EP3705012B1 - Suction collecting station, suction cleaning apparatus and system comprising a suction collecting station and a suction cleaner - Google Patents

Suction collecting station, suction cleaning apparatus and system comprising a suction collecting station and a suction cleaner Download PDF

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EP3705012B1
EP3705012B1 EP20160571.4A EP20160571A EP3705012B1 EP 3705012 B1 EP3705012 B1 EP 3705012B1 EP 20160571 A EP20160571 A EP 20160571A EP 3705012 B1 EP3705012 B1 EP 3705012B1
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Thomas Büning
Benjamin Fleczok
Robert Frielinghaus
Martin Helmich
Lorenz Hillen
Christian Holz
Gerhard Isenberg
Andrej Mosebach
Roman Ortmann
Kevin Schmitz
Fabian Vitz
Niklas VAN TEEFFELEN
Georg Hackert
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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
    • 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
    • A47L11/4091—Storing or parking devices, arrangements therefor; Means allowing transport of the machine when it is not being used
    • 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
    • A47L9/10—Filters; Dust separators; Dust removal; Automatic exchange of filters
    • A47L9/106—Dust removal
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • A47L9/2836—Installation of the electric equipment, e.g. adaptation or attachment to the suction cleaner; Controlling suction cleaners by electric means characterised by the parts which are controlled
    • A47L9/2852—Elements for displacement of the vacuum cleaner or the accessories therefor, e.g. wheels, casters or nozzles
    • 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
    • A47L2201/00—Robotic cleaning machines, i.e. with automatic control of the travelling movement or the cleaning operation
    • A47L2201/02—Docking stations; Docking operations
    • A47L2201/024—Emptying dust or waste liquid containers

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  • the invention relates to a suction material collection station for receiving suction material from a vacuum cleaning device, the suction material collection station having a suction material collection container and an interface for connecting the vacuum cleaning device to the suction material collection station.
  • the invention also relates to a system consisting of a suction material collection station and a suction cleaning device with a housing, a suction nozzle, a filter chamber, a fan and an electric motor for driving the fan.
  • Vacuum collection stations and vacuum cleaning devices are known in the prior art.
  • the suction material collection stations are used for receiving suction material, so that a filter chamber containing suction material of a vacuum cleaning device can be emptied at the suction material collecting station.
  • the suction cleaning device is preferably connected in a dust-tight manner to the suction material collection station, so that the suction material can be transferred into the suction material collection container of the suction material collection station without contaminating the ambient air.
  • U.S. 7,849,555 B2 discloses a robotic cleaning system having a cleaning robot and a docking station for the cleaning robot.
  • the cleaning robot has a dust collection container that can be exchanged for another dust collection container by means of the docking station.
  • a dust collection container filled with vacuumed material can be emptied in the docking station, with the vacuumed material being transferred to a collection container of the docking station.
  • the publication U.S. 2005/0212478 A1 also discloses a system of a cleaning device and a base station, wherein a collection container of the cleaning device can be exchanged by means of a rotating mechanism of the base station. The filled collection container taken over by the cleaning device can be emptied in the base station. Furthermore, in the prior art, for example from KR 20100010064 A and US 5,959,423A Known base stations that exchange a filter chamber of a vacuum cleaning device.
  • the object of the invention is to create an alternative suction material collection station for cleaning a filter chamber of a cleaning device, the focus being in particular on disposal of the suction material without contamination of the ambient air and/or excessive noise pollution from a blower operated in the suction material collection station .
  • the suction material collection station has a receiving space for receiving a filter chamber of a vacuum cleaning device connected to the suction material collecting station and a feed device for feeding the filter chamber into the receiving space, with the receiving space being designed to completely enclose the filter chamber and/or at most one at the interface to that The chamber side facing the suction cleaning device must not be surrounded, with the receiving space forming a partial volume within the housing of the suction material collection station, with the suction material collection station (1) having the suction material collection container (3) next to the receiving space (5), which is used to receive suction material from the suction material in the receiving space (5 ) recorded filter chamber (6) is used, and wherein the feed device is set up to remove the filter chamber from the suction cleaning device and to move it into the receiving space.
  • the suction material collecting station is now designed for a preferably complete accommodation of the filter chamber of the suction cleaning device in the suction material collecting station.
  • the receiving space of the suction material collecting station is preferably designed to correspond in shape to a filter chamber of a suction cleaning device, which is to be introduced into the suction material collecting station.
  • the receiving space forms a partial volume within the housing of the suction material collection station, which is large enough to completely enclose the filter chamber of the suction cleaning device, such that an outer contour of the filter chamber lies completely within or at least on the outer contour of the housing of the suction material collection station.
  • the receiving space borders, for example, on one side of the space at the interface of the suction material collection station.
  • the suction cleaning device can remain connected to the interface after the filter chamber has been transferred into the receiving space of the suction material collection station or alternatively move away from the suction material collection station. If the suction cleaning device remains connected to the interface, it is not necessary to close the housing of the vacuum collection station in the area of the interface to ensure that dust and dirt present in the filter chamber or the receiving space does not get into the environment. If the vacuum cleaning device is to be removed from the suction material collection station, it may be desirable or advisable due to noise emissions to close the housing of the suction material collection station or the receiving space in the area of the interface.
  • the receiving space and/or the housing of the suction material collection station is closed by a closure element in the area of the interface, so that the filter chamber received in the receiving space is enclosed on all sides.
  • suction material cannot reach the ambient air.
  • the filter chamber can be cleaned particularly quietly by means of the suction material collection station, since, for example, a blower used to clean the filter chamber or mechanical devices can be perceived less strongly.
  • the opening of the suction material collection station in the area of the interface is closed at least by one chamber side of the filter chamber introduced into the receiving space.
  • This side of the chamber can be sealed off from the walls of the receiving space and/or the housing of the suction material collection station using sealing elements, so that the suction material remains within the receiving space and not through a gap in the interface that may result between the filter chamber and the receiving space environment can escape.
  • the receiving space of the suction material collection station is preferably closed by a closure element in the area of the interface.
  • This can, for example, be a displaceable element such as a pivotable flap or a sliding element.
  • the vacuum cleaning device the housing of which is also closed during normal vacuum cleaning operation, so that the filter chamber is not visible from the outside.
  • the closing elements of the suction cleaning device and the suction material collection station opened so that the filter chamber of the vacuum cleaning device can be transferred via the interface into the receiving space of the suction material collection station.
  • the closure elements can be actuated manually by a user or, alternatively, automatically if a wish to clean a filter chamber is determined.
  • a handover request can be communicated by mechanical contact between the suction cleaning device and the suction material collection station.
  • the suction material collection station can have a contact switch that causes the closure element of the interface to open when a vacuum cleaning device is docked.
  • the feed device of the suction material collection station is set up to remove the filter chamber from the suction cleaning device and to move it into the receiving space.
  • the feed device preferably reaches out of the housing of the suction material collection station in the direction of the suction cleaning device, so that the filter chamber can be accepted.
  • the feeding device can, for example, have a gripping device for gripping the filter chamber.
  • a gripping device can be, for example, a hook element, latching element or the like.
  • the connecting element can preferably be displaced by a motor, so that the process of gripping and releasing again can also take place automatically. Simultaneously with a shift
  • the feed device in the direction of the suction cleaning device can preferably also be connected to a displacement of the guide device, so that the filter chamber to be displaced also comes into direct contact with the guide device and is directly subject to a guided displacement movement. As soon as the filter chamber in the vacuum collection station has been emptied, the feed device moves in the opposite direction, ie starting from the receiving space in the direction of the vacuum cleaning device.
  • the suction cleaning device Due to the design of the suction material collecting station with a feed device, it is not necessary for the suction cleaning device to have a device or a mechanism for moving the filter chamber out of the suction cleaning device in the direction of the suction material collecting station. In this regard, the vacuum cleaning device can thus be passive.
  • the feed device has a guide device for guiding a displacement movement of the filter chamber into the receiving space and/or a drive device for displacing the filter chamber.
  • the guide device is used to align and guide the filter chamber during the shift from the vacuum cleaning device into the receiving space of the suction material collection station.
  • the displacement movement has a defined direction and it can be prevented that the filter chamber tilts on the way into the receiving space and thus cannot assume a proper position within the receiving space.
  • the guide device can be a guide link, for example.
  • the guide link can be formed from walls of the receiving space, optionally also have additional guide struts or the like.
  • the guide device can have a guide rail.
  • the guide rail can extend, for example, from the interface of the suction material collection station to the receiving space or completely into it.
  • the guide device can also have a guide spindle.
  • the lead screw is preferred motor-driven, so that the rotation of the guide spindle simultaneously results in a guided displacement of the filter chamber into the receiving space.
  • the feed device can have a drive device for moving the filter chamber.
  • a drive device can in particular have an electric motor and/or a spring element.
  • the drive device is preferably combined with a guide device of the feed device, for example the previously proposed guide rail or guide spindle. This results in a preferred combination in terms of an automated, guided displacement movement of the filter chamber.
  • the receiving space of the suction material collection station is arranged above the suction material collection container in relation to a normal orientation of use of the suction material collection station, so that suction material can fall from a filter chamber arranged in the receiving space into the suction material collection container by gravity.
  • the filter chamber of the vacuum cleaning device is inserted into the receiving space in such a way that an opening in the filter chamber is congruent or at least partially is overlapping with the opening of the receiving space and the opening of the suction material collection container.
  • the receiving space is arranged in an air flow channel of the suction material collection station.
  • the air flow channel of the suction material collection station can be connected to a fan of the suction material collection station or also to an external fan, for example the fan of a vacuum cleaning device.
  • the air flow guided in the air flow channel passes through the receiving space, as a result of which a negative pressure is created there, which conveys out the suction material located in the filter chamber arranged there.
  • the blower is preferably connected to the air flow channel in such a way that the direction of flow corresponds to a conveying direction of the suction material from the receiving space into the suction material collecting space of the suction material collecting station.
  • the conveying of the suction material by means of the air flow can be supported by the previously proposed effect of gravity.
  • the air flow duct be assigned a station fan which is set up to generate a negative pressure in the receiving space.
  • the suction material collection station itself has a station fan in order to free the receiving space or the filter chamber arranged therein from suction material. The fact that the accommodation space completely encloses the filter chamber reliably reduces the noise of the station fan, which may be audible from the outside.
  • the air flow channel of the suction material collection station has a pressure sensor in the direction of flow in front of and behind the receiving space.
  • the Pressure sensors can be used to measure a pressure loss across the filter chamber, which is a measure of the filling of the filter chamber with suction material.
  • the power of the blower/station blower can then be controlled depending on the knowledge of the amount of suction material in the filter chamber. This allows the blower to be controlled according to the situation, so that only the suction power required to optimally remove the suction material from the filter chamber is used. This further reduces the noise emitted by the fan. If the pressure sensors determine, for example, a relatively high pressure drop across the filter chamber, a relatively high suction power of the fan can be set.
  • a point in time at which the fan is operated can also be controlled as a function of the pressure loss determined. For example, the fan can only be switched on when it is actually necessary. There is thus an unobtrusive, quiet and usage-controlled regeneration of the filter chamber within the vacuum collection station.
  • the invention also proposes a system consisting of a proposed suction material collection station and a vacuum cleaning device with a housing, a suction nozzle, a filter chamber, a fan and an electric motor for driving the fan, with the feed device of the suction material collection station being set up to feed the filter chamber out of the suction cleaning device removed and moved into the receiving space, and/or wherein the vacuum cleaning device has a shifting device which is set up to move the filter chamber out of the housing of the vacuum cleaning device, wherein the vacuum cleaning device can be arranged at the interface of the suction material collection station in such a way that the receiving space of the suction material collection station and a partial area of the suction cleaning device having the filter chamber are connected to one another.
  • the system thus includes a suction material collection station and a suction cleaning device, which are preferably designed according to an embodiment described above.
  • Either the suction material collection station or the suction cleaning device of the system can have a mechanism for moving a filter chamber from the suction cleaning device into the receiving space of the suction material collection station.
  • the suction collection station and the suction cleaning device are designed to correspond to one another such that when the suction cleaning device is docked at the interface of the suction collection station, a housing opening of the suction cleaning device is congruent with the interface of the suction collection station.
  • At least one overlap of corresponding housing openings of the suction material collection station and the suction cleaning device is provided such that the filter chamber can be transferred without obstacles from the suction cleaning device into the receiving space of the suction material collection station.
  • FIG 1 shows an example of a possible embodiment of a suction material collecting station 1 according to the invention.
  • the suction material collecting station 1 serves here as a docking station for an in figure 2 vacuum cleaning device 2 shown in more detail, which is designed as an automatically moving robot.
  • the vacuum collection station 1 has a station housing 23 with an interface 4 for connecting the vacuum cleaning device 2 .
  • the interface 4 has a closure element 21, namely here a sliding element that can be displaced upwards, which closes a chamber side 8 in a state in which the suction material collection station 1 is not in use.
  • the interface 4 provides a view into a receiving space 5 which is used to receive a filter chamber 6 (see 2 ) of the vacuum cleaning device 2 is used.
  • the receiving space 5 has a feed device 7 with a guide device 9 designed as a spindle and a drive device 10 .
  • the drive device 10 is an electric motor here.
  • the guide device 9 has a connecting element 22, which is used to grip the filter chamber 6.
  • the connecting element 22 is designed here as a latching element that can engage in a corresponding element of the filter chamber 6 .
  • the feed device 7 preferably has two guide devices 9.
  • the connecting elements 22 and the drive device 10 are located on opposite end regions of the guide device 9.
  • the station housing 23 has a collection container access 20 which, in an open state, allows access to a suction material collection container 3.
  • FIG 2 shows a vacuum cleaning device 2, which is designed here as an automatically moving robot.
  • the vacuum cleaning device 2 has a housing 18 with a closure element 27, a suction nozzle 14, a filter chamber 6 with a filter element 26 and a filter chamber closure element 32, a fan 15 and an electric motor 16 for driving the fan 15.
  • the filter chamber 6 can be displaced on guide devices 31 stored and can be moved out of the housing 18 of the vacuum cleaning device 2 when the closure element 27 is open--following the restoring force of a spring element 30.
  • the suction nozzle 14 is assigned a cleaning element 24, which is a rotatable brush here, which rotates about a substantially horizontal axis.
  • the vacuum cleaning device 2 has wheels 25 for driving the vacuum cleaning device 2 and a navigation device, not shown here, which is used for navigating and self-localizing the vacuum cleaning device 2 within an environment.
  • Sensors are advantageously assigned to the navigation device, which can measure distances to obstacles, for example.
  • the navigation device can create a map of the surroundings, which the vacuum cleaning device 2 can use to orientate itself within the surroundings and localize itself.
  • the suction cleaning device 2 functions in such a way that the electric motor 16 drives the blower 15 so that a negative pressure is created which opens the filter chamber closure element 32 and sucks suction material into the filter chamber 6 from a surface to be cleaned. Suction material contained in the sucked-in air remains in the filter chamber 6 or on the filter element 26 , so that only cleaned air can flow further to the blower 15 and the electric motor 16 .
  • FIG 3 shows an example of a system consisting of a vacuum cleaning device 2 and an exemplary suction material collection station 1.
  • the vacuum cleaning device 2 is docked to the suction material collection station 1, for which purpose devices not shown in any more detail can be provided which prevent an unwanted change in position of the vacuum cleaning device 2 and ensure that the position of the Vacuum cleaning device 2 relative to the suction collection station 1 during the transfer of the filter chamber 6 to the suction collection station 1 is not changed.
  • the suction material collection station 1 has, in addition to the receiving space 5 , a suction material collection container 3 in the form of a filter bag 19 which is used to receive suction material from the filter chamber 6 .
  • the suction material collection station 1 also has a station fan 12 which is arranged here in an air flow channel 11 to which negative pressure is applied by means of the station fan 12 .
  • the station fan 12 When the station fan 12 is in operation, the receiving space 5 is subjected to negative pressure, so that air flows from the direction of the receiving space 5 to the station fan 12 .
  • the suction material present in the suction air is collected within the filter bag 19 so that only cleaned air can continue to flow to the station fan 12 .
  • the vacuum cleaning device 2 docks at the interface 4 of the suction material collecting station 1 as described.
  • the closure elements 21 and 27 of the suction material collection station 1 and of the suction cleaning device 2 are opened, for example by means of contact switches, so that the filter chamber 6 of the suction cleaning device 2 can be transferred into the receiving space 5 of the suction material collection station 1 .
  • the restoring force of the spring element 30 of the suction cleaning device 2 pushes the filter chamber 6 a little way out of the housing 18 of the suction cleaning device 2 until the filter chamber 6 comes into contact with the connecting element 22 of the suction material collecting station 1 .
  • corresponding latching elements of the feed device 7 of the suction material collecting station 1 and the filter chamber 6 can latch with one another.
  • the drive device 10 designed as an electric motor 16 is actuated in order to drive the guide device 9, namely the spindle in this case.
  • the connecting elements 22 arranged on the spindle, together with the filter chamber 6 attached thereto are shifted out of the vacuum cleaning device 2 into the receiving space 5 until the filter chamber 6 abuts against an end stop 29 of the receiving space 5 .
  • the position of the filter chamber 6 at the end stop 29 is in figure 4 shown.
  • the filter chamber 6 hitting the end stop 29 can control the operation of the station fan 23, so that the receiving space 5 or the filter chamber 6 located therein is subjected to negative pressure.
  • the filter chamber closure element 32 can also be opened as a result.
  • Suction material in the filter chamber 6 passes through the filter chamber opening 28 into the filter bag 19 of the suction material collection container 3.
  • the receiving space 5 is also arranged above the suction material collection container 3 in the usual orientation of the suction material collection station 1 shown, so that the suction material likewise assisted by the force of gravity acting on the suction material downwards, ie falling in the direction of the suction material collection container 3 .
  • the transfer of the suction material takes place entirely without the station fan 12, namely displacement of the suction material exclusively caused by gravity.
  • the noises occurring during the operation of the station fan 12 can only be perceived to a small extent by a user in the environment outside the suction material collection station 1, since the receiving space 5 of the suction material collection station 1 completely surrounds the filter chamber 6 except for the chamber side 8 pointing in the direction of the vacuum cleaning device 2 and the chamber side 8 is also covered by the vacuum cleaning device 2 docked at the interface 4 .
  • a pressure loss across the filter chamber 6 including the filter element 26 can be determined with the aid of pressure sensors 13, which are arranged in the air flow channel 11 of the suction material collection station 1 in front of and behind the receiving space 5. If the pressure sensors 13 determine a relatively high pressure loss (compared to a reference value), provision can be made, for example, for the filter chamber 6 to be sucked off immediately by means of the station fan 12 . However, if the pressure loss is lower in comparison, it can be provided that that the operation of the station fan 12 is first noted and only takes place when the user is no longer present.
  • the guide device 9 is moved in the opposite direction by means of the drive device 10, i.e. here the spindle by means of the electric motor 16, so that the connecting elements 22 with the filter chamber arranged thereon 6 are shifted starting from the receiving space 5 through the interface 4 in the direction of the vacuum cleaning device 2 .
  • the filter chamber 6 is thus completely relocated in the opposite direction into the housing 18 of the suction cleaning device 2 until it has reached its end position.
  • the closure elements 21, 27 of the suction material collecting station 1 and of the suction cleaning device 2 are then closed again and the suction cleaning device 2 is available for renewed suction operation.
  • the operational position of the suction cleaning device 2 after cleaning the filter chamber 6 results after the in figure 5 depicted situation.
  • FIG 6 shows a further embodiment of a suction cleaning device 2 according to the invention in a sectional view.
  • the vacuum cleaning device 2 shown there has its own displacement device 17 which can move the filter chamber 6 out of the housing 18 of the vacuum cleaning device 2 .
  • the shifting device 17 consists here, for example, of a drive device 10 and a guide device 9 (spindle), which is shifted out of the vacuum cleaning device 2 when the vacuum cleaning device 2 comes into contact with the interface 4 of the suction material collecting station 1 .
  • the displacement device 17 is also assigned here guide devices 31 embodied as rail elements, along which the filter chamber 6 can slide.
  • the displacement device 17 can also be a spring element 30 (see 2 ) exhibit.
  • a release of the tensioned spring element 30 can be triggered automatically when the vacuum cleaning device 2 comes into contact with the suction material collection station 1 .
  • a restraint system not shown in detail, such as a catch in the suction cleaning device 2 , is released so that the spring element 30 can press the filter chamber 6 into the suction material collecting station 1 .
  • the displacement of the filter chamber 6 by the spring element 30 takes place at least so far that the filter chamber 6 comes into contact with, for example, connecting elements 22 of a feed device 7 of the suction material collection station 1 and the displacement movement can thus be continued by the drive device 10 of the suction material collection station 1.
  • the filter chamber 6 can also be displaced exclusively by means of the displacement device 17 of the vacuum cleaning device 2 up to the end stop 29 of the suction material collection station 1, so that the suction material collection station 1 itself does not have to have a feed device 7.
  • ⁇ b> ⁇ u>List of Reference Signs ⁇ /u> ⁇ /b> 1 suction collection station 26 filter element 2 suction cleaning device 27 closure element 3 suction collection container 28 filter chamber opening 4 interface 29 end stop 5 recording room 30 spring element 6 filter chamber 31 guide device 7 feeding device 32 filter chamber closure element 8th chamber side 9 guide device 10 drive device 11 air flow channel 12 station fan 13 pressure sensor 14 suction nozzle 15 fan 16 electric motor 17 relocation facility 18 Housing 19 filter bag 20 sump access 21 closure element 22 fastener 23 station housing 24 cleaning element 25 wheel

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Gebiet der Technikfield of technology

Die Erfindung betrifft eine Sauggutsammelstation zur Übernahme von Sauggut von einem Saugreinigungsgerät, wobei die Sauggutsammelstation einen Sauggutsammelbehälter und eine Schnittstelle zum Verbinden des Saugreinigungsgerätes mit der Sauggutsammelstation aufweist.The invention relates to a suction material collection station for receiving suction material from a vacuum cleaning device, the suction material collection station having a suction material collection container and an interface for connecting the vacuum cleaning device to the suction material collection station.

Des Weiteren betrifft die Erfindung auch ein System aus einer Sauggutsammelstation und einem Saugreinigungsgerät mit einem Gehäuse, einer Saugdüse, einer Filterkammer, einem Gebläse und einem Elektromotor zum Antrieb des Gebläses.Furthermore, the invention also relates to a system consisting of a suction material collection station and a suction cleaning device with a housing, a suction nozzle, a filter chamber, a fan and an electric motor for driving the fan.

Stand der TechnikState of the art

Sauggutsammelstationen und Saugreinigungsgeräte sind im Stand der Technik bekannt.Vacuum collection stations and vacuum cleaning devices are known in the prior art.

Die Sauggutsammelstationen dienen der Aufnahme von Sauggut, so dass eine Sauggut enthaltende Filterkammer eines Saugreinigungsgerätes an der Sauggutsammelstation geleert werden kann. Zu diesem Zweck wird das Saugreinigungsgerät vorzugsweise staubdicht mit der Sauggutsammelstation verbunden, so dass das Sauggut ohne Kontamination der Umgebungsluft in den Sauggutsammelbehälter der Sauggutsammelstation überführt werden kann.The suction material collection stations are used for receiving suction material, so that a filter chamber containing suction material of a vacuum cleaning device can be emptied at the suction material collecting station. For this purpose, the suction cleaning device is preferably connected in a dust-tight manner to the suction material collection station, so that the suction material can be transferred into the suction material collection container of the suction material collection station without contaminating the ambient air.

Die Druckschrift EP 1 849 391 A2 bzw. US 7 849 555 B2 offenbart ein Roboterreinigungssystem mit einem Reinigungsroboter und einer Andockstation für den Reinigungsroboter. Der Reinigungsroboter weist einen Staubsammelbehälter auf, der mittels der Andockstation durch einen anderen Staubsammelbehälter getauscht werden kann. Ein mit Sauggut gefüllter Staubsammelbehälter kann in der Andockstation entleert werden, wobei das Sauggut in einen Sammelbehälter der Andockstation überführt wird.The pamphlet EP 1 849 391 A2 or. U.S. 7,849,555 B2 discloses a robotic cleaning system having a cleaning robot and a docking station for the cleaning robot. The cleaning robot has a dust collection container that can be exchanged for another dust collection container by means of the docking station. A dust collection container filled with vacuumed material can be emptied in the docking station, with the vacuumed material being transferred to a collection container of the docking station.

Die Veröffentlichung US 2005/0212478 A1 offenbart ebenfalls ein System aus einem Reinigungsgerät und einer Basisstation, wobei ein Sammelbehälter des Reinigungsgerätes mittels eines Drehmechanismus der Basisstation ausgetauscht werden kann. Der von dem Reinigungsgerät übernommene gefüllte Sammelbehälter kann in der Basisstation entleert werden. Des Weiteren sind im Stand der Technik, beispielsweise aus der KR 20100010064 A und US 5,959,423 A Basisstationen bekannt, die eine Filterkammer eines Saugreinigungsgerätes austauschen.The publication U.S. 2005/0212478 A1 also discloses a system of a cleaning device and a base station, wherein a collection container of the cleaning device can be exchanged by means of a rotating mechanism of the base station. The filled collection container taken over by the cleaning device can be emptied in the base station. Furthermore, in the prior art, for example from KR 20100010064 A and US 5,959,423A Known base stations that exchange a filter chamber of a vacuum cleaning device.

Zusammenfassung der ErfindungSummary of the Invention

Ausgehend von dem vorgenannten Stand der Technik ist es Aufgabe der Erfindung, eine alternative Sauggutsammelstation zur Reinigung einer Filterkammer eines Reinigungsgerätes zu schaffen, wobei insbesondere eine Entsorgung des Sauggutes ohne Kontamination der Umgebungsluft und/oder übermäßige Lärmbelästigung durch ein in der Sauggutsammelstation betriebenes Gebläse im Vordergrund steht.Proceeding from the aforementioned prior art, the object of the invention is to create an alternative suction material collection station for cleaning a filter chamber of a cleaning device, the focus being in particular on disposal of the suction material without contamination of the ambient air and/or excessive noise pollution from a blower operated in the suction material collection station .

Zur Lösung der vorgenannten Aufgabe wird vorgeschlagen, dass die Sauggutsammelstation einen Aufnahmeraum zur Aufnahme einer Filterkammer eines mit der Sauggutsammelstation verbundenen Saugreinigungsgerätes und eine Zuführeinrichtung zum Zuführen der Filterkammer in den Aufnahmeraum aufweist, wobei der Aufnahmeraum ausgebildet ist, die Filterkammer vollständig zu umfangen und/oder höchstens eine an der Schnittstelle zu dem Saugreinigungsgerät gewandte Kammerseite nicht zu umfangen, wobei der Aufnahmeraum ein Teilvolumen innerhalb des Gehäuses der Sauggutsammelstation bildet, wobei die Sauggutsammelstation (1) neben dem Aufnahmeraum (5) den Sauggutsammelbehälter (3) aufweist, welcher der Aufnahme von Sauggut aus der in den Aufnahmeraum (5) aufgenommenen Filterkammer (6) dient, und wobei die Zuführeinrichtung eingerichtet ist, die Filterkammer aus dem Saugreinigungsgerät zu entnehmen und in den Aufnahmeraum zu verlagern.In order to achieve the aforementioned object, it is proposed that the suction material collection station has a receiving space for receiving a filter chamber of a vacuum cleaning device connected to the suction material collecting station and a feed device for feeding the filter chamber into the receiving space, with the receiving space being designed to completely enclose the filter chamber and/or at most one at the interface to that The chamber side facing the suction cleaning device must not be surrounded, with the receiving space forming a partial volume within the housing of the suction material collection station, with the suction material collection station (1) having the suction material collection container (3) next to the receiving space (5), which is used to receive suction material from the suction material in the receiving space (5 ) recorded filter chamber (6) is used, and wherein the feed device is set up to remove the filter chamber from the suction cleaning device and to move it into the receiving space.

Erfindungsgemäß ist die Sauggutsammelstation nun für eine vorzugsweise vollständige Aufnahme der Filterkammer des Saugreinigungsgerätes in die Sauggutsammelstation ausgebildet. Der Aufnahmeraum der Sauggutsammelstation ist vorzugsweise formkorrespondierend zu einer Filterkammer eines Saugreinigungsgerätes ausgebildet, die in die Sauggutsammelstation eingeführt werden soll. Der Aufnahmeraum bildet ein Teilvolumen innerhalb des Gehäuses der Sauggutsammelstation, welches groß genug ist, um die Filterkammer des Saugreinigungsgerätes vollständig zu umfangen, derart, dass eine Außenkontur der Filterkammer vollständig innerhalb oder zumindest auf der Außenkontur des Gehäuses der Sauggutsammelstation liegt. Der Aufnahmeraum grenzt dabei beispielsweise mit einer Raumseite an die Schnittstelle der Sauggutsammelstation. Bei ordnungsgemäß in dem Aufnahmeraum der Sauggutsammelstation aufgenommener Filterkammer ist nur die zu dem Saugreinigungsgerät gewandte Kammerseite der Filterkammer zugänglich. Die übrigen Kammerseiten der Filterkammer liegen innerhalb der Sauggutsammelstation und können nicht von außen eingesehen werden. Im Falle einer quaderförmigen Filterkammer bedeutet dies, dass nur eine von insgesamt sechs Seiten nicht von dem Gehäuse der Sauggutsammelstation, nämlich den Wandungen des Aufnahmeraums, überfangen ist. Durch das vollständige Einführen der Filterkammer des Saugreinigungsgerätes in die Sauggutsammelstation kann eine geräuscharme und staubfreie Überführung des Sauggutes von dem Saugreinigungsgerät in die Sauggutsammelstation sichergestellt werden. Das Saugreinigungsgerät kann nach dem Überführen der Filterkammer in den Aufnahmeraum der Sauggutsammelstation mit der Schnittstelle verbunden bleiben oder sich alternativ von der Sauggutsammelstation weg bewegen. In dem Fall, dass das Saugreinigungsgerät mit der Schnittstelle verbunden bleibt, ist es nicht erforderlich, das Gehäuse der Sauggutsammelstation im Bereich der Schnittstelle zu schließen, um sicherzustellen, dass in der Filterkammer bzw. dem Aufnahmeraum vorhandener Staub und Schmutz nicht in die Umgebung gelangt. Im Falle des Entfernens des Saugreinigungsgerätes von der Sauggutsammelstation kann es gewünscht oder aufgrund einer Geräuschemission empfehlenswert sein, das Gehäuse der Sauggutsammelstation bzw. den Aufnahmeraum im Bereich der Schnittstelle zu schließen. Es kann vorgesehen sein, dass der Aufnahmeraum und/oder das Gehäuse der Sauggutsammelstation durch ein Verschlusselement im Bereich der Schnittstelle geschlossen wird, so dass die in den Aufnahmeraum aufgenommene Filterkammer von allen Seiten umschlossen ist. Gemäß dieser Ausgestaltung kann Sauggut nicht an die Umgebungsluft gelangen. Des Weiteren ist bei dieser Ausführung ein besonders leises Abreinigen der Filterkammer mittels der Sauggutsammelstation möglich, da beispielsweise ein zur Abreinigung der Filterkammer verwendetes Gebläse oder mechanische Einrichtungen weniger stark wahrgenommen werden können. In jedem Fall ist vorgesehen, dass die Öffnung der Sauggutsammelstation im Bereich der Schnittstelle zumindest durch eine Kammerseite der in den Aufnahmeraum eingeführten Filterkammer verschlossen ist. Diese Kammerseite kann gegenüber den Wandungen des Aufnahmeraumes und/oder dem Gehäuse der Sauggutsammelstation mit Hilfe von Dichtelementen abgedichtet sein, so dass Sauggut innerhalb des Aufnahmeraumes verbleibt und nicht durch einen Spalt der Schnittstelle, welcher sich möglicherweise zwischen der Filterkammer und dem Aufnahmeraum ergibt, an die Umgebung entweichen kann. Der Aufnahmeraum der Sauggutsammelstation ist in einer Nichtgebrauchsstellung, d. h. wenn die Basisstation nicht für eine Servicetätigkeit benötigt wird, vorzugsweise durch ein Verschlusselement im Bereich der Schnittstelle geschlossen. Dies kann beispielsweise ein verlagerbares Element, wie eine schwenkbare Klappe oder ein Schiebeelement sein. Gleiches gilt für das Saugreinigungsgerät, dessen Gehäuse ebenfalls während eines üblichen Saugreinigungsbetriebs geschlossen ist, so dass die Filterkammer nicht von außen sichtbar ist. Erst wenn das Saugreinigungsgerät mit der Sauggutsammelstation verbunden wird, werden die Verschlusselemente des Saugreinigungsgerätes und der Sauggutsammelstation geöffnet, so dass die Filterkammer des Saugreinigungsgerätes über die Schnittstelle in den Aufnahmeraum der Sauggutsammelstation überführt werden kann. Die Verschlusselemente können manuell durch einen Nutzer betätigt werden oder alternativ automatisch, wenn ein Reinigungswunsch bezüglich einer Filterkammer festgestellt wird. Beispielsweise kann ein Übergabewunsch durch einen mechanischen Kontakt des Saugreinigungsgerätes mit der Sauggutsammelstation mitgeteilt werden. Beispielsweise kann die Sauggutsammelstation einen Kontaktschalter aufweisen, der bei Andocken eines Saugreinigungsgerätes ein Öffnen des Verschlusselementes der Schnittstelle veranlasst. Dabei ist es unerheblich, ob es sich um ein selbständig zu der Sauggutsammelstation verfahrendes Roboter-Saugreinigungsgerät handelt, oder um ein Saugreinigungsgerät, welches ein Nutzer manuell mit der Sauggutsammelstation verbindet. Neben Kontaktschaltern sind auch andere Öffnungsmechanismen denkbar, beispielsweise unter Einsatz von Lichtschranken, Funksignalen oder ähnlichem. Die Zuführeinrichtung der Sauggutsammelstation ist eingerichtet, die Filterkammer aus dem Saugreinigungsgerät zu entnehmen und in den Aufnahmeraum zu verlagern. Die Zuführeinrichtung greift vorzugsweise aus dem Gehäuse der Sauggutsammelstation heraus in Richtung des Saugreinigungsgerätes, so dass die Filterkammer entgegengenommen werden kann. Die Zuführeinrichtung kann beispielsweise eine Greifeinrichtung zum Ergreifen der Filterkammer aufweisen. Eine solche Greifeinrichtung kann beispielsweise ein Hakenelement, Rastelement oder ähnliches sein. Bevorzugt ist das Verbindungselement motorisch verlagerbar, so dass der Vorgang des Greifens und wieder Loslassens auch automatisiert erfolgen kann. Gleichzeitig mit einer Verlagerung der Zuführeinrichtung in Richtung des Saugreinigungsgerätes kann vorzugsweise auch eine Verlagerung der Führungseinrichtung verbunden sein, so dass die zu verlagernde Filterkammer unmittelbar auch in Kontakt mit der Führungseinrichtung gelangt und direkt einer geführten Verlagerungsbewegung unterliegt. Sobald die Filterkammer in der Sauggutsammelstation geleert wurde, vollzieht die Zuführeinrichtung eine Bewegung in entgegengesetzter Richtung, d. h. ausgehend von dem Aufnahmeraum in Richtung des Saugreinigungsgerätes. Durch die Ausbildung der Sauggutsammelstation mit einer Zuführeinrichtung ist es nicht erforderlich, dass das Saugreinigungsgerät eine Einrichtung oder einen Mechanismus zur Verlagerung der Filterkammer aus dem Saugreinigungsgerät heraus in Richtung der Sauggutsammelstation aufweist. Diesbezüglich kann das Saugreinigungsgerät somit passiv ausgebildet sein.According to the invention, the suction material collecting station is now designed for a preferably complete accommodation of the filter chamber of the suction cleaning device in the suction material collecting station. The receiving space of the suction material collecting station is preferably designed to correspond in shape to a filter chamber of a suction cleaning device, which is to be introduced into the suction material collecting station. The receiving space forms a partial volume within the housing of the suction material collection station, which is large enough to completely enclose the filter chamber of the suction cleaning device, such that an outer contour of the filter chamber lies completely within or at least on the outer contour of the housing of the suction material collection station. The receiving space borders, for example, on one side of the space at the interface of the suction material collection station. When the filter chamber is properly accommodated in the accommodation space of the suction material collecting station, only the chamber side of the filter chamber facing the suction cleaning device is accessible. The other chamber sides of the filter chamber are inside the suction material collection station and cannot be viewed from the outside. In the case of a cuboid filter chamber, this means that only one of a total of six sides is not covered by the housing of the suction material collection station, namely the walls of the receiving space. By inserting the filter chamber of the vacuum cleaning device completely into the suction material collection station, a low-noise and dust-free transfer of the suction material from the vacuum cleaning device into the suction material collection station can be ensured. The suction cleaning device can remain connected to the interface after the filter chamber has been transferred into the receiving space of the suction material collection station or alternatively move away from the suction material collection station. If the suction cleaning device remains connected to the interface, it is not necessary to close the housing of the vacuum collection station in the area of the interface to ensure that dust and dirt present in the filter chamber or the receiving space does not get into the environment. If the vacuum cleaning device is to be removed from the suction material collection station, it may be desirable or advisable due to noise emissions to close the housing of the suction material collection station or the receiving space in the area of the interface. It can be provided that the receiving space and/or the housing of the suction material collection station is closed by a closure element in the area of the interface, so that the filter chamber received in the receiving space is enclosed on all sides. According to this configuration, suction material cannot reach the ambient air. Furthermore, in this embodiment, the filter chamber can be cleaned particularly quietly by means of the suction material collection station, since, for example, a blower used to clean the filter chamber or mechanical devices can be perceived less strongly. In any case, it is provided that the opening of the suction material collection station in the area of the interface is closed at least by one chamber side of the filter chamber introduced into the receiving space. This side of the chamber can be sealed off from the walls of the receiving space and/or the housing of the suction material collection station using sealing elements, so that the suction material remains within the receiving space and not through a gap in the interface that may result between the filter chamber and the receiving space environment can escape. In a non-use position, ie when the base station is not required for a service activity, the receiving space of the suction material collection station is preferably closed by a closure element in the area of the interface. This can, for example, be a displaceable element such as a pivotable flap or a sliding element. The same applies to the vacuum cleaning device, the housing of which is also closed during normal vacuum cleaning operation, so that the filter chamber is not visible from the outside. Only when the vacuum cleaning device is connected to the suction material collection station are the closing elements of the suction cleaning device and the suction material collection station opened so that the filter chamber of the vacuum cleaning device can be transferred via the interface into the receiving space of the suction material collection station. The closure elements can be actuated manually by a user or, alternatively, automatically if a wish to clean a filter chamber is determined. For example, a handover request can be communicated by mechanical contact between the suction cleaning device and the suction material collection station. For example, the suction material collection station can have a contact switch that causes the closure element of the interface to open when a vacuum cleaning device is docked. It is irrelevant whether it is a robot vacuum cleaning device that moves independently to the suction material collection station, or a vacuum cleaning device that a user manually connects to the suction material collection station. In addition to contact switches, other opening mechanisms are also conceivable, for example using light barriers, radio signals or the like. The feed device of the suction material collection station is set up to remove the filter chamber from the suction cleaning device and to move it into the receiving space. The feed device preferably reaches out of the housing of the suction material collection station in the direction of the suction cleaning device, so that the filter chamber can be accepted. The feeding device can, for example, have a gripping device for gripping the filter chamber. Such a gripping device can be, for example, a hook element, latching element or the like. The connecting element can preferably be displaced by a motor, so that the process of gripping and releasing again can also take place automatically. Simultaneously with a shift The feed device in the direction of the suction cleaning device can preferably also be connected to a displacement of the guide device, so that the filter chamber to be displaced also comes into direct contact with the guide device and is directly subject to a guided displacement movement. As soon as the filter chamber in the vacuum collection station has been emptied, the feed device moves in the opposite direction, ie starting from the receiving space in the direction of the vacuum cleaning device. Due to the design of the suction material collecting station with a feed device, it is not necessary for the suction cleaning device to have a device or a mechanism for moving the filter chamber out of the suction cleaning device in the direction of the suction material collecting station. In this regard, the vacuum cleaning device can thus be passive.

Des Weiteren wird vorgeschlagen, dass die Zuführeinrichtung eine Führungseinrichtung zur Führung einer Verlagerungsbewegung der Filterkammer in den Aufnahmeraum und/oder eine Antriebseinrichtung zum Verlagern der Filterkammer aufweist. Die Führungseinrichtung dient zur Ausrichtung und Führung der Filterkammer während der Verlagerung von dem Saugreinigungsgerät in den Aufnahmeraum der Sauggutsammelstation. Dadurch hat die Verlagerungsbewegung eine definierte Richtung und es kann verhindert werden, dass sich die Filterkammer auf dem Weg in den Aufnahmeraum verkantet und somit keine ordnungsgemäße Position innerhalb des Aufnahmeraums einnehmen kann. Die Führungseinrichtung kann beispielsweise eine Führungskulisse sein. Insbesondere kann die Führungskulisse aus Wandungen des Aufnahmeraumes gebildet sein, gegebenenfalls auch zusätzliche Führungsstreben oder ähnliches aufweisen. Des Weiteren kann die Führungseinrichtung eine Führungsschiene aufweisen. Die Führungsschiene kann beispielsweise von der Schnittstelle der Sauggutsammelstation bis zu dem Aufnahmeraum bzw. vollständig in diesen hinein reichen. Darüber hinaus kann die Führungseinrichtung auch eine Führungsspindel aufweisen. Bevorzugt ist die Führungsspindel motorisch angetrieben, so dass es durch Rotation der Führungsspindel gleichzeitig zu einer geführten Verlagerung der Filterkammer in den Aufnahmeraum kommt.Furthermore, it is proposed that the feed device has a guide device for guiding a displacement movement of the filter chamber into the receiving space and/or a drive device for displacing the filter chamber. The guide device is used to align and guide the filter chamber during the shift from the vacuum cleaning device into the receiving space of the suction material collection station. As a result, the displacement movement has a defined direction and it can be prevented that the filter chamber tilts on the way into the receiving space and thus cannot assume a proper position within the receiving space. The guide device can be a guide link, for example. In particular, the guide link can be formed from walls of the receiving space, optionally also have additional guide struts or the like. Furthermore, the guide device can have a guide rail. The guide rail can extend, for example, from the interface of the suction material collection station to the receiving space or completely into it. In addition, the guide device can also have a guide spindle. The lead screw is preferred motor-driven, so that the rotation of the guide spindle simultaneously results in a guided displacement of the filter chamber into the receiving space.

Des Weiteren kann die Zuführeinrichtung eine Antriebseinrichtung zum Verlagern der Filterkammer aufweisen. Eine solche Antriebseinrichtung kann insbesondere einen Elektromotor oder/und ein Federelement aufweisen. Die Antriebseinrichtung ist vorzugsweise mit einer Führungseinrichtung der Zuführeinrichtung kombiniert, beispielsweise die zuvor vorgeschlagene Führungsschiene oder Führungsspindel. Somit ergibt sich eine bevorzugte Kombination im Sinne einer automatisierten, geführten Verlagerungsbewegung der Filterkammer.Furthermore, the feed device can have a drive device for moving the filter chamber. Such a drive device can in particular have an electric motor and/or a spring element. The drive device is preferably combined with a guide device of the feed device, for example the previously proposed guide rail or guide spindle. This results in a preferred combination in terms of an automated, guided displacement movement of the filter chamber.

Des Weiteren wird vorgeschlagen, dass der Aufnahmeraum der Sauggutsammelstation bezogen auf eine übliche Gebrauchsorientierung der Sauggutsammelstation über dem Sauggutsammelbehälter angeordnet ist, so dass Sauggut der Schwerkraft folgend aus einer in dem Aufnahmeraum angeordneten Filterkammer in den Sauggutsammelbehälter fallen kann. Gemäß dieser Ausgestaltung ist es nicht notwendig, wenngleich auch möglich, zum Leeren der Filterkammer ein Gebläse oder mechanische Reinigungselemente zu verwenden. Vielmehr kann alleine die an dem Sauggut angreifende Schwerkraft ausreichen, damit das Sauggut aus der in dem Aufnahmeraum befindlichen Filterkammer herab in den darunterliegenden Sauggutsammelbehälter fällt. Dementsprechend ist es wichtig, dass eine Öffnung des Aufnahmeraumes und eine korrespondierende Öffnung des Sauggutsammelbehälters bezogen auf eine vertikale Richtung übereinander angeordnet sind. Die Filterkammer des Saugreinigungsgerätes wird entsprechend so in den Aufnahmeraum eingesetzt, dass eine Öffnung der Filterkammer deckungsgleich oder zumindest teilweise überlappend mit der Öffnung des Aufnahmeraumes und der Öffnung des Sauggutsammelbehälters ist.Furthermore, it is proposed that the receiving space of the suction material collection station is arranged above the suction material collection container in relation to a normal orientation of use of the suction material collection station, so that suction material can fall from a filter chamber arranged in the receiving space into the suction material collection container by gravity. According to this embodiment, it is not necessary, although possible, to use a blower or mechanical cleaning elements to empty the filter chamber. Rather, the force of gravity acting on the suction material alone can be sufficient for the suction material to fall out of the filter chamber located in the receiving space into the suction material collection container underneath. Accordingly, it is important that an opening of the receiving space and a corresponding opening of the suction material collection container are arranged one above the other in relation to a vertical direction. The filter chamber of the vacuum cleaning device is inserted into the receiving space in such a way that an opening in the filter chamber is congruent or at least partially is overlapping with the opening of the receiving space and the opening of the suction material collection container.

Zusätzlich oder alternativ kann vorgesehen sein, dass der Aufnahmeraum in einem Luftströmungskanal der Sauggutsammelstation angeordnet ist. Der Luftströmungskanal der Sauggutsammelstation kann an ein Gebläse der Sauggutsammelstation oder auch an ein externes Gebläse, beispielsweise das Gebläse eines Saugreinigungsgerätes, angeschlossen werden. Die in dem Luftströmungskanal geführte Luftströmung durchsetzt den Aufnahmeraum, wodurch dort ein Unterdruck entsteht, der das in der dort angeordneten Filterkammer befindliche Sauggut herausfördert. Vorzugsweise wird das Gebläse dabei so an den Luftströmungskanal angeschlossen, dass die Strömungsrichtung einer Förderrichtung des Sauggutes aus dem Aufnahmeraum in den Sauggutsammelraum der Sauggutsammelstation entspricht. Das Fördern des Sauggutes mittels der Luftströmung kann dabei durch die zuvor vorgeschlagene Schwerkraftwirkung unterstützt werden.In addition or as an alternative, it can be provided that the receiving space is arranged in an air flow channel of the suction material collection station. The air flow channel of the suction material collection station can be connected to a fan of the suction material collection station or also to an external fan, for example the fan of a vacuum cleaning device. The air flow guided in the air flow channel passes through the receiving space, as a result of which a negative pressure is created there, which conveys out the suction material located in the filter chamber arranged there. The blower is preferably connected to the air flow channel in such a way that the direction of flow corresponds to a conveying direction of the suction material from the receiving space into the suction material collecting space of the suction material collecting station. The conveying of the suction material by means of the air flow can be supported by the previously proposed effect of gravity.

Es wird des Weiteren vorgeschlagen, dass dem Luftströmungskanal ein Stationsgebläse zugeordnet ist, welches eingerichtet ist, einen Unterdruck in dem Aufnahmeraum zu erzeugen. Gemäß dieser Ausführung weist die Sauggutsammelstation selbst ein Stationsgebläse auf, um den Aufnahmeraum bzw. die darin angeordnete Filterkammer von Sauggut zu befreien. Dadurch, dass der Aufnahmeraum die Filterkammer vollständig umschließt, werden die Geräusche des Stationsgebläses, die gegebenenfalls nach außen hin wahrnehmbar sind, zuverlässig reduziert.It is further proposed that the air flow duct be assigned a station fan which is set up to generate a negative pressure in the receiving space. According to this embodiment, the suction material collection station itself has a station fan in order to free the receiving space or the filter chamber arranged therein from suction material. The fact that the accommodation space completely encloses the filter chamber reliably reduces the noise of the station fan, which may be audible from the outside.

Gemäß einer besonderen Ausführung kann vorgesehen sein, dass der Luftströmungskanal der Sauggutsammelstation in Strömungsrichtung vor und hinter dem Aufnahmeraum jeweils einen Drucksensor aufweist. Durch die Drucksensoren kann ein Druckverlust über die Filterkammer gemessen werden, welcher ein Maß für die Befüllung der Filterkammer mit Sauggut ist. In Abhängigkeit von der Kenntnis über die Menge des in der Filterkammer befindlichen Sauggutes kann dann eine Steuerung der Leistung des Gebläses/Stationsgebläses erfolgen. Dadurch kann das Gebläse situativ gesteuert werden, so dass nur diejenige Saugleistung angewendet wird, die notwendig ist, um das Sauggut optimal aus der Filterkammer zu entfernen. Dies reduziert zusätzlich die durch das Gebläse emittierten Geräusche. Wenn die Drucksensoren beispielsweise einen relativ hohen Druckverlust über die Filterkammer ermitteln, kann eine relativ hohe Saugleistung des Gebläses eingestellt werden. Wenn festgestellt wird, dass die Menge des enthaltenen Saugguts eher gering ist, wird eine dementsprechend reduzierte Saugleistung zur Abreinigung verwendet. Darüber hinaus kann auch ein Zeitpunkt eines Betriebs des Gebläses abhängig von dem ermittelten Druckverlust gesteuert werden. Beispielsweise kann das Gebläse erst dann eingeschaltet werden, wenn es tatsächlich notwendig ist. Es erfolgt somit eine unauffällige, leise und nutzungsgesteuerte Regeneration der Filterkammer innerhalb der Sauggutsammelstation.According to a special embodiment, it can be provided that the air flow channel of the suction material collection station has a pressure sensor in the direction of flow in front of and behind the receiving space. through the Pressure sensors can be used to measure a pressure loss across the filter chamber, which is a measure of the filling of the filter chamber with suction material. The power of the blower/station blower can then be controlled depending on the knowledge of the amount of suction material in the filter chamber. This allows the blower to be controlled according to the situation, so that only the suction power required to optimally remove the suction material from the filter chamber is used. This further reduces the noise emitted by the fan. If the pressure sensors determine, for example, a relatively high pressure drop across the filter chamber, a relatively high suction power of the fan can be set. If it is determined that the amount of dirt contained is rather small, a correspondingly reduced suction power is used for cleaning. In addition, a point in time at which the fan is operated can also be controlled as a function of the pressure loss determined. For example, the fan can only be switched on when it is actually necessary. There is thus an unobtrusive, quiet and usage-controlled regeneration of the filter chamber within the vacuum collection station.

Schließlich wird mit der Erfindung auch ein System aus einer vorgeschlagenen Sauggutsammelstation und einem Saugreinigungsgerät mit einem Gehäuse, einer Saugdüse, einer Filterkammer, einem Gebläse und einem Elektromotor zum Antrieb des Gebläses vorgeschlagen, wobei die Zuführeinrichtung der Sauggutsammelstation eingerichtet ist, die Filterkammer aus dem Saugreinigungsgerät zu entnehmen und in den Aufnahmeraum zu verlagern, und/oder wobei das Saugreinigungsgerät eine Verlagerungseinrichtung aufweist, welche eingerichtet ist, die Filterkammer aus dem Gehäuse des Saugreinigungsgerätes heraus zu verlagern, wobei das Saugreinigungsgerät so an der Schnittstelle der Sauggutsammelstation anordenbar ist, dass der Aufnahmeraum der Sauggutsammelstation und ein die Filterkammer aufweisender Teilbereich des Saugreinigungsgerätes miteinander verbunden sind. Das System beinhaltet somit eine Sauggutsammelstation und ein Saugreinigungsgerät, welche vorzugsweise nach einer zuvor beschriebenen Ausführung ausgebildet sind. Dabei kann entweder die Sauggutsammelstation oder das Saugreinigungsgerät des Systems einen Mechanismus zum Verlagern einer Filterkammer aus dem Saugreinigungsgerät in den Aufnahmeraum der Sauggutsammelstation aufweisen. Darüber hinaus sind die Sauggutsammelstation und das Saugreinigungsgerät korrespondierend zueinander so ausgebildet, dass in einem angedockten Zustand des Saugreinigungsgerätes an der Schnittstelle der Sauggutsammelstation eine Gehäuseöffnung des Saugreinigungsgerätes deckungsgleich mit der Schnittstelle der Sauggutsammelstation ist. Zumindest ist eine Überlappung korrespondierender Gehäuseöffnungen der Sauggutsammelstation und des Saugreinigungsgerätes derart vorgesehen, dass die Filterkammer ohne Hindernisse aus dem Saugreinigungsgerät in den Aufnahmeraum der Sauggutsammelstation überführt werden kann. Bezogen auf das erfindungsgemäße System gelten die zuvor in Bezug auf die Sauggutsammelstation und gegebenenfalls das Saugreinigungsgerät beschriebenen Vorteile und Merkmale. Um eine Wiederholung zu vermeiden, wird auf die vorstehenden Ausführungen verwiesen.Finally, the invention also proposes a system consisting of a proposed suction material collection station and a vacuum cleaning device with a housing, a suction nozzle, a filter chamber, a fan and an electric motor for driving the fan, with the feed device of the suction material collection station being set up to feed the filter chamber out of the suction cleaning device removed and moved into the receiving space, and/or wherein the vacuum cleaning device has a shifting device which is set up to move the filter chamber out of the housing of the vacuum cleaning device, wherein the vacuum cleaning device can be arranged at the interface of the suction material collection station in such a way that the receiving space of the suction material collection station and a partial area of the suction cleaning device having the filter chamber are connected to one another. The system thus includes a suction material collection station and a suction cleaning device, which are preferably designed according to an embodiment described above. Either the suction material collection station or the suction cleaning device of the system can have a mechanism for moving a filter chamber from the suction cleaning device into the receiving space of the suction material collection station. In addition, the suction collection station and the suction cleaning device are designed to correspond to one another such that when the suction cleaning device is docked at the interface of the suction collection station, a housing opening of the suction cleaning device is congruent with the interface of the suction collection station. At least one overlap of corresponding housing openings of the suction material collection station and the suction cleaning device is provided such that the filter chamber can be transferred without obstacles from the suction cleaning device into the receiving space of the suction material collection station. In relation to the system according to the invention, the advantages and features described above in relation to the suction material collecting station and optionally the suction cleaning device apply. To avoid repetition, reference is made to the above statements.

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Im Folgenden wird die Erfindung anhand von Ausführungsbeispielen näher erläutert. Es zeigen:

Fig. 1
eine erfindungsgemäße Sauggutsammelstation,
Fig. 2
ein Saugreinigungsgerät,
Fig. 3
ein System aus einer Sauggutsammelstation und einem Saugreinigungsgerät mit einer Filterkammer gemäß einem Längsschnitt,
Fig. 4
das System gemäß Fig. 3 bei einer Verlagerung der Filterkammer des Saugreinigungsgerätes in die Sauggutsammelstation,
Fig. 5
das System gemäß den Fig. 3 und 4 nach Entleeren der Filterkammer des Saugreinigungsgerätes,
Fig. 6
ein System aus einer Sauggutsammelstation und einem Saugreinigungsgerät gemäß einer alternativen Ausführungsform.
The invention is explained in more detail below using exemplary embodiments. Show it:
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a suction material collecting station according to the invention,
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a suction cleaning device,
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a system consisting of a vacuum collection station and a vacuum cleaning device with a filter chamber according to a longitudinal section,
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the system according to 3 if the filter chamber of the vacuum cleaning device is relocated to the suction material collection station,
figure 5
the system according to the Figures 3 and 4 after emptying the filter chamber of the suction cleaning device,
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a system of a suction material collection station and a suction cleaning device according to an alternative embodiment.

Beschreibung der AusführungsformenDescription of the embodiments

Figur 1 zeigt beispielhaft eine mögliche Ausführungsform einer erfindungsgemäßen Sauggutsammelstation 1. Die Sauggutsammelstation 1 dient hier als Andockstation für ein in Figur 2 näher dargestelltes Saugreinigungsgerät 2, welches als sich selbsttätig fortbewegender Roboter ausgebildet ist. Von außen betrachtet weist die Sauggutsammelstation 1 ein Stationsgehäuse 23 mit einer Schnittstelle 4 zum Anschluss des Saugreinigungsgerätes 2 auf. Die Schnittstelle 4 weist ein Verschlusselement 21, nämlich hier ein nach oben verlagerbares Schiebeelement, auf, welches in einem Zustand, in welchem die Sauggutsammelstation 1 nicht in Benutzung ist, eine Kammerseite 8 verschließt. Die Schnittstelle 4 gibt bei geöffneter Kammerseite 8 einen Blick in einen Aufnahmeraum 5 frei, welcher zur Aufnahme einer Filterkammer 6 (siehe Fig. 2) des Saugreinigungsgerätes 2 dient. Der Aufnahmeraum 5 weist eine Zuführeinrichtung 7 mit einer als Spindel ausgebildeten Führungseinrichtung 9 und einer Antriebseinrichtung 10 auf. Die Antriebseinrichtung 10 ist hier ein Elektromotor. Des Weiteren verfügt die Führungseinrichtung 9 über ein Verbindungselement 22, welches zum Ergreifen der Filterkammer 6 dient. Das Verbindungselement 22 ist hier als Rastelement ausgebildet, das in ein korrespondierendes Element der Filterkammer 6 eingreifen kann. Bevorzugt verfügt die Zuführeinrichtung 7 über zwei Führungseinrichtungen 9. Die Verbindungselemente 22 und die Antriebseinrichtung 10 befinden sich an gegenüberliegenden Endbereichen der Führungseinrichtung 9. Das Stationsgehäuse 23 hat einen Sammelbehälterzugang 20, welcher in einem geöffneten Zustand einen Zugriff auf einen Sauggutsammelbehälter 3 erlaubt. figure 1 shows an example of a possible embodiment of a suction material collecting station 1 according to the invention. The suction material collecting station 1 serves here as a docking station for an in figure 2 vacuum cleaning device 2 shown in more detail, which is designed as an automatically moving robot. Viewed from the outside, the vacuum collection station 1 has a station housing 23 with an interface 4 for connecting the vacuum cleaning device 2 . The interface 4 has a closure element 21, namely here a sliding element that can be displaced upwards, which closes a chamber side 8 in a state in which the suction material collection station 1 is not in use. When the chamber side 8 is open, the interface 4 provides a view into a receiving space 5 which is used to receive a filter chamber 6 (see 2 ) of the vacuum cleaning device 2 is used. The receiving space 5 has a feed device 7 with a guide device 9 designed as a spindle and a drive device 10 . The drive device 10 is an electric motor here. Furthermore, the guide device 9 has a connecting element 22, which is used to grip the filter chamber 6. The connecting element 22 is designed here as a latching element that can engage in a corresponding element of the filter chamber 6 . The feed device 7 preferably has two guide devices 9. The connecting elements 22 and the drive device 10 are located on opposite end regions of the guide device 9. The station housing 23 has a collection container access 20 which, in an open state, allows access to a suction material collection container 3.

Figur 2 zeigt ein Saugreinigungsgerät 2, welches hier als sich selbsttätig fortbewegender Roboter ausgebildet ist. Das Saugreinigungsgerät 2 verfügt über ein Gehäuse 18 mit einem Verschlusselement 27, eine Saugdüse 14, eine Filterkammer 6 mit einem Filterelement 26 und einem Filterkammerverschlusselement 32, ein Gebläse 15 und einen Elektromotor 16 zum Antrieb des Gebläses 15. Die Filterkammer 6 ist verschiebbar an Führungseinrichtungen 31 gelagert und kann bei geöffnetem Verschlusselement 27 - der Rückstellkraft eines Federelementes 30 folgend - aus dem Gehäuse 18 des Saugreinigungsgerätes 2 herausverlagert werden. Der Saugdüse 14 ist ein Reinigungselement 24 zugeordnet, welches hier eine rotierbare Bürste ist, die um eine im Wesentlichen horizontale Achse rotiert. Des Weiteren verfügt das Saugreinigungsgerät 2 über Räder 25 zum Antrieb des Saugreinigungsgerätes 2 und eine hier nicht näher dargestellte Navigationseinrichtung, welche der Navigation und Selbstlokalisierung des Saugreinigungsgerätes 2 innerhalb einer Umgebung dient. Der Navigationseinrichtung sind vorteilhaft Sensoren (ebenfalls nicht dargestellt) zugeordnet, welche beispielsweise Abstände zu Hindernissen messen können. Auf der Basis der ermittelten Abstände kann die Navigationseinrichtung eine Umgebungskarte erstellen, anhand welcher sich das Saugreinigungsgerät 2 innerhalb der Umgebung orientieren und selbstlokalisieren kann. figure 2 shows a vacuum cleaning device 2, which is designed here as an automatically moving robot. The vacuum cleaning device 2 has a housing 18 with a closure element 27, a suction nozzle 14, a filter chamber 6 with a filter element 26 and a filter chamber closure element 32, a fan 15 and an electric motor 16 for driving the fan 15. The filter chamber 6 can be displaced on guide devices 31 stored and can be moved out of the housing 18 of the vacuum cleaning device 2 when the closure element 27 is open--following the restoring force of a spring element 30. The suction nozzle 14 is assigned a cleaning element 24, which is a rotatable brush here, which rotates about a substantially horizontal axis. Furthermore, the vacuum cleaning device 2 has wheels 25 for driving the vacuum cleaning device 2 and a navigation device, not shown here, which is used for navigating and self-localizing the vacuum cleaning device 2 within an environment. Sensors (also not shown) are advantageously assigned to the navigation device, which can measure distances to obstacles, for example. On the basis of the determined distances, the navigation device can create a map of the surroundings, which the vacuum cleaning device 2 can use to orientate itself within the surroundings and localize itself.

Während eines üblichen Saugbetriebs funktioniert das Saugreinigungsgerät 2 so, dass der Elektromotor 16 das Gebläse 15 antreibt, so dass ein Unterdruck entsteht, welcher das Filterkammerverschlusselement 32 öffnet und Sauggut von einer zu reinigenden Fläche in die Filterkammer 6 einsaugt. In der angesaugten Luft enthaltenes Sauggut verbleibt in der Filterkammer 6 bzw. an dem Filterelement 26, so dass ausschließlich gereinigte Luft weiter zu dem Gebläse 15 und dem Elektromotor 16 strömen kann.During normal suction operation, the suction cleaning device 2 functions in such a way that the electric motor 16 drives the blower 15 so that a negative pressure is created which opens the filter chamber closure element 32 and sucks suction material into the filter chamber 6 from a surface to be cleaned. Suction material contained in the sucked-in air remains in the filter chamber 6 or on the filter element 26 , so that only cleaned air can flow further to the blower 15 and the electric motor 16 .

Figur 3 zeigt beispielhaft ein System aus einem Saugreinigungsgerät 2 und einer beispielhaften Sauggutsammelstation 1. Das Saugreinigungsgerät 2 ist an die Sauggutsammelstation 1 angedockt, wozu nicht weiter dargestellte Einrichtungen vorgesehen sein können, die eine ungewollte Positionsänderung des Saugreinigungsgerätes 2 verhindern und dafür sorgen, dass sich die Stellung des Saugreinigungsgerätes 2 relativ zu der Sauggutsammelstation 1 während der Übergabe der Filterkammer 6 an die Sauggutsammelstation 1 nicht verändert. Wie erkennbar, weist die Sauggutsammelstation 1 neben dem Aufnahmeraum 5 einen Sauggutsammelbehälter 3 in Form eines Filterbeutels 19 auf, welcher der Aufnahme von Sauggut aus der Filterkammer 6 dient. Die Sauggutsammelstation 1 verfügt des Weiteren über ein Stationsgebläse 12, welches hier in einem Luftströmungskanal 11 angeordnet ist, der mittels des Stationsgebläses 12 mit Unterdruck beaufschlagt wird. Bei Betrieb des Stationsgebläses 12 wird der Aufnahmeraum 5 mit Unterdruck beaufschlagt, so dass Luft aus Richtung des Aufnahmeraumes 5 zu dem Stationsgebläse 12 strömt. Das in der Saugluft vorhandene Sauggut wird innerhalb des Filterbeutels 19 gesammelt, so dass ausschließlich gereinigte Luft weiter zu dem Stationsgebläse 12 strömen kann. figure 3 shows an example of a system consisting of a vacuum cleaning device 2 and an exemplary suction material collection station 1. The vacuum cleaning device 2 is docked to the suction material collection station 1, for which purpose devices not shown in any more detail can be provided which prevent an unwanted change in position of the vacuum cleaning device 2 and ensure that the position of the Vacuum cleaning device 2 relative to the suction collection station 1 during the transfer of the filter chamber 6 to the suction collection station 1 is not changed. As can be seen, the suction material collection station 1 has, in addition to the receiving space 5 , a suction material collection container 3 in the form of a filter bag 19 which is used to receive suction material from the filter chamber 6 . The suction material collection station 1 also has a station fan 12 which is arranged here in an air flow channel 11 to which negative pressure is applied by means of the station fan 12 . When the station fan 12 is in operation, the receiving space 5 is subjected to negative pressure, so that air flows from the direction of the receiving space 5 to the station fan 12 . The suction material present in the suction air is collected within the filter bag 19 so that only cleaned air can continue to flow to the station fan 12 .

Die Funktionsweise des Systems aus der Sauggutsammelstation 1 und dem damit verbundenen Saugreinigungsgerät 2 wird im Folgenden mit Bezug zu den Figuren 3 bis 5 näher dargestellt.The functioning of the system from the suction collection station 1 and the associated vacuum cleaning device 2 is described below with reference to the Figures 3 to 5 shown in more detail.

Zunächst dockt das Saugreinigungsgerät 2 wie beschrieben an der Schnittstelle 4 der Sauggutsammelstation 1 an. Dabei werden beispielsweise mittels Kontaktschaltern die Verschlusselemente 21 und 27 der Sauggutsammelstation 1 und des Saugreinigungsgerätes 2 geöffnet, so dass die Filterkammer 6 des Saugreinigungsgerätes 2 in den Aufnahmeraum 5 der Sauggutsammelstation 1 überführt werden kann. Durch die Rückstellkraft des Federelementes 30 des Saugreinigungsgerätes 2 wird die Filterkammer 6 ein Stück weit aus dem Gehäuse 18 des Saugreinigungsgerätes 2 herausgeschoben, bis die Filterkammer 6 in Kontakt mit dem Verbindungselement 22 der Sauggutsammelstation 1 gelangt. Beispielsweise können korrespondierende Rastelemente der Zuführeinrichtung 7 der Sauggutsammelstation 1 und der Filterkammer 6 miteinander verrasten. Anschließend wird die als Elektromotor 16 ausgebildete Antriebseinrichtung 10 betätigt, um die Führungseinrichtung 9, nämlich hier die Spindel, anzutreiben. Dadurch werden die an der Spindel angeordneten Verbindungselemente 22 mitsamt der daran befestigten Filterkammer 6 aus dem Saugreinigungsgerät 2 in den Aufnahmeraum 5 verlagert, bis die Filterkammer 6 gegen einen Endanschlag 29 des Aufnahmeraumes 5 stößt. Die Lage der Filterkammer 6 an dem Endanschlag 29 ist in Figur 4 dargestellt. Das Anschlagen der Filterkammer 6 an dem Endanschlag 29 kann den Betrieb des Stationsgebläses 23 steuern, so dass der Aufnahmeraum 5 bzw. die darin befindliche Filterkammer 6 mit Unterdruck beaufschlagt wird. Ebenso kann dadurch ein Öffnen des Filterkammerverschlusselementes 32 erfolgen. In der Filterkammer 6 befindliches Sauggut gelangt durch die Filterkammeröffnung 28 hindurch in den Filterbeutel 19 des Sauggutsammelbehälters 3. Der Aufnahmeraum 5 ist zudem in der gezeigten üblichen Orientierung der Sauggutsammelstation 1 über dem Sauggutsammelbehälter 3 angeordnet, so dass das Sauggut ebenfalls unterstützt durch die an dem Sauggut angreifende Schwerkraft nach unten, d. h. in Richtung des Sauggutsammelbehälters 3 fällt. Gemäß einer weiteren Ausgestaltung kann vorgesehen sein, dass die Überführung des Sauggutes ganz ohne das Stationsgebläse 12 erfolgt, nämlich ausschließlich durch Schwerkraft bedingte Verlagerung des Sauggutes. Die bei dem Betrieb des Stationsgebläses 12 auftretenden Geräusche sind in der Umgebung außerhalb der Sauggutsammelstation 1 nur in geringem Maße von einem Nutzer wahrnehmbar, da der Aufnahmeraum 5 der Sauggutsammelstation 1 die Filterkammer 6 bis auf die in Richtung des Saugreinigungsgerätes 2 weisende Kammerseite 8 vollständig umgibt und die Kammerseite 8 des Weiteren durch das an die Schnittstelle 4 angedockte Saugreinigungsgerät 2 verdeckt ist. Zusätzlich könnte jedoch auch vorgesehen sein, dass die Kammerseite 8 durch das Verschlusselement 21 des Aufnahmeraums 5 wieder verschlossen wird, bevor die Entleerung des Filterraums 6 erfolgt. In jedem Fall ist sichergestellt, dass aus der Filterkammer 6 herausverlagertes Sauggut nicht durch die Schnittstelle 4 in die Umgebung gelangen kann.First, the vacuum cleaning device 2 docks at the interface 4 of the suction material collecting station 1 as described. The closure elements 21 and 27 of the suction material collection station 1 and of the suction cleaning device 2 are opened, for example by means of contact switches, so that the filter chamber 6 of the suction cleaning device 2 can be transferred into the receiving space 5 of the suction material collection station 1 . The restoring force of the spring element 30 of the suction cleaning device 2 pushes the filter chamber 6 a little way out of the housing 18 of the suction cleaning device 2 until the filter chamber 6 comes into contact with the connecting element 22 of the suction material collecting station 1 . For example, corresponding latching elements of the feed device 7 of the suction material collecting station 1 and the filter chamber 6 can latch with one another. Subsequently, the drive device 10 designed as an electric motor 16 is actuated in order to drive the guide device 9, namely the spindle in this case. As a result, the connecting elements 22 arranged on the spindle, together with the filter chamber 6 attached thereto, are shifted out of the vacuum cleaning device 2 into the receiving space 5 until the filter chamber 6 abuts against an end stop 29 of the receiving space 5 . The position of the filter chamber 6 at the end stop 29 is in figure 4 shown. The filter chamber 6 hitting the end stop 29 can control the operation of the station fan 23, so that the receiving space 5 or the filter chamber 6 located therein is subjected to negative pressure. The filter chamber closure element 32 can also be opened as a result. Suction material in the filter chamber 6 passes through the filter chamber opening 28 into the filter bag 19 of the suction material collection container 3. The receiving space 5 is also arranged above the suction material collection container 3 in the usual orientation of the suction material collection station 1 shown, so that the suction material likewise assisted by the force of gravity acting on the suction material downwards, ie falling in the direction of the suction material collection container 3 . According to a further embodiment it can be provided that the transfer of the suction material takes place entirely without the station fan 12, namely displacement of the suction material exclusively caused by gravity. The noises occurring during the operation of the station fan 12 can only be perceived to a small extent by a user in the environment outside the suction material collection station 1, since the receiving space 5 of the suction material collection station 1 completely surrounds the filter chamber 6 except for the chamber side 8 pointing in the direction of the vacuum cleaning device 2 and the chamber side 8 is also covered by the vacuum cleaning device 2 docked at the interface 4 . In addition, however, provision could also be made for the chamber side 8 to be closed again by the closure element 21 of the receiving space 5 before the filter space 6 is emptied. In any case, it is ensured that suction material displaced from the filter chamber 6 cannot reach the environment through the interface 4 .

Um eine Störung durch die bei der Entleerung mittels des Stationsgebläses 12 auftretenden Geräusche weiter zu reduzieren, kann vorgesehen sein, dass ein Entleeren der Filterkammer 6 mittels des Stationsgebläses 12 zeitlich erst dann erfolgt, wenn ein Nutzer nicht mehr in der Umgebung der Sauggutsammelstation 1 anwesend ist. Zudem kann mit Hilfe von Drucksensoren 13, welche in dem Luftströmungskanal 11 der Sauggutsammelstation 1 vor und hinter dem Aufnahmeraum 5 angeordnet sind, ein Druckverlust über der Filterkammer 6 inklusive des Filterelementes 26 ermittelt werden. Sofern die Drucksensoren 13 einen relativ hohen Druckverlust (verglichen mit einem Referenzwert) ermitteln, kann beispielsweise vorgesehen sein, dass ein Absaugen der Filterkammer 6 mittels des Stationsgebläses 12 sofort erfolgen darf. Wenn der Druckverlust demgegenüber jedoch geringer ist, kann vorgesehen sein, dass der Betrieb des Stationsgebläses 12 zunächst vorgemerkt wird und erst dann erfolgt, wenn der Nutzer nicht mehr anwesend ist.In order to further reduce a disturbance caused by the noises occurring during emptying by means of the station fan 12, it can be provided that the filter chamber 6 is only emptied by means of the station fan 12 when a user is no longer present in the vicinity of the suction material collection station 1 . In addition, a pressure loss across the filter chamber 6 including the filter element 26 can be determined with the aid of pressure sensors 13, which are arranged in the air flow channel 11 of the suction material collection station 1 in front of and behind the receiving space 5. If the pressure sensors 13 determine a relatively high pressure loss (compared to a reference value), provision can be made, for example, for the filter chamber 6 to be sucked off immediately by means of the station fan 12 . However, if the pressure loss is lower in comparison, it can be provided that that the operation of the station fan 12 is first noted and only takes place when the user is no longer present.

Nachdem das Sauggut von der Filterkammer 6 in den Filterbeutel 19 des Sauggutsammelbehälters 3 überführt wurde, wird die Führungseinrichtung 9 mittels der Antriebseinrichtung 10, d. h. hier die Spindel mittels des Elektromotors 16, in umgekehrte Richtung bewegt, so dass die Verbindungselemente 22 mit der daran angeordneten Filterkammer 6 ausgehend von dem Aufnahmeraum 5 durch die Schnittstelle 4 hindurch in Richtung des Saugreinigungsgerätes 2 hinein verlagert werden. Die Filterkammer 6 wird somit in umgekehrter Richtung wieder vollständig in das Gehäuse 18 des Saugreinigungsgerätes 2 verlagert, bis diese ihre Endstellung erreicht hat. Sodann werden die Verschlusselemente 21, 27 der Sauggutsammelstation 1 und des Saugreinigungsgerätes 2 wieder geschlossen und das Saugreinigungsgerät 2 steht für einen erneuten Saugbetrieb zur Verfügung. Die betriebsbereite Stellung des Saugreinigungsgerätes 2 nach Reinigung der Filterkammer 6 ergibt sich im Anschluss an die in Figur 5 dargestellte Situation.After the suction material has been transferred from the filter chamber 6 into the filter bag 19 of the suction material collection container 3, the guide device 9 is moved in the opposite direction by means of the drive device 10, i.e. here the spindle by means of the electric motor 16, so that the connecting elements 22 with the filter chamber arranged thereon 6 are shifted starting from the receiving space 5 through the interface 4 in the direction of the vacuum cleaning device 2 . The filter chamber 6 is thus completely relocated in the opposite direction into the housing 18 of the suction cleaning device 2 until it has reached its end position. The closure elements 21, 27 of the suction material collecting station 1 and of the suction cleaning device 2 are then closed again and the suction cleaning device 2 is available for renewed suction operation. The operational position of the suction cleaning device 2 after cleaning the filter chamber 6 results after the in figure 5 depicted situation.

Figur 6 zeigt eine weitere Ausführungsform eines erfindungsgemäßen Saugreinigungsgerätes 2 in einer Schnittansicht. Das dort dargestellte Saugreinigungsgerät 2 verfügt über eine eigene Verlagerungseinrichtung 17, die die Filterkammer 6 aus dem Gehäuse 18 des Saugreinigungsgerätes 2 herausverlagern kann. Die Verlagerungseinrichtung 17 besteht hier beispielsweise aus einer Antriebseinrichtung 10 und einer Führungseinrichtung 9 (Spindel), die bei Kontakt des Saugreinigungsgerätes 2 mit der Schnittstelle 4 der Sauggutsammelstation 1 aus dem Saugreinigungsgerät 2 herausverlagert wird. Der Verlagerungseinrichtung 17 sind hier des Weiteren als Schienenelemente ausgebildete Führungseinrichtungen 31 zugeordnet, an welchen die Filterkammer 6 entlang gleiten kann. figure 6 shows a further embodiment of a suction cleaning device 2 according to the invention in a sectional view. The vacuum cleaning device 2 shown there has its own displacement device 17 which can move the filter chamber 6 out of the housing 18 of the vacuum cleaning device 2 . The shifting device 17 consists here, for example, of a drive device 10 and a guide device 9 (spindle), which is shifted out of the vacuum cleaning device 2 when the vacuum cleaning device 2 comes into contact with the interface 4 of the suction material collecting station 1 . The displacement device 17 is also assigned here guide devices 31 embodied as rail elements, along which the filter chamber 6 can slide.

Alternativ oder zusätzlich kann die Verlagerungseinrichtung 17 auch ein Federelement 30 (siehe Fig. 2) aufweisen. Eine Freigabe des gespannten Federelementes 30 kann automatisch bei Kontakt des Saugreinigungsgerätes 2 mit der Sauggutsammelstation 1 ausgelöst werden. Dabei löst sich ein nicht weiter dargestelltes Rückhaltesystem, beispielsweise eine Verrastung in dem Saugreinigungsgerät 2, so dass das Federelement 30 die Filterkammer 6 in die Sauggutsammelstation 1 hineindrücken kann. Die Verlagerung der Filterkammer 6 durch das Federelement 30 erfolgt dabei zumindest so weit, dass die Filterkammer 6 in Kontakt mit beispielsweise Verbindungselementen 22 einer Zuführeinrichtung 7 der Sauggutsammelstation 1 gelangt und die Verlagerungsbewegung somit durch die Antriebseinrichtung 10 der Sauggutsammelstation 1 fortgesetzt werden kann. Alternativ kann die Filterkammer 6 jedoch auch ausschließlich mittels der Verlagerungseinrichtung 17 des Saugreinigungsgerätes 2 bis zum Endanschlag 29 der Sauggutsammelstation 1 verlagert werden, so dass die Sauggutsammelstation 1 selbst keine Zuführeinrichtung 7 aufweisen muss. Liste der Bezugszeichen 1 Sauggutsammelstation 26 Filterelement 2 Saugreinigungsgerät 27 Verschlusselement 3 Sauggutsammelbehälter 28 Filterkammeröffnung 4 Schnittstelle 29 Endanschlag 5 Aufnahmeraum 30 Federelement 6 Filterkammer 31 Führungseinrichtung 7 Zuführeinrichtung 32 Filterkammerverschlusselement 8 Kammerseite 9 Führungseinrichtung 10 Antriebseinrichtung 11 Luftströmungskanal 12 Stationsgebläse 13 Drucksensor 14 Saugdüse 15 Gebläse 16 Elektromotor 17 Verlagerungseinrichtung 18 Gehäuse 19 Filterbeutel 20 Sammelbehälterzugang 21 Verschlusselement 22 Verbindungselement 23 Stationsgehäuse 24 Reinigungselement 25 Rad Alternatively or additionally, the displacement device 17 can also be a spring element 30 (see 2 ) exhibit. A release of the tensioned spring element 30 can be triggered automatically when the vacuum cleaning device 2 comes into contact with the suction material collection station 1 . A restraint system, not shown in detail, such as a catch in the suction cleaning device 2 , is released so that the spring element 30 can press the filter chamber 6 into the suction material collecting station 1 . The displacement of the filter chamber 6 by the spring element 30 takes place at least so far that the filter chamber 6 comes into contact with, for example, connecting elements 22 of a feed device 7 of the suction material collection station 1 and the displacement movement can thus be continued by the drive device 10 of the suction material collection station 1. Alternatively, however, the filter chamber 6 can also be displaced exclusively by means of the displacement device 17 of the vacuum cleaning device 2 up to the end stop 29 of the suction material collection station 1, so that the suction material collection station 1 itself does not have to have a feed device 7. <b><u>List of Reference Signs</u></b> 1 suction collection station 26 filter element 2 suction cleaning device 27 closure element 3 suction collection container 28 filter chamber opening 4 interface 29 end stop 5 recording room 30 spring element 6 filter chamber 31 guide device 7 feeding device 32 filter chamber closure element 8th chamber side 9 guide device 10 drive device 11 air flow channel 12 station fan 13 pressure sensor 14 suction nozzle 15 fan 16 electric motor 17 relocation facility 18 Housing 19 filter bag 20 sump access 21 closure element 22 fastener 23 station housing 24 cleaning element 25 wheel

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  1. A vacuumed material collection station (1) for receiving vacuumed material from a vacuum cleaning apparatus (2), wherein the vacuumed material collection station (1) comprises a vacuumed material collection container (3) and an interface (4) for connecting the vacuum cleaning apparatus (2) to the vacuumed material collection station (1), wherein the vacuumed material collection station (1) comprises a receptacle space (5) for receiving a filter chamber (6) of a vacuum cleaning apparatus (2) connected to the vacuumed material collection station (1) and a feed device (7) for feeding the filter chamber (6) into the receptacle space (5), wherein the receptacle space (5) is designed for completely encompassing the filter chamber (6) and/or at the most not encompassing a chamber side (8) facing the interface (4) with the vacuum cleaning apparatus (2), wherein the receptacle space (5) forms a partial volume within the housing of the vacuumed material collection station (1), characterized in that the vacuumed material collection station (1) has, in addition to the receptacle space (5), the vacuumed material collection container (3) which serves to receive suction material from the filter chamber (6) received in the receptacle space (5) and wherein the feed device (7) is designed for removing the filter chamber (6) from the vacuum cleaning apparatus (2) and displacing the filter chamber into the receptacle space (5).
  2. The vacuumed material collection station (1) according to claim 1, characterized in that the feed device (7) comprises a guiding device (9) for guiding a displacement motion of the filter chamber (6) into the receptacle space (5) and/or a driving device (10) for displacing the filter chamber (6).
  3. The vacuumed material collection station (1) according to claim 2, characterized in that the guiding device (9) comprises a slotted guide and/or a guide rail and/or a guide spindle.
  4. The vacuumed material collection station (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the receptacle space (5) is arranged above the vacuumed material collection container (3) referred to a normal operative orientation of the vacuumed material collection station (1) such that vacuumed material can drop from a filter chamber (6) arranged in the receptacle space (5) into the vacuumed material collection container (3) under the influence of the gravitational force.
  5. The vacuumed material collection station (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the receptacle space (5) is arranged in an air flow channel (11) of the vacuumed material collection station (1).
  6. The vacuumed material collection station (1) according to claim 5, characterized in that a station fan (12) designed for generating a vacuum in the receptacle space (5) is associated with the air flow channel (11).
  7. The vacuumed material collection station (1) according to claim 5 or 6, characterized in that the air flow channel (11) respectively comprises a pressure sensor (13) upstream and downstream of the receptacle space (5) referred to the flow direction.
  8. A system consisting of a vacuumed material collection station (1) according to one of claims 1 to 7 and a vacuum cleaning apparatus (2) with a housing (18), a suction nozzle (14), a filter chamber (6), a fan (15) and an electric motor (16) for driving the fan (15), characterized in that the feed device (7) of the vacuumed material collection station (1) is designed for removing the filter chamber (6) from the vacuum cleaning apparatus (2) and displacing the filter chamber into the receptacle space (5) and/or that the vacuum cleaning apparatus (2) comprises a displacement device (17) that is designed for displacing the filter chamber (6) out of the housing (18) of the vacuum cleaning apparatus (2), wherein the vacuum cleaning apparatus (2) can be arranged on the interface (4) of the vacuumed material collection station (1) in such a way that the receptacle space (5) of the vacuumed material collection station (1) and a portion of the vacuum cleaning apparatus (2) containing the filter chamber (6) are connected to one another.
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