CN215305578U

CN215305578U - Base station and cleaning robot system

Info

Publication number: CN215305578U
Application number: CN202120365934.0U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 宣晓刚; 魏显民; 王兆光
Original assignee: Midea Robozone Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Midea Robozone Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-02-08
Filing date: 2021-02-08
Publication date: 2021-12-28
Anticipated expiration: 2031-02-08
Also published as: WO2022166030A1

Abstract

The application belongs to the technical field of cleaning, and particularly relates to a base station and a cleaning robot system. The base station of this application includes the clean subassembly of basic station body and dust removal, still including dragging the clean subassembly of ground and/or sweeping the floor clean subassembly, the clean subassembly of dust removal includes dirt bucket and fan, the basic station body is equipped with an album dirt interface, the dirt bucket is linked together with an album dirt interface, it includes the clean water tank to drag the clean subassembly of ground, the sewage case with drag the clean unit of ground, the basic station body is equipped with first opening, first open-ended interior bottom surface is equipped with drags the clean unit of ground, still be equipped with water inlet and drain in the first opening, water inlet and drain are linked together with clean water tank and sewage case respectively, the clean subassembly of sweeping the floor is including sweeping the floor clean unit, the basic station body still is equipped with the second opening, second open-ended interior bottom surface is equipped with the clean unit of sweeping the floor. According to the base station, the dust removal cleaning can be carried out, the mopping cleaning and/or the sweeping cleaning can also be carried out, and the application range of the base station is widened.

Description

Base station and cleaning robot system

Technical Field

The application belongs to the technical field of cleaning, and particularly relates to a base station and a cleaning robot system.

Background

In recent years, with the development of social economy and the improvement of the domestic living standard, furniture cleaning gradually enters an intelligent and mechanized era, and a cleaning robot produced by transportation can free people from household cleaning work, effectively reduce the workload of people in the aspect of household cleaning, and relieve the fatigue degree of people in the household cleaning process.

In the existing scheme, the cleaning action of the base station is mainly divided into two types: the dust cleaning box is used for sucking dust in the sweeper in a vacuum mode through the base station; cleaning the rag, and cleaning the rag through a water tank. The base station in the prior art has a single function and can only realize one cleaning function. With the popularization of more and more sweeping and mopping integrated machines, the base station with the independent cleaning function cannot meet the requirements of users.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The object of the utility model is to solve at least the problem that a base station has a single cleaning function. This object is achieved by:

the utility model provides a base station, which comprises a base station body and a dust removal cleaning component, wherein the dust removal cleaning component comprises a dust barrel and a fan;

the base station further comprises:

the base station body is provided with a first opening, the inner bottom surface of the first opening is provided with the mopping cleaning unit, the first opening is also internally provided with a water inlet and a sewage outlet, and the water inlet and the sewage outlet are respectively communicated with the clean water tank and the sewage tank;

and/or clean subassembly of sweeping the floor, clean subassembly of sweeping the floor is including the clean unit of sweeping the floor, the basic station body still is equipped with the second opening, the interior bottom surface of second opening is equipped with clean unit of sweeping the floor.

According to the base station of this application, through set up the clean subassembly of dust removal on the body of base station, still set up simultaneously and drag clean subassembly of ground and/or sweep the floor clean subassembly, can remove dust to cleaning machines people and clean, can also drag clean ground and/or sweep the floor clean to cleaning machines people, make the base station have two kinds or two kinds of clean functions more than to improve the application range of base station, satisfy user's user demand.

In addition, the base station according to the present invention may further have the following additional technical features:

in some embodiments of the present invention, the fan is disposed outside the dust barrel, and the fan and the dust barrel are communicated through an air duct.

In some embodiments of the utility model, the base station includes the sweeping and cleaning assembly, a cavity is disposed at the bottom of the base station body, the second opening and the dust collection interface are respectively communicated with the cavity, and the cavity is communicated with the dust bucket through a dust inlet channel.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the base station includes the floor cleaning assembly, and the floor cleaning unit of the floor cleaning assembly includes a plurality of pressing members rotatably provided on an inner bottom surface of the first opening, the plurality of pressing members being provided to protrude from the inner bottom surface of the first opening.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the base station includes the sweeping cleaning assembly, and the sweeping cleaning unit of the sweeping cleaning assembly includes a rolling brush and/or an edge brush rotatably disposed on an inner bottom surface of the second opening.

In some embodiments of the utility model, the base station further comprises a sewage connector, and the sewage tank is communicated with the sewage connector through a sewage pipe.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the base station further includes a water inlet pipe and a water outlet pipe, the water inlet pipe is used for communicating the dust bucket and the clean water tank, the water inlet pipe is provided with a water pump, and the water outlet pipe is used for communicating the dust bucket and the sewage draining joint.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the base station further comprises a sewage treatment unit disposed at an inlet of the sewage connector, the sewage treatment unit comprising a filter member for filtering sewage flowing into the sewage connector and a switching member for controlling the opening of the sewage connector.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the base station includes the floor cleaning assembly, and the base station further includes a charging device disposed in the second opening and configured to charge the cleaning robot.

Another aspect of the present invention also provides a cleaning robot system having a cleaning robot and the base station of any one of the above.

Drawings

Various other advantages and benefits will become apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art upon reading the following detailed description of the preferred embodiments. The drawings are only for purposes of illustrating the preferred embodiments and are not to be construed as limiting the utility model. Also, like parts are designated by like reference numerals throughout the drawings. Wherein:

fig. 1 is a schematic top view of a base station according to the present embodiment;

fig. 2 is a schematic front view of the base station in fig. 1;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a left side structure of the base station in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a right side structure of the base station in FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a cleaning robot system with the base station in FIG. 3 during dust removal cleaning of the cleaning robot;

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of an internal cross-sectional structure of the cleaning robot system of FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of the left side and top side structures of the base station of FIG. 1;

FIG. 8 is a schematic view of a cleaning robot system having the base station of FIG. 7 in a cleaning robot mopping a floor for cleaning;

FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of the right side and top side of the base station of FIG. 1;

fig. 10 is a schematic internal structure diagram of the base station in fig. 9 with the housing removed;

fig. 11 is a schematic view of the internal structure of the base station of fig. 10 at another angle with the housing removed.

The reference numerals in the drawings denote the following:

100: a base station;

10: base station body, 11: a housing, 12: base, 121: first side, 122: second side, 1221: first slope, 123: third side, 1231: second slope, 124: dust collection interface, 125: first opening, 126: second opening, 127: fourth side, 128: a cavity;

20: dust removal cleaning assembly, 21: dust barrel, 22: a fan and 23: duct pipe, 24: a dust inlet channel;

30: mopping cleaning assembly, 31: clear water tank, 32: sewage tank, 33: mopping cleaning unit, 331: extrusion, 34: water inlet, 35: a sewage draining outlet;

40: sweeping and cleaning component, 41: rolling brush, 42: brushing edges;

51: blowdown connector, 52: a sewage treatment unit;

61: sewage suction pipe, 62: blow off pipe, 63: water inlet pipe, 64: water pump, 65: a water outlet pipe;

200: cleaning robot, 210: a cartridge body, 220: dust box, 230: a dust outlet channel;

1000: a robotic system is cleaned.

Detailed Description

Exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in more detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. While exemplary embodiments of the utility model are shown in the drawings, it should be understood that the utility model can be embodied in various forms and should not be limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the utility model to those skilled in the art.

It is to be understood that the terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular example embodiments only, and is not intended to be limiting. As used herein, the singular forms "a", "an" and "the" may be intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. The terms "comprises," "comprising," "including," and "having" are inclusive and therefore specify the presence of stated features, steps, operations, elements, and/or components, but do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, steps, operations, elements, components, and/or groups thereof. The method steps, processes, and operations described herein are not to be construed as necessarily requiring their performance in the particular order described or illustrated, unless specifically identified as an order of performance. It should also be understood that additional or alternative steps may be used.

Although the terms first, second, third, etc. may be used herein to describe various elements, components, regions, layers and/or sections, these elements, components, regions, layers and/or sections should not be limited by these terms. These terms may be only used to distinguish one element, component, region, layer or section from another region, layer or section. Terms such as "first," "second," and other numerical terms when used herein do not imply a sequence or order unless clearly indicated by the context. Thus, a first element, component, region, layer or section discussed below could be termed a second element, component, region, layer or section without departing from the teachings of the example embodiments.

For convenience of description, spatially relative terms, such as "inner", "outer", "lower", "below", "upper", "above", and the like, may be used herein to describe one element or feature's relationship to another element or feature as illustrated in the figures. Such spatially relative terms are intended to encompass different orientations of the device in use or operation in addition to the orientation depicted in the figures. For example, if the device in the figures is turned over, elements described as "below" or "beneath" other elements or features would then be oriented "above" or "over" the other elements or features. Thus, the example term "below … …" can include both an orientation of above and below. The device may be otherwise oriented (rotated 90 degrees or at other orientations) and the spatially relative descriptors used herein interpreted accordingly.

As shown in fig. 1 to 7, the present application proposes a cleaning robot system 1000, the cleaning robot system 1000 including a base station 100 and a cleaning robot 200, the base station 100 being used to perform cleaning of the cleaning robot 200 in various ways, so that the cleaning robot system 1000 having the base station 100 can perform automatic cleaning of the cleaning robot 200 without manually cleaning the cleaning robot 200. Specifically, the base station 100 of the present embodiment includes a base station body 10, a dust removing cleaning assembly 20, a floor mopping cleaning assembly 30, and a floor sweeping cleaning assembly 40.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, the base station body 10 includes a housing 11 and a base 12 disposed below the housing 11, the dust removing cleaning assembly 20, the floor mopping cleaning assembly 30, and the floor sweeping cleaning assembly 40 are disposed on the base 12, and parts of the dust removing cleaning assembly 20, the floor mopping cleaning assembly 30, and the floor sweeping cleaning assembly 40 above the base 12 are enclosed by the housing 11, so that the parts of the dust removing cleaning assembly 20, the floor mopping cleaning assembly 30, and the floor sweeping cleaning assembly 40 above the base 12 are protected, and the overall appearance effect of the base station 100 is improved. The top of the housing 11 of this embodiment is provided with a cover plate, and the cover plate is provided with a plurality of openings that are respectively corresponding to the parts of the dust-removing cleaning assembly 20, the floor-mopping cleaning assembly 30 and the floor-sweeping cleaning assembly 40, so as to facilitate the operation of the parts of the dust-removing cleaning assembly 20, the floor-mopping cleaning assembly 30 and the floor-sweeping cleaning assembly 40. In other embodiments of the present application, no opening is formed on the cover plate, and the cover plate is rotatably disposed on the top of the housing 11, so that when some parts of the dust-removing cleaning assembly 20, the floor-mopping cleaning assembly 30 and the floor-sweeping cleaning assembly 40 need to be operated, the cover plate can be rotated.

Referring to fig. 3, 5 and 6, the dust-removing cleaning assembly 20 of the present embodiment includes a dust tub 21 and a blower 22, and the dust tub 21 and the blower 22 are connected to each other by an air duct 23. Specifically, dust bucket 21 locates the top of base 12 and links to each other with base 12, and fan 22 passes through support piece to be connected on the inner wall of casing 11, is equipped with the opening that corresponds the setting with dust bucket 21 on the apron at casing 11 top to be convenient for operate dust bucket 21. The first side 121 of the base station body 10 (i.e., the front side of the base station 100 shown in fig. 1) is provided with a dust collection interface 124 that is in butt joint with the dust box 220 of the cleaning robot 200, the dust bucket 21 is communicated with the dust collection interface 124 through a dust inlet channel 24, and the fan 22 sucks air flow into the dust bucket 21 through the dust collection interface 124 by negative pressure generated when the fan rotates, so that dust in the dust box 220 is sucked into the dust bucket 21. Specifically, the cleaning robot 200 of the present embodiment includes a box body 210, a dust box 220 is disposed inside the box body 210, the dust box 220 is used for collecting dust generated when the cleaning robot 200 performs dust collection, a dust outlet channel 230 is further disposed inside the box body 210, the dust box 220 is communicated with the dust collection docking port 124 through the dust outlet channel 230, so that under the rotation of the fan 22, the dust in the dust box 220 can sequentially flow into the dust barrel 21 through the dust outlet channel 230, the dust collection docking port 124 and the dust inlet channel 24 along with the air flow, and the cleaning of the dust box 220 of the cleaning robot 200 is achieved. The fan 22 in this embodiment is provided outside the dust bucket 21 and connected by the air duct 23. In other embodiments of the present application, the fan 22 may be disposed inside the dust barrel 21, so as to directly form a negative pressure inside the dust barrel 21 through rotation, and suck the dust in the dust box 220 into the dust barrel 21.

Further, in order to facilitate the communication between the dust inlet channel 24 and the dust collecting docking port 124, a cavity 128 is disposed in the base 12 of the present embodiment, the dust collecting docking port 124 is disposed on a side wall of the cavity 128 and is communicated with the cavity 128, one end of the dust inlet channel 24 is communicated with the dust tub 21, and the other end of the dust inlet channel 24 is communicated with the cavity 128, so that the communication between the dust inlet channel 24 and the dust collecting docking port 124 is realized through the cavity 128.

Referring to fig. 1, 3, 7 and 8, the floor cleaning assembly 30 of the present embodiment includes a clean water tank 31, a sewage tank 32 and a floor cleaning unit 33, the second side 122 of the base station body 10 (i.e., the left side of the base station 100 shown in fig. 1) is provided with a first opening 125, the floor cleaning unit 33 and a sewage drain 35 are provided on the inner bottom surface of the first opening 125, a water inlet 34 is provided on the inner side surface of the first opening 125, and the water inlet 34 and the sewage drain 35 are respectively communicated with the clean water tank 31 and the sewage tank 32. Wherein, the clean water tank 31 and the sewage tank 32 are both arranged on the base 12 and connected with the base 12, and the cover plate on the top of the housing 11 is provided with openings respectively corresponding to the clean water tank 31 and the sewage tank 32, so as to facilitate the operation of the clean water tank 31 and the sewage tank 32. The cleaning robot 200 having the floor cleaning function may enter the first opening 125 and clean the floor mopping piece, which is optionally a cloth, of the cleaning robot 200 by the floor mopping unit 33 located at the inner bottom surface of the first opening 125. When cleaning, clean water in the clean water tank 31 flows out through the water inlet 34 and acts on the floor mopping piece, the floor mopping cleaning unit 33 cleans the floor mopping piece through the clean water, and sewage generated after cleaning flows out through the sewage outlet 35 and is finally collected in the sewage tank 32, so that the automatic floor mopping cleaning function of the cleaning robot 200 is realized. Specifically, as shown in fig. 6, 10 and 11, the drain outlet 35 may be communicated with the cavity 128 in the base 12, and the sewage tank 32 is communicated with the cavity 128 through the sewage suction pipe 61, and a water pump is disposed in the sewage suction pipe 61 or the sewage tank 32, so that sewage in the cavity 128 is sucked into the sewage tank 32 in time for collection, and the base station 100 is ensured to continuously mop and clean the cleaning robot 200.

Specifically, the mopping cleaning unit 33 of the present embodiment includes a plurality of pressing members 331 rotatably provided on the inner bottom surface of the first opening 125, and the plurality of pressing members 331 are provided to protrude from the inner bottom surface of the first opening 125 and rotate in a plane parallel to the inner bottom surface of the first opening 125. The mopping cleaning function of the cleaning robot 200 is realized by rotating the pressing member 331 and pressing the mopping part of the cleaning robot 200, thereby discharging the sewage in the mopping part. The plurality of pressing members 331 may be driven individually or collectively. The pressing members 331 of the present embodiment are divided into two groups and symmetrically distributed on the inner bottom surface of the first opening 125, thereby ensuring that the mopping member can be cleaned in the largest area.

Referring to fig. 1, 4 and 9, the sweeping cleaning assembly 40 of the present embodiment includes a sweeping cleaning unit, the third side 123 of the base station body 10 (i.e., the right side of the base station 100 shown in fig. 1) is provided with a second opening 126, and an inner bottom surface of the second opening 126 is provided with the sweeping cleaning unit. The cleaning robot 200 with sweeping and cleaning functions can enter the second opening 126 and clean the sweeping part of the cleaning robot 200, which is optionally a brush, through the sweeping and cleaning unit located on the inner bottom surface of the second opening 126. Specifically, the sweeping and cleaning unit 40 of the present embodiment includes a rolling brush 41 and a side brush 42 rotatably disposed on the inner bottom surface of the second opening 126, and both the rolling brush 41 and the side brush 42 protrude from the inner bottom surface of the second opening 126, so that the sweeping part of the cleaning robot 200 is cleaned while rotating, and automatic sweeping and cleaning of the cleaning robot 200 is realized. Through the rotation of the rolling brush 41 and the side brush 42, the sundries such as hair and particles on the brush finally fall into the cavity 128 of the base 12, and flow into the dust barrel 21 through the dust inlet channel 24 under the action of the fan 22, so that the fallen sundries on the sweeping part can be cleaned in time, and the continuous sweeping and cleaning effect of the base station 100 on the cleaning robot 200 is ensured.

According to the base station 100 and the cleaning robot system 1000 with the base station 100, the dust removal cleaning assembly 20, the floor mopping cleaning assembly 30 and the floor sweeping cleaning assembly 40 are arranged on the base station body 10, so that the cleaning robot 200 can be cleaned by removing dust, cleaning the floor mopping and cleaning the floor simultaneously or respectively, the base station 100 has multiple cleaning functions, the use range of the base station 100 is expanded, and the use requirements of users are met. In other embodiments of the present application, the dust collection docking port 124, the first opening 125, and the second opening 126 may be disposed on the same side or both sides simultaneously.

In other embodiments of the present application, only two cleaning functions may be set, and accordingly, the base station 100 may have multiple combination forms, for example, the base station body 10 is simultaneously provided with the dust removal cleaning component 20 and the floor mopping cleaning component 30, or the base station body 10 is simultaneously provided with the dust removal cleaning component 10 and the floor sweeping cleaning component 40, and the above setting manners can both effectively improve the use range of the base station 100 and meet the use requirements of users.

Further, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, the base station body 10 of the present embodiment further includes a first inclined surface 1221 and a second inclined surface 1231 on both sides thereof. The second side surface 122 is connected with a first inclined surface 1221, and through the arrangement of the first inclined surface 1221, the cleaning robot 200 can move along the first inclined surface 1221 into the first opening 125, so that the cleaning robot 200 can be mopped and cleaned, and the situation that the action track of the cleaning robot 200 is affected due to the height difference at the joint of the first opening 125 and the ground in the process that the cleaning robot 200 is introduced into the first opening 125 is prevented. Correspondingly, the third side 123 is connected with a second inclined surface 1231, and the cleaning robot 200 can move into the second opening 126 along the second inclined surface 1231, so as to implement the mopping cleaning of the cleaning robot 200.

As shown in fig. 1, 10 and 11, the base station body 10 of the present embodiment is further provided with a pollution discharge connector 51, and the pollution discharge connector 51 is detachably or fixedly provided on a fourth side surface 127 of the base station body 10 (i.e., a rear side surface of the base station 100 shown in fig. 1, which is opposite to the first side surface 121). A sewage suction pipe 61 is provided between the sewage tank 32 and the sewage discharge outlet 35, a sewage discharge pipe 62 is provided between the sewage tank 32 and the sewage discharge joint 51, and the sewage tank 32 collects sewage generated when the cleaning robot 200 performs floor cleaning through the sewage discharge outlet 35 and discharges the sewage to the outside of the base station 100 through the sewage discharge joint 51. The sewage connector 51 may communicate with a sewer line so as to discharge sewage directly into the sewer line.

Further, the base station 100 of the present embodiment further includes a sewage treatment unit 52, the sewage treatment unit 52 is disposed at an inlet of the sewage connector 51, the sewage treatment unit 52 includes a filter member for filtering the sewage flowing into the sewage connector 51 and a switch member for controlling the opening of the sewage connector 51.

Further, the base station 100 of the present embodiment further includes a water inlet pipe 63 and a water outlet pipe 65, the water inlet pipe 63 is used for communicating the dust bucket 21 with the clean water tank 31, the water inlet pipe 63 is provided with a water pump 64, and the water outlet pipe 65 is used for communicating the dust bucket 21 with the sewage connector 51. Clear water pump sending in the clear water tank 31 to the dirt bucket 21 through the effect of water pump 64 to clear up the dust in the dirt bucket 21, and discharge the dust under the clearance to the outside of basic station body 10 along with outlet pipe 65, realize the automatic clearance process to the inside of dirt bucket 21.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the base station 100 further comprises a charging device (not shown in the figure). The charging device is disposed in the second opening 126 and is used for charging the cleaning robot 200, so that the cleaning robot 200 can be charged while being cleaned, the cruising ability of the cleaning robot 200 is ensured, and the use range of the base station 100 is further improved.

The above description is only for the preferred embodiment of the present invention, but the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and any changes or substitutions that can be easily conceived by those skilled in the art within the technical scope of the present invention are included in the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present invention shall be subject to the protection scope of the claims.

Claims

1. A base station is characterized by comprising a base station body and a dust removal cleaning assembly, wherein the dust removal cleaning assembly comprises a dust barrel and a fan, the base station body is provided with a dust collection butt joint port which is butted with a dust box of a cleaning robot, the dust barrel is communicated with the dust collection butt joint port, and negative pressure generated by the fan sucks air flow into the dust barrel through the dust collection butt joint port;

the base station further comprises:

2. The base station of claim 1, wherein the fan is disposed outside the dust bucket, and the fan and the dust bucket are communicated with each other through an air duct.

3. The base station of claim 1, wherein the base station comprises the sweeping and cleaning assembly, a cavity is disposed at the bottom of the base station body, the second opening and the dust collection interface are respectively communicated with the cavity, and the cavity is communicated with the dust barrel through a dust inlet channel.

4. The base station of claim 1, wherein the base station includes the floor cleaning assembly, and wherein the floor cleaning unit of the floor cleaning assembly includes a plurality of extrusions rotatably disposed on an inner bottom surface of the first opening, the plurality of extrusions being disposed to protrude from the inner bottom surface of the first opening.

5. The base station of claim 1, wherein the base station comprises the sweeping and cleaning assembly, and the sweeping and cleaning unit of the sweeping and cleaning assembly comprises a rolling brush and/or an edge brush which are rotatably arranged on the inner bottom surface of the second opening.

6. The base station of claim 1, further comprising a waste fitting, wherein the waste tank is in communication with the waste fitting via a waste pipe.

7. The base station of claim 6, further comprising a water inlet pipe and a water outlet pipe, wherein the water inlet pipe is used for communicating the dust barrel and the clean water tank, the water inlet pipe is provided with a water pump, and the water outlet pipe is used for communicating the dust barrel and the sewage draining connector.

8. The base station of claim 6, further comprising a sewage treatment unit disposed at an inlet of the sewage connector, the sewage treatment unit including a filter member for filtering sewage flowing into the sewage connector and a switch member for controlling opening of the sewage connector.

9. The base station of claim 1, wherein the base station includes the floor cleaning assembly, the base station further comprising a charging device disposed within the second opening for charging the cleaning robot.

10. A cleaning robot system characterized by having a cleaning robot and a base station according to any one of claims 1 to 9.