CN213910068U - Lifting mechanism and intelligent floor washing vehicle - Google Patents
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The utility model relates to the technical field of floor cleaning robots, in particular to a lifting mechanism and an intelligent floor cleaning vehicle, which comprise an electric push rod, a first lever component and a second lever component, wherein the electric push rod is arranged on an electric push rod bracket; one end of the first lever assembly is connected with the electric push rod, and the other end of the first lever assembly is connected with the brush disc; one end of the second lever assembly is connected with the water absorption rake, and the other end of the second lever assembly is located below the pressing rod I on the first lever assembly. The utility model discloses a lifting mechanism adopts an electric push rod and two groups of lever components to realize the lifting of the water absorption rake and the brush disc simultaneously, thereby simplifying the operation process; and moreover, the outside of the clean water tank and the sewage tank is of a frame structure, so that the balance of the floor-cleaning vehicle cannot be influenced by the dynamic increase and decrease of the water amount in the clean water tank and the sewage tank, and the floor-cleaning vehicle can run more stably.
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Technical Field
The utility model relates to a floor cleaning robot technical field, in particular to elevating system and intelligent floor cleaning vehicle.
Background
To the clean trade, especially in the shopping mall, elevating system and intelligent ground washing vehicle use extensively, and elevating system and intelligent ground washing vehicle use traditional clean technique as the core, assist artificial intelligence technique, can help the cleanup crew to accomplish the mechanized cleaning work of high strength. When the lifting mechanism and the intelligent floor washing vehicle work, the water absorption rakes and the brush disc need to be attached to the ground to be cleaned and absorb water, and when the floor washing vehicle walks, the water absorption rakes and the brush disc need to leave the ground.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
The utility model provides an among the correlation technique absorb water take off with the brush dish need drive respectively just can realize going up and down, complex operation's problem provides an elevating system, can realize absorbing water simultaneously and take off with the lift of brush dish, the simplified operation. Furthermore, the utility model discloses an on the other hand is used for intelligent ground washing vehicle with this elevating system.
In order to solve the technical problem, the utility model discloses a realize through following technical scheme: a lift mechanism comprising:
the electric push rod is arranged on the electric push rod bracket;
one end of the first lever assembly is connected with the electric push rod, and the other end of the first lever assembly is connected with the brush disc;
and one end of the second lever assembly is connected with the water absorption rake, and the other end of the second lever assembly is positioned below the pressing rod I on the first lever assembly.
As the preferred scheme, electric putter's push rod end fixedly connected with connecting piece, install pivot I on the connecting piece.
As a preferred scheme, the brush disc is installed on a brush disc support, a pressure rod II is installed on the brush disc support, and the brush disc support is installed on a waist-shaped hole of the support through a rotating shaft II.
As preferred scheme, first lever subassembly includes lever I, I one end of lever links to each other with pivot I through waist shape hole, the other end of lever I is located depression bar II below.
The utility model discloses an on the other hand still provides an intelligence ground washing vehicle, including aforementioned elevating system.
Further, still include:
the device comprises a shell, a first cavity, a second cavity and a third cavity, wherein the interior of the shell is divided into an upper cavity and a lower cavity by a transverse partition plate, and the upper cavity is divided into the first cavity, the second cavity and the third cavity by a vertical partition plate;
the universal wheel comprises a chassis, wherein a wheel hub motor and a universal wheel are mounted on the chassis;
the brush disc is driven by a brush disc motor;
the water absorption rake assembly is arranged on the chassis;
the water supply assembly comprises a clean water tank positioned in the first cavity, and the clean water tank is connected with the brush disc through a pipeline;
the sewage recovery assembly comprises a sewage tank and a vacuum pump, wherein the sewage tank and the vacuum pump are positioned in the second cavity, and the sewage tank is hermetically connected with the water suction raking assembly through a pipeline;
the industrial personal computer is arranged in the third cavity, and a touch screen is arranged above the industrial personal computer;
a camera mounted at one side of the housing;
the laser radar is arranged on the shell on the same side as the camera;
the lithium battery is installed on the chassis and is located in the lower cavity and used for supplying power.
Furthermore, the water absorption rake assembly comprises a water absorption rake and a water absorption rake support, wherein universal wheels are mounted on the water absorption rake, and the water absorption rake is connected with the second lever assembly through the water absorption rake support.
Furthermore, a water tank cover plate is arranged above the clean water tank and the sewage tank.
Further, the both sides of casing are first arc shell and second arc shell respectively, camera and laser radar install on the second arc shell, the industrial computer is located the third cavity that second arc shell and baffle formed and installs on the baffle between second cavity and the third cavity.
Compared with the prior art, the beneficial effects of the utility model are that: the lifting mechanism of the utility model adopts the electric push rod and the two groups of lever components to realize the lifting of the water absorption scratcher and the brush disc at the same time, thereby simplifying the operation process; and moreover, the outside of the clean water tank and the sewage tank is of a frame structure, so that the balance of the floor-cleaning vehicle cannot be influenced by the dynamic increase and decrease of the water amount in the clean water tank and the sewage tank, and the floor-cleaning vehicle can run more stably.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic view of the overall structure of the lifting mechanism of the present invention;
fig. 2 is a schematic view of the overall structure of the lifting mechanism of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a schematic structural view of the electric putter;
FIG. 4 is a schematic structural view of the intelligent floor-cleaning vehicle of the present invention;
FIG. 5 is a schematic structural view of the intelligent floor-cleaning vehicle of the present invention;
fig. 6 is a schematic view of the present invention with the housing removed from fig. 3;
fig. 7 is a schematic view of the present invention with the upper housing removed from fig. 3;
FIG. 8 is a schematic view of the suction rake assembly of the present invention;
FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram showing the positional relationship between the camera and the lidar mounted on the second arcuate housing;
FIG. 10 is a schematic view of the construction of the brush plate;
FIG. 11 is a schematic view of the construction of the wastewater reclamation assembly.
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1. an electric push rod, 101, a connecting piece, 102, rotating shafts I, 103, an electric push rod bracket, 201, an upper shell, 202, a lower shell, 203, a reinforcing plate, 204, a transverse partition plate, 205, a vertical partition plate, 206, a front cover plate, 207, a water tank cover plate, 208, a rear cover plate, 209, a first arc shell, 210, a second arc shell, 3, a first lever component, 301, a lever, 302, a pressure rod I, 4, a brush disc, 401, a brush disc bracket, 402, a pressure rod II, 403, a brush disc motor, 404, a rotating shaft II, 5, a second lever component, 501, a lever II, 502, a connecting rod, 6, a water sucking rake, 601, a water sucking rake bracket, 7, a bracket, 8, a chassis, 9, a hub motor, 10, a universal wheel, 11, a clear water tank, 12, a vacuum pump, 13, a sewage tank, 1301, a positioning bracket, 1302, a sewage tank bracket, 14, an industrial personal computer, 15, a touch screen, 16, a camera, 17 and a laser radar, 18. a lithium battery.
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Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference numerals refer to the same or similar elements or elements having the same or similar function throughout. The embodiments described below with reference to the drawings are exemplary only for the purpose of explaining the present invention, and should not be construed as limiting the present invention.
Example 1
As shown in fig. 1 to 3, a lifting mechanism includes an electric push rod 1, a first lever assembly 3 and a second lever assembly 5, the electric push rod 1 is mounted on an electric push rod support 103, and specifically, the upper portion of the electric push rod 1 is mounted on the electric push rod support 103 through a bolt and a nut; one end of the first lever component 3 is connected with the electric push rod 1, and the other end is connected with the brush disc 4, so that when the push rod of the electric push rod 1 extends out, force is applied to one end of the first lever component 3, and the brush disc 4 is lifted up to be separated from the ground; one end of the second lever component 5 is connected with the water absorption rake 6, and the other end of the second lever component 5 is positioned below a pressure lever I302 on the first lever component 3, wherein the pressure lever I302 is positioned at one end of the first lever component 3 close to the electric push rod 1, so that when the push rod of the electric push rod 1 extends out, the pressure lever I302 is driven to apply force to one end of the second lever component 5, and the water absorption rake 6 is lifted up to be separated from the ground; that is, when the push rod of the electric push rod 1 extends out, the brush disc 4 and the water absorption scratcher 6 can be lifted upwards to be separated from the ground, and the operation is simpler and more convenient.
In one embodiment, the connecting member 101 is fixedly connected to the push rod end of the electric push rod 1, specifically, the connecting member 101 is sleeved outside the push rod of the electric push rod 1 and fixed by a bolt and a nut, so that when the push rod of the electric push rod 1 extends downward, the connecting member 101 is driven to move downward, wherein the rotating shaft i 102 is installed on the connecting member 101.
In one embodiment, the brush plate 4 is mounted on a brush plate support 401, a compression bar ii 402 is mounted on the brush plate support 401, the brush plate support 401 is mounted on the kidney-shaped hole of the support 7 through a rotating shaft ii 404, specifically, the brush plate support 401 comprises two vertical frames, a rectangular cross frame and a u-shaped cross frame, wherein two open ends of the u-shaped cross frame are mounted on the support 7 through bolts and nuts respectively, two sides of the bottom of the u-shaped cross frame are mounted on the two vertical frames through bolts and nuts, and the nuts are not tightened too tightly when mounted, so that the two open ends of the u-shaped cross frame can rotate along the bolts; the compression bar II 402 is arranged on the U-shaped transverse frame; one end of the rectangular cross frame is connected with a vertical frame through a bolt and a nut, the other end of the rectangular cross frame is installed on a waist-shaped hole of the support 7 through a rotating shaft II 404, wherein the rotating shaft II 404 is also provided with the bolt and the nut, the bolt penetrates through the waist-shaped hole and is limited by the nut, so that when the brush plate 4 is lifted up or put down, the bolt can rotate in the waist-shaped hole.
In one embodiment, the first lever assembly 3 comprises a lever i 301, the lever i 301 is integrally in an obtuse angle shape, the fulcrum is located at the vertex of the obtuse angle, the fulcrum is mounted on the support 7 through a pin shaft, a waist-shaped hole is formed in one end of the lever i 301, the rotating shaft i 102 is mounted in the waist-shaped hole, the other end of the lever i 301 is located below the pressing rod ii 402, when the push rod of the electric push rod 4 moves downwards, a downward force is applied to one end of the lever i 301 through the rotating shaft i 102 on the connecting piece 101, the other end of the lever i 301 tilts upwards, the pressing rod ii 402 is jacked upwards, so that the brush disc 4 is driven by the brush disc support 401 to move upwards to be separated from the ground, and when the push rod of the electric push rod 1 is retracted, the brush disc 4 moves downwards to be in contact with the ground.
Wherein, second lever subassembly 5 includes II 501 and connecting rod 502 of lever, II 501 of lever is the right angle shape, one of them right angle limit is located depression bar I302 below, the fulcrum is located another right angle edge, the fulcrum is a round pin axle and installs on electric putter support 103, connecting rod 502 links to each other and downwardly extending links to each other with the rake 6 that absorbs water with the right angle limit at fulcrum place, then when the push rod downstream of electric putter 4, drive I302 of depression bar on I301 downstream, exert a decurrent power to the one end of II 501 of lever, make the other end of II 501 of lever upwards perk, thereby drive rake 6 that absorbs water and upwards move and break away from ground, on the contrary, when the push rod of electric putter 1 withdraws, rake 6 that absorbs water again moves down and ground contact.
Example 2
As shown in fig. 1-11, another aspect of the present invention further provides an intelligent floor-cleaning vehicle, which includes the lifting mechanism of embodiment 1, and the structure and principle thereof are the same as those of embodiment 1, and are not repeated herein.
In addition, intelligence ground washing car in this embodiment still includes casing, chassis 8, brush dish 4, absorbs water and takes off subassembly, water supply assembly, sewage recovery subassembly, industrial computer 14, camera 16, laser radar 17 and lithium cell 18.
The outer part of the shell is divided into an upper shell 201 and a lower shell 202, the inner part of the shell is a frame structure formed by a plurality of reinforcing plates 203 in a surrounding mode, the inner part of the shell is divided into an upper cavity and a lower cavity through a transverse partition plate 204, and a support plate is adopted between the shell of the lower cavity and the transverse partition plate 204 for supporting so as to enhance the bearing capacity of the transverse partition plate 204; the upper cavity is divided into a first cavity, a second cavity and a third cavity by a vertical clapboard 205, and a plurality of long round holes are arranged on the vertical clapboard 205; two hub motors 9 and a universal wheel 10 are installed on a chassis 8, a brush disc 4 is driven by a brush disc motor 403, a water absorption rake assembly is installed on the chassis 8, wherein the brush disc 4 and the water absorption rake assembly are respectively located at two ends of the chassis 8, and when a ground washing vehicle travels in a non-working state, an electric push rod 1 realizes that the water absorption rake 6 and the brush disc 4 leave the ground through the extension of the push rod; the hub motor 9 drives the chassis 8 to move, and the chassis 8 drives the ground washing vehicle body to move, so that the universal wheels 10 are driven to move, and the brush disc 4 and the water absorption rake 6 move according to a preset path.
Wherein, the water supply assembly comprises a clean water tank 11 positioned in the first cavity, and the clean water tank 11 is connected with the brush disc 4 through a pipeline; the sewage recovery assembly comprises a sewage tank 13 and a vacuum pump 12 which are positioned in the second cavity, wherein the sewage tank 13 is of a large rectangular structure with one corner cut off into a small cuboid, the bottom of the sewage tank 13 is arranged on the transverse partition plate 204 through 6 groups of L-shaped positioning supports 1301, the vacuum pump 12 is arranged at the bottom of the sewage tank 13 with the small cuboid cut off, in addition, the bottom of the sewage tank 13 with the small cuboid cut off is also supported through two L-shaped sewage tank supports 1302, and the two sewage tank supports 1302 are respectively positioned at two sides of the vacuum pump 12; the sewage tank 13 is hermetically connected with the water sucking raking assembly through a pipeline, when the vacuum pump 12 is started, negative pressure is formed inside the sewage tank 13, and sewage collected by the water sucking raking assembly is sucked into the sewage tank 13 through the sealed pipeline.
The industrial personal computer 14 is arranged in the third cavity, the NODKA ebox-H110 is adopted by the industrial personal computer 14, the touch screen 15 is arranged above the industrial personal computer 14, the touch screen 15 is electrically connected with the industrial personal computer 14, and specifically, the touch screen 15 is arranged on the front cover plate 206 through two groups of U-shaped touch screen supports and used for setting parameters such as a cleaning path, a cleaning speed, water yield, brushing pressure and the like, so that the floor cleaning vehicle is convenient for a floor cleaning vehicle manager to operate; the camera 16 is mounted on one side of the housing by an L-shaped camera bracket; the laser radar 17 is mounted on the same side of the housing as the camera 16 by means of a radar mount in the form of "Contraband"; the lithium battery 18 is installed on the chassis 8 and located in the lower cavity and used for supplying power to the electric push rod 1, the hub motor 9, the vacuum pump 12, the industrial personal computer 14, the touch screen 15, the camera 16, the laser radar 17, the disc brushing motor 403 and the like.
In one embodiment, the suction rake assembly comprises a suction rake 6 and a suction rake support 601, wherein 3 universal wheels 10 are mounted on the suction rake 6, one universal wheel 10 is mounted on each of two sides and the middle of the suction rake 6, and the suction rake 6 is connected to the connecting rod 502 of the second lever assembly 5 through the suction rake support 601.
In one embodiment, a cover plate 207 is provided above the clean water tank 11 and the dirty water tank 13, wherein both sides of the cover plate 207 are hinged to the reinforcing plate 203 inside the housing.
In one embodiment, the two sides of the housing are respectively a first arc-shaped shell 209 and a second arc-shaped shell 210, the top ends of the first arc-shaped shell 209 and the second arc-shaped shell 210 are respectively provided with a rear cover plate 208 and a front cover plate 206 through hinges, and the hinges are respectively arranged on one side of the rear cover plate 208 and one side of the front cover plate 206; the camera 16 and the laser radar 17 are mounted on the second arc-shaped shell 210, specifically, the second arc-shaped shell 210 is of a step type, the camera 16 is mounted on the upper portion of the second arc-shaped shell 210 through an L-shaped camera support, the laser radar 17 is mounted on the step on the lower portion of the second arc-shaped shell 210 through a radar support, a rectangular hole is formed in the second arc-shaped shell 210 below the step and used for accommodating the laser radar 17, half of the laser radar 17 is located in the second arc-shaped shell 210, and half of the laser radar 17 is located outside the second arc-shaped shell 210, and the camera 16 and the laser radar 17 are used for identifying the surrounding environment, so that a navigation map is established; the industrial personal computer 14 is located in a third cavity formed by the second arc-shaped shell 210 and the vertical partition plate 205 and is mounted on the vertical partition plate 205 between the second cavity and the third cavity through bolts.
The above is the preferred embodiment of the present invention, and the technical personnel in the field of the present invention can also change and modify the above embodiment, therefore, the present invention is not limited to the above specific embodiment, and any obvious improvement, replacement or modification made by the technical personnel in the field on the basis of the present invention all belong to the protection scope of the present invention.
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1. A lift mechanism, comprising:
the electric push rod (1), the electric push rod (1) is arranged on the electric push rod bracket (103);
one end of the first lever component (3) is connected with the electric push rod (1), and the other end of the first lever component (3) is connected with the brush disc (4);
and one end of the second lever component (5) is connected with the water absorption rake (6), and the other end of the second lever component (5) is positioned below the pressure lever I (302) on the first lever component (3).
2. The lift mechanism of claim 1, wherein: the push rod end fixedly connected with connecting piece (101) of electric putter (1), install pivot I (102) on connecting piece (101).
3. The lift mechanism of claim 2, wherein: the brush disc (4) is arranged on a brush disc support (401), a pressing rod II (402) is arranged on the brush disc support (401), and the brush disc support (401) is arranged on a waist-shaped hole of the support (7) through a rotating shaft II (404).
4. The lift mechanism of claim 3, wherein: first lever subassembly (3) include lever I (301), I (301) one end of lever links to each other with pivot I (102) through waist shape hole, the other end of I (301) of lever is located depression bar II (402) below.
5. The utility model provides an intelligence ground washing vehicle which characterized in that: comprising a lifting mechanism according to any of claims 1-4.
6. The intelligent floor-washing vehicle of claim 5, further comprising:
the device comprises a shell, wherein the interior of the shell is divided into an upper cavity and a lower cavity by a transverse partition plate (204), and the upper cavity is divided into a first cavity, a second cavity and a third cavity by a vertical partition plate (205);
the device comprises a chassis (8), wherein a hub motor (9) and a universal wheel (10) are mounted on the chassis (8);
a brush plate (4), the brush plate (4) being driven by a brush plate motor (403);
the water absorption rake assembly is arranged on the chassis (8);
the water supply assembly comprises a clean water tank (11) positioned in the first cavity, and the clean water tank (11) is connected with the brush disc (4) through a pipeline;
the sewage recovery assembly comprises a sewage tank (13) and a vacuum pump (12) which are positioned in the second cavity, and the sewage tank (13) is hermetically connected with the water suction raking assembly through a pipeline;
the industrial personal computer (14), the industrial personal computer (14) is installed in the third cavity, and a touch screen (15) is installed above the industrial personal computer (14);
a camera (16), the camera (16) being mounted to one side of the housing;
the laser radar (17), the said laser radar (17) is mounted on the body of the same side with camera (16);
the lithium battery (18) is installed on the chassis (8) and is located in the lower cavity and used for supplying power.
7. The intelligent floor-washing vehicle of claim 6, wherein: the water absorption rake assembly comprises a water absorption rake (6) and a water absorption rake support (601), universal wheels (10) are mounted on the water absorption rake (6), and the water absorption rake (6) is connected with the second lever assembly (5) through the water absorption rake support (601).
8. The intelligent floor-washing vehicle of claim 6, wherein: and a water tank cover plate (207) is arranged above the clean water tank (11) and the sewage tank (13).
9. The intelligent floor-washing vehicle of claim 6, wherein: the both sides of casing are first arc shell (209) and second arc shell (210) respectively, install on second arc shell (210) camera (16) and laser radar (17), industrial computer (14) are located the third cavity that second arc shell (210) and vertical baffle (205) formed and install on vertical baffle (205) between second cavity and the third cavity.
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