleaning apparatus 10.

The traveling unit 200 is provided to the housing assembly 100 for traveling of the robot cleaner 10, and for example, the traveling unit 200 may be controlled so as to advance, retreat, and turn the robot cleaner 10, or move the robot cleaner 10 along a predetermined trajectory.

The dry type cleaning device 300 is disposed on the housing assembly 100 for dry cleaning of the surface to be cleaned, wherein at least a portion of the dry type cleaning device 300 is located outside the housing assembly 100, for example, below the housing assembly 100, so that dirt of the surface to be cleaned (e.g., large particles on the surface to be cleaned and light particles such as dust on the surface to be cleaned) is separated from the surface to be cleaned by the dry type cleaning device 300.

In the present disclosure, when the automatic cleaning apparatus 10 is advancing or turning, the dry type cleaning device 300 may be simultaneously in an operating state to enable the automatic cleaning apparatus 10 to sweep the surface to be cleaned; when the automatic cleaning apparatus 10 is retreating, for example, the automatic cleaning apparatus 10 encounters an obstacle and avoids the obstacle by retreating, the dry type cleaning device 300 may be in a non-operating state to prevent the dirt carried by the dry type cleaning device 300 from contaminating the surface to be cleaned, which has been already cleaned.

The dust collecting device 400 is disposed on the housing assembly 100 and is used for collecting dirt generated by the dry cleaning device 300 after cleaning a surface to be cleaned. Preferably, the dust collection device 400 may suck a mixture of dirt and gas generated after the dry type cleaning device 300 sweeps the surface to be cleaned to the dust collection device 400, and the gas is discharged to the outside of the dust collection device 400 after passing through the dust collection device 400, and such that the dirt is collected inside the dust collection device 400.

In the present disclosure, when the amount of dirt inside the dust collecting device 400 is greater than or equal to a preset value, the automatic cleaning apparatus 10 is controlled to stop at the base station, and the dirt inside the dust collecting device 400 is transferred to the base station; or the user removes the dust collection device 400, pours out the dirt inside the dust collection device 400, and then attaches the dust collection device 400 to the automatic cleaning apparatus 10 again.

The wet cleaning device 500 is disposed on the housing assembly 100 and is used for performing wet cleaning on the surface to be cleaned after being cleaned by the dry cleaning device 300, for example, mopping cleaning is performed on the surface to be cleaned by the wet cleaning device 500, so as to improve the cleaning effect of the surface to be cleaned.

When the automatic cleaning apparatus 10 of the present disclosure is in use, both the dry cleaning device 300 and the wet cleaning device 500 can form a support to the housing assembly 100, that is, the support of the housing assembly 100 is achieved by a reaction force of a force applied to the surface to be cleaned by the dry cleaning device 300 and the wet cleaning device 500.

In an alternative embodiment of the present disclosure, the dry cleaning device 300 is located in front of the wet cleaning device 500 along the forward direction of the automatic cleaning device 10, that is, when the automatic cleaning device 10 is performing a cleaning operation, after the surface to be cleaned is cleaned by the dry cleaning device 300, the wet cleaning device 500 performs a mopping cleaning operation, so as to reduce the accumulation of dirt on the wet cleaning device 500, thereby reducing the number of times the wet cleaning device 500 is cleaned, or reducing the number of times the automatic cleaning device 10 returns to the base station within a certain period of time, and increasing the single working time of the automatic cleaning device 10.

The detection device 600 is disposed on the housing assembly 100, and is configured to detect an obstacle around the automatic cleaning apparatus 10, so as to control the traveling device 200 of the automatic cleaning apparatus 10 to generate a corresponding motion when the detection device 600 confirms that the obstacle exists within the preset range around the automatic cleaning apparatus 10, so that the automatic cleaning apparatus 10 avoids the obstacle; as one implementation form, the detection device 600 may include a collision detection device 600, for example, when the automatic cleaning apparatus 10 collides with an obstacle, the traveling device 200 first generates a backward movement, and then turns and continues to advance to avoid the obstacle.

The respective devices of the automatic cleaning apparatus 10 will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Fig. 3 is a schematic structural view of an upper housing portion according to one embodiment of the present disclosure. Fig. 4 is a schematic structural view of a lower housing portion according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

As shown in fig. 1 to 4, the housing assembly 100 of the present disclosure may include an upper housing part 110 and a lower housing part 120, wherein the lower housing part 120 may be formed as a lower portion of the robot cleaner 10 and as a supporting body of the robot cleaner 10, which may cooperate with the upper housing part 110 described below to form a receiving space to receive a plurality of components of the robot cleaner 10.

As shown in fig. 4, the lower housing portion 120 may be substantially circular in shape, or may be formed in other shapes, such as a rectangular plus semicircular shape for the lower housing portion 120, with the front side of the robotic cleaning device 10 being semicircular and the rear side being rectangular in the general direction of travel of the robotic cleaning device 10.

Of course, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the shape of the lower housing portion 120 may be other shapes, and will not be described in detail herein. Further, the shape of the upper housing portion 110 of the automatic cleaning apparatus 10 may be matched to the shape of the lower housing portion 120.

In the present disclosure, the upper housing part 110 is provided to the lower housing part 120, and preferably, the upper housing part 110 and the lower housing part 120 are fixed to each other, and thus, components of the automatic cleaning apparatus 10 may be selectively fixed to the upper housing part 110 or the lower housing part 120.

As shown in fig. 3, the upper housing part 110 may be formed as at least a part of a side surface and at least a part of an upper surface of the automatic cleaning apparatus 10, for example, the upper housing part 110 includes a housing upper wall part 111 and a housing side wall part 112, wherein the housing upper wall part 111 and the housing side wall part 112 may be integrally molded.

For example, when viewed in a plan view, that is, when the automatic cleaning apparatus 10 is placed on a surface to be cleaned (horizontal surface), and viewed from the top-down direction, the housing upper wall portion 111 may have a substantially circular shape, and accordingly, since the housing upper wall portion 111 has a circular shape, the radius of rotation of the automatic cleaning apparatus 10 can be minimized.

Also, as shown in fig. 3, the case side wall portion 112 may be obtained by extending downward from at least a part of an arc-shaped edge of the case upper wall portion 111.

Of course, the case upper wall 111 and the case side wall 112 of the upper case 110 may be formed separately, and for example, after the case upper wall 111 and the case side wall 112 are formed by injection molding, the case upper wall 111 and the case side wall 112 may be connected by a fastening member.

Of course, the shape of the housing upper wall portion 111 may be rectangular and semicircular, i.e., D-shaped, connected together, and the shape of the lower housing portion 120 is adapted to the shape of the housing upper wall portion 111; in the present disclosure, as the most preferable implementation form, the shapes of the lower housing portion 120 and the housing upper wall portion 111 are both circular.

According to at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, as shown in fig. 1, the housing assembly 100 may further include a housing cover part 130, and the housing cover part 130 is disposed at the upper housing part 110 to be formed as an upper surface of the automatic cleaning apparatus 10 by the housing cover part 130.

Preferably, the housing cover part 130 is detachable from the upper housing part 110, so that the dust collecting device 400 accommodated in the housing assembly 100 is exposed when the housing cover part 130 is detached, thereby facilitating the user to take out the dust collecting device 400.

At least a portion of the housing assembly 100 may be formed as a transparent portion to obtain a current state of each component of the automatic cleaning apparatus 10 through the transparent portion, for example, an amount of dirt within the dust collection device 400 can be obtained to prevent an excessive amount of dirt inside the dust collection device 400. Or the amount of cleaning liquid of the wet type cleaning device 500 can be obtained and the cleaning liquid can be added into the wet type cleaning device 500 at any time.

As shown in fig. 4, the housing assembly 100 further comprises a guard member 140, the guard member 140 being arranged adjacent to the wet cleaning device 500, for example adjacent to the first and second rotating members 511, 512 of the wet cleaning device 500, and the guard member 140 being arranged on a front side of the first and second rotating members 511, 512 in a direction of travel of the surface cleaning apparatus; more preferably, it may be located at the rear side of the dry cleaning apparatus 300.

The shielding part 140 is provided with respect to the first and second rotating members 511 and 512, respectively, or is integrally provided with respect to the first and second rotating members 511 and 512. In fig. 4, an integrally provided shielding member 140 is shown.

However, the shielding member 140 may also comprise at least two sub-shields, each of which at least partially encloses one or more rotors, i.e. a sub-shield may enclose one rotor or several rotors.

The shield member 140 may be shaped to at least partially surround the first and second rotating members 511, 512, for example in a half-wrap fashion. By providing the shielding member 140, the first and second rotating members 511 and 512 and the driving shaft which rotate can be protected, and objects such as cables on the ground can be prevented from being wound around the driving shaft. As shown in fig. 4, the shield member 140 is disposed to have a predetermined height from the cleaning surface, that is, the lower end of the shield member 140 is 0.5-1mm from the cleaning surface, which is less than the diameter of the charging wire, so that the electric wire can be blocked and friction with the ground can be also prevented. The protection component 140 may be formed by a soft material, and the soft material may be soft rubber, silica gel, rubber, or a TPU material, or the hardness of the soft material is about 50 °, for example, 40 ° to 60 °, so as to prevent the obstacle crossing of the automatic cleaning device from being affected by the existence of the protection component.

In the present disclosure, the shield member includes a planar portion and curved surface portions provided at both ends of the planar portion in a length direction, wherein the curved surface portions are provided to maintain a predetermined interval with the first rotation circumference or the second rotation circumference.

The guard member is provided to the lower housing portion and may preferably be integrally formed with the lower housing portion, although the guard member may be formed separately from the lower housing portion and mounted to the lower housing portion.

In the present disclosure, the driving shaft for driving the first and second rotating members 511 and 512 may be a first output shaft 539A, a second output shaft 539B, a lifting shaft 565, or the like, which will be described below.

This automatic cleaning device of disclosure advances when using, and automatic cleaning device can keep off in protective member's outside with charging wire etc to reach and prevent that wet-type cleaning device from being twined by the charging wire.

Fig. 5 is another angular configuration schematic of an automated cleaning apparatus according to one embodiment of the present disclosure. Fig. 6 is a schematic structural view of an automatic cleaning apparatus according to another embodiment of the present disclosure. Fig. 7 is a bottom view of an automatic cleaning apparatus according to another embodiment of the present disclosure.

As shown in fig. 5 to 7, the running gear 200 of the present disclosure is provided to the lower housing part 120, and at least a portion of the running gear 200 is located below the lower housing part 120, so that the lower housing part 120 is supported by the running gear 200. When the traveling device 200 operates, the lower housing part 120 is driven by the traveling device 200 to move the automatic cleaning apparatus 10 on the surface to be cleaned, i.e., to perform automatic traveling and sweeping of the automatic cleaning apparatus 10.

In the present disclosure, in particular, the walking device 200 includes a first drive wheel assembly 210, a second drive wheel assembly 220, and at least one driven wheel assembly 230.

The first and second drive wheel assemblies 210 and 220 are symmetrically disposed along a lateral axis defined by the lower housing portion 120, for example, as shown in fig. 5-7, the first and second drive wheel assemblies 210 and 220 are disposed at left and right portions of the lower housing portion 120, respectively, and accordingly, the first drive wheel assembly 210 is a left drive wheel assembly and the second drive wheel assembly 220 is a right drive wheel assembly.

More preferably, the first drive wheel assembly 210 and the second drive wheel assembly 220 are similar in structure, and only the first drive wheel assembly 210 will be described as an example.

Fig. 9 is a schematic structural view of a first drive wheel assembly according to one embodiment of the present disclosure. Fig. 10 is a schematic structural view of a traveling transmission mechanism according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

According to at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, as shown in fig. 9 and 10, the first drive wheel assembly 210 includes a travel drive 211, a travel speed change mechanism 212, and travel wheels 213.

The walking driving device 211 is used for providing a driving force for the movement of the automatic cleaning apparatus 10, wherein the walking driving device 211 may be selected as a motor, such as a dc motor, an ac motor, a stepping motor and/or a servo motor, and of course, the walking driving device 211 may also be selected as another device capable of providing a power.

As shown in fig. 10, the traveling transmission mechanism 212 includes a traveling transmission case 2121 and a traveling transmission assembly 2122, wherein the traveling transmission case 2121 is fixed to the lower housing portion 120, and the traveling drive unit 211 is fixed to the lower housing portion 120 or to the traveling transmission case 2121; the walking transmission assembly 2122 is disposed in the walking transmission case 2121, and the walking driving device 211 is connected to the walking transmission assembly 2122 to transmit the driving force generated by the walking driving device 211 to the walking transmission assembly 2122.

In the present disclosure, as shown in fig. 10, the walking transmission assembly 2122 may be selected from a gear transmission device, a chain transmission device and a belt transmission device, wherein the walking transmission assembly 2122 includes a power input shaft portion 2122A and a power output shaft portion 2122B, the power input shaft portion 2122A is connected to the walking drive device 211, the walking wheels 213 are connected to the power output shaft portion 2122B of the walking transmission assembly 2122, and when the walking transmission assembly 2122 is the gear transmission device, the power input shaft portion 2122A and the power output shaft portion 2122B are connected through gear transmission; accordingly, when the walking transmission assembly 2122 is a chain transmission or a belt transmission, the power input shaft portion 2122A and the power output shaft portion 2122B are drivingly connected by a sprocket or a pulley.

According to at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, the running gear 200 is detachably provided to the lower housing part 120 to facilitate the removal of the driving wheel assembly and the maintenance.

As shown in fig. 9, the road wheels 213 are provided on a power output shaft portion 2122B of the walking drive assembly 2122 so that the rotation of the walking drive device 211 when operating is changed (e.g., reduced) by the walking speed change mechanism 212 to rotate the road wheels 213.

In the present disclosure, the traveling drive device 211 is capable of realizing forward rotation and reverse rotation, and thus the traveling wheels 213 are capable of rotating in a first direction or in a second direction, wherein the first direction is a reverse direction of the second direction.

And further, when the traveling wheels 213 are rotated in the first direction, the automatic cleaning apparatus 10 can be moved forward, and when the traveling wheels 213 are rotated in the second direction, the automatic cleaning apparatus 10 can be moved backward.

As a preferred implementation form, the number of the driven wheel assemblies 230 may be 1, and the driven wheel assemblies 230 are disposed on the lateral axis defined by the lower housing part 120 and spaced a predetermined distance from the line connecting the first and second drive wheel assemblies 210 and 220 to enable the automatic cleaning apparatus 10 to move more stably or have a stronger moving ability on the surface to be cleaned; driven wheel assembly 230 includes, but is not limited to, a universal wheel, among others.

When the automatic cleaning apparatus 10 is in motion, the first and second drive wheel assemblies 210 and 220 may be simultaneously controlled to move based on the distance and angle information, thereby causing the automatic cleaning apparatus 10 to advance, retreat, or turn along a preset trajectory.

For example, the same rotational direction and speed of rotation of the first and second drive wheel assemblies 210 and 220 may cause the automatic cleaning apparatus 10 to advance or retract; when the first and second drive wheel assemblies 210 and 220 rotate at different speeds or are steered differently, the robotic cleaning device 10 may be steered or even spin in place.

In the present disclosure, the first driving wheel assembly 210 further includes an odometer to detect a rotation angle of the traveling wheel 213 and/or the traveling driving device 211 by the odometer; and accurately determines the position and posture of the automatic cleaning apparatus 10 in the current working area based on the data detected by the odometer of the first drive wheel assembly 210 and the data detected by the odometer of the second drive wheel assembly 220, thereby making the automatic cleaning apparatus 10 more intelligent.

More preferably, the first and second drive wheel assemblies 210 and 220 are rotatably provided to the lower housing part 120 such that the distance between the road wheels 213 and the lower housing part 120 is adjustable; for example, taking first drive wheel assembly 210 as an example, the traveling gearbox housing 2121 of the traveling speed change mechanism 212 of first drive wheel assembly 210 is rotatably disposed on the lower housing portion 120, and at this time, the first drive wheel assembly 210 and the second drive wheel assembly 220 form a biased falling suspension system and provide a biasing force through a traveling elastic portion.

That is, one end of the traveling elastic part is fixed to the lower housing part 120, and the other end of the traveling elastic part is fixed to the traveling gearbox body 2121 such that the traveling elastic part is located below the connection position of the traveling gearbox body 2121 and the lower housing part 120, at this time, the traveling elastic part is in a pre-stretched state, and in a free state, the traveling wheels 213 are spaced from the lower housing part 120 by a first distance under the tensile force of the traveling elastic part; in the operating state, the road wheels 213 are spaced apart from the lower housing part 120 by a second distance, wherein the first distance is greater than the second distance.

That is, the traveling wheels 213 are allowed to maintain contact and traction with the surface to be cleaned with a certain ground contact force while the dry type cleaning device 300 and the wet type cleaning device 500 of the automatic cleaning apparatus 10 contact the surface to be cleaned with a certain pressure by the arrangement of the traveling elastic parts (e.g., biasing springs).

Fig. 8 is a schematic structural view of an automatic cleaning apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

As shown in fig. 5 to 8, the dry cleaning device 300 of the present disclosure is rotatably disposed at the lower housing portion 120 and at least partially located outside the lower housing portion 120, so as to implement dry cleaning of the surface to be cleaned by the contact of the dry cleaning device 300 located outside the lower housing portion 120 with the surface to be cleaned.

In the present disclosure, the dry cleaning apparatus 300 includes at least one cleaning assembly, that is, the dry cleaning apparatus 300 may include only one cleaning assembly, and when the dry cleaning apparatus 300 includes one cleaning assembly, it may employ either the side brush cleaning assembly 310 or the rolling brush cleaning assembly 320.

Of course, in order to improve the sweeping efficiency of the surface to be cleaned, as shown in fig. 5 to 8, the dry cleaning apparatus 300 of the present disclosure includes two cleaning assemblies, which may be selected from two side brush cleaning assemblies 310, and may also be selected from one side brush cleaning assembly 310 and one rolling brush cleaning assembly 320.

In the forward direction of the automatic cleaning apparatus 10, the side brush cleaning assembly 310 is located in front of the roller brush cleaning assembly 320, that is, when the automatic cleaning apparatus 10 is in an operating state and moves forward, the side brush cleaning assembly 310 first cleans the surface to be cleaned, collects the dust on the surface to be cleaned onto the cleaning area or cleaning path of the roller brush cleaning assembly 320, and then collects the dust and other light particles on the surface to be cleaned after disturbing the light particles by the cleaning of the roller brush cleaning assembly 320 by the dust collecting device 400.

In the present disclosure, as shown in fig. 5 and 6, the edge brush cleaning assembly 310 includes an edge brush portion 311 and an edge brush driving device 312.

As shown in fig. 5 and 6, the side brush part 311 includes a brush body 3111 and bristles 3112 mounted on the brush body 3111, wherein the brush body 3111 of the side brush part 311 is rotatably disposed on the housing assembly 100, for example, on the lower housing part 120 of the housing assembly 100, and cleans the surface to be cleaned by contact of the bristles 3112 with the surface to be cleaned; of course, the side brush portion 311 may be integrally molded by an elastic material.

The side brush driving device 312 is disposed on the lower housing part 120 and is used for driving the side brush part 311 to rotate, wherein the rotation axis of the side brush part 311 is perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the lower housing part 120, i.e. the rotation axis of the side brush part 311 is perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the surface to be cleaned when the automatic cleaning device 10 is in operation.

In an alternative embodiment of the present disclosure, the number of the side brush cleaning assemblies 310 may be one, or may be two, and when the number of the side brush cleaning assemblies 310 is one, the side brush cleaning assemblies 310 are disposed in front of the first drive wheel assembly 210 or the second drive wheel assembly 220; when the number of the side brush cleaning assemblies 310 is two, the two side brush cleaning assemblies 310 are respectively disposed in front of the first and second driving wheel assemblies 210 and 220.

In the present disclosure, the roller brush cleaning assembly 320 is rotatably disposed on the housing assembly 100, for example, rotatably disposed on the lower housing part 120 of the housing assembly 100, and is used for performing dry cleaning, i.e., performing the second cleaning, on the surface to be cleaned; more preferably, the rolling brush cleaning assembly 320 is detachably disposed to the housing assembly 100, and the rolling brush cleaning assembly 320 can be detached from the housing assembly 100 by, for example, a manual switch.

The brush roll cleaning assembly 320 includes a brush roll portion 321, wherein the brush roll portion 321 is rotatably disposed at the lower housing portion 120, and cleans a surface to be cleaned by contact of a circumferential surface of the brush roll portion 321 with the surface to be cleaned.

The rolling brush part 321 includes a barrel part and a protruding part provided outside the barrel part, wherein the barrel part is rotatably provided to the lower housing part 120, and the cleaning of the surface to be cleaned is achieved by the contact of the protruding part of the rolling brush part 321 with the surface to be cleaned.

Wherein the protrusions may be formed in the form of bristles so that the rolling brush part 321 has an effect of sweeping the surface to be cleaned.

Preferably, as shown in fig. 7, the axis of rotation of the cartridge body is parallel or substantially parallel to the lower housing portion 120. In one implementation, the axis of rotation of the barrel is disposed forward of a line between the first drive wheel assembly 210 and the second drive wheel assembly 220. Of course, the position of the drum is not limited to this, and it may be disposed behind the line connecting the first driving wheel assembly 210 and the second driving wheel assembly 220.

In the present disclosure, the sweeping area of the side brush cleaning assembly 310 coincides with the sweeping area of the rolling brush cleaning assembly 320.

For example, as shown in fig. 7, when there are two side brush cleaning assemblies 310, two side brush cleaning assemblies 310 are located at both ends of the rolling brush cleaning assembly 320 in the length direction of the rolling brush cleaning assembly 320, and a projection of the side brush cleaning assembly 310 in the length direction of the rolling brush cleaning assembly 320 coincides with a portion of the rolling brush cleaning assembly 320.

Accordingly, when the side brush cleaning assembly 310 is one, the side brush cleaning assembly 310 is located at one end of the rolling brush cleaning assembly 320 in the length direction of the rolling brush cleaning assembly 320, and a projection of the side brush cleaning assembly 310 in the length direction of the rolling brush cleaning assembly 320 coincides with a portion of the rolling brush cleaning assembly 320.

Thus, when the edge brush cleaning assembly 310 rotates, light particles of dust and the like on the surface to be cleaned can be swept into the sweeping area of the roller brush cleaning assembly 320 and swept again by the roller brush cleaning assembly 320, thereby increasing the cleaning area of the automatic cleaning apparatus 10.

In the present disclosure, the rolling brush cleaning assembly 320 further includes a rolling brush driving device 322, and the rolling brush driving device 322 is used for driving the rolling brush part 321 to rotate, so as to clean the surface to be cleaned.

The side brush driving device 312 and/or the rolling brush driving device 322 may be selected from a motor and the like capable of generating power, wherein the motor is preferably a direct current motor, a stepping motor, a servo motor and the like which are conveniently controlled.

Fig. 11 is a schematic structural view of a dust collecting apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

According to at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, as shown in fig. 8 and 11, a dust collection device 400 is provided to the housing assembly 100 for sucking a mixture of dirt and gas obtained after the dry type cleaning device 300 cleans a surface to be cleaned into the dust collection device 400 and allowing the dirt in the mixture to be collected by the dust collection device 400.

Fig. 12 is another angular configuration schematic of a dust collection device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. Fig. 13 is a cross-sectional view of a dust collection device according to one embodiment of the present disclosure. Fig. 14 is another perspective view of the dust collector after removing the suction device according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

As shown in fig. 12 to 14, the dust collection device 400 includes a dust collection container 410, a suction device 420, a dust collection part 430, and a filter device 440.

The dust collecting container 410 is connected to the suction device 420, so that a negative pressure is generated in the dust collecting container 410 by the suction device 420, and thus the dirt generated by the rolling brush cleaning assembly 320 cleaning the surface to be cleaned is sucked into the dust collecting container 410.

The dust collection container 410 is connected to the dust collection part 430, wherein the dust collection part 430 partially wraps the drum brush cleaning assembly 320 such that dirt generated from the cleaning of the surface to be cleaned by the drum brush cleaning assembly 320 enters the dust collection container 410 through the dust collection part 430.

The dust collection part 430 is formed with an opening, and a portion of the drum brush cleaning assembly 320, for example, a portion of the drum brush part 321 of the drum brush cleaning assembly 320, is located outside the dust collection part 430 through the opening, so that the drum brush part 321 of the drum brush cleaning assembly 320 is in contact with a surface to be cleaned when the automatic cleaning apparatus 10 is in operation.

The portion of the dust collection part 430 located behind the roller brush cleaning assembly 320 is formed in a planar shape and is spaced apart from one end of the protruding part 321 of the roller brush cleaning assembly 320, which is away from the body part, to reduce resistance of the air flow inside the dust collection part 430 and allow the dirt carried in the air flow to be conveyed to the dust collection container 410.

Also, the lower end of the portion of the dust collection part 430 located behind the drum brush cleaning assembly 320 is located on the same horizontal plane, and preferably, the lower end of the portion of the dust collection part 430 located behind the drum brush cleaning assembly 320 is linear, and when the automatic cleaning apparatus 10 is in an operating state, the lower end of the portion of the dust collection part 430 located behind the drum brush cleaning assembly 320 is spaced a predetermined distance from the surface to be cleaned.

In other words, the lower end of the portion of the dust collection part 430 located behind the roller brush cleaning assembly 320 is higher than the lowest position of the roller brush cleaning assembly 320, and when the roller brush cleaning assembly 320 is in contact with the surface to be cleaned, the lower end of the portion of the dust collection part 430 located behind the roller brush cleaning assembly 320 is spaced apart from the surface to be cleaned.

Fig. 14 is another perspective view of the dust collector after removing the suction device according to one embodiment of the present disclosure. Fig. 15 is a schematic structural view of a dust collecting container according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. Fig. 16 is another angular configuration schematic view of a dust collection container according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

In the present disclosure, as shown in fig. 13 to 16, the dust collection container 410 includes a case portion 411, a cover plate portion 412, a cover member 413, and a baffle portion 414.

Wherein, the case portion 411 is formed with an accommodating space for storing solid wastes, and an inlet is formed on a sidewall of the case portion 411 to make the dust collection portion 430 communicate with an inner space of the case portion 411 by the provision of the inlet, and to make the soil conveyed through the dust collection portion 430 be stored in the accommodating space.

A cover portion 412 is provided to the case portion 411 to open or close an inlet of the case portion 411. Wherein the cover portion 412 may be disposed outside the box portion 411 or inside the box portion 411, and preferably, as shown in fig. 15, the cover portion 412 is disposed inside the box portion 411, and when negative pressure is generated inside the box portion 411 (for example, when the suction device 420 is operated), the cover portion 412 opens the inlet of the box portion 411; when negative pressure is not generated inside the case portion 411 (for example, the suction device 420 stops operating), the cover portion 412 closes the inlet of the case portion 411.

That is, when the air pressure inside the case portion 411 is less than the air pressure inside the dust collection portion 430, and the absolute value of the difference between the air pressure inside the case portion 411 and the air pressure inside the dust collection portion 430 is greater than or equal to a preset value, the cover portion 412 opens the inlet of the case portion, otherwise, the cover portion 412 closes the inlet of the case portion 411.

As one implementation form, as shown in fig. 13, the cover portion 412 is hinged to the case portion 411 so that the cover portion 412 is attached to the case portion 411 or spaced apart from the case portion 411 by a preset distance by the rotation of the cover portion 412 around the hinge axis of the cover portion 412 and the case portion 411, and when the cover portion 412 is attached to the case portion 411, the cover portion 412 closes the entrance of the case portion 411, and when the cover portion 412 is spaced apart from the case portion 411 by the preset distance, the cover portion 412 opens the entrance of the case portion 411.

More preferably, as shown in fig. 16, the side wall of the box 411 with the inlet is inclined, for example, from the bottom of the box 411 to the top of the box 411, the side wall of the box 411 with the inlet is inclined towards the outside of the box 411, at this time, the cover 412 is arranged inside the box 411, and the connection between the cover 412 and the box 411 is located above the inlet, so that the cover 412 can automatically close the inlet by gravity when the automatic cleaning device is in the non-cleaning working state (or the suction device 420 stops working), to avoid the dust collected in the dust box from escaping to generate secondary pollution when the automatic cleaning device is in the non-working state; in addition, when negative pressure is generated inside the case portion 411 when the automatic cleaning apparatus is in the cleaning operation state, a horizontal direction thrust generated by a pressure difference between the inside and the outside of the case portion 411 is larger than a horizontal component of the gravity of the cover plate portion 412, and thereby the cover plate portion 412 is separated from the case portion 411 to open the inlet of the case portion 411.

As shown in fig. 13, a part of the case portion 411 is formed as a first part of the case portion 411, and another part of the case portion 411 is formed as a second part of the case portion 411, wherein the second part has a height smaller than that of the first part, and the discharge port is provided near a side wall of the first part.

Accordingly, the bottom wall of the first portion of the box portion 411 is the first bottom wall 4111 forming the box portion 411, and the bottom wall of the second portion of the box portion 411 is the second bottom wall 4112 forming the box portion 411, and for convenience, the technical terms first bottom wall 4111 and second bottom wall 4112 are used to describe the disclosure.

Accordingly, the suction device is disposed at the bottom wall of the second portion of the box portion 411, i.e., the suction device 420 can be placed below the second bottom wall 4112 of the box portion 411.

Of course, the suction device 420 may be provided at other positions of the box portion 411 as long as the suction device 420 communicates with the inner space of the box portion 411.

An upper end of the case portion 411 is open, and a cover member 413 is provided to the case portion 411 to open or close the upper end of the case portion 411; that is, the cover member 413 has a first position and a second position, and when the cover member 413 is located at the first position, the cover member 413 closes the opening of the upper end of the case portion 411, and when the cover member 413 is located at the second position, the opening of the upper end of the case portion 411 is opened.

In an alternative embodiment of the present disclosure, as shown in fig. 13, the upper end of the case portion 411 is formed with an annular groove formed in a circle along the upper end face of the case portion 411; the lower surface of the cover member 413 is formed with an annular boss shaped to fit the annular recess so that when the cover member 413 is in the first position, the annular boss is located within the annular recess, thereby forming a seal between the case portion 411 and the cover member 413.

Of course, the sealing between the box 411 and the cover 413 may be achieved by other structures, for example, a sealing gasket is provided between the box 411 and the cover 413; or the upper end surface of the case portion 411 is formed with an annular projection, the lower surface of the cover member 413 is formed with an annular groove, and this is achieved by fitting the annular projection of the case portion 411 and the annular groove of the cover member 413.

In the present disclosure, a through hole is formed on the box portion 411; as one implementation form, the filtering device 440 and the suction device 420 are respectively disposed at two sides of the through hole and are communicated through the through hole, that is, the indirect connection between the filtering device 440 and the box body 411 is realized; as another realization, as shown in fig. 14, the filter device 440 is directly connected to the suction device 420, and at this time, the filter device 440 and/or a part of the suction device 420 are located in the through hole, thereby generating a negative pressure in the case portion 411 when the suction device 420 is operated. Preferably, a through hole is provided in the second bottom wall 4112 of the box portion 411, whereby the suction device 420 can be directly connected to the filter device 440 to reduce the connection line between the suction device 420 and the filter device 440.

The filtering device 440 is provided inside the dust collection container 410 to filter the gas flowing to the suction device 420 to prevent dust from entering the suction device 420 to damage the suction device 420.

That is, when the suction device 420 is operated, a negative pressure is generated in the dust collection container 410, and the dirt generated when the roller brush cleaning assembly 320 cleans the surface to be cleaned is mixed in the air and is sucked into the dust collection container 410 by the suction device 420.

After the contaminated gas enters the dust collection container 410, the filtered gas is discharged to the outside of the dust collection container 410 by the suction device 420 through the filtering action of the filter device 440, and at this time, the contaminated gas is deposited in the dust collection container 410.

FIG. 26 is a schematic structural view of a filtration device according to one embodiment of the present disclosure. FIG. 27 is a schematic view of an installed position of a filtration apparatus according to one embodiment of the present disclosure. Fig. 28 is a schematic view of a separation structure of a dust collecting apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. Fig. 29 is a cross-sectional view of a dust collection device according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

In the present disclosure, as shown in fig. 26 to 29, the filter device 440 includes an upper bracket part 441, a lower bracket part 442, and a filter part 443 provided between the upper bracket part 441 and the lower bracket part 442.

Wherein the size of the upper bracket part 441 is smaller than that of the through-hole, and the size of the lower bracket part 442 is larger than that of the through-hole, for example, when the through-hole is formed in a circular shape, the maximum distance between two points on the outer contour of the upper bracket part 441 is smaller than the diameter of the through-hole; further, when the upper bracket part 441 is also formed in a circular shape, the diameter of the upper bracket part 441 is smaller than that of the through hole, and thus, when the filter device 440 is mounted to the dust collection container 410, the upper bracket part 441 can be inserted into the dust collection container 410 from the through hole and be in contact with or spaced apart from the inner surface of the cover part 413 of the dust collection container 410.

The upper holder 441 is formed in a plate shape, and the upper holder 441 does not have a through hole for passing gas therethrough.

In the present disclosure, accordingly, a portion of the lower rack part 442 is in contact with the outer surface of the case part 411 of the dust collection container 410, and preferably, a portion of the lower rack part 442 is in sealing contact with the outer surface of the dust collection container 410 to prevent air from entering the dust collection container 410 from between the lower rack part 442 and the dust collection container 410, reducing the effect of the negative pressure generated by the suction means 420.

The filtering portion 443 may have a conical shape, a truncated cone shape, a cylindrical shape, etc., but may have other shapes, for example, a shape matching the upper holder portion 441.

The filtering part 443 includes a plurality of filter elements connected to each other in a circumferential direction, wherein the cross section of the filter elements is V-shaped (cross section is a section perpendicular to a height direction of the filter elements), and may be prepared by filter paper such that the filtering part 443 has a large filtering area.

As shown in fig. 29, in order to facilitate the installation of the filter unit 440, or in order that the filter unit 440 does not fall off the dust collection container 410 when the filter unit 440 is installed on the dust collection container 410, the filter unit 440 of the present disclosure further includes a first suction part 444, the first suction part 444 is provided on the upper holder part 441, and preferably, the first suction part 444 is provided on the upper surface of the upper holder part 441.

At this time, the upper bracket part 441 is provided with an accommodating groove, and the first adsorption part 444 is disposed in the accommodating groove of the upper bracket part 441.

Accordingly, as shown in fig. 29, the cover member 413 is provided with a second adsorption part 445, and preferably, the second adsorption part 445 is provided on the lower surface of the cover member 413.

Thereby, the position between the filter device 440 and the cover member 413 is maintained by the suction force between the first suction part 444 and the second suction part 445.

Preferably, first adsorption part 444 and second adsorption part 445 may each select a magnetic part or an adsorption material, and when first adsorption part 444 and second adsorption part 445 are each selected as a magnetic part, the magnetic poles of the ends of first adsorption part 444 and second adsorption part 445 that are close to each other are opposite; in addition, first suction unit 444 and second suction unit 445 cannot be simultaneously selected as the suction materials, and in this case, suction force cannot be generated between first suction unit 444 and second suction unit 445.

In the present disclosure, the adsorbing material is a material that can be adsorbed by a magnet, such as iron.

As shown in fig. 28, the lower stand part 442 has an annular protrusion formed at a lower end thereof, the suction unit 420 has an annular recess formed therein, and when the filter unit 440 is coupled to the suction unit 420, the annular protrusion of the lower stand part 442 is disposed in the annular recess of the suction unit 420, so that the filter unit 440 is directly coupled to the suction unit 420, and there is no duct transitionally coupled between the filter unit 440 and the suction unit 420, thereby achieving a compact structure and space saving, increasing the capacity of the water tank or dust container 410 of the automatic cleaning apparatus 10 (cleaning robot), and reducing the number of human interventions (dust pouring, water adding).

Of course, the lower end of the lower holder part 442 may be formed with an annular groove, in which case the pumping device 420 is formed with an annular protrusion, and when the filter 440 is coupled to the pumping device 420, the annular protrusion of the pumping device 420 is seated in the annular groove of the lower holder part 442.

In the present disclosure, the filtering apparatus 440 further includes a magnetic field generating part 446, the magnetic field generating part 446 being configured to generate a magnetic field; the detecting device 600 includes an in-place detecting module (not shown), and when the in-place detecting module detects the magnetic field generated by the magnetic field generating part 446, or detects that the magnetic field generated by the magnetic field generating part 446 is greater than a predetermined value, it is determined that the filtering device 440 is normally installed in the dust collecting container 410, or normally installed in the automatic cleaning apparatus 10; when the in-place detection module does not detect the magnetic field generated by the magnetic field generating part 446, it is determined that the filter device 440 is not normally mounted to the dust collecting container 410 or the automatic cleaning apparatus 10; wherein the magnetic field generating part 446 is provided to the lower holder part 442 of the filter device 440.

In an alternative embodiment of the present disclosure, the first bottom wall 4111 is configured to open or close the bottom of the box portion 411, for example, a drain hole is formed at the lower end of the box portion 411, and the first bottom wall 4111 is used to open or close the drain hole.

Fig. 19 is a schematic view of an opened state of a first bottom wall of a dust collecting container according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. Fig. 20 is a schematic structural view of a first locking device according to one embodiment of the present disclosure. Fig. 21 is an enlarged schematic view of a portion B of fig. 20. Fig. 22 is a schematic view of an open state of the first locking device of fig. 21.

As one implementation form, as shown in fig. 19 to 22, the first bottom wall 4111 is rotatably disposed on a side wall of the box portion 411, and the first bottom wall 4111 can be locked to another side wall of the box portion 411 by the first locking device 418, wherein the first locking device 418 may be a button locking structure, that is, when the first bottom wall 4111 is in close contact with the lower end of the box portion 411, the first locking device 418 fixes the first bottom wall 4111 to the side wall of the box portion 411; when the first locking means 418 is released, the first bottom wall 4111 is allowed to be separated from the lower end of the box portion 411 to pour out the dirt therein, and at this time, secondary contamination caused by the dirt of the dust collection container 410 contacting a user can be prevented.

Wherein, the one end of first diapire 4111 articulates in the lateral wall of box portion 411 to this first diapire 4111 can take place to rotate for box portion 411, and the other end of first diapire 4111, articulate the one end relative in box portion 411 with first diapire 4111 promptly and be formed with the portion 4111A that keeps, first locking device 418 and the cooperation of the portion 4111A that keeps, in order to realize the locking of first diapire 4111 and open.

More preferably, as shown in fig. 20, the first locking device 418 includes a rotating portion 4181, a hooking portion 4182 and a position restoring portion 4183.

The rotating portion 4181 has a middle portion rotatably disposed on a sidewall of the box portion 411, for example, the sidewall of the box portion 411 forms a concave space, and the rotating portion 4181 is rotatably disposed on two opposite sidewalls of the concave space of the box portion 411 through a shaft.

In order to realize the rotation of the rotating portion 4181 relative to the side wall of the box portion 411, two ends of the shaft body are rotatably disposed on two opposite side walls of the concave space of the box portion 411; in this case, the rotating portion 4181 may rotate with respect to the shaft body, or may be fixed to the shaft body, for example, integrally formed with the shaft body; alternatively, at least one of the two ends of the shaft is fixed to two opposite side walls of the concave space of the case portion 411, so that the shaft maintains a stationary device relative to the case portion 411, and at this time, the rotating portion 4181 is rotatably disposed on the shaft, so that the rotating portion 4181 rotates relative to the case portion 411.

As shown in fig. 20, the surface of the rotating portion 4181 close to the bottom wall of the concave space of the box portion 411 includes a first surface portion 4181A and a second surface portion 4181B, wherein the first surface portion 4181A and the second surface portion 4181B are connected, and when the first locking device 418 is in the locking state, the first surface portion 4181A is at least partially in contact with the bottom wall of the concave space of the box portion 411, so that the first locking device 418 can be stably maintained in the locking state.

Also, at this time, the second surface portion 4181B is disposed obliquely with respect to the bottom wall of the concave space of the case portion 411, for example, when the case portion 411 is in a vertical state, that is, a state where the first bottom wall 4111 is located at the bottom of the case portion 411, a distance between the second surface portion 4181B and the bottom wall of the concave space of the case portion 411 gradually increases in a direction from top to bottom.

The hook portion 4182 is disposed on the rotating portion 4181, and rotates with the rotation of the rotating portion 4181, wherein a hook is formed at a position of the hook portion 4182 close to the first bottom wall 4111, so that when the first locking device is in a locked state, the first bottom wall 4111 closes the box body 411 by the cooperation of the hook and the holding portion 4111A.

In the present disclosure, the hook portion 4182 and the rotating portion 4181 may be integrally formed or may be separately formed and assembled together.

The position restoring portion 4183 applies a pulling or pushing force to the rotating portion 4181 or the hooking portion 4182, so that the first locking device 418 moves from the open state to the locked state.

For example, the position restoring portion 4183 includes a spring, but may be implemented by an elastic member such as a rubber elastic block. One end of the position restoring portion 4183 is provided to the bottom wall of the concave space of the case portion 411, and the other end is provided to the rotating portion 4181 or the hook portion 4182, and the position restoring portion 4183 applies a pushing force to the rotating portion 4181 or the hook portion 4182 so that the hook portion 4182 is stably held at the locking position.

The position returning part 4183 may be located at an upper portion or a lower portion of the shaft body, and preferably, as shown in fig. 20, the position returning part 4183 is located at an upper portion of the shaft body, that is, at an end distant from the first bottom wall 4111.

In use, as shown in fig. 22, the user performs the cleaning of the solid waste by pressing the upper portion of the hook portion 4182 so that the first bottom wall 4111 opens the lower end of the box portion 411; then, when the first bottom wall 4111 contacts the lower end of the box portion 411, the hook portion 4182 rotates under the pushing force provided by the position restoring portion 4183, and the hook of the hook portion 4182 contacts the holding portion 4111A, so that the first locking device is in a locked state, in which the first bottom wall 4111 closes the lower end of the box portion 411.

Fig. 17 is a sectional view of a dust collection container according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. Fig. 18 is an enlarged schematic view of a portion a of fig. 17.

In the present disclosure, as shown in fig. 17 and 18, a side wall of the case portion 411 is opened with a discharge port to discharge dirt inside the case portion 411 through the discharge port.

For example, as shown in fig. 8 and 11, the discharge port may be connected to one end of the cleaning pipe 450, and the other end of the cleaning pipe 450 may be connected to a cleaning device of a base station, so that the dirt in the dust collection container 410 is sucked out by the suction force of the cleaning device.

Preferably, the housing assembly 100 of the automatic cleaning apparatus 10 is formed with an opening, and the other end of the cleaning duct 450 is positioned near the opening of the housing assembly 100 or connected to the opening of the housing assembly 100 to facilitate the connection of the cleaning device of the base station to the cleaning duct 450.

In the present disclosure, the opening of the case assembly 100 may be formed at a side portion of the case assembly 100, for example, at a case sidewall of the upper case portion 110.

As shown in fig. 5, a detachable plug portion 150 is disposed at the opening of the housing assembly 100, that is, when the automatic cleaning device 10 is in a state of cleaning a surface to be cleaned, the plug portion 150 is disposed at the opening of the housing assembly 100 for closing the opening of the housing assembly 100 or for closing the cleaning pipe 450; when the robotic cleaning device 10 is docked at the base station, the bulkhead portion 150 is removed from the opening of the housing assembly 100 to enable the cleaning apparatus of the cleaning device to be connected to the cleaning conduit 450.

According to at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, as shown in fig. 17 and 18, the shutter portion 414 is used to open or close the discharge port of the case portion 411, that is, when negative pressure is generated in the cleaning duct 450, the shutter portion 414 opens the discharge port of the case portion 411, and when the air pressure in the cleaning duct 450 is equal to or greater than the air pressure in the case portion 411, the shutter portion 414 closes the discharge port of the case portion 411.

That is, when the air pressure outside the shutter portion 414 (e.g., the air pressure inside the cleaning duct 450) is smaller than the air pressure inside the box portion 411, and the absolute value of the difference between the air pressure outside the shutter portion 414 (e.g., the air pressure inside the cleaning duct 450) and the air pressure inside the box portion 411 is equal to or greater than a preset value, the shutter portion 414 opens the discharge port; otherwise, the shutter portion 414 closes the discharge port; that is, when the air pressure outside the baffle portion 414 is equal to or greater than the air pressure inside the box portion 411, or the air pressure outside the baffle portion 414 is smaller than the air pressure inside the box portion 411, and the absolute value of the difference between the air pressure outside the baffle portion 414 and the air pressure inside the box portion 411 is smaller than a preset value, the baffle portion 414 closes the discharge port.

When the baffle portion 414 opens the discharge port, the gas entering the inside of the box portion 411 through the inlet of the box portion 411 flows through at least a part or all of the bottom surface of the accommodating space of the box portion 411 for storing the solid waste, and then flows out of the discharge port of the box portion 411, so that the solid waste stored in the accommodating space of the box portion 411 for storing the solid waste is conveyed to the outside of the box portion 411 with the airflow.

As one implementation form, the shutter portion 414 may be hinged to a side wall of the case portion 411 to open or close the discharge port of the case portion 411 by rotation of the shutter portion 414.

As shown in fig. 16 to 18, the dust collection container 410 further includes an elastic restoring portion 415, and the elastic restoring portion 415 is configured to apply a force to the shutter portion 414 such that a preset positive pressure is provided between the shutter portion 414 and the case portion 411 when the shutter portion 414 is in a state of closing the discharge port of the case portion 411, and when the shutter portion 414 is in a state of opening the discharge port of the case portion 411, the elastic restoring portion 415 provides a restoring force to the shutter portion 414 to move the shutter portion 414 from a state of opening the discharge port of the case portion 411 to a state of closing the discharge port by the restoring force.

Preferably, the elastic restoring portion 415 may be a torsion spring to provide a torsion force to the barrier portion 414 through the torsion spring and to make the barrier portion 414 in a normally closed state.

Of course, the baffle portion 414 may be opened or closed by other structures, such as by means of an electromagnetic lock, in which case, when the automatic cleaning apparatus is in an operating state, the electromagnetic lock attracts the baffle portion 414, so that the baffle portion 414 closes the discharge port; when the solid waste in the automatic cleaning device needs to be discharged to the outside of the automatic cleaning device, the electromagnetic lock opens the baffle portion 414, and when negative pressure is supplied to the box portion 411 through the discharge port, the discharge of solid particles can be realized.

On the other hand, the power of the electromagnetic lock may be controlled by the pressure difference between the inside and the outside of the discharge port of the casing 411, for example, when the air pressure outside the discharge port is smaller than the air pressure inside the casing 411 and the absolute value of the pressure difference between the air pressure outside the discharge port and the air pressure inside the casing 411 is equal to or greater than a preset value, the electromagnetic lock is controlled to operate so that the baffle portion 414 opens the discharge port, otherwise, the electromagnetic lock is controlled so that the baffle portion 411 closes the discharge port.

In the present disclosure, the discharge port is formed by the side wall of the box portion 411 and the first bottom wall 4111 together, the shutter portion 414 is provided with a seal 416, when the shutter portion 414 closes the discharge port of the box portion 411, a portion of the seal 416 of the shutter portion 414 is in sealing contact with the side wall of the box portion 411, and a portion of the seal 416 of the shutter portion 414 is in sealing contact with the first bottom wall 4111.

The first bottom wall 4111 and/or the side wall of the box body 411 may form a limiting portion, and the baffle portion 414 is located outside the limiting portion to limit the baffle portion 414 from further moving to the inside of the box body 411 by the limiting portion, and thus the baffle portion 414 may not open the discharge port when negative pressure is generated inside the box body 411.

The limiting portion of the side wall of the box portion 411 may be formed as a part of the side wall of the box portion 411, for example, the size of the side wall of the box portion 411 is smaller than that of the baffle portion 414; or, the first bottom wall 4111 is formed with a step, and the step forms a limiting portion.

Preferably, the sealing member 416 is an annular sealing member, so that the gas is effectively prevented from entering the interior of the dust collection container 410 through the discharge port by the arrangement of the sealing member 416, so as not to lower the negative pressure inside the case portion 411 when the automatic cleaning apparatus 10 is in an operating state.

In the present disclosure, the inner surface of the lower end of the discharge port is flush or substantially flush with the inner surface of the first bottom wall 4111, thereby providing a better soot cleaning effect.

According to at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, two opposite sidewalls of the box portion 411 are respectively formed with a concave structure 417, and preferably, the concave structure 417 is disposed at a middle portion of the two lengthwise sidewalls, and the user can take the dust collecting container 410 out of the automatic cleaning apparatus 10 by operating the concave structure 417, i.e., the concave structure 417 forms a hand-catching space for the user to operate.

Fig. 23 is a schematic structural view of a second locking device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. Fig. 24 is an enlarged schematic view of the portion C of fig. 23. Fig. 25 is a schematic view of an opened state of the second locking device of fig. 24.

As shown in fig. 23 to 25, a second locking means 419 is provided in one of the female structures 417 to fix the dust collection container 410 to the lower housing part 120 of the automatic cleaning apparatus 10 by the second locking means 419.

The second locking device 419 includes a pressing portion 4191, a lock member 4192, and a reset member 4193.

Here, the pressing portion 4191 and the lock member 4192 may be integrally formed, or may be separately formed and then assembled together.

The pressing portion 4191 is rotatably disposed on a sidewall of the concave structure 417 of the box portion 411, and the locking member 4192 is disposed on the pressing portion 4191, and when the pressing portion 4191 rotates, the locking member 4192 is driven to rotate.

Here, as shown in fig. 24, when the pressing portion 4191 is located at the first position, at least a portion of the lock member 4192 protrudes outside the concave structure 417, and the position of the dust collecting device 400 is fixed by cooperation with other components of the automatic cleaning apparatus, for example, cooperation with a housing assembly of the automatic cleaning apparatus.

When the pressing part 4191 is driven by an external force and located at the second position, as shown in fig. 25, the lock member 4192 rotates and causes the lock member 4192 to be out of contact with the housing assembly of the automatic cleaning apparatus and the dust collection device 400 to be removed from the automatic cleaning apparatus.

Preferably, when the pressing portion 4191 is located at the second position, the lock member 4192 may be located inside the concave structure 417.

Also, as shown in fig. 24, the returning member 4193 may be a coil spring, and the pressing portion 4191 is moved from the second position to the first position by the torque applied by the coil spring, that is, the pressing portion 4191 is returned.

FIG. 30 is a schematic structural view of a scrubbing element according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

As shown in fig. 2, and fig. 5 to 7, the wet cleaning device 500 is rotatably disposed on the housing assembly 100, for example, rotatably disposed on the lower housing part 120 of the housing assembly 100, and is used for performing wet cleaning on the surface to be cleaned by the side brush cleaning assembly 310 and/or the rolling brush cleaning assembly 320, so that the automatic cleaning apparatus 10 of the present disclosure can generate a mopping effect when cleaning the surface to be cleaned.

In the present disclosure, the wet cleaning device 500 includes a scrubbing part 510, and the scrubbing part 510 is disposed below the lower housing part 120 and is located at the rear side of the traveling direction of the robot cleaner 10, that is, along the traveling direction of the robot cleaner 10, and the wet cleaning device 500 is located at the rear side of the drum brush cleaning assembly 320.

The wet cleaning device 500 further comprises a scrubbing drive 520, and the scrubbing drive 520 is used for driving the scrubbing part 510 to rotate so as to realize scrubbing of the surface to be cleaned.

In the present disclosure, as shown in fig. 30, the scrubbing component 510 includes at least one rotating member, and preferably, the scrubbing component 510 includes two rotating members, namely a first rotating member 511 and a second rotating member 512, wherein the scrubbing driving device 520 is used for driving the first rotating member 511 and the second rotating member 512 to rotate, so as to realize scrubbing of the surface to be cleaned.

As shown in fig. 30, the first rotating member 511 and the second rotating member 512 may be symmetrically disposed, and the first rotating member 511 forms a first rotation circle when rotating; the second rotation member forms a second rotation circle when rotated, and the first rotation member 511 and the second rotation member 512 are provided as: a portion of the first rotation circle and a portion of the second rotation circle are outside the outer contour of the automatic cleaning apparatus 10. Further, the first and second rotation circumferences are flush with the outer contour of the automatic cleaning apparatus 10. In this way, the maximum effective cleaning orientation can be achieved during travel of the robotic cleaning device 10, such that the robotic cleaning device 10 can be mopped along a wall or the like for cleaning, preventing the problem of inability to clean the wall or the like.

Of course, the number of the rotating members may be one, three, four, etc.

Accordingly, the number of scrub drives 520 may be the same as the number of rotors, e.g., each rotor is driven by one scrub drive 520.

Alternatively, the number of scrub drives 520 is less than the number of rotors and at least one rotor is driven by one scrub drive 520; further, the automatic cleaning apparatus 10 includes only one scrub driving device 520, and all the rotating members are driven by the scrub driving device 520.

Fig. 31 is a schematic structural view of a transmission according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. Fig. 32 is a schematic structural view of a transmission according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

For example, in the present disclosure, as shown in fig. 8, and fig. 31 and 32, the scrub driving device 520 is connected to the first rotating member 511 and/or the second rotating member 512 through the speed changing device 530, and preferably, the scrub driving device 520 is connected to the first rotating member 511 and the second rotating member 512 through one speed changing device 530, and the rotation directions of the first rotating member 511 and the second rotating member 512 are the same; of course, the rotation directions of the first rotating member 511 and the second rotating member 512 may be opposite.

Moreover, by controlling the rotation directions of the first rotating member 511 and the second rotating member 512, the first rotating member 511 and the second rotating member 512 can apply power along the moving direction of the automatic cleaning apparatus 10, or apply resistance along the direction opposite to the moving direction of the automatic cleaning apparatus 10, that is, provide driving force or resistance for the automatic cleaning apparatus 10, and in a conventional cleaning scenario, providing driving force for the automatic cleaning apparatus 10 can make the automatic cleaning apparatus 10 move faster and save electric energy; providing resistance to the automatic cleaning device 10 tends to provide better cleaning in certain cleaning scenarios, such as when cleaning floor stains that are sticky.

As shown in fig. 32, the speed changing device 530, i.e., the speed changing device for the automatic cleaning apparatus (coaxial speed changing device 530), includes: a transmission body 531; a drive device, which may be a scrub drive device 520, the scrub drive device 520 to provide a drive force; a drive gear 532, the drive gear 532 being rotatably disposed on the transmission housing 531, and the scrubbing drive unit 520 driving the drive gear 532 to rotate; and at least one output shaft driven in rotation by the pinion gear 532 through a gear train; wherein the axis of rotation of the drive gear 532 coincides with the axis of rotation of the scrub drive 520; the axis of rotation of the output shaft is parallel to the axis of rotation of the scrub drive 520.

For example, the transmission body 531 is formed as a casing of the transmission 530 to accommodate the respective components of the transmission 530 through the transmission body 531, wherein the scrub drive device 520 is fixed to the transmission body 531 below the transmission body 531, and a rotation axis of the scrub drive device 520 is perpendicular to the transmission body 531.

Preferably, the output of the output shaft is located outside of the gearbox body 531, and the scrubbing drive unit 520 and the output of the output shaft are both located on the same side of the gearbox body 531.

The output shafts include a first output shaft 539A and a second output shaft 539B to respectively drive the first rotating member 511 and the second rotating member 512 to rotate through the first output shaft 539A and the second output shaft 539B, so that cleaning of a surface to be cleaned is achieved by the first rotating member 511 and the second rotating member 512.

Of course, the number of output shafts may also be other values, such as one, three, four, etc. The number of output shafts may be the same as the number of rotary members such that each output shaft drives one rotary member to rotate.

Correspondingly, when the number of the output shafts is two, the transmission gear train comprises a first transmission gear train and a second transmission gear train, wherein the driving gear 532 drives the first output shaft 539A to rotate through the first transmission gear train, and the driving gear 532 drives the second output shaft 539B to rotate through the second transmission gear train.

In the present disclosure, the transmission device further includes: a first coaxial gear 533, the first coaxial gear 533 being rotatably provided to the transmission case body 531 such that a rotation axis of the first coaxial gear 533 is parallel to a rotation axis of the scrub drive device;

the driving gear 532 is in transmission connection with a gear with a larger diameter in the first coaxial gear 533, so that the driving gear 532 drives the first coaxial gear 533 to rotate.

The transmission device further comprises: a first coaxial gear 533, the first coaxial gear 533 being rotatably provided to the transmission case body 531 such that a rotation axis of the first coaxial gear 533 is parallel to a rotation axis of the scrub drive device 520; the driving gear 532 is in transmission connection with a gear with a larger diameter in the first coaxial gear 533, so that the driving gear 532 drives the first coaxial gear 533 to rotate.

The first drive train includes: a second coaxial gear 534, wherein the second coaxial gear 534 is rotatably disposed on the transmission body 531, and the rotation axis of the second coaxial gear 534 is parallel to the rotation axis of the scrub drive device 520; and a first output gear 536, the first output gear 536 being provided to a first output shaft 539A; wherein, the gear with smaller diameter in the first coaxial gears 533 is connected with the gear with larger diameter in the second coaxial gears 534 in a transmission way, and the gear with smaller diameter in the second coaxial gears 534 is connected with the first output gear 536 in a transmission way.

The first drive train further includes: an idler wheel 535, the idler wheel 535 rotatably disposed on the transmission body 531 such that an axis of rotation of the idler wheel 535 is parallel to an axis of rotation of the scrub drive 520; wherein the gear with the smaller diameter of the second coaxial gear 534 is in transmission connection with the first output gear 536 through an idler gear 535, so that the driving force of the scrub driving device 520 can be transmitted to the first output shaft 539A.

The second drive train comprises: a third coaxial gear 537, the third coaxial gear 537 being rotatably provided to the transmission case body 531 such that a rotational axis of the third coaxial gear 537 is parallel to a rotational axis of the scrub drive device 520; and a second output gear 538, the second output gear 538 being provided to the second output shaft 539B; wherein the gear with smaller diameter in the first coaxial gears 533 is in transmission connection with the gear with larger diameter in the third coaxial gears 537, and the gear with smaller diameter in the third coaxial gears 537 is in transmission connection with the second output gear 538, so that the driving force of the scrubbing drive 520 can be transmitted to the second output shaft 539B.

Of course, the first transmission gear train and the second transmission gear train are not limited to the above-described structure as long as power can be transmitted from the scrub drive device to the output shaft by gear transmission.

The scrubbing driving device 520 is fixed on the gearbox body 531, and the output ends of the scrubbing driving device and the output shaft are both positioned at the lower side of the gearbox body 531; more preferably, the scrubbing drive is located between the first output shaft 539A and the second output shaft 539B.

In the present disclosure, one end of the first output shaft 539A passes through the transmission case body 531, is located outside the transmission case body 531, and connects the first output shaft 539A to an elevating gear 540 described below.

Accordingly, one end of the second output shaft 539B passes through the transmission case body 531, is located outside the transmission case body 531, and connects the second output shaft 539B to a lifting gear 540 described below.

In the present disclosure, as shown in fig. 32 and 32, the portions of the first output shaft 539A and the second output shaft 539B protruding outside the transmission case body 531 are located on the same side of the transmission case body 531 as the scrub driving device 520, so that the arrangement of the parts of the automatic cleaning apparatus 10 of the present disclosure can be made more compact, the occupied space is small, the capacity of the cleaning liquid storage 571 can be increased, and the transmission efficiency is high.

The first and/or second rotating members 511, 512 are arranged to be displaceable in a direction perpendicular to the bottom surface of the lower housing portion 120 to lift the first and second rotating members 511, 512 towards the bottom of the lower housing portion 120 in certain scenarios only suitable for dry cleaning, thereby allowing the first and/or second rotating members 511, 512 to move away from the surface to be cleaned.

The first and second rotating members 511 and 512 have the same structure and are connected to the first output shaft 539A or the second output shaft 539B, respectively, wherein the connection manner of the first rotating member 511 and the first output shaft 539A of the speed shift device 530 is the same as the connection manner of the second rotating member 512 and the second output shaft 539B of the speed shift device 530, and the connection manner of the first and second rotating members 511 and 512 and the speed shift device 530 will be described by taking only the first rotating member 511 as an example.

Fig. 33 is a schematic structural view of a lifting transmission according to one embodiment of the present disclosure. Fig. 34 is a schematic structural view of a lifting transmission (part) according to one embodiment of the present disclosure. Fig. 35 is a schematic structural view of a lifting transmission (part) according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

In an alternative embodiment of the present disclosure, as shown in fig. 33 to 35, the wet cleaning device 500 further includes: an elevating gear 540, the elevating gear 540 being provided to the housing assembly 100, for example, to the lower housing part 120 of the housing assembly 100, and enabling the elevating gear 540 to ascend or descend with respect to the lower housing part 120 and simultaneously to ascend or descend the scrubbing part 510.

For example, the elevating gear 540 includes a guide post portion 541, an elevating bracket 542, and a floating shaft 543.

The guide post portion 541 is provided in at least one shape, and when one guide post portion 541 is provided, the cross section of the guide post portion 541 is non-circular, and when two or more guide post portions 541 are provided, the cross section of the guide post portion 541 may have any shape, for example, a circular shape or a non-circular shape.

In the present disclosure, the guide post portion 541 may be fixed to the shifting device 530, such as to the transmission case body 531 of the shifting device 530, or to the housing assembly 100, such as to the lower housing portion 120 of the housing assembly 100, and one skilled in the art may locate the guide post portion 541 from an easy-to-install perspective.

The lifting bracket 542 is slidably disposed at the guide post portion 541, that is, the lifting bracket 542 is configured to lift along the guide post portion 541 to drive the first rotating member 511 and/or the second rotating member 512 to lift.

In this disclosure, a stepped hole is formed in the lifting support 542, the bottom wall of the stepped hole is formed into a through hole, the size of the through hole is larger than that of the floating shaft 543, the floating shaft 543 can move up and down and rotate in the through hole, and when the through hole and the floating shaft 543 are circular, the diameter of the through hole is larger than that of the floating shaft 543.

A fairing 544 is disposed within the stepped bore such that the fairing 544 is supported by a stepped portion of the stepped bore, such as below the fairing 544.

In the present disclosure, the damping device 544 may be selected from a linear bearing, a plastic linear bearing, an injection molding with a lubricating effect, or a copper sleeve, etc. so as to reduce the friction force on the floating shaft 543 when the floating shaft 543 moves in the damping device 544.

At this time, the floating shaft 543 is slidably and rotatably provided in the drag reducing device 544, for example, when the drag reducing device 544 is a linear bearing, the floating shaft 543 is provided in a center hole of the linear bearing, so that the floating shaft 543 can slide up and down with a low sliding resistance and rotate with a low rotational resistance.

As shown in fig. 35, an outer flange 5431 is formed at the upper end of the floating shaft 543, the size of the outer flange 5431 is larger than the size of the center hole of the drag reducer 544, for example, the diameter of the outer flange 5431 is larger than the diameter of the center hole of the drag reducer 544, so that when the lifting bracket 542 is lifted, the flange portion of the floating shaft 543 contacts with the drag reducer 544 or contacts with the lifting bracket 542, and the lifting bracket 542 lifts the floating shaft 543.

When the lifting bracket 542 descends, the floating shaft 543 moves downward by the restoring force provided by the elastic restoring portion 545 and the gravity of the floating shaft 543 and the first rotation member 511.

In the present disclosure, the first rotating member 511 is disposed at the lower end of the floating shaft 543, and the rotation axis of the first rotating member 511 is the same as the rotation axis of the floating shaft 543.

Preferably, the first rotary member 511 may be directly attached to lower ends of the first output shaft 539A, the second output shaft 539B, and the elevating shaft 565, and the floating shaft 543, the first output shaft 539A, the second output shaft 539B, and the elevating shaft 565 and the like are collectively referred to as a rotating shaft portion in the present disclosure. Wherein, the rotating shaft part is driven and can rotate.

The first rotating member 511 is arranged at the rotating shaft part, and the rotating shaft part drives the first rotating member 511 to rotate so that the first rotating member 511 cleans the surface to be cleaned;

wherein the first rotating member 511 is disposed to be movable in an axial direction of the rotating shaft portion, and/or movable in a radial direction of the rotating shaft portion, and/or a rotation axis of the first rotating member 511 and the rotation axis of the rotating shaft portion can form an angle different from 0 °.

In the present disclosure, the rotation shaft portion includes a limiting portion to limit an upward moving position of the first rotation member 511 in an axial direction of the rotation shaft portion by the limiting portion. Preferably, the stopper portion of the rotating shaft portion includes a shoulder formed on the rotating shaft portion.

In the present disclosure, as shown in fig. 35, a mounting hole is formed in the middle of the first rotating member 511, and the lower end of the rotating shaft portion is inserted into the mounting hole, wherein the mounting hole is a non-circular hole, and the lower end of the rotating shaft portion is identical to or matched with the mounting hole in shape, so that the rotating shaft portion drives the first rotating member 511 to rotate.

That is, when the mounting hole is the same shape as the lower end of the rotation shaft portion, the first rotation member 511 can move only in the axis direction of the rotation shaft portion.

Preferably, as shown in fig. 35, the length from the stopper portion to the lower end of the rotating shaft portion is greater than the height of the mounting hole of the first rotating member 511.

In the present disclosure, a gap is provided between an outer surface of a lower end of the rotation shaft portion and the mounting hole of the first rotation member 511, so that the first rotation member 511 can move in a radial direction of the rotation shaft portion, and/or an angle formed by a rotation axis of the first rotation member 511 and the rotation axis of the rotation shaft portion can be different from 0 °.

The lower end of the rotating shaft portion is provided with a fastening member 546 to restrict a downward moving position of the first rotating member 511 in the axial direction of the rotating shaft portion by the fastening member 546; for example, when the first rotating member 511 contacts with the stopper portion of the rotating shaft portion, a preset distance, i.e., a movement stroke of the first rotating member 511 in the axial direction of the rotating shaft portion, is provided between the fastening member 546 and the first rotating member 511.

As one implementation form, the fastening element 546 includes a cap screw fixed to a lower end of the rotation shaft portion, and at this time, the lower end of the rotation shaft portion is opened with a threaded hole so that the cap screw can be screwed into the threaded hole of the rotation shaft portion, and when the first rotation member 511 is in contact with the stopper portion of the rotation shaft portion, a preset distance is provided between a head of the cap screw and the first rotation member 511; when the first rotating member 511 is in contact with the cap screw, at least a portion of the head of the cap screw is in contact with the first rotating member 511.

More preferably, as shown in fig. 35, the lower end of the first rotating member 511 is formed with a counterbore, and the counterbore of the first rotating member 511 is communicated with the mounting hole of the first rotating member 511 such that a portion of the fastening member 546 is located in the counterbore.

At this time, the fastening member 546 has a gap from the side wall of the counterbore such that the first rotary member 511 can move in the radial direction of the rotation shaft portion, and/or the rotation axis of the first rotary member 511 and the rotation axis of the rotation shaft portion can form an angle other than 0 °.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the fastening element 546 may also include a screw and washer configured similar to the above-described cap screw, and will not be described in detail herein.

In the present disclosure, as shown in fig. 34, the floating shaft 543 is provided so as to be able to approach or separate from the first output shaft 539A of the speed shift device 530; wherein, the upper end of the floating axle 543 or the lower end of the first output shaft 539A of the speed changing device 530 is provided with a guiding hole, when the lower end of the first output shaft 539A of the speed changing device 530 is provided with a guiding hole, the upper end of the floating axle 543 is slidably disposed in the guiding hole of the first output shaft 539A of the speed changing device 530; accordingly, when the upper end of the floating axle 543 is provided with the guide hole, the lower end of the first output shaft 539A of the speed changing device 530 is slidably disposed within the guide hole of the floating axle 543 to enable sliding movement of the first output shaft 539A of the speed changing device 530 and the floating axle 543, and thereby to enable approaching or distancing between the first output shaft 539A of the speed changing device 530 and the floating axle 543.

The guide hole is a non-circular hole, for example, the shape of the guide hole can be square, triangular and the like; the shape of the upper end of the floating shaft 543 is adapted to the shape of the guide hole of the first output shaft 539A of the transmission 530, and for example, the shape of the upper end of the floating shaft 543 is the same as the shape of the guide hole of the first output shaft 539A of the transmission 530, so that power can be transmitted between the floating shaft 543 and the first output shaft 539A of the transmission 530.

Thereby, when the first rotating member 511 is applied with an external force from the surface to be cleaned, for example, when the surface to be cleaned is uneven, a relative movement can be generated between the floating shaft 543 and the first output shaft 539A of the speed changing device 530.

Also, the elastic restoring portion 545 serves to provide a restoring force to the floating shaft 543, for example, the elastic restoring portion 545 can provide a downward force to the floating shaft 543 and the first rotating member 511 mounted to the floating shaft 543, so that a predetermined positive pressure can be generated when the first rotating member 511 is in contact with the ground. More preferably, one end of the elastic restoring portion 545 does not rotate or the rotation angle is within a preset range with respect to the output shafts (the first output shaft 539A and the second output shaft 539B), and the other end of the elastic restoring portion does not rotate or the rotation angle is within a preset range with respect to the floating shaft.

Preferably, the elastic restoring portion 545 may be a spring, such as a coil spring, but the elastic restoring portion 545 may be implemented by other elements, such as an elastic rubber block.

The spring may be sleeved outside the first output shaft 539A, one end of the spring abuts against the floating shaft 543, and the other end of the spring is fixed to the first output shaft 539A, and the spring is in a pre-compressed state, so that when the automatic cleaning apparatus 10 is placed on a surface to be cleaned, the first rotating member 511 exerts a positive pressure on the surface to be cleaned.

In the present disclosure, in order to prevent the elastic restoring portion 545 from twisting during operation, the first output shaft 539A is provided with a stop portion 547, and the other end of the elastic restoring portion 545 is abutted against the stop portion 547, that is, the elastic restoring portion 545 is located between the floating shaft 543 and the stop portion 547, wherein the stop portion 547 rotates synchronously with the first output shaft 539A, so that the elastic restoring portion 545 is in a stationary state between the floating shaft 543 and the stop portion 547.

For example, a shoulder is formed on the first output shaft 539A, and the stopper portion 547 is provided to the shoulder of the first output shaft 539A to limit the axial position of the stopper portion 547 at the first output shaft 539A by the shoulder of the first output shaft 539A and to space the stopper portion 547 a predetermined distance from the transmission body 531 of the speed changing device 530.

That is, one end of the elastic restoring portion 545 abuts against the stopper portion 547, so that when the first output shaft 539A rotates, the stopper portion 547 is rotated, and thus the elastic restoring portion 545 is in a stationary state with respect to the first output shaft 539A or with respect to the floating shaft 543.

In the present disclosure, the shape of the center hole of the flap portion 547 is the same as or adapted to the shape of the cross section of the lower end of the first output shaft 539A so that the flap portion 547 can rotate in synchronization with the first output shaft 539A.

Fig. 36 is a schematic structural view of a lift drive assembly according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

In an alternative embodiment of the present disclosure, as shown in fig. 36, the elevating gear 540 further includes an elevating driving assembly 548, and the elevating bracket 542 is driven by the elevating driving assembly 548 to move the elevating bracket 542 up and down along the guide post portion 541.

As shown in fig. 36, the lift drive assembly 548 includes: a lifting drive 5481 and a connecting rod 5482.

Wherein, the lifting driving means 5481 is provided on the structure of the lower housing part 120, the speed changing means 530, etc. not moving for providing the lifting driving force.

One end of the link 5482 is provided to the elevation driving means 5481, and the other end of the link 5482 contacts the elevation bracket 542, so that when the elevation driving means 5481 drives the link 5482 to rotate around the rotation axis of the elevation driving means 5481, the other end of the link 5482 slides with respect to the elevation bracket 542 and drives the elevation bracket 542 to ascend.

Conversely, when the elevation driving means 5481 is reversely rotated, the elevation bracket 542 is moved downward by the gravity of itself and other components mounted to the elevation bracket 542.

Preferably, a length direction of the link 5482 is perpendicular to a rotation axis of the elevation driving means 5481, and one end and the other end of the link 5482 denote one end and the other end of the length direction of the link 5482.

More preferably, the lifting driving device 5481 may be a steering engine, a motor, a stepping motor, a reduction gear box, or the like.

In the present disclosure, the elevation driving assembly 548 is not limited to the above-described structure, and any structure capable of driving the floating shaft to be elevated can achieve the object of the present disclosure, such as an elevation cylinder, a linear motor, and the like. However, in consideration of space, a structure is adopted in which a lifting driving device in the form of a motor is used and the link is driven to swing up and down by a small-angle rotation of an output shaft of the motor, and this structure is preferably adopted.

In order to reduce the friction force during the contact between the connecting rod 5482 and the lifting bracket 542, the other end of the connecting rod 5482 is provided with a rolling device 5483, the rolling device 5483 is in contact with the lifting bracket 542, for example, the rolling device 5483 may be a bearing, a roller, or the like.

Also, a limit groove is formed in the lifting bracket 542, and the other end of the link 5482 or the rolling means 5483 moves in the limit groove, so that the movement stroke of the lifting bracket 542 when moving downward can be limited by the provision of the limit groove.

Fig. 37 is a schematic structural view of a variable speed lift according to one embodiment of the present disclosure. Fig. 38 is another angular configuration schematic of a variable speed lift according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

As another implementation form, as shown in fig. 37 and 38, the wet cleaning device 500 includes a variable speed lifting device 560, and the variable speed lifting device 560 is disposed on the housing assembly 100, for example, on a non-moving component such as the lower housing part 120 of the housing assembly 100.

In the present disclosure, the variable speed lifters 560 may be provided in two, i.e., each variable speed lifter 560 drives one rotating member. Of course, the number of the scrubbing drives 520 may be two, and each scrubbing drive 520 is connected to one of the variable speed lifts 560 to provide a driving force to the variable speed lift 560.

The variable-speed lifting device 560 includes a variable-speed lifting box body 561, a main gear 562, an intermediate gear 563, a lifting gear 564, and a lifting shaft 565.

The transmission lift case portion 561 may be formed by combining an upper case portion and a lower case portion, and allow the components of the transmission lift 560 to be disposed inside the transmission lift case portion 561.

The scrub driving device 520 is disposed on the variable-speed lifting box body 561, for example, disposed on a lower portion of the variable-speed lifting box body 561, and the main gear 562 is disposed on the scrub driving device 520, so that the scrub driving device 520 drives the main gear 562 to rotate.

The intermediate gear 563 is rotatably provided to the transmission lifting case body 561, for example, one end of the intermediate gear 563 is rotatably provided to the upper portion of the case body, and the other end is rotatably provided to the lower portion of the case body, and the rotation axis of the intermediate gear 563 is parallel to the rotation axis of the scrub driving device 520.

The intermediate gear 563 comprises a large gear 5631 and a small gear 5632, the large gear 5631 and the small gear 5632 rotate synchronously, for example, the large gear 5631 and the small gear 5632 are integrally formed, wherein the large gear 5631 has a larger diameter and a larger number of teeth than the small gear 5632.

The main gear 562 is engaged with the large gear 5631 of the intermediate gear 563, and the small gear 5632 of the intermediate gear 563 is engaged with the elevating gear 564, and enables the elevating gear 564 to be elevated with respect to the small gear 5632.

In the present disclosure, the elevating gear 564 is fixed to an upper end of the elevating shaft 565, and a rotation axis of the elevating shaft 565 is parallel to a rotation axis of the scrub driving device 520, wherein a screw portion is formed on an outer surface of the elevating shaft 565.

A nut 566 is sleeved outside the elevating shaft 565, wherein the nut 566 is matched with a thread part formed on the outer surface of the elevating shaft 565, and preferably, an outer flange 5431 is formed on the outer circumferential surface of the nut 566; the nut 566 is rotatably provided to the transmission case body 561 of the transmission 530, and the position of the nut 566 in the axial direction of the elevating shaft 565 is restricted by the transmission case body 561.

A mounting space is formed in the lower portion of the housing, a bearing portion 567 may be provided in the mounting space, and the nut 566 is rotatably provided in the bearing portion 567, and the radial movement of the nut 566 is restricted by the bearing portion 567.

Preferably, the bearing portion 567 may be selected to be a linear bearing, such as a plastic linear bearing or the like.

At least one of the upper and lower surfaces of the outer flange 5431 of the nut 566 is provided with a thrust bearing 568, for example, the upper and lower surfaces of the outer flange 5431 of the nut 566 are provided with thrust bearings 568, the thrust bearing 568 positioned at the upper surface of the outer flange 5431 of the nut 566 is in contact with the lower part of the case, and the thrust bearing 568 positioned at the lower surface of the outer flange 5431 of the nut 566 is in contact with the case end cover portion 5601, wherein the case end cover portion 5601 is provided at the lower part of the case for closing the installation space at the lower part of the case, and at this time, the elevating shaft 565 may pass through the case end cover portion 5601 to be positioned outside the case end cover portion 5601.

In an alternative embodiment of the present disclosure, as shown in fig. 38, the variable speed lift 560 further comprises a lift selector 569, the lift selector 569 for selectively locking the nut 566, wherein when the lift selector 569 locks the nut 566 and the scrub drive 520 is rotated in a first direction, the lift shaft 565 is rotated up; when the lifting selector 569 locks the nut 566 and the scrub driving unit 520 rotates in the second direction, the lifting shaft 565 rotates to be lowered, and when the lifting selector 569 locks the nut 566 and the scrub driving unit 520 rotates in the first direction or the second direction, the scrub driving unit 520 rotates the first rotating member 511, wherein the first direction and the second direction are opposite.

As one implementation, the lift selection device 569 may include a solenoid valve, wherein an installation groove is formed on the outer flange 5431 of the nut 566, such that when the solenoid valve is actuated, a valve stem of the solenoid valve is extended and inserted into the installation groove to lock the nut 566; otherwise, the valve stem of the solenoid valve is retracted to allow the nut 566 to rotate freely.

In the present disclosure, the height of the pinion 5632 is set to: when the elevating shaft 565 is located at the uppermost limit position and at the lowermost limit position, the pinion gear 5632 is kept engaged with the elevating gear 564.

In an alternative embodiment of the present disclosure, the first rotating member 511 is disposed at a lower end of the elevating shaft 565, and the elevating shaft 565 drives the first rotating member 511 to rotate and elevate.

The connection manner of the first rotating member 511 and the lifting shaft 565 is the same/similar to the connection direction of the first rotating member 511 and the floating shaft 543, and is not repeated herein.

The detailed structure of the scrubbing unit 510 of the present disclosure will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 30, the scrubbing element 510 may include a first rotating member 511 and a second rotating member 512.

The first rotary member 511 is rotatable about a first rotation center 517 and forms a first rotation circumference. The second rotating member 512 may rotate about a second center of rotation 518 and form a second circle of rotation.

First rotating member 511 may have a first edge formed by first arc segment 513 and second arc segment 514. First arc segments 513 and second arc segments 514 are alternately connected end-to-end to form a first edge.

Fig. 30 shows that the number of first arc segments 513 and second arc segments 514 is four, respectively, and four first arc segments 513 and four second arc segments 514 are alternately connected to form a first edge.

It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the number of first arc segments 513 and second arc segments 514 may be other numbers, such as five, six, seven, eight, etc.

The second rotating member 512 may have a second edge, and the second edge is formed of a third arc segment 523 and a fourth arc segment 524. Although it is illustrated that the number of the third arc segments 523 and the number of the fourth arc segments 524 are four, respectively, and the four third arc segments 523 and the four fourth arc segments 524 are alternately connected to form the second edge, the second edge may include more than four third arc segments 523 and fourth arc segments 524, as the first edge is. In addition, the second rotating member 512 may have the same shape and arrangement as the first rotating member 511.

First arc segments 513 are convex with respect to first center of rotation 517 and second arc segments 514 are concave with respect to first center of rotation 517. The third arc segment 523 is convex with respect to the second center of rotation 518 and the fourth arc segment 524 is concave with respect to the second center of rotation 518.

By the arrangement of the first and second rotating members 511 and 512 of the present disclosure, the first and second rotating members 511 and 512 may occupy a larger effective cleaning surface area. For example, a rotating member constructed with more than four arc segments will occupy a greater effective cleaning surface area than a triangular-like rotating member and will provide better results during actual sweeping mopping.

Further, although the arc segments of the first and second rotating members 511 and 512 are shown as circular arc shapes, they may have other arc shapes, for example, an arc shape having a straight line and a curved line.

The first rotating circle 515 and the second rotating circle 516 have an overlapping area, and the first edge and the second edge are kept in a state of being continuously tangent to each other at the edge and the inner portion of the overlapping area during the rotation of the first rotating member 511 and the second rotating member 512.

Wherein in the present disclosure, a state of continuous tangency refers to the first edge being in contact with the second edge or both maintaining a small gap, e.g., a constant small gap. In the present disclosure, the arcs of the first arc segment, the second arc segment, the third arc segment, and the fourth arc segment are set not to form mutual interference in the form of extrusion, etc., thereby ensuring smooth rotation of the first rotating member 511 and the second rotating member 512.

For example, in the case where the first and second edges are tangent, the sum of the distance from the first center of rotation 517 to the point of the tangent first/second arc and the distance from the second center of rotation 518 to the point of the tangent third/fourth arc will be equal or substantially equal to the distance between the first and second centers of rotation 517 and 518. During rotation of first and second rotating members 511, 512, the first arc segment generally mates with the fourth arc segment, and the second arc segment generally mates with the third arc segment. The distance from each point of the first arc segment and the third arc segment to the first rotation center is set to be greater than or equal to half the distance between the first rotation center 517 and the second rotation center 518, and the distance from each point of the second arc segment and the fourth arc segment to the first rotation center is set to be less than or equal to half the distance between the first rotation center 517 and the second rotation center 518.

As a specific example, the arrangement of the first to fourth arc segments may be as follows.

The first arc segment 513 is located at a distance from the first center of rotation 517: the distance between the center point or the middle area of the first arc section 513 and the first rotation center 517 is greater than the distance between the points at the two ends of the first arc section 513 and the first rotation center 517. From the center or middle region of the first arc-segment 513 toward the ends of the first arc-segment 513, the distance between each point of the first arc-segment 513 and the first center of rotation 517 gradually decreases.

Second arc segment 514 is spaced from first center of rotation 517 by: the distance between the center point or middle area of the second arc segment 514 and the first rotation center 517 is smaller than the distance between the points at the two ends of the second arc segment 514 and the first rotation center 517. The distances between each point of second arc segment 514 and first center of rotation 517 increase from the center or middle region of second arc segment 514 toward the ends of second arc segment 514.

The distance of the third arc segment 523 from the second center of rotation 518 is set such that: the distance between the center point or the middle point of the third arc 523 and the second rotation center 518 is greater than the distance between the points at the two ends of the third arc 523 and the second rotation center 518. The distances between the points of the third arc segment 523 and the second rotation center 518 gradually decrease from the center or middle region of the third arc segment 523 toward both ends of the third arc segment 523.

The fourth arc segment 524 is spaced from the second center of rotation 518 by: the distance from the center point or middle area of the fourth arc 524 to the second rotation center 518 is smaller than the distance from the points at the two ends of the fourth arc 524 to the second rotation center 518. The distance between each point of the fourth arc segment 524 and the second center of rotation 518 increases from the center or middle region of the fourth arc segment 524 toward both ends of the fourth arc segment 524.

In a preferred embodiment, the first arc segment 513 and the second arc segment 514 are smoothly transitional arc segments, and/or the third arc segment 523 and the fourth arc segment 524 are smoothly transitional arc segments.

When the scrubbing element 510 is in operation, it may be rotated horizontally to engage a surface to be cleaned for mopping, cleaning, or the like. The first and second rotating members 511 and 512 are symmetrically arranged and the rotating directions may be set to be opposite, so that it can be ensured that the rotation of the first and second rotating members 511 and 512 does not affect the normal traveling of the cleaning apparatus when the cleaning apparatus such as the automatic cleaning apparatus 10 is in operation.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the first rotating member 511 and the second rotating member 512 are configured to be movable up and down with respect to the surface to be cleaned. Wherein moving up and down here means moving in a direction perpendicular to the surface to be cleaned. In this manner, scrubbing elements 510 are brought into better contact with the surface being cleaned, thereby providing better cleaning.

The first rotating member 511 and the second rotating member 512 may be provided with a cleaning material to scrub the surface to be cleaned. The cleaning material may comprise, for example, a flexible brush head or cleaning cloth or the like. The cleaning head or head may scrub the cleaning surface with the cleaning substance.

The cleaning material 519 is provided on the first rotating member 511 or the second rotating member 512, and the cleaning material 519 rotates as the first rotating member 511 and the second rotating member 512 rotate.

As shown in fig. 33, a hollowed-out area 525 may be provided on the first rotating member 511, so that when the cleaning liquid is supplied to the hollowed-out area 525, the cleaning liquid can pass through the hollowed-out area 525 to reach the cleaning material 519, thereby achieving a mopping effect of the automatic cleaning apparatus 10 by the wet cleaning material 519.

Although a hollowed-out area is shown in fig. 33, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that other shapes may be used.

In addition, the second rotating member 512 can also be used in the same manner, and is not described in detail herein.

Fig. 39 is a schematic structural view of a cleaning liquid supply device 570 according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

In the present disclosure, as shown in fig. 8 and 39, the wet type cleaning apparatus further includes a cleaning liquid supply device 570, and the cleaning liquid supply device 570 stores a cleaning liquid and supplies the cleaning liquid to the first rotating member 511 and/or the second rotating member 512 so that the wet type cleaning apparatus can wet-clean a surface to be cleaned.

In an alternative embodiment of the present disclosure, the cleaning liquid supply device 570 includes:

a cleaning liquid storage part 571, the cleaning liquid storage part 571 being used for storing cleaning liquid;

a liquid replenishment control part 572, the liquid replenishment control part 572 being provided in the cleaning liquid storage part 571 and having a first position and a second position, wherein when the liquid replenishment control part 572 is located at the first position, supply of the cleaning liquid into the cleaning liquid storage part 571 is not permitted, and when the liquid replenishment control part 572 is located at the second position, supply of the cleaning liquid into the cleaning liquid storage part 571 is permitted; and

and a position detection module 610, wherein the position detection module 610 is used for detecting the position of the liquid supplementing control part 572 and judging whether the cleaning liquid can be supplied into the cleaning liquid storage part 571 or not according to the position of the liquid supplementing control part 572.

Therefore, when the automatic cleaning device stops at the base station, the liquid supplementing pipe of the base station can drive the liquid supplementing control part 572, and the accurate position of the liquid supplementing control part is obtained through the position detection module, so that the process of supplementing the cleaning liquid can be smoothly carried out.

Of course, the position detection module 610 may also be part of the detection device 600 of the automatic cleaning apparatus 10; that is, it is obvious to those skilled in the art that the position detecting module 610 may be classified as either the cleaning liquid supplying apparatus or the detecting apparatus, which is not contradictory.

In the present disclosure, the position detection module 610 includes:

a magnetism detection unit 611, the magnetism detection unit 611 generating a magnetic field; and

the detection element 612 confirms the distance between the magnetic detection unit 611 and the detection element 612 by the magnetic field intensity of the magnetic detection unit 611 detected by the detection element 612, and specifies the position of the fluid replacement control unit 572.

In one embodiment, the magnetism detection unit 611 is provided in the fluid replacement control unit 572, and the detection element 612 is provided in the cleaning fluid storage unit 571; alternatively, in another embodiment, the magnetism detection unit 611 is provided in the cleaning liquid storage unit 571, and the detection element 612 is provided in the fluid replacement control unit 572.

Preferably, the sensing element 612 includes a hall element and/or a reed switch.

The cleaning liquid supply device 570 according to at least one embodiment of the present disclosure further includes:

a guide portion 573, the guide portion 573 being provided to the cleaning liquid storage portion 571; as one implementation form, the guide portion 573 may be formed to extend from an inner wall of one side wall of the cleaning liquid storage portion 571 toward the inside of the cleaning liquid storage portion 571; as another implementation, the guide 573 may be formed as a separate component, and the cleaning liquid storage 571 is formed with a recess, at least a portion of the guide 573 being located within the recess of the cleaning liquid storage.

Further, the guide portion 573 may be formed as a part of a wall portion of the cleaning liquid storage portion, and the guide portion 573 forms a cleaning liquid flow passage through which an inner space of the cleaning liquid storage portion 571 communicates with the outside of the cleaning liquid storage portion 571.

The side wall of the guide portion 573 is opened with a liquid replenishment hole formed as a part of the cleaning liquid flow passage, that is, the guide portion 573 communicates with the inner space of the cleaning liquid storage portion 571 through the liquid replenishment hole, so that when the liquid in the liquid replenishment pipe flows to the guide portion 573, the liquid flows into the cleaning liquid storage portion 571 through the liquid replenishment hole of the guide portion 573.

In one aspect, the guides 573 may be horizontally disposed with the fluid infusion hole located at the lowest position of the guides 573.

On the other hand, the guide portion 573 may be disposed obliquely, for example, obliquely downward in the direction from the first position to the second position of the fluid replacement control portion (i.e., in the direction from the front to the rear of the automatic cleaning apparatus), and the fluid replacement hole is disposed along the length direction of the guide portion 573 such that an extension line of the position of the fluid replacement hole is located at the lowest position of the guide portion 573.

The fluid replacement control part 572 is slidably provided in the guide part 573, and when the fluid replacement control part 572 is located at the first position, the fluid replacement control part 572 closes the fluid replacement hole to prevent the cleaning liquid from flowing out of the cleaning liquid storage part 571 and does not allow the cleaning liquid to be added into the cleaning liquid storage part 571, and when the fluid replacement control part 572 is located at the second position, the internal space of the cleaning liquid storage part 571 is made to communicate with the cleaning liquid flow passage of the guide part 573.

In the present disclosure, the cleaning liquid supply device 570 further includes:

a sealing guide 574, the sealing guide 574 being provided to the cleaning liquid storage part 571 to seal the cleaning liquid flow passage and guide the fluid replenishing pipe by the sealing guide 574.

Specifically, a center of the sealing guide 574 is formed with a tapered center hole, and a diameter of the center hole of the sealing guide 574 is gradually reduced in a direction approaching the cleaning liquid storage part 571, so that the sealing effect of the cleaning liquid storage part 571 can be improved by the arrangement of the sealing guide 574, on the one hand, to guide the fluid replacement pipe of the base station, and on the other hand.

For example, when the fluid replacement control part 572 is located at the first position, a sealing member 575 is disposed between the fluid replacement control part 572 and the sealing guide 574, and the sealing member 575 may be a sealant, so that the cleaning liquid storage part 571 forms a sealing structure at the fluid replacement control part 572.

When the fluid replacement controlling part 572 is located at the first position, at least a part of the fluid replacement controlling part 572 is located in the central hole of the seal guide 574.

In order that the fluid replacement control part 572 can move from the second position to the first position after the fluid replacement tube of the base station is separated from the cleaning fluid storage part 571, the cleaning fluid storage part 571 further comprises an elastic biasing part 576, one end of the elastic biasing part 576 is disposed on one wall portion of the cleaning fluid storage part 571, the other end is disposed on the fluid replacement control part 572, and when the fluid replacement control part 572 is located at the first position, the elastic biasing part 576 applies an elastic force to the fluid replacement control part 572.

When the fluid replacement controlling part 572 moves from the first position to the second position, the fluid replacement controlling part 572 further compresses the elastic force application part 576 to move the fluid replacement controlling part 572 from the second position to the first position by the potential energy of the elastic force application part 576.

According to at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, the cleaning liquid storage part 571 includes a container upper part and a container lower part, and the cleaning liquid storage part 571 is formed by connecting the container upper part and the container lower part.

An opening is formed on the case side wall 112 of the upper case 110, and the sealing guide 574 corresponds to the opening of the case side wall 112, so that the fluid infusion tube of the base station can pass through the opening of the case side wall 112 and the sealing guide 574 to apply a pushing force to the fluid infusion control part 572.

On the other hand, a portion of the seal guide 574 may be positioned in the opening of the case side wall portion 112, so that the fluid replacement tube of the base station can be directly inserted into the seal guide 574 and apply a pushing force to the fluid replacement controlling portion 572.

More preferably, the opening formed on the case side wall portion 112 is located on the rear side of the automatic cleaning apparatus 10 in the advancing direction of the automatic cleaning apparatus 10; for example, at a location proximate to the wet cleaning module.

The cleaning liquid supply device 570 further includes: and a liquid supply module disposed on the housing assembly 100, for example, on the lower housing part 120 of the housing assembly 100, and connected to the cleaning liquid storage 571, for supplying the cleaning liquid to the first rotating member 511 and/or the second rotating member 512.

The liquid supply module may include a peristaltic pump to quantitatively send the cleaning liquid stored in the cleaning liquid storage 571 to the first rotating member 511 and/or the second rotating member 512 by the peristaltic pump.

The detection device 600 includes a laser ranging sensor 620 (LDS laser ranging sensor 620), and the laser ranging sensor 620 is rotatably disposed on the housing assembly 100, for example, directly or indirectly disposed on the lower housing part 120 of the housing assembly 100, and passes through the housing cover part 130, such that a portion of the laser ranging sensor 620 is located on the upper part of the housing cover part 130.

Wherein the laser ranging sensor 620 rotates at a speed of about 300rpm, although the speed of the laser ranging sensor 620 may be set to other values to detect the distance between the automatic cleaning apparatus 10 and surrounding obstacles through the laser ranging sensor 620, whereby the surface to be cleaned may be mapped.

On the other hand, the detection apparatus 600 further includes a wall-following sensor capable of detecting the distance between the automatic cleaning device 10 and the peripheral planar obstacle, for example, a wall-following sensor capable of detecting the distance between the automatic cleaning device 10 and a wall, and enabling the automatic cleaning device 10 to travel along the wall, thereby effectively cleaning an area near the wall.

In the present disclosure, the along-the-wall sensor may be selected to be a line laser sensor, and thus enables the automatic cleaning apparatus 10 to be maintained at a distance of 5mm or less from the wall.

Wherein, the wall sensor is disposed on the housing assembly 100, the emitted signal can be emitted from the opening formed on the side of the housing assembly 100 to the outside of the automatic cleaning device 10, and the reflected signal is received from the opening on the side of the housing assembly 100 by the wall sensor, so as to accurately detect the distance between the automatic cleaning device 10 and the peripheral planar obstacle.

In an alternative embodiment of the present disclosure, the detecting device 600 further includes an impact sensor to detect an impact position of the automatic cleaning apparatus 10 with a peripheral obstacle through the impact sensor, thereby confirming a position of the peripheral obstacle of the automatic cleaning apparatus 10.

Wherein the collision sensor comprises a striker portion, wherein the striker portion is arranged to be displaceable relative to the housing assembly 100, in particular, the striker portion is formed as part of an outer surface of the automatic cleaning apparatus 10.

The striking plate portion may be located at the front portion in the traveling direction of the automatic cleaning apparatus 10 to generate a relative displacement between the striking plate portion and the housing assembly 100 when the striking plate portion collides with an obstacle, and to excite the detection portion of the collision sensor to detect the displacement signal.

In an optional embodiment of the present disclosure, the detecting device 600 further includes a cliff sensor for detecting a distance between the automatic cleaning device 10 and the surface to be cleaned, and when the distance between the automatic cleaning device 10 and the surface to be cleaned is greater than a preset value, or when a difference between the distance between the automatic cleaning device 10 and the surface to be cleaned and the distance between the automatic cleaning device 10 and the surface to be cleaned at the previous time is greater than a preset value, it is determined that there is a step or the like on the surface to be cleaned, and at this time, the automatic cleaning device 10 is controlled to stop, and the automatic cleaning device 10 is prevented from falling off the step.

Further, the automatic cleaning apparatus 10 may also form a virtual exclusion zone according to the setting of the user, and control the automatic cleaning apparatus 10 to restrict the automatic cleaning apparatus 10 from crossing the virtual exclusion zone when the automatic cleaning apparatus 10 moves to the vicinity of the virtual exclusion zone.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the foregoing embodiments are merely for clarity of illustration of the disclosure and are not intended to limit the scope of the disclosure. Other variations or modifications may occur to those skilled in the art, based on the foregoing disclosure, and are still within the scope of the present disclosure.

Claims (10)

1. A variable speed lifting device for an automatic cleaning apparatus to rotate and/or lift a rotating member of the automatic cleaning apparatus when the automatic cleaning apparatus is in an operating state, comprising:

the lifting shaft is provided with an external thread part on at least part of the outer surface;

a lifting control part which is provided with a central hole and at least partially forms the central hole of the lifting control part into an internal thread part, is rotatably arranged on the lifting shaft and enables the external thread part of the lifting shaft to be matched with the internal thread part of the lifting control part;

a lifting selection device selectively locking the lifting control part to enable the lifting shaft to generate lifting motion when the lifting control part is locked and the lifting shaft rotates; when the lifting control part is not locked, the lifting shaft and the lifting control part rotate at the same speed; and

a drive device for providing power to the lifting shaft to cause the lifting shaft to lift and/or rotate.

2. The variable speed lift device of claim 1 further comprising:

a transmission lift case portion for restricting movement of the lift control portion in an axial direction of the lift shaft.

3. A variable speed lift device according to claim 2 wherein said lift selection means is provided on said variable speed lift chest portion.

4. A variable speed lift apparatus as set forth in claim 2, wherein said variable speed lift case portion is formed with an installation space, a bearing portion is provided in said installation space, and said lift control portion is rotatably provided in said bearing portion.

5. The variable speed lift device according to claim 4, wherein an outer flange is formed on an outer peripheral surface of the lift control portion, the variable speed lift case portion is engaged with the outer flange of the lift control portion, and the position of the lift control portion is regulated by regulating the position of the outer flange of the lift control portion.

6. The variable speed riser of claim 5, further comprising a case end cap portion disposed on the variable speed riser case portion such that the outer flange of the riser control portion is captured between the variable speed riser case portion and the case end cap portion.

7. A variable speed lifting device according to claim 6, wherein at least one of the upper and lower surfaces of the outer flange of the lifting control part is provided with a friction reducing means to reduce friction when the lifting control part is rotated by the friction reducing means.

8. The variable speed lifting device according to claim 5, wherein the lifting control part is formed with a mounting groove to be engaged with the mounting groove of the lifting control part to lock the lifting control part when the lifting selection part is operated; otherwise, the lifting control part is allowed to rotate.

9. The variable speed lift device of any one of claims 1-8 wherein the mounting groove is formed in an outer flange of the lift control portion;

optionally, the driving device is connected with a main gear, the driving device drives the main gear to rotate, and the main gear drives the lifting shaft to rotate through a transmission gear train;

optionally, the drive train comprises:

the intermediate gear comprises a large gear and a small gear which rotate synchronously, and the main gear is in transmission connection with the large gear of the intermediate gear; and

the lifting gear is arranged on the lifting shaft and used for driving the lifting shaft to rotate, and the lifting gear is in transmission connection with the pinion of the intermediate gear;

optionally, the rotational axis of the intermediate gear is parallel to the rotational axis of the drive device;

optionally, the height of the pinion of the intermediate gear is set as: when the lifting shaft is positioned at the uppermost extreme position and moves to the lowermost extreme position, the lifting gear is in transmission connection with the pinion;

optionally, the method further comprises:

the first rotating piece is arranged at the lower end of the lifting shaft and drives the first rotating piece to lift and rotate through the lifting shaft;

optionally, the first rotating member is arranged to be movable along the axial direction of the lifting shaft, and/or movable along the radial direction of the lifting shaft, and/or the rotating axis of the first rotating member and the rotating axis of the lifting shaft can form an included angle with an angle different from 0 °;

optionally, the lifting shaft comprises a limiting part, so that the limiting part limits the upward moving position of the first rotating part along the axial direction of the lifting shaft;

optionally, the limiting part comprises a shaft shoulder formed on the lifting shaft;

optionally, a mounting hole is formed in the middle of the first rotating member, and the lower end of the lifting shaft is inserted into the mounting hole, wherein the mounting hole is a non-circular hole, and the lower end of the lifting shaft is the same as or matched with the mounting hole in shape, so that the lifting shaft drives the first rotating member to rotate;

optionally, a gap is formed between the outer surface of the lower end of the lifting shaft and the mounting hole of the first rotating member, so that the first rotating member can move along the radial direction of the lifting shaft, and/or the rotating axis of the first rotating member and the rotating axis of the lifting shaft can form an included angle with an angle different from 0 °;

optionally, a fastening element is arranged at the lower end of the lifting shaft, so that the first rotating piece is limited by the fastening element to move downwards along the axial direction of the lifting shaft;

optionally, when the first rotating piece is in contact with the limiting part of the lifting shaft, a preset distance is reserved between the fastening element and the first rotating piece;

optionally, the fastening element comprises a cap screw fixed to the lower end of the lifting shaft, and when the first rotating member is in contact with the limiting part of the lifting shaft, a preset distance is formed between the head of the cap screw and the first rotating member; when the first rotating member is in contact with the cap screw, at least a portion of a head of the cap screw is in contact with the first rotating member;

optionally, the lower end of the first rotating member is formed with a counter bore, the counter bore is communicated with the mounting hole of the first rotating member, and part of the fastening element is located in the counter bore;

optionally, a gap is formed between the fastening element and the side wall of the counterbore, so that the first rotating piece can move along the radial direction of the lifting shaft, and/or the rotating axis of the first rotating piece and the rotating axis of the lifting shaft can form an included angle with an angle different from 0 degrees;

optionally, the drive comprises a scrubbing drive.

10. An automatic cleaning apparatus comprising a variable speed lift device as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 9.

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