CN216393954U

CN216393954U - Self-moving cleaning equipment

Info

Publication number: CN216393954U
Application number: CN202122292220.4U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 赵冰; 杨华军
Original assignee: Anker Innovations Co Ltd
Current assignee: Anker Innovations Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-09-22
Filing date: 2021-09-22
Publication date: 2022-04-29
Anticipated expiration: 2031-09-22

Abstract

The application discloses from removing cleaning device, from removing cleaning device includes: mopping module, mopping module includes: the mop comprises a first shell and a mop cloth arranged at the bottom of the first shell; the cleaning module comprises a second shell and a rolling brush component, wherein the second shell is connected with the first shell, the rolling brush component comprises a rolling brush support and a rolling brush, the rolling brush support is arranged in the second shell, and the rolling brush is rotationally connected with the rolling brush support; and a drive device configured to: one or both of the mopping module and the sweeping module are driven into contact with the surface to be cleaned. The self-moving cleaning equipment can realize quick switching of cleaning and mopping function modes, and improves the use experience of users.

Description

Self-moving cleaning equipment

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of intelligent cleaning, in particular to a self-moving cleaning device.

Background

With the improvement of living standard of people, the application of self-moving cleaning equipment (such as a sweeping robot) is more and more extensive, so that the self-moving cleaning equipment becomes an indispensable daily necessity in the life of people gradually. The floor sweeping robot is also called an automatic sweeper, an intelligent dust collector, a robot dust collector and the like, can automatically and autonomously complete floor sweeping work in a room by means of certain artificial intelligence, and saves time and labor for housework of people.

Some self-moving cleaning equipment have two kinds of functions of sweeping the floor and mopping the floor at present, and two kinds of functions need be opened simultaneously sometimes, and when need not mopping the floor function, need the manual work to take off the water tank, otherwise can appear being blocked scheduling problem when crossing the barrier and going up the carpet from mobile cleaning equipment, therefore this type of function mode switching mode from mobile cleaning equipment is complicated troublesome to operate, has influenced user's use experience.

Therefore, in view of the above problems, the present application provides a new self-moving cleaning device.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

To address the problems in the prior art, the present application provides a self-moving cleaning device comprising:

mopping module, mopping module includes: the mop comprises a first shell and a mop cloth arranged at the bottom of the first shell;

the cleaning module comprises a second shell and a rolling brush component, wherein the second shell is connected with the first shell, the rolling brush component comprises a rolling brush support and a rolling brush, the rolling brush support is arranged in the second shell, and the rolling brush is rotationally connected with the rolling brush support; and

a drive device configured to: one or both of the mopping module and the sweeping module are driven into contact with the surface to be cleaned.

Illustratively, the mopping module and the sweeping module are rotatably connected, and the driving device is more specifically configured to: the mopping module is driven to rotate relative to the sweeping module in a direction away from the surface to be cleaned or in a direction close to the surface to be cleaned, and/or the driving device is more particularly configured to drive the sweeping module to rotate relative to the mopping module in a direction away from the surface to be cleaned or drive the sweeping module to rotate relative to the mopping module in a direction close to the surface to be cleaned.

Illustratively, the included angle between the mopping module and the sweeping module is greater than or equal to 0 degrees and less than or equal to 180 degrees.

Exemplarily, the angle between the mopping module and the surface to be cleaned can be freely adjusted within a first preset range or adjusted among a plurality of preset angles; the angle between the sweeping module and the surface to be cleaned can be freely adjusted within a first preset range or adjusted among a plurality of preset angles.

The self-moving device further comprises a rotating shaft, the first housing and the second housing are both connected with the rotating shaft, and the driving device is used for driving the mopping module and/or the sweeping module to rotate around the rotating shaft.

When the mopping module and the sweeping module are both in contact with the surface to be cleaned, the direction from the mopping module to the sweeping module is a first direction, and the first direction is the advancing direction of the self-moving equipment;

when the mopping module is in contact with the surface to be cleaned and the sweeping module is not in contact with the surface to be cleaned, the advancing direction of the self-moving equipment is opposite to the first direction;

when the mopping module is not in contact with the surface to be cleaned and the sweeping module is in contact with the surface to be cleaned, the advancing direction of the self-moving equipment is the same as the first direction.

Illustratively, the self-moving cleaning apparatus further comprises:

the first driving wheel assembly and the second driving wheel assembly are oppositely arranged at two sides of the joint of the mopping module and the cleaning module;

a driver configured to: the first driving wheel assembly and the second driving wheel assembly are driven to rotate so as to drive the self-moving cleaning equipment to move on the surface to be cleaned, and the driver is used for driving the first driving wheel assembly and the second driving wheel assembly to rotate forwards or backwards according to the contact condition of the mopping module and the sweeping module with the surface to be cleaned.

Illustratively, the self-moving cleaning apparatus further comprises a first steerable wheel rotationally coupled with the first housing and a second steerable wheel rotationally coupled with the second housing, wherein the first steerable wheel comprises at least one universal wheel and the second steerable wheel comprises at least one universal wheel.

The mops exemplarily comprise at least one rotating mop, or the mops comprise disposable wet mops.

Illustratively, the mopping module further comprises a first water tank for storing fresh water for providing fresh water to the mops and a second water tank for storing dirty water for retrieving dirty water from the mops.

In order to solve the problem that the mode switching operation of the self-moving cleaning equipment with two functions of sweeping and mopping is complex at present, the application provides a self-moving cleaning equipment, which comprises a mopping module and a sweeping module, so that one or two of the two functions of mopping and sweeping can be realized, and the requirement of more environments to be cleaned is met, and the driving device is configured as follows: drive drag the ground module with clean one or two in the module and treat clean surface contact, therefore, conveniently sweep the floor more and drag the switching of two kinds of functions of ground, when the function is swept to needs, only need guarantee to clean the module contact and treat clean surface, and can make the drive arrangement drive drag the ground module keep away from treat clean surface can, compare the mode that the water tank was taken off to conventional needs, the scheme operation of this application is simpler, convenient and intelligent, and when only needing to drag the ground function, then only need guarantee to drag the ground module contact and treat clean surface, and can make the drive arrangement drive clean the module keep away from treat clean surface can, thereby realize the fast switch-over of functional mode, and can also avoid cleaning the round brush contact of subassembly and treat clean surface and cause secondary pollution to it, user's use experience has been promoted.

In addition, the self-moving cleaning device drags the ground module and cleans the module homoenergetic and remove towards the direction of keeping away from treating clean surface or remove towards the direction of being close to treating clean surface, consequently, can adjust the height of treating clean surface from the self-moving cleaning device distance to showing the obstacle crossing ability that promotes self-moving cleaning device, conveniently getting rid of poverty from removing cleaning device, make the cleaning work from removing cleaning device can be more smooth and easy going on, promoted user's use and experienced.

Drawings

The following drawings of the present application are included to provide an understanding of the present application. The drawings illustrate embodiments of the application and their description, serve to explain the principles and apparatus of the application. In the drawings, there is shown in the drawings,

FIG. 1 is a bottom view of a self-moving cleaning device in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 2 is a top view of a self-moving cleaning apparatus in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 3 is a right side view of the self-moving cleaning apparatus in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 4 is a front view of a self-moving cleaning apparatus in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 5 is a left side view of the self-moving cleaning apparatus in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 6 is an exploded view of a self-moving cleaning device in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 7 is a schematic view of a first roller of a self-moving cleaning apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 8 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a self-moving cleaning device according to an embodiment of the present application.

Reference numerals:

cleaning module 110 and floor mopping module 120

First drive wheel assembly 131 and second drive wheel assembly 132

First steering wheel 121 second steering wheel 112

First bumper 122 of roller brush 111

Second bumper 113 first housing 123

Second housing 114 drive device 140

Rolling brush support 115 mop 124

Coupling member 1311 first motor 1312

Second motor 1313

First elastic member 125 second elastic member 116

Detailed Description

In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a more thorough understanding of the present application. It will be apparent, however, to one skilled in the art, that the present application may be practiced without one or more of these specific details. In other instances, well-known features of the art have not been described in order to avoid obscuring the present application.

It is to be understood that the present application is capable of implementation in various 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, and will fully convey the scope of the application to those skilled in the art. In the drawings, the size and relative sizes of layers and regions may be exaggerated for clarity. Like reference numerals refer to like elements throughout.

It will be understood that, although the terms first, second, third, etc. may be used 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 are only used to distinguish one element, component, region, layer or section from another element, component, region, layer or section. 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 present application.

Spatial relational terms such as "under," "below," "under," "above," "over," and the like may be used herein for convenience in describing the relationship of one element or feature to another element or feature as illustrated in the figures. It will be understood that the 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.

Embodiments of the invention are described herein with reference to cross-sectional illustrations that are schematic illustrations of idealized embodiments (and intermediate structures) of the present application. As such, variations from the shapes of the illustrations as a result, for example, of manufacturing techniques and/or tolerances, are to be expected. Thus, embodiments of the present application should not be limited to the particular shapes of regions illustrated herein but are to include deviations in shapes that result, for example, from manufacturing. Thus, the regions illustrated in the figures are schematic in nature and their shapes are not intended to illustrate the actual shape of a region of a device and are not intended to limit the scope of the present application.

In order to solve the current problem that the mode switch operation is complicated that has two kinds of functions from removing cleaning device of sweeping the floor and mopping, this application provides a from removing cleaning device, including mopping the ground module, mopping the ground module and include: the mop comprises a first shell and a mop cloth arranged at the bottom of the first shell; the cleaning module comprises a second shell and a rolling brush component, wherein the second shell is connected with the first shell, the rolling brush component comprises a rolling brush support and a rolling brush, the rolling brush support is arranged in the second shell, and the rolling brush is rotationally connected with the rolling brush support; and a drive device configured to: one or both of the drive mopping module and the sweeping module are in contact with the surface to be cleaned.

In order to solve the problem that the mode switching operation of the self-moving cleaning equipment with two functions of sweeping and mopping is complicated at present, the application provides a self-moving cleaning equipment, which comprises a mopping module and a sweeping module, so that one or two of the two functions of mopping and sweeping can be realized, the requirement of more environments to be cleaned is met, and the rolling brush is rotationally connected with the rolling brush support, and the driving device is configured to: the drive drags the ground module and cleans one or two in the module and treats clean surface contact, therefore, it sweeps the floor more conveniently and drags the switching of two kinds of functions of ground, when the function of sweeping the floor to needs, only need guarantee to clean the module contact and treat clean surface, and can make the drive arrangement drive drag the ground module keep away from treat clean surface can, compare the mode of conventional needs take off the water tank, the scheme operation of this application is simpler, convenient and intelligent, and when only needing to drag the ground function, then only need guarantee to drag the ground module contact and treat clean surface, and can make the drive arrangement drive clean the module keep away from treat clean surface can, thereby realize the fast switch of functional mode, user's use experience has been promoted.

In addition, the self-moving cleaning device drags the ground module and cleans the module homoenergetic and remove or remove to being close to the direction of treating clean surface towards keeping away from the direction of treating clean surface, consequently, can adjust the height of treating clean surface from the self-moving cleaning device distance to showing and promoting the ability of hindering more from the self-moving cleaning device, making the cleaning work from the self-moving cleaning device can be more smooth and easy going on, promoted user's use and experienced.

Next, the structure of the self-moving cleaning apparatus of the present application is explained and explained with reference to fig. 1 to 8, wherein fig. 1 is a bottom view of the self-moving cleaning apparatus in an embodiment of the present application; FIG. 2 is a top view of a self-moving cleaning apparatus in an embodiment of the present application; FIG. 3 is a right side view of the self-moving cleaning apparatus in an embodiment of the present application; FIG. 4 is a front view of a self-moving cleaning apparatus in an embodiment of the present application; FIG. 5 is a left side view of the self-moving cleaning apparatus in an embodiment of the present application; FIG. 6 is an exploded view of a self-moving cleaning device in an embodiment of the present application; FIG. 7 is a schematic view of a first roller of a self-moving cleaning apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application; fig. 8 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a self-moving cleaning device according to an embodiment of the present application.

As an example, as shown in fig. 1, 2 and 4, the self-moving cleaning apparatus of the present application includes a mopping module 120 and a sweeping module 110, wherein the mopping module 120 and the sweeping module 110 are rotatably connected.

The mopping module 120 may include a first housing 123 and a mop cloth 124 disposed at the bottom of the first housing 123 (i.e., the side of the first housing 123 facing the surface to be cleaned), which in this application may be the floor, or any other surface that needs to be cleaned from the mobile cleaning device. The mop cloth 124 may also be a mop cloth with a water absorbing function, which may be detachably arranged at the bottom of the first housing, e.g. by means of velcro or other means. The mop 124 may be any suitable type of mop, for example the mop 124 may comprise at least one rotating mop, for example the mop 124 may also comprise a disposable wet mop, for example the mop 124 may also be a reusable towel mop.

The mopping module 120 may be any module capable of performing a mopping function, for example, the mopping module 120 further includes a first water tank (not shown) disposed in the first housing 123, in which clean water for mopping is reserved, and the mopping module 120 further includes a water supply device for supplying the clean water in the first water tank to the mopping cloth, and optionally, a plurality of horizontally arranged water outlets may be further disposed at the bottom of the first housing 123, and the water outlet is covered by the mopping cloth 124, and water supplied by the water supply device may flow into the mopping cloth 124 through the water outlet, so as to humidify the mopping cloth 124. Optionally, the mopping module 120 may further comprise a second water tank (not shown) for recycling sewage from the mops.

The cleaning module 110 may include a second housing 114, the second housing 114 is connected to the first housing 123, and the second housing 114 has a receiving space therein for receiving at least some of the components required for cleaning. Optionally, as an example, the main cleaning function of the cleaning module 110 is derived from a cleaning system composed of the rolling brush 111 assembly, the dust box structure, the fan structure, the air outlet and the connecting components therebetween. The rolling brush 111 having a certain interference with the ground sweeps up the garbage on the ground and winds the garbage to the front of the dust suction opening between the rolling brush 111 and the dust box structure, and then the garbage is sucked into the dust box structure by the air which is generated by the fan structure and passes through the dust box structure and has suction force. The dust removing capability of the sweeper can be represented by the sweeping efficiency DPU (dust pick up efficiency), which is influenced by the rolling brush 111 and materials, the wind power utilization rate of an air duct formed by a dust suction port, a dust box structure, a fan structure, an air outlet and connecting parts among the dust suction port, the dust box structure, the fan structure, the air outlet and the four, and the type and the power of the fan, so that the sweeper is a responsible system design problem. Optionally, the cleaning module 110 may also include an edge brush 141 having an axis of rotation that is angled with respect to the ground for moving debris into the area of the roller brush 111 of the cleaning module 110.

In one example, as shown in fig. 1, 5 and 6, the rolling brush 111 assembly includes a rolling brush holder and the rolling brush 111, the rolling brush 111 holder is disposed in the first housing 123, the rolling brush 111 is connected to the rolling brush holder and located outside the first housing 123, for example, the rolling brush 111 is rotatably connected to the rolling brush holder.

Further, the mopping module 120 and the cleaning module 110 of the present application are rotatably connected by any suitable means, such as by a hinge, and in one example, a protruding connection portion is provided on a side wall of the first housing 123 of the cleaning module 110, and the second housing 114 of the mopping module 120 is provided with a concave portion, and the connection portion and the concave portion are hinge-connected. Alternatively, a convex connecting portion may be provided on a side wall of the second housing 114 of the mopping module 120, and the first housing 123 of the sweeping module 110 may be provided with an inner concave portion, and the connecting portion and the inner concave portion are hingedly connected. In another example, the self-moving apparatus further includes a rotation shaft to which both the first housing 123 and the second housing 114 are connected.

In one example, the self-moving cleaning apparatus further comprises a drive device 140, the drive device 140 configured to: the mopping module 120 is driven to rotate away from the surface to be cleaned or the mopping module 120 is driven to rotate close to the surface to be cleaned, and/or the driving device 140 is configured to: the sweeping module 110 is driven to rotate in a direction away from the surface to be cleaned or the sweeping module 110 is driven to rotate in a direction close to the surface to be cleaned. Alternatively, the driving device 140 may include a motor, which may be connected to the sweeping module 110 and the mopping module 120 to drive them to rotate. The driving device 140 may be disposed in the cleaning module 110 or may also be disposed in the mopping module 120. Optionally, the self-moving apparatus further comprises a rotating shaft, the first housing 123 and the second housing 114 are connected to the rotating shaft, and the driving device 140 is used for driving the floor mopping module and/or the sweeping module to rotate around the rotating shaft, wherein the direction of the rotating shaft is a horizontal direction.

Alternatively, the included angle between the mopping module 120 and the sweeping module 110 is greater than or equal to 0 ° and less than or equal to 180 °, or may be any other suitable angle, for example, the included angle may be between 90 ° and 180 °, and the included angle may refer to the included angle between the top surface of the first housing 123 of the mopping module 120 and the top surface of the second housing 114 of the sweeping module 110.

When the mopping and sweeping functions are needed to be used simultaneously, the included angle between the mopping module 120 and the sweeping module 110 is about 180 degrees, the two modules are positioned on the same horizontal plane, and any module which is not in the working state can be driven by the driving device 140 to rotate towards the direction close to the surface to be cleaned until the included angle between the two modules is about 180 degrees; when only one of the mopping module 120 and the sweeping module 110 is needed to work, the driving device 140 can be controlled to drive any module which does not need to work to rotate in the direction away from the surface to be cleaned, so as to raise the height of the module which does not need to work and prevent the module from contacting the surface to be cleaned; when one of the mopping module 120 and the sweeping module 110 is in operation and the operation mode needs to be switched, the non-operating module can be rotated by the driving device 140 toward the surface to be cleaned, and then the other module can be rotated away from the surface to be cleaned, so as to realize the mode switching.

In one example, the angle between the mopping module 120 and the surface to be cleaned can be freely adjusted within a first preset range, alternatively, the first preset range may be any suitable range, for example, the first preset range may be 0 ° to 180 °, or the first preset range may be 0 ° to 90 °. The angle between the mopping module 120 and the surface to be cleaned can be adjusted within a first preset range between a plurality of preset angles, which can be any desired angle, for example, any angle between 0 ° and 180 °, or any angle between 0 ° and 90 °.

In one example, the angle between the sweeping module 110 and the surface to be cleaned can be freely adjusted within a first preset range, alternatively, the first preset range may be any suitable range, for example, the first preset range may be 0 ° to 180 °, or the first preset range may be 0 ° to 90 °. In one example, the angle between the cleaning module 110 and the surface to be cleaned can be adjusted within a first preset range between a plurality of preset angles, which can be any desired angle, for example, any angle between 0 ° and 180 °, or any angle between 0 ° and 90 °.

Optionally, the self-moving cleaning apparatus of the present application further comprises a limiting structure, which can be used to limit the sweeping module 110 and/or the mopping module 120 to a predetermined position, which can be any suitable position, for example, any angular position that makes the included angle between the sweeping module 110 and the mopping module 120 between 0 ° and 180 °, or any angular position that makes the included angle between the two between 90 ° and 180 °.

The spacing structure may be any suitable spacing structure known to those skilled in the art and is not specifically limited herein.

In one example, the distance of the mopping module 120 from the surface to be cleaned is greater than or equal to 0; the distance between the sweeping module and the surface to be cleaned is greater than or equal to 0. For example, when obstacle avoidance is required, one or both of the floor mopping module 120 and the floor sweeping module may rotate in a direction away from the surface to be cleaned under the driving of the driving device 140, so that the distance between the floor mopping module 120 and the surface to be cleaned is greater than zero, as shown in fig. 8, and when obstacle avoidance is required, one or both of the floor mopping module 120 and the floor sweeping module may rotate in a direction close to the surface to be cleaned under the driving of the driving device 140, so that the distance between the floor mopping module 120 and the surface to be cleaned is substantially zero, thereby ensuring the cleaning operation.

It should be noted that, when the mopping module 120 and the cleaning module 110 are both in contact with the surface to be cleaned, the direction from the mopping module 120 to the cleaning module 110 is a first direction, and the first direction is a forward direction from the mobile device; alternatively, when the mopping module 120 is in contact with the surface to be cleaned and the sweeping module 110 is not in contact with the surface to be cleaned, the advancing direction of the self-moving device is opposite to the first direction; alternatively, when the mopping module 120 is not in contact with the surface to be cleaned and the sweeping module 110 is in contact with the surface to be cleaned, the advancing direction of the self-moving device is the same as the first direction.

In one example, the first housing 123 and the second housing 114 may be housings of any suitable shape, which may be integrally formed from a material such as plastic, and optionally, the first housing 123 and the second housing 114 may have complementary shapes, for example, the first housing 123 and the second housing 114 may have a generally semi-cylindrical shape with a small height, and the two may be connected to form a generally complete cylindrical structure.

In one example, the self-moving cleaning apparatus includes first and second

drive wheel assemblies

131 and 132 oppositely disposed at both sides of the junction of the mopping module 120 and the cleaning module 110, for example, the first and second

drive wheel assemblies

131 and 132 are independently mounted in recesses at opposite ends of a lateral diameter of the bottom surface of the junction of the mopping module 120 and the cleaning module 110, for example, the recesses may be disposed in a portion of the first housing of the mopping module at the junction, or may be disposed in a portion of the second housing of the cleaning module at the junction, the lateral diameter being perpendicular to the front-to-rear diameter, and the steering wheel being disposed generally at the front-to-rear diameter.

In one example, the first drive wheel assembly 131 includes a wheel and a coupling member 1311 coupled to the wheel by which it may be coupled to a first motor 1312 for driving the wheel of the first drive wheel assembly in rotation. Alternatively, the first and second drive wheel assemblies may be connected to the second housing of the cleaning module or the first housing of the mopping module, and in particular, may be appropriately adjusted according to actual conditions.

In one example, a self-moving cleaning device includes a driver configured to: the first driving wheel assembly 131 and the second driving wheel assembly 132 are driven to rotate to drive the self-moving cleaning device to move on the surface to be cleaned, and the driver is used for driving the first driving wheel assembly 131 and the second driving wheel assembly 132 to rotate forwards or backwards according to the contact condition of the mopping module 120 and the sweeping module 110 with the surface to be cleaned. Optionally, the two drive wheel assemblies are driven by separate motors, e.g., the drive comprises a first motor 1312 and a second motor 1313, as shown in fig. 7, wherein the first motor 1312 is configured to: driving first drive wheel assembly 131 to rotate, second motor 1313 is configured to: the second drive wheel assembly 132 is driven to rotate.

Because the two drive wheel assemblies are driven by separate motors, a wider range of steering maneuvers can be provided for the self-moving cleaning apparatus, e.g., sharp turns, gradual turns, pivot turns, and the like. Mounting two drive wheel assemblies at both ends of the transverse diameter provides a self-moving cleaning apparatus with greater steering capabilities.

In one example, as shown in fig. 6, the self-moving cleaning apparatus further includes a first steering wheel 121 and a second steering wheel 112, the first steering wheel 121 is rotatably connected with the first housing 123, the second steering wheel 112 is rotatably connected with the second housing 114, for example, the first steering wheel 121 is disposed on a side of the floor mopping module 120 facing the surface to be cleaned, that is, the first steering wheel 121 is disposed below the first housing 123, and the second steering wheel 112 is disposed on a side of the sweeping module 110 facing the surface to be cleaned, that is, the second steering wheel 112 is disposed below the second housing 114, wherein each steering wheel includes a rotating shaft disposed in a vertical direction, and each steering wheel can rotate in a range of 360 ° horizontally around the rotating shaft.

In one example, as shown in fig. 8, a first elastic member 125 is further disposed between the top of the first steering wheel 121 and the first housing 123, and a second elastic member 116 is further disposed between the top of the second steering wheel 112 and the second housing 114. In one example, a groove for accommodating the first steering wheel 121 is provided at the bottom of the first housing 123 of the mopping module 120, and at least a part of the wheel body of the first steering wheel 121 protrudes outwards from the bottom of the first housing 123 when the first steering wheel 121 is attached to the first housing 123; a groove for accommodating the second steering wheel 112 is provided at the bottom of the second housing 114 of the sweeping module 110, and at least a part of the wheel body of the second steering wheel 112 protrudes outward from the bottom of the second housing 114 when the second steering wheel 112 is attached to the second housing 114.

The first steerable wheel 121 and the second steerable wheel 112 may be universal wheels, or other suitable steerable wheel configurations. Illustratively, the first steering wheel 121 and the second steering wheel 112 include a wheel body and a base. The first and second

steerable wheels

121 and 112 may be located at opposite ends of a front-to-back diameter of the self-moving cleaning apparatus, such as a sweeping robot, and spaced apart from each other.

Alternatively, a groove is provided at the bottom of the first housing 123 of the mopping module 120, the base of the first steering wheel 121 is mounted in the groove and can rotate on a horizontal plane parallel to the bottom surface of the base, and the wheel body of the first steering wheel 121 is mounted on the base and can rotate on a vertical plane perpendicular to the horizontal plane. The base has a generally circular configuration with the wheel body being eccentrically mounted on the circular base. For example, the base includes a sloped surface that is sloped with respect to a bottom surface of the base and adjacent to the wheels so that during sweeping, the sloped surface is in front of the wheels to reduce the resistance of the wheels to movement from the mobile cleaning apparatus. In some embodiments, the inclined surface of the base of the first steering wheel 121 is inclined 5 ° -30 °, such as 10 °, 15 °, 20 °, etc., relative to the bottom surface of the first housing 123.

Alternatively, a groove is provided at the bottom of the second housing 114 of the sweeping module 110, the base of the second steering wheel 112 is mounted in the groove and can rotate on a horizontal plane parallel to the bottom surface of the base, and the wheel body of the second steering wheel 112 is mounted on the base and can rotate on a vertical plane perpendicular to the horizontal plane. The base has a generally circular configuration with the wheel body being eccentrically mounted on the circular base. For example, the base includes a sloped surface that is sloped with respect to a bottom surface of the base and adjacent to the wheels so that during sweeping, the sloped surface is in front of the wheels to reduce the resistance of the wheels to movement from the mobile cleaning apparatus. In some embodiments, the inclined surface of the base of the second steering wheel 112 is inclined 5 ° -30 °, such as 10 °, 15 °, 20 °, etc., relative to the bottom surface of the second housing 114.

Although the sweeping module 110 and the mopping module 120 have only one steering wheel in the above embodiments, the sweeping module 110 and the mopping module 120 may have two or more steering wheels in other embodiments.

In one example, the mopping module 120 further includes a first bumper disposed outside the sidewall of the first housing 123, and a stretchable region may be formed between the first bumper and the sidewall of the first housing 123, and the stretchable region may be configured to cushion the mobile cleaning device when the mobile cleaning device is collided or pressed, so as to prevent the mopping module 120 from being damaged by an external force.

In one example, the sweeping module 110 includes a second bumper disposed outside the sidewall of the second housing 114, and optionally, a stretchable region may be formed between the second bumper and the sidewall of the second housing 114, and by providing the stretchable region, the self-moving cleaning apparatus may be cushioned when being collided or squeezed, thereby preventing the floor mopping module 120 from being damaged by an external force.

The first and second bumpers may be of any suitable construction, for example, the first and second bumpers may be arcuate resilient members, which may be resilient metal sheets or other suitable constructions.

In one example, the self-moving cleaning device of the present application further comprises a control assembly, the control assembly comprises a controller (not shown) and a memory (not shown), the controller is used for receiving signals transmitted by other components such as the user terminal and various sensors of the self-moving cleaning device and sending corresponding control instructions, and control programs, parameters, algorithms and the like of the self-moving cleaning device are preset in the memory and are called by the controller to make judgment, decision making and the like. For example, the controller controls the driver to drive the driving wheel assembly (e.g., the first driving wheel assembly or the second driving wheel assembly) to move, steer, etc. according to a program preset in the memory, and the controller is further configured to control the driving device to drive the floor mopping module or the floor sweeping module to rotate according to the program preset in the memory.

Optionally, the controller is configured to: the control driving device drives the mopping module to rotate towards the direction far away from the surface to be cleaned facing the mopping module or the control driving device drives the mopping module to rotate towards the direction close to the surface to be cleaned facing the mopping module, or the control driving device drives the sweeping module to rotate towards the direction far away from the surface to be cleaned facing the mopping module or the control driving device drives the sweeping module to rotate towards the direction close to the surface to be cleaned facing the mopping module.

In one example, the self-moving cleaning device of the present application further comprises a communication interface (not shown), which may be an interface of any presently known communication protocol, such as a wired interface or a wireless interface, wherein the communication interface may comprise one or more of a serial port, a USB interface, an ethernet port, WiFi, a wired network, a DVI interface, a device integrated interconnect module, or other suitable various ports, interfaces, or connections. The communication interface may also access wireless networks based on communication standards, such as WiFi, 2G, 3G, 4G, 6G, or a combination thereof. In one exemplary embodiment, the communication interface receives a broadcast signal or broadcast associated information from an external broadcast management system via a broadcast channel. In one exemplary embodiment, the communication interface further includes a Near Field Communication (NFC) module to facilitate short-range communications. For example, the NFC module may be implemented based on Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology, infrared data association (IrDA) technology, Ultra Wideband (UWB) technology, Bluetooth (BT) technology, and other technologies.

Optionally, an application program (APP) is installed on an intelligent terminal, such as a smart phone, and the intelligent terminal is in communication connection with the self-moving cleaning device through a communication interface, so that the self-moving cleaning device can receive a user instruction input by a user through the intelligent terminal, and when the user instruction is obtained from a controller of the self-moving cleaning device, corresponding actions can be executed according to the user instruction by controlling corresponding components.

The drive of this application cleans the module and drags the ground module and can initiatively or adjust any kind of mode or use simultaneously, can be through for example cell-phone APP or predetermine the algorithm, make controller control drive arrangement drive clean the module and drag one or two work in the ground module to adapt to different environment, perhaps, when the barrier is kept away to needs, the adjustment cleans the module and drags ground module terrain clearance, terrain clearance can initiatively or passively adjust, in order to make things convenient for self-moving cleaning equipment to get rid of poverty.

In other examples, the driving device can drive the mopping module and/or the cleaning module to rotate to adjust the ground clearance, and the driving device can drive one or both of the mopping module and the cleaning module to rise along the lifting mechanism to increase the ground clearance or to fall along the lifting mechanism to decrease the ground clearance by providing the lifting mechanism, so that the functions of switching between the two functions, obstacle avoidance, adjustable ground clearance and the like can be realized.

In one example, the mopping module of the present application is further configured to: the mopping force is adjustable, for example, the controller is configured to: when a user instruction for adjusting the floor mopping force, input by a user through a mobile phone APP, is obtained, the floor mopping module is controlled to adjust the floor mopping force to the force indicated by the user instruction.

In other examples, the ground engaging position may also be adjusted using a passive algorithm, such as using a sensor to detect the surrounding environment, and the controller is configured to: and controlling the floor mopping module to adjust the floor mopping force according to the surrounding environment.

In conclusion, the application provides a self-moving cleaning device, which comprises a floor mopping module and a cleaning module, so that one or two functions of mopping and cleaning can be realized, and the requirement of more environments to be cleaned can be met, and the scheme of the application is more convenient for switching between two functions of sweeping and mopping, when the floor sweeping function is needed, only the cleaning module is required to be ensured to be in contact with the surface to be cleaned, and the driving device can drive the floor mopping module to be far away from the surface to be cleaned, compared with the conventional mode that the water tank is required to be taken down, the scheme of the application is simpler, more convenient and more intelligent to operate, when only the floor mopping function is needed, only the floor mopping module is required to be ensured to be in contact with the surface to be cleaned, and the driving device can drive the cleaning module to be far away from the surface to be cleaned, so that the function mode can be switched quickly, and the situation that the roller brush of the cleaning assembly is in contact with the surface to be cleaned to cause secondary pollution can also be avoided, the use experience of the user is improved.

Although the example embodiments have been described herein with reference to the accompanying drawings, it is to be understood that the above-described example embodiments are merely illustrative and are not intended to limit the scope of the present application thereto. Various changes and modifications may be effected therein by one of ordinary skill in the pertinent art without departing from the scope or spirit of the present application. All such changes and modifications are intended to be included within the scope of the present application as claimed in the appended claims.

Claims

1. A self-moving cleaning apparatus, characterized in that the self-moving cleaning apparatus comprises:

2. The self-moving cleaning apparatus as recited in claim 1, wherein the mopping module and the sweeping module are rotatably coupled, the drive device being more specifically configured to: the mopping module is driven to rotate relative to the sweeping module in a direction away from the surface to be cleaned or in a direction close to the surface to be cleaned, and/or the driving device is more particularly configured to drive the sweeping module to rotate relative to the mopping module in a direction away from the surface to be cleaned or drive the sweeping module to rotate relative to the mopping module in a direction close to the surface to be cleaned.

3. The self-moving cleaning apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein the angle between the mopping module and the sweeping module is greater than or equal to 0 ° and less than or equal to 180 °.

4. The self-moving cleaning apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein the angle between the mopping module and the surface to be cleaned is freely adjustable within a first preset range or adjustable between a plurality of preset angles; the angle between the sweeping module and the surface to be cleaned can be freely adjusted within a first preset range or adjusted among a plurality of preset angles.

5. The self-moving cleaning apparatus as recited in claim 2,

the self-moving equipment further comprises a rotating shaft, the first shell and the second shell are connected with the rotating shaft, and the driving device is used for driving the floor mopping module and/or the cleaning module to rotate around the rotating shaft.

6. The self-moving cleaning apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein when the floor mopping module and the sweeping module are both in contact with the surface to be cleaned, the direction from the floor mopping module to the sweeping module is a first direction, and the first direction is a forward direction of the self-moving apparatus;

7. The self-moving cleaning apparatus as claimed in claim 1 or 6, further comprising:

8. The self-moving cleaning device as recited in claim 1, further comprising a first steerable wheel rotatably coupled to the first housing and a second steerable wheel rotatably coupled to the second housing, wherein the first steerable wheel comprises at least one universal wheel and the second steerable wheel comprises at least one universal wheel.

9. Self-moving cleaning device according to claim 1, characterized in that the mop swab comprises at least one rotating mop swab or that the mop swab comprises a disposable wet mop swab.

10. The self-moving cleaning apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the mopping module further comprises a first water tank for storing fresh water for providing fresh water to the mops and a second water tank for storing dirty water for retrieving dirty water from the mops.