CN213721749U - Maintenance station and sweeper system - Google Patents

Abstract

The embodiment of the utility model discloses maintain station and sweeper system, maintain the station including shell and dust collection subassembly. The dust collection assembly comprises a dust collection box, an air inlet channel, an air outlet channel and a fan, wherein the air inlet channel and the air outlet channel are communicated with the dust collection box. The fan is arranged in the air outlet channel. The air outlet channel comprises a first air channel and a second air channel, and the fan drives airflow to flow from the first air channel to the second air channel. The fan comprises an air inlet and an air outlet, the air inlet is communicated with the first air channel, and the air outlet is communicated with the second air channel. Wherein, the horizontal distance between the fan and the dust collection box is not less than the vertical distance between the fan and the dust collection box; and/or the distance between the vertical center line of the fan and the vertical center line of the dust collection box is not less than the distance between the horizontal center line of the fan and the horizontal center line of the dust collection box. Through setting up fan and dust collection box level for the overall height of maintenance station obviously reduces, and the focus descends, places more steadily.

Description

Maintenance station and sweeper system

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a robot technical field of sweeping the floor especially relates to a maintain station and machine system of sweeping the floor.

Background

Along with the development of the intellectualization and the convenience of the sweeping robot, more and more sweeping robots are provided with maintenance stations for charging the sweeping robot and/or cleaning dust, garbage and the like in the sweeping robot.

At present, a sweeping robot provided with a maintenance station in the market cleans dust and garbage from a dust box in the sweeping robot in a vacuum dust collection mode. The maintenance station is provided with a fan generating suction and a dust collection box used for containing dust and garbage, and the relative positions of the fan and the dust collection box are arranged vertically under the general condition, so that the height of the maintenance station is higher, and meanwhile, the center of gravity of the whole maintenance station is moved upwards, so that unstable hidden troubles are caused.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model provides a maintain station and quick-witted system of sweeping floor can solve the high on the high side of maintaining the station, the problem on the upper side of whole focus simultaneously.

The embodiment of the utility model provides a first aspect provides a maintain station for in the sweeper system, maintain the station and include:

the sweeping robot comprises a shell, a first part and a second part, wherein the first part is provided with a containing groove for containing a sweeping robot in the sweeping machine system, and the second part is arranged above the first part;

the dust collection assembly comprises a dust collection box, an air inlet channel, an air outlet channel and a fan, wherein the air inlet channel and the air outlet channel are communicated with the dust collection box; the dust collection box and the air outlet channel are both arranged in the second part; the fan is arranged in the air outlet channel; the air outlet channel comprises a first air channel and a second air channel, and the fan drives airflow to flow from the first air channel to the second air channel;

wherein the horizontal distance between the fan and the dust collection box is not less than the vertical distance between the fan and the dust collection box; and/or the distance between the vertical center line of the fan and the vertical center line of the dust collection box is not less than the distance between the horizontal center line of the fan and the horizontal center line of the dust collection box.

In the maintenance station provided by the embodiment of the present invention, the fan includes an air inlet and an air outlet, the air inlet is communicated with the first air duct, and the air outlet is communicated with the second air duct; the air inlet is positioned below the air outlet.

The embodiment of the utility model provides an in the maintenance station, the central line in first wind channel is straight section line, the projected length of central line in first wind channel on vertical face is not more than the projected length of central line in first wind channel on the horizontal plane.

The embodiment of the utility model provides an in the maintenance station, first wind channel includes a plurality of straight sections, at least one the projected length of central line on vertical face of straight section is not more than the projected length of central line on the horizontal plane of straight section.

The embodiment of the utility model provides an in the maintenance station, first wind channel includes at least three wind channel section, adjacent two the tangential direction of wind channel section axis is different.

The embodiment of the utility model provides an in the maintenance station, first portion has the dust collecting hole, the dust collecting hole with the entry intercommunication of air inlet duct.

In the maintenance station provided by the embodiment of the utility model, the air inlet duct comprises a third air duct and a fourth air duct; the third air duct is positioned in the first part and communicated with the dust collecting hole; the fourth air duct is positioned in the second part and communicated with the dust collection box.

The embodiment of the utility model provides an in the maintenance station, the maintenance station still includes the subassembly that charges, the subassembly that charges is installed in the first portion, be used for doing the robot that sweeps the floor charges.

The embodiment of the utility model provides an in the maintenance station, first portion has the hole of charging, the subassembly that charges is including the contact that charges, the contact that charges stretches out at least partially the hole of charging, with the robot butt of sweeping the floor.

The embodiment of the utility model provides a second aspect provides a sweeper system, include:

a maintenance station as described above;

the sweeping robot comprises a dust collection assembly and a control assembly;

wherein the dust collection assembly comprises a dust box; after the dust box is filled with dust and garbage, the control assembly controls the sweeping robot to move to the maintenance station to empty the dust and the garbage in the dust box; and/or the control component periodically controls the sweeping robot to the maintenance station to empty the dust and the garbage in the dust box.

The embodiment of the utility model provides a technical scheme can include following beneficial effect: the utility model provides a maintain station and quick-witted system of sweeping floor, the shell includes first portion and second portion, and first portion is equipped with the storage tank that is arranged in holding the robot of sweeping floor in the quick-witted system of sweeping floor, and the second portion is installed in first portion top. The dust collection assembly comprises a dust collection box, an air inlet channel, an air outlet channel and a fan, wherein the air inlet channel and the air outlet channel are communicated with the dust collection box. The dust collection box and the air outlet channel are both arranged in the second part. The fan is arranged in the air outlet channel. The air outlet channel comprises a first air channel and a second air channel, and the fan drives airflow to flow from the first air channel to the second air channel. The fan comprises an air inlet and an air outlet, the air inlet is communicated with the first air channel, and the air outlet is communicated with the second air channel. Wherein, the horizontal distance between the fan and the dust collection box is not less than the vertical distance between the fan and the dust collection box; and/or the horizontal distance between the vertical center line of the fan and the vertical center line of the dust collection box is not less than the vertical distance between the horizontal center line of the fan and the horizontal center line of the dust collection box. Through setting up fan and dust collection box level for the overall height of maintenance station obviously reduces, and the focus descends, places more steadily. Meanwhile, the fan and the dust collection box are horizontally arranged, so that the air outlet channel is integrally and horizontally arranged, the fan is vertically arranged, the direction of airflow is changed for many times from an inlet of the air outlet channel to an outlet of the air outlet channel, the air speed can be reduced, and the noise is effectively reduced.

It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory only and are not restrictive of the invention as claimed.

Drawings

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

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a sweeper system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

figure 2 is a schematic view of the sweeper system of figure 1 from another perspective;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of the construction of the maintenance station of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is an internal schematic view of the maintenance station of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a partial cross-sectional view of the maintenance station of FIG. 4;

fig. 6 is a schematic structural view of an air inlet duct and an air outlet duct in fig. 3;

FIG. 7 is a schematic view of the structure of the second portion of FIG. 3;

FIG. 8 is a schematic exploded view of the air outlet duct of FIG. 7;

FIG. 9 is a schematic exploded view of the filter assembly of FIG. 8;

FIG. 10 is a schematic view of the first air chute of FIG. 8;

FIG. 11 is a schematic view of the structure of the motor of FIG. 8;

FIG. 12 is another schematic view of the second portion of the inner portion of FIG. 3;

FIG. 13 is a schematic view of the structure of the air outlet duct portion of FIG. 12;

FIG. 14 is another schematic view of the structure of the air outlet channel portion of FIG. 12;

FIG. 15 is a schematic view of the maintenance station of FIG. 1 from another angle;

fig. 16 is a schematic view of the internal structure of the first part in fig. 15.

The figures show that:

1000. a sweeper system;

10. a maintenance station;

100. a housing; 110. a first part; 111. a dust collecting hole; 112. a charging hole; 120. a second section; 121. a deceleration grid;

200. a dust collection assembly; 210. a dust collection box; 220. an air outlet channel; 221. a first air duct; 222. a second air duct; 2220. a noise reduction air duct; 22201. a first baffle plate; 22202. a noise reduction grid; 22203. a confluence section; 22204. a second baffle; 2221. a first region; 2222. a second region; 2223. a third region; 230. an air inlet duct; 231. a third air duct; 232. a fourth air duct; 240. a fan; 241. an air inlet; 242. an air outlet; 250. a filtration device; 260. a filter assembly; 261. a mounting frame; 262. a HEPA filter structure; 263. filtering the sponge; 264. a seal member; 300. a charging assembly; 310. a charging contact;

20. a sweeping robot.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be described clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are some, not all, of the embodiments of the present invention. Based on the embodiments in the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by a person skilled in the art without creative work belong to the protection scope of the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "center", "longitudinal", "lateral", "length", "width", "thickness", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", "clockwise", "counterclockwise", and the like indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of description and to simplify the description, but do not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and therefore should not be construed as limiting the present invention. Furthermore, the terms "first", "second" and "first" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, features defined as "first", "second", may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of the described features. In the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means two or more unless specifically limited otherwise.

Some embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. The embodiments described below and the features of the embodiments can be combined with each other without conflict.

Referring to fig. 1 to 5, in a first aspect of the present invention, a maintenance station 10 is provided for a sweeper system 1000, where the maintenance station 10 includes a housing 100 and a dust collection assembly 200. The housing 100 includes a first portion 110 and a second portion 120, the first portion 110 being provided with a receiving slot for receiving the sweeping robot 20 of the sweeper system 100, the second portion 120 being mounted above the first portion 110. The dust collection assembly 200 includes a dust box 210, an air inlet duct 230, an air outlet duct 220, and a fan 240, and both the air inlet duct 230 and the air outlet duct 220 are communicated with the dust box 210. The dust box 210 and the air outlet duct 220 are installed in the second part 120. The blower 240 is installed in the air outlet duct 220. The air outlet duct 220 includes a first air duct 221 and a second air duct 222, and the fan 240 drives an air flow from the first air duct 221 to the second air duct 222. The blower 240 includes an air inlet 241 and an air outlet 242, the air inlet 241 is communicated with the first air duct 221, and the air outlet 242 is communicated with the second air duct 222. Wherein, the horizontal distance between the fan 240 and the dust box 210 is not less than the vertical distance between the fan 240 and the dust box 210; and/or the distance between the vertical center line of the fan 240 and the vertical center line of the dust box 210 is not less than the distance between the horizontal center line of the fan 240 and the horizontal center line of the dust box 210.

It is understood that, in the present embodiment, the horizontal distance between the fan 240 and the dust box 210 refers to the minimum horizontal distance between the edge of the fan 240 and the edge of the dust box 210, and the vertical distance between the fan 240 and the dust box 210 refers to the minimum vertical distance between the edge of the fan 240 and the edge of the dust box 210.

Through adopting above technical scheme, with fan 240 and dust-collecting box 210 level setting for the overall height of maintenance station 10 obviously reduces, and the focus descends, places more steadily. Meanwhile, the fan 240 and the dust collection box 210 are horizontally arranged, so that the air outlet duct 220 is integrally and horizontally arranged, the fan 240 is vertically arranged, the direction of airflow is changed for many times from the inlet of the air outlet duct 220 to the outlet of the air outlet duct 220, the air speed can be reduced, and the noise can be effectively reduced.

Referring to fig. 4 and 6, in an alternative embodiment, the air inlet duct 230 includes a third air duct 231 and a fourth air duct 232. The third air duct 231 is located in the first portion 110 and communicates with a dust box in the cleaning robot 20 when the maintenance station 10 is emptied of dust and garbage in the cleaning robot 20; the fourth air duct 232 is located in the second portion 120 and communicates with the dust box 210. It will be appreciated that the third air duct 231 is in communication with the fourth air duct 232, and the third air duct 231 extends partially out of the first portion 110 and interacts with the sweeping robot 20.

Referring to fig. 5, 8 and 11, in an alternative embodiment, the air inlet 241 is located below the air outlet 242. It can be understood that, the air inlet 241 is located above the air outlet 242 when the general fan 240 works, in the embodiment of the present invention, the outlet of the air inlet duct 230 is opened at the top position of the dust collecting box 210, so that dust and garbage can not block the air inlet duct 230 after entering the dust collecting box 210 from the floor sweeping robot 20 to affect the subsequent dust collecting work, and the inlet of the air outlet duct 220 is opened at the bottom position of the dust collecting box 210, so that the air inlet 241 of the fan 240 and the inlet of the air outlet duct 220 are required to be located at the same height, which facilitates the operation of the fan 240 to generate airflow.

Referring to fig. 5 to 8, in an alternative embodiment, the center line of the first air duct 221 is a straight line, and the length of the projection of the center line of the first air duct 221 on the vertical plane is not greater than the length of the projection of the center line of the first air duct 221 on the vertical plane. It is understood that in another alternative embodiment, the first air duct 221 includes a plurality of straight segments with different directions, and the length of the projection of the center line of at least one straight segment on the vertical plane is not greater than the length of the projection of the center line of the straight segment on the vertical plane.

By designing the first air duct 221 as a straight segment line, and the length of the projection of the center line of the first air duct 221 on the vertical plane is not greater than the length of the projection of the center line of the first air duct 221 on the vertical plane, the overall height of the first air duct 221 is significantly reduced under the condition that the length of the air flow passage of the first air duct 221 is not changed, so that the center of the first air duct 221 is reduced. Similarly, the first air duct 221 includes a plurality of straight sections with different directions, and the length of the projection of the center line of at least one straight section on the vertical plane is not greater than the length of the projection of the center line of the straight section on the vertical plane, which can also achieve the above-mentioned effects.

Referring to fig. 5 to 8, in an alternative embodiment, the air outlet duct 220 includes at least three air duct segments, and the tangential directions of the axes of two adjacent air duct segments are different. It can be understood that the more the airflow changes in the direction of the outlet duct 220, the slower the speed of the airflow, the less the vibration of the outlet duct 220 and the housing 100 caused by the airflow, and the less the noise generated by the dust collection assembly 200 during operation.

Illustratively, in another alternative embodiment, the air inlet duct 230 includes at least three duct segments, and the tangential directions of the axes of two adjacent duct segments are different. Referring to fig. 6, at the inlet of the air inlet duct 230, the tangential direction of the duct section axis is the x-axis direction, then the direction is changed to the z-axis direction, and finally the direction entering the dust box 210 from the outlet is changed to the x-axis direction.

Referring to fig. 7 and 8, in an alternative embodiment, a filter device 250 is disposed at an inlet of the air outlet duct 220, and the air outlet duct 220 is communicated with the dust box 210 through the filter device 250 to prevent the garbage in the dust box 210 from entering the air outlet duct 220. It can be understood that the filtering device 250 primarily filters the airflow entering the air outlet duct 220, so as to prevent the garbage in the dust box 210 from entering the air outlet duct 220 and affecting the normal operation of the fan 240.

Referring to fig. 7 and 8, in an alternative embodiment, a filtering component 260 is disposed at an outlet of the air outlet duct 220 to prevent dust in the air outlet duct 220 from blowing toward the sweeping robot 20. It can be understood that, when the outlet of the air outlet duct 220 faces the cleaning robot 20, the dust particles in the air outlet duct 220 can be blown to the cleaning robot 20, so that secondary pollution to the cleaning robot 20 can be caused, the dust particles blown to the cleaning robot 20 can be effectively reduced by arranging the filtering component 260, and meanwhile, the dust contaminated in the cleaning process of the cleaning robot 20 can be removed.

Referring to fig. 8, in an alternative embodiment, the second portion 120 includes a deceleration grid 121, and the filter element 260 is mounted on a side of the deceleration grid 121 facing the first portion 110 to decelerate the airflow blown out from the outlet of the air outlet duct 220. It can be understood that when the cross section of the second air duct 222 is spiral, the exit of the second air duct 222 is provided with the deceleration grid 121, and when the second air duct 222 includes a plurality of noise reduction air ducts 2220, the exit of the noise reduction air duct 2220 is provided with the noise reduction grid 22202, and the deceleration grid 121 and the noise reduction grid 22202 play the same role, and are both used for decelerating the air flow of the air outlet duct 220 and reducing the noise generated by the air flow.

Referring to fig. 9, in an alternative embodiment, the filter assembly 260 includes a mounting bracket 261, a HEPA filter structure 262, and a filter sponge 263. The mounting bracket 261 is detachably connected to the second portion 120. HEPA (high Efficiency Particulate Air filter) generally refers to a high-Efficiency Air filter, a partition plate is made of offset paper, an aluminum film and the like, and a filter material is glass fiber filter paper and can collect particle dust above 0.5 um. A HEPA filter structure 262 is mounted on the mounting bracket 261 for airflow from the outlet of the outlet duct 220. A filter sponge 263 is installed at a side of the HEPA filter structure 262 facing the outlet duct 220 to primarily filter the airflow blown out from the outlet duct 220. It can be understood that, be equipped with buckle structure on the mounting bracket 261, make things convenient for the dismouting of mounting bracket 261 and second portion 120 for HEPA filtration 262 is when needs are washd, and is whole to be dismantled the washing with filtering component 260 from second portion 120, and installs again on second portion 120 after the washing is accomplished.

Exemplarily, a first buckling part is arranged on the mounting frame 261, a second buckling part matched with the first buckling part is arranged on the deceleration grid 121, and the mounting frame 261 can be detachably connected with the deceleration grid 121 through the matching of the first buckling part and the second buckling part.

It will be appreciated that, referring to fig. 9, the filtering assembly 260 also comprises a seal 264, to which the deceleration grid 121 and the mounting frame 261 are connected to seal the outlet of the deceleration grid 121. It can be understood that by providing the sealing member 264, the air flow from the air outlet duct 220 is all passed through the filtering assembly 260, and the dust particles in the air outlet duct 220 are prevented from being blown towards the cleaning robot 20.

Referring to fig. 6 to 8 and 10, in an alternative embodiment, the cross-sectional shape of the second air duct 222 is a spiral shape. Illustratively, the second air duct 222 includes a first section 2221 having a circular cross-section, a second section 2222 having an arc-shaped cross-section, and a third section 2223 having a square cross-section, and the fan 240 is installed in the first section 2221. The third section 2223 and the first section 2221 are communicated with the second section 2222 to constitute a second air passage 222 having a spiral cross-sectional shape. It will be appreciated that the longitudinal sections of the first section 2221 and the second section 2222 are the sections of the airflow channels, and the cross-section of the third section 2223 is the section of the airflow channel, so that the airflow changes direction at the third section 2223 while increasing the airflow cross-sectional area at the outlet of the second air duct 222, further slowing the airflow at the outlet of the second air duct 222. It is understood that the shape of the second air duct 222 may also be other spiral shapes, so that the direction of the air flow in the second air duct 222 can be changed many times, which is not limited by the present invention.

Referring to fig. 13 and 14, in an alternative embodiment, the second air duct 222 includes a plurality of noise reduction air ducts 2220, a first baffle 22201 perpendicular to the air duct wall is disposed in the plurality of noise reduction air ducts 2220, and noise reduction grilles 22202 are disposed at the outlets of the plurality of noise reduction air ducts 2220, so as to decelerate the air flow in the noise reduction air ducts 2220. It can be understood that when the cross section of the second air duct 222 is spiral, the exit of the second air duct 222 is provided with the deceleration grid 121, and when the second air duct 222 includes a plurality of noise reduction air ducts 2220, the exit of the noise reduction air duct 2220 is provided with the noise reduction grid 22202, and the deceleration grid 121 and the noise reduction grid 22202 play the same role, and are both used for decelerating the air flow in the air outlet duct 220 and reducing the noise generated by the air flow in the second air duct 222.

For example, referring to fig. 14, outlets of the noise reduction air ducts 2220 are communicated to form a converging portion 22203, so that the air flow in the noise reduction air ducts 2220 is decelerated at the converging portion 22203. It can be understood that the air flows in the noise reduction air ducts 2220 are converged at the converging portion 22203, the directions of the air flows in different noise reduction air ducts 2220 are not completely consistent, and the air flows in different noise reduction air ducts 2220 affect each other, and the area of the air flow passage of the converging portion 22203 is increased, so that the air flow speed at the outlet of the noise reduction air duct 2220 is reduced.

For example, referring to fig. 13, at the outlets of two adjacent noise reduction air ducts 2220, there are second baffles 22204, so that the two adjacent noise reduction air ducts 2220 are independent from each other. It is understood that the second air duct 222 further includes a converging air duct, so that the air flows in two adjacent noise reduction air ducts 2220 are converged in the converging air duct after being blown out through the noise reduction grids 22202, and finally discharged out of the maintenance station 10.

Referring to fig. 15 and 16, in an alternative embodiment, the first portion 110 has dust collecting holes 111, and the air inlet duct 230 partially extends through the dust collecting holes 111 to interact with the outside. It can be understood that the third air duct 231 of the air inlet duct 230 is installed in the dust collecting hole 111 and partially protrudes out of the dust collecting hole 111 to interact with the cleaning robot 20.

Referring to fig. 15 and 16, in an alternative embodiment, the maintenance station 10 further includes a charging assembly 300, and the charging assembly 300 is installed in the first portion 110 for charging the sweeping robot 20. Illustratively, the first portion 110 has a charging hole 112, and the charging assembly 300 includes a charging contact 310, wherein the charging contact 310 at least partially protrudes out of the charging hole 112 to abut against the sweeping robot 20. It is understood that in one embodiment, the charging hole 112 and the dust collecting hole 111 are located on the same side of the first portion 110, so that the sweeping robot 20 can perform the processes of charging and emptying the dust box simultaneously, thereby saving time.

A second aspect of the embodiment of the present invention provides a sweeper system 1000, please refer to fig. 1 and 2, in which the sweeper system 1000 includes the maintenance station 10 and the sweeping robot 20. The sweeping robot 20 includes a dust collection assembly and a control assembly. Wherein, the dust absorption subassembly includes the dirt box. After the dust box is filled with dust and garbage, the control component controls the sweeping robot 20 to move to the maintenance station 10 to empty the dust and garbage in the dust box. And/or the control component controls the sweeping robot 20 to the maintenance station 10 to empty the dust box of dust and garbage periodically.

A second aspect of the embodiments of the present invention provides a sweeper system, please refer to fig. 1 and 2, the sweeper system includes the maintenance station and the sweeping robot as described above. The sweeping robot comprises a dust collection assembly and a control assembly. Wherein, the dust absorption subassembly includes the dirt box. After the dust box is filled with dust and garbage, the control assembly controls the sweeping robot to move to the maintenance station to empty the dust and the garbage in the dust box. And/or the control component controls the sweeping robot to the maintenance station to empty the dust and the garbage in the dust box periodically.

In the description of the present invention, it is to be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, and may be, for example, fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected. Either mechanically or electrically. Either directly or indirectly through intervening media, either internally or in any other relationship. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be understood according to specific situations by those skilled in the art.

In the present disclosure, unless expressly stated or limited otherwise, the first feature "on" or "under" the second feature may comprise direct contact between the first and second features, or may comprise contact between the first and second features not directly. Also, the first feature being "on," "above" and "over" the second feature includes the first feature being directly on and obliquely above the second feature, or merely indicating that the first feature is at a higher level than the second feature. A first feature being "under," "below," and "beneath" a second feature includes the first feature being directly under and obliquely below the second feature, or simply meaning that the first feature is at a lesser elevation than the second feature.

The above disclosure provides many different embodiments or examples for implementing different features of the invention. In order to simplify the disclosure of the present invention, the components and arrangements of the specific examples are described above. Of course, they are merely examples and are not intended to limit the present invention. Furthermore, the present invention may repeat reference numerals and/or reference letters in the various examples, which have been repeated for purposes of simplicity and clarity and do not in themselves dictate a relationship between the various embodiments and/or arrangements discussed. In addition, the present disclosure provides examples of various specific processes and materials, but one of ordinary skill in the art may recognize applications of other processes and/or use of other materials.

In the description of the present specification, reference to the terms "one embodiment", "some embodiments", "illustrative embodiments", "example", "specific example", or "some examples" or the like means that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the present invention. In this specification, schematic representations of the above terms do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples.

While embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: various changes, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made to the embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the invention, the scope of which is defined by the claims and their equivalents.

Claims (10)

1. A maintenance station for use in a sweeper system, comprising:

the shell comprises a first part and a second part, the first part is provided with a containing groove for containing a sweeping robot in the sweeper system, and the second part is positioned above the first part;

the dust collection assembly comprises a dust collection box, an air inlet channel, an air outlet channel and a fan, wherein the air inlet channel and the air outlet channel are communicated with the dust collection box; the dust collection box and the air outlet channel are both arranged in the second part; the fan is arranged in the air outlet channel; the air outlet channel comprises a first air channel and a second air channel, and the fan drives airflow to flow from the first air channel to the second air channel;

wherein the horizontal distance between the fan and the dust collection box is not less than the vertical distance between the fan and the dust collection box; and/or the distance between the vertical center line of the fan and the vertical center line of the dust collection box is not less than the distance between the horizontal center line of the fan and the horizontal center line of the dust collection box.

2. The maintenance station of claim 1, wherein said blower includes an intake vent and an outlet vent, said intake vent in communication with said first air duct and said outlet vent in communication with said second air duct; the air inlet is positioned below the air outlet.

3. The maintenance station of claim 1, wherein the centerline of the first air duct is a straight line, and the length of the centerline of the first air duct projected on a vertical plane is not greater than the length of the centerline of the first air duct projected on a horizontal plane.

4. The maintenance station of claim 1, wherein said first air chute comprises a plurality of straight segments, at least one of said straight segments having a centerline projected in a vertical plane of no greater length than a centerline of said straight segment projected in a horizontal plane.

5. The maintenance station according to claim 1, wherein said first air duct comprises at least three air duct segments, and the tangential directions of the axes of two adjacent air duct segments are different.

6. The maintenance station of claim 1, wherein said air intake duct comprises a third air duct and a fourth air duct; the third air duct is positioned in the first part and is communicated with a dust box in the sweeping robot when the maintenance station interacts with the sweeping robot; the fourth air duct is positioned in the second part and communicated with the dust collection box.

7. The maintenance station according to claim 6, characterized in that said first portion has dust collecting holes, said air intake duct portion protruding through said dust collecting holes to interact with the outside.

8. The maintenance station of claim 1, further comprising a charging assembly mounted within said first portion for charging said sweeping robot.

9. The maintenance station of claim 8, wherein said first portion has a charging aperture, and said charging assembly includes a charging contact that extends at least partially out of said charging aperture such that said charging contact abuts said sweeping robot when said sweeping robot is charging.

10. A sweeper system, comprising:

the maintenance station of any of claims 1-9;

the sweeping robot comprises a dust collection assembly and a control assembly;

wherein the dust collection assembly comprises a dust box; after the dust box is filled with dust and garbage, the control assembly controls the sweeping robot to move to the maintenance station to empty the dust and the garbage in the dust box; and/or the control component periodically controls the sweeping robot to the maintenance station to empty the dust and the garbage in the dust box.

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