CN215838812U - Dirt collection box and cleaning robot - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model relates to a sewage collection tank and a cleaning robot. The dirt collecting box is applied to a cleaning robot for executing the cleaning operation of a working surface and comprises a box body, a cover body, a solid-liquid separation piece, a dirt suction pipe and an exhaust pipe. The box body is provided with an accommodating cavity for collecting dirt; the cover body is covered on the box body; the solid-liquid separation piece is arranged in the box body and is used for dividing the accommodating cavity into a solid-phase collecting area and a liquid-phase collecting area; the sewage suction pipe is provided with a first end and a second end, the first end is communicated with the solid phase collecting area, and the second end faces to and is close to the working surface; one end of the exhaust pipe is communicated with the top of the liquid phase collecting area and is used for exhausting air. The sewage collection box disclosed by the utility model realizes solid-liquid separation during sewage collection, and when a user cleans the sewage collection box, the sewage collection box can be poured into a garbage bag and a sewer respectively, so that liquid-phase garbage can not leak or solid-phase garbage can not block the sewer.

Description

Dirt collection box and cleaning robot

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the field of cleaning equipment, in particular to a sewage collection tank and a cleaning robot.

Background

At present, intellectualization becomes a trend of development of the household appliance industry, and with the progress of a control technology and an automation technology, various cleaning robots with functions of sweeping, sucking, mopping and the like are rapidly entering the home life of people. A floor washing machine is one of cleaning robots, which can automatically perform floor washing work by means of certain artificial intelligence. The floor washing machine structurally comprises at least one dirt collection tank capable of collecting dirt and used for collecting the dirt in the cleaning operation.

In the prior art, when a dirt collection box of a floor washing machine collects dirt, solid-phase garbage and dirt liquid are mixed together usually. When a user cleans the dirt in the dirt collection box, the dirt is poured into the garbage can or the sewer. Because the solid and the liquid are mixed together and poured into the garbage can, dirty liquid is easy to leak out; when the water is poured into a sewer, the pipeline is easy to be blocked.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

In view of the above, it is necessary to provide a waste collection tank capable of separately collecting solid and liquid.

A soil collection box applied to a cleaning robot for performing work surface cleaning work, comprising:

the box body is provided with an accommodating cavity for collecting dirt;

the cover body is covered on the box body;

the solid-liquid separation piece is arranged in the box body and is used for dividing the accommodating cavity into a solid-phase collecting region and a liquid-phase collecting region;

a soil pick-up tube having a first end in communication with the solid phase collection zone and a second end facing and proximate the work surface; and

and one end of the exhaust pipe is communicated with the top of the liquid-phase collecting area and is used for exhausting air.

The dirt collecting box comprises the solid-liquid separating piece and other components, so when the dirt collecting box is applied to the cleaning operation of a cleaning robot, dirt carried by airflow is sucked from the dirt sucking pipe, then the dirt passes through the solid-phase collecting area and the liquid-phase collecting area which are separated by the solid-liquid separating piece in sequence, and finally the airflow is discharged from the exhaust pipe. In the process, firstly, solid-phase garbage in the dirt is collected by the solid-phase collecting area, then the liquid-phase garbage enters the liquid-phase collecting area through the solid-liquid separating piece to be collected, and finally, the airflow is discharged from the exhaust pipe. Thus, solid-liquid separation during dirt collection is realized.

In one embodiment, the inner side wall of the accommodating cavity is provided with a positioning groove, the solid-liquid separation member is a solid-liquid separation plate, and the solid-liquid separation plate is detachably inserted into the positioning groove.

In one embodiment, the solid-liquid separation plate comprises:

the solid-liquid separation plate includes:

the solid-liquid separation plate is inserted into the positioning groove through the first vertical plate;

the diaphragm, seted up a plurality of first solid-liquid separation holes on the diaphragm, the diaphragm with the base of first riser is connected, the diaphragm is followed the first riser to the inside wall of liquid phase collecting region extends and the butt.

In one embodiment, the solid-liquid separation plate further comprises a second vertical plate, the second vertical plate extends from the joint of the first vertical plate and the transverse plate to the bottom wall close to the accommodating cavity and is abutted against the bottom wall, a plurality of second solid-liquid separation holes are formed in the transverse plate, and the hole diameters of the second solid-liquid separation holes are smaller than those of the first solid-liquid separation holes.

In one embodiment, the solid-liquid separation member is a solid-liquid separation bag with liquid phase permeability, and the solid-liquid separation bag is provided with a bag opening which is detachably connected with the first end of the sewage suction pipe.

In one embodiment, the inner surface of the cover body is provided with a first mounting position at one side close to the solid phase collecting region; the sewage collection tank also comprises a filtering component which is detachably arranged on the first mounting position; the exhaust pipe is communicated with the filtering component.

In one embodiment, the filter assembly includes a primary filter element, a secondary filter element, and a mounting bracket; the mounting frame is provided with a mounting area and a connecting area, and the connecting area is adjacent to the mounting area; the one-level filter piece the second grade filter piece range upon range of setting in proper order the installing zone, exhaust pipe and joining region intercommunication.

In one embodiment, the cover and the box are connected by at least one of a snap connection, a pivot connection, and a hinge connection.

In one embodiment, the cover includes a handle, and the handle is disposed on an outer surface of the cover and pivotally connected to the cover.

In addition, a cleaning robot is also provided, which comprises a machine body and the dirt collecting box in any embodiment; the machine body is provided with a mounting position, and a fan is arranged in the machine body; the dirt collecting box is detachably arranged on the installation position, and the exhaust pipe is far away from one end of the liquid phase collecting area and communicated with the fan.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic axial view of a waste collection box according to an embodiment;

FIG. 2 is an exploded view of a waste collection tank according to an embodiment;

FIG. 3 is a schematic axial view of the solid-liquid separation plate shown in FIG. 4 when the solid-liquid separation plate is mounted in a casing;

FIG. 4 is a schematic isometric view of an embodiment of a solid-liquid separation plate;

FIG. 5 is a schematic isometric view of another embodiment of a solid-liquid separation plate;

FIG. 6 is an exploded view of an embodiment of a filter assembly;

FIG. 7 is a schematic sectional view of a waste collection box according to an embodiment;

fig. 8 is a schematic axial side structure diagram of a cleaning robot according to an embodiment.

Detailed Description

To facilitate an understanding of the utility model, the utility model will now be described more fully with reference to the accompanying drawings. Preferred embodiments of the present invention are shown in the drawings. This invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete.

It will be understood that when an element is referred to as being "secured to" another element, it can be directly on the other element or intervening elements may also be present. When an element is referred to as being "connected" to another element, it can be directly connected to the other element or intervening elements may also be present. The terms "inner", "outer", "left", "right" and the like as used herein are for illustrative purposes only and do not denote a unique embodiment.

In the prior art, when a dirt collection box of a cleaning robot (also called a floor washing machine) with a mopping function collects dirt, solid-phase garbage and dirt liquid are usually mixed together. When a user cleans the dirt in the dirt collection box, the dirt is poured into the garbage can or the sewer. Because the solid and the liquid are mixed together and poured into the garbage can, dirty liquid is easy to leak out; when the water is poured into a sewer, the pipeline is easy to be blocked. Therefore, the following respective embodiments of the waste collection tank have been devised to solve the above-described problems.

As shown in fig. 1, 2, and 8, a soil collection box 100 according to an embodiment is applied to a cleaning robot 10 that performs a work surface cleaning operation. The dirt collection box 100 includes a box body 110, a cover 130, a solid-liquid separator 150, a dirt suction pipe 170, and an exhaust pipe 190.

Referring to fig. 3 and 7, the box body 110 has a receiving cavity 111 for collecting dirt; the cover 130 is covered on the box body 110, preferably, the cover 130 is connected with the box body 110 in at least one of a buckling connection, a pivoting connection and a hinge connection; the solid-liquid separator 150 is disposed in the case 110, and divides the housing chamber 111 into a solid-phase collecting region 111a and a liquid-phase collecting region 111 b; the soil pick-up tube 170 has a first end (not shown, the same applies below) communicating with the solid phase collection region 111a and a second end (not shown, the same applies below) facing and in proximity to the work surface; one end of the exhaust duct 190 communicates with the top of the liquid-phase collecting region 111a for exhausting air.

Since the dirt collection box 100 of the present invention includes the solid-liquid separator 150, when it is applied to the cleaning operation of the cleaning robot, the dirt entrained by the airflow is sucked from the dirt suction pipe 170, then passes through the solid-phase collection area 111a and the liquid-phase collection area 111b separated by the solid-liquid separator 150 in sequence, and finally the airflow is discharged from the exhaust pipe 190. In the process, firstly, the solid-phase garbage in the sewage is collected by the solid-phase collecting area 111a, then the liquid-phase garbage enters the liquid-phase collecting area 111b through the solid-liquid separating piece 150 to be collected, and finally, the airflow is discharged from the exhaust pipe 190, so that the solid-liquid separation during the sewage collection is realized.

It will be appreciated that in the above embodiments, the necessary seal 160 may be provided around the inner surface of the cover 130 or around the opening of the case 110.

It will be appreciated that in the above embodiment, the joint between the first end of the soil pick-up tube 170 and the solid phase collection area 111a may be provided with the necessary soft member 180 for sealing and cushioning the joint between the two hard materials. The connection between the exhaust duct 190 and the liquid phase collecting region 111b can be similarly arranged, and it will not be described again here.

As shown in fig. 3, in one embodiment, the inner sidewall of the housing cavity 111 is provided with a positioning groove 113, the solid-liquid separating member 150 is a solid-liquid separating plate a150, and the solid-liquid separating plate a150 is detachably inserted into the positioning groove 113. The solid-liquid separation plate A150 is detachably inserted, so that a user can clean and maintain the solid-liquid separation part 150.

As shown in fig. 4, the solid-liquid separation plate a150 further includes a first vertical plate a151 and a horizontal plate a 153. The solid-liquid separation plate A150 is inserted into the positioning groove 113 through a first vertical plate A151; the horizontal plate a153 is connected to the bottom edge of the first vertical plate a151, the horizontal plate a153 is provided with a plurality of first solid-liquid separation holes a153a, and the horizontal plate a153 extends from the first vertical plate a151 to the inner side wall of the liquid phase collection area 111b and abuts against the inner side wall. That is, when the solid-liquid separation plate a150 is inserted into the positioning groove 113, the first vertical plate a151, the horizontal plate a153 and a part of the side wall of the housing cavity 111 enclose the solid-phase collection area 111 a; the liquid phase collecting region 111b is formed in the housing chamber 111 except for the non-solid phase collecting region 111 a. In the illustrated embodiment, the horizontal plate a153 is perpendicular to the first vertical plate a151, and the horizontal plate a153 and the first vertical plate a151 are 90 degrees, so that the 90-degree processing and die-pouring are convenient to design and are relatively beautiful; in another embodiment, the horizontal plate a153 and the first vertical plate a151 may be set to have an acute angle, and solid-phase waste at an acute angle is generally accumulated at a lower position of a joint where the vertex of the acute angle is located, so that the user can take out the solid-liquid separation plate a150 and take out the solid-phase waste at the same time.

As shown in fig. 5, the solid-liquid separation plate a150 further includes a second vertical plate a155, and the second vertical plate a155 extends from the connection position of the first vertical plate a151 and the transverse plate a153 to the bottom wall close to the receiving cavity 111 and abuts against the bottom wall; the transverse plate A153 is provided with a plurality of second solid-liquid separation holes A155a, and the pore diameter of the plurality of second solid-liquid separation holes A155a is smaller than that of the plurality of first solid-liquid separation holes A153 a. At this time, as shown in FIG. 7, the first vertical plate A151, the horizontal plate A153 and the inner side wall of the housing cavity 111 above the horizontal plate A153 define a primary solid phase collecting region 111 A1; the second vertical plate A155, the horizontal plate A153, and the inner side wall and the bottom wall of the containing cavity 111 below the horizontal plate A153 define a secondary solid phase collecting region 111a 2. The primary solid-phase collecting area 111A1 collects the large-size solid-phase garbage left after being filtered by the first solid-liquid separation hole A153a with large aperture; the secondary solid-phase collecting area 111a2 collects the small-size solid-phase garbage left after being filtered by the second solid-liquid separation hole A155a with small aperture; the liquid-phase waste and the particle waste with the size smaller than that of the second solid-liquid separation holes A155a enter the liquid-phase collection area 111b through the second solid-liquid separation holes A155a on the second vertical plate A155 to be collected. The solid-phase garbage is divided into large-size solid-phase garbage and relatively small-size solid-phase garbage by utilizing the separation holes with different apertures, so that the classification treatment of the solid-phase garbage is facilitated.

In one embodiment, the solid-liquid separator 150 is a liquid-permeable solid-liquid separation bag having a bag opening that is detachably connected to the first end of the soil suction pipe 170. When the solid-liquid separator 150 is a solid-liquid separation bag, the region inside the bag is a solid-phase collection region, and the other positions of the housing chamber 111 outside the bag are liquid-phase collection regions. The solid-liquid separation bag is used as the solid-liquid separation part 150, so that a user only needs to pack the solid-liquid separation bag and discard the solid-liquid separation bag when cleaning solid-phase garbage, and the solid-liquid separation bag is replaced by a new solid-liquid separation bag, and the garbage can be more sanitary and convenient.

In one embodiment, the inner surface of the cover 130 is provided with a first mounting location (not shown, the same applies below) on a side thereof adjacent to the solid phase collection region 111 a; as shown in fig. 7, the dirt collection box 100 further includes a filter assembly 120, and the filter assembly 120 is detachably disposed at the first mounting position; the exhaust duct 190 communicates with the filter assembly 120. It will be appreciated that in the above described embodiment, the necessary seal 160 may be provided around the inner surface of the filter assembly 120 or around the first mounting location. With such an arrangement, the filter assembly 120 is disposed at the air inlet of the exhaust duct 190, so that the liquid phase can be prevented from being sucked into the air duct or the fan from the beginning, and the filter assembly for filtering the liquid phase is not required to be disposed at the air duct or the fan.

As shown in fig. 6, the filter assembly 120 further includes a primary filter member 121, a secondary filter member 123 and a mounting bracket 125; the mounting bracket 125 is provided with a mounting area 125a and a mounting area 125b, the mounting area 125b being adjacent to the mounting area 125 a; the primary filter member 121 and the secondary filter member 123 are sequentially stacked in the mounting area 125a, and the exhaust duct 190 is communicated with the mounting area 125 b.

Specifically, the first-stage filter element 121 is a filter screen, and the second-stage filter element 123 is HEPA (HEPA), both of which are common materials in the art and are not described herein.

Referring again to fig. 2, in some embodiments, the cover 130 includes a handle 140, and the handle 140 is disposed on an outer surface of the cover 130 and pivotally connected to the cover 130. The handles 140 have a first position when closed and a second position when rotated away. The handle is provided to facilitate the user to take out the soil-collecting box 100 with the collected garbage. Furthermore, a groove for accommodating the handle 140 is disposed at a corresponding position on the outer surface of the cover 130; when the handle 140 is in the first position, the handle 140 is received in the recess and is flush with the outer surface of the cover 130 or lower than the outer surface of the cover 130. With such an arrangement, the cover 130 is more beautiful, and the case 110 is more compact.

Further, as shown in fig. 8, there is provided a cleaning robot 10 according to an embodiment, the cleaning robot 10 including a robot body 200 and the soil collection box 100 according to any of the above embodiments; the machine body 200 is provided with a mounting position 210, and a fan (not shown, the same applies below) is arranged in the machine body; the dirt collecting box 100 is detachably disposed on the mounting position 210, and one end of the exhaust duct 190 away from the liquid phase collecting region 111b is communicated with the fan.

Specifically, when the dirt collection box 100 is installed in the installation position 210, the outer wall thereof may be a part of the outer shell or the shape of the machine body 200; the mounting position 210 may be provided with a cover plate to cover the waste collection box 100 in the mounting position 210. The design may be based on the specific structural requirements of the cleaning robot 10, and is not limited herein.

Specifically, the end of the exhaust duct 190 away from the liquid-phase collecting region 111b may be directly communicated with the blower or indirectly communicated with the blower through an air duct; the air duct or the fan port can also be provided with a filtering device. The specific arrangement may be selected and adjusted according to the actual design of the cleaning robot 10.

It is understood that the cleaning robot 10 of the above embodiments includes a control system, a sensor system, a cleaning assembly, a driving system, and a power supply system in addition to the above-described dirt box collection box 100. The control system is used for controlling the equipment to execute a specific task or action according to a preset program or a signal returned by the sensor system; the sensor system is used for detecting the working state information of each component of the equipment, the external environment state of the equipment and the position information of the equipment in the environment and sending the information to the control system; the cleaning functional component is used for finishing various cleaning operations such as sweeping, sucking, mopping, washing and the like; the driving system is used for driving the driving wheel to drive the machine to move on the working surface; the power supply system provides a source of energy for the various systems of the device. The above systems are not the focus of the improvement of the present invention, and therefore, the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention are not described in a focus.

The technical features of the embodiments described above may be arbitrarily combined, and for the sake of brevity, all possible combinations of the technical features in the embodiments described above are not described, but should be considered as being within the scope of the present specification as long as there is no contradiction between the combinations of the technical features.

The above-mentioned embodiments only express several embodiments of the present invention, and the description thereof is more specific and detailed, but not construed as limiting the scope of protection. It should be noted that, for a person skilled in the art, several variations and modifications can be made without departing from the inventive concept, which falls within the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present patent shall be subject to the appended claims.

Claims (10)

1. A soil collection box applied to a cleaning robot for performing work surface cleaning work, comprising:

the box body is provided with an accommodating cavity for collecting dirt;

the cover body is covered on the box body;

the solid-liquid separation piece is arranged in the box body and is used for dividing the accommodating cavity into a solid-phase collecting region and a liquid-phase collecting region;

a soil pick-up tube having a first end in communication with the solid phase collection zone and a second end facing and proximate the work surface; and

and one end of the exhaust pipe is communicated with the top of the liquid-phase collecting area and is used for exhausting air.

2. The dirt collection box according to claim 1, wherein a positioning groove is formed in an inner side wall of the accommodating chamber, the solid-liquid separation member is a solid-liquid separation plate, and the solid-liquid separation plate is detachably inserted into the positioning groove.

3. The dirt collection box according to claim 2, characterized in that the solid-liquid separation plate includes:

the solid-liquid separation plate is inserted into the positioning groove through the first vertical plate;

the diaphragm, seted up a plurality of first solid-liquid separation holes on the diaphragm, the diaphragm with the base of first riser is connected, the diaphragm is followed the first riser to the inside wall of liquid phase collecting region extends and the butt.

4. The dirt collection box according to claim 3, wherein the solid-liquid separation plate further includes a second vertical plate, the second vertical plate extends from a joint of the first vertical plate and the horizontal plate to a bottom wall close to the housing cavity and abuts against the bottom wall, the horizontal plate is provided with a plurality of second solid-liquid separation holes, and the diameters of the second solid-liquid separation holes are smaller than those of the first solid-liquid separation holes.

5. The dirt collection box according to claim 1, wherein the solid-liquid separation member is a solid-liquid separation bag having liquid-phase permeability, and the solid-liquid separation bag has a bag opening which is detachably connected with the first end of the dirt suction pipe.

6. The dirt collection box according to claim 1, wherein a first mounting location is provided on a side of the inner surface of the lid body adjacent to the solid phase collection area; the sewage collection tank also comprises a filtering component which is detachably arranged on the first mounting position; the exhaust pipe is communicated with the filtering component.

7. The dirt collection tank of claim 6, wherein the filter assembly includes a primary filter member, a secondary filter member, and a mounting bracket; the mounting frame is provided with a mounting area and a connecting area, and the connecting area is adjacent to the mounting area; the one-level filter piece the second grade filter piece range upon range of setting in proper order the installing zone, exhaust pipe and joining region intercommunication.

8. A waste collection box according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the cover and the box are connected by at least one of snap-fit connection, pivot connection and hinge connection.

9. A dirt-collecting box according to any one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that the lid includes a handle, the handle being provided on an outer surface of the lid and pivotally connected to the lid.

10. A cleaning robot comprising a machine body and the soil collection box according to any one of claims 1 to 9; the machine body is provided with a mounting position, and a fan is arranged in the machine body; the dirt collecting box is detachably arranged on the installation position, and the exhaust pipe is far away from one end of the liquid phase collecting area and communicated with the fan.

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