CN218552251U - Base station and cleaning system - Google Patents

Abstract

The application discloses a base station and a cleaning system, wherein the base station comprises a base body, a clean water tank, a sewage tank and a light indicating device, wherein the clean water tank is arranged on the base body; the sewage tank is arranged on the seat body; the light indicating device is arranged at the top of the seat body and used for indicating the water volume of at least one of the clean water tank and the sewage tank. This application is through setting up light indicating device in the top of pedestal to make light indicate no line of sight blind area, make the user can see light indicating device's light from all directions more easily directly perceivedly, thereby grasp the water yield condition in clear water tank and/or the sewage case.

Description

Base station and cleaning system

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of household cleaning equipment, in particular to a base station and a cleaning system.

Background

In the related art, a base station used in cooperation with a cleaning robot can clean a mopping part on the cleaning robot or supply water to the mopping part or a clean water tank of the cleaning robot through water discharged from a water tank, and meanwhile, the base station can also recover sewage collected during cleaning operation of the cleaning robot or sewage generated during cleaning of the mopping part of the cleaning robot.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The embodiment of the application provides a base station and a cleaning system, which can more intuitively see the water quantity condition in a water tank through a light indicating device at the top of the base station.

In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a base station, which includes a base, a clean water tank, a sewage tank, and a light indicating device, where the clean water tank is disposed on the base; the sewage tank is arranged on the seat body; the light indicating device is arranged at the top of the seat body and used for indicating the water volume of at least one of the clean water tank and the sewage tank.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present application further provides a cleaning system, which includes a cleaning robot and the base station described in any of the above embodiments, where the base station is used to charge the cleaning robot.

The beneficial effects of the embodiment of the application are as follows: this application sets up light indicating device in the top of pedestal for light indication does not have the line of vision blind area, and indicating effect is good, lets the user can see light indicating device's light from all directions more easily directly perceivedly, thereby masters the water yield condition in clear water case and/or the sewage case.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present application or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, 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 can be obtained according to the drawings without creative efforts.

Fig. 1 is a first perspective structure diagram of a base station according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a light strip module in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of a second perspective structure of a base station in another embodiment of the present application;

fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a third view of a base station in another embodiment of the present application;

fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a fourth perspective of a base station in another embodiment of the present application.

Reference numerals are as follows:

1. a base station; 10. a base body; 11. an accommodating chamber; 12. a first opening; 13. a cover body; 131. a connecting end; 132. a free end; 21. a clear water tank; 22. a sewage tank; 30. a light indicating device; 31. a lamp strip module; 311. a lamp bead; 321. a first region; 322. a second region; 41. a flow detection device; 42. a water level detector; 50. and (4) cleaning the tank.

Detailed Description

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present application or technical solutions in the related art, the following description will be clearly and completely described in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by a person skilled in the art without making creative efforts belong to the protection scope of the present invention.

In the related art, a base station used in cooperation with a cleaning robot generally has a water tank, for example, an automatic cleaning cloth machine can clean a cleaning part on the cleaning robot or supply water to the cleaning part or a clean water tank of the cleaning robot through water discharged from the water tank, and meanwhile, the base station can also recover sewage collected by the cleaning robot during cleaning operation or recover sewage generated by the cleaning part of the cleaning robot.

In view of the above situation, please refer to fig. 1, in a first aspect, the present application provides a base station 1, which includes a base 10, a clean water tank 21, a sewage tank 22, and a light indicating device 30, wherein the clean water tank 21 is disposed on the base 10; the sewage tank 22 is arranged on the seat body 10; a light indicating device 30 is disposed on the top of the housing 10, and the light indicating device 30 is used for indicating the amount of water in at least one of the clean water tank 21 and the dirty water tank 22.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 1, the light indication device 30 is located at the top of the base 10, so that the light indication has no blind area, the light indication can give a visual indication to the user, and the user can visually see the light of the light indication device 30 from various directions, so that the amount of water in the clean water tank 21 and/or the sewage tank 22 can be known according to the indication of the light. In addition, the clean water tank 21 may be provided with a water inlet to supply water into the clean water tank 21 through the water inlet, and the waste water tank 22 may be provided with a water outlet to pour out waste water through the water outlet.

It should be noted that, in the related art, some machines need a user to open a mobile phone APP to check the water volume in the water tank, or the water tank is made of a transparent material, the user needs to take out the water tank and then check the water volume in the water tank, but these ways are time-consuming and labor-consuming to check, and in the present application, the light indicating device 30 at the top of the base 10 can be checked in real time, so as to master the water volume condition in the clean water tank 21 and/or the sewage tank 22, and because the light indicating device 30 is located at the top of the base 10, the user can conveniently and intuitively see the display state of the light indicating device 30 from each direction, so as to know the water volume in the water tank of the base station 1, and can notice whether the water tank of the base station 1 needs to be replenished with clean water or to pour sewage at any time.

Referring to fig. 1, in some embodiments of the present disclosure, the base 10 has an accommodating cavity 11, the clean water tank 21 and the dirty water tank 22 are both located in the accommodating cavity 11, a first opening 12 communicated with the accommodating cavity 11 is disposed at a top of the base 10, the base 10 further includes a cover 13, the cover 13 is used for covering the first opening 12, the cover 13 has a connecting end 131 and a free end 132 opposite to the connecting end 131, the connecting end 131 is connected to the base 10, and the light indicating device 30 is located in a region of the base 10 close to the free end 132.

It should be noted that the receiving cavity 11 of the housing 10 can provide an installation space for the clean water tank 21 and the dirty water tank 22. The clean water tank 21 and the sewage tank 22 can be detachably connected with the side wall of the accommodating cavity 11, and when clean water needs to be filled, the clean water tank 21 can be taken out from the first opening 12; when dumping the sewage, the sewage tank 22 can be taken out from the first opening 12, which is more convenient for the user to fill and dump the water, and the first opening 12 can also facilitate the assembly and disassembly of the components in the seat 10. The connecting end 131 and the base 10 can be connected by a hinge, for example, a bearing, a hinge, etc., when the cover 13 is opened, the first opening 12 is also opened, and components such as the clean water tank 21 and the sewage tank 22 can be installed in the base 10; when the cover 13 is closed, dust can be prevented from entering the inside of the housing 10. Since the base station 1 is generally placed on the ground when in use, the cover 13 is disposed on the top of the base 10, which is more convenient for the user to open or close the cover 13. In addition, if the light indication device 30 is disposed on the cover 13, the position of the light indication device 30 may be affected by the cover 13 during movement, which may interfere with the user's viewing of the light indication; if the light indicator 30 is disposed in the area of the base 10 near the connecting end 131, the cover 13 will shield the light indicator 30 after being opened, so that the light indicator 30 is disposed in the area of the base 10 near the free end 132, and the opening and closing of the cover 13 will not interfere with the user's viewing of light.

Referring to fig. 1-2, in some embodiments of the present application, the light indicating device 30 includes a light strip module 31, where the light strip module 31 includes a plurality of light beads 311 arranged at intervals, and the plurality of light beads 311 are arranged linearly.

It should be noted that the plurality of light beads 311 are arranged linearly, so that a user can know the water volume condition clearly by looking at the light, and the plurality of light beads 311 can display various water volume states in the clean water tank 21 and/or the sewage tank 22 by different brightness or different colors, for example, the user can know whether the water volume in the clean water tank 21 is sufficient by observing how many light beads 311 are lighted, and then determine whether to add water into the clean water tank 21. In addition, the lamp beads 311 uniformly distributed on the top of the base 10 can more intuitively allow the user to clearly judge the water amount in the clean water tank 21 and/or the sewage tank 22, and timely replenish clean water or dump sewage.

Further, in some embodiments of the present application, the light indicating device 30 further includes a circuit board and a light guide (not shown in the drawings), the circuit board is installed on the seat body 10, and the lamp bead 311 is disposed on the circuit board and electrically connected to the circuit board; the light guide member covers the lamp bead 311.

It can be understood that the circuit board can provide electric power for the lamp beads 311, and the lamp beads 311 can be fixedly arranged on the circuit board, so that the wiring connection of the lamp beads 311 is facilitated, and the condition of poor contact caused by the looseness of the lamp beads 311 is also reduced; of course, the lamp beads 311 can also be detachably arranged on the circuit board, and when the lamp beads 311 are damaged, the user can replace the lamp beads 311 by himself, so that the replacement operation is simpler. When the light of lamp pearl 311 penetrated each light guide point on the leaded light spare, the light of reflection can be to each angle diffusion, then jets out from the leaded light spare, through various density on the leaded light spare, leaded light point not of uniform size to can make the more even the giving off of light that lamp pearl 311 sent.

Referring to fig. 3, in some embodiments of the present application, the base station 1 further includes a water amount detecting device (not shown) electrically connected to the light indicating device 30, the water amount detecting device includes a flow detecting device 41, the flow detecting device 41 is disposed downstream of the clean water tank 21, and the flow detecting device 41 is configured to detect the water output of the clean water tank 21.

It should be noted that the flow detection device 41 detects the water output of the clean water tank 21, and the existing water amount in the clean water tank 21 can be obtained by combining the original water amount in the clean water tank 21, so that the light indication device 30 can display different light states according to the water output data of the clean water tank 21 detected by the flow detection device 41, so that the user can determine the remaining water amount in the clean water tank 21. In general, the water in the clean water tank 21 becomes sewage into the sewage tank 22 after use, and the flow rate detecting device 41 can detect the water output of the clean water tank 21 to obtain the water input of the sewage tank 22. The flow detection device 41 may be a flow meter independent of the water pump, the water pump is used to pump out the water in the clean water tank 21, the flow detection device 41 may also be a water pump used to pump out the water in the clean water tank 21, and the water pump has a flow detection function.

It should be noted that a flow meter may be disposed at the water inlet of the waste water tank 22, and when waste water is introduced into the waste water tank 22, the flow meter may measure the specific water inlet amount of the waste water tank 22, so that the light indicator 30 may also display the amount of waste water in the waste water tank 22 according to the data of the flow meter.

Further, referring to fig. 3-4, in some embodiments of the present application, the water amount detecting device further includes a water level detector 42, the water level detector 42 is connected to the clean water tank 21, and the water level detector 42 is used for detecting the water level in the clean water tank 21.

It should be noted that, by providing the water level detector 42 on the basis of the flow rate detection device 41 to assist in detecting the water amount, the water amount detection can be made more accurate. Among them, for cost, the water level detector 42 may be a hall sensor, for example, one hall sensor is disposed at each of the upper portion, the middle portion and the lower portion of the clean water tank 21, and the specific liquid level height in the clean water tank 21 is measured by the hall sensor. In other embodiments, hall sensors may be provided only on the upper and lower portions of the clean water tank 21.

In other embodiments, a real-time liquid level detection device may be further disposed in the water tank to detect the water amount in the water tank in real time, and the light indication device 30 may perform light display according to a detection result of the real-time liquid level detection device.

Referring to fig. 3, in some embodiments of the present application, the light indicating device 30 has a first region 321 and a second region 322 (as shown in fig. 2), the light indicating device 30 includes a plurality of beads 311 arranged linearly, wherein a part of the beads 311 arranged in sequence is located in the first region 321, and the rest of the beads 311 are located in the second region 322; in the first state of the light indicating device 30, the lamp beads 311 in the first region 321 are displayed in a first color, and the lamp beads 311 in the second region 322 are displayed in a second color; when the water amount in the clean water tank 21 decreases by a predetermined volume, one light bead 311 in the first area 321 close to the second area 322 changes to the second color, and one light bead 311 in the second area 322 far from the first area 321 changes to the first color; in the first state, the water amount in the clean water tank 21 is less than the full water amount of the clean water tank 21 and greater than the difference between the full water amount of the clean water tank 21 and the predetermined volume.

It should be noted that, the maximum rated water storage volume of the clean water tank 21 is denoted as V, the number of the lamp beads 311 in the light indication device 30 is denoted as N, and the number of the lamp beads 311 in the first area 321 and the second area 322 of the light indication device 30 is the same, so that the water amount in the predetermined volume may be V/2N. When the water in the clean water tank 21 is just started to be used, the light indicating device 30 is in the first state, the lamp beads 311 in the first area 321 are in the first color, and the lamp beads 311 in the second area 322 are in the second color.

It should be noted that, in an embodiment, the clean water in the clean water tank 21 is pumped into the sewage tank 22 for storage after use, that is, the water output of the clean water tank 21 detected by the flow detection device 41 can also be used as the water input of the sewage tank 22. When the water level detector 42 detects that the clean water tank 21 is in a full water state, all the lamp beads 311 are displayed as blue, that is, the water in the clean water tank 21 is in an unused state; when the water in the clean water tank 21 begins to decrease, all the lamp beads 311 in the first area 321 display blue, and all the lamp beads 311 in the second area 322 display orange; when the water amount in the clean water tank 21 decreases by V/2N, one of the light beads 311 in the first area 321 close to the second area 322 becomes orange, and one of the light beads 311 in the second area 322 far from the first area 321 becomes blue, in this embodiment, the blue light bead 311 in the first area 321 may represent the water amount in the clean water tank 21, and the orange light bead 311 in the second area 322 may represent the water amount in the wastewater tank 22, and the switching between the first area 321 and the second area 322 represents the flow direction of the clean water, specifically, the arrangement direction of the light beads 311 in this embodiment may be the same as the arrangement direction of the clean water tank 21 and the wastewater tank 22, and more specifically, when the water amount in the clean water tank 21 decreases just before, the direction from the first area 321 to the second area 322 may be the same as the arrangement direction from the clean water tank 21 to the wastewater tank 22. Whenever the amount of water in the clean water tank 21 decreases by a predetermined volume, the first area 321 moves by the distance of one lamp bead 311 toward the direction in which the wastewater tank 22 is located as a whole.

When the water in the clean water tank 21 is completely consumed, all the lamp beads 311 in the first area 321 turn red, that is, when all the lamp beads 311 in the first area 321 display red, the light indicating device 30 reminds the user that no clean water exists in the clean water tank 21 and water needs to be supplemented; when the waste water tank 22 is in a full water state, all the lamp beads 311 in the second area 322 turn red, that is, when all the lamp beads 311 in the second area 322 display red, the light indicating device 30 reminds the user that the waste water in the waste water tank 22 is full and needs to be dumped. In some embodiments, when the water in the clean water tank 21 is completely consumed or the sewage tank 22 is in a full water state, all the lamp beads 311 of the first area 321 and the second area 322 are displayed in red, or when the base station 1 has an abnormal condition, for example, when any one of the clean water tank 21 and the sewage tank 22 is not in place, all the lamp beads 311 of the first area 321 and the second area 322 are displayed in red.

It should be noted that the blue, orange and red colors listed above are only one example, and in other examples, the water amount variation can be represented by using other colors, which is not limited herein.

In some embodiments of the present application, the light indicating device 30 is at least used for indicating the change of the water amount in the clean water tank 21, and the light indicating device 30 includes a plurality of linearly arranged lamp beads 311 (as shown in fig. 2); when the clean water tank 21 is full of water, all the lamp beads 311 are displayed in a first color; when the water amount in the clean water tank 21 decreases by a predetermined volume, one of the lamp beads 311 is switched from the first color to the second color or is turned off.

It should be noted that, if the maximum rated water storage volume of the clean water tank 21 is denoted as V, and the number of the lamp beads 311 in the light indicating device 30 is denoted as N, the water amount with the predetermined volume may be V/N. When the clean water tank 21 is in a full water state, all the lamp beads 311 are displayed as blue, that is, the water amount in the clean water tank 21 is in an unused state at the moment; when the water amount in the clean water tank 21 is reduced by V/N, one lamp bead 311 in the light indication device 30 becomes orange, or one lamp bead 311 in the light indication device 30 becomes off, that is, the remaining blue lamp bead 311 can represent the water amount in the clean water tank 21 at this time; when the water in the clean water tank 21 is completely consumed, all the lamp beads 311 turn red, so that the user is reminded that no clean water exists in the clean water tank 21 and water needs to be supplemented.

Similarly, the blue and red colors mentioned above are only an exemplary embodiment, and in other embodiments, the water amount variation can be represented by using other colors, which is not limited herein.

It will be appreciated that the base station 1 may display different colors through the light indicating device 30, so that the user can more clearly and intuitively know the amount of water in the clean water tank 21 and/or the waste water tank 22, and thus can replenish clean water and/or pour waste water more timely. In addition, the base station 1 may further include a voice prompt, when the water in the clean water tank 21 is completely consumed or the sewage tank 22 is full of water, a lamp bead 311 in the light indication device 30 lights a red light for reminding, and the voice prompt sends a sound indication for reminding at the same time, the light indication visually indicates the user, the sound indication indicates the user acoustically, and the light indication and the sound indication cooperate with each other to improve the indication effect, so that the user can replenish water in the clean water tank 21 or dump the sewage tank 22 more timely.

In some embodiments, the APP end of the mobile phone may also synchronously send a prompt message indicating the water volume condition to the user.

In a second aspect, the present application further provides a cleaning system, which includes a cleaning robot and the base station 1 described in any of the above embodiments, where the base station 1 is used to charge the cleaning robot, and the cleaning robot performs a cleaning function by completing charging in the base station 1.

Further, with continued reference to fig. 5, in some embodiments of the present disclosure, the cleaning robot further includes a cleaning cloth, the base station 1 further includes a cleaning tank 50, and the cleaning robot is configured to clean the cleaning cloth in the cleaning tank 50; wherein, the clean water tank 21 of the base station 1 is used for communicating with the cleaning tank 50 to provide clean water for the cleaning tank 50, and the sewage tank 22 of the base station 1 is used for communicating with the cleaning tank 50 to recycle the sewage generated by cleaning the cleaning cloth.

Specifically, the clean water tank 21 of the base station 1 may provide clean water for the cleaning tank 50 to clean dirty cleaning cloth, and the sewage after cleaning the cleaning cloth may be introduced into the sewage tank 22 for temporary storage, and the sewage is discharged and treated uniformly after the sewage in the sewage tank 22 is full, so as to save time for users.

It should be noted that the cleaning robot may also be provided with a first water tank for storing clean water and a second water tank for recovering sewage generated by the cleaning cloth, and the clean water stored in the first water tank may be used to provide clean water required in the cleaning process for the cleaning cloth. At this point, the clear water tank 21 of the base station 1 may be in communication with the first water tank to replenish the first tank with clear water; the waste water tank 22 of the base station 1 may also communicate with the second water tank to recover waste water in the second water tank. Of course, the cleaning robot may not be provided with a water tank, and the water tank is not specifically limited here and may be selected according to actual situations.

The same or similar reference numerals in the drawings of the present embodiment correspond to the same or similar components; in the description of the present application, it is to be understood that if there is an orientation or positional relationship indicated by the terms "upper", "lower", "left", "right", etc. based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, it is only for convenience of description and simplification of description, but it is not intended to indicate or imply that the components or elements referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed in a specific orientation, and be operated, and therefore, the terms describing the positional relationship in the drawings are only for illustrative purposes and are not to be construed as limitations of the present patent, and specific meanings of the above terms may be understood by those skilled in the art according to specific situations.

The present invention is not intended to be limited to the particular embodiments shown and described, but is to be accorded the widest scope consistent with the principles and novel features herein disclosed.

Claims (10)

1. A base station, comprising:

a base body;

the clear water tank is arranged on the seat body;

the sewage tank is arranged on the seat body;

and the light indicating device is arranged at the top of the seat body and is used for indicating the water volume of at least one of the clean water tank and the sewage tank.

2. The base station of claim 1, wherein the base body has an accommodating cavity, the clean water tank and the dirty water tank are both located in the accommodating cavity, a top of the base body is provided with a first opening communicated with the accommodating cavity, and the base body further comprises:

the cover body is used for covering the first opening and provided with a connecting end and a free end opposite to the connecting end, the connecting end is connected with the base body, and the light indicating device is located in an area, close to the free end, of the base body.

3. The base station of claim 1, wherein the light indicating device comprises:

the lamp belt module comprises a plurality of lamp beads arranged at intervals, and the lamp beads are arranged linearly.

4. The base station of claim 3, wherein the light indicating device further comprises:

the circuit board is arranged on the seat body, and the lamp beads are arranged on the circuit board and electrically connected with the circuit board;

and the light guide part is covered on the lamp bead.

5. The base station of claim 1, further comprising a water level detection device electrically connected to the light indication device, the water level detection device comprising:

and the flow detection device is arranged at the downstream of the clear water tank and is used for detecting the water yield of the clear water tank.

6. The base station of claim 5, wherein the water volume detecting device further comprises:

and the water level detector is connected with the clear water tank and is used for detecting the water level in the clear water tank.

7. The base station of claim 1, wherein the light indicating device has a first area and a second area, and the light indicating device comprises a plurality of linearly arranged light beads, wherein a part of the light beads arranged in sequence are located in the first area, and the rest of the light beads are located in the second area;

in a first state of the light indicating device, the lamp beads in the first area are displayed in a first color, and the lamp beads in the second area are displayed in a second color;

when the water quantity in the clean water tank is reduced by a preset volume, one of the lamp beads close to the second area in the first area changes to a second color, and one of the lamp beads far away from the first area in the second area changes to a first color;

in the first state, the water amount in the clean water tank is smaller than the full water amount of the clean water tank and larger than the difference between the full water amount of the clean water tank and the preset volume.

8. The base station of claim 1, wherein the light indicating device is at least used for indicating the change of the water amount in the clean water tank, and comprises a plurality of linearly arranged light beads;

when the clean water tank is full of water, all the lamp beads are displayed in a first color;

when the water quantity in the clean water tank is reduced by a preset volume, one lamp bead is switched to a second color or is switched off from the first color.

9. A cleaning system comprising a cleaning robot and the base station of any one of claims 1-8, the base station being configured to charge the cleaning robot.

10. The cleaning system of claim 9, wherein the cleaning robot further comprises a wipe, the base station further comprises a sink, the cleaning robot for cleaning the wipe within the sink;

the cleaning tank is used for being communicated with the cleaning tank to provide clean water for the cleaning tank, and the sewage tank of the base station is used for being communicated with the cleaning tank to recycle sewage generated by cleaning the cleaning cloth.

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