CN220757318U - Surface cleaning apparatus and surface cleaning system - Google Patents

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a surface cleaning apparatus comprising: a handle portion; a frame body part; a cleaning liquid storage section; a floor brush assembly; a recovery liquid storage part which is arranged on the frame body part and is used for collecting and storing dirt of the floor brush component after the surface to be cleaned is cleaned; and a sanitizing medium receiving assembly in communication with the reclaimed liquid storage portion to provide sanitizing agent to reclaimed liquid within the reclaimed liquid storage portion through the sanitizing medium receiving assembly; wherein the sterilising medium receiving assembly comprises a sterilising medium inlet and a enclosing structure at least partially surrounding the sterilising medium inlet, and the lowest position of the enclosing structure is the same as or lower than the lowest position of the sterilising medium inlet. The present disclosure also provides a surface cleaning system.

Description

Surface cleaning apparatus and surface cleaning system

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to a surface cleaning apparatus and a surface cleaning system.

Background

The surface cleaning apparatus is suitable for cleaning hard floor surfaces such as tile, hardwood floors, soft carpeted surfaces, and the like.

The prior art surface cleaning apparatuses each comprise a battery and a clean water tank etc., and accordingly, a base station for docking the surface cleaning apparatus needs to be provided to charge the battery of the surface cleaning apparatus through the base station and to add cleaning liquid into the clean water tank.

Furthermore, it is contemplated that the surface cleaning apparatus is also provided with a sump for storing the sewage and the waste after cleaning the surface to be cleaned. When the user finishes the cleaning operation, if the sewage tank is not cleaned in time, the sewage and garbage in the sewage tank can generate peculiar smell, and when the surface cleaning equipment is used next time, the room is full of bad smell, and the use experience of the user is affected.

Disclosure of Invention

In order to solve one of the above technical problems, the present disclosure provides a surface cleaning apparatus and a surface cleaning system.

According to one aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a surface cleaning apparatus comprising:

a handle portion for operating the surface cleaning apparatus;

a frame portion, the handle portion being provided at an upper end of the frame portion;

a cleaning liquid storage portion provided to the frame portion and configured to store a cleaning liquid;

a floor brush assembly pivotably provided to a lower end of the frame portion through a connection portion, the floor brush assembly being provided to be slidable with respect to a surface to be cleaned, and the cleaning liquid stored in the cleaning liquid storage portion being able to be supplied to the floor brush assembly or to the surface to be cleaned in the vicinity of the floor brush assembly;

a recovery liquid storage part which is arranged on the frame body part and is used for collecting and storing dirt of the floor brush component after the surface to be cleaned is cleaned; and

a sanitizing-medium receiving assembly in communication with the reclaimed liquid storage section to provide sanitizing agent to reclaimed liquid within the reclaimed liquid storage section through the sanitizing-medium receiving assembly; wherein the sterilising medium receiving assembly comprises a sterilising medium inlet and a enclosing structure at least partially surrounding the sterilising medium inlet, and the lowest position of the enclosing structure is the same as or lower than the lowest position of the sterilising medium inlet.

According to a surface cleaning apparatus of at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, the floor brush assembly includes a cleaning member capable of being driven to rotate to achieve cleaning of a surface to be cleaned by rotation of the cleaning member.

According to a surface cleaning apparatus of at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, the floor brush assembly includes a suction port connected to the recovery liquid storage section through a recovery line, wherein the suction port is formed as a start point of a recovery path.

A surface cleaning apparatus according to at least one embodiment of the present disclosure further comprises:

and a charging coupling structure positioned behind the surface cleaning apparatus and above the sanitizing medium receiving assembly.

According to the surface cleaning apparatus of at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, the enclosing structure is disposed at the rear of the frame portion and at the lower end of the frame portion.

According to the surface cleaning device of at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, a containing space is formed inside the enclosing structure, and the disinfecting medium inlet is arranged in the containing space of the enclosing structure; and a chamber is formed between the enclosing structure and the sterilizing medium inlet, and the chamber is communicated with the recovery liquid storage part.

According to the surface cleaning apparatus of at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, the upper portion of the enclosing structure is formed with a joint which communicates with the chamber so that the chamber communicates with the reclaimed liquid storage by connecting the joint to the reclaimed liquid storage.

A surface cleaning apparatus according to at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, the sanitizing medium inlet being formed as a valve structure; when the surface cleaning apparatus is docked to the base station and successfully docked with the base station, the valve structure is in an open state; otherwise, the valve structure is in a closed state.

According to another aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a surface cleaning system comprising a surface cleaning apparatus as described above.

A surface cleaning apparatus according to at least one embodiment of the present disclosure further comprises:

a base station for generating a sanitizing medium and, when the surface cleaning apparatus is docked at the base station and successfully docked with the base station, the sanitizing medium generated by the base station can be provided to the reclaimed liquid storage portion of the surface cleaning apparatus via the sanitizing medium inlet.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the disclosure and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate exemplary embodiments of the disclosure and together with the description serve to explain the principles of the disclosure.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of a surface cleaning apparatus according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged schematic view of a portion a of fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a partial schematic structural view of a surface cleaning apparatus according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 4 is a schematic structural view of a floor brush assembly according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 5 is a partial schematic view of a floor brush assembly according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 6 is a schematic structural view of a sterilizing medium inlet according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a base station according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 8 is a schematic diagram of another angle of a base station according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 9 is a schematic cross-sectional structure of a base station according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

The reference numerals in the drawings specifically are:

100. handle portion

200. Main body part

300. Cleaning liquid storage part

400. Recovered liquid storage unit

500. Connecting part

600. Floor brush assembly

610. Cleaning member

620. Suction port

700. Disinfection medium receiving assembly

710. Sterilizing medium inlet

7101. Valve body

7102. Valve rod

7103. Plug head

7104. Sealing ring

7105. Guide piece

7106. Shaft shoulder

720. Enclosing structure

730. Chamber chamber

740. Joint

800. Charging coupling structure

900. Base station

910. Upright body

920. Transverse tray

921. Groove

922. Limiting part

923. Cleaning groove

924. Air outlet

930. Disinfection coupling structure

931. Sterilizing medium outlet

931A main body

931B bar component

932. Ozone generator

933. Pump with a pump body

940. And a protective cover.

Detailed Description

The present disclosure is described in further detail below with reference to the drawings and the embodiments. It is to be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the relevant content and not limiting of the present disclosure. It should be further noted that, for convenience of description, only a portion relevant to the present disclosure is shown in the drawings.

In addition, embodiments of the present disclosure and features of the embodiments may be combined with each other without conflict. The technical aspects of the present disclosure will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings in conjunction with embodiments.

Unless otherwise indicated, the exemplary implementations/embodiments shown are to be understood as providing exemplary features of various details of some ways in which the technical concepts of the present disclosure may be practiced. Thus, unless otherwise indicated, features of the various implementations/embodiments may be additionally combined, separated, interchanged, and/or rearranged without departing from the technical concepts of the present disclosure.

The use of cross-hatching and/or shading in the drawings is typically used to clarify the boundaries between adjacent components. As such, the presence or absence of cross-hatching or shading does not convey or represent any preference or requirement for a particular material, material property, dimension, proportion, commonality between illustrated components, and/or any other characteristic, attribute, property, etc. of a component, unless indicated. In addition, in the drawings, the size and relative sizes of elements may be exaggerated for clarity and/or descriptive purposes. While the exemplary embodiments may be variously implemented, the specific process sequences may be performed in a different order than that described. For example, two consecutively described processes may be performed substantially simultaneously or in reverse order from that described. Moreover, like reference numerals designate like parts.

When an element is referred to as being "on" or "over", "connected to" or "coupled to" another element, it can be directly on, connected or coupled to the other element or intervening elements may be present. However, when an element is referred to as being "directly on," "directly connected to," or "directly coupled to" another element, there are no intervening elements present. For this reason, the term "connected" may refer to physical connections, electrical connections, and the like, with or without intermediate components.

For descriptive purposes, the present disclosure may use spatially relative terms such as "under … …," under … …, "" under … …, "" lower, "" above … …, "" upper, "" above … …, "" higher "and" side (e.g., as in "sidewall"), etc., to describe one component's relationship to another (other) component as illustrated in the figures. In addition to the orientations depicted in the drawings, the spatially relative terms are intended to encompass different orientations of the device in use, operation, and/or manufacture. For example, if the device in the figures is turned over, elements described as "under" or "beneath" other elements or features would then be oriented "over" the other elements or features. Thus, the exemplary term "below" … … can encompass both an orientation of "above" and "below". Furthermore, the device may be otherwise positioned (e.g., rotated 90 degrees or at other orientations) and the spatially relative descriptors used herein interpreted accordingly.

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting. As used herein, the singular forms "a", "an" and "the" are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. Furthermore, when the terms "comprises" and/or "comprising," and variations thereof, are used in the present specification, the presence of stated features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components, and/or groups thereof is described, but the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components, and/or groups thereof is not precluded. It is also noted that, as used herein, the terms "substantially," "about," and other similar terms are used as approximation terms and not as degree terms, and as such, are used to explain the inherent deviations of measured, calculated, and/or provided values that would be recognized by one of ordinary skill in the art.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of a surface cleaning apparatus according to one embodiment of the present disclosure. Fig. 2 is an enlarged schematic view of a portion a of fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a partial schematic structural view of a surface cleaning apparatus according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

As shown in fig. 1 to 3, the present disclosure provides a surface cleaning apparatus which can be used to clean a floor surface to be cleaned, preferably, which can be wet-cleaned, and which recovers liquid after cleaning the floor surface to be cleaned to the surface cleaning apparatus.

As shown in fig. 1 to 3, the surface cleaning apparatus may structurally include a handle portion 100, a frame portion 200, a cleaning liquid storage portion 300, a recovery liquid storage portion 400, a connection portion 500, and a floor brush assembly 600.

In use, the floor brush assembly 600 of the present disclosure is configured to be movable over a floor surface to be cleaned to wet clean the floor surface to be cleaned by the floor brush assembly 600.

The handle portion 100 is used for operating the surface cleaning apparatus, more specifically, on the one hand, an operator can realize control of the posture of the surface cleaning apparatus by operating the handle portion 100, for example, by controlling the handle portion 100, the surface cleaning apparatus can be in a tilted state (i.e., an angle of approximately 60 ° with the surface to be cleaned) or in a substantially lying state (i.e., substantially parallel with the surface to be cleaned); accordingly, when the housing portion 200 of the surface cleaning apparatus is in an inclined state (i.e., at an angle of about 60 ° to the surface to be cleaned) or a substantially lying state (i.e., substantially parallel to the surface to be cleaned), the surface cleaning apparatus is in a cleaning mode and is capable of cleaning the surface to be cleaned. Accordingly, when the handle part 100 is operated such that the housing part 200 of the surface cleaning apparatus is in a vertical state, the surface cleaning apparatus is in a stopped state at this time, or when the surface cleaning apparatus is in the base station 900, the housing part 200 of the surface cleaning apparatus is also in a substantially vertical state.

On the other hand, physical buttons may be provided on the handle portion 100, so that the surface cleaning apparatus may be controlled by the physical buttons, for example, controlling start and stop of the surface cleaning apparatus, controlling liquid supply speed and suction power of the surface cleaning apparatus, and the like, so that a user of the surface cleaning apparatus experiences better.

The handle portion 100 can be provided at an upper end of the frame portion 200, so that the surface cleaning apparatus can be operated by operating the handle portion 100. In the present disclosure, the frame 200 is formed as a main force structure of the surface cleaning apparatus, and both the cleaning liquid storage part 300 and the recovery liquid storage part 400 of the surface cleaning apparatus can be directly or indirectly fixed to the frame 200.

The cleaning liquid storage part 300 is formed in the shape of a tank to store the cleaning liquid in the cleaning liquid storage part 300. In one embodiment, the cleaning liquid may be clean water. Of course, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the cleaning liquid storage portion 300 may also store a mixture of clean water and cleaning agent, etc.

The housing portion 200 has a receiving space formed thereon, and the cleaning liquid storage portion 300 can be disposed in the receiving space such that a portion of the outer surface of the cleaning liquid storage portion 300 forms a portion of the outer surface of the surface cleaning apparatus.

In the present disclosure, the cleaning liquid storage part 300 is detachable from the frame part 200 and is manually filled with cleaning liquid by a user; of course, the cleaning liquid storage portion 300 of the present disclosure may also be filled with the cleaning liquid of the cleaning liquid storage portion 300 through the cleaning liquid interface provided on the frame body portion 200.

Still further, when the cleaning liquid interface is provided on the frame body 200, the cleaning liquid storage part 300 may be provided inside the frame body 200, in which case the cleaning liquid storage part 300 is not formed as at least part of the outer surface of the surface cleaning apparatus.

In the present disclosure, in order to achieve cleaning of a surface to be cleaned, the cleaning liquid storage part 300 is connected to the floor brush assembly 600 at least through a cleaning liquid line, thereby supplying a cleaning liquid to the floor brush assembly 600 and thus achieving wet cleaning of the surface to be cleaned.

As shown in fig. 1, the frame 200 is formed with a receiving space, and the recovery liquid storage 400 is detachably disposed in the frame 200 and is positioned in the receiving space, so that when the recovery liquid storage 400 stores more liquid, a user can remove the recovery liquid storage 400, pour out the sewage from the inside and clean the solid garbage, and at this time, a part of the outer surface of the recovery liquid storage 400 is formed as a part of the outer surface of the surface cleaning apparatus.

In order to recover the liquid after cleaning the surface to be cleaned, the recovery liquid storage part 400 can be connected to the floor brush assembly 600 through a recovery pipe, and accordingly, a mixture of sewage, solid garbage, and gas (dirt) can be recovered to the recovery liquid storage part 400 through the recovery pipe.

Accordingly, the surface cleaning apparatus further includes a suction device (not shown in the drawings), wherein the suction device is capable of generating a negative pressure and supplying the negative pressure to the recovery liquid storage section 400, thereby realizing a forced flow of gas and sewage in the recovery line. In the present disclosure, the gas discharged from the suction device can flow to the outside of the surface cleaning apparatus through the slit on the part of the outer surface of the surface cleaning apparatus.

Furthermore, the surface cleaning apparatus may also include a rechargeable battery that is capable of providing electrical power to the suction device or the like that requires electrical power.

Fig. 4 is a schematic structural view of a floor brush assembly according to one embodiment of the present disclosure. Fig. 5 is a partial schematic view of a floor brush assembly according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

The frame part 200 is connected to the floor brush assembly 600 through the connection part 500 such that the frame part 200 is pivotably connected to the floor brush assembly 600, and in the present disclosure, the frame part 200 has at least two degrees of rotational freedom with respect to the floor brush assembly 600, thereby enabling a user to more conveniently operate the surface cleaning apparatus.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 4 and 5, the floor brush assembly 600 is provided to be slidable with respect to the surface to be cleaned, and the cleaning liquid stored in the cleaning liquid storage part 300 can be supplied to the floor brush assembly 600 or to the surface to be cleaned in the vicinity of the floor brush assembly 600, so that the floor brush assembly 600 can wet-clean the surface to be cleaned using these cleaning liquids; accordingly, after the cleaning of the surface to be cleaned, the local brush assembly 600 generates used cleaning liquid (sewage) and solid waste, which can be recovered by and stored in the recovery liquid storage section.

In one embodiment, the floor brush assembly 600 may include cleaning members 610, and the cleaning members 610 may be formed in the form of a roller brush or in the form of a tracked cleaning section. As shown in fig. 4, the cleaning member 610 is formed in the form of a roller brush, and the roller brush can be driven to rotate, for example, a rotation axis of the roller brush is a horizontal direction parallel to a surface to be cleaned, and the rotation axis can be perpendicular to a front-rear direction to achieve cleaning of the surface to be cleaned by rotation of the roller brush.

Further, the floor brush assembly 600 includes a suction port 620, the suction port 620 being connected to the recovery liquid storage section 400 through a recovery line, wherein the suction port 620 is formed as a start point of a recovery path.

In the present disclosure, the surface cleaning apparatus further includes a disinfectant medium receiving assembly 700, the disinfectant medium receiving assembly 700 being in communication with the reclaimed liquid storage 400 to provide disinfectant to the reclaimed liquid within the reclaimed liquid storage 400 through the disinfectant medium receiving assembly 700; wherein the sterilizing medium receiving assembly 700 includes a sterilizing medium inlet 710 and a enclosing structure 720, the enclosing structure 720 at least partially surrounds the sterilizing medium inlet 710, and the lowest position of the enclosing structure 720 is the same as the lowest position of the sterilizing medium inlet 710 or is lower than the lowest position of the sterilizing medium inlet 710. In other words, the lowest position of the enclosure 720 is the lowest position of the entire disinfection medium receiving assembly 700.

More preferably, the enclosing structure 720 is disposed at the rear portion of the frame 200 and is located at the lower end of the frame 200; accordingly, the sterilizing medium inlet 710 is also provided at the rear of the housing 200 and at the lower end of the housing 200.

In the present disclosure, the enclosing structure 720 is provided, so that the disinfection medium receiving assembly 700 can be effectively protected; when the surface cleaning apparatus is docked to the base station 900, no damage to the sterilising medium receiving assembly 700 occurs; the enclosing structure 720 also has a certain guiding effect, whereby the surface cleaning apparatus can conveniently dock with the base station 900 and successfully dock with the base station 900.

The surface cleaning apparatus of the present disclosure may further include a charging coupling structure 800, the charging coupling structure 800 being located at the rear of the surface cleaning apparatus and above the sanitizing medium receiving assembly 700. When the surface cleaning apparatus is docked at the base station 900 and successfully docked with the base station 900, the surface cleaning apparatus is able to receive power from the base station 900 and effect charging of the rechargeable battery.

In an alternative embodiment of the present disclosure, a receiving space is formed inside the enclosing structure 720, and the sterilizing medium inlet 710 is disposed in the receiving space of the enclosing structure 720; and a chamber 730 is formed between the enclosing structure 720 and the sterilizing medium inlet 710, and the chamber 730 communicates with the recovery liquid storage section 400.

A joint 740 is formed at an upper portion of the enclosing structure 720, and the joint 740 communicates with the chamber 730 such that the chamber communicates with the recovery liquid storage portion 400 by connecting the joint 740 to the recovery liquid storage portion 400.

In one embodiment, the sanitizing medium inlet 710 is formed as a valve structure that is in an open state when the surface cleaning apparatus is docked to the base station 900 and successfully docked with the base station 900; otherwise, for example, the valve structure is in a closed state when the surface cleaning apparatus is not docked at the base station 900, or the surface cleaning apparatus is docked at the base station 900, but the surface cleaning apparatus is not successfully docked with the base station 900.

In a specific embodiment, the valve structure may include a valve body 7101, a valve stem 7102, a plug 7103, and the like.

The valve body 7101 is fixed to the enclosing structure 720, and a pipeline through which a sterilizing medium flows is formed inside the valve body 7101, and the pipeline through which the sterilizing medium flows is communicated with the chamber.

The valve stem 7102 is slidably disposed within the valve body 7101; and enables the valve stem 7102 to be in a first position and a second position.

The plug 7103 is provided at one end of the valve stem 7102, and when the valve stem 7102 is located at a first position, a line through which a sterilizing medium of the valve body 7101 flows is not communicated with the chamber, and when the valve stem 7102 is located at a second position, a line through which a sterilizing medium of the valve body 7101 flows is communicated with the chamber.

In the present disclosure, at least one annular groove for accommodating the sealing ring 7104 is formed on the outer surface of the lower half portion of the valve body 7101, and the sealing ring 7104 is disposed in the annular groove.

More preferably, the valve body 7101 is internally provided with a guide 7105, the guide 7105 is spaced apart from the inner surface of the valve body 7101 by a predetermined distance, the outer surface of the guide 7105 is connected to the inner surface of the valve body 7101 through a connection member, and a sterilizing medium can flow in a gap between the outer surface of the guide 7105 and the inner surface of the valve body 7101; the guide 7105 is formed with a central hole, and the valve stem 7102 is slidably disposed in the central hole of the guide 7105.

Accordingly, when the valve rod 7102 is located at the first position, the plug 7103 is in sealing contact with the inner wall surface of the valve body 7101, so that a pipeline through which the sterilizing medium of the valve body 7101 flows is not communicated with the chamber; when the valve rod 7102 is located at the second position, the plug 7103 is spaced from the inner wall surface of the valve body 7101 by a distance such that a line through which the sterilizing medium of the valve body 7101 flows communicates with the chamber.

In an alternative embodiment of the present disclosure, the other end of the valve stem 7102 is formed with a shoulder 7106, one end of a spring is disposed at the shoulder 7106, the other end is disposed at the guide 7105, and the spring is in a pre-compressed state so that the sterilizing medium inlet 710 is in a normally closed state by an elastic force of the spring.

According to another aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a surface cleaning system comprising a surface cleaning apparatus as described above.

More preferably, the surface cleaning system further comprises a base station 900, the base station 900 being adapted to generate a disinfection medium, and when the surface cleaning apparatus is docked at the base station 900 and is successfully docked with the base station 900, the disinfection medium generated by the base station 900 can be provided to the recovery liquid storage section 400 of the surface cleaning apparatus via the disinfection medium inlet 710.

Fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a base station 900 according to one embodiment of the present disclosure. Fig. 8 is a schematic diagram of another angle of a base station 900 according to one embodiment of the present disclosure. Fig. 9 is a schematic cross-sectional structure of a base station 900 according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

As shown in fig. 7-9, a base station 900 of the present disclosure may include upright body 910, transverse tray 920, and sterile coupling structure 930, among other components.

The upright body 910 is disposed substantially vertically, and in the present disclosure, the inside of the upright body 910 may have a storage space, and a floor brush assembly of the surface cleaning apparatus or the like may be placed in the storage space.

The lateral tray 920 is connected to the upright body 910, and the lateral tray 920 is configured such that at least a portion of the lateral tray 920 is positioned below the surface cleaning apparatus when the surface cleaning apparatus is docked to the base station 900.

Structurally, the lateral tray 920 is located at the front side of the upright body 910, and accordingly, the lateral tray 920 is connected to the front side of the lower end of the upright body 910, whereby the lateral tray 920 and the upright body 910 can be formed in an L-shape as a whole.

The upper surface of the lateral tray 920 may be formed with a groove 921 for restricting the position of the surface cleaning apparatus, and in particular, the surface cleaning apparatus may include a moving wheel to achieve fixing of the position of the surface cleaning apparatus with respect to the base station 900 by moving the moving wheel into the groove 921.

Furthermore, to prevent the moving wheel from being removed from the groove, a limiting part 922 may be provided near the groove 921, and the limiting part 922 can prevent the movement of the moving wheel so that the surface cleaning apparatus can be more stably positioned.

Preferably, the groove 921 is formed as a first circular arc groove, and the surface of the limit part 922 adjacent to the groove is also formed with a second circular arc groove, and when the surface cleaning apparatus is parked at the base station 900, the first circular arc groove and the second circular arc groove are both in contact with the moving wheel.

Moreover, a cleaning groove 923 is formed on the upper surface of the lateral tray 920, and the shape of the cleaning groove 923 may be adapted to the shape of a rolling brush or the like of the surface cleaning apparatus, and the rolling brush of the surface cleaning apparatus may be disposed in the cleaning groove 923 when the surface cleaning apparatus is stopped at the base station.

The lateral tray 920 may be a cavity structure, and an air supply device (the air supply device may have a heating assembly to supply hot air) is disposed in the cavity structure of the lateral tray 920, and an air outlet 924 is formed on the lateral tray 920, so that hot air can be supplied to the roller brush of the surface cleaning apparatus through the air outlet 924 to dry the roller brush of the surface cleaning apparatus.

In this disclosure, the sanitizing coupling structure 930 is configured to operatively connect to a reclaimed liquid storage portion of a surface cleaning apparatus and provide sanitizing media to the interior of the reclaimed liquid storage portion when the surface cleaning apparatus is docked to the base station 900.

In one embodiment, the sanitizing coupling structure 930 comprises a sanitizing medium outlet 931 located on at least the upstanding body 910, the sanitizing medium outlet 931 being in sealed communication with a sanitizing medium inlet on the reclaimed liquid storage portion of the surface cleaning apparatus when the surface cleaning apparatus is docked to the base station 900.

In a specific embodiment, the sanitizing medium outlet 931 includes: a main body 931A and a lever component 931B; an accommodation space is formed inside the main body 931A, and has an upward opening; that is, the upper end of the main body 931A is opened, whereby the sterilizing medium inlet of the surface cleaning apparatus can be inserted substantially vertically into the main body 931A and communication between the sterilizing medium outlet 931 and the sterilizing medium inlet is achieved.

The lower wall surface of the main body 931A is communicated with an air inlet which is connected to an ozone generator 932; in one embodiment, the main body 931A is provided with an air inlet port which communicates with the accommodation space of the main body 931A, and the air inlet port can be inserted into the inside of one end of a pipe for transporting a sterilizing medium, and accordingly the other end of the pipe for transporting a sterilizing medium can be connected to the ozone generator 932, whereby ozone generated by the ozone generator 932 can be transported to the accommodation space of the main body 931A.

One end of the lever member 931B is provided to the bottom wall of the main body portion 931A, and the other end thereof is terminated in the vicinity of the opening of the main body portion 931A; the lever member 931B is located inside the main body 931A as a whole, and the lever member 931B is preferably disposed coaxially with the main body 931A.

More preferably, the cross section of the lever member 931B is cross-shaped, so that in actual use, fluid communication between the sterilizing medium inlet and the sterilizing medium outlet can be achieved by opening the valve assembly at the sterilizing medium inlet through the lever member 931B.

In the present disclosure, the upstanding body 910 is provided with a movable protective cover 940, the protective cover 940 being operatively coupled to the upstanding body 910 and configured to move between a position covering the sanitizing medium outlet 931 and a position opening the sanitizing medium outlet 931. Wherein, when the protective cover 940 is positioned at the position covering the sterilizing medium outlet 931, the protective cover 940 covers the sterilizing medium outlet 931 of the sterilizing coupling structure 930, and when the protective cover 940 is positioned at the position opening the sterilizing medium outlet 931, the sterilizing medium outlet 931 of the sterilizing coupling structure 930 is exposed. Accordingly, when the sterilizing medium outlet 931 of the sterilizing coupling structure 930 is exposed, the sterilizing medium inlet can be conveniently inserted into the sterilizing medium outlet 931.

When an external force is applied to the protective cover 940, the protective cover 940 moves from a position covering the sterilizing medium outlet 931 to a position opening the sterilizing medium outlet 931, and when the external force is removed, the protective cover 940 moves from the position opening the sterilizing medium outlet 931 to a position covering the sterilizing medium outlet 931.

Wherein, when the protective cover 940 moves from the position of opening the sterilizing medium outlet 931 to the position of covering the sterilizing medium outlet 931, it may be realized by the gravity of the protective cover 940 or by the restoring force provided by the spring.

When the surface cleaning apparatus is placed in the base station 900 from top to bottom, the surface cleaning apparatus applies the external force to the cover 940. That is, when a user places the surface cleaning apparatus on the base station 900 in a top-down direction, the movement of the surface cleaning apparatus can move the protective cover 940 from a position covering the sterilizing medium outlet 931 to a position opening the sterilizing medium outlet 931, so that the sterilizing medium inlet of the surface cleaning apparatus can be inserted into the sterilizing medium outlet without requiring other actions of the user.

In one embodiment, the sanitizing medium is a gaseous sanitizing medium; more preferably, the gaseous sterilizing medium is ozone.

In a specific embodiment, the disinfection coupling 930 comprises an ozone generator 932 and a pump 933, the ozone generator 932 being adapted to generate ozone and the pump 933 being adapted to deliver ozone generated by the ozone generator 932 outwards, wherein the ozone generator 932 is connected to the disinfection medium outlet 931 and provides ozone outwards through the disinfection medium outlet 931.

In this disclosure, through carrying out effectual deodorization that disinfects with ozone to sewage, prevent that the user from forgetting the sewage corruption problem of stinking that leads to after using up surface cleaning equipment, guarantee that sewage 4-7 days does not stink, effectively promote user's use experience, can effectively reduce the clean frequency of retrieving storage portion of user simultaneously. Particularly, ozone has extremely strong oxidizing property and sterilizing property, is one of the strongest oxidizing agents in nature, and has oxidation-reduction potential in water second to that of fluorine and second. Meanwhile, the product after the ozone reaction is oxygen, so that the ozone is an efficient oxidant without secondary pollution. The sewage is sterilized and deodorized by using ozone, and the time point of sewage spoilage and deodorization is greatly delayed by timing on-off of ozone.

In the description of the present specification, reference to the terms "one embodiment/manner," "some embodiments/manner," "example," "specific example," or "some examples," etc., means that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment/manner or example is included in at least one embodiment/manner or example of the present application. In this specification, the schematic representations of the above terms are not necessarily for the same embodiment/manner or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments/modes or examples. Furthermore, the various embodiments/modes or examples described in this specification and the features of the various embodiments/modes or examples can be combined and combined by persons skilled in the art without contradiction.

Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and the like, are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying a relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defining "a first" or "a second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one such feature. In the description of the present application, the meaning of "plurality" is at least two, such as two, three, etc., unless explicitly defined otherwise.

It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the above-described embodiments are merely for clarity of illustration of the disclosure, and are not intended to limit the scope of the disclosure. Other variations or modifications will be apparent to persons skilled in the art from the foregoing disclosure, and such variations or modifications are intended to be within the scope of the present disclosure.

Claims (10)

1. A surface cleaning apparatus comprising:

a handle portion for operating the surface cleaning apparatus;

a frame portion, the handle portion being provided at an upper end of the frame portion;

a cleaning liquid storage portion provided to the frame portion and configured to store a cleaning liquid;

a floor brush assembly pivotably provided to a lower end of the frame portion through a connection portion, the floor brush assembly being provided to be slidable with respect to a surface to be cleaned, and the cleaning liquid stored in the cleaning liquid storage portion being able to be supplied to the floor brush assembly or to the surface to be cleaned in the vicinity of the floor brush assembly;

a recovery liquid storage part which is arranged on the frame body part and is used for collecting and storing dirt of the floor brush component after the surface to be cleaned is cleaned; and

a sanitizing-medium receiving assembly in communication with the reclaimed liquid storage section to provide sanitizing agent to reclaimed liquid within the reclaimed liquid storage section through the sanitizing-medium receiving assembly; wherein the sterilising medium receiving assembly comprises a sterilising medium inlet and a enclosing structure at least partially surrounding the sterilising medium inlet, and the lowest position of the enclosing structure is the same as or lower than the lowest position of the sterilising medium inlet.

2. The surface cleaning apparatus of claim 1, wherein the floor brush assembly includes a cleaning member that can be driven in rotation to effect cleaning of a surface to be cleaned by rotation of the cleaning member.

3. The surface cleaning apparatus of claim 2, wherein the floor brush assembly includes a suction port connected to the reclaimed liquid storage portion by a reclaimed pipe, wherein the suction port is formed as a start of a reclaimed path.

4. The surface cleaning apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

and a charging coupling structure positioned behind the surface cleaning apparatus and above the sanitizing medium receiving assembly.

5. The surface cleaning apparatus of claim 1 wherein the enclosing structure is disposed at a rear portion of the frame portion and at a lower end of the frame portion.

6. The surface cleaning apparatus of claim 5, wherein the enclosure forms a receiving space within the interior of the enclosure, the sanitizing medium inlet being disposed within the receiving space of the enclosure; and a chamber is formed between the enclosing structure and the sterilizing medium inlet, and the chamber is communicated with the recovery liquid storage part.

7. The surface cleaning apparatus of claim 6 wherein the enclosure is formed with a fitting at an upper portion thereof, the fitting communicating with the chamber to allow the chamber to communicate with the reclaimed liquid storage by connecting the fitting to the reclaimed liquid storage.

8. The surface cleaning apparatus of claim 1, wherein the sanitizing medium inlet is formed as a valve structure; when the surface cleaning apparatus is docked to the base station and successfully docked with the base station, the valve structure is in an open state; otherwise, the valve structure is in a closed state.

9. A surface cleaning system comprising the surface cleaning apparatus of any one of claims 1-8.

10. The surface cleaning system of claim 9, further comprising:

a base station for generating a sanitizing medium and, when the surface cleaning apparatus is docked at the base station and successfully docked with the base station, the sanitizing medium generated by the base station can be provided to the reclaimed liquid storage portion of the surface cleaning apparatus via the sanitizing medium inlet.