CN218391005U - Base station for cleaning robot - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model discloses a basic station for cleaning machines people belongs to cleaning device technical field, including basic station main part and base, basic station main part is equipped with sewage case and air pump, and the base is equipped with the washing tank, and the sewage incasement is equipped with into dirty mouthful and extraction opening, and the air pump passes through the air of extraction opening extraction sewage incasement and makes the foul solution in the washing tank flow into the sewage incasement through advancing dirty mouthful under the negative pressure effect, is equipped with the float in the sewage incasement, the float is equipped with and corresponds and be used for closing the seal of extraction opening when the liquid level height reaches the settlement position with the extraction opening, and the seal is equipped with and is used for preventing from advancing dirty mouthful dirty foul solution that flows into the sewage incasement and spatters into the structure that blocks of extraction opening. Utilize to block the structure and prevent from advancing dirty mouthful to flow into in the dirty liquid splash air bleed of sewage case, avoid dirty liquid to follow the air current of bleeding to flow into the inside output that leads to motor in the air pump of air pump because of rustting the locked-rotor condition that leads to the air pump that appears, guarantee the functional stability of air pump to the working property of guarantee basic station.

Description

Base station for cleaning robot

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a cleaning device technical field especially relates to a basic station for cleaning machines people.

Background

In recent years, various cleaning devices are more and more widely applied to daily life of people, and the cleaning devices reduce the daily cleaning workload of people and bring great convenience to the life of users. Some cleaning robots are equipped with a base station where the cleaning robot can perform the cleaning of the mop, battery charging, etc. To achieve automatic cleaning of the mop, the base station is generally provided with a clean water tank for supplying the liquid required for cleaning the mop and a foul water tank for collecting the foul liquid after cleaning has ended. The base station is internally provided with an air pump, the sewage tank is provided with an air pumping port communicated with the air pump, after the mopping piece is cleaned, the air pump works to pump out air in the sewage tank through the air pumping port so that the interior of the sewage tank is changed into a negative pressure state, and the cleaned sewage flows into the sewage tank through a pipeline under the action of negative pressure, so that the collection of the sewage is realized. However, flow into in the easy splash suction opening of dirty liquid in the sewage case and by in the suction air pump, the output that leads to motor in the air pump appears rusty condition easily after working a period, so can make the motor stifled and lead to the permanent inefficacy of air pump, the life of air pump is shorter, is unfavorable for guaranteeing the functional stability of basic station to be unfavorable for improving user's use and experiencing.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

In order to solve the shortcoming and the not enough that exist among the above-mentioned prior art, the utility model provides a basic station for cleaning robot, the seal of float sets up and blocks the structure, utilizes to block the structure and prevents from advancing the foul solution of dirty mouthful inflow sewage incasement and spatter into the extraction opening to avoid the foul solution to appear rustting the stifled condition of changeing by the inside motor that leads to the air pump that inhales the air pump.

In order to realize above-mentioned technical purpose, the utility model provides a base station for cleaning machines people, including base station main part and base, base station main part is equipped with sewage case and air pump, and the base is equipped with the washing tank, and the sewage incasement is equipped with the air suction opening that feeds through in the dirty mouthful of washing tank and feeds through in the air pump, and the air pump makes the foul solution in the washing tank flow into the sewage incasement through the air suction opening in the air suction opening air suction tank is under the negative pressure effect through the dirty mouthful inflow, and the sewage incasement is equipped with the float, the float is equipped with and corresponds and be used for closing the seal of air suction opening when the liquid level height reaches the settlement position with the air suction opening, and the seal is equipped with and is used for preventing from the dirty liquid that the dirty mouthful inflow sewage incasement splashes into the structure of air suction opening.

Preferably, the closed part is arranged above the air suction opening, and the blocking structure extends along a direction perpendicular to the closed part to separate the air suction opening and the dirt inlet.

Preferably, the bottom surface of the blocking structure is arranged lower than the air suction opening.

Preferably, the blocking structure comprises a first blocking sheet, and the first blocking sheet is arranged on one side, close to the sewage inlet, in the closed part.

Preferably, the blocking structure comprises a second blocking piece, and the second blocking piece is arranged on one side, facing the same direction as the dirt inlet, in the closed part.

Preferably, the sewage tank comprises a tank body and a tank cover for covering the tank body, the tank cover is provided with a blocking rib extending downwards, and at least part of the blocking rib is positioned between the sewage inlet and the air suction port to separate the sewage inlet and the air suction port.

Preferably, the bottom surface of the blocking rib is lower than the sewage inlet.

Preferably, the air pump is provided with an air inlet and an air outlet, and the air pump is vertically arranged in the base station main body, and the air inlet and the air outlet are arranged downwards.

Preferably, the air pump includes the pump case, locates the valve module in the pump case and is used for the motor of drive valve module, and the top of pump case is located to the motor, and the motor is equipped with the pivot of stretching into downwards in the pump case and being connected with the valve module transmission, and the pump case is equipped with the through-hole that supplies the pivot to pass, and the through-hole intussuseption is filled with waterproof grease.

Preferably, the sewage incasement is equipped with a supporting bench, and the float articulates in a supporting bench department, and a supporting bench is equipped with upwards extends and hollow first cylinder and second cylinder, advances dirty mouthful lateral part of locating first cylinder, and the top of second cylinder is located to the extraction opening, and advances dirty mouthful and be higher than the extraction opening.

After the technical scheme is adopted, the utility model has the advantages of as follows:

1. the utility model provides a basic station for cleaning machines people, the float sets up the enclosure that is used for closing the extraction opening, the enclosure sets up and blocks the structure, utilize and block the structure and prevent from advancing the foul solution that dirty mouthful flowed into the sewage incasement and spill into the extraction opening, avoid the foul solution to follow the air current of bleeding and flow in the inside output that makes the air pump motor in the air pump the rusty condition that wets appears, and then avoid the motor to lead to the condemned condition of air pump because of getting rusty the locked rotor appears, guarantee the functional stability of air pump, thereby guarantee the working property of basic station, be favorable to improving user's use and experience.

2. The closing part is arranged above the air suction opening, and the blocking structure extends along the direction perpendicular to the closing part, so that the air suction opening is positioned in the space enclosed by the closing part and the blocking structure, and the purpose of separating the air suction opening from the sewage inlet is realized. The reasonable setting blocks the structure for the concrete setting mode of sealing, makes extraction opening and dirty mouthful of advancing can separate through blocking the structure active area, from advancing dirty mouthful inflow and splash to blocking the structural dirty liquid of dirt and can be along blocking the structure downstream, is favorable to improving the effect that blocks of blocking the structure to dirty liquid.

3. The bottom surface of blocking structure is preferred to be less than the extraction opening setting, is favorable to further rationally improving the blocking structure to the effect that blocks of dirty liquid that flows into the sewage incasement from the dirty mouthful of advancing, avoids the dirty liquid that splashes to bypass easily and blocks the structure and spill into in the extraction opening.

4. The first separation blade that blocks the structure is located one side that is close to into dirty mouthful in the closure, and the second separation blade that blocks the structure is located in the closure and advances dirty mouthful one side unanimous towards, rationally sets up the concrete structure that blocks the structure and the concrete position of separation blade, makes the separation blade that blocks the structure can be abundant, effectual blocks the foul solution that splashes to the extraction opening.

5. The case lid sets up downwardly extending's fender muscle, and the at least part that keeps off the muscle is located into dirty mouthful and extraction opening between, utilizes to keep off the muscle further district and separates into dirty mouthful and extraction opening, keeps off the muscle and also has the effect of blockking to the dirty liquid that flows into the sewage incasement from advancing dirty mouthful, can further avoid the dirty liquid to spatter into in the extraction opening.

6. The bottom surface that keeps off the muscle is preferred to be less than into dirty mouthful setting, can rationally improve and keep off the muscle to the effect that blocks of dirty liquid that flows into the sewage incasement from advancing dirty mouthful, avoids the dirty liquid of advancing dirty mouthful splash-out to walk around easily and keep off the muscle and splash to the extraction opening.

7. The air pump adopts vertical layout's mode, and the air inlet and the gas outlet of air pump set up down, even have dirty liquid follow the air bleed air current through the extraction opening and flow in the chamber of air pump, also can in time discharge through the gas outlet, dirty liquid can't continue upwards flow to the output of motor, further avoids the motor output to appear rustting the circumstances of stifled commentaries on classics because of weing, further guarantees the functional stability of air pump to be favorable to guaranteeing the working property of basic station.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a base station according to an embodiment;

FIG. 2 is an enlarged view taken at A in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating the structure of a float in a base station according to an embodiment;

FIG. 4 is a view showing an internal structure of a sewage tank in a base station according to an embodiment;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of the sewage tank, the air pump and the cleaning tank in the base station according to the embodiment;

FIG. 6 is a schematic view of an exemplary base station with an air pump;

FIG. 7 is a view showing a partial internal structure of a sewage tank in the second base station according to the embodiment;

fig. 8 is a schematic diagram of an air pump in a three-base station of the embodiment.

In the figure, 100-base station body, 110-sewage inlet joint, 120-air suction joint, 130-sewage inlet pipeline, 140-air suction pipeline, 200-base, 210-cleaning tank, 300-sewage tank, 310-sewage inlet, 320-air suction opening, 330-tank body, 331-supporting table, 340-tank cover, 341-blocking rib, 351-first column, 352-second column, 353-elastic sleeve, 360-bracket, 400-air pump, 410-air inlet, 420-air outlet, 430-pump shell, 440-valve component, 450-motor, 451-rotating shaft, 460-waterproof grease, 500-floater, 510-sealing part, 520-blocking structure, 521-first blocking piece, 522-second blocking piece, 530-floating ball, 540-floating frame and 600-water purification tank.

Detailed Description

The invention will be further explained with reference to the drawings and the specific embodiments. It is to be understood that the following terms "upper," "lower," "left," "right," "longitudinal," "lateral," "inner," "outer," "vertical," "horizontal," "top," "bottom," and the like are used in an orientation or positional relationship relative to one another only as illustrated in the accompanying drawings and are used merely for convenience in describing and simplifying the invention, and do not indicate or imply that the device/component so referred to must have a particular orientation or be constructed and operated in a particular orientation and therefore should not be considered as limiting the invention.

Example one

As shown in fig. 1 to 6, a base station for a cleaning robot according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a base station main body 100 and a base 200, the base station main body 100 is provided with a sewage tank 300 and an air pump 400, the base 200 is provided with a cleaning tank 210, the sewage tank 300 is provided with a sewage inlet 310 communicated with the cleaning tank 210 and an air pumping port 320 communicated with the air pump 400, the air pump 400 pumps air in the sewage tank 300 through the air pumping port 320 to make the sewage in the cleaning tank 210 flow into the sewage tank 300 through the sewage inlet 310 under the negative pressure. The float 500 is provided in the waste water tank 300, the float 500 is provided with a closing portion 510 corresponding to the suction port 320 and closing the suction port 320 when the liquid level reaches a set position, and the closing portion 510 is provided with a blocking structure 520 for preventing the waste liquid flowing into the waste water tank 300 from the waste inlet 310 from splashing into the suction port 320.

Utilize to block the structure and prevent from advancing dirty mouthful to flow into the dirty liquid of sewage incasement and spatter into the extraction opening, avoid the dirty liquid to follow the air current of bleeding and flow into the inside output that makes the motor in the air pump of air pump and appear the rusty condition that wets, and then avoid the motor to appear stalling because of rustting and lead to the condemned condition of air pump, guarantee the functional stability of air pump to the working property of guarantee basic station is favorable to improving user's use and experiences.

With reference to fig. 4 and 5, in this embodiment, the wastewater tank 300 is detachably installed in the base station main body 100, the wastewater tank 300 includes a tank body 330 and a tank cover 340 for covering the tank body 330, a supporting platform 331 located at an upper portion of the tank body 330 is formed at a top side of an inward concave portion of a vertical sidewall of a corner portion of the tank body 330, the supporting platform 331 is provided with a first cylinder 351 and a second cylinder 352 which extend upwards and are hollow, the top end of the first cylinder 351 is closed, and the bottom end of the first cylinder 351 is open, the wastewater inlet 310 is formed at a side portion of the first cylinder 351 facing the center of the tank body 330, the top end of the second cylinder 352 is open, and the bottom end of the second cylinder 352 is open, and the pumping port 320 is formed at the top of the second cylinder 352. Specifically, the top surface of the first cylinder 351 is higher than the top surface of the second cylinder 352, and the dirt inlet 310 is disposed higher than the air suction opening 320.

Referring to fig. 2 and 3, the float 500 includes a floating ball 530 and a floating frame 540 connected together, a support 360 is disposed at the support platform 331, and the floating frame 540 is hinged to the support 360 through a hinge shaft hole matching structure. The sealing part 510 is plate-shaped, and the sealing part 510 is disposed on the top end of the floating frame 540 and above the air suction opening 320. When the liquid level in the waste water tank 300 reaches the upper limit liquid level, the floating ball 530 drives the floating frame 540 to tilt and swing so that the sealing part 510 is pressed against the top end of the second column 352, thereby achieving the purpose of closing the pumping opening 320 by the sealing part 510. In this embodiment, the elastic sleeve 353 is sleeved outside the second column 352, a part of the elastic sleeve 353 is located at the top of the second column 352, the sealing part 510 abuts against the elastic sleeve 353 when the air suction port 320 is closed, and the closing effect of the sealing part 510 on the air suction port 320 is improved through the soft contact matching between the sealing part 510 and the elastic sleeve 353.

The barrier 520 extends in a direction perpendicular to the plate-shaped enclosure portion 510, and the barrier 520 covers the suction opening 320 in combination with the enclosure portion 510 to partition the suction opening 320 and the soil inlet 310. In order to prevent the splashed dirty liquid from easily bypassing the barrier structure 520 and splashing into the pumping port 320, the bottom surface of the barrier structure 520 is disposed lower than the pumping port 320. In the present embodiment, since the first cylinder 351 and the second cylinder 352 are provided at one corner of the wastewater tank 300 and the wastewater inlet 310 is provided toward the vertical center of the tank body 330, wastewater flowing into the wastewater tank 300 from the wastewater inlet 310 is mainly discharged toward the center of the tank body 330. Based on this, the blocking structure 520 in this embodiment includes a first blocking piece 521 and a second blocking piece 522 which are perpendicular to each other, the first blocking piece 521 is disposed on a side of the closing portion 510 close to the dirt inlet 310, the second blocking piece 522 is disposed on a side of the closing portion 510 which is aligned with the dirt inlet 310, that is, the first blocking piece 521 is disposed on a side of the closing portion 510 facing the first cylinder 351, and the second blocking piece 522 is disposed on a side of the closing portion 510 facing the center of the box 330.

Referring to fig. 5, a dirt inlet joint 110 and an air exhaust joint 120 are fixedly disposed in the base station main body 100, the dirt inlet joint 110 is communicated with the cleaning tank 210 through a dirt inlet pipeline 130, and the air exhaust joint 120 is connected with an air pump 400 through an air exhaust pipeline 140. The air pump 400 is provided with an air inlet 410 and an air outlet 420, when the sump tank 300 is installed in the base station body 100, the dirt inlet joint 110 is inserted into the first cylinder 351 so that the dirt inlet 310 is communicated with the cleaning tank 210, the air exhaust joint 120 is inserted into the second cylinder 352 so that the air exhaust port 320 is communicated with the air inlet 410 of the air pump 400, and the air outlet 420 of the air pump 400 is communicated with the outside air. In this embodiment, the base 200 and the base station body 100 are detachably mounted together, and the cleaning tank 210 is detachably connected to and communicated with the end of the sewage inlet pipe 130.

Referring to fig. 6, the air pump 400 includes a pump case 430, a valve assembly 440 provided in the pump case 430, and a motor 450 for driving the valve assembly 440. In order to avoid the dirty liquid flowing into the pump case 430 to flow to the motor 450, in this embodiment, the air pump 400 is vertically disposed in the base station main body 100, the motor 450 is disposed at the top of the pump case 430, and the air inlet 410 and the air outlet 420 are disposed downward, so that even if the dirty liquid flows into the chamber of the air pump 400 through the air pumping port 320 along with the air flow, the dirty liquid can be discharged through the air outlet 420 in time, and the dirty liquid cannot flow upward to the output end of the motor 450, which causes the output end of the motor 450 to generate a rusty rotation blockage. The motor 450 is provided with a rotating shaft 451 which extends downwards into the pump case 430 and is in transmission connection with the valve assembly 440, and the motor 450 drives the valve assembly 440 to reciprocate through the rotating shaft 451, so that the valve assembly 440 performs repeated air suction movement.

In this embodiment, still be equipped with water purification case 600, liquid supply pipeline and water pump in the basic station main body 100, water purification case 600 demountable installation is in basic station main body 100, and the butt joint can be dismantled with water purification case 600 to the one end of liquid supply pipeline, the other end and the butt joint can be dismantled to base 200, and the water pump is located on the liquid supply pipeline. When the water pump is operated, the liquid in the clean water tank 600 flows to the wash bowl 210 through the liquid supply line to supply the liquid to the mop of the cleaning robot.

When the cleaning robot returns to the base station and needs to clean the mop, the water pump is operated to supply the clean water tank 600 with liquid through the liquid supply line to the wash bowl 210 for cleaning of the mop. After the cleaning is finished, the air pump 400 operates to discharge the air in the wastewater tank 300 through the suction port 320 and the suction pipe 140, the wastewater tank 300 is in a negative pressure state, and the wastewater in the cleaning tank 210 flows into the wastewater tank 300 through the wastewater inlet pipe 130 and the wastewater inlet 310 under the action of the negative pressure. Since the blocking structure 520 has a blocking effect on the dirty liquid flowing into the dirty water tank 300 from the dirty inlet 310, the splashed dirty liquid does not splash into the air pumping port 320, and even if the dirty liquid splashes into the air pumping port 320 and is sucked into the chamber of the air pump 400, the dirty liquid can be timely discharged through the air outlet 420 and does not flow upward to the rotating shaft 451 of the motor 450. After the liquid level in the wastewater tank 300 rises to a certain height, the floating ball 530 moves upward due to the buoyancy of the liquid, and the floating ball 530 drives the closing part 510 to move downward through the floating frame 540. When the liquid level in the wastewater tank 300 reaches the upper limit liquid level, the sealing part 510 closes the pumping port 320, so that the wastewater tank 300 cannot be in a negative pressure state even if the air pump 400 continues to operate, and the wastewater in the cleaning tank 210 cannot flow into the wastewater tank 300 under the action of the negative pressure.

It is understood that the pumping ports 320 may be located on the sides of the second column 352, in which case the top end of the second column 352 is closed. In order to ensure the blocking effect of the blocking structure 520 on the dirty liquid, the bottom surface of the blocking structure 520 is arranged lower than the lower edge of the suction opening 320.

It is understood that the top surface of the first cylinder 351 may be flush with the top surface of the second cylinder 352, or the top surface of the first cylinder 351 may be lower than the top surface of the second cylinder 352.

It is understood that the dirt inlet 310 and the air outlet 320 may be disposed at the same height, and the dirt inlet 310 may be disposed slightly lower than the air outlet 320.

It will be appreciated that a resilient tab may be used in place of the sleeve 353, and that the resilient tab may be bonded to the top surface of the secondary post 352 or to the bottom surface of the closure portion 510. Of course, the elastic sleeve 353 can be directly eliminated.

It should be understood that the specific structure of the blocking structure 520 is not limited to the first blocking plate 521 and the second blocking plate 522 described above and shown in the drawings, and the arrangement orientation and number of the blocking plates relative to the sealing portion 510 may be reasonably set according to the relative position relationship between the dirt inlet 310 and the air outlet 320 and the arrangement position of the dirt inlet and the air outlet in the box, for example, three blocking plates are arranged and located at three edges of the sealing portion, four blocking plates are arranged and located at four edges of the sealing portion 510, or the blocking plates are arranged in an arc-shaped sheet shape or a cylindrical shape.

It is understood that the structure of the air pump 400 can be referred to the prior art.

It will be appreciated that the cleaning robot may be configured with reference to existing cleaning robots with a mop.

It is to be understood that the air pump 400 may also be laterally disposed within the base station main body 100.

It will be appreciated that the clean water tank 600 may be eliminated and the base station positioned adjacent the water supply faucet with one end of the liquid supply line directly connected to the water supply faucet and the water pump activated to supply liquid to the sink directly through the liquid supply line when the mop is to be cleaned.

It will be appreciated that the bottom surface of the barrier structure is also below the pumping port 320 in the absence of the buoyancy of the liquid acting on the float ball 530.

Example two

Referring to fig. 7, in the present embodiment, the tank cover 340 is provided with a downwardly extending rib 341, and at least a part of the rib 341 is located between the dirty inlet 310 and the suction opening 320 to partition the dirty inlet 310 and the suction opening 320. Specifically, the blocking rib 341 is substantially U-shaped in cross section in the transverse direction, when the box cover 340 closes the box body 330, the top end of the first cylinder 351 is located in a space surrounded by the blocking rib 341 and a partial side wall of the box cover 340, and a part of the blocking rib 341 located between the first cylinder 351 and the second cylinder 352 is protruded downward and the bottom surface is lower than the dirt inlet 310, so that the dirt inlet 310 and the air suction opening 320 are further effectively separated. The bottom surface of the blocking rib 341 is lower than the dirt inlet 310, so that the blocking effect of the blocking rib 341 on the dirt liquid can be reasonably improved, and the dirt liquid splashed from the dirt inlet 310 is prevented from easily bypassing the blocking rib 341 and splashing to the air suction opening 320.

The other structures of the second embodiment are the same as those of the first embodiment, and are not described in detail here.

It is understood that the specific shape of the rib 341 is not limited to the above description and shown in the drawings, and may be provided in other reasonable configurations, such as a vertical plate shape, a cylindrical shape, etc.

EXAMPLE III

Referring to fig. 8, in the present embodiment, the pump housing 430 is provided with a through hole for the rotation shaft 451 to pass through, and the through hole is filled with waterproof grease 460. Specifically, the waterproof grease 460 is pasty and heat resistant. The waterproof grease 460 is used for blocking dirty liquid from flowing into the output end of the motor 450 from the through hole, and the output end of the motor 450 is prevented from being rusted due to damp.

The other structures of the third embodiment are the same as those of the first embodiment, and are not described in detail here.

It is understood that the waterproof grease 460 may be a paste-like waterproof grease which is heat resistant in the prior art.

It is to be understood that the air pump 400 may also be laterally disposed within the base station main body 100.

It is understood that the third embodiment can be combined with the second embodiment.

In addition to the above preferred embodiments, the present invention has other embodiments, and those skilled in the art can make various changes and modifications according to the present invention without departing from the spirit of the present invention, which should fall within the scope defined by the appended claims.

Claims (10)

1. A basic station for cleaning machines people, including basic station main body and base, the basic station main body is equipped with sewage case and air pump, and the base is equipped with the washing tank, and the sewage incasement is equipped with the dirty mouthful of advancing that communicates in the washing tank and communicates in the extraction opening of air pump, and the air pump extracts the gaseous dirty liquid that makes in the washing tank through the extraction opening and flows into the sewage incasement through advancing dirty mouthful under the negative pressure effect, is equipped with the float in the sewage incasement, its characterized in that, the float is equipped with and corresponds with the extraction opening and is used for closing the seal of extraction opening when the liquid level highly reaches the settlement position, and the seal is equipped with and is used for preventing from advancing dirty mouthful dirty liquid that flows into the sewage incasement and spatters into the structure that blocks of extraction opening.

2. The base station for a cleaning robot according to claim 1, wherein the closing portion is provided above the suction opening, and the blocking structure extends in a direction perpendicular to the closing portion to partition the suction opening and the soil inlet.

3. The base station for a cleaning robot of claim 2, wherein a bottom surface of the blocking structure is disposed lower than the suction opening.

4. The base station for a cleaning robot of claim 2, wherein the blocking structure comprises a first blocking piece, and the first blocking piece is arranged on one side of the closed part close to the dirt inlet.

5. The base station for a cleaning robot of claim 2, wherein the blocking structure comprises a second catch, the second catch being disposed on a side of the enclosure that is oriented in line with the dirt inlet.

6. The base station for a cleaning robot of claim 1, wherein the sewage tank comprises a tank body and a tank cover for covering the tank body, the tank cover is provided with a blocking rib extending downward, and at least a part of the blocking rib is located between the sewage inlet and the air suction port to separate the sewage inlet and the air suction port.

7. The base station for a cleaning robot of claim 6, wherein a bottom surface of the catch rib is disposed lower than the soil inlet.

8. The base station for a cleaning robot of claim 1, wherein the air pump is provided with an air inlet and an air outlet, the air pump is disposed upright in the base station body and the air inlet and the air outlet are disposed downward.

9. The base station for the cleaning robot as claimed in claim 8, wherein the air pump includes a pump housing, a valve assembly disposed in the pump housing, and a motor for driving the valve assembly, the motor is disposed on the top of the pump housing, the motor has a shaft extending downward into the pump housing and drivingly connected to the valve assembly, the pump housing has a through hole for the shaft to pass through, and the through hole is filled with waterproof grease.

10. The base station for a cleaning robot of claim 1, wherein the soil tank is provided therein with a support platform, the float is hinged to the support platform, the support platform is provided with a first cylinder and a second cylinder which extend upward and are hollow, the soil inlet is provided at a side portion of the first cylinder, the air exhaust port is provided at a top portion of the second cylinder, and the soil inlet is higher than the air exhaust port.

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