CN215305577U - Round brush subassembly and cleaning machines people - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model discloses a rolling brush assembly and a cleaning robot, wherein the rolling brush assembly comprises a rolling brush device, a lifting driving motor and a lifting transmission assembly, the rolling brush device comprises a rolling brush and a rolling brush shell, the rolling brush is rotatably connected in the rolling brush shell, and a swinging arm is arranged on one side of the rolling brush shell; the lifting transmission assembly is in transmission connection with the lifting driving motor, and the lifting transmission assembly is configured to drive the swing arm to swing under the driving of the lifting driving motor so as to enable the rolling brush device to rise upwards. The utility model can enable the rolling brush device to be lifted upwards and kept at the lifting position, thereby improving the adaptability of the cleaning robot.

Description

Round brush subassembly and cleaning machines people

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of cleaning robots, in particular to a rolling brush assembly and a cleaning robot.

Background

The utility model provides a cleaning robot includes round brush device and side brush device, and the round brush of round brush device carries out the roll formula through the drive of round brush driving motor and cleans ground, and the side brush device is rotatory in order to clean ground around vertical axis through the drive of side brush driving motor. However, the cleaning robot has the following technical problems: (1) the rolling brush device cannot be lifted upwards and kept at the lifting position, and when cleaning is not needed, for example, when the cleaning robot returns to perform self-cleaning, the quick travel of the cleaning robot is undoubtedly not facilitated; furthermore, there is no way to adjust the height of the roller brush assembly to accommodate cleaning in specific areas. (2) The side brush device cannot be lifted, and is always kept at a fixed position when the cleaning robot performs different tasks.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model aims to provide a rolling brush assembly, which can enable a rolling brush device to be lifted upwards and kept at a lifting position, and improves the adaptability of a cleaning robot.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a cleaning robot capable of raising and holding the roll brush device at a raised position, thereby improving the adaptability of the cleaning robot.

In order to achieve the purpose, the utility model provides a rolling brush assembly, which comprises a rolling brush device, a lifting driving motor and a lifting transmission assembly, wherein the rolling brush device comprises a rolling brush and a rolling brush shell, the rolling brush is rotatably connected in the rolling brush shell, and a swinging arm is arranged on one side of the rolling brush shell; the lifting transmission assembly is in transmission connection with the lifting driving motor, and the lifting transmission assembly is configured to drive the swing arm to swing under the driving of the lifting driving motor so as to enable the rolling brush device to rise upwards.

Optionally, when the lifting driving motor is driven, the rolling brush device can swing downwards and fall back under the action of self gravity.

Optionally, the swing arm is configured to swing upward to lift the rolling brush device upward when the rolling brush shell encounters the thrust of an obstacle, and the rolling brush device can fall back downward by means of its own weight to achieve the self-adaptive floating of the rolling brush device.

Optionally, the lifting transmission assembly comprises a lifting transmission mechanism and a moving body matched with the swing arm, and the lifting transmission mechanism is in transmission connection with the lifting driving motor and the moving body to drive the moving body to move; the moving body can drive the swing arm to enable the rolling brush device to swing upwards.

Optionally, the moving body is configured to be movable up and down by the driving of the lifting driving motor; the movable body is provided with a movable part matched with the swing arm, and the upward movement of the movable part can drive the swing arm to further enable the rolling brush device to swing upwards.

Optionally, a positioning sensor is arranged on the moving body, and the positioning sensor is used for sensing whether the moving body is lifted in place.

Optionally, the lifting driving motor comprises an output shaft which is vertically arranged and extends upwards; the lifting transmission mechanism comprises a gear set and a screw rod, the gear set comprises a driving gear fixedly connected with an output shaft of the lifting driving motor and a driven gear fixedly connected with the screw rod, and the screw rod is in threaded connection with the moving body.

Optionally, the swing arm includes a connecting arm and a contact arm, the connecting arm is disposed at one side of the rolling brush shell in a protruding manner, a lower end of the contact arm is connected to the connecting arm, and a contact portion is formed at an upper end of the contact arm; the moving body can drive the contact part to one side far away from the rolling brush device so as to drive the rolling brush device to swing upwards.

Optionally, the moving body is mounted in a mounting housing in a vertically movable manner, a swing groove penetrating downward is formed in one side surface of the mounting housing, the moving body includes a moving portion extending laterally to the swing groove, the contact arm is swingably disposed in the swing groove, upward movement of the moving portion pushes the contact arm to swing toward a side away from the rolling brush device, and an inner wall of the swing groove at a side away from the rolling brush device can limit a swing range of the contact arm.

Alternatively, the movable body is mounted to be movable up and down in a mounting case, the connecting arm is located directly below and close to the mounting case, and the mounting case can limit the range of upward swing of the connecting arm.

Optionally, a concave area is formed at a position of the rolling brush shell adjacent to the connecting arm, and the lifting drive motor is arranged corresponding to the concave area.

Optionally, the moving body is configured to be movable back and forth under the driving of the lifting driving motor and the driving of the lifting transmission mechanism; the lifting transmission mechanism comprises a screw rod extending forwards and backwards and a sliding block connected to the screw rod in a threaded manner, the moving body is sleeved on the screw rod in a sliding manner, and an elastic piece is arranged between the moving body and the sliding block; under the drive of the lifting drive motor, the sliding block slides towards the moving body and pushes the moving body to slide by means of the compressed elastic piece, and the sliding of the moving body pushes the swing arm towards the side far away from the rolling brush device.

Optionally, the swing arm includes a contact portion pushed by the moving body, the contact portion being located on an opposite side of the moving body from the slider; when the lifting driving motor reaches a preset stroke, the swinging arm swings to be in contact with a contact wall under the pushing of the moving body.

Optionally, a notch for yielding the screw rod is formed on the swing arm.

Optionally, the moving body is provided with a front-back extending limiting sliding groove, and the sliding block is convexly provided with a limiting convex part which is in sliding fit with the limiting sliding groove towards the moving body.

Optionally, the swing arm is configured to pivot with a fixed structure inside the cleaning robot.

Optionally, the rolling brush shell is further provided with a pivoting arm, the pivoting arm and the swing arm are located on the same side of the rolling brush shell and are distributed at intervals along the length direction of the rolling brush shell, a free end of the pivoting arm is configured to be pivoted with a fixed structure inside the cleaning robot, and the rolling brush device swings up and down through cooperation of the pivoting arm and the swing arm.

In order to achieve another object, the present invention provides a cleaning robot including the roll brush assembly as described above.

The rolling brush device is provided with a lifting driving motor and a lifting driving assembly in transmission connection with the lifting driving motor, one side of a rolling brush shell is provided with a swing arm matched with the lifting driving assembly, and the lifting driving assembly can drive the swing arm to swing under the driving of the lifting driving motor so as to lift the rolling brush device upwards; therefore, the rolling brush device can be lifted and kept at the lifting position, and the rolling brush device can be lifted through control in the traveling time period when the cleaning robot does not need to clean, so that the influence of the rolling brush device on the traveling of the cleaning robot is avoided; in addition, the height of the rolling brush device is adjusted, so that the rolling brush device is beneficial to cleaning certain special areas, and the adaptability of the cleaning robot is improved.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a side brush and rolling brush linkage assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a schematic bottom view of an edge brush and roller brush linkage assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 3 is a schematic sectional view taken along line a-a of fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a schematic cross-sectional view taken along line B-B of fig. 2.

FIG. 5 is a schematic top view of an edge brush and roll brush linkage assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 6 is a schematic perspective view of the hidden side brush, the side brush driving motor, the side brush transmission structure and the mounting housing in fig. 1.

Fig. 7 is a perspective view of fig. 6 from another angle.

Fig. 8 is a rear view of the structure of fig. 6.

Fig. 9 is a schematic cross-sectional view taken along line C-C after a portion of the structure is hidden in fig. 8.

FIG. 10 is a perspective view of an edge brush assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 shows a perspective view of an edge brush assembly and contact arm according to an embodiment of the utility model.

FIG. 12 is a schematic top view of an edge brush assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 13 shows a schematic cross-sectional view of fig. 12 along line D-D.

Fig. 14 is a partial structural view showing a roll brush assembly according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 15 is a schematic diagram of fig. 14 after hiding a part of the structure.

Detailed Description

In order to explain technical contents, structural features, and effects of the present invention in detail, the following detailed description is given with reference to the embodiments and the accompanying drawings.

In the description of the present invention, the directional words "front, up, down, top, bottom" are all defined in a state where the base station is normally used, wherein the direction in which the cleaning robot travels is referred to as "front".

Fig. 1 to 13 disclose a roll brush device 10 and an edge brush device 20, which are respectively included as a part of a cleaning robot for cleaning a floor.

Referring to fig. 1 to 5, the cleaning robot further includes a lifting driving motor 30 and a lifting transmission assembly in transmission connection with the lifting driving motor 30. The lifting transmission assembly can drive the rolling brush device 10 and/or the side brush device 20 to lift upwards under the driving of the lifting driving motor 30.

The rolling brush device 10, the lifting drive motor 30 and the lifting transmission assembly can jointly form a rolling brush assembly, the rolling brush device 10 can be lifted and kept at a lifting position, and the rolling brush device 10 can be lifted upwards through control in certain traveling time periods when the cleaning robot does not need cleaning, so that the rolling brush device 10 is prevented from influencing the traveling of the cleaning robot; moreover, the height of the rolling brush device 10 can be adjusted, so that the rolling brush device is beneficial to cleaning certain special areas, and the adaptability of the cleaning robot is improved.

Referring to fig. 1 to 9, in some embodiments, the roller brush device 10 includes a roller brush housing 11 and a roller brush 12 rotatably connected to the roller brush housing 11, wherein a swing arm 13 is disposed on one side of the roller brush housing 11; the lifting transmission assembly is driven by the lifting driving motor 30 to drive the swing arm 13 to swing so as to lift the roller brush device 10 upwards. The cooperation of the swing arm 13 and the lifting transmission assembly is beneficial to driving the rolling brush device 10 to lift upwards.

As an alternative embodiment, the rolling brush device 10 may swing down and fall back under its own weight when the lifting driving motor 30 is driven. Specifically, when the rolling brush device 10 needs to fall back downwards, the lifting transmission assembly performs a reverse movement under the driving of the lifting driving motor 30, and the lifting transmission assembly performing the reverse movement does not have a driving effect on the rolling brush device 10 and further releases or gradually releases the position limitation on the swing arm 13, and at this time, if the rolling brush device 10 has a characteristic of falling back by using its own weight, the rolling brush device 10 automatically swings back downwards by using its own weight. Of course, the present invention is not limited thereto, for example, in some embodiments, the rolling brush device 10 may also be driven by the lifting driving motor 30 to perform downward falling by using the driving of the lifting driving assembly.

As an alternative embodiment, when the rolling brush shell 11 meets an obstacle during normal cleaning operation of the cleaning robot, the swing arm 13 can swing upwards under the action of the obstacle to lift the rolling brush device 10 upwards, and the rolling brush device 10 can fall back downwards by means of its own weight to achieve adaptive floating of the rolling brush device 10. By means of the technical means, the rolling brush device 10 can be lifted upwards and kept at the lifting position by the driving of the lifting driving motor 30, and can also be self-adaptively floated according to the fluctuation of the ground to better perform cleaning operation.

As an alternative embodiment, the oscillating arm 13 is located at the front side of the roll brush housing 11, thereby facilitating the oscillation of the roll brush device 10.

Specifically, the lifting transmission assembly comprises a lifting transmission mechanism 40 and a moving body 50, the lifting transmission mechanism 40 is in transmission connection with the lifting drive motor 30 and the moving body 50 to drive the moving body 50 to move, and the movement of the moving body 50 can drive the swing arm 13 to further enable the rolling brush device 10 to swing upwards.

Alternatively, the moving body 50 is configured to be movable up and down by the driving of the elevation driving motor 30; the moving body 50 is provided with a first moving portion 51 engaged with the roller brush device 10, and the upward movement of the first moving portion 51 drives the swing arm 13 to swing the roller brush device 10 upward. Of course, it is not excluded that the falling back of the rolling brush device 10 is also driven by the first moving portion 51.

In a specific example, the upward movement of the first moving portion 51 pushes the swing arm 13 to swing the rolling brush device 10 upward, which is advantageous for both lifting the rolling brush device 10 upward and facilitating the automatic falling and/or adaptive floating of the rolling brush device 10.

More specifically, the swing arm 13 includes a connecting arm 131 and a contact arm 132, the connecting arm 131 is protrudingly provided at one side of the drum brush housing 11, a lower end of the contact arm 132 is connected to the connecting arm 131, and an upper end of the contact arm 132 is formed with a contact portion 1320. Due to the above-mentioned structure of the swing arm 13, the swing arm 13 is conveniently pushed or otherwise moved.

In a specific example, when the first moving portion 51 moves upward, the contact arm 132 is pushed to swing to a side away from the roller brush device 10, so as to drive the roller brush device 10 to lift upward. Preferably, the contact portion 1320 has a contact surface 1321 inclined toward the first moving portion 51 from the bottom to the top, so as to facilitate pushing of the contact arm 132 when the first moving portion 51 moves upward. But is not limited thereto.

Preferably, the first moving portion 51 is provided in a cylindrical shape protruding laterally from the moving body 50, but is not limited thereto.

It is understood that the contact arm 132 and the connecting arm 131 may be fixedly connected or may be of an integral structure. In addition, the connecting arm 131 may be formed on the roller brush housing 11, or may be fixedly connected to the roller brush housing 11.

As a specific embodiment, the moving body 50 is mounted to a mounting case 60 to be movable up and down.

Preferably, a swing groove 61 penetrating downward is formed in one side surface of the mounting housing 60, the first moving portion 51 of the moving body 50 extends to the swing groove 61, the contact arm 132 is swingably provided in the swing groove 61, and an inner wall of the swing groove 61 on a side away from the roll brush device 10 can limit a swing range of the contact arm 132. By providing the swing groove 61, the reliability of the swing can be improved.

Preferably, the connecting arm 131 is located directly below the mounting housing 60 and close to the mounting housing 60, and the mounting housing 60 can limit the range of upward swing of the connecting arm 131, thereby improving the reliability of the swing.

In order to reasonably utilize the space, a concave area 111 is formed at a position of the roller brush shell 11 adjacent to the connecting arm 131, and the lifting drive motor 30 is disposed corresponding to the concave area 111, thereby being beneficial to the compactness of the whole structure.

Preferably, the moving body 50 is provided with a positioning sensor 52, and the positioning sensor 52 is used for sensing whether the moving body 50 is lifted in place, so that whether the moving body 50 is lifted in place can be accurately and timely known. In a particular example, the mounting housing 60 is provided with an opening 62 that exposes the position sensor 52.

Preferably, the elevating driving motor 30 includes an output shaft 31 vertically disposed and upwardly protruded; the lifting transmission mechanism 40 includes a gear set 41 and a screw rod 42, the gear set 41 includes a driving gear 411 fixedly connected to the output shaft 31 of the lifting driving motor 30 and a driven gear 412 fixedly connected to the top of the screw rod 42, and the screw rod 42 is in threaded connection with the moving body 50. By the above-described means, the movable body 50 can be driven to reliably move up and down.

Specifically, the gear set 41 further includes an intermediate gear 413 drivingly connected between the drive gear 411 and the driven gear 412. The gear unit 41 is mounted in a gear housing 43. In a specific example, the gear housing 43 is fixedly mounted on top of the mounting housing 60.

Of course, the elevation drive motor 30 and the elevation transmission mechanism 40 are not limited to the above form.

In some embodiments, the rolling brush device 10 further includes a rolling brush driving motor 14 fixed on the rolling brush shell 11, an output end of the rolling brush driving motor 14 is in transmission connection with a rolling brush transmission mechanism 15, and the rolling brush transmission mechanism 15 drives the rolling brush 12 to rotate under the driving of the rolling brush driving motor 14.

In some embodiments, the drum brush housing 11 is further provided with a dust collection port 112 corresponding to a dust box (not shown) of the cleaning robot. Specifically, the dust collection port 112 is located on the same side of the drum brush housing 11 as the swing arm 13.

In some embodiments, the swing arm 13 is configured to pivot with a fixed structure inside the cleaning robot, and when the swing arm 13 is driven, the swing arm 13 can reliably swing around the pivoted position. In a specific example, the pivot position is preferably set at a region where the contact arm 132 and the connection arm 131 are connected, so as to facilitate the implementation of the swing.

In some embodiments, the roller brush housing 11 is further provided with a pivoting arm 113, the pivoting arm 113 and the swing arm 13 are located on the same side of the roller brush housing 11 and are spaced apart from each other along the length direction of the roller brush housing 11, the free end of the pivoting arm 113 is configured to pivot with a fixed structure inside the cleaning robot, and the roller brush device 10 swings up and down by cooperation of the pivoting arm 113 and the swing arm 13. The up-and-down swing of the roll brush device 10 is facilitated due to the cooperation of the pivot arm 113 and the swing arm 13. In particular, when the pivot arm 113 and the swing arm 13 are pivoted simultaneously, the roll brush device 10 can be reliably swung up and down. Of course, this is only a preferred solution and should not limit the present invention, for example, it is not excluded that two swing arms are provided on the roller brush housing, and a lifting driving motor and a lifting transmission assembly are respectively provided corresponding to each swing arm.

It should be noted that the "fixed structure" in the present invention means that the structure is in a fixed state in the use state.

In addition, it should be noted that, for the present invention, the specific form of the lifting transmission assembly and the manner of driving the rolling brush device are not limited. The movable body engaged with the swing arm may be in various other forms, and the movement of the movable body may be in other forms than the up-down movement, for example, the movement in the front-back direction in the embodiment to be described below. As long as the moving body can function to push or otherwise bring the oscillating arm. The lift drive assembly may be used to swing the swing arm in any possible manner. In addition, when no swing arm is arranged on the rolling brush shell, the lifting transmission assembly can drive the rolling brush device to lift upwards in other modes.

The specific form, the connection mode, the driven mode, and the like of the swing arm are not limited, and any technical solution in which the swing arm is provided and the swing arm can realize the upward swing of the rolling brush device under the driving of the lifting driving motor is within the protection scope of the present invention.

Referring to fig. 14 and 15, another embodiment of a roller brush assembly is disclosed.

In this embodiment, one side of the drum brush shell 11 'is provided with a swing arm 13'; the lifting transmission component comprises a lifting transmission mechanism a and a moving body b matched with the swing arm 13', and the moving body b is configured to move back and forth under the driving of a lifting driving motor c and the transmission of the lifting transmission mechanism a; the lifting transmission mechanism a comprises a screw rod a1 extending forwards and backwards and a sliding block a2 connected to the screw rod a1 in a threaded manner, the moving body b is slidably sleeved on the screw rod a1, and an elastic piece a3 is arranged between the moving body b and the sliding block a 2; under the driving of the lifting driving motor c, the slider a2 slides towards the moving body b and pushes the moving body b to slide by the compressed elastic piece a3, and the sliding of the moving body b pushes the swing arm 13 ' towards the side far away from the roller brush device 10 ', thereby realizing the upward swing of the roller brush device 10 '. By means of the cooperation of the screw rod a1, the slider a2, the elastic piece a3 and the moving body b, the degree of freedom of the rolling brush device 10' in swinging can be increased, and the influence caused by related structural tolerance can be avoided. By means of the arrangement, the occupied space inside the cleaning robot is reduced.

Specifically, the swing arm 13 ' includes a contact portion 1320 ' pushed by the moving body b, the contact portion 1320 ' being located on the opposite side of the moving body b from the slider a 2; when the lifting driving motor c reaches a preset stroke, the swing arm 13' is driven by the moving body b to swing to contact with a contact wall d. Due to the function of the elastic piece a3, poor contact caused by tolerance problems of related structures can be avoided.

In order to facilitate the engagement with the moving body b, the contact portion 1320 'is formed with a notch 1322' for giving way to the lead screw a 1.

Further, the swing arm 13 ' includes a connecting arm 131 ' and a contact arm 132 ', the connecting arm 131 ' is protrudingly disposed at one side of the drum brush housing 11 ', a lower end of the contact arm 132 ' is connected to the connecting arm 131 ', and an upper end of the contact arm 132 ' is formed with a contact portion 1320 '. Due to the above-mentioned structure of the swing arm 13, the swing arm 13 is easily pushed.

In order to ensure that the moving body b can reliably move forwards and backwards, the moving body b is provided with a limit sliding groove b1 extending forwards and backwards, and the slide block a2 is convexly provided with a limit convex part a21 matched with the limit sliding groove b1 in a sliding way towards the moving body b, so that the moving body b can be ensured not to rotate relative to the screw rod a 1.

Specifically, the screw a1 is in transmission connection with the lifting drive motor c through a gear set a 4.

Specifically, the lead screw a1, the slider a2, and the moving body b are provided on their outer sides with a housing e, one end wall of which forms a contact wall d that contacts the swing arm 13'. Of course, the contact wall d is not limited to be formed in such a manner, for example, in other embodiments, it is also possible to form the contact wall d on the gear case f outside the gear group a4 at one end of the lead screw a 1.

Referring to fig. 10 to 13, the side brush device 20 is connected to the side brush driving motor 80 through the side brush transmission mechanism 70, so that the side brush driving motor 80 can be driven to rotate around the vertical axis during the cleaning operation. The side brush assembly 20 forms a side brush assembly together with the side brush drive motor 80 and the side brush transmission mechanism 70.

The side brush device 20 comprises a side brush 21 and a lifting shaft 22, the side brush 21 is mounted on the lifting shaft 22, the lifting shaft 22 is connected with a side brush transmission mechanism 70 in a circumferential fixed mode and then can drive the side brush 21 to rotate under the transmission of the side brush transmission mechanism 70, and the lifting shaft 22 is connected with the side brush transmission mechanism 70 in an axially movable mode and then can enable the side brush device 20 to move up and down. Since the side brush device 20 can be lifted, it is convenient to improve the adaptability of the cleaning robot. When other structures are used, floating cleaning of the side brush device 20 and/or active control of the lifting and lowering of the side brush device 20 are facilitated.

In some embodiments, the side brush assembly further includes an elastic force applying structure configured to provide a downward elastic force to the side brush device 20 to enable the side brush to be in floating contact with the ground, the upward movement of the side brush device 20 causes the elastic force applying structure to store elastic potential energy, and the self-gravity of the side brush device 20 and the release of the elastic potential energy of the elastic force applying structure cause the side brush device 20 to move downward. By means of the arrangement of the elastic force applying structure, the side brush 21 can be in floating contact with the ground so as to better adapt to the fluctuant ground.

Specifically, the elastic force applying structure includes a torsion spring N. Of course, the structure for applying the elastic force is not limited to the form of the torsion spring N, and any choice for achieving the above functions should be within the scope of the present invention.

In some embodiments, the lift shaft 22 is mounted with an end cap 90, a bearing 91 is coupled between the end cap 90 and the lift shaft 22, and the lift shaft 22 is axially fixed with the end cap 90. By this means, the lifting shaft 22 can be rotated reliably.

As an alternative embodiment, the lifting shaft 22 is provided with a clamping recess 221, the end cover 90 includes a side wall 92, and the side wall 92 is provided with a clamping protrusion 93 which is protruded inwards and matched with the clamping recess 221, thereby achieving the fixing of the lifting shaft 22 and the end cover 90 in the axial direction.

As an alternative embodiment, the elastic force applying structure is configured to provide a downward elastic force to the end cap 90 and transmitted to the side brush 21 through the elevating shaft 22 so that the side brush 21 is in floatable contact with the ground. By means of the cooperation of the elastic force applying structure and the end cover 90, reliable floatable contact between the side brush 21 and the ground can be realized.

Specifically, the elastic force applying structure takes the form of a torsion spring N, the spring arm N1 of which is crimped onto the end cap 90. Further, a clamping groove 94 is formed in the middle of the top of the end cover 90, and the free end of the spring arm N1 of the torsion spring N is clamped in the clamping groove 94, so that reliable matching between the torsion spring N and the end cover 90 is achieved. Furthermore, the side brush assembly further comprises a side brush transmission box body 71, the side brush transmission mechanism 70 is arranged in the side brush transmission box body 71, a torsion spring bracket 72 is arranged on the side brush transmission box body 71, and the torsion spring N is arranged on the torsion spring bracket 72.

In some embodiments, the edge brush assembly further includes an edge brush transmission case 71, the edge brush transmission mechanism 70 is disposed in the edge brush transmission case 71, and the edge brush transmission mechanism 70 includes a driving gear (not shown) drivingly connected to an output end of the edge brush driving motor 80 and a driven gear 74 drivingly connected to the lifting shaft 22. By means of the technical means, the reliability of transmission matching can be guaranteed, and meanwhile, due to the key connection design, the axial movement range of the lifting shaft 22 is convenient to limit.

In some embodiments, the edge brush assembly may further include a lifting driving motor 30 and a lifting transmission assembly, and the lifting transmission assembly may drive the edge brush device 20 to lift upward under the driving of the lifting driving motor 30. Specifically, the side brush device 20 can fall back automatically by its own weight (including possibly the received elastic force), and the arrangement of the lifting driving motor 30 and the lifting transmission assembly does not affect the normal operation of the side brush device 20. Of course, it is not excluded that the side brush device 20 can fall back under the driving of the lifting transmission assembly, as long as the lifting transmission assembly does not affect the operation of the side brush device 20 during normal cleaning.

Preferably, the lifting transmission assembly may include a lifting transmission mechanism 40 and a moving body 50, the moving body 50 is provided with a second moving portion 53 cooperating with the side brush device 20, and the upward movement of the second moving portion 53 drives the side brush device 20 to lift upward.

In a specific example, the second moving portion 53 is engaged with the end cap 90, the second moving portion 53 is configured to lift the end cap 90 upward by the driving of the elevation driving motor 30 to raise the edge brush device 20 upward, and the edge brush device 20 is automatically returned downward when the second moving portion 53 is driven downward by the elevation driving motor 30. By this means, the side brush device 20 can be reliably driven to rise upward without affecting the rotation of the side brush device 20.

As an integral part of the edge brush assembly, the elevation driving motor 30 and the elevation driving mechanism 40 may refer to, but are not limited to, the specific forms described above.

It should be noted that the edge brush 21 of the above edge brush assembly may be replaced by other cleaning members (e.g., a floor mopping module), and accordingly, the edge brush assembly, the edge brush driving motor 80, the edge brush transmission mechanism 70 and the edge brush device 20 are the cleaning assembly, the cleaning member driving motor, the cleaning member transmission mechanism and the cleaning device, respectively.

Referring to fig. 1 to 13, the present invention further discloses an edge brush and rolling brush linkage assembly, which includes a lifting driving motor 30, a lifting transmission assembly, a rolling brush device 10 and an edge brush device 20, wherein the lifting transmission assembly can simultaneously drive the edge brush device 20 and the rolling brush device 10 to rise upward under the driving of the lifting driving motor 30.

The utility model can cause the side brush device 20 and the rolling brush device 10 to be lifted and kept at the lifting position, and can control the side brush device 20 and the rolling brush device 10 to be lifted in the traveling time period when the cleaning robot does not need to carry out cleaning, thereby avoiding the side brush device 20 and the rolling brush device 10 from influencing the traveling of the cleaning robot; moreover, the height of the side brush device 20 and the height of the rolling brush device 10 are adjusted, so that the cleaning of some special areas are facilitated, and the adaptability of the cleaning robot is improved. In addition, since the present invention simultaneously drives the side brush device 20 and the rolling brush device 10 by using the same lifting driving motor 30, it is advantageous for the compactness of the overall structure and the uniformity of the operation.

In some embodiments, the lifting transmission assembly may include a lifting transmission mechanism 40 and a moving body 50, the moving body 50 moves up and down under the transmission of the lifting transmission mechanism 40, the moving body 50 is simultaneously provided with a first moving portion 51 engaged with the rolling brush device 10 and a second moving portion 53 engaged with the edge brush device 20, the upward movement of the first moving portion 51 may drive the rolling brush device 10 to lift upward, and the upward movement of the second moving portion 53 may drive the edge brush device 20 to lift upward. The same moving body 50 drives the rolling brush device 10 and the side brush device 20 at the same time, which is beneficial to the overall structure to be more compact.

Preferably, the side brush assembly 20 may include the side brush 21 and the lifting shaft 22, which are described above, and since the lifting shaft 22 is connected to the side brush transmission mechanism 70 in an axially movable manner, the side brush assembly 20 is facilitated to move upward by the second moving portion 53. Of course, the edge brush device is not limited to the above form. In other embodiments, it is not excluded to lift the edge brush device upward by using the lifting transmission assembly to lift the entire edge brush assembly.

Specifically, the first moving portion 51 is formed inside the moving body 50, and the second moving portion 53 is formed outside the moving body 50, thereby facilitating the use of space.

Further, the swing arm 13 and the side brush device 20 have the same rotation center on the same side of the rolling brush housing 11, and the arm 210 of the side brush device 20 has elasticity and rotates to pass through the bottom of one end of the rolling brush 12, thereby facilitating the collection of garbage.

Regarding the specific structure of the side brush and the rolling brush linkage assembly, reference can be made to, but not limited to, the specific form described above, and details are not described herein.

The above disclosure is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, which is convenient for those skilled in the art to understand and implement, and certainly not to limit the scope of the present invention, which is not intended to be covered by the present invention.

Claims (18)

1. A round brush assembly, comprising:

the rolling brush device comprises a rolling brush and a rolling brush shell, the rolling brush is rotatably connected in the rolling brush shell, and a swinging arm is arranged on one side of the rolling brush shell;

a lifting drive motor;

the lifting transmission assembly is in transmission connection with the lifting driving motor and is configured to drive the swing arm to swing under the driving of the lifting driving motor so as to enable the rolling brush device to rise upwards.

2. The round brush assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein the round brush device can swing back down under its own weight when the elevating driving motor is driven.

3. The brush roll assembly of claim 1, wherein the swing arm is configured to swing upward to raise the brush roll device upward when the brush roll housing encounters an obstacle, the brush roll device falling downward by its own weight to achieve adaptive flotation of the brush roll device.

4. The rolling brush assembly according to claim 1, wherein the lifting transmission assembly comprises a lifting transmission mechanism and a moving body matched with the swing arm, and the lifting transmission mechanism is in transmission connection with the lifting driving motor and the moving body so as to drive the moving body to move; the moving body can drive the swing arm to enable the rolling brush device to swing upwards.

5. The round brush assembly according to claim 4, wherein the moving body is configured to be movable up and down by the elevating driving motor; the movable body is provided with a movable part matched with the swing arm, and the upward movement of the movable part can drive the swing arm to further enable the rolling brush device to swing upwards.

6. The roll brush assembly according to claim 5, wherein the moving body is provided with a positioning sensor for sensing whether the moving body is lifted in place.

7. The round brush assembly of claim 5, wherein the lift drive motor comprises a vertically disposed and upwardly projecting output shaft; the lifting transmission mechanism comprises a gear set and a screw rod, the gear set comprises a driving gear fixedly connected with an output shaft of the lifting driving motor and a driven gear fixedly connected with the screw rod, and the screw rod is in threaded connection with the moving body.

8. The round brush assembly according to claim 4,

the swinging arm comprises a connecting arm and a contact arm, the connecting arm is convexly arranged on one side of the rolling brush shell, the lower end of the contact arm is connected with the connecting arm, and a contact part is formed at the upper end of the contact arm;

the moving body can drive the contact part to one side far away from the rolling brush device so as to drive the rolling brush device to swing upwards.

9. The rolling brush assembly according to claim 8, wherein the moving body is mounted in a mounting housing so as to be movable up and down, a swing groove penetrating downward is formed in one side surface of the mounting housing, the moving body includes a moving portion extending laterally to the swing groove, the contact arm is swingably provided in the swing groove, upward movement of the moving portion urges the contact arm to swing toward a side away from the rolling brush device, and an inner wall of the swing groove on the side away from the rolling brush device can limit a swing range of the contact arm.

10. The brush roll assembly of claim 9 wherein the movable body is mounted in a mounting housing for up and down movement, the link arm being located directly below and adjacent to the mounting housing, the mounting housing being capable of limiting the range of upward swinging of the link arm.

11. The roller brush assembly of claim 10, wherein a recessed area is formed in the roller brush housing adjacent to the connecting arm, and the elevation drive motor is disposed corresponding to the recessed area.

12. The round brush assembly according to claim 4,

the moving body is configured to be movable back and forth under the driving of the lifting driving motor and the driving of the lifting transmission mechanism;

the lifting transmission mechanism comprises a screw rod extending forwards and backwards and a sliding block connected to the screw rod in a threaded manner, the moving body is sleeved on the screw rod in a sliding manner, and an elastic piece is arranged between the moving body and the sliding block;

under the drive of the lifting drive motor, the sliding block slides towards the moving body and pushes the moving body to slide by means of the compressed elastic piece, and the sliding of the moving body pushes the swing arm towards the side far away from the rolling brush device.

13. The roll brush assembly of claim 12 wherein the swing arm includes a contact portion urged by the mover, the contact portion being located on an opposite side of the mover from the slider; when the lifting driving motor reaches a preset stroke, the swinging arm swings to be in contact with a contact wall under the pushing of the moving body.

14. The brush roll assembly of claim 12, wherein the swing arm has a notch formed therein for relieving the lead screw.

15. The round brush assembly as recited in claim 12, wherein the moving body is provided with a limit sliding groove extending forward and backward, and the slider is provided with a limit protrusion protruding toward the moving body and slidably engaged with the limit sliding groove.

16. The brush roll assembly of claim 1, wherein the swing arm is configured to pivot with a fixed structure inside the cleaning robot.

17. The roller brush assembly according to any one of claims 1 to 16, wherein the roller brush housing is further provided with pivoting arms located on the same side of the roller brush housing as the swing arms and spaced apart along the length of the roller brush housing, free ends of the pivoting arms being configured to pivot with a fixed structure inside the cleaning robot, the roller brush device being adapted to swing up and down by cooperation of the pivoting arms and the swing arms.

18. A cleaning robot comprising the round brush assembly according to any one of claims 1 to 17.

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