CN220024913U - Recovery bucket for surface cleaning equipment and surface cleaning equipment with recovery bucket - Google Patents

Recovery bucket for surface cleaning equipment and surface cleaning equipment with recovery bucket Download PDF

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CN220024913U
CN220024913U CN202221724526.0U CN202221724526U CN220024913U CN 220024913 U CN220024913 U CN 220024913U CN 202221724526 U CN202221724526 U CN 202221724526U CN 220024913 U CN220024913 U CN 220024913U
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
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    • A47L11/29Floor-scrubbing machines characterised by means for taking-up dirty liquid
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47LDOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L11/00Machines for cleaning floors, carpets, furniture, walls, or wall coverings
    • A47L11/40Parts or details of machines not provided for in groups A47L11/02 - A47L11/38, or not restricted to one of these groups, e.g. handles, arrangements of switches, skirts, buffers, levers
    • A47L11/4013Contaminants collecting devices, i.e. hoppers, tanks or the like
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47LDOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L11/00Machines for cleaning floors, carpets, furniture, walls, or wall coverings
    • A47L11/40Parts or details of machines not provided for in groups A47L11/02 - A47L11/38, or not restricted to one of these groups, e.g. handles, arrangements of switches, skirts, buffers, levers
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    • A47L11/4016Contaminants collecting devices, i.e. hoppers, tanks or the like specially adapted for collecting fluids
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Abstract

The utility model relates to a recycling bin for surface cleaning equipment and surface cleaning equipment with the recycling bin, wherein the recycling bin comprises: the second recovery cavity is surrounded by a bottom wall, an inner side wall and a top opening, a second air inlet is arranged on the bottom wall or the inner side wall, a flow guiding device is arranged in the second recovery cavity, and the flow guiding device divides the space of the second recovery cavity into a gas-liquid separation part positioned at one side of the flow guiding device and a sewage storage part positioned at the other side of the flow guiding device; the fluid conveyed into the second recovery barrel through the second air inlet by the second fluid conveying passage realizes gas-liquid separation in the gas-liquid separation cavity, the separated gas is discharged from the top opening of the gas-liquid separation cavity, and the separated liquid is stored in the storage part at the other side of the gas-liquid separation cavity after passing through the flow guiding device. According to the scheme, the surface cleaning equipment can be used by greatly inclining the machine body even when being used flatly, and the motor in the power device is not easy to cause water inflow and other problems.

Description

Recovery bucket for surface cleaning equipment and surface cleaning equipment with recovery bucket
Technical Field
The utility model relates to the technical field of household appliances, in particular to a recycling bin for surface cleaning equipment and the surface cleaning equipment with the recycling bin.
Background
Along with the development of society, the living standard of people is continuously improved, the requirements of people on living and living environments are also higher and higher, and robots and intelligent cleaning products are also popular.
However, the existing floor washing machine cannot be inclined towards the floor to clean low-bottom spaces such as the bottom of a bed and the bottom of a sofa, and the like, because water in the water return tank can be sucked into the motor to cause the motor to stop running and even the floor washing machine is damaged, the cleaning of the floor washing machine can easily generate sanitary dead angles, and the user experience is poor.
Disclosure of Invention
Accordingly, it is desirable to provide a recycling bin for surface cleaning apparatus, which can not only greatly incline the machine body when the surface cleaning apparatus is in use, but also even put flat for use, so that the water inlet and other problems are not easy to occur in the motor in the power device.
In order to achieve the above object, the present utility model provides a recovery tank of a surface cleaning apparatus, comprising: the second recovery cavity is surrounded by a bottom wall, an inner side wall and a top opening, a second air inlet is arranged on the bottom wall or the inner side wall, a flow guiding device is arranged in the second recovery cavity, and the flow guiding device divides the space of the second recovery cavity into a gas-liquid separation part positioned at one side of the flow guiding device and a sewage storage part positioned at the other side of the flow guiding device; the fluid conveyed into the second recovery barrel through the second air inlet by the second fluid conveying passage realizes gas-liquid separation in the gas-liquid separation cavity, the separated gas is discharged from the top opening of the gas-liquid separation cavity, and the separated liquid is stored in the storage part at the other side of the gas-liquid separation cavity after passing through the flow guiding device.
Preferably, the flow guiding device at least comprises a flow guiding plate, the flow guiding plate comprises a communicating part and a separating part which are respectively arranged at two radial sides of the flow guiding plate, the communicating part is arranged at one side of the surface cleaning equipment, which is far away from the surface to be cleaned, when the surface cleaning equipment is in an inclined working posture, the communicating part and the inner side wall of the second recovery cavity form a space to form a water outlet, or at least one water outlet is arranged on the communicating part.
Preferably, the guide plate is inclined at a certain angle, so that the communicating part is positioned at a lower position relative to the isolating part along the height direction of the second recovery cavity.
Preferably, the inclined angle of the guide plate is set to be between 30 and 90 degrees with the height direction of the second recovery chamber.
Preferably, an opening for the second fluid conveying passage to pass through in a sealing manner is formed in the middle of the guide plate.
Preferably, the isolation part is provided with a one-way valve near the inner side wall of the second recovery cavity.
Preferably, the flow guiding device further comprises a partition member, and the partition member is arranged on one side of the isolation part of the flow guiding plate away from the communication part and extends towards the gas-liquid separation part.
Preferably, the dirt storage part of the second recovery cavity is formed by at least a space surrounded by the guide plate, the bottom wall of the second recovery cavity, the partition piece and the inner side wall of the second recovery cavity.
Preferably, the partition piece comprises a first side plate, a middle connecting plate and a second side plate, wherein the first side plate, the middle connecting plate and the second side plate vertically extend towards the gas-liquid separation part along the separation part, the middle connecting plate is arranged between the first side plate and the second side plate, and the side edges of the first side plate and the second side plate are in sealing fit with the inner side wall of the second recovery cavity.
Preferably, at least one side of the middle connecting plate connected with the isolation part is arranged at a distance H from the inner side wall of the second recovery cavity.
Preferably, the ratio of the distance H to the diameter of the second recovery cavity is greater than or equal to 1:6.
Preferably, the middle connecting plate and the inner side wall of the second recovery cavity are arranged at a distance H, and the middle connecting plate and the inner side wall of the second recovery cavity are all in an arc shape concentrically arranged, so that a tile-like annular column space is formed between the partition piece and the second inner side wall.
Preferably, a buffer structure for preventing the sewage from swaying back and forth and splashing in the direction of the water outlet is arranged in the sewage storage part of the second recovery cavity and close to the water outlet.
Preferably, the buffer structure at least comprises a splash-proof part extending from the inner side wall of the dirt storage part to the inside of the second recovery cavity.
Preferably, the splash guard extends substantially perpendicularly to the inner side wall in a radial direction or extends obliquely in a radial direction and in a direction of the bottom wall.
Preferably, the splash-proof part is arranged in a plane shape or a curved surface shape or in a special shape consisting of a plurality of sections of plane surfaces or curved surfaces.
Preferably, the buffer structure further includes a guide portion connected to the splash guard and extending from the splash guard toward the bottom wall, the guide portion being for guiding the contaminated water away from the water outlet direction and toward the bottom wall of the second recovery chamber.
Preferably, the guide portion of the buffer structure is connected to the communication portion of the flow guiding device, and an end portion of the guide portion is closer to the bottom wall of the second recovery chamber than the communication portion.
Preferably, the buffer structure at least comprises a splash-proof part which is arranged on the communicating part of the guide plate and extends towards the bottom wall of the second recovery cavity.
Preferably, the splash-proof portion is disposed to extend from a side of the baffle communication portion near the inner side wall of the second recovery chamber toward the bottom wall of the second recovery chamber.
Preferably, the splash-proof part and the water outlet of the communication part are at least partially overlapped on the radial projection of the second recovery cavity, and have a certain interval in the height direction of the second recovery cavity.
Preferably, the splashproof section is provided to extend obliquely in the radial direction toward the bottom wall.
Preferably, the splash-proof part is arranged in a plane shape or a curved surface shape or in a special shape consisting of a plurality of sections of plane surfaces or curved surfaces.
Preferably, the splash-proof part is an arc-shaped plate protruding towards the water outlet.
Preferably, the method further comprises: the first recycling cavity is defined by the bottom wall, the inner side wall and the top opening, and the first recycling cavity and the second recycling cavity are arranged in parallel and are in fluid communication.
Preferably, the method further comprises: a first fluid delivery pathway for delivering fluid external to the recovery tank into the first recovery chamber; the second fluid conveying passage is used for conveying the fluid subjected to solid-liquid separation in the first recovery cavity into the second recovery cavity.
Preferably, the method further comprises: a filter removably mountable in the first recovery chamber and performing solid-liquid separation of the fluid flowing into the first recovery chamber from the first fluid delivery passage.
Preferably, the inlet of the first fluid delivery passageway is at the bottom of the first recovery chamber and the outlet is at the upper portion of the first recovery chamber.
Preferably, the bottom wall and the top opening of the first recovery chamber and/or the second recovery chamber form part of the bottom wall and the top opening of the recovery tank, respectively.
Preferably, the first fluid transfer passage comprises a first inlet conduit having an inlet connected to the first inlet of the bottom wall of the first recovery chamber and an outlet extending from the bottom wall from bottom to top to the upper portion of the first recovery chamber.
Preferably, the filter comprises a filter mesh bag removably disposed adjacent the outlet at the upper end of the first inlet conduit.
Preferably, the filter comprises a filtering part, the filtering part comprises a bottom wall and a side wall which extends upwards around the periphery of the bottom wall and is used for containing solid garbage, and a plurality of filtering holes are formed in the bottom wall and/or the side wall; the bottom wall is also configured with an opening for the sealed passage of the first inlet conduit.
Preferably, the filter further comprises a guide part connected with the filtering part, and the lower end of the guide part is in sealing fit with the upper end of the first inlet pipeline so as to realize fluid communication.
Preferably, the guiding part comprises an upper end opening, a steering part, a connecting part and a lower end opening; the connecting portion is used for being in fluid connection with the first inlet pipeline, and the steering portion is used for changing the movement direction of fluid.
Preferably, the filter includes a filter mesh bag detachably provided on the upper end opening of the guide portion.
Preferably, the outlet of the first inlet pipeline is eccentrically arranged in the first recovery cavity, and the upper end opening of the guide part is opened in the direction facing the center of the first recovery cavity.
Preferably, the first recycling cavity inner side wall is provided with a first air outlet, the second recycling cavity inner side wall is provided with a second air inlet, and the first air inlet and the second air inlet are in fluid communication.
Preferably, a partition plate is arranged in the first recovery cavity, an opening for the first inlet pipeline to pass through is formed in the partition plate in a sealing mode, and the partition plate divides the inner space of the first recovery cavity into an upper space and a lower space which are independent of each other.
Preferably, the first air outlet is arranged on one side of the first recovery cavity, which is close to the surface to be cleaned when the first recovery cavity is in the inclined working posture, and is adjacent to the partition plate.
Preferably, the partition is provided with at least an upper surface inclined toward the first air outlet direction.
Preferably, the second fluid delivery passageway comprises at least a draft tube and a second inlet conduit; the fluid inlet of the second fluid conveying passage, which is an opening on one side of the flow guide pipe, is arranged to be connected with the first air outlet on the inner side wall of the first recovery cavity, the opening on the other side of the flow guide pipe is arranged in the second recovery cavity and is in fluid communication with the second inlet pipeline, and the second air outlet of the second inlet pipeline faces upwards and is positioned at the upper part of the second recovery cavity.
Preferably, the lower space of the first recovery chamber is in fluid communication with the dirt storage portion of the second recovery chamber.
Preferably, the recovery tank is arranged to be removably mounted to the front side of the fuselage and in fluid communication with the power plant when the surface cleaning apparatus is in operation.
Preferably, the power device is arranged on the front side of the machine body and is positioned above the recycling bin.
Preferably, the power device is arranged above the first recovery cavity and the second recovery cavity.
Due to the arrangement of the guide device with the specific structure, the surface cleaning equipment can greatly incline the machine body and even level the machine body for use, and the motor in the power device is not easy to generate water inflow and other problems, so that the use scene of a user is greatly enriched, and the cleaning of the ground in low space such as the bed bottom, the sofa bottom and the like is possible.
Above-mentioned surface cleaning equipment can really realize that solid rubbish and liquid rubbish separate owing to unique recycling bin structure sets up, realizes realizing really that the solid-liquid separation in the sense deposits under the prerequisite that does not reduce steam-water separation effect and dirt storage space to solve the problem that easy moldy and stink that the long-time clear up recycling bin brought, and the user can go to clear up the solid rubbish or the liquid rubbish in the first or the second recycling bin alone as required, and it is very convenient to use.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a surface cleaning apparatus in one embodiment;
FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the use of the surface cleaning apparatus in one embodiment;
FIG. 3 is a schematic perspective view of a recycling bin in one embodiment;
FIG. 4 is a semi-sectional view of a first recycling cavity of the recycling bin, in one embodiment;
FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of a first recovery chamber with internal filters removed, and the like, in one embodiment;
FIG. 6 is a schematic view of a septum in one embodiment;
FIG. 7 is a schematic cross-sectional view of one perspective of a recycling bin in one embodiment;
FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view of a first recovery chamber mounted filter in one embodiment;
FIG. 9 is a perspective view of a filter in one embodiment;
FIG. 10 is a schematic view of a filter cartridge according to one embodiment;
FIG. 11 is an enlarged view of a portion of the first inlet conduit of FIG. 8 in one embodiment;
FIG. 12 is a schematic cross-sectional view of one perspective of a recycling bin in one embodiment;
FIG. 13 is a schematic cross-sectional view of another view of a recycling bin in one embodiment;
FIG. 14 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a second recovery chamber in one embodiment;
FIG. 15 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a second recovery chamber in another embodiment;
FIG. 16 is a schematic view of a check valve in one embodiment;
FIG. 17 is an enlarged partial view of the cushioning structure of FIG. 15 in one embodiment;
FIG. 18 is a schematic cross-sectional top view of a recovery tank in one embodiment;
FIG. 19 is a schematic view of a flow guiding device according to an embodiment;
FIG. 20 is a schematic view of the structure of an upper cover assembly according to one embodiment;
FIG. 21 is a top view of the recovery tank with the upper cover assembly removed in one embodiment;
FIG. 22 is a top view of the recovery tank with only the filtered HEPA removed in one embodiment;
FIG. 23 is a schematic view of the installation of a pod in one embodiment;
FIG. 24 is a schematic view of an alternative pod installation in one embodiment;
FIG. 25 is a schematic view of another pod in one embodiment;
FIG. 26 is a schematic view of an embodiment of a cap assembly with a filter HEPA removed;
FIG. 27 is a schematic cross-sectional view of an upper lid assembly in one embodiment.
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The utility model is described in further detail below with reference to the drawings and examples. It is to be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the utility model and are not limiting thereof. It should be further noted that, for convenience of description, only some, but not all of the structures related to the present utility model are shown in the drawings.
In the description of the present utility model, unless explicitly stated and limited otherwise, the terms "connected," "connected," and "fixed" are to be construed broadly, and may be, for example, fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally formed; can be mechanically or electrically connected; can be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate medium, and can be communicated with the inside of two elements or the interaction relationship of the two elements. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present utility model will be understood in specific cases by those of ordinary skill in the art.
In the present utility model, unless expressly stated or limited otherwise, a first feature "above" or "below" a second feature may include both the first and second features being in direct contact, as well as the first and second features not being in direct contact but being in contact with each other through additional features therebetween. Moreover, a first feature being "above," "over" and "on" a second feature includes the first feature being directly above and obliquely above the second feature, or simply indicating that the first feature is higher in level than the second feature. The first feature being "under", "below" and "beneath" the second feature includes the first feature being directly under and obliquely below the second feature, or simply means that the first feature is less level than the second feature.
In the description of the present embodiment, the terms "upper", "lower", "left", "right", and the like are orientation or positional relationships based on those shown in the drawings, merely for convenience of description and simplicity of operation, and do not indicate or imply that the apparatus or elements referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and thus should not be construed as limiting the utility model.
Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and the like, are used merely for distinguishing between descriptions and not for distinguishing between them.
As shown in fig. 1, a surface cleaning apparatus comprising: a body 100 and a cleaning head 200 mounted on the body 100 and adapted to move over a surface to be cleaned; a fluid delivery system comprising: a cleaning liquid tub 400; and a fluid dispenser disposed on the cleaning head 200 and in fluid communication with the cleaning liquid tank 400; a fluid recovery system, the fluid recovery system comprising: a power device; a suction nozzle 210 disposed on the cleaning head 200 and in fluid communication with the power device; and a recycling bin 300.
The body 100 may include a handle portion 110 and a body portion 120, the handle portion 110 being for a user to grasp in order to operate the surface cleaning apparatus; the main body 120 is detachably and fixedly connected or integrally provided at one end with the handle 110 and pivotally connected at the other end with the cleaning head 200 adapted to be moved over a surface to be cleaned, and the main body 120 may be used to carry most of the structures of the fluid delivery system and/or the fluid recovery system, such as supporting the power means, the recovery tank 300, the cleaning liquid tank 400, etc.
A control part 111 may be provided on the handle part 110, wherein a user may control the surface cleaning apparatus through the control part 111, the control part 111 may be in the form of a control button, a touch button, or the like, and a plurality of control parts 111 may be provided on the handle part 110 to perform various controls on the surface cleaning apparatus.
The cleaning liquid tank 400 may be mounted to the main body 120 or the cleaning head 200 in any configuration. In this example, the cleaning liquid tank 400 is removably mounted to the main body portion 120 such that it partially rests on one side of the main body portion 120, preferably the rear side of the main body portion 120, and can be removed for filling and/or cleaning.
The recovery tank 300 may be removably mounted to the front side of the main body 120, preferably below the power unit, and in fluid communication with the power unit when the surface cleaning apparatus is in operation.
As shown in fig. 2, when the surface cleaning apparatus is in a normal inclined operation posture, the power unit and the recovery tank 300 can be stably supported by the main body 120 due to being disposed at the front side of the main body 120, and the recovery tank 300 is farther from the surface to be cleaned than the cleaning liquid tank 400 at the rear side of the main body 120. The power unit rotates and a negative pressure is generated at the suction nozzle 210 in fluid communication with the power unit, and the solid waste and/or liquid waste at the surface to be cleaned is sucked into the recovery tank 300 of the surface cleaning apparatus through the suction nozzle 210 with the dirty air under the negative pressure.
As shown in fig. 3-11, the recovery tank 300 includes a first recovery chamber 310 and a second recovery chamber 320 disposed in parallel with each other and in fluid communication, the first recovery chamber 310 and the second recovery chamber 320 being disposed as an integrally manufactured or separable independent structure from each other. When configured in a mutually separated configuration, a sealing structure may be provided therebetween to ensure that the recovery liquid does not leak, etc., so that a user can clean the first or second recovery chamber 320 separately as needed.
The first recovery chamber 310, the bottom wall 3101 of the first recovery chamber 310 is provided with a first fluid delivery passage in fluid communication with the suction nozzle 210 of the surface cleaning apparatus from bottom to top, so that the solid-liquid waste or the like recovered by the cleaning head 200 of the surface cleaning apparatus enters the inside of the first recovery chamber 310 together with the dirty air, the first fluid delivery passage preferably comprises a first inlet duct 331, the inlet 3311 of which is connected to the first air inlet 3104 of the bottom wall 3101 of the first recovery chamber 310, and the outlet 3312 extends from bottom to top from the bottom wall to the upper part of the first recovery chamber 310.
As shown in fig. 4 to 7, a partition 340 may be further provided in the first recovery chamber 310, and an opening 341 through which the first inlet pipe 331 is hermetically constructed on the partition 340, the partition 340 dividing the inner space of the first recovery chamber 310 into an upper space and a lower space independent of each other. The inner side wall 3102 of the upper space of the first recovery chamber 310 facing the second recovery chamber 320 is provided with a first air outlet 3105, and the partition 340 may be disposed below the first air outlet 3105 and adjacent to the first air outlet 3105 in a horizontal or inclined plane shape, preferably, at least the upper surface of the partition 340 is inclined toward the first air outlet 3105 of the inner side wall 3102 of the first recovery chamber so as to facilitate the introduction of the sewage in the upper space from the first air outlet 3105 into the second recovery chamber 320. Of course, the partition 340 may be configured in other shapes, such as curved surfaces, as required, as long as it does not seriously affect the discharge of sewage.
The first air outlet 3105 may also be disposed on a side (not shown) of the first recovery chamber 310 that is close to the surface to be cleaned when in the inclined working position, and adjacent to the partition 340; accordingly, the second air inlet 3204 of the second recovery chamber 320 is similarly provided. The above-described arrangement is intended to facilitate the entire discharge of the sewage in the first recovery chamber to the second recovery chamber 320.
As shown in fig. 8 to 11, the recycling bin 300 further includes a filter 350, the filter 350 being removably installed in the upper space of the first recycling cavity 310; specifically, the filter 350 includes a filtering part 351, the filtering part 351 including a bottom wall 3511 and a side wall 3512 extending upward around the periphery of the bottom wall 3511 for accommodating solid waste, the bottom wall 3511 and/or the side wall 3512 being provided with a plurality of filtering holes 3513, the filtering part 351 being configured to collect large solid waste while discharging liquid and smaller solid waste through the filtering holes 3513 onto the partition 340 of the first recovery chamber 310; the bottom wall 3511 of the filtering portion 351 is further provided with an opening 3514 through which the first inlet conduit 331 is sealed.
The side wall 3512 of the filtering part 351 can be in sealing fit with the inner side wall 3102 of the first recovery cavity to ensure that solid waste does not fall onto the partition 340 from a gap therebetween; the outer surface of the side wall 3512 near the bottom wall 3511 may be provided with a concave portion concave toward the filtering portion 351, and the concave portion is provided with a filtering hole 3513, when the filtering hole 3513 of the bottom wall 3511 is blocked by solid garbage, the filtered fluid may be discharged onto the partition 340 through the filtering hole 3513 on the concave portion of the side wall 3512, and the side wall 3512 above the concave portion may still be kept in sealing fit with the inner side wall 3102 of the first recycling cavity.
The side wall 3512 of the filtering portion 351 may also be in clearance fit with the inner side wall 3102 of the first recovery cavity, so as to further facilitate the filtered fluid to be discharged from the filtering holes 3513 in the side wall 3512 into the first recovery cavity 310, and the size of the clearance may be set according to practical needs.
The filtering holes 3513 may be circular holes or long slots, and the specific shape is only convenient for separating solid garbage. In this embodiment, the bottom wall 3511 is provided with a long slot through the bottom wall.
The filter 350 may further comprise a filter mesh bag 352, wherein the filter mesh bag 352 may be detachably disposed near the outlet 3312 of the first inlet pipe, for example, may be directly disposed on the first inlet pipe 331 or on the filter portion 351 or on the inner sidewall 3102 of the first recovery chamber, so long as it is ensured that the dirty fluid discharged from the outlet 3312 of the first inlet pipe can pass through the filter mesh bag 352 and then flow out of the filter portion 351 below for secondary filtration. The filter mesh bag 352 may be provided in a disposable replaceable configuration or a reusable cleanable configuration. The arrangement of the filter mesh bag 352 is convenient for a user to clean the solid garbage, prevents excessive solid garbage from entering the second recovery cavity 320 along with the fluid through secondary filtration, and also prevents the user from neglecting to install the filter part 351 or one of the filter mesh bags 352 and still ensures normal solid-liquid separation.
The filter 350 may further include a guide portion 332 connected to the guide portion 351, at least a portion of the guide portion 332 constituting a part of the first fluid transfer passage, a lower end of the guide portion 332 being in sealing engagement with an upper end of the first inlet conduit 331 to allow fluid communication, at least a portion of the filter portion 351 being positioned below an upper end opening 3321 of the guide portion 332 to ensure that dirty fluid discharged from the upper end opening 3321 of the guide portion 332 forming a part of the fluid transfer passage to an upper space of the first recovery chamber 310 can be discharged into the first recovery chamber 310 positioned below the filter 350 after being filtered by the filter portion 351. The guide portion 332 may include an upper end opening 3321, a turning portion 3322, a connecting portion 3323, and a lower end opening 3324. The connection portion 3323 is used for fluid connection with the first inlet duct 331, and in order to ensure stability of the fluid connection, the connection portion 3323 may be provided as a hollow duct parallel to or coincident with a central axis of the first inlet duct 331, and the connection portion 3323 is at least partially sleeved on an outer circumference of the first inlet duct 331 to interface the lower end opening 3324 of the guide portion 332 with the outlet 3312 of the first inlet duct and define a height position of the filter 350 within the first recovery chamber 310. In the present embodiment, the filter portion 351 is located on the lower end opening 3324 side of the guide portion 332 and is disposed substantially perpendicular to the central axes of the connection portion 3323 and the first inlet conduit 331.
The outer surface of the outlet 3312 of the first inlet duct is provided with a mating end surface against which the end of the connecting portion 3323 abuts, and the diameters of the overlapping portions of the first inlet duct 331 and the connecting portion 3323 in the height direction are substantially equal to ensure that better sealing performance is provided as much as possible without affecting the detachable mating of the two, and a seal ring or the like may be further provided on the first inlet duct 331 or the connecting portion 3323 for the purpose of enhancing the sealing performance.
The turning portion 3322 has one end connected to the connecting portion 3323 and the other end connected to the upper end opening 3321. The turning portion 3322 is used for changing the moving direction of the fluid, and in this embodiment, the outlet direction of the turning portion 3322 is set at substantially 90 ° to the axis of the connecting portion 3323, so that the fluid conveyed from bottom to top through the first inlet pipe 331 and the connecting portion 3323 and flowing along the height direction of the first recovery chamber 310 is turned to be discharged in the radial direction perpendicular to the height direction, so that the fluid with the solid garbage can smoothly pass through the filter mesh bag 352 and/or the filter portion 351. Of course, the turning portion 3322 may be disposed at any angle between 0 ° and 180 ° with respect to the connecting portion 3323, for example, as needed.
The end of the turning part 3322 near the upper end opening 3321 is provided with a slot 3325 for inserting the filter mesh bag 352, the opening end of the filter mesh bag 352 is provided with an insert 3521, and the upper end opening 3321 of the guide part 332 faces the inside of the filter mesh bag 352 when the insert 3521 is inserted into the slot 3325 of the turning part 3322. The length of the filter mesh bag 352 is set to be greater than the distance from the upper end opening 3321 of the guide part 332 to the filter part 351, so that the bottom of the filter mesh bag 352 can be conveniently supported by the filter part 351 in the use process; the side wall 3512 of the filtering part 351 is provided with a hook part 3326, and the bottom or the side part of the mesh bag can be hung on the hook part 3326 when the filtering mesh bag 352 is installed, so that the filtering mesh bag 352 can be fully opened in the using process, and the filtering effect and the effective storage space are improved.
In order to ensure that the space for disposing the filter bag 352 is large enough and the filter portion 351 can be fully utilized, in this embodiment, the first inlet conduit 331 is eccentrically disposed in the first recovery chamber 310, that is, the first air inlet 3104, the first inlet conduit 331 and the guide portion 332 of the first recovery chamber 310 are all disposed away from the center of the first recovery chamber 310, and may be disposed near the inner sidewall 3102 of the first recovery chamber as required, and the upper end opening 3321 of the guide portion 332 is opened in a direction facing the center of the first recovery chamber 310.
The upper portion of the filter 350 is preferably provided with a catch portion 3328 on the upper portion of the guide portion 332, and in this embodiment the catch portion 3328 is provided on the side of the deflector portion 3322 facing away from the upper end opening, to facilitate the removal of the filter 350 from the interior of the first recovery chamber 310 by the user and to prevent the user from easily dirtying his or her hands.
As shown in fig. 11, a liquid storage tank 3313 is provided in the first inlet pipe 331, which is opened to the outlet 3312 of the first inlet pipe 331, the liquid storage tank 3313 does not affect the movement of the fluid entering from the first air inlet 3104 at the bottom of the first recovery chamber from the bottom inlet 3311 to the top outlet 3312, and can store part of the fluid flowing back from the top outlet 3312 to the bottom inlet 3311, thereby avoiding the secondary pollution of the surface to be cleaned caused by the unwanted backflow of the fluid after the surface cleaning apparatus is stopped.
A closing-in structure 3314 protruding obliquely from the inner wall of the first inlet pipe toward the top outlet 3312 is disposed in the first inlet pipe, the space defined between the closing-in structure 3314 and the inner wall of the first inlet pipe forms the liquid storage tank 3313, and the closing-in structure 3314 is preferably disposed as an annular pipe and is disposed adjacent to the inlet 3311 of the first inlet pipe.
As shown in fig. 12-19, the second fluid conveying path mainly guides the sewage after solid-liquid separation in the first recovery cavity 310 from the inside of the first recovery cavity 310 to the inside of the second recovery cavity 320, so as to separate the solid garbage from the liquid garbage, avoid the peculiar smell generated by long-time soaking, and facilitate the subsequent classification cleaning of the solid garbage and the liquid garbage.
The second fluid delivery path preferably includes at least a flow guide 361 and a second inlet pipe 362, one side opening of the flow guide 361, that is, a fluid inlet of the second fluid delivery path is provided to be connected to a first air outlet 3105 of an inner sidewall 3102 of the first recovery chamber, and the other side opening of the flow guide 361 is provided inside (preferably at an intermediate position thereof) the second recovery chamber 320 and is in fluid communication with the second inlet pipe 362, and a second air outlet 3621 of the second inlet pipe 362 is provided upward and at an upper intermediate position of the second recovery chamber 320.
The flow guiding pipe 361 may be a straight pipe or a bent pipe or be composed of several sections of hollow pipes, and is generally horizontally or obliquely arranged, and is preferably arranged to be inclined away from the direction of the first air outlet 3105 so as to facilitate guiding all the sewage in the first recovery cavity 310 from the first air outlet 3105 into the second recovery cavity 320.
The second recovery chamber 320 includes a gas-liquid separation portion 321 and a dirt storage portion 322, the fluid delivered to the upper portion of the second recovery chamber 320 through the second air outlet 3621 of the second inlet pipe 362 is separated in the gas-liquid separation portion 321, the separated fluid is stored in the dirt storage portion 322, and the separated gas flows through the filtered sea paper 382 from the upper portion of the second recovery chamber 320 to the power unit.
The second recovery chamber 320 is provided with a flow guiding device 370, and the flow guiding device 370 divides the space of the second recovery chamber 320 into a gas-liquid separation part 321 positioned at one side of the flow guiding device 370 and a sewage storage part 322 positioned at the other side of the flow guiding device 370; the deflector 370 comprises at least a deflector 371, the deflector 371 comprises a communicating portion 3711 and a separating portion 3712 disposed on two radial sides thereof, the communicating portion 3711 is disposed on a side of the surface cleaning apparatus which is far away from the surface to be cleaned when the surface cleaning apparatus is in an inclined working posture, the communicating portion 3711 forms a space with an inner sidewall 3202 of the second recovery chamber 320 to form a water outlet (not shown) or the communicating portion 3711 is in shape fit with the inner sidewall 3202, and at least one water outlet 37112 is disposed thereon.
The water outlet 37112 is used for guiding the liquid separated by the gas-liquid separation part 321 to pass through and flow to the sewage storage part 322 below; the isolation portion 3712 is disposed at a side of the surface cleaning apparatus which is close to the surface to be cleaned when the surface cleaning apparatus is in the inclined working posture, and prevents the liquid of the dirt storage portion 322 from flowing back to the gas-liquid separation portion 321 therethrough.
When the surface cleaning apparatus body 100 is in the inclined working posture, in order to ensure that the guide plate 371 can at least keep the horizontal or be provided with the communicating portion 3711 on the water outlet side at a relatively lower position, so that the liquid can conveniently flow to the space of the lower dirt storing portion 322 by means of gravity, the guide plate 371 is preferably inclined at a certain angle, and the communicating portion 3711 is at a lower position along the height direction of the second recovery cavity 320 relative to the isolating portion 3712, so that the sewage separated by the gas-liquid separating portion 321 can be conveniently and smoothly guided to the water outlet and discharged to the dirt storing portion 322 for storage.
The inclination angle of the baffle 371 may be set to be between 30 ° and 90 °, preferably about 45 °, with respect to the height direction of the second recovery chamber 320; the larger the included angle is, the larger the dirt storage space is, but the smooth dirt discharge of the water outlet of the deflector 371 is not facilitated when the surface tilting device works in a tilting way; otherwise, the dirt storage capacity is affected.
15-16, a check valve 37122 may be disposed at a position of the baffle 371 isolation portion 3712 near the inner sidewall 3202 of the second recovery chamber 320, the check valve 37122 may be a duckbill valve made of soft rubber material, the check valve 37122 is in a closed state when the check valve 37122 is not in an operating state, when the sewage at the check valve 37122 is excessive, gravity forces the check valve 37122 to open, the sewage can be normally discharged to the sewage storage portion 322, and the check valve 37122 can prevent the sewage in the sewage storage portion 322 from flowing into the gas-liquid separation portion 321 in the upper space.
The arrangement of the check valve 37122 can ensure that even when the surface cleaning apparatus is used, the inclined angle is too large so that the communicating portion 3711 of the baffle 371, which is provided with the water outlet, is higher than the isolating portion 3712 of the other side, and the water outlet of the baffle 371 can not smoothly discharge sewage, the sewage can be discharged into the sewage storage portion 322 from the check valve 37122. Therefore, the surface cleaning apparatus with the recycling bin 300 not only can greatly incline the machine body 100 when in use, but also can be used even flatly, and the motor in the power device is not easy to generate water inlet and other problems, so that the use scene of a user is greatly enriched.
The baffle 371 can be higher or lower than the flow guide 361 of the second fluid conveying channel in the height direction of the second recovery cavity 320, and is preferably arranged above the flow guide 361, at this time, an opening for the second inlet pipeline 362 to pass through is required to be formed in the middle of the baffle 371, so that the second fluid conveying channel can conveniently convey the sewage flowing in the first recovery cavity 310 from the lower part of the baffle 371 to the gas-liquid separation part 321 on the upper part of the baffle 371 to realize gas-liquid separation.
The baffle 371 is preferably formed in a flat plate shape, and may be formed in other shapes such as a curved surface as required, as long as the position of the water outlet is relatively lower than other positions.
The deflector 370 is provided with a separator 372 in addition to the deflector 371, and the separator 372 is arranged at one side of the separator 3712 of the deflector 371 away from the water outlet of the communicating part 3711 and extends towards the gas-liquid separation part 321; the side edges of the isolation part 3712, which are not connected with the communication part 3711 and the partition 372, are in sealing fit with the inner side wall 3202 of the second recovery chamber 320, so that sewage in the sewage storage part 322 is prevented from flowing back into the gas-liquid separation part 321 from a gap between the isolation part 3712 and the inner side wall 3202 of the second recovery chamber 320.
The lower bottom edge of the separator 372 connected with the isolation part 3712 of the baffle 371 is in clearance with the inner side wall 3202 of the second recovery cavity 320, two side edges of the separator 372 are in sealing fit with the inner side wall 3202 of the second recovery cavity 320, and the upper top edge of the separator 372 can be inclined to be in sealing fit with the inner side wall or also in clearance with the inner side wall and in sealing and pressing fit with the pressing plate 384 at the top opening 3203 of the second recovery cavity 320;
the above-described arrangement of the partition 372 serves to prevent the sewage in the sewage storage portion 322 from flowing backward from the partition 372 into the gas-liquid separation portion 321. That is, the dirt storing portion 322 located at the other side of the flow guiding device 370 in the second recovery chamber 320 is formed by at least the space surrounded by the flow guiding plate 371, the bottom wall 3201 of the second recovery chamber 320, the partition 372, and the inner side wall 3202 of the second recovery chamber 320, and the dirt storing portion 322 includes not only the space of the second recovery chamber 320 located at the lower part of the flow guiding plate 371, but also the space of the second recovery chamber 320 located at the upper part of the flow guiding plate 371 and located between the partition 372 and the inner side wall 3202 of the second recovery chamber 320.
The partition 372 includes a first side plate 3721, an intermediate connecting plate 3722 and a second side plate 3723 extending vertically along the partition 3712 towards the gas-liquid separation portion 321, the intermediate connecting plate 3722 is disposed between the first side plate 3721 and the second side plate 3723, the side edges of the first side plate 3721 and the second side plate 3723 are respectively in sealing fit with the inner side wall 3202 of the second recovery chamber 320, the intermediate connecting plate 3722 is disposed at a distance H from the inner side wall 3202 of the second recovery chamber 320, and the intermediate connecting plate 3722 is matched with the inner side wall 3202 of the second recovery chamber 320 in shape, in this embodiment, all of the shape of circular arcs disposed concentrically, that is, a tile-like annular column space is formed between the partition 372 and the second inner side wall 3202, and the diameter ratio of the distance H to the second recovery chamber is preferably greater than or equal to 1:6.
The above-described arrangement provides a sufficiently large space for the dirt storage part 322 between the securing partition 372 and the inner wall 3202 of the second recovery chamber 320, and also allows for avoiding as much as possible the components such as the second inlet pipe 362 and the check valve 37122 provided in the gas-liquid separation part 321.
The lower space of the first recovery chamber 310 may be in fluid communication with the dirt storage portion 322 of the second recovery chamber 320, the lower space of the first recovery chamber 310 also being provided as a dirt storage portion of the recovery tank to further increase the actual dirt storage capacity of the recovery tank 300.
When the user starts to use the surface cleaning apparatus, the main body 100 is gradually inclined when in use, and since the lower bottom edge of the partition 372 is disposed at a distance from the inner sidewall 3202 of the second recovery chamber 320, part of the sewage in the sewage storage portion 322 below the baffle 371 can flow from the distance to the annular column space formed between the partition 372 and the second inner sidewall and temporarily store in the lower space of the first recovery chamber 310, so that the risk that the sewage shakes easily to flow back to the gas-liquid separation portion 321 from the water outlet on the side of the communicating portion 3711 of the baffle 371 during use when the inclination angle is too large is reduced.
Therefore, the surface cleaning apparatus with the recycling bin 300 can not only greatly incline the machine body 100 and even level the machine body for use, but also prevent water from entering the power device, namely the motor, so that the use scene of a user is greatly enriched, and the cleaning of the floor in low space such as bed bottom, sofa bottom and the like is possible.
As shown in fig. 17, a buffer structure 323 is disposed in the dirt storage portion 322 of the second recovery chamber 320 near the water outlet 37112, so as to prevent the dirty water in the dirt storage portion 322 of the recovery tank from swaying back and forth to splash and move along the water outlet 37112 of the inner sidewall or deflector 371 toward the upper gas-liquid separation portion 321 when the user pushes and pulls the surface cleaning apparatus back and forth.
The buffer structure 323 may be disposed on an inner sidewall of the dirt storage portion 322, and optionally, the buffer structure 323 includes at least a splash-proof portion 3231 extending radially from the inner sidewall to the second recovery chamber 320, and the splash-proof portion 3231 may be disposed in a planar shape or a curved shape or a shaped form composed of a plurality of planar or curved surfaces, and may extend substantially perpendicularly to the inner sidewall in a radial direction or extend obliquely in a radial direction and in a bottom wall direction, so long as it can inhibit the splashing of the sewage impinging on the inner sidewall.
The buffer structure 323 further includes a guide portion 3232 connected to the splash guard portion 3231 and extending from the splash guard portion 3231 in the bottom wall direction, and the guide portion 3232 is configured to guide the contaminated water away from the water outlet 37112 and toward the bottom wall of the second recovery chamber 320. The guide portion 3232 of the buffer structure 323 is connected to the communication portion 3711 of the flow guiding device 370, and an end portion of the guide portion 3232 is closer to the bottom wall of the second recovery chamber than the communication portion 3711.
In another embodiment, the buffer structure 323 may be disposed on the baffle 371, and similarly, the buffer structure 323 includes at least a splash-proof portion 3231 disposed on a side of the communicating portion of the baffle 371 near the inner sidewall of the second recovery chamber 320 and extending toward the bottom wall of the second recovery chamber 320, and the splash-proof portion 3231 may be disposed in a plane or a curved surface or in a special shape composed of a plurality of plane or curved surfaces, so long as it can inhibit the splash of sewage impinging on the inner sidewall.
The splash-proof portion 3231 is at least partially overlapped with the water outlet 37112 of the communicating portion on a radial projection of the second recycling bin 320, and has a certain distance in a height direction of the second recycling bin 320, so as to ensure that normal drainage of the water outlet 37112 is not affected, and prevent sewage collided with the inner side wall from splashing and then moving from the water outlet 37112 of the deflector 371 to the gas-liquid separation cavity 321 at the upper part. More preferably, the splash-proof portion 3231 is configured to extend obliquely in the radial direction toward the bottom wall and is configured as an arc plate protruding toward the water outlet, so that the flow can be guided by the coanda effect of the protrusion and the sewage can be prevented from splashing and overflowing upward from the water outlet by the groove facing the bottom wall.
As shown in fig. 20 to 27, the recycling bin 300 further includes an upper cover assembly 380, the top of the recycling bin 300 has an opening for installing the upper cover assembly 380, and the cross section of the top opening end of the recycling bin is one of a circle, a racetrack ring shape, a double ring shape (formed by combining two basic circles of the first recycling bin 310 and the second recycling bin 320), or a rectangle, and the cross section of the upper cover assembly 380 is also one of a circle, a racetrack ring shape, a double ring shape, or a rectangle.
In this embodiment, the upper cover assembly 380 includes a cover 381 and is detachably installed at the top opening 301 of the recovery tub 300; the upper end of the cover 381 is a race track-like shape having a slanted opening, the upper end of the cover 381 has a contour matching with that of the recycling bin 300, and the lower end includes an annular mounting portion 385, and the annular mounting portion 385 is matched with the cross-sectional shape of the top horizontal opening or the slanted opening of the recycling bin 300.
The annular mounting portion 385 of the upper cap assembly 380 and the top opening 301 of the recovery tank 300 may be connected by screw connection or by interference fit. In order to improve the assembly and disassembly efficiency of the upper cover assembly 380 and the top opening 301 of the recycling bin, an annular mounting cavity 302 which is arranged around the opening and can be matched with the annular mounting part 385 is arranged on the inner wall of the top opening 301 of the recycling bin 300, when the upper cover assembly 380 is assembled on the recycling bin 300, the annular mounting part 385 on the upper cover assembly 380 is positioned at the annular mounting cavity 302 of the recycling bin 300 by pressing the upper cover assembly 380, and the upper cover assembly 380 is clamped on the recycling bin 300 by interference fit between the annular mounting part 385 on the upper cover assembly 380 and the annular mounting cavity 302 on the recycling bin 300.
In order to improve the connection sealability between the upper cover assembly 380 and the recovery tub 300, a first sealing ring 3851 is provided between the upper cover assembly 380 and the top opening 301 of the recovery tub 300. Specifically, the first sealing ring 3851 is disposed in a region between the annular mounting portion 385 on the upper cover assembly 380 and the annular mounting cavity 302 on the recovery tank 300, and may be disposed on either one of the two.
The bottom of the annular mounting portion 385 of the cover body 381 is provided with a pressing plate 384 having a cross-sectional shape matching that of the annular mounting chamber 302, and the pressing plate 384 is disposed above the top opening 3103 of the first recovery chamber 310 and the top opening 3203 of the second recovery chamber 320 in a pressing and sealing manner. The pressure plate 384 is provided with an upper cover air inlet 386 and a guide cover 387 facing the inside of the second recovery chamber 320 corresponding to the position of the second recovery chamber 320, the guide cover 387 being provided directly above the second inlet duct 362 and covering the second air outlet 3621 of the second inlet duct 362 inside thereof.
In the case of the pod 387 shown in fig. 23, the pod 387 has a first side 3871 and a second side 3872 that extend in a direction away from the cover 381 and are disposed opposite to each other, the first side 3871 is disposed on a side of the pod 387 near the upper cover air inlet 386, the second side 3872 is disposed on a side of the pod 387 away from the upper cover air inlet 386, and an end of the first side 3871 is farther from the cover 381 than an end of the second side 3872.
The pod 387 is configured as described above to facilitate the flow of fluid from the second outlet 3621 of the second inlet conduit 362 to the second side 3872 on a side remote from the upper cover inlet 386 and to facilitate separation of the contaminated water therein from the gas. The air escaping from the direction of the second side 3872 is guided by the air guide cover 387 and the air guide device 370 to wind to the first side 38713871 side of the air guide cover 387, and enters the upper cover assembly 380 through the upper cover air inlet 386 for filtering and discharging.
24-25, the pod 387 has a first side 3871 and a second side 3872 extending away from the cover 381, the first side 3871 being disposed on a side of the pod 387 adjacent the upper cover air inlet 386, the second side 3872 being connected to the first side 3871 and forming the other side of the pod 387; the end of the second side 3872 is recessed with a plurality of notches to facilitate escape of gas. Specifically, after the water vapor mixture is discharged through the second air outlet 3621 of the second inlet pipeline, most of the water mist and water drops are collected together after being decelerated due to the wall attaching characteristic and flow downwards along the inner wall of the air guide cover 387 under the influence of gravity, and because the top end of the notch arranged on the second side wall 3872 is higher than the bottom end of the second side wall 3872, part of the gas can be separated from the liquid from the notch at the first time, and the gas-liquid separation effect is improved.
The pressure plate 384 is also in sealing engagement with the top of the first side plate 3721 intermediate web 3722 and the second side plate 3723 of the divider 372 when the pressure plate 384 is sealingly disposed over the top opening 3103 of the first recovery chamber 310 and the top opening 3203 of the second recovery chamber 320, thereby completely sealing the top of the tile-like annular column-like space formed between the divider 372 and the second inner side wall.
That is, the dirt storing portion 322 of the second recovery chamber 320 located at the other side of the flow guiding device 370 is formed by the space surrounded by the flow guiding plate 371, the bottom wall 3201 of the second recovery chamber 320, the partition 372, the inner sidewall 3202 of the second recovery chamber 320, and the pressing plate 384 of the upper cover assembly 380, and includes not only the space of the second recovery chamber 320 located at the lower part of the flow guiding plate 371, but also the space of the second recovery chamber 320 located at the upper part of the flow guiding plate 371 between the partition 372, the inner sidewall 3202 of the second recovery chamber 320, and the pressing plate 384.
The upper cover assembly 380 further comprises a filtering hepa 382 arranged in the cover body 381, an upper cover air outlet 383 communicated with the power device is arranged at the top of the cover body 381, and a filtering hepa 382 mounting groove is concavely arranged on the upper cover air outlet 383 and used for mounting the filtering hepa 382 in the cover body 381 from the upper cover air outlet 383.
The prior art upper cover assembly 380 is generally configured to match the shape of the recycling bin 300 (corresponding to the second recycling cavity 320), and the cross-sectional area of the filtered sea cucumber 382 in the upper cover assembly 380 is generally configured to be substantially uniform with the cross-sectional area of the upper cover air inlet 386, and the cross-sectional area of the filtered sea cucumber 382 is too small due to the limited cross-sectional area of the upper cover air inlet 386, which often results in blockage failure.
In order to effectively reduce clogging and prolong the use time of the user, the cross-sectional areas of the filter sea paper 382 and the upper cover air outlet 383 are both set to be substantially identical to the profile cross-sectional area of the upper end of the cover body 381, that is, the cross-sectional area of the filter sea paper 382 is set to be substantially identical to the cross-sectional area of the top opening 301 of the recovery tub 300, which is much larger than the cross-sectional area of the upper cover air inlet 386, which is substantially equivalent to the sum of the cross-sectional areas of the top openings 3203 of the first recovery chamber 310 and the second recovery chamber 320.
The bottom of the filter sea cucumber 382 is disposed in a gap with the upper cover air inlet 386 (as shown in fig. 27), thereby ensuring that the air sucked into the cover 381 from the upper cover air inlet 386 can be filtered not only by the portion of the filter sea cucumber 382 near the air inlet but also by the portion of the filter sea cucumber 382 near the air inlet.
Similarly, the air inlet of the power device is also arranged in a clearance with the filtering sea paper 382, so that the whole filtering sea paper 382 can work normally, and the effective filtering sectional area of the filtering sea paper 382 is greatly improved.
A second sealing ring 3821 is arranged at the air outlet 383 of the upper cover. Specifically, the second seal 3821 may be disposed around the top of the filter sea paper 382 to ensure a sealing connection between the power device and the upper cover assembly 380.
The power device extracts the air in the recovery barrel 300 through the filtering of the HEPA 382, so that negative pressure is formed in the recovery barrel 300, sewage in the surface cleaning device flows into the recovery barrel 300 through the first inlet pipeline 331 under the action of the negative pressure, and the phenomenon that solid garbage blocks the power device can be reduced by the upper cover assembly 380.
Notably, the bottom wall 3101 and the top opening 3103 of the first recovery cavity 310, the bottom wall 3201 and the top opening 3203 of the second recovery cavity 320 respectively form part of the bottom wall and the top opening 301 of the recovery bucket 300, i.e. the height of the first recovery cavity 310 and the second recovery cavity 320 is arranged substantially identical to the height of the recovery bucket 300. In some prior art, although there are a so-called "first recovery chamber 310" and a so-called "second recovery chamber 320", it is actually that a plurality of separation areas are disposed in a single recovery chamber, and the plurality of separation areas can achieve the effect of solid-liquid separation and gas-liquid separation, but the heights of the plurality of separation areas together form the height of the recovery tank 300, which greatly sacrifices the space of the gas-liquid separation portion and the dirt storage portion 322, that is, the separation effect and the dirt storage space are greatly weakened; the scheme of the embodiment realizes the solid-liquid separation storage in the true sense on the premise of not reducing the gas-liquid separation effect and the dirt storage space.
The working principle and procedure of the surface cleaning apparatus, in particular the recovery tank 300, is described below by means of different usage scenarios.
Using scenario 1:
when the surface cleaning apparatus is operated in a normal tilted posture, the deflector 371 of the deflector 370 is tilted with respect to the surface to be cleaned, and the communicating portion 3711 thereof is located closer to the surface to be cleaned than the separating portion 3712.
The power device rotates, negative pressure is generated at the suction nozzle 210 in fluid communication with the power device, solid garbage and/or liquid garbage on the surface to be cleaned is sucked into the fluid recovery system of the surface cleaning device through the suction nozzle 210 under the action of the negative pressure, fluid flows into the first recovery cavity 310 from the first air inlet 3104 of the bottom wall 3102 of the first recovery cavity 310 through the first inlet pipeline 331, solid-liquid separation is realized by the filter 350 arranged in the first recovery cavity 310, separated solid garbage is collected by the filter 350, separated liquid garbage flows into the second recovery cavity 320 through the first air outlet 3105 of the inner side wall 3102 of the first recovery cavity along with the dirty air, the fluid is subjected to gas-liquid separation in the gas-liquid separation part 321 of the second recovery cavity 320, separated liquid is guided by the guide plate 371 and discharged to the lower dirt storage part 322 along the water outlet of the guide plate, and the separated gas is discharged after being covered by the power device.
The above surface cleaning apparatus can truly realize separate recycling and storage of solid garbage and liquid garbage due to the unique structure of the recycling bin 300, so as to solve the problem of easy mold and odor generation caused by long-time cleaning of the recycling bin 300, and a user can clean the solid garbage or the liquid garbage in the first or the second recycling cavity 320 independently as required.
Using scenario 2:
when the user starts to use the surface cleaning apparatus, the body 100 is gradually inclined by a larger inclination angle even approaching a horizontal level when in use, since the lower bottom edge of the partition 372 of the second recovery chamber 320 is spaced from the inner sidewall 3202 of the second recovery chamber 320, part of the sewage storage portion 322 under the baffle 371 can flow from the space to the annular column space formed between the partition 372 and the second inner sidewall and temporarily store in the lower space of the first recovery chamber 310, so that the risk that the sewage shakes easily to flow back from the water outlet on the side of the communicating portion 3711 of the baffle 371 to the gas-liquid separation portion 321 occurs during use when the inclination angle is too large.
When the surface cleaning apparatus is in a greatly inclined posture or even works nearly horizontally, the baffle 371 of the baffle 370 is inclined with respect to the surface to be cleaned, the isolation part 3712 thereof is located at a position closer to the surface to be cleaned than the communication part 3711, at this time, the sewage separated from the upper part of the baffle 371 cannot be automatically discharged from the water outlet by self weight, and the sewage is discharged to the sewage storage part 322 through the check valve 37122 provided at the isolation part 3712.
Therefore, the surface cleaning apparatus with the recycling bin 300 not only can greatly incline the machine body 100 when in use, but also can be used even flatly, and the motor in the power device is not easy to generate water inflow and other problems, so that the use scene of a user is greatly enriched, and the cleaning of the ground in low space such as the bed bottom, the sofa bottom and the like is possible.
The technical features of the above embodiments may be arbitrarily combined, and all possible combinations of the technical features in the above embodiments are not described for brevity of description, however, as long as there is no contradiction between the combinations of the technical features, they should be considered as the scope of the description.
The above examples illustrate only a few embodiments of the utility model, which are described in detail and are not to be construed as limiting the scope of the utility model. It should be noted that it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that several variations and modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the utility model, which are all within the scope of the utility model. Accordingly, the scope of protection of the present utility model is to be determined by the appended claims.

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1. A recycling bin for a surface cleaning apparatus, comprising:
the second recovery cavity is surrounded by a bottom wall, an inner side wall and a top opening, a second air inlet is arranged on the bottom wall or the inner side wall, a flow guiding device is arranged in the second recovery cavity, and the flow guiding device divides the space of the second recovery cavity into a gas-liquid separation part positioned at one side of the flow guiding device and a sewage storage part positioned at the other side of the flow guiding device; the fluid conveyed into the second recovery barrel through the second air inlet by the second fluid conveying passage realizes gas-liquid separation in the gas-liquid separation cavity, the separated gas is discharged from the top opening of the gas-liquid separation cavity, and the separated liquid is stored in the storage part at the other side of the gas-liquid separation cavity after passing through the flow guiding device.
2. The recycling bin according to claim 1, wherein: the flow guiding device at least comprises a flow guiding plate, the flow guiding plate comprises a communicating part and a separating part which are respectively arranged at the two radial sides of the flow guiding plate, the communicating part is arranged at one side of the surface cleaning equipment, which is far away from the surface to be cleaned, when the surface cleaning equipment is in an inclined working posture, the communicating part and the inner side wall of the second recovery cavity form a distance to form a water outlet, or at least one water outlet is arranged on the communicating part.
3. The recycling bin according to claim 2, wherein: the guide plate is obliquely arranged at a certain angle, so that the communicating part is positioned at a lower position relative to the isolating part along the height direction of the second recovery cavity.
4. A recycling bin according to claim 3, wherein: the inclined angle of the guide plate is set to be between 30 degrees and 90 degrees with the height direction of the second recovery cavity.
5. The recycling bin according to claim 4, wherein: and an opening for the second fluid conveying passage to pass through in a sealing way is formed in the middle of the guide plate.
6. The recycling bin according to claim 5, wherein: the isolation part is provided with a one-way valve near the inner side wall of the second recovery cavity.
7. The recycling bin according to claim 5, wherein: the flow guiding device further comprises a separating piece, and the separating piece is arranged on one side of the separating part of the flow guiding plate away from the communicating part and extends towards the gas-liquid separating part.
8. The recycling bin according to claim 6, wherein: the dirt storage part of the second recovery cavity is formed by a space surrounded by the guide plate, the bottom wall of the second recovery cavity, the partition piece and the inner side wall of the second recovery cavity.
9. The recycling bin according to claim 8, wherein: the separator comprises a first side plate, a middle connecting plate and a second side plate, wherein the first side plate, the middle connecting plate and the second side plate vertically extend towards the gas-liquid separation part along the separation part, the middle connecting plate is arranged between the first side plate and the second side plate, and the side edges of the first side plate and the second side plate are in sealing fit with the inner side wall of the second recovery cavity.
10. The recycling bin according to claim 9, wherein: the middle connecting plate is arranged at a distance H between at least one side connected with the isolation part and the inner side wall of the second recovery cavity.
11. The recycling bin according to claim 10, wherein: the ratio of the distance H to the diameter of the second recovery cavity is more than or equal to 1:6.
12. The recycling bin according to claim 10, wherein: the middle connecting plate is arranged at a distance H from the inner side wall of the second recovery cavity, and the middle connecting plate and the inner side wall of the second recovery cavity are all in an arc shape concentrically arranged, so that a circular column-shaped space is formed between the partition piece and the second inner side wall.
13. The recycling bin according to claim 12, wherein: a buffer structure for preventing sewage from swaying back and forth and splashing towards the water outlet is arranged on one side of the sewage storage part of the second recovery cavity, which is close to the water outlet.
14. The recycling bin of claim 13, wherein: the buffer structure at least comprises a splash-proof part extending from the inner side wall of the dirt storage part to the inside of the second recovery cavity.
15. The recycling bin according to claim 14, wherein: the splash guard extends substantially perpendicular to the inner side wall in a radial direction or extends obliquely in a radial direction and toward the bottom wall.
16. The recycling bin according to claim 15, wherein: the splash-proof part is arranged in a plane shape or a curved surface shape or in a special shape formed by a plurality of sections of planes or curved surfaces.
17. The recycling bin of claim 16, wherein: the buffer structure further comprises a guide part which is connected with the splash-proof part and extends from the splash-proof part to the bottom wall direction, and the guide part is used for guiding sewage to be far away from the water outlet direction and towards the bottom wall of the second recovery cavity.
18. The recycling bin of claim 17, wherein: the guide part of the buffer structure is connected with the communication part of the flow guiding device, and the end part of the guide part is closer to the bottom wall of the second recovery cavity than the communication part.
19. The recycling bin of claim 13, wherein: the buffer structure at least comprises a splash-proof part which is arranged on the communicating part of the guide plate and extends towards the bottom wall of the second recovery cavity.
20. The recycling bin of claim 19, wherein: the splash-proof part is arranged to extend from one side of the guide plate communication part, which is close to the inner side wall of the second recovery cavity, to the bottom wall of the second recovery cavity.
21. The recycling bin of claim 20, wherein: the splash-proof part and the water outlet of the communication part are at least partially overlapped on the radial projection of the second recovery cavity, and have a certain interval in the height direction of the second recovery cavity; the splash guard is provided to extend obliquely in the radial direction toward the bottom wall.
22. The recycling bin of claim 21, wherein: the splash-proof part is arranged in a plane shape or a curved surface shape or in a special shape formed by a plurality of sections of planes or curved surfaces.
23. The recycling bin of claim 22, wherein: the splash-proof part is an arc-shaped plate protruding towards the water outlet.
24. The recycling bin of claim 23, wherein: further comprises: the first recycling cavity is defined by the bottom wall, the inner side wall and the top opening, and the first recycling cavity and the second recycling cavity are arranged in parallel and are in fluid communication.
25. The recycling bin of claim 24, wherein: further comprises: a first fluid delivery pathway for delivering fluid external to the recovery tank into the first recovery chamber; the second fluid conveying passage is used for conveying the fluid subjected to solid-liquid separation in the first recovery cavity into the second recovery cavity.
26. The recycling bin of claim 25, wherein: further comprises: a filter removably mountable in the first recovery chamber and performing solid-liquid separation of the fluid flowing into the first recovery chamber from the first fluid delivery passage.
27. The recycling bin of claim 26, wherein: the inlet of the first fluid conveying passage is arranged at the bottom of the first recovery cavity, and the outlet of the first fluid conveying passage is arranged at the upper part of the first recovery cavity.
28. The recycling bin of claim 27, wherein: the bottom wall and the top opening of the first recycling bin and/or the second recycling bin form part of the bottom wall and the top opening of the recycling bin, respectively.
29. The recycling bin of claim 28, wherein: the first fluid delivery passageway includes a first inlet conduit having an inlet connected to the first air inlet of the first recovery chamber bottom wall and an outlet extending from the bottom wall to the upper portion of the first recovery chamber from bottom to top.
30. The recycling bin of claim 29, wherein: the filter includes a filter mesh bag removably disposed adjacent the outlet at the upper end of the first inlet conduit.
31. The recycling bin of claim 30, wherein: the filter comprises a filtering part, wherein the filtering part comprises a bottom wall and a side wall which extends upwards around the periphery of the bottom wall and is used for accommodating solid garbage, and a plurality of filtering holes are formed in the bottom wall and/or the side wall; the bottom wall is also configured with an opening for the sealed passage of the first inlet conduit.
32. The recycling bin of claim 31, wherein: the filter also comprises a guide part connected with the filtering part, and the lower end of the guide part is in sealing fit with the upper end of the first inlet pipeline so as to realize fluid conduction.
33. The recycling bin of claim 32, wherein: the guide part comprises an upper end opening, a steering part, a connecting part and a lower end opening; the connecting portion is used for being in fluid connection with the first inlet pipeline, and the steering portion is used for changing the movement direction of fluid.
34. The recycling bin of claim 33, wherein: the filter includes a filter mesh bag detachably provided on the upper end opening of the guide portion.
35. The recycling bin of claim 34, wherein: the outlet of the first inlet pipeline is eccentrically arranged in the first recovery cavity, and the upper end opening of the guide part is arranged in the direction facing the center of the first recovery cavity.
36. The recycling bin of claim 35, wherein: the first gas outlet is formed in the inner side wall of the first recovery cavity, the second gas inlet is formed in the inner side wall of the second recovery cavity, and fluid communication is achieved between the first gas inlet and the second gas inlet.
37. The recycling bin of claim 36, wherein: the first recovery cavity is internally provided with a baffle plate, an opening for the first inlet pipeline to pass through is formed in the baffle plate in a sealing way, and the baffle plate divides the inner space of the first recovery cavity into an upper space and a lower space which are mutually independent.
38. The recycling bin of claim 37, wherein: the first air outlet is arranged on one side, close to the surface to be cleaned, of the first recovery cavity in an inclined working posture, and is arranged adjacent to the partition plate.
39. The recycling bin of claim 38, wherein: the partition plate is provided with at least an upper surface inclined toward the first air outlet.
40. The recycling bin according to claim 39, wherein: the second fluid conveying passage at least comprises a honeycomb duct and a second inlet pipeline; the fluid inlet of the second fluid conveying passage, which is an opening on one side of the flow guide pipe, is arranged to be connected with the first air outlet on the inner side wall of the first recovery cavity, the opening on the other side of the flow guide pipe is arranged in the second recovery cavity and is in fluid communication with the second inlet pipeline, and the second air outlet of the second inlet pipeline faces upwards and is positioned at the upper part of the second recovery cavity.
41. A surface cleaning apparatus comprising: a body and a cleaning head mounted on the body and adapted to move over a surface to be cleaned; a fluid delivery system comprising: a cleaning liquid barrel; and a fluid dispenser disposed on the cleaning head and in fluid communication with the cleaning liquid tank; a fluid recovery system, the fluid recovery system comprising: a power device; a suction nozzle disposed on the cleaning head and in fluid communication with the power device; the method is characterized in that: the fluid recovery system further comprising a recovery tank as recited in any one of claims 1-40.
42. The surface cleaning apparatus of claim 41, wherein: the recovery tank is configured to be removably mounted to the front side of the body and in fluid communication with the power plant when the surface cleaning apparatus is in operation.
43. The surface cleaning apparatus of claim 42, wherein: the power device is arranged on the front side of the machine body and is positioned above the recycling bin.
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