EP3284381B1 - Ladestation, insbesondere für ein reinigungsgerät - Google Patents

Ladestation, insbesondere für ein reinigungsgerät Download PDF

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EP3284381B1
EP3284381B1 EP17184711.4A EP17184711A EP3284381B1 EP 3284381 B1 EP3284381 B1 EP 3284381B1 EP 17184711 A EP17184711 A EP 17184711A EP 3284381 B1 EP3284381 B1 EP 3284381B1
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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 power 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 station housing having at least two Has housing parts which can be displaced relative to one another, of which a first housing part has the mains connection element and of which a second housing part has the charging element, so that the charging element can be displaced by displacing one of the housing parts relative to the mains connection element and / or relative to a corresponding charging element of the cleaning device ,
  • the invention relates to a system comprising a charging station and a cleaning device which can be connected to the charging station, the charging station comprising a station housing, a mains 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
  • the station housing has at least two housing parts which can be displaced relative to one another, of which a first housing part has the mains connection element and of which a second housing part has the charging element, so that the charging element is displaced relative to the mains connection element and / or relative to one of the housing parts a corresponding loading element of the cleaning device is displaceable.
  • the invention relates to a method for charging an accumulator of a cleaning device by means of a charging station, a mains connection element of the charging station being connected to an electrical voltage supply, and an electrical charging element of the charging station for transferring energy to the accumulator of the cleaning device to a corresponding charging element of the Cleaning device is connected, wherein 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 mains connection element and of which a second housing part has the charging element, is displaced such that the charging element of the charging station relative to the mains connection element and / or is shifted relative to the loading element of the cleaning device.
  • the charging station can be designed, for example, as a base station, into which the cleaning device can at least partially move or to which the cleaning device can dock in order to charge the battery. Furthermore, the charging station can also perform other service tasks, such as cleaning at least a portion of the cleaning device, in particular emptying a suction container or the like.
  • the disclosure DE 10 2010 017 258 A1 discloses, for example, a base station for an automatically movable device, which is designed to recharge batteries of the device and / or to empty 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 US 2004/0201361 A1
  • This charging station has a connection part for connection to a connection part of the cleaning device.
  • Each connection part has a coil for the transmission of energy by means of inductive coupling.
  • the connecting part of the charging station or also the connecting 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, a pivoting range of the docking element stipulating a still permissible deviation from an optimal alignment of the charging station and cleaning device, within which the rechargeable battery can still be charged.
  • Charging stations are known in which the station housing has two housing parts which can be pivoted relative to one another, of which a first housing part has a mains connection element for connecting the charging station to an electrical voltage supply and of which a second housing part has a charging element for transmitting energy.
  • the housing parts are arranged telescopically one inside the other so that the distance between the power supply element and the charging element can be varied.
  • the housing parts can be linearly displaced relative to one another, ie displaced.
  • the housing parts can also be moved in the horizontal or vertical direction, so that at least one dimension of the station housing can be enlarged or reduced.
  • the station housing can be given a greater height by vertically displacing the housing parts relative to one another, so that the mains connection element and the charging element are at a greater distance from one another in the vertical direction and the charging element, for example, starting from a household socket to which the mains connection element is connected, to a floor area of a living space can be lowered so that it can be adapted to the respective height and geometry of the cleaning device.
  • the housing parts are telescopically arranged one inside the other so that the distance between the power supply element and the charging element can be varied.
  • two or more housing parts can engage in one another such that they form a telescopic station housing and the extension of the station housing in the telescopic direction is variable, or a small, compact charging station results when housing parts are pushed together, but this results from the maximum possible pulling apart of the housing parts can be expanded to a multiple size.
  • the telescopic design of the charging station is particularly suitable for those charging stations in which an end region of a housing part which is lower with respect to a vertical direction is to be pulled out in the direction of a base surface.
  • the dimension of the charging station can extend in the vertical direction from the mains connection element arranged, for example, in a household socket to the charging element of the second Housing part are enlarged so that the charging element can be lowered onto a cleaning device arranged below the charging station and can be connected there to a corresponding charging element.
  • the charging element of the charging station is preferably arranged on the second housing part in such a way that it points away from the wall surface having the household socket.
  • a charging station is thus proposed in which the distance between the mains connection element for connection to an electrical voltage supply, for example a household socket, and the charging element which can be connected to the cleaning device can be varied.
  • an electrical voltage supply for example a household socket
  • the charging element which can be connected to the cleaning device can be varied.
  • the housing geometry of the charging station can be changed, as a result of which the charging element or network connection element arranged thereon is simultaneously displaced or spaced apart from the other.
  • a distance between the charging station and the cleaning device or its charging element can be overcome, which for various reasons cannot be overcome by an automatic shift of the cleaning device.
  • This can 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 is thereby above a corresponding charging element of the cleaning device ,
  • the mains connection element and the charging element can be connected to the housing parts of the station housing in different ways.
  • the invention is based in particular on variants in which both the mains connection element and the charging element are arranged immovably on the respective housing part, so that the mains connection element or the charging element can only be displaced by a displacement of the corresponding housing part.
  • the mains connection element or the charging element it is also possible for the mains connection element or the charging element to be connected to the respective housing part via a connecting cable, so that a certain mobility of the mains connection element or the charging element is possible relative to the housing part.
  • the mobility of the cable sections and, on the other hand, the displaceability of the housing parts complement each other, so that 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 charging elements on both sides is possible to transfer energy to the battery of the cleaning device.
  • further displaceable housing parts can 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.
  • a plurality of housing parts arranged one behind the other in the direction of displacement can be provided.
  • housing parts between the two housing parts as required, for example when the connection point of the network connection element of the charging station is located such that the charging element of the charging station is always too far is removed from a corresponding charging element of a cleaning device. In particular, this can be the case if the charging station is designed as a plug-in charger and the household sockets of the household concerned are above a normal installation height.
  • the charging elements of the charging station or of the cleaning device can either be electrical charging contacts or also inductively coupled charging elements, which have coils that correspond to one another, for example. In the latter case, no physical contact for energy transfer is required between the charging elements.
  • the two coils are to be arranged so that a second coil lies 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 batteries of other devices. These devices can be, for example, cameras, cell phones, tools and the like.
  • the charging station according to the invention is recommended for self-propelled devices which normally assume their position and orientation automatically relative to the charging station and are not moved there by a user.
  • both conventional dry cleaning devices such as vacuum cleaners, and wet cleaning devices or combinations thereof are provided. These cleaning devices are used, for example, for cleaning floor surfaces, or also for cleaning overfloor surfaces, such as shelves, windows, baseboards and the like.
  • the cleaning device can preferably be moved automatically and can be moved to the charging station using a navigation device.
  • the network 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 charging element of the charging station can also be displaceable relative to the second housing part, in particular rotatable, pivotable and / or displaceable relative to the latter.
  • the housing parts of the station housing can be displaced relative to one another, but also the mains 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 any household socket and point in the direction of a cleaning device standing on the floor, regardless of whether the household socket has horizontally or vertically arranged mating contacts due to the installation. For example, a rotation of 90 degrees plus / minus 10 degrees is sufficient. In principle, however, a rotatability of 360 degrees can also be possible.
  • the network connection element on the first housing part can also be pivotable, for example away from a wall surface or towards the wall surface. This configuration is particularly suitable if the household socket is arranged, for example, on a sloping roof or the cleaning device is underneath 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 moved, for example, from a position arranged centrally on a housing surface in the direction of an edge region, so that there is an additional increase or decrease in the distance between the network connection element and Charging element of the charging station can result.
  • the charging element can also be displaceable relative to the second housing part, for example in order to compensate for a position deviation or orientation deviation of a cleaning device from an optimal position or orientation for connection to the charging station.
  • displaceability of the housing parts relative to one another is provided in a different direction than the displaceability of the network 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 advantageously designed as a plug charger.
  • the charging station can be connected directly to a household socket.
  • the charging station does not stand on a surface, but rather is spaced apart from it.
  • the charging station can thus be integrated into the home environment in a particularly unobtrusive manner.
  • the charging station is not an additional device on the floor of a room, which in turn makes it easier for a cleaning device to work freely.
  • the charging station advantageously has essentially the same size as a conventional plug-in charger, preferably it is not greater than 15 cm, preferably not greater than 10 cm, based on its height and width, which is oriented parallel to a wall surface. With regard to a thickness extending perpendicular to the wall surface, the charging station is preferably not larger than 10 cm, particularly preferably not larger than approximately 7 cm, so that the charging station does not protrude too far into the room from the wall surface.
  • the charging station has an evaluation and control device and a drive which can be actuated by means of the evaluation and control device for the automatic displacement of a housing part.
  • a housing part of the station housing can be moved automatically.
  • manual relocation can also be obtained by a user of the charging station stay.
  • the drive can have, for example, an electric motor, which causes the housing part to be displaced in steps or also continuously.
  • the evaluation and control device detects or ascertains an amount and a direction of a displacement that was carried out last and, after charging the accumulator, causes the drive to move back so that the station housing returns to its non-displaced starting position.
  • a return element in particular a spring element, can also be provided for the return movement, which element moves the displaced housing part back into its starting position without the drive having to do anything.
  • 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 have a distance measuring device.
  • This distance measuring device can be designed to carry out the previously proposed detection in relation to the presence of a cleaning device in a defined surrounding area of the charging station.
  • the distance measuring device can have an optical sensor, an ultrasonic sensor, a capacitive sensor or the like.
  • the distance measuring device is set up, for example, to measure whether a current position of the charging station, in particular when the charging station is in a state of being connected to 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, which is due to the relocability the housing parts and / or the power supply element or the charging element can be bridged or not.
  • 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 in relation to one another in such a way that energy transfer from the charging station to the accumulator of the cleaning device is possible.
  • the charging station and the cleaning device can have corresponding communication elements, for example based on an optical signal or a radio signal. As soon as the cleaning device gets into a defined environment of the charging station, the presence can be recognized by the signal.
  • the cleaning device can also transmit a signal or a command to the charging station which contains a request to charge an accumulator.
  • a request contact can also be provided at the charging station, which can be actuated by the cleaning device. If the cleaning device actuates this contact, a displacement of a housing part, the mains connection element or the charging element of the charging station can be triggered.
  • the request contact can be, for example, a button which is arranged on a housing part of the station housing.
  • the invention also proposes a system comprising a charging station and a cleaning device which can be connected to the charging station, the charging station comprising a station housing, a mains 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 has at least two housing parts which can be displaced relative to one another, of which a first housing part has the mains connection element and of which a second housing part has the charging element, so that the charging element passes through a displacement of one of the housing parts relative to the mains connection element and / or relative to a corresponding charging element of the cleaning device is displaceable, and wherein the housing parts are arranged telescopically one inside the other so that the distance between the mains connection element and the charging element can be varied.
  • the system thus includes a charging station and a cleaning device, for example a vacuum cleaner and / or a wet cleaning device and / or a combined suction / wiping device, which are designed to correspond to one another in such a way that the charging element of the charging station is caused 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 for example a vacuum cleaner and / or a wet cleaning device and / or a combined suction / wiping device
  • the cleaning device and / or the charging station have 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 housing part is displaced, which distance must be bridged in order to be able to connect the corresponding charging elements to one another.
  • a displacement of a housing part of the charging station and / or also a displacement of the mains connection element and / or a displacement of the charging element on the respective housing part is then effected, which is suitable for connecting the charging elements, for example in relation to one shortest path to each other.
  • the distance measuring device can have an optical and / or ultrasonic sensor element. Alternative sensor elements are also conceivable.
  • 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. It is therefore not necessary to install an additional distance measuring device in the cleaning device and / or the charging station.
  • the cleaning device automatically finds the charging station, namely with the aid of a measurement result from the distance measuring device, for example a light signal, radio signal or the like.
  • the request to start the charging station can be made automatically, for example by radio communication between the charging station and the cleaning device, in particular depending on a charging status of an accumulator of the cleaning device. User intervention in the form of a command is also possible in this regard.
  • the charging station have an evaluation and control device and a drive which can be actuated by means of the evaluation and control device for the automatic displacement of a housing part, the evaluation and control device being designed to actuate the drive as a function of a measurement result of the distance measuring device ,
  • the features and the mode of operation of the evaluation and control device are configured here as before with respect to the charging station.
  • the invention also proposes a method for charging an accumulator of a cleaning device by means of a charging station, wherein a mains connection element of the charging station is connected to an electrical voltage supply and an electrical charging element of the charging station for transferring 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 a station housing of the charging station, of which a first housing part has the mains 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 displaced relative to the mains connection element and / or relative to the charging element of the cleaning device, and wherein the housing parts are displaced linearly to one another so that the distance between the power supply element and the charging element is varied.
  • FIG. 1 shows a charging station 1, which is designed here as a plug charger and is connected to an electrical power supply 5, namely a wall socket.
  • the charging station 1 hangs on the wall socket with its weight.
  • 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 essentially protrudes from the first housing part 8 only in the region of two loading elements 7.
  • the charging elements 7 serve to connect to corresponding charging elements 11 of a cleaning device 2 in order to charge an accumulator (not shown) of the cleaning device 2.
  • the cleaning device 2 shown has at least one wheel 15 (see Figure 6 ) for automatic operation and via a brush 13 and a cleaning roller 14 (see Figure 6 ) for cleaning a surface.
  • the cleaning device 2 has a distance measuring device 12, here, for example, an optical triangulation system, with the aid of which the cleaning device 2 can measure distances to obstacles within its environment 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 can however, it can also be a damp mopping device or a combined suction / mopping device. Further types of cleaning devices 2 are conceivable, the design of the charging station 1 described in particular not being affected by this.
  • FIG. 2 shows the charging station 1 separately, the second housing part 9, which is telescopically inserted into the first housing part 8, is shown in dashed lines.
  • a charging device 6 is formed within the station housing 3.
  • the charging device 6 here is essentially a charging circuit which controls a charging process.
  • the charging device 6 is connected on the one hand to the charging elements 7 of the second housing part 9, and on the other hand to a mains connection element 4 which is arranged on the back of the charging station 1 shown on the first housing part 8 and is used for connection to the electrical voltage supply 5.
  • the mains connection element 4 is a common mains plug here.
  • Figure 3 shows the charging station 1 in a side view.
  • the rear side of the first housing part 8 of the station housing 3, which has the mains connection element 4, namely the mains plug, can be seen in this figure.
  • the charging device 6 and a drive 10 for displacing the second housing part 9 relative to the first housing part 8 are arranged within the station housing 3.
  • 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 displacing the second housing part 9 can be controlled.
  • the charging device 6, the evaluation and control device and the drive 10 are essentially formed within the second housing part 9, the second housing part 9 being essentially a rectangular body with open end faces, so that the displacement of the housing parts 8, 9 is relative to each other 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.
  • the Figures 4 and 5 show related to Figure 2 a rear view of the charging station 1 with the power supply element 4 arranged on the first housing part 8.
  • the power supply element 4 is arranged on the housing part 8 such that it can rotate about an axis of rotation 17.
  • the Figure 4 shows a vertical orientation of the network connection element 4, while Figure 5 shows a horizontal alignment of the network connection element 4. Due to the rotatability of the mains 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 one another.
  • the corresponding charging elements 7, 11 are electrical contacts here.
  • the charging elements 7, 11 can also be designed as coils of an inductive coupling of the charging station 1 and the cleaning device 2.
  • the cleaning device 2 first moves in the vicinity of the charging station 1 and uses the distance measuring device 12 to measure distances to surrounding objects, ie also the charging station 1.
  • the charging station 1 and the cleaning device 2 can also have corresponding communication elements (not shown), 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.
  • corresponding communication elements for example a radio transmitter and a radio receiver
  • the cleaning device 2 travels to the charging station 1 by means of the wheel 15 and a corresponding drive or an associated control.
  • the charging station 1 here obtains information about the position and orientation of, for example, the corresponding communication elements 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.
  • the evaluation and control device then controls the drive 10 as a function of this calculated distance for displacing the second housing part 9 relative to the first housing part 8.
  • the drive 10 pushes the second housing part 9 out of the first housing part 8, namely here in the vertical direction downwards.
  • the charging elements 7 of the charging station 1 arranged on the second housing part 9 are simultaneously shifted downwards until they lie in a horizontal plane in which the charging elements 11 of the cleaning device 2 are also arranged.
  • the cleaning device 2 If necessary, a fine adjustment must now be carried out by the cleaning device 2, for example a movement of the cleaning device 2 by a few millimeters, so that the charging elements 7, 11 can contact one another.
  • the housing parts 8, 9 are still pivoted slightly to one another about a horizontal and / or vertical axis in order to compensate for any angular deviation between the charging elements 7, 11.
  • the charging device 6 controls the charging process until the battery of the cleaning device 2 is fully charged.
  • the cleaning device 2 moves away from the charging station 1 again and the second housing part 9 returns to the in the Figures 1 to 3 shown starting position back.
  • the evaluation and control device of the charging station 1 can control the drive 10 in such a way that the shift previously made for the extension of the station housing 3 is reversed.
  • the amount and the direction of the displacement that has occurred previously have preferably been stored in a memory of the evaluation and control device.
  • the Figures 7 and 8 finally 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 mains connection element 4, namely here a mains 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, in the manner of a sliding coupling, simplifies the transmission of an electric current in housing parts 8, 9 that are movable relative to one another.
  • the second housing part 9 here has an asymmetrical shape with respect to the axis of rotation 18, so that the loading elements 7 in the in FIG Figure 7 shown position to the top right and in the in Figure 8 position shown to the bottom right. To from the in Figure 7 position shown to in Figure 8 to reach the position shown, the second housing part 9 is rotated by 180 degrees about the axis of rotation 18. This configuration enables a cleaning device 2 to be connected to the charging station 1 in different positions or orientations. This is particularly the case with respect to a horizontal or vertical inclination of the cleaning device 2 relative to the charging station 1.

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