CN216779582U

CN216779582U - Cleaning device and camera

Info

Publication number: CN216779582U
Application number: CN202123433853.9U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 程韭叶; 张博武; 李贤�
Original assignee: Zhejiang Dahua Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Zhejiang Dahua Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-12-29
Filing date: 2021-12-29
Publication date: 2022-06-21
Anticipated expiration: 2031-12-29

Abstract

The utility model relates to a cleaning device and a camera. The cleaning piece is used for butt camera's window, and the swing subassembly rotationally sets up in the base, and driving motor sets up in the swing subassembly, and including first output and second output, first output is connected in the cleaning piece and is rotated in order to drive the cleaning piece, and the swing subassembly is connected to the second output, and is used for driving the swing subassembly and rotates, in order to drive the cleaning piece swing. The first output end of the driving motor is connected to the cleaning piece to drive the cleaning piece to rotate, and the cleaning piece rotating at a high speed is contacted with the window of the camera to brush the window. Because driving motor installs in the swing subassembly, therefore driving motor follows the rotation of swing subassembly and swings, and then drives the swing of cleaning member at the window in order to clean great region. Thereby realize that a driving motor can enough drive the rotatory high-efficient clean window of cleaning member, can drive the cleaning member swing again and can clean great region.

Description

Cleaning device and camera

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of cameras, in particular to a cleaning device and a camera.

Background

As the field of camera technology continues to evolve, camera technology has entered many industries to closely match corresponding production. When the camera is applied to outdoor and some special use scenes, such as transportation hubs, processing workshops, steel works and farms, the optical window of the camera is often covered by dirt or dust, and the shooting effect is seriously influenced.

Some cleaning devices are available for performing scraping cleaning on an optical window of a camera, but the scraping cleaning effect is poor. Therefore, some cleaning devices have been developed that use a driving member (e.g., a motor) to rotate a cleaning brush to brush the window of the camera. However, the cleaning area of the cleaning brush is limited in the scheme, the whole area of the camera window cannot be brushed, and other driving parts are arranged in some schemes to expand the brushing area of the cleaning brush. However, the two driving members and the driving structure inevitably increase the complexity of the structure of the cleaning device, and have higher use and maintenance costs.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

In view of the above technical problems, there is a need for a cleaning device, which has a simple structure and can clean the stains on the whole window of the camera by only one driving member, and has a better cleaning effect. A camera having the cleaning device is also provided.

The present invention provides a cleaning device, comprising: a base;

a cleaning member for abutting against a window of the camera;

the swinging assembly is rotatably arranged on the base; and

driving motor, driving motor set up in the swing subassembly, including first output and second output, first output connect in the cleaning member is in order to drive the cleaning member is rotatory, the second output connect in the swing subassembly is used for the drive the swing subassembly rotates, in order to follow the drive the cleaning member swing.

So set up, connect in the cleaning member through driving motor's first output and rotate in order to drive the cleaning member, the high-speed pivoted cleaning member contacts can realize the scrubbing to the window in the window of camera. Because the driving motor is arranged on the swinging component, the driving motor swings along with the rotation of the swinging component, and further drives the cleaning piece to swing at the window so as to clean a larger area. Therefore, one driving motor can drive the cleaning piece to rotate and efficiently clean the window, and can drive the cleaning piece to swing to clean a larger area.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the swing assembly includes:

one end of the first connecting rod is rotatably arranged on the base, and the other end of the first connecting rod is provided with a first locus;

one end of the second connecting rod is rotatably connected to the first position point, the other end of the second connecting rod is provided with a transmission piece, and the second output end is connected to the transmission piece so as to drive the second connecting rod to rotate around the first position point; and

and one end of the third connecting rod is rotatably arranged on the base, the other end of the third connecting rod is provided with a second position point, the second position point is rotatably connected to the transmission part, and the driving motor is arranged on the third connecting rod.

So set up, through driving motor's second output drive driving medium, set up in the driving medium of second connecting rod one end and can drive the second connecting rod and do circular motion around first position. And one end of the second position point of the third connecting rod follows the second connecting rod to do circular motion around the first position point, and one end of the third connecting rod, which is far away from the second position point, is rotatably arranged on the base, so that one end of the third connecting rod, which is far away from the second position point, swings. Because driving motor sets up in the third connecting rod, consequently driving motor follows the third connecting rod and swings, and then the cleaning member swings along with driving motor.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the transmission member includes a gear portion, the second output end is coupled to the gear portion in a meshing manner, the gear portion can drive the second link to rotate, and the third link is rotatably coupled to the gear portion.

So set up, through setting up gear portion, can effectively transmit the power of second output and convert the power of second output into and drive second connecting rod pivoted power.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the transmission member further includes a rotation shaft portion, one end of the rotation shaft portion is connected to the gear portion, and the other end of the rotation shaft portion is connected to the second link, so as to drive the second link to rotate when the gear portion rotates.

So set up, through setting up pivot portion so that motor support or other structures dodge the second connecting rod, also easily promote the cleaning device assembly degree of difficulty simultaneously.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the second link has a slot;

the swing assembly further comprises a connecting piece, the connecting piece is fixedly connected with the transmission piece, the connecting piece is provided with a first end and a second end, the first end is inserted into the clamping groove to drive the second connecting rod to rotate, and the second end is rotatably connected with the third connecting rod.

So set up, set up the first end of draw-in groove adaptation in the connecting piece through the second connecting rod, first end is pegged graft in the draw-in groove, and then is convenient for the connecting piece to drive the second connecting rod and rotate to avoid connecting piece and second connecting rod to take place relative rotation.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the third link has a mounting portion to which the driving motor is mounted.

The arrangement is that the installation part is arranged on the third connecting rod so as to facilitate the installation of the driving motor.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the driving motor is a two-shaft motor.

So set up, because the biax motor has two output and simple structure, reliable and stable, consequently can effectively reduce this cleaning device's manufacturing cost and promote this cleaning device's reliability.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the cleaning device further includes a water spraying assembly, which can be installed on the camera for spraying water toward the window.

So set up, spray water in order to spray water to the camera window through setting up the water spray subassembly, and then promote the effect that the cleaning member scrubbed the window.

In one embodiment of the utility model, the cleaning device further comprises a sewage bin, and the sewage bin is arranged on the base and used for receiving sewage flowing down from the window of the camera.

So set up to collect sewage through the sewage storehouse for sewage directional outflow.

The utility model also provides a camera which comprises a camera body and the cleaning device, wherein the camera body comprises a window, the base is fixedly arranged on the camera body, and the cleaning piece is abutted against the window.

So set up, through setting up above-mentioned cleaning device with this camera to when the camera is applied to the environment that the pollution degree is heavier, cleaning device can scrub the window of camera, with the effect of making a video recording of assurance camera.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a camera according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a cleaning device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a swing assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of another view angle of the swing assembly according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a connector according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a simplified diagram of the swing assembly operation according to the present invention;

fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a water spray assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Reference numerals: 10. a base; 20. a cleaning member; 30. a swing assembly; 31. a first link; 311. a first site; 32. a second link; 321. a card slot; 33. a third link; 331. a second site; 332. an installation part; 333. mounting a shell; 34. a connecting member; 341. a first end; 342. a second end; 40. a drive motor; 41. a first output terminal; 42. a second output terminal; 50. a transmission member; 51. a gear portion; 52. a rotating shaft part; 60. a water spray assembly; 61. a water inlet pipe; 62. a spray head; 63. an electromagnetic valve; 70. a sewage bin; 71. a blow-off pipe; 72. an overflow aperture; 100. a cleaning device; 200. a camera; 210. a body; 2111. a viewing window.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be obtained by a person skilled in the art without any inventive step based on the embodiments of the present invention, are within the scope of the present invention.

It will be understood that when an element is referred to as being "mounted on" another element, it can be directly on the other element or intervening elements may also be present. When a component is referred to as being "disposed on" another component, it can be directly on the other component or intervening components may also be present. When an element is referred to as being "secured to" another element, it can be directly secured to the other element or intervening elements may also be present.

Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. The terminology used in the description of the utility model herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the utility model. As used herein, the term "or/and" includes any and all combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.

As the field of camera technology continues to evolve, camera technology has entered many industries to closely match corresponding production. When the camera is applied to the outdoor and some special use scenes, such as transportation hubs, processing workshops, steel works and farms, the optical window of the camera is often covered by dirt or dust, and the camera shooting effect is seriously influenced.

In view of the above technical problems, it is necessary to provide a cleaning device 100, in which the structure of the cleaning device 100 is simple, only one driving member is needed to implement the rotation of the brush for brushing the window 2111, and the entire window 2111 area of the camera 200 can be cleaned efficiently. A camera 200 having the cleaning apparatus 100 is also provided.

As shown in fig. 1 to 7, in order to provide a cleaning device 100 and a camera 200, the cleaning device 100 is used for cleaning the camera 200, and the cleaning device 100 includes a base 10, a cleaning member 20, a swing assembly 30 and a driving motor 40. The base 10 is installed on the camera 200, the cleaning member 20 is used to abut against the window 2111 of the camera 200, and the swing assembly 30 is rotatably installed on the base 10. The driving motor 40 includes a first output end 41 and a second output end 42, the first output end 41 is connected to the cleaning member 20 to drive the cleaning member 20 to rotate, and the second output end 42 is connected to the oscillating assembly 30 to drive the oscillating assembly 30 to rotate to drive the cleaning member 20 to oscillate.

It can be understood that the cleaning member 20 rotating at a high speed contacts the view window 2111 of the camera 200 to brush the view window 2111 by connecting the first output end 41 of the driving motor 40 to the cleaning member 20 to drive the cleaning member 20 to rotate. The swing assembly 30 is rotatably disposed on the base 10, the driving motor 40 is installed on the swing assembly 30, and the second output end 42 of the driving motor 40 is connected to the swing assembly 30 for driving the swing assembly 30 to rotate. Since the driving motor 40 is installed on the swing assembly 30, the driving motor 40 swings along with the rotation of the swing assembly 30, and further drives the cleaning member 20 to swing on the window 2111 to clean a large area. Therefore, the driving motor 40 can drive the cleaning part 20 to rotate and clean the window 2111 efficiently, and can drive the cleaning part 20 to swing so as to clean a larger area.

In the present embodiment, the cleaning member 20 is a brush. It can be understood that the utility model is not limited to the specific material of the brush, and the brush can be rotated by the driving motor 40 to clean the window 2111, which should be adaptively selected according to the corresponding use scenario. The cleaning elements 20 may also be made of other materials, such as silicone brushes.

Specifically, the swing assembly 30 includes a first link 31, a second link 32, and a third link 33. One end of the first link 31 is rotatably disposed on the base 10, and the other end of the first link 31 has a first position 311. One end of the second link 32 is rotatably connected to the first position 311, the other end is provided with a transmission member 50, and the second output end 42 is connected to the transmission member 50 to drive the second link 32 to rotate around the first position 311. One end of the third link 33 is rotatably disposed on the base 10, and the other end has a second position 331, and the second position 331 is rotatably connected to the transmission member 50.

For the convenience of understanding the operation of the swing assembly 30 and the driving motor 40, please refer to fig. 1 to 6 together. Fig. 6 is a simplified schematic diagram of the operation of the swing assembly 30. It can be understood that, by driving the transmission member 50 through the second output end 42 of the driving motor 40, the transmission member 50 disposed at one end of the second link 32 can drive the second link 32 to make a circular motion around the first point 311. One end of the second position 331 of the third link 33 follows the second link 32 to move circularly around the first position 311, and since one end of the third link 33 away from the second position 331 is rotatably disposed on the base 10, one end of the third link 33 away from the second position 331 swings. Since the driving motor 40 is provided to the third link 33, the driving motor 40 swings following the third link 33, and thus the cleaning member 20 swings following the driving motor 40.

Further, the third link 33 has a mounting portion 332, and the driving motor 40 is mounted to the mounting portion 332. It is understood that the mounting portion 332 is provided at the third link 33 to facilitate the mounting of the driving motor 40. In the present embodiment, the third link 33 is provided as a motor bracket, and a mounting case 333 is correspondingly provided in the present embodiment to detachably mount the driving motor 40 to the motor bracket. Preferably, the driving motor 40 is a dual-shaft motor, since the dual-shaft motor has two output ends and is simple, stable and reliable in structure. Therefore, the manufacturing cost of the cleaning apparatus 100 can be effectively reduced and the reliability of the cleaning apparatus 100 can be improved.

As shown in fig. 2 to 5, the transmission member 50 includes a gear portion 51, the second output end 42 is coupled to the gear portion 51 in a meshing manner, the gear portion 51 can drive the second link 32 to rotate, and the third link 33 is rotatably coupled to the gear portion 51. By arranging the gear part 51, the power output by the second output end 42 can be effectively transmitted and the power output by the second output end 42 is converted into the power for driving the second connecting rod 32 to rotate.

Further, the transmission member 50 further includes a rotation shaft portion 52, one end of the rotation shaft portion 52 is connected to the gear portion 51, and the other end is connected to the second link 32, so as to drive the second link 32 to rotate when the gear portion 51 rotates. Since the camera 200 is generally small in structure, the cleaning apparatus 100 provided to the camera 200 should also be small in volume. In order to reduce the assembly difficulty of the cleaning device 100 and prevent the swing assembly 30 from colliding with other structures (such as the motor bracket in the present embodiment) when rotating, the rotating shaft portion 52 is provided to make the motor bracket or other structures avoid the second connecting rod 32, and the assembly difficulty of the cleaning device 100 is also easily increased.

As shown in fig. 5, the second link 32 has a slot 321, the swing assembly 30 further includes a connecting member 34, the connecting member 34 is fixedly connected to the transmission member 50, the connecting member 34 has a first end 341 and a second end 342, the first end 341 is inserted into the slot 321 to drive the second link 32 to rotate, and the second end 342 is rotatably connected to the third link 33. The second connecting rod 32 is provided with a clamping groove 321 adapted to the first end 341 of the connecting member 34, and the first end 341 is inserted into the clamping groove 321, so that the connecting member 34 drives the second connecting rod 32 to rotate, and the connecting member 34 and the second connecting rod 32 are prevented from rotating relatively. Thereby effecting the coupling member 34 to removably fixedly couple the transmission member 50 to the second link 32. It is understood that the present invention is not limited to the specific shape of the slot 321, and may be configured in a square shape, a waist shape, etc., as long as the second link 32 and the connecting member 34 are prevented from rotating relative to each other.

As shown in fig. 1 and 7, the cleaning apparatus 100 further includes a water spraying assembly 60, the water spraying assembly 60 can be mounted on the camera 200 for spraying water toward the window 2111, and in the present embodiment, the water spraying assembly 60 includes a water inlet pipe 61, a solenoid valve 63 and a spray head 62. The nozzle 62 is disposed on the upper portion of the camera and faces the window 2111 of the camera to spray water to the camera window 2111, thereby improving the effect of the cleaning element 20 brushing the window 2111. The water pipe is connected to the nozzle 62 to provide water to the nozzle 62, and the solenoid valve 63 is connected to the water pipe at one end and the nozzle 62 at the other end to control the water flow into the nozzle 62. It is to be understood that the present invention is not limited to the specific form of the water spray assembly 60 as long as water spray toward the camera window 2111 can be achieved.

Further, the cleaning device 100 further comprises a sewage bin 70, wherein the sewage bin 70 is disposed below the camera 200, so that after the water spraying assembly 60 sprays water towards the view window 2111 of the camera 200 for cleaning, sewage flows to the sewage bin 70 under the action of gravity, so that the sewage is collected by the sewage bin 70, and the sewage flows out directionally. It should be noted that, in order to discharge the sewage in the sewage chamber 70 in time, the sewage chamber 70 is further provided with a sewage discharge pipe 71 to prevent the sewage chamber 70 from accumulating too much sewage. Meanwhile, an overflow hole 72 is formed, so that excessive accumulated water is avoided, and the load of the camera 200 is increased. It is worth mentioning that, in the present embodiment, the sewage chamber 70 is integrally formed with the base 10.

The utility model also provides a camera 200, which comprises a camera 200 body 210 and the cleaning device 100, wherein the camera 200 body 210 comprises a window 2111, the base 10 is fixedly arranged on the camera 200 body 210, and the cleaning piece 20 abuts against the window 2111. By providing the camera 200 with the cleaning device 100, when the camera 200 is used in an environment with a high degree of contamination, the cleaning device 100 can brush the window 2111 of the camera 200 to ensure the image capturing effect of the camera 200.

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

The above examples only show some embodiments of the present invention, and the description thereof is more specific and detailed, but not to be construed as limiting the scope of the utility model. 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

1. A cleaning device for cleaning a viewing window of a camera, comprising:

a base (10);

a cleaning member (20), the cleaning member (20) being adapted to abut against a view window (2111) of the camera;

the swinging component (30), the swinging component (30) is rotatably arranged on the base (10); and

driving motor (40), driving motor (40) set up in swing subassembly (30), including first output (41) and second output (42), first output (41) connect in cleaning member (20) are in order to drive cleaning member (20) are rotatory, second output (42) connect in swing subassembly (30) are used for the drive swing subassembly (30) rotate, in order to drive cleaning member (20) swing.

2. The cleaning apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said oscillating assembly (30) comprises:

a first link (31), one end of the first link (31) is rotatably arranged on the base (10), and the other end of the first link (31) is provided with a first point (311);

one end of the second connecting rod (32) is rotatably connected to the first point (311), a transmission member (50) is arranged at the other end of the second connecting rod (32), and the second output end (42) is connected to the transmission member (50) so as to drive the second connecting rod (32) to rotate around the first point (311); and

a third link (33), one end of the third link (33) is rotatably disposed on the base (10), the other end of the third link has a second point (331), the second point (331) is rotatably connected to the transmission member (50), and the driving motor (40) is mounted on the third link (33).

3. The cleaning device according to claim 2, wherein the transmission member (50) comprises a gear portion (51), the second output end (42) is connected to the gear portion (51) in a meshing manner, the gear portion (51) can drive the second link (32) to rotate, and the third link (33) is rotatably connected to the gear portion (51).

4. The cleaning device according to claim 3, wherein the transmission member (50) further comprises a rotation shaft portion (52), one end of the rotation shaft portion (52) is connected to the gear portion (51), and the other end is connected to the second link (32) so as to rotate the second link (32) when the gear portion (51) rotates.

5. The cleaning device according to claim 4, wherein the second link (32) has a catch (321);

the swing assembly (30) further comprises a connecting piece (34), the connecting piece (34) is fixedly connected with the transmission piece (50), the connecting piece (34) is provided with a first end (341) and a second end (342), the first end (341) is inserted into the clamping groove (321) to drive the second connecting rod (32) to rotate, and the second end (342) is rotatably connected with the third connecting rod (33).

6. The cleaning apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein the third link (33) has a mounting portion (332), and the driving motor (40) is mounted to the mounting portion (332).

7. The cleaning apparatus as claimed in any of claims 1 to 6, wherein the drive motor (40) is a two-shaft motor.

8. The cleaning apparatus as claimed in any of claims 1-6, further comprising a water spray assembly (60), the water spray assembly (60) being mountable to the camera for spraying water towards the window (2111).

9. The cleaning device according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that it further comprises a sewage chamber (70), said sewage chamber (70) being arranged in said base (10) for receiving the sewage flowing down the window (2111) of the camera.

10. A camera, characterized in that it comprises a camera body (210) and a cleaning device according to any one of claims 1 to 9, the camera body (210) comprising a window (2111), the base (10) being fixed to the camera body (210) and the cleaning element (20) abutting against the window (2111).