CN116687293A - Floor brush assembly, surface cleaning equipment and cleaning method of floor brush assembly - Google Patents

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a floor brush assembly, comprising: a vacuum chamber having a vacuum opening; a stirring member; a support bracket having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, the support bracket supporting the stirring element on the cleaning head housing, the support bracket being secured by the first end to a first sidewall of the cleaning head housing forming the vacuum chamber; a bracket member pivotally disposed at a second end of the support frame; the support frame is arranged on the support frame, and the support frame is provided with a support part and a support frame, wherein the support part and the support frame can be relatively fixed through a first pretightening force, so that the support part is positioned at a first position; the bracket component and the support frame can be relatively fixed through a second pretightening force, so that the bracket component is positioned at a second position; in the second position, the bracket component is positioned such that the component to which the bracket component is mounted is remote from the evacuation opening. The disclosure also provides a surface cleaning apparatus and a method of cleaning a floor brush assembly.

Description

Floor brush assembly, surface cleaning equipment and cleaning method of floor brush assembly

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to a floor brush assembly, a surface cleaning apparatus, and a cleaning method of a floor brush assembly.

Background

Wet surface cleaning apparatus are suitable for cleaning hard floor surfaces such as tile, hardwood floors, soft carpeted surfaces, and the like.

When the wet surface cleaning device cleans the surface to be cleaned, cleaning liquid is firstly conveyed to the cleaning module, and is applied to the surface to be cleaned through the cleaning module, and when the cleaning module and the surface to be cleaned generate relative motion, the surface to be cleaned is cleaned. The liquid after cleaning the surface to be cleaned is recovered to the sewer tank.

At present, in order to realize the double-welt cleaning function and save the space in the floor brush, a scheme of arranging a gear box in the rolling brush is generally adopted, namely, the gear box is externally hung on a floor brush base, and after the rolling brush is arranged, the rolling brush is sleeved on the gear box, and the gear box directly drives the rolling brush to rotate.

When such wet surface cleaning apparatus is used, some dirt is often left between parts of the floor brush and the gearbox, and because of the small space between the gearbox and these parts of the floor brush, it is inconvenient for the user to clean the dirt there after using the wet surface cleaning apparatus.

Disclosure of Invention

In order to solve one of the above technical problems, the present disclosure provides a floor brush assembly, a surface cleaning apparatus, and a cleaning method of the floor brush assembly.

According to one aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a floor brush assembly comprising:

a vacuum chamber having a vacuum opening;

a stirring member;

a support bracket having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, the support bracket supporting the stirring element on a cleaning head housing forming the vacuum chamber, the support bracket being secured to a first sidewall of the cleaning head housing forming the vacuum chamber by the first end;

a bracket member pivotally disposed at a second end of the support frame;

the support frame is arranged on the support frame, and the support frame is provided with a support part and a support frame, wherein the support part and the support frame can be relatively fixed through a first pretightening force, so that the support part is positioned at a first position; the bracket component and the support frame can be relatively fixed through a second pretightening force, so that the bracket component is positioned at a second position; in a first position, the bracket component is positioned such that a component to which the bracket component is mounted is adjacent the evacuation opening; in the second position, the bracket component is positioned such that the component to which the bracket component is mounted is remote from the evacuation opening.

According to the ground brush assembly of at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, the second pretightening force is less than or equal to the first pretightening force.

A floor brush assembly according to at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, further comprising: the locating piece is located between the support component and the support frame, and the locating piece is located inside the support component in the radial direction.

A floor brush assembly according to at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, further comprising: and one end of the elastic piece is abutted against the positioning piece and applies external force to the positioning piece, wherein the first pretightening force and the second pretightening force comprise external force applied to the positioning piece by the elastic piece.

A floor brush assembly according to at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, further comprising: the first matching component is fixed with the support frame; the positioning piece comprises a second matching part, the first matching part is matched with the second matching part in the first position, and the first matching part is separated from the second matching part in the second position.

In accordance with at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, the first mating component includes a protrusion, at least a portion of which is a cambered surface.

According to the floor brush assembly of at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, the second mating portion includes a concave portion, the concave portion of the second mating portion includes an inwardly concave arc surface, and the convex portion of the first mating member is mated with the concave portion of the second mating portion.

In accordance with at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, the locator further includes a third mating portion, and in the second position, the first mating member mates with the third mating portion.

A ground brush assembly according to at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, the first mating component includes a protrusion, at least a portion of the protrusion being a cambered surface; the third matching part comprises a concave part, the concave part of the third matching part comprises an indent cambered surface, and the convex part of the first matching part is matched with the concave part of the third matching part.

The second mating portion and the third mating portion are disposed substantially parallel in accordance with at least one embodiment of the present disclosure.

In accordance with at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, the locator slides relative to the frame member as the frame member moves between the first and second positions.

A floor brush assembly according to at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, the pivot axis between the bracket component and the support frame being substantially parallel to the bottom surface of the floor brush assembly, such that the component to which the bracket component is mounted may be directed upwardly away from the evacuation opening; alternatively, the pivot axis between the bracket component and the support bracket is substantially perpendicular to the bottom surface of the floor brush assembly such that the component to which the bracket component is mounted may be directed outwardly away from the vacuum opening.

According to the floor brush assembly of at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, a driving part is fixed to the bracket member, and the driving part is provided inside the stirring member and is arranged such that the stirring member rotates around a central axis of the driving part.

According to the floor brush assembly of at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, the driving part is connected with a decelerator, and the decelerator is disposed inside the stirring member.

According to another aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a surface cleaning apparatus comprising the floor brush assembly described above.

According to another aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a cleaning method of a floor brush assembly, the floor brush assembly being the above-mentioned floor brush assembly, the cleaning method of the floor brush assembly including:

applying an external force to the bracket component to overcome the first pre-tightening force and disengage the bracket component from the first position;

moving a component to which the bracket component is mounted away from the evacuation opening such that the bracket component moves from a first position to a second position;

placing the bracket component in a second position;

cleaning dirt at the vacuumizing opening;

the bracket member is returned from the second position to the first position.

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 a floor brush assembly according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 2 is an exploded structural schematic view of a floor brush assembly according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 3 to 5 are schematic structural views of a floor brush assembly according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 6 is a schematic cross-sectional structural view of a floor brush assembly according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 7 is a schematic diagram of a connection of a bracket component to a support bracket according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 8 is a schematic structural view of a first mating component according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 9 is a schematic structural view of a positioning member according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 10 illustrates a schematic diagram of a connection relationship between a positioning member and a first mating member according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

The reference numerals in the drawings specifically are:

100 cleaning head housing

101 vacuum-pumping opening

200 stirring piece

300 support frame

400 bracket component

500 driving part

600 speed reducer

700 support

800 locating piece

801 second mating portion

802 third mating portion

810 elastic piece

820 first mating member

821 boss

822 cylindrical part

830 pivot.

Detailed Description

The present disclosure is described in further detail below with reference to the drawings and the embodiments. It is to be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the relevant content and not limiting of the present disclosure. It should be further noted that, for convenience of description, only a portion relevant to the present disclosure is shown in the drawings.

In addition, embodiments of the present disclosure and features of the embodiments may be combined with each other without conflict. The technical aspects of the present disclosure will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings in conjunction with embodiments.

Unless otherwise indicated, the exemplary implementations/embodiments shown are to be understood as providing exemplary features of various details of some ways in which the technical concepts of the present disclosure may be practiced. Thus, unless otherwise indicated, features of the various implementations/embodiments may be additionally combined, separated, interchanged, and/or rearranged without departing from the technical concepts of the present disclosure.

The use of cross-hatching and/or shading in the drawings is typically used to clarify the boundaries between adjacent components. As such, the presence or absence of cross-hatching or shading does not convey or represent any preference or requirement for a particular material, material property, dimension, proportion, commonality between illustrated components, and/or any other characteristic, attribute, property, etc. of a component, unless indicated. In addition, in the drawings, the size and relative sizes of elements may be exaggerated for clarity and/or descriptive purposes. While the exemplary embodiments may be variously implemented, the specific process sequences may be performed in a different order than that described. For example, two consecutively described processes may be performed substantially simultaneously or in reverse order from that described. Moreover, like reference numerals designate like parts.

When an element is referred to as being "on" or "over", "connected to" or "coupled to" another element, it can be directly on, connected or coupled to the other element or intervening elements may be present. However, when an element is referred to as being "directly on," "directly connected to," or "directly coupled to" another element, there are no intervening elements present. For this reason, the term "connected" may refer to physical connections, electrical connections, and the like, with or without intermediate components.

For descriptive purposes, the present disclosure may use spatially relative terms such as "under … …," under … …, "" under … …, "" lower, "" above … …, "" upper, "" above … …, "" higher "and" side (e.g., as in "sidewall"), etc., to describe one component's relationship to another (other) component as illustrated in the figures. In addition to the orientations depicted in the drawings, the spatially relative terms are intended to encompass different orientations of the device in use, operation, and/or manufacture. For example, if the device in the figures is turned over, elements described as "under" or "beneath" other elements or features would then be oriented "over" the other elements or features. Thus, the exemplary term "below" … … can encompass both an orientation of "above" and "below". Furthermore, the device may be otherwise positioned (e.g., rotated 90 degrees or at other orientations) and the spatially relative descriptors used herein interpreted accordingly.

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting. As used herein, the singular forms "a", "an" and "the" are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. Furthermore, when the terms "comprises" and/or "comprising," and variations thereof, are used in the present specification, the presence of stated features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components, and/or groups thereof is described, but the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components, and/or groups thereof is not precluded. It is also noted that, as used herein, the terms "substantially," "about," and other similar terms are used as approximation terms and not as degree terms, and as such, are used to explain the inherent deviations of measured, calculated, and/or provided values that would be recognized by one of ordinary skill in the art.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of a floor brush assembly according to one embodiment of the present disclosure. Fig. 2 is an exploded structural schematic view of a floor brush assembly according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

As shown in fig. 1 and 2, the floor brush assembly includes a cleaning head housing 100, a stirring member 200, a supporting frame 300, a supporting frame member 400, and the like.

The cleaning head housing 100 is a main component of the floor brush assembly, wherein a vacuum suction chamber having a vacuum suction opening 101 is formed in the cleaning head housing 100, so that when the floor brush assembly is applied to a surface cleaning apparatus, a negative pressure generator in the surface cleaning apparatus can apply a suction air flow to the vacuum suction chamber, whereby a used cleaning liquid, solid garbage, etc. enter the vacuum suction chamber from the vacuum suction opening 101 and further enter a sewage tank of the surface cleaning apparatus.

As shown in fig. 1 and 2, the support 300 includes a first end and a second end opposite the first end, wherein the first end of the support 300 is disposed on the cleaning head housing 100; in one embodiment, the first end of the support frame 300 may be fixed to the cleaning head housing 100, and preferably the support frame 300 is detachable from the cleaning head housing 100, but of course, the support frame 300 may be configured not to be detachable from the cleaning head housing 100. In another embodiment, the first end of the support frame 300 may be pivotally disposed on the cleaning head housing 100, and the pivot axis of the support frame 300 and the cleaning head housing 100 may be horizontally disposed and parallel or substantially parallel to the axis of the stirring member 200, so that the stirring member 200 can be separated from the vacuum opening 101 by the pivot of the support frame 300 to facilitate cleaning of the vacuum opening 101.

As an important point of the present disclosure, the first end of the supporter 300 of the present disclosure is fixed to the first sidewall of the cleaning head housing 100, and the other end thereof is positioned at the front end of the cleaning head housing 100, at which the stirring member 200 may be installed, thereby realizing a cleaning operation by the rotation of the stirring member 200.

Specifically, the front end of the cleaning head housing 100 is formed with an accommodating space in which the stirring member 200 is rotatably disposed, and accordingly, the stirring member 200 is supported by the supporting frame 300.

The inside of the stirring member 200 is provided with a driving part 500, a decelerator 600, etc., and in a preferred embodiment, the driving part 500 is arranged such that the stirring member 200 rotates around a central axis of the driving part 500. The input end of the decelerator 600 is in transmission connection with the driving part 500, and the output end of the decelerator 600 is fixedly connected with the inner wall surface of the stirring bar 200, so that the rotation outputted from the driving part 500 is decelerated by the decelerator 600 and then drives the stirring bar 200 to rotate.

In the present disclosure, the bearings are provided at both ends of the stirring member 200, which will be described later, and the bearings are provided at the other ends thereof, as shown in fig. 2, the stirring member 200 can be rotatably provided to the supporting member 700 through the bearings, and the supporting member 700 can be detachably provided to the second wall of the cleaning head housing 100, thereby being capable of conveniently removing the stirring member 200. That is, when the support 700 is detached from the cleaning head housing 100, the stirring member 200 can be detached together.

Fig. 3 to 5 are schematic structural views of a floor brush assembly according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

As shown in fig. 3 to 5, the bracket member 400 is pivotally disposed at the second end of the support frame 300; thereby, the bracket member 400 is able to perform a pivoting action with respect to the support frame 300. In the present disclosure, a support bearing is provided at the outside of the stand member 400 such that the support bearing is located between the stirring body 200 and the stand member 400, whereby the stirring body 200 can be independently rotated with respect to the stand member 400.

Specifically, fig. 3 shows a schematic view of the bracket member 400 in a first position. Fig. 4 and 5 show a schematic view of the bracket member 400 in a second position. As shown in fig. 4, the pivot axis between the bracket member 400 and the support frame 300 is substantially perpendicular to the bottom surface of the floor brush assembly so that the components (e.g., the drive portion 500 and the decelerator 600) to which the bracket member 400 is mounted may be outwardly away from the vacuum-drawing opening 101. As shown in fig. 5, the pivot axis between the bracket member 400 and the support frame 300 is substantially parallel to the bottom surface of the floor brush assembly so that the components (e.g., the drive portion 500 and the decelerator 600) to which the bracket member 400 is mounted may be upwardly away from the vacuum-drawing opening 101.

The bracket component 400 and the support frame 300 can be relatively fixed by a first pretightening force, so that the bracket component 400 is positioned at a first position; the bracket component 400 and the support frame 300 can be relatively fixed by a second pretightening force, so that the bracket component 400 is positioned at a second position; in a first position, the bracket part 400 is arranged such that the part to which the bracket part 400 is mounted is close to the evacuation opening 101; in the second position, the bracket part 400 is arranged such that the part to which the bracket part 400 is mounted is remote from the evacuation opening 101.

That is, the first position is a position of the floor brush assembly in the working state, that is, the first position, in which the outer housing part is fixed to the bracket member 400, the driving part 500 is disposed inside the outer housing part, and accordingly, the decelerator 600 may be disposed at least partially inside the outer housing part, and at this time, the stirring member 200 is sleeved outside the outer housing part, so that the stirring member 200 may be disposed substantially horizontally to facilitate friction contact with the surface to be cleaned.

The second position is a position of the floor brush assembly in a cleaning state, that is, in the second position, since the vacuum opening is exposed, that is, the vacuum opening is no longer shielded by the driving part 500 and the decelerator 600, the vacuum opening can be conveniently processed.

In the disclosure, the second pretightening force is less than or equal to the first pretightening force; therefore, through the larger first pretightening force, the support component 400 is guaranteed not to shake when being at the first position, and the use experience of a user is improved. Accordingly, when the second preload is smaller than the first preload, the stand member 400 can be conveniently reset.

Fig. 6 is a schematic cross-sectional structural view of a floor brush assembly according to one embodiment of the present disclosure. Fig. 7 is a schematic diagram of a connection of a bracket component to a support bracket according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

As shown in fig. 6, the floor brush assembly of the present disclosure further includes a positioning member 800, the positioning member 800 is located between the bracket member 400 and the supporting frame 300, and the positioning member 800 is located radially inside the bracket member 400, so that the first pre-tightening force and the second pre-tightening force are generated by the positioning member 800.

Specifically, the ground brush assembly further includes an elastic member 810, one end of the elastic member 810 abuts against the positioning member 800 and applies an external force to the positioning member 800, wherein the first pre-tightening force and the second pre-tightening force include the external force applied to the positioning member 800 by the elastic member 810.

As shown in fig. 7, the floor brush assembly further includes: a first mating member 820, the first mating member 820 being secured to the support frame 300; in the present disclosure, the first mating component 820 is integrally formed with the support bracket 300 such that the first mating component 820 is formed at the second end of the support bracket 300. Of course, the first engaging member 820 may be formed separately from the support frame 300 and may be attached to the support frame 300.

Fig. 8 is a schematic structural view of a first mating component according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

As shown in fig. 8, the first engaging part 820 includes a boss 821, and at least a portion of the boss 821 is a cambered surface, so that the first engaging part 820 can easily slide between the second engaging part 801 and the third engaging part 802.

Fig. 9 is a schematic structural view of a positioning member according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

As shown in fig. 9, the positioning member 800 includes a second engaging portion 801, and in the first position, the first engaging member 820 is engaged with the second engaging portion 801, and in the second position, the first engaging member 820 is disengaged from the second engaging portion 801.

Specifically, the second fitting portion 801 includes a concave portion, and the concave portion of the second fitting portion 801 includes an inwardly concave arc surface, and the convex portion 821 of the first fitting member 820 is fitted with the concave portion of the second fitting portion 801.

More preferably, the positioning member 800 further includes a third mating portion 802, and in the second position, the first mating component 820 mates with the third mating portion 802, and in the first position, the first mating component 820 is able to disengage from the third mating portion 802.

Specifically, the concave portion of the third mating portion 802 includes an inwardly concave arc surface, and the convex portion 821 of the first mating member 820 is mated with the concave portion of the third mating portion 802.

In a specific embodiment, as shown in fig. 9, the positioning member 800 is formed in a hollow cylindrical structure, so that a power supply line and a control line to the driving part 500 can pass through the inside of the positioning member 800 and be connected to the driving part 500, and in this case, the driving part 500 may be selected as a motor, for example, a dc motor, or the like.

As shown in fig. 8, the first mating component 820 further includes a cylindrical portion 822, where the convex cylindrical surface of the cylindrical portion 822 may be centered on the axis of the pivot shaft 830 and directly or indirectly fixed to the support frame 300. Wherein the pivot 830, i.e., the pivot between the support frame 300 and the bracket part 400, the boss 821 can be provided on the convex cylindrical surface.

On the other hand, as shown in fig. 9, one end of the positioning member 800 is formed with a concave cylindrical surface, which is engaged with a convex cylindrical surface, at this time, the positioning member 800 can be brought into close contact with the first engaging member 820 and can slide relatively.

At this time, the second fitting portion 801 and the third fitting portion 802 are each provided to be further recessed from the concave cylindrical surface. More preferably, the second engaging portion 801 and the third engaging portion 802 are disposed parallel to each other and are disposed parallel to the central axis of the pivot shaft 830, at which time the second engaging portion 801 is disposed to intersect the central axis of the positioning member 800, and the third engaging portion 802 is disposed to be spaced apart from the central axis of the positioning member 800 by a predetermined distance.

Fig. 10 illustrates a schematic diagram of a connection relationship between a positioning member and a first mating member according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

As shown in fig. 10, when the holder member 400 moves between the first position and the second position, the positioning member 800 slides with respect to the holder member 400, thereby causing the boss 821 of the first engaging member 820 to slide from the groove portion of the second engaging portion 801 to the groove portion of the third engaging portion 802. In other words, when the boss 821 is shifted in position in the two groove portions, a minute amount of translation can be generated by the positioning member 800, at which time, the positioning member 800 can closely contact the first engaging member 820 due to the pushing force of the elastic member 810.

In the present disclosure, the vacuum-pumping opening 101 is disposed at the front end of the cleaning head housing 100 and is disposed near the stirring member 200; the cleaning head housing 100 may be further provided with a moving wheel, etc., which may be implemented by using a scheme in the prior art, and will not be described in detail herein.

According to another aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a surface cleaning apparatus comprising the floor brush assembly described above.

According to another aspect of the disclosure, a method for cleaning a floor brush assembly is provided, where the floor brush assembly is the floor brush assembly described above.

When the surface cleaning device completes the cleaning operation of the surface to be cleaned and the floor brush assembly needs to be cleaned, the surface cleaning device is firstly turned off, namely the power supply of the surface cleaning device is cut off, and the floor brush assembly does not need to be detached from the surface cleaning device.

Then, in the method shown in fig. 2, the support 700 is removed from the cleaning head housing 100, at which time the stirring member 200 can be removed synchronously with the support 700, and accordingly, a schematic view after removing the stirring member 200 is shown in fig. 3.

Applying an external force to the bracket member 400 to overcome the first preload force and disengage the bracket member 400 from the first position; after the bracket member 400 is disengaged from the first position, moving the member to which the bracket member 400 is mounted away from the vacuum-drawing opening 101, such that the bracket member 400 moves from the first position to the second position; when the bracket member 400 is in the second position, the bracket member 400 may be positioned as shown in fig. 4 and 5.

The bracket member 400 is then brought into the second position by engagement of the first engagement member 820 with the positioning member 800. At this time, the user can clean dirt at the vacuum suction opening 101 by a cleaning brush or the like; when the dirt at the vacuum opening 101 has been cleaned, the bracket member 400 is returned from the second position to the first position in a reverse operation, i.e. cleaning of the floor brush assembly is completed.

In the description of the present specification, reference to the terms "one embodiment/manner," "some embodiments/manner," "example," "a particular example," "some examples," etc., means that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment/manner or example is included in at least one embodiment/manner or example of the application. In this specification, the schematic representations of the above terms are not necessarily for the same embodiment/manner or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments/modes or examples. Furthermore, the various embodiments/modes or examples described in this specification and the features of the various embodiments/modes or examples can be combined and combined by persons skilled in the art without contradiction.

Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and the like, are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying a relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defining "a first" or "a second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one such feature. In the description of the present application, the meaning of "plurality" means at least two, for example, two, three, etc., unless specifically defined otherwise.

It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the above-described 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 will be apparent to persons skilled in the art from the foregoing disclosure, and such variations or modifications are intended to be within the scope of the present disclosure.

Claims (10)

1. A floor brush assembly, comprising:

a vacuum chamber having a vacuum opening;

a stirring member;

a support bracket having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, the support bracket supporting the stirring element on a cleaning head housing forming the vacuum chamber, the support bracket being secured to a first sidewall of the cleaning head housing forming the vacuum chamber by the first end;

a bracket member pivotally disposed at a second end of the support frame;

the support frame is arranged on the support frame, and the support frame is provided with a support part and a support frame, wherein the support part and the support frame can be relatively fixed through a first pretightening force, so that the support part is positioned at a first position; the bracket component and the support frame can be relatively fixed through a second pretightening force, so that the bracket component is positioned at a second position; in a first position, the bracket component is positioned such that a component to which the bracket component is mounted is adjacent the evacuation opening; in the second position, the bracket component is positioned such that the component to which the bracket component is mounted is remote from the evacuation opening.

2. The floor brush assembly of claim 1, wherein the second preload force is less than or equal to the first preload force.

3. The floor brush assembly of claim 1, further comprising: the locating piece is located between the support component and the support frame, and the locating piece is located inside the support component in the radial direction.

4. The floor brush assembly of claim 3, further comprising: and one end of the elastic piece is abutted against the positioning piece and applies external force to the positioning piece, wherein the first pretightening force and the second pretightening force comprise external force applied to the positioning piece by the elastic piece.

5. The floor brush assembly of claim 3, further comprising: the first matching component is fixed with the support frame; the positioning piece comprises a second matching part, the first matching part is matched with the second matching part in the first position, and the first matching part is separated from the second matching part in the second position.

6. The floor brush assembly of claim 5, wherein the first mating member comprises a boss, at least a portion of the boss being arcuate.

7. The floor brush assembly of claim 6, wherein the second mating portion includes a recess, the recess of the second mating portion including a concave arcuate surface and such that the projection of the first mating member mates with the recess of the second mating portion.

8. The floor brush assembly of any of claims 1-7, wherein the locator further comprises a third mating portion, the first mating member mating with the third mating portion in the second position;

optionally, the first mating component includes a protruding portion, at least part of which is a cambered surface; the third matching part comprises a concave part, the concave part of the third matching part comprises an inward concave cambered surface, and the convex part of the first matching part is matched with the concave part of the third matching part;

optionally, the second mating portion and the third mating portion are arranged substantially parallel;

optionally, the positioning member slides relative to the bracket member as the bracket member moves between the first position and the second position;

optionally, a pivot axis between the bracket component and the support frame is substantially parallel to a bottom surface of the floor brush assembly, such that a component to which the bracket component is mounted may be upwardly away from the vacuum-evacuation opening; alternatively, the pivot axis between the bracket component and the support frame is substantially perpendicular to the bottom surface of the floor brush assembly such that the component to which the bracket component is mounted may be directed outwardly away from the vacuum opening;

optionally, a driving part is fixed on the bracket component, and the driving part is arranged inside the stirring piece and is used for enabling the stirring piece to rotate around the central axis of the driving part;

optionally, the driving part is connected with a speed reducer, and the speed reducer is arranged in the stirring piece.

9. A surface cleaning apparatus comprising the floor brush assembly of any one of claims 1-8.

10. A method of cleaning a floor brush assembly according to any one of claims 1 to 8, comprising:

applying an external force to the bracket component to overcome the first pre-tightening force and disengage the bracket component from the first position;

moving a component to which the bracket component is mounted away from the evacuation opening such that the bracket component moves from a first position to a second position;

placing the bracket component in a second position;

cleaning dirt at the vacuumizing opening;

the bracket member is returned from the second position to the first position.