CN218215804U - Charging mechanism and robot workstation - Google Patents

Abstract

The application belongs to the technical field of robot charging, and provides a charging mechanism which comprises a fixed frame, a charging pole piece, a protective cover and an elastic piece; the fixed frame is provided with a movable opening; the charging pole piece is connected with the fixed frame and is arranged corresponding to the movable opening; the protective cover is movably connected with the fixed frame, penetrates through the movable opening and can move in a telescopic manner at the movable opening so as to cover the charging pole piece or expose the charging pole piece out of the movable opening; the elastic piece is connected with the protective cover. The application also provides a robotic workstation comprising a charging mechanism; the application provides a mechanism of charging's the pole piece that charges and the mouthful butt joint in-process that charges of robot, the protection casing is under the robot roof pressure, through the expansion joint withdrawal, makes the pole piece that charges expose to can dock with the mouth that charges of robot, the resilience force of elastic component makes protection casing and robot butt, with covering the pole piece that charges, makes the pole piece that charges not expose, effectively avoids the user carelessly or child curiously touching the pole piece that charges and take place to electrocute the phenomenon.

Description

Charging mechanism and robot workstation

Technical Field

The application belongs to the technical field of robot charging, and particularly relates to a charging mechanism and a robot workstation.

Background

The intelligent cleaning robot is an intelligent hardware product which can realize automatic sweeping, dust absorption and mopping functions, has the advantages of high cleaning efficiency, good cleaning effect and the like, gradually replaces manpower, and is suitable for various indoor environments, such as markets, office buildings, walkways, hotels and the like.

The robot workstation is used for carrying out operations such as blowdown, liquid feeding and charging to intelligent cleaning robot, realizes unmanned operation to intelligent cleaning robot. When the intelligent cleaning robot is charged in a traditional robot workstation, the part of a charging pole piece is exposed, and the electric shock phenomenon can occur when a user carelessly touches the intelligent cleaning robot or a child curiously touches the intelligent cleaning robot, so that great potential safety hazards exist.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

An object of the embodiment of the application is to provide a charging mechanism to solve the technical problem that when a robot workstation in the prior art charges an intelligent cleaning robot, part of a charging pole piece is exposed, and the electric shock phenomenon can happen if a user carelessly touches the intelligent cleaning robot or a child curiously touches the intelligent cleaning robot.

In order to achieve the purpose, the technical scheme adopted by the application is as follows: provided is a charging mechanism including:

the device comprises a fixed frame, a charging pole piece, a protective cover and an elastic piece; the fixed frame is provided with a movable opening; the charging pole piece is connected with the fixed frame and is arranged corresponding to the movable opening; the protective cover is movably connected with the fixed frame, penetrates through the movable opening and can move in a telescopic manner at the movable opening so as to cover the charging pole piece or expose the charging pole piece out of the movable opening; the elastic piece is connected with the protective cover and used for driving the protective cover to reset.

The application provides a charging mechanism's beneficial effect lies in: compared with the prior art, the utility model provides an in the mouth butt joint in-process that charges of charging mechanism's the pole piece and robot, the protection casing is under the robot roof pressure, through the expansion gap withdrawal, make the pole piece that charges expose, with can with the mouth butt joint that charges of robot, at protection casing withdrawal in-process, protection casing effect elastic component produces elastic deformation, the resilience force of elastic component makes the protection casing can keep the state of stretching out, make protection casing and robot butt, in order to cover the pole piece that charges, make the pole piece that charges not expose, effectively avoid the user carelessly or child curiosity touching the pole piece that charges and take place the electric shock phenomenon, be favorable to improving the security, reduce the potential safety hazard.

Optionally, a circle of sealing burrs is arranged on the fixed frame corresponding to the periphery of the movable opening, and the sealing burrs are in close contact with the outer wall of the protective cover.

Optionally, the protection cover further comprises a flexible sleeve, and the flexible sleeve is connected to one end, far away from the fixed frame, of the protection cover.

Optionally, fixed frame includes housing and backup pad, the housing with the backup pad is connected to enclose and establish into accommodation space, the pole piece that charges is located outside the accommodation space, the activity mouth is located in the backup pad, the protection casing can warp the activity mouth retracts to in the accommodation space or stretch out to outside the accommodation space.

Optionally, fixed frame still includes mounting panel and connecting piece, the mounting panel is located activity mouth department, the connecting piece is connected the mounting panel reaches the housing, the one end of the pole piece that charges is connected the mounting panel, the protection casing cover is located the mounting panel.

Optionally, the device further comprises a guide shaft, wherein the guide shaft is connected with the fixed frame; the protection casing slides and sets up on the guiding axle, in order to follow the axial concertina movement of guiding axle, the elastic component cover is established on the guiding axle, the both ends of elastic component butt respectively the protection casing reaches fixed frame.

Optionally, a sleeve is movably sleeved on the guide shaft, a transfer block is arranged on the protective cover, and the transfer block is sleeved on the sleeve and connected with the sleeve.

Optionally, the protection cover further comprises a position detection assembly, wherein the position detection assembly is used for detecting the position of the protection cover.

Optionally, the position detecting assembly includes a detecting element and a detected element, one of the detecting element and the detected element is disposed on the fixing frame, the other of the detecting element and the detected element is disposed on the protective cover, and the detecting element is configured to sense a signal of the detected element.

The application also provides a robot workstation, which comprises the charging mechanism of any one of the preceding items.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application, the drawings required to be used in the embodiments or the prior art description will be briefly described below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present application, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings may be obtained according to these drawings without inventive labor.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a charging mechanism according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 2 is a rear view of the charging mechanism shown in fig. 1, in which the housing is omitted;

fig. 3 is an exploded view of the charging mechanism shown in fig. 1.

Wherein, in the figures, the respective reference numerals:

10. a fixed frame; 11. a movable opening; 12. a housing; 13. a support plate; 14. an accommodating space; 15. a fixed block; 16. a reinforcing frame; 17. sealing the hair; 18. mounting a plate; 180. a card slot; 19. a connecting member; 20. charging the pole piece; 30. a guide shaft; 31. a socket; 40. a protective cover; 41. a transfer block; 50. an elastic member; 60. a flexible sleeve; 70. a detection member; 80. the detected piece is detected.

Detailed Description

In order to make the technical problems, technical solutions and advantageous effects to be solved by the present application clearer, the present application is further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the present application and are not intended to limit the present application.

It will be understood that when an element is referred to as being "secured to" or "disposed on" another element, it can be directly on the other element or be indirectly on the other element. When an element is referred to as being "connected to" another element, it can be directly connected to the other element or be indirectly connected to the other element.

It will be understood that the terms "length," "width," "upper," "lower," "front," "rear," "left," "right," "vertical," "horizontal," "top," "bottom," "inner," "outer," and the like, as used herein, refer to an orientation or positional relationship indicated in the drawings that is solely for the purpose of facilitating the description and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element being referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and thus should not be considered as limiting the present application.

Furthermore, the terms "first", "second" and "first" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of that feature. In the description of the present application, "a plurality" means two or more unless specifically limited otherwise.

Referring to fig. 1 to fig. 3, a charging mechanism according to an embodiment of the present application will be described. The charging mechanism is applied to a robot workstation, and the robot workstation is used for carrying out operations such as pollution discharge, liquid adding and charging on the robot.

Referring to fig. 1 and fig. 2, the charging mechanism includes a fixing frame 10, a charging pole piece 20, a protective cover 40 and an elastic element 50. The fixed frame 10 is provided with a movable opening 11. The charging pole piece 20 is connected with the fixed frame 10 and arranged corresponding to the movable opening 11, and at least part of the charging pole piece 20 is arranged outside the fixed frame 10. The protective cover 40 is movably connected with the fixed frame 10, movably penetrates through the movable opening 11, and can move in a telescopic manner in the movable opening 11 to cover the charging pole piece 20 or expose the charging pole piece 20 out of the movable opening 11. The elastic member 50 is connected to the shield 40 for driving the shield 40 to be restored.

When the charging mechanism charges the robot, in the butt joint process of the charging pole piece 20 of the charging mechanism and the charging port of the robot, the robot pushes the protective cover 40, the protective cover 40 retracts through the movable port 11 under the pushing of the robot, so that the charging pole piece 20 is exposed out of the movable port 11, and can be in butt joint with the charging port of the robot, in the retraction process of the protective cover 40, the protective cover 40 acts on the elastic piece 50, so that the elastic piece 50 generates elastic deformation, the elastic piece 50 provides resilience force for driving the protective cover 40 to reset, so that the protective cover 40 can keep in an extending state, so that the protective cover 40 is in butt joint with the robot, thereby covering the charging pole piece 20, and enabling the charging pole piece 20 not to be exposed.

The application provides a charging mechanism, compared with the prior art, the mechanism charges pole piece 20 and the mouthful butt joint in-process that charges of robot at charging mechanism of this application, protection casing 40 is under the robot roof pressure, through activity mouthful 11 retractions, make charging pole piece 20 expose, with the mouthful butt joint that charges that can with the robot, at protection casing 40 withdrawal in-process, protection casing 40 effect elastic component 50 produces elastic deformation, elastic component 50's resilience makes protection casing 40 can keep the state of stretching out, make protection casing 40 and robot butt, with covering charging pole piece 20, make charging pole piece 20 not expose, effectively avoid the user carelessness or the curious touching charging pole piece 20 of child and take place the electric shock phenomenon, be favorable to improving the security, reduce the potential safety hazard.

In another embodiment of the present application, the fixing frame 10 includes a casing 12 and a supporting plate 13, the casing 12 is connected to the supporting plate 13 and cooperatively enclosed to form an accommodating space 14, the movable opening 11 is disposed on the supporting plate 13, the charging pole piece 20 is disposed outside the accommodating space 14, and the protective cover 40 can be retracted into the accommodating space 14 or extended out of the accommodating space 14 through the movable opening 11.

Further, the fixing frame 10 further includes two fixing blocks 15, the two fixing blocks 15 are respectively connected to the bottoms of the two opposite ends of the supporting plate 13, and the fixing blocks 15 are used for being connected with the casing of the robot workstation, so that the whole charging mechanism is mounted on the casing of the robot workstation.

Further, the fixed frame 10 further includes a reinforcing frame 16, the reinforcing frame 16 is disposed on a side of the support plate 13 facing the accommodating space 14, and the movable opening 11 penetrates through the reinforcing frame 16.

In some embodiments, the fixed frame 10 is provided with a ring of seal bristles 17 corresponding to the peripheral side of the movable opening 11, and the seal bristles 17 are in close contact with the outer wall of the protection cover 40. During the telescopic movement of the protective cover 40, the sealing bristles 17 are in close contact with the protective cover 40 in the whole process, so that dust and impurities are effectively prevented from entering the accommodating space 14, and further the dust and the impurities are effectively prevented from entering the inside of the robot workstation. Further, a sealing bead 17 is provided on the inner ring of the reinforcing frame 16.

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 2 and fig. 3, the fixing frame 10 further includes a mounting plate 18 and a connecting member 19, the mounting plate 18 is disposed at the movable opening 11, the connecting member 19 connects the mounting plate 18 and the housing 12, one end of the charging pole piece 20 is connected to the mounting plate 18, and the protective cover 40 covers the mounting plate 18. Specifically, both ends of the connecting member 19 are connected to the side of the mounting plate 18 facing the accommodating space 14 and the inner wall of the housing 12, respectively.

Furthermore, a clamping groove 180 is formed in the mounting plate 18, and one end of the charging pole piece 20 is inserted into the clamping groove 180. Further, the one end that the electrode slice inserted in draw-in groove 180 is provided with the inserted block, and the bottom that mounting panel 18 corresponds draw-in groove 180 is equipped with the jack that supplies the inserted block, and the one end that inserts in draw-in groove 180 of pole piece 20 that charges still with mounting panel 18 screwed connection, is favorable to strengthening the stability that pole piece 20 and mounting panel 18 are connected of charging.

It should be noted that, the number of the charging pole pieces 20 is two, and two charging pole pieces 20 are arranged in parallel at intervals, where one charging pole piece 20 is a positive electrode, and the other charging pole piece 20 is a negative electrode.

In some embodiments, the charging mechanism further comprises a guide shaft 30, the guide shaft 30 being connected with the fixed frame 10. The protection cover 40 is slidably provided on the guide shaft 30 to be capable of telescopic movement in the axial direction of the guide shaft 30. It is understood that the protection cover 40 can be retracted into the accommodating space 14 or extended out of the accommodating space 14 through the movable opening 11 in the axial direction of the guide shaft 30. In the process of telescopic movement of the protection cover 40, the protection cover 40 is guided by the guide shaft 30, which is beneficial to ensuring the stability of the protection cover 40.

Further, a guide shaft 30 is disposed in the accommodating space 14, and both ends of the guide shaft 30 are connected to the support plate 13 and the housing 12, respectively. Specifically, one end of the guide shaft 30 is inserted into the support plate 13, and one end of the guide shaft 30 inserted into the support plate 13 is further screwed into the support plate 13. The other end of the guide shaft 30 is inserted into the housing 12, and the end of the guide shaft 30 inserted into the housing 12 is further connected with the support plate 13 by screws.

Optionally, the guiding shaft 30 is movably sleeved with a sleeve 31, the sleeve 31 is disposed in the accommodating space 14, the outer wall of the protective cover 40 is provided with a transfer block 41, the transfer block 41 is disposed in the accommodating space 14, and the transfer block 41 is sleeved on the sleeve 31 and connected to the sleeve 31. Optionally, the socket 31 is a linear bearing, and the adaptor block 41 is screwed with the socket 31.

Specifically, in the present embodiment, the number of the guide shafts 30 is two, two guide shafts 30 are respectively disposed on two opposite sides of the protection cover 40, and the two guide shafts 30 are disposed in parallel. Through setting up two guiding axles 30, be favorable to improving the stability to protection casing 40 direction, effectively prevent that protection casing 40 from taking place the skew when flexible removal.

The elastic element 50 is disposed in the accommodating space 14, the elastic element 50 is sleeved on the guide shaft 30, and two ends of the elastic element 50 are respectively abutted against the protection cover 40 and the fixed frame 10. Further, two ends of the elastic element 50 respectively abut against the socket 31 and the housing 12. Thus, during the retraction of the shield 40, the shield 40 acts on the elastic member 50, so that the elastic member 50 is compressed and deformed, i.e., the elastic member 50 is compressed.

Alternatively, the elastic member 50 is a coil spring.

Specifically, in the present embodiment, the number of the elastic members 50 is two, and the two elastic members 50 are respectively sleeved on the two guide shafts 30. Through setting up two elastic component 50, be favorable to improving the effort that the drive protection casing 40 stretches out to guarantee that robot and charging mechanism after-separating, protection casing 40 can stretch out fast, in order to cover electrode slice 20.

In some embodiments, the charging mechanism further includes a flexible sleeve 60, the flexible sleeve 60 is connected to one end of the protection cover 40 far away from the fixed frame 10, and in the process of charging the robot by the charging mechanism, the flexible sleeve 60 is tightly attached to the robot, which is beneficial to improving the sealing performance between the protection cover 40 and the robot, that is, the charging pole piece 20 is covered and protected by the protection cover 40, the flexible sleeve 60 and the robot, which is beneficial to further improving the safety.

Further, the flexible sleeve 60 is a soft rubber sleeve.

In another embodiment of this application, the mechanism of charging still includes position detection subassembly, and position detection subassembly is used for detecting the position of protection casing 40, and position detection subassembly is connected with the controller electricity on the robot workstation, and the controller on the robot workstation is through the testing result who obtains position detection subassembly to judge the position that detects protection casing 40, and then judge whether the mechanism of charging docks with the robot mouth that charges successfully, judges the butt joint state that charges promptly.

Further, the position detecting assembly includes a detecting member 70 and a detected member 80, one of the detecting member 70 and the detected member 80 is disposed on the fixing frame 10, the other of the detecting member 70 and the detected member 80 is disposed on the protection cover 40, and the detecting member 70 is used for sensing a signal of the detected member 80. Specifically, the detection piece 70 is electrically connected to a controller on the robot workstation, and the controller on the robot workstation senses a result by acquiring a signal of the detection piece 70 to determine the position of the protective cover 40, and further determine whether the charging mechanism is successfully docked with the robot charging port.

Specifically, in this embodiment, the detecting element 70 is a hall sensor and is disposed on the housing 12, the detected element 80 is a magnet and is disposed on the side wall of the housing 12 close to the guide shaft 30, and the hall sensor is used for sensing the magnetic field of the magnet.

Specifically, in the process that the protection cover 40 retracts along the guide shaft 30 in the axial direction of the movable opening 11, when the hall sensor senses the magnetic field signal of the magnet, the controller on the robot workstation judges that the protection cover 40 has retracted to the preset position, which indicates that the charging mechanism is successfully butted with the charging opening of the robot, and the charging can be carried out. In the process that the protective cover 40 extends out of the movable opening 11 along the axial direction of the guide shaft 30, when the hall sensor does not sense the magnetic field signal of the magnet, the controller on the robot workstation judges that the protective cover 40 is reset, and the charging pole piece 20 of the charging mechanism is separated from the charging opening of the robot, so that charging is completed.

The application still provides a robot workstation, and the mechanism ware that charges includes above-mentioned mechanism of charging, and the robot workstation is used for the operation of charging to the robot. In this embodiment the robot is a cleaning robot, whereby the robot workstation is used for performing operations such as draining and filling of liquids to the robot

When the robot workstation charges the robot, the robot workstation comprises the following steps:

1. in the process of butting the charging pole piece 20 of the charging mechanism with the charging port of the robot, the robot approaches the robot workstation and pushes against the protective cover 40, and the protective cover 40 retracts along the axial direction of the guide shaft 30 under the pushing action of the robot, namely, part of the protective cover 40 retracts into the accommodating space 14 through the movable port 11, so that the charging pole piece 20 is exposed and is butted with the charging port of the robot. When the detection piece 70 senses the signal of the detected piece 80, the controller on the robot workstation judges that the protective cover 40 is retracted to the preset position, the charging mechanism is successfully butted with the charging port of the robot, and the controller controls the robot workstation to electrify the charging pole piece 20 and start to charge the robot.

2. In the retraction process of the protection cover 40, the protection cover 40 acts on the elastic part 50, so that the elastic part 50 generates elastic deformation, the elastic part 50 provides resilience force for driving the protection cover 40 to reset, the protection cover 40 can keep an extending state, and the flexible sleeve 60 is tightly attached to the robot in a sealing manner, so that the protection of the charging pole piece 20 is realized through the matching of the protection cover 40, the flexible sleeve 60 and the robot, and the charging pole piece 20 is not exposed.

3. When the robot is fully charged, the robot sends a charging completion signal, the robot is far away from the charging mechanism, a charging port of the robot is separated from a charging pole piece 20 of the charging mechanism, the protective cover 40 extends out under the resilience of the spring, and when the detection piece 70 does not sense the signal of the detected piece 80, the controller on the robot workstation judges that the protective cover 40 is reset and cuts off the power of the charging pole piece 20, namely, the charging operation of the robot is completed.

The utility model provides a robot workstation, the mouth butt joint in-process that charges of charging mechanism's pole piece 20 and robot, protection casing 40 is under the robot roof pressure, through activity mouth 11 retractions, make pole piece 20 expose that charges, with the mouth butt joint that charges of robot, in the retraction in-process of protection casing 40, protection casing 40 effect elastic component 50 produces elastic deformation, elastic component 50's resilience makes protection casing 40 can keep the state of stretching out, make protection casing 40 and robot butt, with covering pole piece 20 that charges, make pole piece 20 that charges not expose, effectively avoid the user carelessly or child curiously touch pole piece 20 that charges and take place the electric shock phenomenon, be favorable to improving the security, reduce the potential safety hazard.

The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present application and should not be taken as limiting the present application, and any modifications, equivalents, improvements, etc. made within the spirit and principle of the present application should be included in the protection scope of the present application.

Claims (10)

1. A charging mechanism is characterized by comprising a fixed frame, a charging pole piece, a protective cover and an elastic piece; the fixed frame is provided with a movable opening; the charging pole piece is connected with the fixed frame and is arranged corresponding to the movable port; the protective cover is movably connected with the fixed frame, penetrates through the movable opening and can move in a telescopic manner at the movable opening so as to cover the charging pole piece or expose the charging pole piece out of the movable opening; the elastic piece is connected with the protective cover and used for driving the protective cover to reset.

2. The charging mechanism of claim 1, wherein: the fixed frame is provided with a circle of sealing hair corresponding to the periphery of the movable opening, and the sealing hair is in close contact with the outer wall of the protective cover.

3. The charging mechanism of claim 1, wherein: the protective cover is connected to one end, far away from the fixed frame, of the protective cover.

4. The charging mechanism of claim 1, wherein: fixed frame includes housing and backup pad, the housing with the backup pad is connected to enclose and establish into accommodation space, the pole piece that charges is located outside the accommodation space, the activity mouth is located in the backup pad, the protection casing can warp the activity mouth retracts to in the accommodation space or stretch out to outside the accommodation space.

5. The charging mechanism of claim 4, wherein: fixed frame still includes mounting panel and connecting piece, the mounting panel is located activity mouth department, the connecting piece is connected the mounting panel reaches the housing, the one end of the pole piece that charges is connected the mounting panel, the protection casing cover is located the mounting panel.

6. The charging mechanism of claim 1, wherein: the guide shaft is connected with the fixed frame; the protection casing slides and sets up on the guiding axle, in order to follow the axial concertina movement of guiding axle, the elastic component cover is established on the guiding axle, the both ends of elastic component butt respectively the protection casing reaches fixed frame.

7. The charging mechanism of claim 6, wherein: the guide shaft is movably sleeved with a sleeve-joint piece, the protective cover is provided with a switching block, and the switching block is sleeved on the sleeve-joint piece and is connected with the sleeve-joint piece.

8. The charging mechanism of claim 1, wherein: still include position detection subassembly, position detection subassembly is used for detecting the position of protection casing.

9. The charging mechanism of claim 8, wherein: the position detection assembly comprises a detection piece and a detected piece, one of the detection piece and the detected piece is arranged on the fixed frame, the other of the detection piece and the detected piece is arranged on the protective cover, and the detection piece is used for sensing a signal of the detected piece.

10. A robotic workstation comprising a charging mechanism as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 9.

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