CN212630660U - Dust box assembly, cleaning robot and cleaning system - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model discloses a dirt box subassembly, cleaning machines people and clean system, wherein, dirt box subassembly includes: the dust box main body is provided with a dust inlet, a dust outlet and a dust collecting cavity communicated with the dust inlet and the dust outlet; the movable plate is rotatably connected with the dust box main body and can open or close the dust exhaust port; the movable plate is provided with an operation part which is used for receiving external drive so as to drive the movable plate to turn over relative to the dust box main body to be in an open state or a closed state. The utility model discloses technical scheme can realize that the automation of fly leaf opens and shuts on the dirt box subassembly, simultaneously, has other equipment cooperations in the cleaning machines people and the clean system of dirt box subassembly, can realize cleaning machines people's automation and remove dust to need not the user and clear up the dust collection chamber.

Description

Dust box assembly, cleaning robot and cleaning system

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of household appliances, in particular to dirt box subassembly, cleaning machines people and clean system.

Background

A cleaning robot is one of intelligent household appliances, and generally is a robot which automatically finishes the work of cleaning, mopping and the like in a room by means of certain artificial intelligence. A dust box is generally provided in the cleaning robot to store dust collected during the cleaning process.

Cleaning machines people in the existing market, the mode of its clearance dirt box is the manual clearance of user, needs the user will open the dust box lid and expose the dust chamber in the dirt box completely and just can accomplish the dust removal, and not only inconvenient user uses, still causes the dust easily to spill over when opening the dust collection box, pollutes the environment again.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model mainly aims at providing a dust box component, which aims at realizing the automatic opening and closing of a dust collecting box and the automatic cleaning of the dust collecting box.

In order to achieve the above object, the utility model provides a dirt box assembly, include: the dust box main body is provided with a dust inlet, a dust outlet and a dust collecting cavity communicated with the dust inlet and the dust outlet; the movable plate is rotatably connected with the dust box main body and can open or close the dust exhaust port; the movable plate is provided with an operation part which is used for receiving external drive so as to drive the movable plate to overturn relative to the dust box main body to an open state or a closed state to cover the dust exhaust port.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the movable plate includes a cover main body and a swing rod, the cover main body is rotatably connected to the dust box main body, the rotation shaft of the cover main body is located on one side of the dust exhaust port, one end of the swing rod is fixed to the rotation shaft of the cover main body, the other end of the swing rod is spaced from the cover main body, and the swing rod forms the operation portion.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the extending direction of the swing rod is perpendicular to the rotation axis of the sealing cover main body, and the extending direction of the swing rod is disposed at an acute angle with the plane of the sealing cover main body.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the dust box assembly further includes an elastic reset element, the elastic reset element is elastically connected to the movable plate and the dust box main body, the elastic reset element provides the movable plate is opened the dust discharge port state is switched to the sealing cover the elastic force of the dust discharge port state.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the dust box main body is provided with a protrusion surrounding the dust outlet on the outer side, the movable plate is provided with a sealing layer, the sealing layer forms a groove on the surface, and the sealing layer passes through the groove and the protrusion to be adapted to the protrusion for sealing contact with the protrusion.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the dust box main body is provided with a first magnetic portion around the dust discharge opening, the movable plate is close to a second magnetic portion corresponding to one side of the dust discharge opening, and the second magnetic portion magnetically attracts the first magnetic portion.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the dust box main body has a bottom surface and a first side surface adjacent to the bottom surface, the dust inlet is disposed on the first side surface, and the dust outlet is disposed on the bottom surface.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the dust box main body has a second side surface connected to the bottom surface and the first side surface, the dust box main body is provided with a movable groove in a concave manner on the second side surface, and the movable groove accommodates the operation portion, which is allowed to swing within a preset angle range.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the movable groove extends toward the bottom surface and penetrates through the bottom surface, so that the movable groove has a mounting opening formed in the bottom surface to allow the external driving member to be inserted into the mounting opening or to be detached from the mounting opening.

The utility model also provides a cleaning robot, include: a robot main body; a dust box assembly; a power assembly mounted on the robot body or the dust box body, the power assembly being configured to drive the movable plate to switch between positions of opening the dust discharge port and covering the dust discharge port.

The utility model discloses an in an embodiment, power component includes drive arrangement and connection drive arrangement's push rod, drive arrangement install in the robot main part, the free end of push rod can with operation portion looks butt or phase separation, the drive arrangement drive the push rod rotates, and is right drive power is applyed to the operation portion, drives the fly leaf is relative the upset of dirt box main part.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the rotation axis of the push rod is perpendicular to the rotation axis of the movable plate, and the rotation axis of the push rod and the rotation axis of the movable plate are staggered.

The utility model also provides a cleaning robot, include: a robot main body provided with an accommodating groove; the dust box main body is detachably connected with the accommodating groove of the robot main body and is provided with a dust inlet, a dust outlet and a dust collecting cavity communicated with the dust inlet and the dust outlet; the movable plate is rotatably connected with the dust box main body and can open or close the dust exhaust port; a power assembly mounted on the robot body or the dust box body, the power assembly being configured to drive the movable plate to switch between positions of opening the dust discharge port and covering the dust discharge port.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the cleaning robot further includes a controller, the controller is electrically connected to the power assembly, and when the controller receives a command to start dust discharging, the controller controls the power assembly to drive the movable plate to expand relative to the dust box main body; when the controller receives a dust exhaust finishing instruction, the controller controls the power assembly to drive the movable plate to close relative to the dust box main body.

The utility model discloses an in an embodiment, power component includes drive arrangement and connection drive arrangement's push rod, drive arrangement install in the robot main part, the push rod can with fly leaf linkage or phase separation mutually, the drive arrangement drive the push rod rotates, in order to drive the fly leaf is relative the upset of dirt box main part.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the rotation axis of the push rod is perpendicular to the rotation axis of the movable plate, and the rotation axis of the push rod and the rotation axis of the movable plate are staggered.

The utility model also provides a clean system, it includes rubbish recovery base station cleaning machines people, rubbish recovery base station is provided with the dust collecting opening, the dust collecting opening be used for with cleaning machines people's dust exhaust mouth butt joint.

The dust box component of the utility model can realize the automatic opening and automatic closing of the dust exhaust port, when the dust box component is in a dust collection state, the dust exhaust port is sealed under the action of the movable plate, the dust inlet is opened, and dust continuously enters the dust collection cavity through the dust inlet and is stored in the dust collection cavity; when the dust box component is in a dust exhaust state, the external drive drives the operation part, the movable plate starts to rotate under the action of the operation part, so that the dust exhaust port is opened, dust can leave the dust collection cavity from the dust exhaust port, and the dust collection cavity is cleaned.

Drawings

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

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of an embodiment of a dust box assembly according to the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the dirt box assembly of FIG. 1 in use in combination with a power assembly;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of another state of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is an exploded view of the dirt box assembly of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is an enlarged view taken at A in FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a schematic structural view of an embodiment of the cleaning robot of the present invention

Fig. 7 is a schematic view of the installation of the inventive dust box assembly and the cleaning robot;

FIG. 8 is a schematic view of another state of FIG. 7;

figure 9 is an exploded view of another embodiment of the dust box assembly of the present invention;

figure 10 is an exploded view of yet another embodiment of the dust box assembly of the present invention;

figure 11 is a cross-sectional view of an embodiment of the cleaning system of the present invention.

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

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be described clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present invention, not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by a person skilled in the art without creative efforts belong to the protection scope of the present invention.

It should be noted that all the directional indicators (such as upper, lower, left, right, front and rear … …) in the embodiment of the present invention are only used to explain the relative position relationship between the components, the motion situation, etc. in a specific posture (as shown in the drawings), and if the specific posture is changed, the directional indicator is changed accordingly.

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

The utility model provides a cleaning robot 100, please refer to fig. 1 to 5, and this cleaning robot 100 includes robot main part 30, dirt box subassembly 10 and power component 20.

The robot main body 30 includes a chassis (not labeled), two driving wheels (not labeled), a universal wheel (not labeled), a suction device (not shown), and the like, wherein the two driving wheels are respectively disposed on the left and right sides of the chassis for driving the robot main body to move autonomously, the universal wheel is disposed on the front portion or the tail portion of the robot main body 30, and the suction device is mounted on the chassis for driving air to flow.

The dust box assembly 10 includes a dust box main body 11, the dust box main body 11 is provided with a dust inlet 117, a dust exhaust port 111 and a dust collection chamber 112 communicated with both the dust inlet 117 and the dust exhaust port 111, the dust collection chamber 112 is further communicated with a suction device, so that external dust, paper dust and other impurities can enter the dust collection chamber 112 through the dust inlet 117.

It should be noted that the dust box assembly 10 and the suction device are both mounted on the chassis, the dust collection chamber 112 in the dust box assembly 10 is communicated with the suction device, and the suction device drives the air in the dust collection chamber 112 to flow so as to drive the dust inlet 117 to continuously suck in foreign matters such as dust, paper dust, etc. from the outside.

The cleaning robot 100 further comprises a filter screen located at the communication between the suction device and the dust collecting chamber 112, which may be installed in the dust collecting chamber 112 or at the suction end of the suction device, which are not limited to these examples. The suction device is used for sucking air through the filter screen, so that foreign matters such as external dust, paper scraps and the like are prevented from entering the suction device. It should be noted that the filter screen cannot be installed at the communication position between the dust inlet 117 and the dust outlet 111, that is, the dust, paper dust and other impurities are not passed through the filter screen in the process of being discharged from the dust inlet 117 to the dust outlet 111, so that the dust, paper dust and other impurities entering from the dust inlet 117 can be smoothly discharged from the dust outlet 111.

There are many positional relationships among the dust inlet 117, the dust outlet 111, and the filter screen, for example, the dust inlet 117 and the dust outlet 111 are both disposed at the bottom of the dust box main body 11, and the filter screen is disposed at the top of the dust box main body 11; for another example, the dust inlet 117 is disposed on one side of the dust box main body 11, and the dust outlet 111 and the filter screen are disposed on the other side of the dust box main body 11.

The dust box assembly 10 further includes a movable plate 12, the movable plate 12 is rotatably mounted on the dust box main body 11, and can open or close the dust discharge opening 111.

There are various ways of rotatably connecting the movable plate 12 to the dust box main body 11, for example, the movable plate 12 is rotatably connected to the dust box main body 11 by a shaft; for another example, the dust box body 11 is rotatably connected to the dust box body 11 by a hinge.

The position of the rotation axis of the movable plate 12 is various and may be located in the middle of the movable plate 12 or on one side of the movable plate 12, and preferably, the rotation axis of the movable plate 12 is located on one side of the movable plate 12.

The movable plate 12 can rotate toward the inside of the dust collecting chamber 112 and also rotate toward the outside of the dust collecting chamber 112 when rotating relative to the dust box body 11, and preferably, the movable plate 12 rotates toward the outside of the dust collecting chamber 112, so that the movable plate 12 can prevent the dust in the dust collecting chamber 112 from being discharged.

The movable plate 12 is provided with an operation portion 122, and the operation portion 122 is used for receiving the driving of the power assembly 20 to drive the movable plate 12 to be turned to a state of opening or closing the dust discharge opening 111 relative to the dust box main body 11. The operation portion 122 may be a rod-like structure connected to the movable plate 12, and the operation portion 122 may be a gear-like structure connected to the movable plate 12, and may be provided as needed.

The power assembly 20 may be mounted on the robot body 30 or the dust box body 11, and the power assembly 20 may be used to drive the operating portion 122 on the movable plate 12 so that the movable plate 12 is switched between positions of opening the dust discharge opening 111 and covering the dust discharge opening 111.

The power assembly 20 may be an assembly composed of a motor and a transmission rod, the power assembly 20 may also be an assembly composed of a pneumatic pump, a cylinder, a piston, and a piston rod, and the power assembly 20 may also be other assemblies capable of generating a driving force, which are not limited herein.

The power assembly 20 may be mounted on the robot body 30 or the dust box body 11, and preferably, the power assembly 20 is mounted on the robot body 30, so that the space of the dust collecting cavity 112 of the dust box body 11 can be maximized, and more dust can be stored.

The cleaning robot 100 has two states, i.e., a dust suction state and a dust discharge state.

When the cleaning robot 100 is in a dust collection state, the cleaning robot 100 moves on the ground under the action of the driving wheels, the dust exhaust port 111 is covered under the action of the movable plate 12, the suction device drives the air in the environment to sequentially pass through the dust inlet 117, the dust collection chamber 112 and the suction device and then be exhausted into the environment, when the air is sucked into the dust collection chamber 112, the dust, paper dust and other impurities on the ground enter the dust collection chamber 112 along with the air, so that the cleaning of the ground is realized, and meanwhile, the dust, paper dust and other impurities in the dust collection chamber 112 are retained in the dust collection chamber 112 under the obstruction of the filter screen.

When the cleaning robot 100 is in a dust exhaust state, referring to fig. 2, the power assembly 20 drives the operation portion 122, the movable plate 12 starts to rotate under the action of the operation portion 122, so as to open the dust exhaust port 111, and the dust, paper dust and other impurities in the dust collection cavity 112 are exhausted from the dust exhaust port 111 under the suction of the dust collection base station 200, thereby completing the evacuation of the dust, paper dust and other impurities in the dust collection cavity 112.

In another embodiment, the user may manually apply external drive to the operation portion 122 to turn the movable plate 12 relative to the dust box main body 11. When the user need dump the rubbish in the dust box main part 11, the user can manually operation the operating portion 122 drives the fly leaf 12 rotates to open the position of dust exhaust port 111 to need not to open the dust box lid, dump the operation of rubbish more simple and convenient. Wherein, the dust exhaust port 111 can be designed into a proper shape and a sufficiently large size according to the requirement of dumping the garbage. The movable plate 12 and the dust discharge opening 111 are located at the bottom or side or top of the dust box main body 11.

In an embodiment of the present invention, referring to fig. 1, the movable plate 12 includes a cover main body 121 and a swing rod 122a, the cover main body 121 is rotatably connected to the dust box main body 11, the rotating shaft 121a of the cover main body 121 is located at one side of the dust outlet 111, one end of the swing rod 122a is fixed to the rotating shaft 121a of the cover main body 121, the other end of the swing rod 122a is spaced from the cover main body 121, and the swing rod 122a forms the operation portion 122. With such an arrangement, when the cap main body 121 is rotated by the same angle, compared with the swing rod 122a connected to the end of the cap main body 121 far away from the rotating shaft 121a, the moving distance of the swing rod 122a connected with the rotating shaft 121a of the cap main body 121 by the push rod 22 to the swing rod 122a is reduced, so that the space for the swing rod 122a to move is reduced, and the utilization rate of the space is increased.

The cover main body 121 and the swing rod 122a can be integrally formed, and the cover main body and the swing rod can be fixedly connected through bolts and can also be fixedly welded, so that the structure is not limited.

There are various connecting positions of the swing link 122a and the cap body 121, for example, the swing link 122a is connected to the middle of the cap body 121, which is not limited herein.

Further, the extending direction of the swing link 122a is perpendicular to the rotating shaft 121a of the cap main body 121, and the extending direction of the swing link 122a and the plane of the cap main body 121 form an acute angle. With such an arrangement, the force required by the rotation of the cap main body 121 is a force perpendicular to the rotating shaft 121a of the cap main body 121, and the extending direction of the swing link 122a is perpendicular to the rotating shaft 121a of the cap main body 121, so as to more conveniently receive the force perpendicular to the rotating shaft 121a of the cap main body 121.

In order to provide the movable plate 12 with a force for switching from the state of opening the dust exhaust port 111 to the state of closing the dust exhaust port 111, referring to fig. 3, in an embodiment of the present invention, the dust box assembly 10 further includes an elastic reset member 13, and the elastic reset member 13 elastically connects the movable plate 12 and the dust box main body 11. There are many kinds of elastic restoring members 13, which may be torsion springs, elastic cords, etc. capable of providing elasticity. The position of the elastic reset element 13 is various, for example, one end of the elastic reset element 13 is connected to the dust box main body 11, and the other end is connected to one end of the movable plate 12 away from the rotating shaft 121 a; for another example, one end of the elastic reset piece 13 is connected to the dust box body 11, and the other end is connected to the rotating shaft 121a of the cover body 121. The elastic restoring member 13 can be connected to the main body 11 and the movable plate 12 in various ways, such as bonding, clamping, etc.

When the movable plate 12 is switched from the state of covering the dust exhaust port 111 to the state of opening the dust exhaust port 111, the elastic restoring member 13 is gradually stretched or compressed, so that the movable plate 12 is provided with a force for switching the state of opening the dust exhaust port 111 to the state of covering the dust exhaust port 111. Of course, the elastic restoring member 13 may still have an elastic force when the movable plate 12 is in the state of covering the dust exhaust port 111, so as to provide the movable plate 12 with a force of keeping the state of covering the dust exhaust port 111.

In other embodiments, the extending direction of the swing link 122a is parallel to the rotating shaft 121a of the cover main body 121, or the extending direction of the swing link 122a forms an included angle with the rotating shaft 121a of the cover main body 121, which can be set according to actual requirements.

Further, in order to better cover the dust exhaust port 111, please refer to fig. 1, fig. 4 and fig. 5, the dust box main body 11 is provided with a protrusion 113 on an outer side, the protrusion 113 is disposed around the dust exhaust port 111, and the movable plate 12 is provided with a sealing layer 123, and the movable plate is adapted to the protrusion through the sealing layer to seal the dust exhaust port. The sealing layer can be made of various materials, such as silica gel, sponge, plastic and the like.

Alternatively, the sealing layer 123 is formed with a groove on the surface, and the sealing layer 123 is in sealing contact with the projection 113 by fitting the groove to the projection 113. The shape of the groove is various, and the groove can be trapezoidal, quadrangular and the like.

Of course, the dust box body 11 may be provided with a groove on the outer side thereof, the groove being defined around the shaft of the dust discharge port 111, and the movable plate 12 may be provided with a protrusion engaged with the groove to be in sealing contact with the groove.

In order to better maintain the state of the movable plate 12 covering the dust outlet 111, in an embodiment of the present invention, referring to fig. 5, the dust box main body 11 is provided with a first magnetic portion 14 around the dust outlet 111, the movable plate 12 is correspondingly provided with a second magnetic portion 124 near the dust outlet 111, and the second magnetic portion 124 is magnetically attracted to the first magnetic portion 14. The first magnetic part 14 and the second magnetic part 124 may be respectively magnets that are magnetically attracted, or the first magnetic part 14 may be metal, and the second magnetic part 124 may be a magnet that is matched with metal, which is not listed here.

In order to achieve better dust discharging effect, in an embodiment of the present invention, referring to fig. 1 and fig. 3, the dust box main body 11 has a bottom surface 114 and a first side surface 116 adjacent to the bottom surface 114, the dust inlet 117 is disposed on the first side surface 116, and the dust outlet 111 is disposed on the bottom surface 114. With such an arrangement, the dust entering through the dust inlet 117 will move to a position close to the dust outlet 111 under the action of gravity, so that the dust in the dust collection chamber 112 can be more conveniently and completely removed through the dust outlet 111.

Further, referring to fig. 1, 3 and 4, in order to facilitate the movement of the operation portion 122 and limit the movement range of the operation portion 122, the dust box main body 11 has a second side surface 115 connecting the bottom surface 114 and the first side surface 116, a movable groove 1151 is concavely disposed on the second side surface 115 of the dust box main body 11, and the movable groove 1151 accommodates the operation portion 122 and allows the operation portion 122 to swing within a predetermined angle range.

Further, referring to fig. 1 and 4, to facilitate the installation of the power module 20, the movable groove 1151 extends toward the bottom surface 114 and penetrates the bottom surface 114, such that the movable groove 1151 has an installation opening 1151a formed in the bottom surface 114 to allow the power module 20 to be accessed through the installation opening 1151a or the power module 20 to be detached through the installation opening 1151 a.

In an embodiment of the present invention, please refer to fig. 2 and 3, the power assembly 20 includes a driving device 21 and a push rod 22 connected to the driving device 21, the driving device 21 is installed on the robot main body 30, a free end of the push rod 22 can be abutted to or separated from the operation portion 122, the driving device 21 drives the push rod 22 to rotate, so as to apply a driving force to the operation portion 122 to drive the movable plate 12 to turn over relative to the dust box main body 11.

When the driving device 21 does not transmit power, the user can freely take out the dust box assembly 10, and detach the power assembly 20 through the mounting port 1151a, so that the dust box assembly 10 is separated from the power assembly 20; the user may also re-install the dirt tray assembly 10 by re-inserting the mounting port 1151a into the power assembly 20 to effect re-coupling of the dirt tray assembly 10 to the power assembly 20. In addition, the power assembly 20 does not need to be placed in the dust box main body 11, a conductive connecting piece does not need to be arranged, the size of the dust box main body 11 is not occupied, and the dust box main body 11 is convenient to wash.

It is noted that the driving device 21 can drive the push rod 22 to switch between an initial position and a final position, wherein when the push rod 22 is located at the initial position, the movable plate 12 is located at a position covering the dust exhaust port 111; when the push rod 22 is located at the final position, the movable plate 12 is located at a position where the dust discharge port 111 is opened. The initial position of the push rod 22 is located outside the movable groove 1151, and the push rod 12 is separated from the operating portion 122, so that the push rod 12 does not interfere with the dust box assembly 10, and the user can freely take out or install the dust box assembly 10; the initial position of the push rod 22 is located in the movable groove 1151, the drive device 21 can drive the push rod 22 to move from the initial position to the final position, that is, the drive device 21 drives the push rod 22 to rotate into the movable groove 1151, so as to push the swing link 122a to swing relative to the dust box main body 11, and further drive the movable plate 12 to rotate to the state of opening the dust outlet 111.

Of course, there are many mounting positions and moving directions of the driving device 21, for example, the driving device 21 is mounted in the dust collecting chamber 112 of the dust box assembly 10, and the moving plate 12 is rotated to the outside near the dust collecting chamber 112; for another example, the driving device 21 is installed in the dust collecting chamber 112 of the dust box assembly 10, and drives the interior of the dust collecting chamber 112 of the movable plate 12.

The driving device 31 is used for providing power for the rotation of the movable plate 12, and may be composed of a motor and a reduction gearbox, or may be composed of a hydraulic system, and the driving device 31 may also be composed of other structures.

Further, referring to fig. 2 and 3, the rotation axis of the push rod 22 is perpendicular to the rotation axis of the movable plate 12, and the rotation axis of the push rod 22 and the rotation axis of the movable plate 12 are staggered. The force for driving the movable plate 12 to rotate around the rotation axis is perpendicular to the rotation axis of the movable plate 12, and if the force acting on the movable plate 12 is not perpendicular to the rotation axis of the movable plate 12, a component force in other directions is generated to press or stretch the movable plate 12, which tends to reduce the service life of the movable plate 12.

The present invention further provides a cleaning robot 100', please refer to fig. 6 to 10, the cleaning robot 100' includes: robot main body 20', dust box main body 30', movable plate 40', power assembly 10'.

The robot body 20' includes a chassis 21', two driving wheels, a universal wheel, a driving motor, a suction device, and the like, wherein the two driving wheels are respectively disposed at the left and right sides of the chassis 21', the universal wheel is disposed at the front or the tail of the robot body 20', the driving motor is used for driving the two driving wheels to rotate, and the suction device is mounted on the chassis 21' and used for driving the air to flow.

The dust box main body 30' is provided with a dust inlet 31', a dust discharge port 32', and a dust collection chamber 33' communicating with the dust inlet 31' and the dust discharge port 32', and the dust box main body 30' is detachably coupled to the mounting groove 22' of the robot main body 20 '.

For example, referring to fig. 7 and 8, two opposite groove walls of the installation groove 22 'are arranged in a step shape in the height direction, and the distance between the two groove walls increases with the increase of the height, the installation groove 22' extends toward the top of the robot main body 20 'and is arranged to penetrate through the top of the robot main body 20' to form an installation opening for installing and detaching the dust box main body 30', and the dust box main body 30' is installed in the installation groove 22 'through the installation opening and is matched with the groove wall of the installation groove 22'; for another example, the bottom of the mounting groove 22' extends upward to form a clamping protrusion, the dust box main body 30' is provided with a clamping groove matched with the clamping protrusion, the mounting groove 22' extends toward the top of the robot main body 20' and penetrates through the top of the robot main body 20', a mounting opening for mounting and dismounting the dust box main body 30' is formed, and the dust box main body 30' is mounted into the mounting groove 22' through the mounting opening and is mounted on the mounting groove 22' through the matching of the clamping groove and the clamping protrusion.

It should be noted that the main body 30' and the suction device are both mounted on the chassis, the dust collecting chamber 33' in the main body 30' is connected to the suction device, and the suction device drives the air in the dust collecting chamber 33' to flow so as to drive the dust inlet 31' to continuously suck in foreign matters such as dust, paper dust, etc.

The cleaning robot 100' further comprises a filter screen located at the connection between the suction device and the dust chamber 33', which may be installed in the dust chamber 33' or at the suction end of the suction device, not to mention here. The suction device is used for sucking air through the filter screen, so that foreign matters such as external dust, paper scraps and the like are prevented from entering the suction device. It should be noted that the filter screen cannot be installed at the connection between the dust inlet 31 'and the dust outlet 32', that is, the dust, paper dust and other impurities do not pass through the filter screen in the process of being discharged from the dust inlet 31 'to the dust outlet 32', so that the dust, paper dust and other impurities entering from the dust inlet 31 'can be smoothly discharged from the dust outlet 32'.

The dust inlet 31', the dust outlet 32' and the filter screen are disposed at various positions, for example, the dust inlet 31 'and the dust outlet 32' are disposed at the bottom of the dust box main body 30', and the filter screen is disposed at the top of the dust box main body 30'; for another example, the dust inlet 31 'is disposed at one side of the dust box main body 30', and the dust outlet 32 'and the filter screen are disposed at the other side of the dust box main body 30'.

There are various ways for the movable plate 40 'to be rotatably connected with the dust box main body 30', for example, the movable plate 40 'is rotatably connected with the dust box main body 30' through a shaft; for another example, the movable plate 40 'is pivotally connected to the dust box body 30' by a hinge.

The position of the rotation axis of the movable plate 40' is various and may be located at the middle of the movable plate 40' or at one side of the movable plate 40', and preferably, the rotation axis of the movable plate 40' is located at one side of the movable plate 40 '.

The power assembly 10 'may be mounted on the robot body 20' or the dust box body 30', and the power assembly 10' may be used to drive the movable plate 40 'such that the movable plate 40' is switched between positions of opening the dust discharge port 32 'and covering the dust discharge port 32'.

The power assembly 10' may be an assembly composed of a motor and a transmission rod, the power assembly 10' may also be an assembly composed of a pneumatic pump, a cylinder, a piston, and a piston rod, and the power assembly 10' may also be other assemblies capable of generating a driving force, which are not limited herein.

It should be noted that the driving manner of the power assembly 10 'for the movable plate 40' is many, for example, please refer to fig. 10, the power assembly 10 'includes a motor and a speed reducer fixedly connected to an output shaft of the motor, an output section of the speed reducer is coaxially arranged with a rotating shaft of the movable plate 40', a quadrilateral clamping groove is concavely arranged on one side of the rotating shaft of the movable plate 40 'close to the output section, a quadrilateral clamping protrusion matched with the clamping groove is convexly arranged at one end of the output section close to the movable plate 40', the motor drives the speed reducer to rotate, and a shaft of the movable plate 40 'is driven by the speed reducer to rotate through the clamping position, so as to realize the rotation of the movable plate 40'; for another example, the power assembly 10' includes a motor and a transmission rod fixedly connected to an output section of the motor, the transmission rod is convexly provided with a rotating protrusion arranged in a circular shape, a side surface of the movable plate 40' is concavely provided with a rotating groove arranged in a circular shape and matched with the rotating protrusion, the rotating protrusion of the transmission rod extends into the rotating groove of the movable plate 40' to realize the rotating connection between the transmission rod and the movable plate 40', the output section of the motor rotates to drive the transmission rod to rotate, and the transmission rod drives the movable plate 40' to rotate through the matching of the rotating protrusion and the rotating groove.

In an embodiment of the present invention, referring to fig. 6, the cleaning robot further includes a controller 50', and the controller 50' is electrically connected to the power assembly 10 '.

The controller 50' may be of a variety of types, including a single chip, a Bluetooth device, etc. When the controller 50' receives a command for starting dust exhaust, the controller 50' controls the power assembly 10' to drive the movable plate 40' to expand relative to the dust box main body 30 '; when the controller 50' receives the command to finish dust discharging, the controller 50' controls the power assembly 10' to drive the movable plate 40' to close relative to the dust box main body 30 '.

Note that the dust discharge start command may be a command sent to the controller 50 'by a user, or may be a command sent to the controller 50' by a position detection device, for example, a sensor having a function of detecting a position, such as a hall sensor or a photoelectric sensor. The dust exhaust ending instruction may be an instruction sent by the user to the controller 50 'or an instruction sent by the photoelectric sensor installed at the dust exhaust port 32'.

Further, referring to fig. 9 and 10, the power assembly 10 'includes a driving device 11' and a push rod 12 'connected to the driving device 11', the driving device 11 'is installed on the robot main body 20', the push rod 12 'can be linked with or separated from the movable plate 40', and the driving device 11 'drives the push rod 12' to rotate so as to drive the movable plate 40 'to turn relative to the dust box main body 30'.

The driving device 11 'is installed on the robot main body 20', and the push rod 12 'and the movable plate 40' can be coupled or separated, so that the dust box main body 30 'and the robot main body 20' can be detachably connected. Because the dust box component is not provided with the driving device 11', the dust box component has low requirement on water resistance, and the dust box component can be directly soaked in water for cleaning after being detached from the robot main body 20'. Meanwhile, the driving device 11 'is mounted on the robot body 20' to not occupy the space in the dust collection chamber 33', so that the space in the dust collection chamber 33' is larger.

Further, referring to fig. 9, the rotation axis of the push rod 12 'is perpendicular to the rotation axis of the movable plate 40', and the rotation axis of the push rod 12 'and the rotation axis of the movable plate 40' are staggered. The force for driving the movable plate 40 'to rotate around the rotation axis is a force perpendicular to the rotation axis of the movable plate 40', and if the force acting on the movable plate 40 'is not perpendicular to the rotation axis of the movable plate 40', a component force in other directions is generated, and the movable plate 40 'is pressed or stretched, which easily reduces the service life of the movable plate 40'.

The utility model discloses still provide a clean system 1000, please refer to fig. 11, this clean system 1000 includes rubbish recovery basic station 200 and cleaning machines people 100, and the concrete structure of this cleaning machines people 100 refers to above-mentioned embodiment, because this clean system 1000 has adopted all technical scheme of above-mentioned all embodiments, consequently has all beneficial effects that the technical scheme of above-mentioned embodiment brought at least, and it is here no longer repeated. The garbage collection base station 200 is provided with a dust collection port 201, and the dust collection port 201 is used for being abutted with the dust discharge port 111 of the cleaning robot 100.

When the cleaning robot 100 needs to discharge dust, the cleaning robot 100 moves towards the garbage collection base station 200 and is in butt joint with the dust collection port 201 of the garbage collection base station 200, after the dust discharge port 111 is in butt joint with the dust collection port 201 of the garbage collection base station 200, the controller controls the power assembly 20 to work, the power assembly 20 directly drives the movable plate 12 to open the dust discharge port 111 or drives the operation part 122 to drive the movable plate 12 to open the dust discharge port 111, the garbage collection base station 200 starts to work, dust is discharged from the dust collection cavity 112 to the dust collection port 201 of the garbage collection base station 200 through the dust discharge port 111 of the dust box main body 11, and then enters the garbage collection base station 200, and the dust collection cavity 112 of the cleaning robot 100 is cleaned. By such arrangement, the dust collecting cavity 112 can be prevented from being cleaned manually by a user, and meanwhile, dust caused by manual cleaning of the dust collecting cavity 112 by the user is prevented from overflowing and scattering, so that the environment is polluted again, and adverse effects are caused to the breathing of the user.

The above only be the preferred embodiment of the utility model discloses a not consequently restriction the utility model discloses a patent range, all are in the utility model discloses a conceive, utilize the equivalent structure transform of what the content was done in the description and the attached drawing, or direct/indirect application all is included in other relevant technical field the utility model discloses a patent protection within range.

Claims (17)

1. A dirt box assembly, comprising:

the dust box main body is provided with a dust inlet, a dust outlet and a dust collecting cavity communicated with the dust inlet and the dust outlet;

the movable plate is rotatably connected with the dust box main body and can open or close the dust exhaust port;

the movable plate is provided with an operation part which is used for receiving external drive so as to drive the movable plate to overturn relative to the dust box main body to an open state or a closed state to cover the dust exhaust port.

2. The dust box assembly of claim 1, wherein the movable plate comprises a cover main body and a swing link, the cover main body is rotatably connected to the dust box main body, a rotating shaft of the cover main body is located at one side of the dust discharge port, one end of the swing link is fixed to the rotating shaft of the cover main body, the other end of the swing link is spaced apart from the cover main body, and the swing link forms the operating portion.

3. The dirt tray assembly of claim 2, wherein the pivotal axis of the lid body is perpendicular to the pivotal axis of the lid body, and the pivotal axis of the lid body is disposed at an acute angle to the plane of the lid body.

4. The dust box assembly of claim 1, further comprising an elastic reset element, wherein the elastic reset element is elastically connected to the movable plate and the dust box body, and the elastic reset element provides an elastic force for switching the movable plate from the state of opening the dust discharge opening to the state of covering the dust discharge opening.

5. The dust box assembly of claim 4, wherein the dust box body is provided with a protrusion on an outer side to surround the dust exhaust port, and the movable plate is provided with a sealing layer, and the movable plate seals the dust exhaust port by fitting the sealing layer to the protrusion.

6. The dust box assembly of claim 1, wherein the dust box body is provided with a first magnetic portion around the dust outlet, and the movable plate is provided with a second magnetic portion corresponding to a side of the movable plate close to the dust outlet, the second magnetic portion being magnetically attracted to the first magnetic portion.

7. The dirt box assembly of claim 1, wherein the dirt box body has a bottom surface and a first side surface adjacent the bottom surface, the dust inlet being disposed at the first side surface, and the dust exhaust port being disposed at the bottom surface.

8. The dirt tray assembly of claim 7, wherein the dirt tray body has a second side surface connecting the bottom surface and the first side surface, the dirt tray body having a recessed movable slot in the second side surface, the movable slot receiving the operating portion to allow the operating portion to swing within a predetermined angular range.

9. The dirt tray assembly of claim 8, wherein said movable slot extends toward and through said bottom surface such that said movable slot has a mounting opening formed in said bottom surface for accessing or removing an external drive member through said mounting opening.

10. A cleaning robot, characterized by comprising:

a robot main body;

the dirt box assembly of any one of claims 1-9;

a power assembly mounted on the robot body or the dust box body, the power assembly being configured to drive the movable plate to switch between positions of opening the dust discharge port and covering the dust discharge port.

11. The cleaning robot as claimed in claim 10, wherein the power assembly includes a driving device and a push rod connected to the driving device, the driving device is mounted on the robot body, a free end of the push rod can be abutted against or separated from the operating portion, and the driving device drives the push rod to rotate so as to apply a driving force to the operating portion to turn the movable plate relative to the dust box body.

12. The cleaning robot as claimed in claim 11, wherein the rotation axis of the push rod and the rotation axis of the movable plate are perpendicular to each other, and the rotation axis of the push rod and the rotation axis of the movable plate are offset from each other.

13. A cleaning robot, characterized by comprising:

a robot main body provided with a mounting groove;

the dust box main body is detachably connected to the mounting groove of the robot main body and is provided with a dust inlet, a dust outlet and a dust collecting cavity communicated with the dust inlet and the dust outlet;

the movable plate is rotatably connected with the dust box main body and can open or close the dust exhaust port;

a power assembly mounted on the robot body or the dust box body, the power assembly being configured to drive the movable plate to switch between positions of opening the dust discharge port and covering the dust discharge port.

14. The cleaning robot as claimed in claim 13, further comprising a controller electrically connected to the power assembly, wherein the controller controls the power assembly to drive the movable plate to expand relative to the dust box body when receiving a command to start dust discharging; when the controller receives a dust exhaust finishing instruction, the controller controls the power assembly to drive the movable plate to close relative to the dust box main body.

15. The cleaning robot as claimed in claim 13, wherein the power assembly includes a driving device and a push rod connected to the driving device, the driving device is mounted on the robot body, the push rod is coupled to or separated from the movable plate, and the driving device drives the push rod to rotate so as to drive the movable plate to turn relative to the dust box body.

16. The cleaning robot as claimed in claim 15, wherein the rotation axis of the push rod and the rotation axis of the movable plate are perpendicular to each other, and the rotation axis of the push rod and the rotation axis of the movable plate are offset from each other.

17. A cleaning system, characterized in that it comprises a garbage collection base station and a cleaning robot according to any one of claims 10 to 16, said garbage collection base station being provided with a dust collection port for docking with a dust discharge port of said cleaning robot.

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