EP3284381A2 - Poste de charge, en particulier pour un dispositif de nettoyage - Google Patents

Poste de charge, en particulier pour un dispositif de nettoyage Download PDF

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EP3284381A2
EP3284381A2 EP17184711.4A EP17184711A EP3284381A2 EP 3284381 A2 EP3284381 A2 EP 3284381A2 EP 17184711 A EP17184711 A EP 17184711A EP 3284381 A2 EP3284381 A2 EP 3284381A2
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Helmut SCHÖNHOFF
Jochen Jentsch
Dirk Schmidt
Sabine Schweppe
Harald Windorfer
Mikel Blum
Pia Hahn
Iris Zabback
Hans-Peter Arnold
Raphael Liß
Maike Brede
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L9/00—Details or accessories of suction cleaners, e.g. mechanical means for controlling the suction or for effecting pulsating action; Storing devices specially adapted to suction cleaners or parts thereof; Carrying-vehicles specially adapted for suction cleaners
    • A47L9/28—Installation of the electric equipment, e.g. adaptation or attachment to the suction cleaner; Controlling suction cleaners by electric means
    • A47L9/2868—Arrangements for power supply of vacuum cleaners or the accessories thereof
    • A47L9/2873—Docking units or charging stations
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L11/00—Machines for cleaning floors, carpets, furniture, walls, or wall coverings
    • A47L11/40—Parts 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
    • A47L11/4002—Installations of electric equipment
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L11/00—Machines for cleaning floors, carpets, furniture, walls, or wall coverings
    • A47L11/40—Parts 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
    • A47L11/4002—Installations of electric equipment
    • A47L11/4005—Arrangements of batteries or cells; Electric power supply arrangements
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L9/00—Details or accessories of suction cleaners, e.g. mechanical means for controlling the suction or for effecting pulsating action; Storing devices specially adapted to suction cleaners or parts thereof; Carrying-vehicles specially adapted for suction cleaners
    • A47L9/28—Installation of the electric equipment, e.g. adaptation or attachment to the suction cleaner; Controlling suction cleaners by electric means
    • A47L9/2805—Parameters or conditions being sensed
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L2201/00—Robotic cleaning machines, i.e. with automatic control of the travelling movement or the cleaning operation
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L2201/00—Robotic cleaning machines, i.e. with automatic control of the travelling movement or the cleaning operation
    • A47L2201/02—Docking stations; Docking operations
    • A47L2201/022—Recharging of batteries

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  • the invention relates to a charging station, in particular for a cleaning device, with a station housing, a network connection element, in particular a power plug, for connecting the charging station to an electrical power supply, a charging device and at least one charging element for transmitting energy to an accumulator.
  • the invention relates to a system comprising a charging station and a cleaning device which can be connected to the charging station, wherein the charging station is a station housing, a network connection element for connecting the charging station to an electrical power supply, a charging device and at least one electrical charging element for transmitting energy to an accumulator of the cleaning device having.
  • the invention relates to a method for charging a rechargeable battery of a cleaning device by means of a charging station, wherein a mains connection element of the charging station is connected to an electrical power supply, and wherein an electrical charging element of the charging station for transmitting energy to the accumulator of the cleaning device to a corresponding charging element of Cleaning device is connected.
  • Charging stations for cleaning devices of the aforementioned type are known in the art.
  • the charging station can be designed, for example, as a base station into which the cleaning device can at least partially enter or to which the cleaning device can dock in order to bring about a charging of the rechargeable battery. Furthermore, the charging station can also perform other service tasks, such as, for example, cleaning at least a portion of the cleaning device, in particular emptying a suction material container or the like.
  • the publication DE 10 2010 017 258 A1 discloses, for example, a base station for an automatically movable device, which is designed for recharging batteries of the device and / or for emptying a dirt container of the device.
  • charging stations are known in the prior art, which only fulfill the task of recharging an accumulator of the cleaning device.
  • a charging station shows, for example, the US 2004/0201361 A1 .
  • This charging station has a connection part for connection to a connection part of the cleaning device.
  • Each connector has a coil for transmitting energy by inductive coupling.
  • the connection part of the charging station or also the connection part of the cleaning device can have a docking element, which can be displaced relative to the charging station or the cleaning device.
  • the cleaning device can dock onto this docking element, wherein a pivoting range of the docking element predetermines a still permissible deviation from an optimal orientation of the charging station and cleaning device, within which the accumulator can still be charged.
  • the prior art charging stations each have a constant distance between the power supply element, ie, for example, a power plug for connection to a power outlet, and a charging element, ie, for example an electrical contact or a magnetic field generating electrical coil on.
  • a position and / or orientation of the cleaning device is predetermined by the socket used for connecting the charging station or the installation of the charging station, which is required so that the charging elements of the charging station and the cleaning device for energy transmission are adjacent or can contact each other.
  • a charging station in particular for a cleaning device, proposed whose station housing has at least two relatively displaceable, in particular relatively rotatable, pivotable and / or linearly displaceable, housing parts, of which a first housing part has the power connection element and of which a second housing part has the charging element, so that the charging element is displaceable by a displacement of one of the housing parts relative to the network connection element.
  • a charging station in which the distance between the power connection element for connection to an electrical power supply, for example a household socket, and the charge element that can be connected to the cleaning device can be varied.
  • the housing geometry of the charging station can be changed, whereby at the same time also arranged thereon charging element or network connection element is displaced or is spaced to the other.
  • a height offset between the charging station and the cleaning device which could not overcome the cleaning device without the inventively relatively displaceable housing parts to dock with the charging element of the charging station. This may be the case, for example, if the charging station is arranged at a higher level, in particular a step, or if the charging station is plugged directly into a household socket in the manner of a plug-in charger and the charging element of the charging station thereby lies above a corresponding charging element of the cleaning device ,
  • the power connection element and the charging element can be connected in different ways to the housing parts of the station housing.
  • the invention is particularly based on variants, in which both the power supply element and the charging element is immovably disposed on the respective housing part, so that the power supply element or the charging element can be displaced only by a displacement of the corresponding housing part.
  • the power connection element or the charging element is connected via a connecting cable with the respective housing part, so that a certain mobility of the power connection element or the charging element is possible relative to the housing part.
  • the distance between the power supply element and the charging element of the charging station can be optimally adapted to a position and / or orientation of the cleaning device and a connection of the mutual charging elements for transferring energy to the accumulator of the cleaning device is possible.
  • the displacement of the housing parts of the charging station can be achieved in different ways.
  • the housing parts can be rotated relative to each other, be pivoted relative to each other or linearly displaced to one another, ie shifted.
  • they can for example be connected to each other via a rotation axis, a thread or the like.
  • the second housing part for example, by an angle of 90 degrees, 180 degrees, 270 degrees, 360 degrees or even angular ranges therebetween, be relocated, so that the charging element of the cleaning device, for example, can also be connected to the charging element of the charging station when the cleaning device not frontally to the charging station, but for example at a 90-degree angle to it.
  • the housing parts can also be pivoted relative to each other, for example by means of a connection of the housing parts via a pivot axis, so that, for example, the second housing part pivoted away from the first housing part, ie, folded away, can be.
  • This pivotability can be given both in the horizontal direction and in the vertical direction, or in different directions.
  • the housing parts can also be linearly displaceable relative to one another, for example in the horizontal or vertical direction, so that at least one dimension of the station housing can be enlarged or reduced.
  • the station housing by a vertical displacement of the housing parts to each other receive a greater height, so that the power connection element and the charging element in the vertical direction have a greater distance from each other and the charging element, for example, starting from a household socket, with which the power supply element is connected to a bottom area a living space can be lowered so that it can be adapted to the respective height and geometry of the cleaning device.
  • housing parts In addition to the two housing parts further displaceable housing parts may be provided, for example in the event that the displaceability of one or two housing parts is not sufficient to bridge a certain distance between the charging station and the cleaning device. In this case, a plurality of in the direction of displacement successively arranged housing parts may be provided.
  • housing parts it is also possible to arrange housing parts as needed between the two housing parts, for example, when the point of connection of the mains connection element of the charging station is located so that the charging element of the charging station is always too far away from a corresponding charging element of a cleaning device. In particular, this may be the case when the charging station is designed as a plug-in charger and the household sockets of the household in question are above a normal installation height.
  • the charging elements of the charging station or the cleaning device may be either electrical charging contacts in the context of the invention, or inductively coupled charging elements, which have, for example, mutually corresponding coils. In the latter case, no physical contact is required between the charging elements for energy transfer.
  • the two coils are to be arranged in such a way that a second coil is within a magnetic field of a first coil, so that a voltage can be induced within the second coil.
  • the charging station can also be designed to charge accumulators of other devices. These devices may be, for example, cameras, mobile phones, tools and the like. In particular, however, the charging station according to the invention is recommended for self-propelled devices, which usually their position and orientation occupy automatically relative to the charging station and not be relocated there by a user.
  • a cleaning device described here both conventional dry cleaning equipment, such as vacuum cleaners, as well as wet cleaning equipment or combinations thereof are provided.
  • These cleaning devices are used, for example, for cleaning floor surfaces, or for cleaning overground surfaces, such as shelves, windows, baseboards and the like.
  • the cleaning device can in particular preferably be automatically movable and move with the aid of a navigation device to the charging station.
  • the housing parts are arranged telescopically in one another, so that the distance between the power connection element and the charging element is variable.
  • two or more housing parts can engage in such a way that they form a telescopic station housing and the extension of the station housing is variable in Teleskopieriques or at maximum nested housing parts results in a small, compact charging station, which, however, by maximum possible pulling apart of the housing parts to expand to a multiple size on the other hand.
  • the telescopic design of the charging station is suitable for such charging stations, in which an end region of a lower housing part, which is lower in relation to a vertical direction, is to be pulled out in the direction of a bottom surface.
  • the dimension of the charging station in the vertical direction can be increased starting from the mains connection element arranged, for example, in a household socket to the charging element of the second housing part, so that the charging element is placed on a cleaning device arranged below the charging station can be lowered and connected there with a corresponding charging element.
  • the charging element of the charging station is preferably arranged on the second housing part, that this points away from the wall socket having the household socket.
  • the power connection element of the charging station can be displaceable relative to the first housing part, in particular rotatable, pivotable and / or displaceable relative to the first housing part.
  • the loading element of the charging station relative to the second housing part displaced, in particular relative to this rotatable, pivotable and / or displaceable be.
  • the housing parts of the station housing are mutually displaceable, but also the power connection element relative to the first housing part and / or the charging element relative to the second housing part.
  • the charging station can be connected, for example, to each household socket and pointing in the direction of standing on the floor cleaning device, regardless of whether the household socket installation has horizontally or vertically arranged mating contacts.
  • a rotatability of 90 degrees plus / minus 10 degrees is sufficient.
  • a rotatability of 360 degrees may be possible.
  • the power connection element can also be pivotable on the first housing part, for example away from a wall surface or towards the wall surface. This embodiment is particularly suitable when the household socket is arranged, for example, on a sloping roof or the cleaning device underneath stands on an inclined surface.
  • the network connection element can also be arranged displaceably on the first housing part, so that the network connection element can be displaced, for example, from a position arranged centrally on a housing surface in the direction of an edge region, so that in addition an enlargement or reduction of the distance between the network connection element and Charging element of the charging station can result.
  • the charging element relative to the Be second housing part displaced, for example, to compensate for a positional deviation or orientation deviation of a cleaning device from an optimal position or orientation for connection to the charging station.
  • Particularly advantageous is also an embodiment in which the displaceability of the housing parts to one another in a different direction than the displaceability of the power connection element to the first housing part and / or the displaceability of the charging element relative to the second housing part, so that a plurality of degrees of freedom for the Adaptation of the charging station to the position or orientation of the cleaning device is available.
  • the charging station is designed as a plug-in charger.
  • the charging station is directly connectable to a household socket.
  • the charging station is not on a surface, but rather is spaced therefrom.
  • the charging station can be integrated into the home environment in a particularly inconspicuous manner.
  • the charging station does not stand as an additional device on a floor space of a room, which in turn facilitates unhindered work of a cleaning device.
  • the charging station advantageously has essentially the same size as a conventional plug-in charger, preferably it is no larger than 15 cm, preferably no larger than 10 cm, relative to its height and width oriented parallel to a wall surface. With respect to a thickness extending perpendicular to the wall surface, the charging station is preferably not larger than 10 cm, more preferably not larger than about 7 cm, so that the charging station does not protrude too far into the room from the wall surface.
  • the charging station is an evaluation and control device and an actuatable by means of the evaluation and control device drive for the automatic displacement of a housing part having.
  • a housing part of the station housing can be automatically displaced.
  • a manual displacement can be maintained by a user of the charging station.
  • the drive may, for example, have an electric motor, which causes a displacement of the housing part in stages or continuously.
  • the evaluation and control means detects and determines an amount and a direction of a last executed displacement and causes the drive to a return displacement after completion of the charge accumulator, so that the station housing moves back to its non-displaced initial position.
  • a return element in particular a spring element, can be provided for the return movement, which displaces the displaced housing part back into its starting position without the intervention of the drive.
  • this return movement can also take place when the charging station detects that the cleaning device is no longer in a defined environment of the charging station.
  • the charging station can also have an optical sensor, ultrasonic sensor or the like.
  • the charging station has a distance measuring device.
  • This distance measuring device can be designed to carry out the previously proposed detection with respect to a presence of a cleaning device in a defined surrounding area of the charging station.
  • the distance measuring device may comprise an optical sensor, an ultrasonic sensor, a capacitive sensor or the like.
  • the distance measuring device is configured, for example, to measure whether a current position of the charging station, in particular in the case of a state of the charging station hanging on a household socket, causes a distance between the charging element of the charging station and a corresponding charging element of a cleaning device or a floor surface caused by the displaceability the housing parts and / or the power connection element or the charging element can be bridged or not.
  • an automatic displacement of a housing part can be effected such that a position and orientation of the charging element of the charging station can be adapted to a current position and orientation of a charging element of a cleaning device, so that the charging elements can be arranged to each other such that an energy transfer from the charging station to the accumulator of the cleaning device is possible.
  • the charging station and the cleaning device may have corresponding communication elements, for example based on an optical signal or a radio signal. As soon as the cleaning device reaches a defined environment of the charging station, the presence can be detected by the signal.
  • the cleaning device can also transmit a signal or a command to the charging station which contains a request to charge a rechargeable battery.
  • a request contact may be provided at the charging station, which may be actuated by the cleaning device. If the cleaning device actuates this contact, a displacement of a housing part, the power connection element or the charging element of the charging station can be triggered.
  • the request contact for example, be a button, which is arranged on a housing part of the station housing.
  • the invention further proposes a system comprising a charging station and a cleaning device that can be connected to the charging station, the charging station having a station housing, a network connection element for connecting the charging station to an electrical power supply, a charging device and at least one electrical charging element Transmission of energy to an accumulator of the cleaning device, wherein the station housing at least two housing parts which can be displaced relative to one another, of which a first housing part has the power connection element and of which a second housing part has the charging element, so that the charging element can be displaced by a displacement of one of the housing parts relative to the power connection element and / or relative to a corresponding charging element of the cleaning device is.
  • the system thus includes a charging station and a cleaning device, such as a vacuum cleaner and / or a wet cleaning device and / or a combined suction wiper, which are designed to correspond to each other, that the charging element of the charging station by a displacement of one of the housing parts of the station housing to a charging element of the cleaning device can dock.
  • a cleaning device such as a vacuum cleaner and / or a wet cleaning device and / or a combined suction wiper
  • the cleaning device and / or the charging station has a distance measuring device which is set up to measure a distance between the charging station and the cleaning device, in particular between the charging element of the charging station and the charging element of the cleaning device.
  • the distance measuring device can thus determine a distance between the charging elements before a displacement of a housing part, which must be bridged in order to connect the corresponding charging elements with each other.
  • a displacement of a housing part of the charging station and / or a displacement of the power connection element and / or a displacement of the charging element is effected on the respective housing part, which is suitable to connect the charging elements, for example with respect to a shortest way to each other.
  • the distance measuring device may comprise an optical and / or ultrasonic sensor element.
  • the distance measuring device is a distance measuring device of the cleaning device, for example a triangulation measuring device, which is used for map generation and navigation of the cleaning device within an environment.
  • the cleaning device finds the charging station automatically, namely with the aid of a measurement result of the distance measuring device, for example a light signal, radio signal or the like.
  • the request for starting the charging station can be done automatically, for example by radio communication between the charging station and the cleaning device, in particular depending on a charging status of a battery of the cleaning device. Also, a user-side intervention in the form of a command in this regard is possible.
  • the charging station has an evaluation and control device and a drive actuatable by means of the evaluation and control device for the automatic displacement of a housing part, wherein the evaluation and control device is designed to actuate the drive in dependence on a measurement result of the distance measuring device ,
  • the features and the operation of the evaluation and control device are formed here as before with respect to the charging station.
  • the invention also proposes a method for charging a rechargeable battery of a cleaning device by means of a charging station, wherein a mains connection element of the charging station is connected to an electrical power supply and wherein an electrical charging element of the charging station for transmitting energy to the accumulator of the cleaning device to a corresponding charging element of the cleaning device is connected.
  • at least one of at least two housing parts of a station housing of the charging station, of which a first housing part has the network connection element and of which a second housing part has the charging element is displaced such that the charging element of the charging station is relative to the network connection element and / or is displaced relative to the loading element of the cleaning device.
  • FIG. 1 shows a charging station 1, which is designed here as a plug-in charger and to an electrical power supply 5, namely a wall socket is connected.
  • the charging station 1 hangs with its weight on the wall socket.
  • the charging station 1 has a station housing 3, which has a first housing part 8 and a second housing part 9.
  • the second housing part 9 is inserted into the first housing part 8, so that the second housing part 9 protrudes from the first housing part 8 essentially only in the region of two loading elements 7.
  • the charging elements 7 are used for connection to corresponding charging elements 11 of a cleaning device 2 in order to charge an accumulator (not shown) of the cleaning device 2.
  • the illustrated cleaning device 2 has at least one wheel 15 (see FIG. 6 ) for automatic operation and a brush 13 and a cleaning roller 14 (see FIG.
  • the cleaning device 2 has a distance measuring device 12, here for example an optical triangulation system, by means of which the cleaning device 2 can measure distances to obstacles within its surroundings and thus also a distance to the charging station 1.
  • the cleaning device 2 is designed here as a conventional vacuum robot, alternatively, the cleaning device. 2 but also a wet mop or a combined suction wipe device.
  • cleaning devices 2 There are other types of cleaning devices 2 conceivable, in particular, the described embodiment of the charging station 1 is not affected.
  • FIG. 2 shows the charging station 1 separately, wherein the second housing part 9, which is telescopically inserted into the first housing part 8, shown in dashed lines.
  • a charging device 6 is formed within the station housing 3.
  • the charging device 6 is here essentially a charging circuit which controls a charging process.
  • the charging device 6 is connected on the one hand with the charging elements 7 of the second housing part 9, and on the other hand with a power connection element 4, which is arranged on the back of the charging station 1 shown on the first housing part 8 and serves for connection to the electrical power supply 5.
  • the power connection element 4 is here a conventional power plug.
  • FIG. 3 shows the charging station 1 in a side view. Visible in this figure, the back of the first housing part 8 of the station housing 3, which has the power connector element 4, namely the power plug. Furthermore, the second housing part 9, which is inserted into the first housing part 8 and has the loading elements 7, can be seen. Within the station housing 3, furthermore, the charging device 6 is arranged, as well as a drive 10 for displacing the second housing part 9 relative to the first housing part 8.
  • the drive 10 here is an electric motor.
  • the charging station 1 has an evaluation and control device, not shown, by means of which the drive 10 for the displacement of the second housing part 9 is controllable.
  • the charging device 6, the evaluation and control device and the drive 10 are formed substantially within the second housing part 9, wherein the second housing part 9 is substantially a rectangular body with open end faces, so that the displacement of the housing parts 8, 9 relative does not lead to a collision of the drive 10, the charging device 6 and / or the evaluation and control device with the second housing part 9.
  • FIGS. 4 and 5 show based on FIG. 2 a rear view of the charging station 1 with the arranged on the first housing part 8 power connection element 4.
  • the power connection element 4 is arranged rotatably on the housing part 8 about a rotation axis 17.
  • the FIG. 4 shows a vertical orientation of the network connection element 4, while FIG. 5 a horizontal orientation of the power connection element 4 shows. Due to the rotatability of the network connection element 4, the charging station 1 can be adapted to sockets with horizontally or vertically arranged mating contacts.
  • FIG. 6 shows the system of the charging station 1 and the cleaning device 2 in a situation in which the cleaning device 2 is connected to the charging station 1.
  • the corresponding charging elements 7,11 of the charging station 1 and the cleaning device 2 are connected to each other.
  • the corresponding charging elements 7, 11 are here electrical contacts.
  • the charging elements 7,11 may also be formed as coils of an inductive coupling of the charging station 1 and the cleaning device 2.
  • the cleaning device 2 moves first in the vicinity of the charging station 1 and measures by means of the distance measuring device 12 distances to surrounding objects, ie also the charging station 1.
  • the charging station 1 and the cleaning device 2 also corresponding communication elements (not shown) have, for example, a radio transmitter and a radio receiver, by means of whose signal the cleaning device 2 can recognize the charging station 1 as such.
  • the cleaning device 2 Once the cleaning device 2 has detected the presence of the charging station 1 and / or the distance measuring device 12, the distance and the direction of the Charging station 1 has detected relative to the cleaning device 2, moves the cleaning device 2 by means of the wheel 15 and a corresponding drive or an associated control to the charging station 1.
  • the charging station 1 obtains here, for example, via the corresponding communication elements information about the position and orientation of the Charging elements 11 of the cleaning device 2, which is processed by means of the evaluation and control device of the charging station 1.
  • the evaluation and control device calculates a distance between the current position and orientation of the charging elements 7 of the charging station 1 and the current position and orientation of the charging elements 11 of the cleaning device 2. In response to this calculated distance controls the evaluation and control device then the drive 10th for displacement of the second housing part 9 relative to the first housing part 8. For a displacement of the drive 10 pushes the second housing part 9 out of the first housing part 8, namely here in the vertical direction downwards. This results in an extension of the station housing 3 in the vertical direction similar to a telescope. As a result of the displacement, the loading elements 7 of the charging station 1 arranged on the second housing part 9 are simultaneously displaced downwards until they lie in a horizontal plane in which the loading elements 11 of the cleaning device 2 are also arranged.
  • a fine adjustment by the cleaning device 2 is now to be carried out, for example, a method of the cleaning device 2 by a few millimeters, so that the charging elements 7, 11 can contact each other.
  • the housing parts 8, 9 are still slightly pivoted to each other about a horizontal and / or vertical axis, to compensate for an angle deviation between the loading elements 7,11, if necessary.
  • the charging device 6 controls the charging process until the accumulator of the cleaning device 2 is completely charged.
  • the cleaning device 2 removed again from the charging station 1 and the second housing part 9 returns to the in the FIGS. 1 to 3 shown starting position back.
  • the evaluation and control device of the charging station 1, the drive 10 so control that the previously made for the extension of the station housing 3 shift is reversed.
  • the amount and the direction of the previously performed relocation has been stored for this purpose preferably in a memory of the evaluation and control device.
  • FIGS. 7 and 8 show a second embodiment of a charging station 1, which also has a first housing part 8 and a second housing part 9.
  • the first housing part 8 has the power connection element 4, namely a power plug, while the second housing part 9 carries the electrical charging elements 7.
  • the second housing part 9 is rotatable about an axis of rotation 18 relative to the first housing part 8.
  • a sliding contact 16 is formed between the two housing parts 8, 9, which simplifies the transmission of an electrical current in relatively movable housing parts 8, 9 in the manner of a sliding clutch.
  • the second housing part 9 has an asymmetrical shape with respect to the axis of rotation 18, so that the loading elements 7 in the in FIG. 7 shown position to the top right and in the in FIG.
  • a cleaning device 2 can be connected to the charging station 1 in different positions or orientations. This in particular with respect to a horizontal or vertical inclination of the cleaning device 2 relative to the charging station. 1

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