EP3409165A2 - Dispositif de support sur un robot de nettoyage - Google Patents

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EP3409165A2
EP3409165A2 EP18172813.0A EP18172813A EP3409165A2 EP 3409165 A2 EP3409165 A2 EP 3409165A2 EP 18172813 A EP18172813 A EP 18172813A EP 3409165 A2 EP3409165 A2 EP 3409165A2
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Stefan Hassfurter
Markus Kühnel
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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
    • A47L9/009—Carrying-vehicles; Arrangements of trollies or wheels; Means for avoiding mechanical obstacles
    • 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
    • A47L9/02—Nozzles
    • A47L9/04—Nozzles with driven brushes or agitators
    • A47L9/0461—Dust-loosening tools, e.g. agitators, brushes
    • A47L9/0466—Rotating tools
    • A47L9/0477—Rolls
    • 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
    • A47L2201/04—Automatic control of the travelling movement; Automatic obstacle detection

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  • the invention relates to a cleaning robot for cleaning a surface comprising a chassis with at least one drive wheel, a dust receiving device and a support which, in cooperation with the chassis, determines the distance of the dust receiving device from the surface to be cleaned.
  • the support is in the form of one of several support wheels or support disks.
  • the German patent application DE 102 31 387 A1 discloses a floor cleaning appliance having a dirt inlet opening having a housing and a dirt collecting container and with a device for receiving dirt from a floor surface to be cleaned and for transferring the dirt in the dirt collecting.
  • On the housing support elements for supporting the housing are arranged on the bottom surface, which are formed as pairs of support disks with a radially outer abutment region for abutment with the bottom surface and first and second side edges, wherein at least one side edge is aligned obliquely to the axis of rotation.
  • the support disks have a substantially V-shaped configuration. In this way, a consistent distance to the carpet should be ensured on carpet to achieve a uniform cleaning result.
  • Two support disk pairs are arranged symmetrically with respect to the main direction of movement of the floor cleaning device.
  • German patent application DE 102 42 257 A1 is an automatically movable soil dust collecting device with an electric motor drive, a dust collector and a cover known, the device has a deviating from a circular plan, which is composed of a circular section and an oriented on a rectangle molding section, the rectangular section in the forward direction is.
  • the rectangular section is rounded in the corner areas, and a corner edge connecting the front edge is convex.
  • a support roller is provided centrally to achieve a three-point support of the device on the floor.
  • the international publication WO 2015/082 019 A1 relates to a self-propelled and self-steering floor cleaning device comprising at least one cleaning unit and a dirt collecting container having a container interior, a bottom wall, a dirt inlet opening and a dirt outlet opening, wherein dirt particles can be transferred by means of at least one cleaning unit in the container interior.
  • the dirt outlet opening is formed on the bottom wall.
  • the floor cleaning device can be moved autonomously on a floor surface to be cleaned.
  • it includes a chassis with two drive wheels and two castors. The castors are located near a front of the floor cleaning device.
  • a suction robot with a suction inlet, which is arranged in a part of a housing of the vacuum cleaner.
  • the suction inlet comprises a frame structure forming an opening.
  • the frame structure has a base portion that extends substantially parallel to a surface to be cleaned on a first plane.
  • a portion of the leading edge includes at least two spacers forming a channel between them.
  • the channel has a boundary surface extending on a second plane substantially parallel to the first plane.
  • the first level is located closer to the surface to be cleaned than the second level.
  • Each spacer has one essentially triangular cross section.
  • the vacuum robot has a chassis which comprises two wheels driven by an electric drive motor and non-driven support wheels.
  • the robot cleaning apparatus having a pivotable brush which is pivoted in accordance with a state of a floor surface to be cleaned.
  • the brush in question prevents overloading of a suction motor due to its excessive contact with the floor surface to be cleaned.
  • the robot cleaning apparatus includes a robot cleaner body having a hinge receiving part, a brush frame pivotally connected to the hinge receiving part by a hinge projection, and a suction port sealingly connected to the dust suction part of the robot cleaner body.
  • a brush cover is removably attached to the brush frame by means of a brush cover latch. Between the brush frame and the brush cover, a rotatable brush is rotatably arranged.
  • the robot cleaner has a plurality of drive wheels and secondary wheels.
  • the US patent application US 2010/0 133 022 A1 describes a robot.
  • the robot has a housing and a bumper connected to the housing, which is designed to detect an obstacle to be avoided.
  • the robot also has a second bumper that detects an obstacle with a height that can be overrun. This allows the robot to overcome the obstacle without bypassing it.
  • the robot comprises a suction nozzle unit for sucking dirt with a suction box, wherein an additional wheel is attached to the underside of the suction box.
  • the autonomous cleaning device comprises a device body having a first housing on a front side and a second housing formed on a back side of the first housing.
  • the autonomous cleaning apparatus includes a brush unit installed on the first housing and configured to sweep and collect dust from a floor, as well as a brush unit Dust-collecting unit installed on the second housing and configured to store the dust collected by the brush unit.
  • the autonomous cleaning device includes a drive unit for driving the device body installed on the second housing and a power unit installed on the second housing.
  • the drive unit includes drive wheels and a roller.
  • the invention has for its object to provide an improved cleaning robot for cleaning a surface having a chassis with at least one drive wheel, a dust receiving device and a support, which determines in cooperation with the chassis the distance of the dust receiving device from the surface to be cleaned.
  • a chassis with at least one drive wheel, a dust receiving device and a support, which determines in cooperation with the chassis the distance of the dust receiving device from the surface to be cleaned.
  • the invention it should be possible with the invention, in cases of different nature of the surface to be cleaned in each case to ensure a suitable distance between the surface to be cleaned and the dust receiving device.
  • the solution should be constructively simple and reliable at the same time.
  • the solution of the object is achieved by a cleaning robot for cleaning a surface having the features of claim 1.
  • the cleaning robot has a chassis with at least one drive wheel, a dust receiving device and a support, in cooperation with the chassis, the distance of the dust receiving device from the to clean Area determined on.
  • the support is arranged in the direction of travel next to the dust receiving device.
  • a cleaning robot is a cleaning apparatus capable of automatically moving relative to a surface to be cleaned or an object to be cleaned, and wholly or partially cleaning the surface or the object.
  • This is the cleaning robot equipped with one or more cleaning facilities.
  • the cleaning robot may be equipped with fixed or driven brushes, rollers, wipers, cloths or other cleaning equipment.
  • the cleaning robot can comprise a vacuum cleaner, for example a wet vacuum or a dry vacuum cleaner or a combined wet / dry vacuum cleaner.
  • a cleaning robot is usually equipped with a chassis.
  • the landing gear can be controlled, for example, by a controller which may be present in the cleaning robot or outside the cleaning robot.
  • the controller draws data for controlling the landing gear provided by one or more sensors which, at least in part, may be present in the cleaning robot or outside the cleaning robot.
  • Typical sensors include a mechanical collision sensor, a camera, an ultrasonic sensor, an infrared sensor, a distance sensor, an acceleration sensor, and a compass.
  • a cleaning robot may include or may be operatively connected to one or more mapping means.
  • Mapping means comprise, in particular, devices for receiving, storing or evaluating geometrical properties of the room in which the cleaning robot is to work or work. The mapping means can advantageously contribute to a planned navigation of the cleaning robot in the room. Rooms can be outside or inside, z. B. interiors of buildings such as living spaces or household spaces, be.
  • a cleaning robot is usually accumulator-operated. So that the accumulator of such a cleaning robot can be reloaded after a cleaning phase, a charging station separate from the cleaning robot can be provided.
  • the cleaning robot can be designed so that it automatically starts the charging station for charging the battery and / or automatically connects to the charging station.
  • a cleaning robot may, for example, comprise a vacuum cleaner, wherein the vacuum cleaner may be configured as a wet vacuum cleaner, as a dry vacuum cleaner or as a combined wet / dry vacuum cleaner.
  • the cleaning robot may comprise a wet vacuum and be adapted to apply liquid to a surface to be cleaned or an object to be cleaned and the liquid by means of Vacuum the vacuum cleaner again.
  • the cleaning robot may include other cleaning devices such as brushes, rollers, wipers, cloths or other cleaning devices.
  • the cleaning action of the vacuum cleaner is supported by these additional cleaning devices.
  • a drive wheel is a component of the chassis that can engage the surface to be cleaned in order to move the cleaning robot relative to the surface to be cleaned.
  • the drive wheel is usually disk-shaped, but also a roller or a ball are a drive wheel in the sense of the present invention.
  • a drive wheel can also indirectly via a chain or a band, for example in the manner of a tracked vehicle, attack on the cleaning surface.
  • a dust-collecting device in the sense of the present invention is the device with which dust and protective particles, from which the surface is to be cleaned, are carried from the surface into the cleaning robot.
  • This is usually a brush, for example a rotary brush.
  • the direction of travel is the intended direction of movement of the cleaning robot in the event of driving straight ahead for the purpose of cleaning the surface.
  • the term "in the direction of travel next to the dust-collecting device” means that - in a projection plane which, in the intended operation of the vacuum robot, is parallel to the surface to be cleaned onto which the dust-collecting device and the support are projected in the direction perpendicular to the projection plane - the projection of the support a greater distance from a line running in the projection plane in the direction of travel has as the projection of the edge of the suction mouth, which is the projection of the support closest.
  • the distance is in each case the smallest measured in the projection plane distance to the support or the next Saugmundrand.
  • this aspect of the invention exploits the knowledge that it is not necessarily necessary for the safe support and proper operation of the cleaning robot that the support is arranged in the direction of travel in the area of the dust receiving device.
  • the cleaning of the object is also achieved by a cleaning robot for cleaning a surface having the features of claim 2.
  • the cleaning robot has a chassis with at least one drive wheel, a dust receiving device and a support, in cooperation with the chassis, the distance of the dust receiving device from the cleaning surface determined on.
  • the support is arranged asymmetrically in the direction of travel with respect to the dust receiving device.
  • asymmetric in the direction of travel with respect to the dust receiving device means that, again in a projection plane which in the intended operation of the vacuum robot runs parallel to the surface to be cleaned onto which the dust receiving device and the support are projected in the direction perpendicular to the projection plane, the projection of the Support relative to a mirror axis, which runs in the projection plane in the direction of travel through the center of the projection of the dust receiving device, is not arranged symmetrically.
  • the projection of the support in the sense of the present invention is more precisely the projection of the intended contact point (s) between support or drive wheel and surface to be cleaned.
  • the cleaning robot has a chassis with at least one drive wheel, a dust receiving device and a support, in cooperation with the chassis, the distance of the dust receiving device from the to cleaning surface determined on.
  • the support is arranged with respect to the direction of travel in the vicinity of the dust receiving device.
  • "in relation to the direction of travel in the vicinity” means that - again in a projection plane which, in the intended operation of the vacuum robot, runs parallel to the surface to be cleaned, onto which the dust receiving device and the support are projected in the direction perpendicular to the projection plane the distance in the direction of travel between the center of the projection of the dust-collecting device and the center of the projection of the support is less than half the width of the dust-collecting device.
  • the width of the dust receiving device is in the context of the present invention, the average extent of the projection of the dust receiving device in the direction of travel, z. B. at a dust pickup device in the form of a perpendicular to the direction of travel cylindrical brush whose cylinder diameter.
  • the "travel-related distance” is the smallest distance measured in the plane of projection between a straight line perpendicular to the direction of travel through the center of the projection of the dust-collecting device and a straight line perpendicular to the direction of travel through the center of the projection of the support.
  • the invention can advantageously exploit that the support sitting on a hard floor as a surface to be cleaned, but can penetrate into a carpet. This advantageously achieves that the dust receiving device, both hard floor and carpet as a surface to be cleaned can maintain the favorable for a good dust removal distance. In other words, the distance between Dust pickup device and surface to be cleaned can advantageously adapt to the nature of the surface to be cleaned.
  • the support is arranged in the direction of travel next to the dust receiving device, more preferably at most 20 cm (centimeters), more preferably at most 10 cm, more preferably less than 5 cm, most preferably less than 2 cm next to the dust receiving device.
  • Analogous to the above definition of "in the direction of travel next to the dust receiving device” is the aforementioned distance between support and dust receiving device - in a projection plane which runs in the intended operation of the vacuum robot parallel to the surface to be cleaned, to which the dust receptacle and the support in the direction perpendicular projected to the projection plane - the difference between the distances of the projection of the support and the projection of the edge of the suction mouth which is closest to the projection of the support, in each case of a straight line running in the projection plane in the direction of travel.
  • the cleaning robot has a plurality of supports, preferably all the supports are arranged in the direction of travel adjacent to the dust receiving device, more preferably at most 20 cm (centimeters), more preferably at most 10 cm, more preferably less than 5 cm, most preferably less than 2 cm next to the dust receiving device.
  • the vacuum robot has a single support.
  • the cleaning robot has a single support, wherein the projection of the suction mouth extends on the side facing away from the support in the direction perpendicular to the direction of travel to the lateral edge of the cleaning robot.
  • the support is arranged asymmetrically in the direction of travel with respect to the dust receiving device. If the cleaning robot has a plurality of supports, these are preferably arranged asymmetrically with respect to the dust receiving device.
  • the support is spaced from the dust receiving device by at most two widths of the dust receiving device relative to the direction of travel.
  • “Relative to the direction of travel” means that - again in a projection plane, which runs in the intended operation of the vacuum robot parallel to the surface to be cleaned on which the dust receptacle and the support are projected in the direction perpendicular to the projection plane - the relation to the direction of travel between the center of the projection of the dust-collecting device and the center of the projection of the support is at most two widths of the dust-collecting device.
  • the "travel-related distance” is the smallest distance measured in the projection plane between a straight line perpendicular to the direction of travel through the center of the projection of the dust receiving device and a straight line perpendicular to the direction of travel through the center of the projection of the support , Particularly preferably, the support with respect to the direction of travel at most one width, more preferably at most half a width of the dust receiving device spaced from the dust receiving device.
  • the preferred support is a support wheel; in the case of several supports, preferably all the supports are support wheels.
  • the support wheel is usually disc-shaped, but also a roller or a ball are a support wheel in the sense of the present invention.
  • the preferred jockey wheel can rotate about a rotation axis.
  • the axis of rotation of the support wheel in the case of several support wheels, the rotation axis of all support wheels, runs or run perpendicular to the direction of travel of the cleaning robot.
  • the preferred support wheel has a barrel shape, that is, the diameter of the support wheel is largest in the middle and decreases towards the sides.
  • the preferred diameter of the support wheel in the case of multiple support wheels preferably all support wheels, is or are less than 10 cm, more preferably less than 5 cm, particularly preferably less than 2 cm.
  • the preferred dust receptacle is a rotary brush.
  • the support is preferably at least two diameters, more preferably at most one diameter width, more preferably at most a half diameter of the rotary brush spaced from the dust receiving device relative to the direction of travel.
  • the preferred rotary brush can rotate about an axis of rotation which, in the intended operation of the vacuum robot, is parallel to the surface to be cleaned.
  • the preferred rotation axis is perpendicular to the direction of travel of the cleaning robot.
  • the axes of rotation of the rotary brush and the support wheel in the case of several support wheels, preferably the axes of rotation of all the support wheels, run parallel to one another.
  • the axes of rotation of the drive wheel and of the support wheel in the case of several support wheels, preferably run parallel to the axes of rotation of all the support wheels.
  • the preferred cleaning robot has two drive wheels, but the invention also includes embodiments with only one or more than two drive wheels, for example three drive wheels.
  • the axes of rotation of all the drive wheels and the support wheel in the case of several support wheels, preferably the axes of rotation of all the support wheels, run parallel to one another.
  • the center of gravity of the cleaning robot is on the side of the drive wheel, on which the support is located. In this way it can be advantageously achieved that always a part of the weight loads the vacuum cleaner on the support.
  • the center of gravity of the cleaning robot lies in the direction of travel in front of the drive wheel.
  • drive wheel or wheels and support (s) are arranged in the intended operation of the cleaning robot in height in the direction perpendicular to the surface to be cleaned, that the bottom surface of the cleaning robot is always tilted in the direction of the dust pickup device.
  • the support preferably sinks into the carpet. This advantageously achieves that the dust receptacle penetrates into the carpet over its entire width, which can improve the dust pickup.
  • the brush also acts as an additional drive, which can advantageously prevent sticking of the vacuum robot in the fibers of a carpet.
  • the cleaning robot according to the invention has, in addition to the support, one or more further bearings, over which, in the intended operation, at least temporarily part of the weight of the cleaning robot rests on the surface to be cleaned.
  • These bearings are preferably arranged in the direction of travel on the other side of the drive wheel or the drive wheels as the support. That is, if the support z. B. are arranged in the direction of travel in front of the drive wheel or the drive wheels, the one or more further bearings are arranged in the direction of travel behind the drive wheel or the drive wheels.
  • the preferred dust-receiving device has a dust-receiving opening with a front edge provided in the intended operation of the cleaning robot.
  • the edge is provided with protrusions protruding from a base of the dust receiving opening.
  • the preferred cleaning robot is designed as a vacuum cleaner and the dust receiving opening as the suction opening of the vacuum cleaner.
  • a vacuum cleaner according to the present invention is a device that can generate a suction air flow, acting on an object, usually a surface, for example a floor surface, to receive particles such as dirt or dust particles, but also liquids, from the object by being caught and entrained by the suction air flow (hereinafter also referred to as "suction"). be designated).
  • suction a vacuum cleaner can achieve such a cleaning effect.
  • the vacuum cleaner is usually equipped with a suction fan for generating a suction air flow, wherein a suction port of the vacuum cleaner is in flow communication with the suction side of the suction fan.
  • the suction port is typically designed so that it over the object to be cleaned, for. B. a floor surface, can be performed to the particles, for. As dust or dirt to suck.
  • the suction fan is usually in fluid communication with at least one dust separator, such as a generally interchangeable dust filter bag, a filter device or a centrifugal separator. Dirt particles taken up by the suction air stream are generally collected in a dust collecting chamber, with the dust filter usually being present in the dust collection chamber in the case of a vacuum cleaner with a dust filter bag.
  • Cleaning robots that are equipped with a vacuum cleaner, collect dirt and dust usually in a arranged in the cleaning robot dust collector.
  • the space available on the cleaning robot is usually limited, so that the space provided for the dust collector is limited.
  • the cleaning robot can be designed so that it automatically starts to pick up the dust, the dust collection station and / or automatically connects to the dust collection station.
  • the dust collecting station can be designed as a dust collecting station connected to a charging station or as a dust collecting station separate from a charging station.
  • FIG. 1 An embodiment of a cleaning robot 1 equipped with a vacuum cleaner according to the invention is shown in FIG FIG. 1 shown.
  • a filter and dust collection cartridge 2 is inserted, which can be removed by means of a handle 3.
  • control and display elements 5 In the direction of travel front upper portion of the cleaning robot are control and display elements 5.
  • a collision detector basket 6 is arranged, which can detect collisions of the cleaning robot 1 in the direction of travel.
  • the cleaning robot 1 is also equipped with a camera 7 and an infrared sensor 8.
  • By depressing an eject button 9 can be a rotary brush 10, which is located on the bottom cleaning robot 1 and in FIG. 1 subsequent figures can be seen, eject down.
  • the underside of the cleaning robot is in FIG. 2 shown in perspective.
  • the cleaning robot 1 With two drive wheels 11 of the chassis, the cleaning robot 1 can be moved in the direction of travel F. By setting different speeds of the drive wheels 11, the cleaning robot 1 can also perform rotations and cornering.
  • the dust-collecting robot has the cylindrical rotary brush 10, which is set in rotation when the robot is put into operation.
  • the bristles 12 of the rotary brush 10 in this case attack the surface to be cleaned in order to remove dust and dirt and to transport it into the cleaning robot 1.
  • a blower of the cleaning robot sucks the dust and dirt carried by the rotary brush 10 into the interior of the cleaning robot 1 where it enters the filter and dust collection cartridge 2. There, the dirt and dust is separated from the suction air and the suction air is blown out.
  • FIG. 2 also shows the support 13 in the form of a barrel-shaped roller, which is arranged next to the rotary brush 10.
  • the center of gravity of the cleaning robot 1 is on the front side viewed from the drive wheels 11, so that the weight of the cleaning robot 1 is partly loaded on the rotary brush 10 and the support 13.
  • the rotary brush 10 is not symmetrical with respect to the direction of travel and the housing of the cleaning robot, but off-center and in FIG. 2 arranged offset from the front of the cleaning robot 1 to the right.
  • the support 13 is also arranged off-center to the left of the rotary brush 10; she is So in particular asymmetrically placed with respect to the rotary brush 10.
  • the support is located near the rotary brush 10.
  • the axis of rotation of the rotary brush 10 and the axis of rotation of the support 13 are arranged parallel to each other and spaced by about half a diameter of the rotary brush 10 from each other.
  • the rotational axis of the rotary brush 10 and that of the support 13 also extend parallel to the axis of rotation of the drive wheels 11.
  • the leading edge of the cleaning robot 1 provided in the intended operation of the robot cleaner 1 is provided with projections 14 projecting from a base of the dust receiving opening 15.
  • FIGS. 4a and 4b In a cleaning process on hard floor 16, the front part of the cleaning robot 1 rests partly on the support 13 and partly on the rotary brush 10. The latter achieves a particularly good cleaning effect. In part, the front part of the cleaning robot 1 also bears on the projections 14.
  • FIG. 5a shows the operation of the cleaning robot 1 on carpet 19.
  • the support 13 sinks into the carpet 19 a.
  • the rotary brush 10 can penetrate into the carpet 19 over its entire width, which can lead to improved dust absorption in the carpet 19.
  • the rotary brush 10 incidentally act as an additional drive, which can prevent sticking of the cleaning robot 1 in the fibers of the carpet 19.
  • the cleaning robot 1 according to the invention is simple, robust and inexpensive to manufacture.

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