CN114403761A

CN114403761A - Base station

Info

Publication number: CN114403761A
Application number: CN202111582948.9A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 任宏伟; 贾尚伟; 王宝亮; 牛立群
Original assignee: Shanxi Jiashida Robot Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Shanxi Jiashida Robot Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-12-22
Filing date: 2021-12-22
Publication date: 2022-04-29

Abstract

The invention discloses a base station which comprises a shell and a supporting device in the shell, wherein the outer surface of the shell is used for placing cleaning equipment, a through hole is formed in the wall of the shell, the through hole is arranged opposite to the supporting device, the opening area of the through hole is larger than or equal to the surface area of a cleaning piece, and the supporting device is used for bearing the cleaning piece, driving the cleaning piece to extend out of the shell to be connected with the cleaning equipment and driving the cleaning piece to be accommodated in the shell. The base station provided by the invention can be used for installing the cleaning piece for the cleaning equipment, so that the cleaning equipment can keep enough cleaning capability for a long time. Not only reduces the operation burden of the user, but also improves the efficiency of replacing the cleaning piece. Further, the base station can have multiple functions.

Description

Base station

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of cleaning equipment, in particular to a base station.

Background

Along with the development of science and technology, cleaning equipment such as floor sweeping robots, mopping machines, floor washing machines and window cleaning machines rise in the household electrical industry, intelligent life is more and more the trend that people pursue, and the intelligent life brings swiftly convenience for people simultaneously, saves labour, and pushes the quality of life higher. In some prior art, the cleaning device adopts a vacuum mode, the ground sundries are firstly absorbed into a garbage containing box of the cleaning device, so that the function of cleaning the ground is completed, the cleaning device is matched with a vacuum dust collection device with a dust collection box to set a control path, the cleaning device repeatedly walks indoors, cleans along paths such as side cleaning, centralized cleaning, random cleaning and linear cleaning, and is assisted with modes such as side brushes, central main brush rotation and cleaning pieces, so that the cleaning effect is enhanced, and along with the continuous progress of artificial intelligence, the application range of the cleaning device is gradually wide, the cleaning device not only can be applied to families, but also can be used for cleaning property management, stations and airports, and particularly is prominent in the aspect of cleaning when being applied to the ground with a large area. In the prior art, the cleaning piece can be used for wiping in addition to suction, and the cleaning effect is better.

However, the prior art has defects, for example, in the prior art, the cleaning piece is easy to be dirty after being used for a period of time, so that the cleaning capability is reduced, and the cleaning piece is taken down and is troublesome to replace.

Disclosure of Invention

The present invention provides a base station for addressing at least one of the aforementioned drawbacks.

In one particular embodiment, a base station for use in providing cleaning elements to a cleaning apparatus comprises a housing and a racking device disposed within the housing;

the outer surface of the shell is used for placing the cleaning equipment, a through hole is formed in the wall of the shell, the through hole is arranged opposite to the supporting device, and the opening area of the through hole is larger than or equal to the surface area of the cleaning piece;

the supporting device is used for bearing the cleaning piece, driving the cleaning piece to extend out of the shell to be connected with the cleaning equipment, and driving the cleaning piece to be contained in the shell.

In a specific embodiment, the base station further includes: the door body is positioned in the shell and between the supporting device and the inner surface of the shell, and the door body is used for rotating to enable the through hole to expose the supporting device or expose a cleaning piece on the supporting device; the door body is also used for rotating to shield the through hole.

In a specific embodiment, the outer shell includes a first shell, a second shell and an intermediate shell, the first shell is connected with the second shell, the intermediate shell is located in a space formed by connecting the first shell with the second shell, a channel is arranged on the intermediate shell, the channel is communicated with the through hole, the channel is exposed out of the supporting device or exposed out of the cleaning piece on the supporting device, and the cleaning piece on the supporting device is used for sequentially passing through the channel and the through hole to extend out to the outside; the door body is connected with the middle shell and can rotate relative to the middle shell.

In a specific embodiment, the number of the supporting devices is plural, the number of the channels is plural, the number of the through holes is plural, and the plurality of the supporting devices, the plurality of the channels and the plurality of the through holes correspond to one another.

In a specific embodiment, the method further comprises the following steps: the first driving device is connected with the supporting device and used for driving the supporting device to move;

the second driving device is connected with the door body and is used for driving the door body to rotate;

the control structure is connected with the first driving device and used for controlling the first driving device, and is connected with the second driving device and used for controlling the second driving device;

the first drive means, the second drive means and the control structure are located between the holding means and the inner surface of the housing.

In a specific embodiment, the door further comprises an opening and closing detection device for detecting an opening and/or closing in-place signal of the door body to the through hole.

In a specific embodiment, a water chute is arranged in the shell and is used for collecting sewage flowing into the through hole when the door body closes the through hole;

the shell is also provided with a drain hole, and the drain hole is matched with the water chute and used for draining sewage collected by the water chute through the drain hole.

In a particular embodiment, the through hole is provided with a stripping member, one end of which is connected to the housing and the other end of which faces the through hole and is provided with stripping teeth for stripping the cleaning member closest to the cleaning device from the stack of cleaning members when the cleaning members are replaced.

In a specific embodiment, the upper surface of the shell is provided with a limiting groove for positioning a travelling wheel of the cleaning equipment.

In a specific embodiment, a lateral pressing piece is arranged on the front side of the shell, an elastic piece for keeping the pressing piece in an elastic open state is arranged on the inner side of the pressing piece, and the pressing piece is used for controlling the first driving device to operate.

In a specific embodiment, a sensor is arranged on the housing and used for detecting whether the cleaning equipment is arranged on the housing or not;

and/or, a prompt device is arranged on the shell and used for carrying out voice and/or light prompt on the completion of the in-place and/or replacement procedure of the cleaning equipment.

In a specific embodiment, the cleaning device further comprises a rear shell arranged on the outer shell, the rear shell and the pressing piece are respectively arranged on two opposite sides of the outer shell, the cleaning device comprises a base and a handheld portion, the rear shell is used for supporting the handheld portion, and the rear shell is provided with an electric contact corresponding to the cleaning device and used for supplying current to the cleaning device for charging.

In a specific embodiment, the base station further includes a hanger disposed on the housing, the cleaning device includes a base and a handheld portion, the hanger includes a pillar connected to the housing, a middle buckle located on the pillar, and an upper buckle located on the pillar, the middle buckle is used for fixing a middle portion of the handheld portion, and the upper buckle is used for fixing an upper portion of the handheld portion.

In a specific embodiment, the door body is arc-shaped, and is configured such that when the door body closes the through hole, a convex surface of the arc-shaped door body faces the through hole, and at least one end of the arc-shaped door body has a connecting arm for connecting the second driving device.

Compared with the prior art, the invention has at least the following beneficial effects:

in the base station provided by the invention, the outer surface of the shell is used for placing cleaning equipment, the wall of the shell is provided with a through hole, the through hole is arranged opposite to the supporting device, the opening area of the through hole is larger than or equal to the surface area of the cleaning piece, and the supporting device is used for bearing the cleaning piece, driving the cleaning piece to extend out of the shell to be connected with the cleaning equipment and driving the cleaning piece to be accommodated in the shell. Therefore, the cleaning piece can be installed on the cleaning equipment, so that the cleaning equipment can maintain enough cleaning capability for a long time. In addition, the operation burden of a user is reduced, and the efficiency of replacing the cleaning piece is improved.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to these drawings without creative efforts.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of embodiment 1 of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a perspective exploded view of embodiment 1 of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a perspective view of an opening and closing apparatus according to embodiment 1 of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a perspective view of a lifting device of embodiment 1 of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a sectional view from a first perspective of embodiment 1 of the present invention;

fig. 6 is a sectional view from a second perspective of embodiment 1 of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a schematic block diagram of embodiment 1 of the present invention;

fig. 8 is a perspective view of embodiment 2 of the present invention.

The reference numerals are explained below:

1. a first housing; 2. a middle housing; 3. a second housing; 4. stripping the plate; 5. a microswitch; 6. a door body; 7. a driven wheel; 8. a driving wheel; 9. a supporting device; 10. a lead screw; 11. pressing a plate; 12. a nut; 13. a lift sensor; 14. a connecting rod; 15. a waterproof pan; 16. a door opening and closing motor; 17. a lifting motor; 18. a control structure; 19. a non-slip mat; 20. a rear housing; 21. an electrical contact; 22. a master switch; 23. an opening and closing sensor; 24. a descent sensor; 25. a power line; 26. a water chute; 27. a drain hole; 28. a through hole; 29. a limiting groove; 30. a hanger; 31. a column; 32 middle buckle; 33. an upper buckle; 34. a spring; 35. a connecting arm; 101. a first inner side of the first shell; 102. a first inner side of the first shell; 201. a first outer side of the middle housing; 202. a first outer side of the middle housing; 36. a first gap; 37. a second gap.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that the terms "vertical", "upper", "lower", "horizontal", and the like indicate orientations or positional relationships based on those shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of describing the present invention and simplifying the description, but do not indicate or imply that the referred device or element must have a specific orientation, be constructed in a specific orientation, and be operated, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, it should also be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "disposed," "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly and may, for example, be fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be connected directly or indirectly through intervening media, or they may be interconnected between two elements. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood by those skilled in the art according to specific situations.

Example 1

As shown in fig. 1-7, the present embodiment provides a base station for providing cleaning members to a cleaning apparatus. Among them, the cleaning apparatus includes a window-wiping device, a floor-wiping device, etc., which has a cleaning member for wiping a floor, a glass surface to be cleaned, and the like. In a preferred embodiment, the cleaning device further includes a suction port, a suction pipeline, a control system, and the like, which are not described in detail in this embodiment.

In this embodiment the cleaning member (not shown) comprises a wipe, for example a sheet-like wipe. Wherein, the original hair sticker stained with the magic tape on the upper surface of the cleaning cloth is a connecting surface, and the lower surface of the cleaning cloth is a cleaning surface. In other embodiments, a cleaning material such as a cloth with a hairy upper surface or a tough tissue may be used.

In particular, the base station comprises a housing and a racking device 9 arranged within the housing. The outer surface of the housing is used for placing cleaning equipment, the wall of the housing is provided with a through hole 28, the through hole 28 is arranged opposite to the supporting device 9, and the opening area of the through hole 28 is larger than or equal to the surface area of the cleaning piece. The supporting device 9 is used for supporting the cleaning piece, driving the cleaning piece to extend out of the shell to be connected with the cleaning equipment, and driving the cleaning piece to be contained in the shell.

The outer surface of the housing includes at least one outer surface of the housing, for example, at least one outer surface of the housing having a cylindrical shape, a square shape, a spherical shape, or other shapes, and the outer surface may be an upper surface, a lower surface, a left side surface, a right side surface, or the like.

For example, as shown in fig. 1, for a base station placed on the ground or on a horizontal surface, it is preferable that the through hole 28 is provided in the wall of the top side of the housing, and in this case, the through hole 28 may be provided so as to be opposed to the supporting device 9 such that the through hole 28 is located directly above the supporting device 9.

From this, drive cleaning member and stretch out to be connected with cleaning device outside the shell, can be for cleaning device installation cleaning member, make cleaning device keep sufficient clean ability for a long time. In addition, the operation burden of a user is reduced, and the efficiency of replacing the cleaning piece is improved.

As shown in fig. 2 and 3, the base station further includes: door body 6, door body 6 are located the shell, and are located between the internal surface of supporting device 9 and shell, and door body 6 is used for rotating so that through-hole 28 exposes supporting device 9 or exposes the cleaning member on the supporting device 9, and door body 6 still is used for rotating in order to shelter from through-hole 28.

As shown in fig. 2, the housing includes a first housing 1, a second housing 3 and an intermediate housing 2, the first housing 1 is connected to the second housing 3, the intermediate housing 2 is located in a space formed by connecting the first housing 1 to the second housing 3, a channel is provided on the intermediate housing 2, the channel is communicated with the through hole 28, the channel exposes the supporting device 9 or exposes the cleaning member on the supporting device 9, and the cleaning member on the supporting device 9 is used to sequentially pass through the channel and the through hole 28 and extend out to the outside. Specifically, for the convenience of production and installation shell, the shell adopts injection moulding technology production, and the shell includes first casing 1, middle casing 2 and the second casing 3 that down connect gradually from the top, first casing 1 and cleaning device contact, and through-hole 28 sets up on first casing 1, and second casing 3 is placed on ground or other faces of accepting, and middle casing 2 plays the guide effect for the bearing device 9 vertical lift. The door body 6 is connected to the intermediate case 2 and can rotate relative to the intermediate case 2. As shown in fig. 1 and 2, the middle housing 2 is fixed at the bottom of the second housing 3, and the bottom of the second housing 3 is provided with a non-slip mat. The middle shell 2 is a hollow shell structure, and the hollow structure is matched with the supporting device 9, so that the supporting device 9 can stably lift.

In this embodiment, the supporting devices 9 are plural, the channels are plural, the through holes 28 are plural, and the supporting devices 9 and the channels are in one-to-one correspondence with the through holes 28. Illustratively, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, the supporting device 9 has two, a plurality of passages, and two through holes 28. Illustratively, the bottom of the cleaning device is provided with two cleaning pieces, and the cleaning pieces are detachably connected with the cleaning device through a magic tape with one side being a barb and the other side being round hair. Each of the supports 9 is provided with a corresponding cleaning element for the cleaning device during each change.

It should be noted that the number of the supporting means 9, the passages and the through holes 28 is preferably two in this example and should not be interpreted as limiting the scope of protection. In other embodiments, the number of holding devices 9 can also be one or three, etc.

In this embodiment, the base station further includes a first driving device, and the first driving device is connected to the supporting device 9 and is configured to drive the supporting device 9 to move. The first driving device specifically may include a lifting device and a lifting driving device, the lifting device is connected to the supporting device 9 to lift the supporting device 9, and the lifting driving device is configured to drive the lifting device.

As shown in fig. 4, the lifting driving device includes a lifting motor 17 disposed at the bottom of the housing, the lifting device includes a lead screw 10 disposed in the vertical direction and connected to the lifting motor 17, a nut 12 capable of vertically lifting is disposed on the lead screw 10, the nut 12 is connected to the supporting device 9, and the nut 12 is connected to the supporting device 9 through two connecting rods 14. In this embodiment, two holding devices 9 are provided, and preferably the nut 12 is located in an intermediate position between the two holding devices 9.

In other embodiments, the lifting device may adopt other structural forms such as a slide rail slider, a multi-link, a rack and pinion, etc., as long as it can drive the supporting device 9 to lift.

In this embodiment, the base station further includes a second driving device, the second driving device is connected to the door body 6, and the second driving device is configured to drive the door body 6 to rotate. Further, the second driving device can realize the opening and closing of the through hole 28 by driving the door body 6 to rotate. When a user uses the base station to replace the cleaning piece for the cleaning device, the second driving device drives the door body 6 to open the through hole 28 so that the cleaning piece passes through. When the cleaning piece is not replaced, the second driving device drives the door body 6 to close the through hole 28, so that the cleaning piece inside is protected from being polluted.

In this embodiment, the base station further comprises a control structure 18, and the control structure 18 is connected to the first driving device for controlling the first driving device, and is connected to the second driving device for controlling the second driving device. The control structure, a drive and a second drive are located between the support device 9 and the inner surface of the housing, in particular the second housing 3.

For example, the lifting driving device drives the lifting device to lift according to the control signal of the control structure 18, so as to drive the supporting device 9 to lift, so that the cleaning pieces stacked on the supporting device 9 rise to expose the through hole 28 and connect to the cleaning device, and the cleaning pieces stacked on the supporting device 9 fall into the housing. The second driving device drives the door body 6 to open and close according to the control signal of the control structure 18.

The second driving device comprises a door opening and closing motor 16, and the door opening and closing motor 16 is arranged in the shell and drives the door body 6 to rotate to open and close through a transmission device. The base station further comprises an opening and closing detection device, such as an opening and closing sensor, for detecting an opening and/or closing in-place signal of the door body 6 to the through hole 28. Wherein, the opening and closing inductor can be arranged on the door body 6, and the opening and closing inductor 23 sends signals that the door body 6 is opened and closed in place to the control structure 18.

The transmission device comprises a driving wheel 8 connected with a door opening and closing motor 16 and a driven wheel 7 connected with a door body 6, the driving wheel 8 transmits torque to the driven wheel 7 through gear transmission, so that the door bodies 6 are driven to rotate positively and reversely, two door bodies 6 exist in the embodiment, the driving wheel 8 directly drives one driven wheel 7, the other driven wheel 7 is driven through an idler wheel, so that the two door bodies 6 are respectively opened towards two sides, an opening and closing sensor 23 is triggered after the door opening and closing device is opened to a set position, then the door opening and closing motor 16 stops rotating, and after the cleaning part is replaced by a lifting device, the door opening and closing motor 16 reversely rotates, so that the two door bodies 6 upwards rotate to close the through hole 28.

In this embodiment, two ends of the screw 12 are respectively provided with a connecting rod 14, two ends of the two connecting rods 14 are respectively connected with the supporting device 9, and a rising sensor 13 is arranged at a joint of the connecting rod 14 and the supporting device 9, and is used for detecting whether the supporting device 9 rises to a proper position to prop against the cleaning device. When the pressure sensed by the rising sensor 13 exceeds a predetermined value, it is determined that the supporting device 9 has been pushed against the cleaning apparatus, and then the supporting device 9 is lowered. The supporting device 9 is also provided with a descending sensor 24 for detecting whether the supporting device 9 descends to the lowest set position, and the ascending and descending motor 17 stops descending when the descending sensor 24 sends a signal in place.

In this embodiment, the door body 6 is located below the through hole 28, as shown in fig. 3, the door body 6 is arc-shaped and is configured such that when the door body 6 closes the through hole 28, a convex surface of the arc-shaped door body 6 faces the through hole 28, at least one end of the arc-shaped door body 6 has a connecting arm 35, and the connecting arm 35 is used for connecting a second driving device, such as the door opening and closing motor 16. The opening and closing door motor 16 drives the connecting arm to rotate through a transmission device. Preferably, the connecting arm 35 is fan-shaped. Of course, the connecting arm 35 may also have other shapes. Meanwhile, in order to match the arc opening and closing of the door body 6, the top of the middle shell 2 is arc-shaped matched with the top. Alternatively, door body 6 may also be arched.

The device that opens and shuts of this embodiment also can adopt the side direction push-and-pull, the structure that opens and shuts of turning up, but the side direction push-and-pull can increase the horizontal area of basic station, and the structure that turns up can increase the height of basic station if upwards opening the door, so curved door 6 small in structure can furthest save area, and when door 6 was opened, door 6 can be hidden inside the basic station simultaneously, for example through the shell the door 6 of opening hide, for the best embodiment.

It can be understood that when the door body 6 is rotated to cover the channel, the door body 6 is positioned between the through hole and the channel; when door body 6 rotated to expose the passageway, door body 6 was located the first clearance 36 between middle casing 2 and the first casing 1, if door body 6 can be located the first clearance 36 between the first medial surface 101 of the first medial surface 201 of middle casing 2 and first casing 1, this first clearance 36 is idle space, when the supporting device 9 drove the cleaning member and removes, if drive the cleaning member rise with when descending, door body 6 can be located this idle space, this makes the volume that the setting of door body 6 can not increase the basic station.

Optionally, there are two door bodies 6, and the two door bodies 6 rotate in directions away from each other to expose the channel; or; the two door bodies 6 rotate in opposite directions to cover the passage.

The connecting arm 35 is located in the second gap 37 between the middle housing 2 and the first housing 1, for example, the connecting arm 35 can be located in the second gap 37 between the second outer side 202 of the middle housing 2 and the second inner side 102 of the first housing 1, and the second gap 37 is an idle space in which the connecting arm 35 can be located, so that the arrangement of the connecting arm 35 does not increase the volume of the base station.

Wherein, control structure 18 can set up in the shell bottom, and control structure 18 is connected with elevating gear electricity, and control structure 18 top is provided with waterproof dish 15, prevents that control structure 18 from intaking. The control structure 18 may be a Central Processing Unit (CPU), other general purpose Processor, a Digital Signal Processor (DSP), an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), an off-the-shelf Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) or other Programmable logic device, discrete Gate or transistor logic, discrete hardware components, etc. A general purpose processor may be a microprocessor or the processor may be any conventional processor or the like.

The control process of the control structure 18 comprises, in a first control cycle, sending control signals to the lifting drive means and the opening and closing drive means, causing the opening and closing drive means to drive the opening and closing means to open the through hole 28, and causing the lifting drive means to drive the lifting means to lift, causing the cleaning elements in the support means 9 to extend out of the housing from the through hole 28 and to be connected to the cleaning apparatus. In the second control period, control signals are sent to the lifting driving device and the opening and closing driving device, the lifting driving device drives the lifting device to descend, after a preset time is delayed, the opening and closing driving device drives the opening and closing device, cleaning pieces in the bearing device 9 fall into the shell from the through holes 28, and then the opening and closing device closes the through holes 28.

As shown in fig. 2, a water chute 26 is provided in the housing, and the water chute 26 is used for collecting the sewage flowing into the through hole when the door 6 closes the through hole 28. The housing is further provided with a drain hole 27, and the drain hole 27 is matched with the water chute 26 and used for draining the sewage collected by the water chute 26 through the drain hole 27.

Because the bottom of the cleaning equipment possibly has residual moisture and can flow into the base station along the door body 6, a water guide groove 26 is arranged in the shell, the water guide groove 26 is used for collecting sewage flowing into the through hole 28 when the door body 6 closes the through hole 28, and the sewage is discharged through a water discharge hole 27 arranged at the bottom of the shell. Thus, in the present embodiment, the safety of the electronic components such as the control structure 18 is ensured by the double waterproof structure of the water chute 26 and the waterproof plate 15.

As shown in fig. 2, a peeling member, such as the peeling plate 4, is provided at the through hole 28. The stripping members are connected to the housing at one end and face the through-hole 28 at the other end and are provided with stripping teeth for stripping the cleaning member closest to the cleaning device from the stack of cleaning members when the cleaning members are replaced. Specifically, when preventing to change the cleaning member, the cleaning member is taken up by a series of, peels off first piece cleaning member and following cleaning member, in order to prevent that the cleaning member from adhesion from top to bottom, and the magic of cleaning device bottom is glued for the barb, and the cleaning member of changing is upper surface subsides round hair magic subsides. The through hole 28 is provided with a stripping plate 4, one end of the stripping plate 4 is connected with the shell, the other end of the stripping plate faces the middle part of the through hole 28 and is provided with stripping teeth, after the lifting device ascends to paste the cleaning piece at the bottom of the cleaning device, the stripping teeth of the stripping plate 4 are just inserted below the pasted cleaning piece, and the teeth of the stripping plate 4 slightly separate the lower cleaning piece from the pasted cleaning piece in the descending process. The peeling plate 4 is preferably made of silicone rubber having a hardness of 50 to 80 degrees.

As shown in fig. 1 and 2, the upper surface of the housing is provided with a limit groove 29 for positioning a road wheel of the cleaning device. In fig. 1, there are two recesses into which the two road wheels of the cleaning device just fall, and the cleaning device is opposite to the through hole 28 when the cleaning element needs to be replaced.

As shown in fig. 1 and 2, a lateral pressing member, such as a pressing plate 11, is provided on the front side of the housing. The inner side of the pressing piece is provided with an elastic piece for keeping the pressing piece in a springing-open state, and the pressing piece is used for controlling the first driving device to operate. Specifically, a lateral pressing plate 11 is arranged on the front side of the shell, a spring for keeping the pressing plate in an elastic open state is arranged on the inner side of the pressing plate 11, the pressing plate 11 is pressed down and then sends a signal to a control structure 18, the control structure 18 controls a lifting device to complete lifting action, the pressing plate 11 is designed to be large and is stressed greatly, and the pressing plate 11 is suitable for being operated by kicking with feet and does not need to be bent over and operated by hands; the pressing plate 11 can also be operated by using other parts of the human body, such as hands or arms. Of course, the pressing plate 11 may be operated by other means from the outside.

In this embodiment, a sensor is disposed on the housing for detecting whether there is a cleaning device on the housing. Specifically, in order to distinguish and place two kinds of actions of cleaning member and change cleaning member, be provided with the sensor on the shell, what the sensor adopted in this embodiment can be micro-gap switch 5 for whether there is cleaning device in the response top, if do not sense cleaning device, press and press board 11 and only open the device that opens and shuts, do not start elevating gear, put into cleaning member to bearing device 9 at this moment, if micro-gap switch 5 senses cleaning device, press and press board 11 to open the device that opens and shuts, after start elevating gear, carry out the cleaning member and change.

In this embodiment, a prompt device is arranged on the housing and used for performing voice prompt and/or light prompt on the completion of the in-place placing and/or replacing procedures of the cleaning equipment. In addition, the housing is further provided with a main switch 22, a power line 25, and the like, which are not described in detail in this embodiment.

In this embodiment, the base station further includes a rear shell 20 disposed behind the housing, the rear shell 20 extends upward relative to the housing, the cleaning device includes a base and a handheld portion, the rear shell is used for supporting the handheld portion and enabling the handheld portion to be upright, and the rear shell 20 is provided with an electrical contact 21 corresponding to the cleaning device and used for supplying current to the cleaning device for charging. Therefore, on one hand, the electric current can be used for supplying the electric current to the cleaning equipment for charging, on the other hand, the electric current can be used for supporting the handheld part through the rear shell to enable the handheld part to stand upright, and the electric contact 21 arranged at the upper end of the rear shell 20 is higher than the bottom of the cleaning equipment, so that the influence of residual water at the bottom of the cleaning equipment on charging can be effectively prevented.

The working process of the embodiment:

the process of placing the cleaning piece comprises the following steps: pressing the pressing plate 11, positively driving the driving wheel 8 to rotate by the door opening and closing motor 16, driving the two door bodies 6 to be opened towards two sides by the driven wheel 7, triggering the opening and closing inductor 23 after the two door bodies are opened in place, stopping the rotation of the opening and closing speed reducing motor 16, then putting a new cleaning piece on the supporting device 9, pressing the pressing plate 11 again, and reversely closing the two door bodies 6 by the opening and closing speed reducing motor 16.

The cleaning piece replacing process comprises the following steps: after the cleaning equipment removes old cleaning pieces, the cleaning equipment is placed above a base station, pressure triggers the micro switch 5, the prompting module sends out voice to tell the user equipment that the cleaning equipment is in place, the user triggers the pressing plate 11, at the moment, the control structure 18 enters a first control period, the opening and closing door motor 16 positively drives the driving wheel 8 to rotate, the driven wheel 7 drives the two door bodies 6 to be opened towards two sides respectively, the opening and closing sensor 23 is triggered after the cleaning equipment is in place, and the opening and closing door motor 16 stops rotating. Meanwhile, the lifting motor 17 starts to transmit positively to drive the screw rod 10 to rotate, the screw 12 drives the supporting device 9 to move upwards, after a cleaning piece on the supporting device 9 is contacted with a wiping plate of cleaning equipment, the cleaning piece is adhered, meanwhile, under the action of pressure, the rising sensor 13 senses the detected pressure and sends a signal, at the moment, the control structure 18 enters a second control period, the lifting motor 17 stops rotating positively and then rotates negatively, the supporting device 9 and the cleaning piece start to descend, and after the lifting motor 17 descends to the right position, the descending sensor 24 senses the pressure and stops moving; and finally, the opening and closing speed reducing motor 16 rotates reversely, the door body 6 is closed, and the prompting module gives out voice to tell the user that the whole action of replacing the cleaning piece is finished.

Example 2

This example is an application for changing a cleaning element for a hand-held cleaning device, which is connected to the hand-held cleaning device by a hook and loop fastener having a barb on one side and round bristles on the other side.

As shown in fig. 8, the present embodiment is different from embodiment 1 in that the base station further includes a hanging rack 30 disposed above the rear portion of the housing for fixing the handheld cleaning device, the hanging rack 30 includes a vertical column 31 connected to the housing at the lower portion and a middle buckle 32 in the middle of the vertical column 31, and an upper buckle 33 on the upper portion of the vertical column 31, and the middle buckle 32 and the upper buckle 33 respectively fix the middle link and the upper handheld portion of the handheld cleaning device.

Other features of this embodiment are the same as those of embodiment 1, and are not described again.

The foregoing illustrates and describes the principles, general features, and advantages of the present invention. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above, which are described in the specification and illustrated only to illustrate the principle of the present invention, but that various changes and modifications may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention, which fall within the scope of the invention as claimed.

Claims

1. A base station for use in providing cleaning elements to a cleaning apparatus, comprising a housing and a holding means disposed within the housing;

2. The base station of claim 1, wherein the base station further comprises: the door body is positioned in the shell and between the supporting device and the inner surface of the shell, and the door body is used for rotating to enable the through hole to expose the supporting device or expose a cleaning piece on the supporting device; the door body is also used for rotating to shield the through hole.

3. The base station according to claim 1, wherein the housing comprises a first casing, a second casing and an intermediate casing, the first casing is connected with the second casing, the intermediate casing is located in a space formed by connecting the first casing with the second casing, a channel is arranged on the intermediate casing, the channel is communicated with the through hole, the channel is exposed out of the supporting device or exposed out of the cleaning piece on the supporting device, and the cleaning piece on the supporting device is used for sequentially passing through the channel and the through hole to extend out of the outside; the door body is connected with the middle shell and can rotate relative to the middle shell.

4. The base station of claim 3, wherein the supporting device is provided in plurality, the channel is provided in plurality, the through hole is provided in plurality, and the plurality of supporting devices, the plurality of channels and the plurality of through holes are in one-to-one correspondence.

5. The base station of claim 2, further comprising: the first driving device is connected with the supporting device and used for driving the supporting device to move;

6. The base station according to claim 2, further comprising an opening and closing detection device for detecting an opening and/or closing in-place signal of the door body to the through hole.

7. The base station as claimed in claim 2, wherein a water chute is arranged in the housing, and the water chute is used for collecting sewage flowing into the through hole when the door body closes the through hole;

8. A base station according to claim 1, characterized in that a stripping member is arranged at the through hole, which stripping member is connected with the housing at one end and faces the through hole at the other end and is provided with stripping teeth for stripping the cleaning member closest to the cleaning device from the stack of cleaning members when a cleaning member is replaced.

9. The base station of claim 1, wherein the housing upper surface is provided with a retaining groove for locating a road wheel of the cleaning device.

10. The base station as claimed in claim 5, wherein the front side of the housing is provided with a lateral pressing member, and an elastic member for keeping the pressing member in a spring-open state is disposed inside the pressing member, and the pressing member is used for controlling the operation of the first driving device.

11. The base station of claim 1, wherein a sensor is disposed on the housing for detecting the presence of the cleaning device on the housing;

12. The base station according to claim 10, further comprising a rear housing disposed on the housing, wherein the rear housing and the pressing member are disposed on two opposite sides of the housing, respectively, the cleaning device comprises a base and a handheld portion, the rear housing is used for supporting the handheld portion, and the rear housing is provided with an electrical contact corresponding to the cleaning device for supplying current to the cleaning device for charging.

13. The base station of claim 1, further comprising a hanger disposed on the housing, wherein the cleaning device comprises a base and a handle, the hanger comprises a post connected to the housing, a middle clip on the post, and an upper clip on the post, wherein the middle clip is used for fixing a middle portion of the handle, and the upper clip is used for fixing an upper portion of the handle.

14. The base station according to claim 5, wherein the door body is arc-shaped and configured such that when the door body closes the through hole, a convex surface of the arc-shaped door body faces the through hole, and at least one end of the arc-shaped door body has a connecting arm for connecting the second driving device.