CN214906357U

CN214906357U - Maintenance base station and cleaning robot system

Info

Publication number: CN214906357U
Application number: CN202120336258.4U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 周林林; 李军
Original assignee: Shenzhen Silver Star Intelligent Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Shenzhen Silver Star Intelligent Group Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-02-05
Filing date: 2021-02-05
Publication date: 2021-11-30
Anticipated expiration: 2031-02-05

Abstract

The application provides a maintenance base station and a cleaning robot system, wherein the maintenance base station is used for being matched with a cleaning robot and comprises a base, at least one cleaning box, a docking device and at least one fluid driving device, the at least one cleaning box, the docking device and the at least one fluid driving device are all arranged on the base, the docking device is in pneumatic communication with at least one cleaning tank through a pipeline, the docking device is used for docking with a docking valve of the cleaning robot, so as to establish a fluid passage communicating the cleaning container assembly and the at least one cleaning tank, at least one fluid driving device corresponding to the at least one cleaning tank one to one, each fluid driving device for driving fluid to flow from the corresponding cleaning tank to the cleaning container assembly of the cleaning robot through the fluid passage, or for driving fluid from the cleaning receptacle assembly of the cleaning robot to the corresponding cleaning tank through the fluid passage. The device realizes daily maintenance of the cleaning container assembly of the cleaning robot.

Description

Maintenance base station and cleaning robot system

Technical Field

The application relates to the field of cleaning equipment, in particular to a maintenance base station and a cleaning robot system.

Background

With the development of economy and the improvement of living standard, various cleaning robots are widely used in household cleaning tasks, such as floor sweeping robots, floor washing robots or glass wiping robots. Generally, a cleaning robot includes a cleaning receptacle assembly for separately receiving one or more of dust, trash debris, sewage, or the like collected by the cleaning robot during cleaning, but the proper working performance of the cleaning robot is easily affected due to lack of necessary maintenance of the cleaning receptacle assembly of the cleaning robot.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The embodiment of the application provides a maintenance base station and a cleaning robot system, and aims to solve the technical problem that a cleaning container assembly of an existing cleaning robot is lack of necessary maintenance.

The embodiment of the application provides a maintain the base station, maintain the base station be used for with cleaning robot cooperation, cleaning robot include clean container subassembly and with the butt joint valve of clean container subassembly pneumatic intercommunication, maintain the base station include base, at least one clean case, interfacing apparatus and at least one fluid drive device, at least one clean case the interfacing apparatus with at least one fluid drive device all install in on the base, the interfacing apparatus pass through the pipeline with at least one clean case pneumatic intercommunication, the interfacing apparatus be used for with cleaning robot's butt joint valve butt joint, in order to establish the intercommunication clean container subassembly with the fluid passage of at least one clean case, at least one fluid drive device respectively with at least one clean case one-to-one, each fluid drive device is used for driving fluid to pass through from the clean case that corresponds fluid passage flow to cleaning robot's clean container subassembly A container assembly, or a cleaning container assembly for driving fluid from the cleaning robot to a corresponding cleaning tank through the fluid passage.

The embodiment of the application also provides a cleaning robot system, which comprises the cleaning robot and the maintenance base station.

In contrast to the prior art, embodiments of the present application provide a maintenance base station and a cleaning robot system, where the maintenance base station includes a base, at least one cleaning tank, a docking device and at least one fluid driving device, the docking device is configured to dock with a docking valve of the cleaning robot, so that a fluid channel communicating the cleaning container assembly and the at least one cleaning tank can be established, and the at least one fluid driving device is respectively in one-to-one correspondence with the at least one cleaning tank, and each of the fluid driving devices is configured to drive a fluid to flow from the corresponding cleaning tank to the cleaning container assembly of the cleaning robot through the fluid channel, or drive a fluid to flow from the cleaning container assembly of the cleaning robot to the corresponding cleaning tank through the fluid channel, so that maintenance of the cleaning container assembly of the cleaning robot can be achieved, the situation that the garbage retention time is too long or the cleaning medium is exhausted is avoided, so that the cleaning robot can continuously work after maintenance.

Drawings

One or more embodiments are illustrated by way of example in the accompanying drawings, which correspond to the figures in which like reference numerals refer to similar elements and which are not to scale unless otherwise specified.

FIG. 1 is a first schematic structural view (a docking device is retracted relative to a base) of a cleaning robot system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a cleaning robot system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure (a docking device is extended relative to a base in an extended state);

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural view of the cleaning robot provided in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a first schematic cross-sectional view of the maintenance base station provided in FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a schematic structural diagram III of a cleaning robot system provided in an embodiment of the present disclosure (a docking device is retracted relative to a base);

FIG. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a cleaning robot system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure (with the docking device extended relative to the base);

FIG. 7 is a schematic top view of a cleaning robot system and base provided by an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of a cleaning robot system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure (docking device extended relative to base extended state);

FIG. 9 is a schematic cross-sectional view II of the maintenance base station provided in FIG. 1;

FIG. 10 is a schematic cross-sectional view of another maintenance base station according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 11 is an enlarged schematic view at A in FIG. 2;

FIG. 12 is an exploded schematic view of the docking assembly provided in FIG. 1 for maintaining a base station;

fig. 13 is an enlarged schematic view at B in fig. 12.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present application more apparent, the present application is described in further detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the present application and are not intended to limit the present application. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present application.

It should be noted that, if not conflicted, the various features of the embodiments of the present application may be combined with each other within the scope of protection of the present application. Additionally, while functional block divisions are performed in apparatus schematics, with logical sequences shown in flowcharts, in some cases, steps shown or described may be performed in sequences other than block divisions in apparatus or flowcharts. In addition, the words "first", "second", "third", and the like used herein do not limit the data and execution order, but merely distinguish the same items or similar items having substantially the same functions and actions.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, an embodiment of the present application provides a cleaning robot system 300, where the cleaning robot system 300 includes a cleaning robot 200 and a maintenance base station 100.

For the cleaning robot 200 provided in the embodiment of the present application, it can be understood that the cleaning robot 200 may be any one of a sweeping robot, a sweeping and mopping integrated robot, a floor washing robot, a floor wiping robot, and the like.

The cleaning robot 200 includes a robot main body 201, a cleaning container assembly 70 detachably connected to the robot main body 201, and a docking valve 80 pneumatically communicated with the cleaning container assembly 70. The cleaning receptacle assembly 70 is used to separately receive one or more of dust, trash debris, sewage, or the like collected by the cleaning robot 200 during cleaning. The cleaning receptacle assembly 70 may include at least one receptacle. Wherein the at least one container may include a clean water container 71 and a dirt collection container 72, the clean water container 71 is used for storing clean water or detergent, and the dirt collection container 72 is used for storing garbage debris or storing sewage. The water purifying container 71 and the dirt collecting container 72 may be integrally formed, or the water purifying container 71 and the dirt collecting container 72 may be integrally assembled, or the water purifying container 71 and the dirt collecting container 72 may be two independent components. In other embodiments, the at least one container may include the clean water container 71, but not the dirt collection container 72; alternatively, the at least one container may include the dirt collection container 72 but not the water purification container 71.

The docking valve 80 includes at least one docking port 81, and the configuration of the docking port 81 is not limited, for example, the docking port 81 may be a port provided with a check valve, or a port provided with a movable cover plate, which may prevent dust, debris or liquid in the cleaning container assembly 70 from leaking. The number of the docking ports 81 can be set according to actual needs, for example, the number of the docking ports 81 can be one, and the docking ports are used for being pneumatically communicated with the water purification container 71 or the dirt collection container 72, so that the maintenance base station 100 can conveniently provide replenishment maintenance for the water purification container 71 through the docking ports 81 or provide dirt recovery maintenance for the dirt collection container 72; alternatively, the number of the docking ports 81 may be more than one, and the at least one docking port 81 may include a first docking port 811 and a second docking port 812, where the first docking port 811 is in pneumatic communication with the water purification container 71, and the second docking port 812 is in pneumatic communication with the dirt collection container 72, so that the maintenance base station 100 may respectively provide maintenance to the water purification container 71 and the dirt collection container 72 through the first docking port 811 and the second docking port 812.

The robot main body 201 is a main body part of the cleaning robot 200, and the robot main body 201 may have any one shape, such as a circular shape, a rectangular shape, or a D-shape, and is not limited herein. In an alternative embodiment, the robot main body 201 may also be in other design structures, for example, the robot main body 201 is an integrally molded structure or a structure separately arranged left and right, and the material, shape, structure, etc. of the main body are not limited in the embodiment of the present application.

The robot main body 201 may include a chassis and an upper cover assembly detachably mounted on the chassis to protect various functional components inside the cleaning robot 200 from being damaged by violent impacts or unintentionally dripped liquid during use; the chassis and/or upper cover assembly is used to carry and support various functional components. The surface of the upper cover assembly, which deviates from the chassis, forms an appearance surface, which can improve the overall appearance of the cleaning robot 200, and the appearance surface can be provided with keys, so that a user can conveniently operate the cleaning robot 200 through the keys. The installation cavity is formed between the chassis and the upper cover assembly, and the installation cavity is used for providing arrangement space for internal devices of the cleaning robot 200. The cleaning robot 200 may arrange a vacuum pump, a circuit board, a floor detection sensor, a collision detection sensor, a wall sensor, and the like in the installation cavity.

With continued reference to fig. 3, the cleaning robot 200 includes a traveling mechanism 202 mounted on the chassis, the traveling mechanism 202 includes a pair of traveling wheels 203, at least one universal wheel 204, and a motor for driving the wheels to rotate, the pair of traveling wheels 203 and the at least one universal wheel 204 at least partially protrude out of the bottom of the chassis, for example, the pair of traveling wheels 203 may be partially hidden in the chassis under the self weight of the cleaning robot 200. In an alternative embodiment, the travel mechanism 202 may further include any one of a track triangle, a Mecanum wheel, and the like. The running gear 202 may also not comprise the at least one castor 204.

The cleaning robot 200 may be designed to autonomously plan a path on the ground, or may be designed to move on the ground in response to a remote control command. Cleaning robot 200 can navigate through one of them or several kinds of combinations such as gyroscope, accelerometer, camera, GPS location and/or laser radar, for example, cleaning robot 200 can set up laser radar at the top surface protrusion, scans the collection barrier data to the surrounding environment through laser radar, establishes the environment map according to barrier data, can fix a position in real time according to the environment map, is convenient for plan clean route.

The cleaning robot 200 may autonomously navigate to the maintenance base station 100, so that the cleaning robot 200 and the maintenance base station 100 complete the docking, which is convenient for the maintenance base station 100 to maintain the cleaning robot 200.

For the maintenance base station 100 provided in the embodiment of the present application, the maintenance base station 100 is configured to perform maintenance on the cleaning robot 200, and the maintenance base station 100 may perform maintenance on any one or more of charging, cleaning medium replenishment, sewage recovery, cleaning garbage recovery, and the like on the cleaning robot 200.

With continued reference to fig. 1 and 2, the maintenance base station 100 includes a base 10, at least one cleaning tank 20, a docking device 30, and at least one fluid driving device 40. The at least one cleaning tank 20, the docking device 30 and the at least one fluid driving device 40 are all mounted on the base 10, the docking device 30 is in pneumatic communication with the at least one cleaning tank 20 through a pipe, and the docking device 30 is used for docking with a docking valve 80 of the cleaning robot 200 to establish a fluid passage 50 communicating the cleaning container assembly 70 and the at least one cleaning tank 20. The at least one fluid driving device 40 is respectively corresponding to the at least one cleaning tank 20, and each fluid driving device 40 is used for driving fluid to flow from the corresponding cleaning tank 20 to the cleaning container assembly 70 of the cleaning robot 200 through the fluid channel 50, or used for driving fluid to flow from the cleaning container assembly 70 of the cleaning robot 200 to the corresponding cleaning tank 20 through the fluid channel 50.

In contrast to the prior art, the embodiment of the present application provides a maintenance base station 100 and a cleaning robot system 300, wherein the maintenance base station 100 includes a base 10, at least one cleaning tank 20, a docking device 30 and at least one fluid driving device 40, the docking device 30 is configured to dock with a docking valve 80 of the cleaning robot 200, so that a fluid channel 50 communicating the cleaning container assembly 70 and the at least one cleaning tank 20 can be established, and is further configured to correspond to the at least one cleaning tank 20 one by one through the at least one fluid driving device 40, each fluid driving device 40 is configured to drive a fluid to flow from the corresponding cleaning tank 20 to the cleaning container assembly 70 of the cleaning robot 200 through the fluid channel 50, or drive a fluid to flow from the cleaning container assembly 70 of the cleaning robot 200 to the corresponding cleaning tank 20 through the fluid channel 50, therefore, the cleaning container assembly 70 of the cleaning robot 200 can be maintained, and the situation that the garbage retention time is too long or the cleaning medium is exhausted is avoided, so that the cleaning robot 200 can continuously work after the maintenance.

In this embodiment, the maintenance base station 100 may implement maintenance on the water purification tank 71 and the sewage collection tank 72 of the cleaning robot 200. The cleaning robot 200 can autonomously navigate to the cleaning base station, so that the docking valve 80 of the cleaning robot 200 is docked with the docking device 30 of the maintenance base station 100, so as to facilitate the maintenance of the cleaning robot 200 by the maintenance base station 100.

The at least one clean tank 20 includes a clean water tank 21 and a dirty tank 22. The docking device 30 includes a first docking portion 33 and a second docking portion 34, the first docking portion 33 is in pneumatic communication with the dirt collection tank 22 through a first flexible pipe, the first docking portion 33 is in docking communication with a first docking port 811 of the docking valve 80 to establish a fluid passage 50 communicating between the clean water container 71 and the clean water tank 21; the second docking portion 34 is in pneumatic communication with the fresh water tank 21 through a second flexible pipe, and the second docking portion 34 is adapted to be in docking communication with the second docking port 812 of the docking valve 80 to establish a fluid passage 50 communicating between the dirt collection container 72 and the dirt collection tank 22. The at least one fluid driving device 40 includes a first fluid driving device 41 and a second fluid driving device 42, the first fluid driving device 41 is used for driving the fluid in the clean water tank 21 to flow to the clean water tank 71 of the cleaning robot 200 through the first docking portion 33, and the second fluid driving device 42 is used for driving the fluid in the dirt collection container 72 of the cleaning robot 200 to flow to the dirt collection tank 22 through the second docking portion 34.

The clean water tank 21 can store any cleaning medium such as clean water, detergent or disinfectant, and the first fluid driving device 41 is used for driving the fluid in the clean water tank 21 to flow to the clean water container 71 of the cleaning robot 200 through the first docking portion 33, so that the cleaning medium in the clean water tank 21 can be timely supplemented, and automatic replenishment of the cleaning medium is realized, the cleaning robot 200 can continuously apply the cleaning medium to the cleaning floor, and the cleaning effect is improved.

The dirt collection box 22 may be a dust collection box, the dirt collection box 22 may collect dust and debris, or the dirt collection box 22 may also be a sewage recovery box, the dirt collection box 22 may collect sewage, and the second fluid driving device 42 is used to drive the fluid in the dirt collection container 72 of the cleaning robot 200 to flow to the dirt collection box 22 through the second docking portion 34, so that the dirt in the dirt collection box 22 may be sufficiently emptied, the dirt is prevented from being retained in the dirt collection box 22 and becoming moldy and smelly, and the continuous cleaning capability of the cleaning robot 200 is improved.

The fluid driving device 40 may be any one of a water pump, an air pump, a fan, and the like.

The first fluid driving device 41 may be an air pump or a water pump, when the first fluid driving device 41 is an air pump, the first fluid driving device 41 is in pneumatic communication with the inner cavity of the fresh water tank 21, and the first fluid driving device 41 may increase the air pressure above the liquid level in the fresh water tank 21 to transfer the liquid in the fresh water tank 21 to the docking device 30 to enter the cleaning robot 200; when the first fluid driving means 41 is a water pump, the first fluid driving means 41 may be communicated between the fresh water tank 21 and the docking means 30 to transfer the liquid in the fresh water tank 21 to the docking means 30 to the cleaning robot 200.

The second fluid driving device 42 may be a blower or a water pump, when the second fluid driving device 42 is an air pump, the second fluid driving device 42 is in pneumatic communication with the inner cavity of the dirt collecting box 22, and the second fluid driving device 42 may generate negative pressure in the inner cavity of the dirt collecting box 22 to generate suction force to suck the dirt stored in the cleaning robot 200 into the dirt collecting box 22; when the first fluid driving device 41 is a water pump, the second fluid driving device 42 may be communicated between the soil collection tank 22 and the docking device 30 to suck the soil stored in the cleaning robot 200 into the soil collection tank 22.

In other embodiments, the maintenance base station 100 only provides maintenance to the water purification container 71 of the cleaning robot 200, and accordingly, the docking device 30 is configured to dock and pneumatically communicate with the water purification container 71 of the cleaning robot 200; alternatively, the maintenance base station 100 only provides maintenance to the dirt collection container 72 of the cleaning robot 200, and accordingly, the docking device 30 is configured to dock and pneumatically communicate with the dirt collection container 72 of the cleaning robot 200.

With continued reference to fig. 4, 5 and 6, in the present embodiment, the base 10 is a main body of the maintenance base station 100, and the base 10 can provide a bearing function for the cleaning robot 200 and an installation space for the at least one cleaning tank 20, the docking device 30 and the at least one fluid driving device 40. A charging assembly 11 may be provided on the base 10 to charge the cleaning robot 200 through the charging assembly 11. The at least one cleaning tank 20 may be detachably coupled to the base 10, so that the at least one cleaning tank 20 may be easily removed, maintenance of the at least one cleaning tank 20 may be easily performed, and operations of replacing a cleaning medium or cleaning dirt may be easily performed. In other embodiments, the at least one cleaning tank 20 may also be non-detachably fixed to the base 10.

With continuing reference to fig. 4, 5 and 6, the docking device 30 further includes a driving assembly 31 and a docking mechanism 32 drivingly connected to the driving assembly 31, the driving assembly 31 is mounted on the base 10, the docking mechanism 32 is telescopically connected to the base 10, the docking mechanism 32 is pneumatically communicated with the at least one cleaning tank 20 through a pipe, and the driving assembly 31 can drive the docking mechanism 32 to extend relative to the base 10 to dock with the cleaning robot 200 or retract relative to the base 10 to detach from the cleaning robot 200.

In the present embodiment, the driving assembly 31 includes a driving motor 311 and a transmission mechanism 314. The driving motor 311 is mounted on the base 10. The transmission mechanism 314 is in transmission connection with the driving motor 311 and the docking mechanism 32, and the driving motor 311 can drive the docking mechanism 32 to move telescopically relative to the base 10 through the transmission mechanism 314.

The transmission mechanism 314 may include one or more transmission gears, screws, or a combination of any one or more of the foregoing.

When the maintenance base station 100 detects that the cleaning robot 200 moves to the preset alignment area 300, the driving motor 311 may drive the docking mechanism 32 to extend relative to the base 10, and the driving motor 311 may adjust the extension position of the docking mechanism 32, so as to ensure that the docking mechanism 32 moves to a position tightly engaged with the docking valve 80 of the cleaning robot 200, which may effectively prevent leakage due to insufficient sealing at the joint between the docking mechanism 32 and the docking valve 80 of the cleaning robot 200; after the maintenance base station 100 completes the basic maintenance work, the driving motor 311 may drive the docking mechanism 32 to retract relative to the base 10, so that the docking mechanism 32 and the docking valve 80 of the cleaning robot 200 are separated from each other, and the docking mechanism 32 may be prevented from preventing the cleaning robot 200 from exiting the maintenance base station 100.

Referring to fig. 4, 5 and 6, in some embodiments, the base 10 is provided with a charging assembly 11 in a preset alignment area 300, the maintenance base station 100 further includes a main control board 60, the main control board 60 is electrically connected to the charging assembly 11 and the driving assembly 31, when the cleaning robot 200 reaches the preset alignment area 300 of the base 10 and is in butt joint with the charging assembly 11, the charging assembly 11 sends a charging signal to the main control board 60, and the main control board 60 controls the driving assembly 31 to drive the docking mechanism 32 to extend to a preset position relative to the base 10 according to the charging signal so as to dock with the docking valve 80 of the cleaning robot 200.

The cleaning robot 200 is provided with a first charging pole piece 205 and a rechargeable battery 206 electrically connected to the first charging pole piece 205, the first charging pole piece 205 can be disposed on the side surface or the bottom surface of the cleaning robot 200, the charging assembly 11 includes a second charging pole piece 207 and a power converter 208 electrically connected to the second charging pole piece 207 and the main control board 60, the second charging pole piece 207 is disposed at a position on the base 10 corresponding to the position of the first charging pole piece 205, the first charging pole piece 205 can be electrically connected to the second charging pole piece 207 in a butt joint manner, and a charging signal at the second charging pole piece 207 can be fed back to the main control board 60. When the cleaning robot 200 is successfully docked with the charging assembly 11 in the preset docking area 300 for charging, it can be understood that the docking valve 80 of the cleaning robot 200 is also exactly located at the position aligned with the docking mechanism 32, so that no additional sensor is needed, and the time for combining the docking mechanism 32 and the docking valve 80 can be accurately judged and controlled by means of a charging signal, which is simple and accurate, and is beneficial to saving complex docking sensor hardware and reducing product cost.

In other embodiments, the docking mechanism 32 may also be fixed on the base 10, and actively dock with the docking mechanism 32 by moving the cleaning robot 200 to the preset docking area 300.

With reference to fig. 4, fig. 5 and fig. 6, further, the extending and retracting direction of the docking mechanism 32 is parallel to the height direction of the base 10, or the extending and retracting direction of the docking mechanism 32 is disposed at an acute angle with the height direction of the base 10.

In the present embodiment, when the docking mechanism 32 extends and retracts approximately in the height direction of the base 10, the docking mechanism 32 mainly occupies the space in the height direction of the base 10 for movement, which is beneficial to avoid the docking mechanism 32 from occupying too much of the lateral dimension of the maintenance base 100.

With the ground where the base 10 is located as a reference, the initial position of the docking mechanism 32 may be at a first preset height of the base 10, and the docking mechanism 32 may extend to a second preset height relative to the base 10, where the second preset height is smaller than the first preset height, that is, the docking mechanism 32 may descend relative to the base 10 during the extension process, and the docking mechanism 32 may finally abut against the top of the cleaning robot 200, so that the cleaning robot 200 may be locked by the abutting force of the docking mechanism 32 on the cleaning robot 200, and the position drift of the cleaning robot 200 during the maintenance process is avoided; alternatively, the second preset height is greater than the first preset height, that is, the docking mechanism 32 is lifted relative to the base 10 during the extension process, and the docking mechanism 32 may eventually abut against the bottom of the cleaning robot 200, so that the fluid or solid of the cleaning container assembly 70 may naturally enter the docking mechanism 32 under the action of gravity.

In other embodiments, the extending and retracting direction of the docking mechanism 32 is perpendicular to the height direction of the base 10, or the extending and retracting direction of the docking mechanism 32 is inclined with respect to the horizontal direction of the base 10.

With continuing reference to fig. 4, fig. 5 and fig. 6, further, the base 10 includes a base 13 and a main housing 14 fixedly connected to the base 13, the base 13 is used for carrying the cleaning robot 200, the main housing 14 and the base 13 enclose a receiving cavity 15, the receiving cavity 15 is used for receiving the cleaning robot 200, the at least one cleaning tank 20, the docking device 30 and the at least one fluid driving device 40 are all mounted on the main housing 14, and the docking device 30 is disposed on a side of the receiving cavity 15 away from the base 13.

In this embodiment, the main housing 14 is fixed on the upper side of the base 13, the base 13 is placed on the ground, and the main housing 14 is connected to the side of the base 13 facing away from the ground. The main housing 14 is a hollow housing, and the at least one cleaning tank 20 and the at least one fluid driving device 40 are accommodated in an inner cavity of the main housing 14. The main casing body 14 is provided with the intercommunication accept the opening of chamber 15, the opening is arranged accept the chamber 15 and deviate from base 13 one side, docking mechanism 32 warp the opening shrink in the inner chamber of main casing body 14, docking mechanism 32 also can warp the opening stretches into in accepting the chamber 15, docking mechanism 32 can the butt at last cleaning robot 200's top, can be through docking mechanism 32 is to cleaning robot 200's support pressure realization locking cleaning robot 200 avoids cleaning robot 200 is in the position drift of maintenance process.

With continuing reference to fig. 4, 5, 6 and 7, a pair of positioning grooves 16 is further recessed on a surface of the base 13 adjacent to a side of the docking unit 30, and the pair of positioning grooves 16 are used for positioning and matching with a pair of road wheels 203 of the cleaning robot 200 respectively. In the present embodiment, the pair of positioning grooves 16 are respectively disposed on the left and right sides of the base 13, and the pair of positioning grooves 16 are located in the preset positioning area 300. The pair of positioning grooves 16 are respectively matched with the pair of walking wheels 203 of the cleaning robot 200, when the cleaning robot 200 moves to the base 13, the pair of walking wheels 203 of the cleaning robot 200 can be respectively positioned in the pair of positioning grooves 16 on the base 13, so that the cleaning robot 200 can be positioned in the preset alignment area 300, and the docking mechanism 32 and the cleaning robot 200 can be conveniently docked stably.

With continued reference to fig. 4, 5, 6, and 7, further, the docking mechanism 32 faces the center line between the pair of positioning slots 16, and the distance D between the docking mechanism 32 and the pair of positioning slots 16 in the horizontal direction is less than a quarter of the width D of the cleaning robot 200. Therefore, the docking position of the docking mechanism 32 and the cleaning robot 200 is closer to the center of the cleaning robot 200, and the situation that the cleaning robot 200 is tilted due to the fact that the front end part or the rear end part of the cleaning robot is pressed by the docking mechanism can be avoided.

Referring to fig. 6 and 8, further, the docking mechanism 32 may extend to a predetermined position relative to the base 10, and the docking mechanism 32 abuts against the upper surface of the cleaning robot 200 at the predetermined position, or the docking mechanism 32 extends into the cleaning container assembly 70 of the cleaning robot 200 at the predetermined position.

Referring to fig. 6, in one embodiment, the docking mechanism 32 can extend to a predetermined position relative to the base 10, and the docking mechanism 32 abuts against the upper surface of the cleaning robot 200 at the predetermined position. In this embodiment, the cleaning robot 200 is provided with the docking valve 80 on the upper surface, the docking valve 80 can communicate with the cleaning container assembly 70 through a pipe, and one end of the pipe communicating with the docking valve 80 extends to the bottom of the cleaning container assembly 70, so as to facilitate the emptying of liquid or solid in the cleaning container assembly 70 through the docking valve 80 and the corresponding pipe.

Referring to fig. 8, in another embodiment, the docking mechanism 32 at least partially extends into the cleaning receptacle assembly 70 of the cleaning robot 200 at a predetermined position. In the present embodiment, the docking mechanism 32 protrudes into the cleaning container assembly 70 of the cleaning robot 200, so that even if fluid leaks from the junction between the docking mechanism 32 and the cleaning robot 200, the fluid can completely flow back into the cleaning container assembly 70, and the fluid is prevented from leaking to the surface of the cleaning robot 200 or the inside of a maintenance base station.

Referring to fig. 9, further, the docking mechanism 32 includes an expansion bracket 321 and at least one docking portion 35 fixedly connected to the expansion bracket 321, the expansion bracket 321 is slidably connected to the base 10, the driving assembly 31 drives the expansion bracket 321 to slidably extend and retract relative to the base 10, and the at least one docking portion 35 can extend and retract relative to the base 10 along with the movement of the expansion bracket 321.

In this embodiment, the driving assembly 31 includes a driving motor 311 and a transmission gear 312 in transmission connection with the driving motor 311, the telescopic frame 321 is provided with a rack structure 322, the rack structure 322 extends along the sliding direction of the telescopic frame 321 relative to the base 10, the rack structure 322 is engaged with the transmission gear 312, the driving motor 311 can drive the transmission gear 312 to rotate, and then the telescopic frame 321 is driven by the rack structure 322 to slide relative to the base 10. For example, the driving motor 311 may drive the transmission gear 312 to rotate along a first predetermined direction, so as to drive the expansion bracket 321 to extend relative to the base 10 through the rack structure 322; the driving motor 311 may drive the transmission gear 312 to rotate along a second preset direction, and then the rack structure 322 drives the expansion bracket 321 to contract relative to the base 10, wherein the first preset direction is opposite to the second preset direction.

The telescopic frame 321 is long, and the length direction of the telescopic frame 321 is parallel to the sliding direction of the telescopic frame 321 relative to the base 10. The rack structure 322 extends along the length direction of the telescopic frame 321. The at least one interface 35 is connected to an end of the telescoping boom 321. The number of the butting parts 35 can be one or more, and can be set by those skilled in the art according to actual needs.

Referring to fig. 10, in other embodiments, the structural form of the driving assembly 31 is not limited to the above examples, for example, the driving assembly 31 includes a driving motor 311 and a screw 313 drivingly connected to the driving motor 311, a length direction of the screw 313 is parallel to a sliding direction of the telescopic frame 321, the telescopic frame 321 is provided with a threaded connection portion 327 threadedly connected to the screw 313, and the driving motor 311 can drive the screw 313 to rotate, so that the telescopic frame 321 is driven to slide relative to the base 10 by the threaded connection portion 327.

Referring to fig. 2 and 11, further, the docking valve 80 includes at least one docking port 81 in pneumatic communication with the cleaning container assembly 70, the docking device 30 includes at least one docking portion 35 and a positioning member 36 fixedly connected to the at least one docking portion 35, the at least one docking portion 35 is in one-to-one correspondence and pneumatic communication with the at least one cleaning tank 20, respectively, and the positioning member 36 is configured to dock and position-cooperate with the cleaning robot 200, so that the at least one docking portion 35 is aligned with the at least one docking port 81 of the cleaning robot 200, respectively.

In this embodiment, the docking valve 80 includes a first docking port 811 and a second docking port 812. The first docking port 811 is in pneumatic communication with the clean water tank 71. The second docking port 812 is in pneumatic communication with the dirt collection container 72. The at least one docking portion 35 includes a first docking portion 33 and a second docking portion 34, the first docking portion 33 pneumatically communicates with the dirt collection tank 22 through a pipe, the first docking portion 33 is adapted to be docked in communication with a first docking port 811 of the docking valve 80 to establish a fluid passage 50 communicating between the clean water container 71 and the clean water tank 21; the second docking portion 34 is pneumatically connected to the clean water tank 21 by piping, and the second docking portion 34 is adapted to be docked in communication with the second docking port 812 of the docking valve 80 to establish a fluid path 50 between the dirt collection container 72 and the dirt collection tank 22. The first fluid driving means 41 is for driving the fluid in the clean water tank 21 to flow to the clean water tank 71 of the cleaning robot 200 through the first docking portion 33, and the second fluid driving means 42 is for driving the fluid in the soil collection tank 72 of the cleaning robot 200 to flow to the soil collection tank 22 through the second docking portion 34.

The cleaning robot 200 is concavely provided with a positioning groove 16 on an outer surface, the first docking port 811 is disposed in an area where the positioning groove 16 is located, and the second docking port 812 is disposed in an area where the positioning groove 16 is located. The positioning element 36 is used for positioning and matching with the positioning slot 16, the shape and size of the positioning element 36 is matched with the shape and size of the positioning slot 16, and a person skilled in the art can set the specific shape and size by himself. The first docking portion 33 is disposed at a position of the positioning member 36 corresponding to the first docking port 811, and the second docking portion 34 is disposed at a position of the positioning member 36 corresponding to the second docking port 812. Through the positioning cooperation between the positioning element 36 and the positioning groove 16, the first docking portion 33 and the second docking portion 34 can be aligned with the first docking port 811 and the second docking port 812, respectively, so as to ensure the docking accuracy of the two. In some embodiments, the peripheral side surface of the positioning slot 16 and the peripheral side surface of the positioning member 36 are both tapered side surfaces, so that the positioning member 36 can be guided by the tapered side surfaces to be accurately engaged with the positioning slot 16.

In one embodiment, the positioning element 36 is provided with a first through hole and a second through hole, the first docking portion 33 is embedded in the first through hole, and the second docking portion 34 is embedded in the second through hole.

In another embodiment, the positioning member 36, the first docking portion 33 and the second docking portion 34 are integrally provided.

Referring to fig. 9, further, the base 10 is provided with a guide sliding rod 12, the telescopic frame 321 is in a long strip shape, the length direction of the telescopic frame 321 is parallel to the length direction of the guide sliding rod 12, one end of the telescopic frame 321 is provided with the at least one abutting portion 35, and the other end is provided with a slider 328 slidably connected to the guide sliding rod 12. Wherein, the guide rod 12 is disposed adjacent to the expansion bracket 321. The sliding block 328 may be fixedly connected to the telescopic frame 321 through a screw, or the sliding block 328 and the telescopic frame 321 are integrally disposed.

Referring to fig. 9, 12 and 13, further, the telescopic frame 321 is in a long strip shape, the telescopic frame 321 is provided with a support rib structure 323, the support rib structure 323 and the rack structure 322 are respectively located on the front side and the back side of the telescopic frame 321, the support rib structure 323 and the rack structure 322 both extend along the length direction of the telescopic frame 321, and the support rib structure 323 reinforces the rack structure 322. The support rib structure 323 can enhance the deformation resistance of the rack structure 322, and ensure the meshing precision of the rack structure 322 and the transmission gear 312, so as to ensure that the at least one abutting portion 35 can be extended to a correct position.

Referring to fig. 9, 12 and 13, further, the base 10 is provided with a guide rod 12, a length direction of the guide rod 12 is parallel to a length direction of the telescopic frame 321, a concave portion 324 is provided on a side of the support rib structure 323 away from the rack structure 322, and the support rib structure 323 is in sliding fit with the guide rod 12 through the concave portion 324.

In this embodiment, the recessed portion 324 extends along the longitudinal direction of the telescopic frame 321, and the support rib structure 323 can increase the sliding fit area of the telescopic frame 321 and the guide rod 12 by the sliding fit of the recessed portion 324 and the guide rod 12, thereby increasing the stability of the sliding of the telescopic frame 321 relative to the guide rod 12. The concave portion 324 has a positioning concave surface attached to the guide rod 12, the positioning concave surface is matched with the guide rod 12, the shape and size of the positioning concave surface are matched with the shape and size of the guide rod 12, the concave portion 324 can play a role similar to a guide rail on the guide rod 12 through the positioning concave surface, and can play a role in limiting and positioning the expansion bracket 321, on one hand, the expansion bracket 321 is prevented from shaking left and right when the transmission gear 312 drives the expansion bracket 321 to slide relative to the base 10, and further the docking mechanism 32 is prevented from being incapable of accurately docking the docking valve 80 on the cleaning robot 200; on the other hand, the arrangement of complicated and expensive guide rails on the telescopic frame 321 is avoided, and the cost is obviously reduced.

Referring to fig. 9, 12 and 13, further, the support rib structure 323 includes a plurality of support segments 325 arranged at intervals along the length direction of the expansion bracket 321, each support segment 325 is provided with a sub-groove 326, and the sub-grooves 326 of the plurality of support segments 325 form the concave portion 324 of the support rib structure 323. The concave part 324 of the supporting rib structure 323 is formed by the sub-grooves 326 of the plurality of supporting segments 325, so that the positioning concave surface of the groove is formed by the discontinuous concave surfaces of the plurality of sub-grooves 326, the contact area between the concave part 324 and the guide rod 12 can be obviously reduced, and the friction force can be reduced; the supporting rib structure 323 further comprises a longitudinal rib 329 connecting the plurality of supporting segments 325, wherein the longitudinal rib 329 extends along the length direction of the telescopic frame 321 and connects the plurality of supporting segments 325, so that the overall structural strength of the longitudinal rib 329 and the plurality of supporting segments 325 is enhanced.

Finally, it should be noted that: the above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solutions of the present application, and not to limit the same; within the context of the present application, where technical features in the above embodiments or in different embodiments can also be combined, the steps can be implemented in any order and there are many other variations of the different aspects of the present application as described above, which are not provided in detail for the sake of brevity; although the present application has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it should be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments may still be modified, or some technical features may be equivalently replaced; and the modifications or the substitutions do not make the essence of the corresponding technical solutions depart from the scope of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application.

Claims

1. A maintenance base station for cooperation with a cleaning robot comprising a cleaning container assembly and a docking valve in pneumatic communication with said cleaning container assembly, characterized in that said maintenance base station comprises a base, at least one cleaning tank, docking means and at least one fluid driving means, said at least one cleaning tank, said docking means and said at least one fluid driving means being mounted on said base, said docking means being in pneumatic communication with said at least one cleaning tank via a conduit, said docking means being adapted to dock with said docking valve of said cleaning robot for establishing a fluid passage communicating said cleaning container assembly and said at least one cleaning tank, said at least one fluid driving means being in one-to-one correspondence with said at least one cleaning tank, respectively, each said fluid driving means being adapted to drive fluid from a corresponding cleaning tank through said fluid passage to said cleaning robot's cleaning tank A container assembly, or a cleaning container assembly for driving fluid from the cleaning robot to a corresponding cleaning tank through the fluid passage.

2. The maintenance base of claim 1, wherein said docking assembly includes a drive assembly and a docking mechanism drivingly connected to said drive assembly, said drive assembly being mounted to said base, said docking mechanism being telescopically connected to said base, said docking mechanism being pneumatically connected to said at least one cleaning tank via a conduit, said drive assembly being operable to extend said docking mechanism relative to said base to dock with said cleaning robot or retract said docking mechanism relative to said base to disengage from said cleaning robot.

3. The maintenance base station according to claim 2, wherein the docking mechanism is extended and retracted in a direction parallel to the height direction of the base, or the docking mechanism is extended and retracted in a direction at an acute angle to the height direction of the base.

4. The maintenance base of claim 3, wherein the docking mechanism is extendable relative to the base to a predetermined position in which the docking mechanism abuts an upper surface of the cleaning robot, or wherein the docking mechanism at least partially extends into a cleaning receptacle assembly of the cleaning robot.

5. The maintenance base of claim 2, wherein the docking mechanism comprises a telescoping frame and at least one docking portion fixedly connected to the telescoping frame, the telescoping frame slidably connected to the base, the drive assembly driving the telescoping frame to slidably telescope relative to the base, the at least one docking portion being movable with the telescoping frame to telescope relative to the base.

6. The maintenance base of claim 5, wherein the driving assembly comprises a driving motor and a transmission gear in transmission connection with the driving motor, the telescopic frame is provided with a rack structure, the rack structure extends along a sliding direction of the telescopic frame relative to the base, the rack structure is meshed with the transmission gear, and the driving motor can drive the transmission gear to rotate so as to drive the telescopic frame to slide relative to the base through the rack structure.

7. The maintenance base station of claim 6, wherein the telescopic frame is in an elongated shape, the telescopic frame is provided with a supporting rib structure, the supporting rib structure and the rack structure are respectively positioned on the front side and the back side of the telescopic frame, and the supporting rib structure and the rack structure both extend along the length direction of the telescopic frame, and the supporting rib structure reinforces the rack structure.

8. The maintenance base station of claim 7, wherein the base is provided with a guide sliding bar, the length direction of the guide sliding bar is parallel to the length direction of the telescopic frame, one side of the support rib structure, which is far away from the rack structure, is provided with a concave part, and the support rib structure is in sliding fit with the guide sliding bar through the concave part.

9. The maintenance base station of claim 8, wherein the support rib structure comprises a plurality of support segments arranged at intervals along the length direction of the telescopic frame, each support segment is provided with a sub-groove, and the sub-grooves of the support segments form the concave part of the support rib structure.

10. The maintenance base as claimed in claim 5, wherein the driving assembly includes a driving motor and a screw rod drivingly connected to the driving motor, the length direction of the screw rod is parallel to the sliding direction of the telescopic frame, the telescopic frame is provided with a threaded connection portion threadedly connected to the screw rod, the driving motor can drive the screw rod to rotate, and the telescopic frame is driven to slide relative to the base through the threaded connection portion.

11. The maintenance base of claim 5, wherein the base is provided with a slide guide bar, the telescopic frame is elongated, the length direction of the telescopic frame is parallel to the length direction of the slide guide bar, the telescopic frame is provided with the at least one butting portion at one end, and a slide block slidably connected with the slide guide bar at the other end.

12. The maintenance base station as claimed in claim 2, wherein the base is provided with a charging assembly at a predetermined alignment area, the maintenance base station further comprises a main control board, the main control board is electrically connected to the charging assembly and the driving assembly, when the cleaning robot reaches the predetermined alignment area of the base and is in butt joint with the charging assembly, the charging assembly sends a charging signal to the main control board, and the main control board controls the driving assembly to drive the docking mechanism to extend to a predetermined position relative to the base to be docked with the docking valve of the cleaning robot according to the charging signal.

13. The maintenance base station of any one of claims 1 to 12, wherein the docking valve comprises at least one docking port in pneumatic communication with the cleaning receptacle assembly, the docking device comprises at least one docking portion and a positioning member fixedly connected to the at least one docking portion, the at least one docking portion is in one-to-one correspondence with and in pneumatic communication with the at least one cleaning tank, respectively, and the positioning member is configured to dock with and position-fit to the cleaning robot such that the at least one docking portion is aligned with the at least one docking port of the cleaning robot, respectively.

14. The maintenance base station according to any one of claims 1 to 12, wherein a cleaning receptacle assembly of the cleaning robot is provided with a water purifying receptacle and a dirt collecting receptacle, the at least one clean tank includes a clean tank and a dirty tank, the docking device includes a first docking portion and a second docking portion, the first butt joint part is pneumatically communicated with the dirt collecting tank through a pipeline, the second butt joint part is pneumatically communicated with the purified water tank through a pipeline, the at least one fluid drive device comprises a first fluid drive device and a second fluid drive device, the first fluid driving device is used for driving the fluid in the clean water tank to flow to the clean water container of the cleaning robot through the first butt joint part, the second fluid driving device is used for driving fluid in a dirt collection container of the cleaning robot to flow to the dirt collection box through the second butt joint part.

15. The maintenance base station according to any one of claims 1 to 12, wherein the base comprises a base and a main housing fixedly connected to the base, the base is configured to carry the cleaning robot, the main housing and the base enclose a receiving cavity, the receiving cavity is configured to receive the cleaning robot, the at least one cleaning tank, the docking device and the at least one fluid driving device are all mounted on the main housing, and the docking device is disposed on a side of the receiving cavity facing away from the base.

16. The maintenance base of claim 15, wherein the cleaning robot further comprises a pair of road wheels, and a pair of positioning grooves are recessed in a surface of the base adjacent to one side of the docking device, the pair of positioning grooves being adapted to be positioned and engaged with the pair of road wheels of the cleaning robot, respectively.

17. The maintenance base of claim 16 wherein said docking mechanism faces a centerline between said pair of detents and said docking mechanism is spaced horizontally from said pair of detents less than one-quarter of a width of said cleaning robot.

18. A cleaning robot system, characterized in that the cleaning robot system comprises a cleaning robot and a maintenance base station according to any of claims 1-17.