CN217040020U

CN217040020U - Base station for docking cleaning robot

Info

Publication number: CN217040020U
Application number: CN202220551676.XU
Authority: CN
Inventors: 不公告发明人
Original assignee: Shenzhen Akobot Robot Co ltd; Shanghai Akobert Robot Co ltd
Current assignee: Shenzhen Akobot Robot Co ltd; Shanghai Akobert Robot Co ltd
Priority date: 2022-03-07
Filing date: 2022-03-14
Publication date: 2022-07-26
Anticipated expiration: 2032-03-14
Also published as: CN217039984U; CN217039985U; CN217390618U; CN114521839A; CN114521838A

Abstract

The application discloses a base station. The base station is used for docking a cleaning robot, the base station comprising: the base station comprises a base station body, a water tank and a water pump, wherein the base station body is provided with a dust collecting cavity and a water tank accommodating cavity which are longitudinally arranged in parallel, and negative pressure equipment which is communicated with the dust collecting cavity and is positioned at the bottom side of the dust collecting cavity; the berth assembly is arranged at the bottom of the base station body in an extending mode, and a mop cloth operating area is arranged on the berth assembly; the dust collecting container is detachably arranged in the dust collecting cavity and used for recovering the garbage in the cleaning robot under the action of the negative pressure equipment; the water tank subassembly can set up with loading and unloading the water tank holds the chamber, including first stock solution part and second stock solution part, first stock solution part intercommunication water supply mechanism for cleaning robot with mop operational zone provides liquid, second stock solution part intercommunication pumping mechanism is with the suction mop operational zone's liquid.

Description

Base station for docking cleaning robot

Technical Field

The application relates to the field of robots, in particular to a base station for a docking cleaning robot.

Background

With the development of science and technology and the improvement of living standard, the cleaning robot is widely applied. A cleaning robot, namely an automatic sweeper, an intelligent dust collector, an autonomous cleaner and the like, is one of intelligent household appliances and can finish cleaning work such as garbage cleaning, floor wiping and the like. The cleaning robot can be controlled by a person (an operator holds a remote controller) or automatically finishes ground cleaning work in a room according to a certain set rule, the cleaning robot can clean up ground sundries such as hair, dust, debris and the like on the ground, in some scenes, the cleaning robot needs to carry a mop device to wipe a cleaning surface such as a floor, for example, a water tank and a water spraying mechanism are arranged on a chassis of the cleaning robot, the mop device is arranged on the lower side of the water tank, water in the water tank is sprayed or permeated on the mop device through the water spraying mechanism, and a cleaning cloth/mop arranged on the mop device is wiped on the ground through the movement of the robot so as to realize the function of wiping the ground.

In the related art, the cleaning robot is not only responsible for cleaning the garbage, but also provided with a mop device for wiping a cleaning surface such as a floor to perform a floor wiping function, but in the related art, the mop device of the cleaning robot still needs to be manually detached from a chassis of the cleaning robot by a user for cleaning after being used, and also needs to be manually detached and added with water when the amount of water in a water tank on the cleaning robot is insufficient, which causes great inconvenience to the user.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

In view of the above-mentioned drawbacks of the related art, it is an object of the present application to provide a base station for docking a cleaning robot for solving the technical problem that the cleaning robot needs to manually perform the functions of mop plate cleaning and water adding.

A base station for docking a cleaning robot is disclosed herein, the base station comprising: the base station comprises a base station body, a water tank and a water storage tank, wherein the base station body is provided with a dust collecting cavity, a water tank accommodating cavity and negative pressure equipment, the dust collecting cavity and the water tank accommodating cavity are longitudinally arranged in parallel, the negative pressure equipment is communicated with the dust collecting cavity and is positioned at the bottom side of the dust collecting cavity, and the back of the base station body is provided with a water supply mechanism and a water pumping mechanism; the berth assembly is arranged at the bottom of the base station body in an extending way, and a mop operating area is arranged on the berth assembly; the dust collecting container is detachably arranged in the dust collecting cavity and is used for recovering the garbage in the cleaning robot under the action of the negative pressure equipment; the water tank subassembly can set up with loading and unloading the water tank holds the chamber, including first stock solution part and second stock solution part, first stock solution part intercommunication water supply mechanism for cleaning robot with mop operational zone provides liquid, second stock solution part intercommunication pumping mechanism is with the suction mop operational zone's liquid.

In some embodiments disclosed in the present application, a partition is disposed in the water tank accommodating cavity, and the partition divides the water tank accommodating cavity into a first accommodating space and a second accommodating space, where the first accommodating space is used for detachably disposing the first liquid storage component, and the second accommodating space is used for detachably disposing the second liquid storage component.

In certain embodiments of the present disclosure, the first accommodating space is located at a side close to the dust collecting chamber, and the second accommodating space is located at a side far from the dust collecting chamber.

In certain embodiments disclosed herein, the liquid capacities of the first liquid reservoir part and the second liquid reservoir part are set to 3L to 5L, respectively.

In certain embodiments of the present disclosure, a baffle is disposed in the tank assembly to form the first reservoir and the second reservoir.

In certain embodiments disclosed herein, the barrier member is provided as an elastic diaphragm that allows the spatial capacity of the first reservoir component and the second reservoir component to vary.

In some embodiments of the present disclosure, a water supply connection part is disposed in the first liquid storage part, and the water supply connection part is used for communicating with the water supply mechanism to supply the liquid in the first liquid storage part to the water supply mechanism.

In some embodiments of the disclosure, a water level early warning device is disposed in the second liquid storage part, and is configured to close a communication passage with the water pumping mechanism when liquid in the second liquid storage part exceeds a preset capacity.

In some embodiments of the present disclosure, a garbage suction port abutting against the cleaning robot is disposed on a bottom side portion of the base station body, the dust collecting container is configured as a dust collecting bag, the dust collecting bag includes a bag body and a bag inlet, and the bag inlet is communicated with the garbage suction port through a conveying passage to recycle the garbage in the cleaning robot under the action of the negative pressure device.

In some embodiments disclosed in the present application, a water injection structure abutting against the cleaning robot and communicating with the water supply mechanism is provided at a middle position of the bottom of the base station body, and a water injection structure communicating with the water supply mechanism is provided at the mop operating area; the first liquid storage part supplies liquid to the cleaning robot through the water injection structure, and the first liquid storage part supplies water to the mop operating area through the water injection structure.

In certain embodiments disclosed herein, the water supply mechanism comprises: the water supply pumping structure is communicated with the first liquid storage part and is used for pumping liquid in the first liquid storage part; the input pipeline is communicated with the water supply pumping structure to receive the liquid pumped out by the pump; and the first fluid control structure is connected with the input pipeline and is used for controlling the flow direction of the liquid.

In certain embodiments disclosed herein, the water supply mechanism further comprises: and the electrolytic water structure is connected to the input pipeline and is used for electrolyzing the liquid to output the liquid.

In some embodiments disclosed in the present application, a hot air mechanism is further disposed on the back of the base station body, and an air outlet communicated with the hot air mechanism is disposed at the bottom of the base station body, and faces the mop operating area.

In certain embodiments disclosed herein, the mop plate manipulation zone is provided with a waste opening in communication with the water extraction mechanism, the mop plate manipulation zone is provided with a sloped surface, and the waste opening is provided at a lower end of the sloped surface.

In certain embodiments of the present disclosure, the mop handle region is provided with a second snap-fit structure for engaging the cleaning robot to facilitate loading and unloading of the mop tray assembly.

In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the mop handle is provided with a resilient element, the resilient element is connected with the second engaging structure, and the resilient element is deformed under force to adjust the height of the second engaging structure.

In some embodiments of the disclosure, the second engaging structure is provided with a guide groove, and the berth assembly is provided with a guide member cooperating with the guide groove, the guide member being used for guiding the movement of the second engaging structure.

In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the second engaging structure is a buckle having a plurality of teeth.

In summary, the base station disclosed in the present application integrates the water tank assembly and the dust container which are longitudinally distributed in parallel, so that the height of the base station can be reduced while the base station can be used for performing the functions of recycling the garbage in the dust box of the cleaning robot, cleaning the mop plate assembly of the cleaning robot, adding water to the water tank assembly of the cleaning robot, and the like.

Drawings

Specific features of the invention to which this application relates are set forth in the following claims. The features and advantages of the invention to which this application relates will be better understood by reference to the exemplary embodiments described in detail below and the accompanying drawings. The brief description of the drawings is as follows:

fig. 1 is a schematic external structural view of a top view of a cleaning robot according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 2 is an external structural view of a bottom view of a cleaning robot according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 3 is a schematic view of a cleaning robot that does not include a housing according to an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 4a and 4b are schematic views respectively showing the corresponding relationship between the dust box and the dust collecting chamber under different viewing angles in one embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 5 is a cross-sectional view of a dust collecting chamber, a dust collecting assembly, and a dust discharging assembly of a cleaning robot according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 6 is a schematic diagram illustrating a dust exhausting operation performed by the cleaning robot docking station according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 7a and 7b are schematic views showing a dust box of the present application at different viewing angles in an embodiment.

Fig. 8a and 8b are schematic structural views of a dust box of the present application at different viewing angles in an embodiment.

Fig. 9 is a schematic view showing a cleaning robot docking station performing dust discharging work according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 10 shows a schematic cross-sectional view of a mop plate drive assembly and mop plate assembly according to an embodiment of the present application.

FIG. 11 shows an exploded view of the mop plate drive assembly of the present application in one embodiment.

Fig. 12 is a partially enlarged view of a combined portion of a lifting assembly and a rotating shaft according to an embodiment of the present application.

FIG. 13 is an exploded view of a portion of a rotating assembly of an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 14a and 14b are schematic diagrams illustrating a process of adjusting the balance of the lifting bracket by the balancing component according to an embodiment of the present application.

Figure 15 shows a schematic view from the bottom of the tray body of the mop tray assembly of the present application in one embodiment.

Figures 16a to 16c show a schematic view of the handling operation of the mop plate assembly according to the present application in one embodiment.

FIG. 17 is an exploded view of the cleaning robot and tank assembly of the present application in one embodiment.

Fig. 18 is a schematic structural diagram of a base station in an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 19 is a schematic view of an installation structure of the docking assembly of the present application in one embodiment.

Fig. 20 is a schematic structural diagram illustrating a second engaging structure according to an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 21 is a schematic view illustrating a relationship between a base station and a dust collecting container according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 22 is a schematic diagram illustrating a corresponding relationship between a base station and a water tank assembly according to an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 23 is a schematic diagram illustrating a corresponding relationship between a base station and a water tank assembly in another embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 24 is a schematic structural view of a water supply mechanism in an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 25 is a schematic structural diagram of a water pumping mechanism according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Detailed Description

The following embodiments are provided to illustrate the present disclosure, and other advantages and effects will be apparent to those skilled in the art from the disclosure.

In the following description, reference is made to the accompanying drawings that describe several embodiments of the application. It is to be understood that other embodiments may be utilized and that mechanical, structural, electrical, and operational changes may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the present disclosure. The following detailed description is not to be taken in a limiting sense, and the scope of embodiments of the present application is defined only by the claims of the issued patent. The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the application. Spatially relative terms, such as "upper," "lower," "left," "right," "lower," "below," "lower," "above," "upper," and the like, may be used herein to facilitate describing one element or feature's relationship to another element or feature as illustrated in the figures. Terms of spatial relationship, such as "opposite side", are for convenience of describing the relationship of one element or feature to another element or feature as being on opposite sides, and are not necessarily meant to be frontally opposite.

Although the terms first, second, etc. may be used herein to describe various elements or parameters in some instances, these elements or parameters should not be limited by these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish one element or parameter from another element or parameter. For example, the first air outlet interface may be referred to as a second air outlet interface, and similarly, the second air outlet interface may be referred to as a first air outlet interface, without departing from the scope of the various described embodiments. The first and second air outlet interfaces are both described as one focal plane, but they are not the same air outlet interface unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. The similar situation also includes a first liquid storage part and a second liquid storage part, or a first driving mechanism and a second driving mechanism, or a first air outlet and a second air outlet, or a first balance spring and a second balance spring, or a first clamping structure and a second clamping mechanism, or a first baffle and a second baffle, or a first air inlet and a second air inlet, or a first air outlet and a second air outlet.

Also, as used herein, the singular forms "a", "an" and "the" are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context indicates otherwise. It will be further understood that the terms "comprises," "comprising," "includes" and/or "including," when used in this specification, specify the presence of stated features, steps, operations, elements, components, items, species, and/or groups, but do not preclude the presence, or addition of one or more other features, steps, operations, elements, components, species, and/or groups thereof. The terms "or" and/or "as used herein are to be construed as inclusive or meaning any one or any combination. Thus, "A, B or C" or "A, B and/or C" means "any of the following: a; b; c; a and B; a and C; b and C; A. b and C ". An exception to this definition will occur only when a combination of elements, functions, steps or operations are inherently mutually exclusive in some way.

In addition, in order to clearly explain the inventive features of the present application, the present application is described below with reference to various embodiments. But not to mean that the various embodiments can only be practiced individually. One skilled in the art can design the various embodiments or replace the components/modules of the various embodiments according to the design requirements. In other words, the embodiments taught by the present application are not limited to the aspects described in the following embodiments, but include various alternative and permutation combinations between the various embodiments/components/modules, as applicable, and described in the foregoing.

The cleaning robot is also called a mobile robot, an autonomous cleaner, a sweeper or a sweeping robot, a dust collection robot, an automatic sweeper, an automatic floor wiping machine, an intelligent dust collector and the like in some application scenes, is one of intelligent household appliances for automatically executing specific work, can finish cleaning work such as garbage cleaning, floor wiping and the like, can accept user command (an operator holds a remote controller by hand or through an APP loaded on an intelligent terminal), can run a pre-arranged program (a preset rule), and can automatically complete the cleaning work of a surface to be cleaned in a room.

The base station described in this application is used for the cleaning robot to stop, so as to provide service for the cleaning robot, and according to the functions that the base station can provide, the base station can be used for different application scenarios, for example, the base station is used for stopping the cleaning robot to complete charging operation, or unloading garbage in a dust box/dust collecting chamber, or cleaning mop on a mop plate, or replacing or disassembling mop on the mop plate, and the base station can also be called as a charging pile, a charging station, a dust collecting device, a dust collecting station, a recycling station, or a cleaning station.

The cleaning system described in this application is an integral combination of a cleaning robot and a base station, or a remote control for operation or interaction therewith or a hand-held terminal such as a cell phone loaded with an application program (APP).

The garbage in the cleaning garbage includes but is not limited to: soft crumb, dough, noodles, hard crumb, and the like. Wherein, the soft crumbs include: paper dust, plastic flakes, dust, and the like. Examples of the dough include: hair balls, plastic bags, etc. Examples of the strip include: wires, stubs, wires, strips, etc. Examples of the hard chips include: the debris often produced in residential and office environments such as rice grains, paper clips, stones, pens, etc., are not exhaustive herein. Various kinds of garbage are generally smaller in size than the diameter of the dust suction opening and can enter a dust collection chamber of the cleaning robot along with the air flow.

The surface to be cleaned refers to a horizontal surface on which an area to be cleaned is located, such as a floor, a table top, a carpet, and the like, but other situations also exist, such as a vertical plane of a side surface of a bookcase, or a non-horizontal surface on the exterior of other objects.

In the present application, for convenience of description and understanding, a forward direction (i.e., a direction indicated by a dotted arrow x in fig. 1) is defined as a forward direction in a work of cleaning the garbage by the cleaning robot; correspondingly, the opposite direction of the forward direction of the cleaning robot in the garbage cleaning work is defined as the backward direction. It should be understood that one side of the forward direction of the cleaning robot in the work of cleaning the garbage is defined as a front side or front end; the side of the cleaning robot facing away from the front side or end in the opposite direction is defined as the rear side or end. In the present application, to facilitate the distinction, left and right sides are distinguished based on the direction in which the cleaning robot advances in the work of cleaning up the garbage in the cleaning work. In the present application, for convenience of description and understanding, a direction perpendicular to a forward direction of the cleaning robot in the work of cleaning the garbage is defined as a lateral direction (i.e., a lateral direction as indicated by a dotted line y in fig. 1).

The existing cleaning robots are provided with dust collecting chambers for placing dust boxes, the dust boxes are used for storing dust and garbage collected by the cleaning robots through side brushes, rolling brushes and vacuum dust collecting systems, when the garbage in the dust boxes is fully loaded, a user needs to manually take the dust boxes out of the cleaning robots to empty the dust boxes, and due to the fact that the size of the dust boxes arranged in the robot body is limited, the user needs to manually clear the garbage in the dust boxes after cleaning every time,

in order to avoid the need for users to frequently clean the garbage in the dust box of the cleaning robot, a dust collecting base station capable of automatically collecting dust is provided in the prior art, so that the cleaning robot can automatically remove the garbage in the dust box after completing cleaning or after detecting that the garbage in the dust box is fully loaded. However, this inevitably requires a dust exhaust assembly on the cleaning robot to be connected to the dust collecting base station, which causes a challenge in designing the cleaning robot in space, and the space design or the design of its internal components in the prior art does not make it satisfactory for use, for example, the space of the water tank and mop related assembly is sacrificed in order to arrange the dust exhaust assembly and the dust collecting assembly of the cleaning robot, thereby integrally designing the water tank and mop related assembly or greatly reducing the capacity of the water tank. In the scenario of integrated design, the user has to detach the water tank or the mop in an integrated manner, which results in heavy weight and stains on the mop contaminating the user's body. Under the scene of greatly reducing the capacity of the water tank, the area of the cleaning robot which can be supported by the water quantity of the water tank to wipe the floor is greatly reduced, and a user has to add water to the cleaning robot more frequently.

Therefore, the cleaning robot has the advantages that the reasonable space layout and internal design are carried out on the dust exhaust assembly and the dust collection assembly of the cleaning robot, and enough installation design space can be reserved for the water tank and related mop components.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, fig. 1 is a schematic external structure view of a cleaning robot in an embodiment of the present disclosure from a top perspective, and fig. 2 is a schematic external structure view of a cleaning robot in an embodiment of the present disclosure from a bottom perspective. As shown in the drawing, the cleaning robot 1 includes a housing 10, a chassis 11, and a power supply unit, a control unit, a power unit, and a cleaning unit provided on the chassis 11.

The chassis 11 may be integrally formed or assembled from a material such as plastic, and includes a cleaning opening 110 facing the surface to be cleaned, and a plurality of preformed slots, recesses, detents or the like for mounting or integrating associated devices or components (e.g., power supply unit, power unit, control unit, cleaning unit) on the chassis 11.

The housing 10 may also be integrally molded or formed from a material such as plastic and configured to fit over the chassis 11 to provide protection for devices or components mounted to the chassis 11. Other devices may be disposed on the housing 10, for example, any of the devices including, but not limited to, a camera device, various sensors (such as a distance measuring sensor, a collision detecting sensor, etc.), a bumper assembly such as a front bumper or a bumper, and a human-computer interaction device such as a button or a display screen may be disposed on the housing 10. In some embodiments, the structure and installation manner of the buffer assembly may refer to various embodiments described in chinese patent CN 210277064U.

The control unit is arranged on the chassis 11 and used for controlling the work of each unit. In one embodiment, the control unit is disposed on a circuit board on the cleaning robot chassis 11, and includes a memory (e.g., hard disk, flash memory, random access memory), a processor (e.g., central processing unit, application processor), and the like. The processor positions, constructs a map and navigates the cleaning robot by using a navigation technology (such as a VSLAM technology, a SLAM technology and the like), and comprehensively judges the current working state of the sweeper by combining distance information, speed information, posture information and the like fed back by some sensors (such as a pressure sensor, a gravity sensor, a distance measuring sensor, a cliff sensor, a fall sensor, a collision detection sensor, a magnetometer, an accelerometer, a gyroscope, a mileometer and the like) arranged on the cleaning robot, so that specific next-step action strategies can be given according to different conditions, and corresponding control commands can be sent to the cleaning robot.

The power supply unit (not shown) is disposed on the chassis 11, and is used for supplying power to other power utilization units (e.g., a control unit, a power unit, and a cleaning unit). In an embodiment, the power supply unit comprises a rechargeable battery (pack), for example a conventional nickel metal hydride (NiMH) battery, or a lithium battery or the like.

Wherein the rechargeable battery (pack) is mounted in a battery recess of the chassis, the size of the battery recess being customizable to the battery (pack) to be mounted. The rechargeable battery (pack) can be mounted in the battery recess in a conventional manner, such as a spring latch. The battery recess may be closed by a battery cover which may be secured to the chassis in a conventional manner, such as by screws. The rechargeable battery (pack) can be connected with a charging control circuit, a battery charging temperature detection circuit and a battery under-voltage monitoring circuit, and the charging control circuit, the battery charging temperature detection circuit and the battery under-voltage monitoring circuit are connected with the control system. In addition, under necessary conditions, the rechargeable battery (pack) can comprise a main battery and a standby battery, and when the electric quantity of the main battery is too low or an outlet line fails, the standby battery can be switched to work.

The power supply further comprises a charging electrode (not shown) disposed on the side or bottom of the cleaning robot, and configured to connect with a base station (also referred to as a charging stand, a dust collector, etc.) in the cleaning robot system to charge the rechargeable battery(s).

Taking fig. 2 as an example, the power unit includes driving wheels 170 disposed on opposite sides of a chassis of the cleaning robot for driving the cleaning robot to move, the driving wheels 170 are driven by a control unit, and the driving wheels 170 are used for driving the cleaning robot to perform a back-and-forth reciprocating motion, a rotating motion, a curvilinear motion, or the like according to a planned movement trajectory, or driving the cleaning robot to perform an attitude adjustment, and providing two contact points between the cleaning robot and a cleaning surface. The drive wheel 170 may have a biased drop-type suspension system, be movably secured, such as rotatably mounted, to the cleaning robot, and receive a spring bias that is biased downward and away from the cleaning robot. The spring bias allows the drive wheel to maintain contact and traction with the ground with a certain ground contact force to ensure that the tread of the drive wheel 170 is in sufficient contact with the ground. In some embodiments, the structure and mounting manner of the driving wheel in the power unit can refer to various embodiments described in chinese patent CN 211674024U.

With continued reference to fig. 2, the chassis of the cleaning robot may also have at least one driven wheel 171 (also referred to as a jockey wheel, caster wheel, roller, universal wheel, etc.) mounted thereon. For example, the driven wheel 171 is located at a front portion of the driving wheel 170, and the driven wheel 171 maintains a balance of the cleaning robot in a moving state together with the driving wheel 170.

In order to drive the driving wheel 170 and the driven wheel 171 to operate, the power system further includes a driving motor and a control circuit (not shown) for controlling the driving motor, the driving circuit for controlling the driving motor is electrically connected to the control system, and the driving wheel 170 can be driven to move by the driving motor.

The cleaning unit is disposed on the chassis 11, and is used for performing cleaning work according to a control command issued by the control unit, where the cleaning work includes, but is not limited to: cleaning up waste, discharging waste, wiping floor, cleaning/mounting/dismounting mops, etc. In an embodiment, the cleaning unit includes a sweeping assembly, a mop plate drive assembly, and a water tank assembly. Wherein, clean the work that the subassembly is used for clearing up rubbish, the dust exhaust subassembly is used for discharging the work of rubbish, mop dish subassembly, mop dish drive assembly and water tank set spare are used for mutually supporting in order to wipe ground, wash/install and remove work such as mop.

In one embodiment, with continued reference to FIG. 2, the sweeping assembly includes a middle brush assembly 120 and an edge-sweeping assembly 121. In some examples, the bottom central region of the chassis 11 has a groove and a housing (not shown), the groove and the housing can be combined to form a cavity, the cavity is a roller brush chamber, the middle brush assembly is disposed in the roller brush chamber, and the dust suction opening 110 is located at the lower part of the housing, and the middle brush assembly protrudes out of the dust suction opening 110 to contact with the surface to be cleaned. Wherein the vessel can be, for example, a floating system support or a fixed frame, and the housing can be, for example, a roller brush cover or a fixed frame. In some embodiments, the structure and installation manner of the middle brush assembly can refer to various embodiments described in chinese patent CN 214804439U.

In one embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, the edge-sweep assembly 121 is provided at the bottom edge of the chassis 11 for sweeping debris into the area of the middle brush assembly that is being swept. In some examples, the edge brush assembly 121 may include at least one cleaning edge brush disposed at opposite sides of the front portion of the chassis (if the number of the cleaning edge brushes is at least two, the at least two cleaning edge brushes are symmetrically disposed at opposite sides of the chassis), and a rotating cleaning edge brush rotatable under the control of the edge brush motor (not shown). In some embodiments, the structure and installation manner of the edge-scan assembly can refer to various embodiments described in chinese patent CN 212261269U.

In one embodiment, referring to fig. 3, which is a schematic view of the cleaning robot without a housing in one embodiment of the present application, as shown, the sweeping assembly further includes a dust collecting chamber 122, a dust box 123, and a dust collecting assembly 124 and a dust discharging assembly 125 disposed on the chassis. The dust collecting chamber 122, the dust box 123, and the dust collecting assembly 124 cooperate with each other to collect the garbage swept by the middle brush assembly and the side sweep assembly. The dust discharging assembly 125 is used for discharging the garbage in the dust box 123 under the negative pressure.

The dust collecting chamber 122 is opened in the central region of the chassis, the dust box 123 is detachably mounted in the dust collecting chamber 122, the dust collecting assembly 124 is disposed on the right side of the dust collecting chamber 122, and the dust discharging assembly 125 is disposed on the left side of the dust collecting chamber 122. Thus, more space can be reserved at the rear of the dust collecting chamber 122 while ensuring the space, so that the mop plate driving assembly, the mop plate assembly, and the water tank assembly can be continuously disposed. It should be noted that fig. 3 illustrates the dust collecting assembly 124 disposed on the right side of the dust collecting chamber 122, and the dust discharging assembly 125 disposed on the left side of the dust collecting chamber 122, which are only examples, in other embodiments, the dust collecting assembly 124 may be disposed on the left side of the dust collecting chamber 122, and the dust discharging assembly 125 may be disposed on the right side of the dust collecting chamber 122, which only needs to be disposed on the left and right sides of the dust collecting chamber 122 to reserve the space behind the dust collecting chamber 122.

For reasons of compactness and rationality of the spatial arrangement, in one embodiment the central axes of the dust collection and

discharge assemblies

124, 125 are arranged at an angle inclined with respect to the transverse central axis of the cleaning robot. Wherein, the dust collecting assembly 124 includes an air outlet 1242 disposed at a side of the cleaning robot, and a central axis of the dust collecting assembly 124 is an axis parallel to a normal of the air outlet 1242, such as z1 in fig. 3. Wherein, the dust exhaust assembly 125 comprises a dust exhaust port 1251 arranged at the side of the cleaning robot, and the central axis of the dust exhaust assembly 125 is an axis parallel to the normal of the dust exhaust port 1251, such as z2 in fig. 3. Wherein the transverse central axis of the cleaning robot is a centerline perpendicular to its advancing direction, as shown by the dotted line y in fig. 3.

Wherein an angle formed by the central axis of the dust collection assembly 124 and the transverse central axis is denoted as α 1, the inclination angle α 1 may be set to any angle between 10 ° and 70 °, the angle formed by the central axis of the dust discharge assembly 125 and the transverse central axis is denoted as α 2, and the inclination angle α 2 may be set to any angle between 10 ° and 70 °, for example, the inclination angle α 1 or α 2 is set to an angle of 10 °, 11 °, 12 °, 13 °, 14 °, 15 °, 16 °, 17 °, 18 °, 19 °, 20 °, 21 °, 22 °, 23 °, 24 °, 25 °, 26 °, 27 °, 28 °, 29 °, 30 °, 31 °, 32 °, 33 °, 34 °, 35 °, 36 °, 37 °, 38 °, 39 °, 40 °, 41 °, 42 °, 43 °, 44 °, 45 °, 46 °, 47 °, 48 °, 49 °, 50 °, 51 °, 52 °, 53 °, etc, 54 °, 55 °, 56 °, 57 °, 58 °, 59 °, 60 °, 61 °, 62 °, 63 °, 64 °, 65 °, 66 °, 67 °, 68 °, 69 °, or 70 °. Of course, the angles of the above examples can be more precise to a small number due to actual design requirements or assembly engineering requirements, for example, in one example, the inclination angle α 1 of the dust collecting assembly 124 to the transverse central axis is set to 40.3 °, and the inclination angle α 2 of the dust discharging assembly 125 to the transverse central axis is set to 49.6 °; for simplicity of description, those skilled in the art will understand and implement that, in the light of the above examples of values given, the setting angle of the inclination angle α 1 or α 2 can be selected in a limited manner within the above ranges of values, depending on actual design requirements or requirements in assembly engineering.

Referring to fig. 4a and 4b, fig. 4a and 4b are schematic views respectively illustrating a corresponding relationship between a dust box and a dust collecting chamber at different viewing angles according to an embodiment of the present application. As shown, in one embodiment, the dirt collection chamber 122 opens into a central region of the chassis and includes a receiving cavity (not numbered). The left side and the right side of the accommodating cavity are respectively provided with a first air outlet 1222 communicated with the dust exhaust assembly 125 and a second air outlet 1223 communicated with the dust collecting assembly 124, and the accommodating cavity is further provided with a first air inlet 1221 communicated with the dust suction opening 110 shown in fig. 2.

Wherein the receiving space of the receiving cavity can be customized according to the installed dust box 123, so that the dust box 123 can be installed in the receiving cavity by a conventional manner, such as a spring latch or direct placement. The shape, size, and location of each opening provided in the receiving cavity can also be customized according to the dust box 123, the dust collecting assembly 124, and the dust discharging assembly 125, and are not limited to the shapes shown in fig. 4a and 4 b.

Please refer to fig. 5, which is a schematic sectional view illustrating a dust collecting chamber, a dust collecting assembly, and a dust exhausting assembly of a cleaning robot according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. In the embodiment shown in fig. 5, the dust collecting assembly 124 has a dust collecting fan 1240, an air intake passage 1241, and an air outlet 1242 provided at a side of the cleaning robot. The dust box 123 includes a dust collecting cavity 1230, and a first air inlet 1231, a second air outlet 1233, and a filter assembly 1235 disposed on the dust collecting cavity 1230. The first air inlet interface 1231 is used for communicating with the dust suction interface 110 shown in fig. 2, and the second air outlet interface 1233 is located at the right side of the dust box 123 and is used for communicating with the dust collection assembly 124. The filtering assembly 1235 is disposed on a side of the dust box 123 away from the surface to be cleaned and is communicated with the second air outlet interface 1233. It is understood that, in other embodiments, the second outlet docking port 1233 may also be disposed at the left side of the dust box 123, and is not limited to the illustration in fig. 5.

Specifically, as shown by the airflow flowing arrow in fig. 5, when the dust collecting fan 1240 in the dust collecting assembly 124 operates to generate negative pressure, the garbage near the dust suction port is driven by the airflow to enter the dust collecting cavity 1230 of the dust box 123 through the first air inlet interface 1231, the garbage in the airflow is filtered by the filter assembly 1235 and then remains in the dust collecting cavity 1230, and the airflow enters the dust collecting fan 1240 through the air inlet passage 1241 of the dust collecting assembly 124 from the second air outlet interface 1233 and is then exhausted outside the cleaning robot through the air outlet 1242 of the dust collecting assembly 124.

In addition, in some other embodiments, a valve (not shown) may be further disposed on each of the first air inlet interface 1231 and the second air outlet interface 1233, and the valve may be opened by the airflow generated by the dust collecting assembly 124 to form the airflow path, and when the dust collecting assembly 124 is not in operation, the valve is closed to store the garbage in the dust box, so as to prevent the garbage from overflowing into the cleaning robot.

Referring to fig. 5, in an embodiment, the dust box 123 further includes a first air outlet port 1232 opened at the left side of the dust collecting cavity 1230, and the first air outlet port 1232 is used for communicating with the dust discharging assembly 125. Dust exhaust subassembly 125 includes a dust exhaust passage 1250 and set up in dust exhaust 1251 on the cleaning machines people side, dust exhaust passage 1250 is used for forming first air-out butt joint mouth 1232 extremely dust exhaust 1251's air current circulation route, dust exhaust 1251 is used for docking a base station in order to discharge the rubbish of collecting in the dirt box 123. It is understood that, in other embodiments, the first outlet port 1232 may also be disposed at the right side of the dust collecting chamber 1230, and is not limited to the illustration in fig. 5.

In addition, as shown in fig. 5, the first air outlet 1232 of the dust box 123 and the dust outlet 1251 of the dust exhaust assembly 125 may be provided with a valve 1252, and the valve 1252 is opened by the negative pressure generated by the base station to form an airflow path from the dust box 123 to the dust outlet 1251, so as to discharge the garbage in the dust box 123 to the base station.

Referring to fig. 6, which is a schematic view illustrating that the cleaning robot in an embodiment of the present invention performs a dust discharging operation on a base station, as shown in the figure, when the cleaning robot 1 is docked with the base station 2, the base station 2 generates a negative pressure, and a substantially transverse airflow path (shown by an arrow in fig. 6) is formed from the first air inlet interface 1231 of the dust box 123 to the base station 2 through the first air outlet interface 1232, the dust discharge passage 1250, the dust discharge port 1251, so that the garbage in the dust box 123 is driven by the airflow to enter the base station 2 through the first air outlet interface 1232 of the dust box 123 and the dust discharge passage 1250 and the dust discharge port 1251.

It should be noted that, by substantially transverse, it is meant that the entire airflow path for dust exhaust within the cleaning robot is not parallel (i.e. has an angle of about 90 ° with respect to the forward direction) with respect to the forward direction of the cleaning robot, nor necessarily is it integral with a straight line, the angle and direction of the particular airflow path being dependent on the arrangement of the dust exhaust assembly 125 and the dust box 123 within the dust chamber 122. In addition, the base station shown in fig. 6 is only partially illustrated for illustrating the dust exhaust work of the cleaning robot, and does not represent a limitation on the structure and function of the base station.

As shown in fig. 6 and its description, the airflow path during dust discharging operation is from the first air inlet interface 1231 to the base station 2 through the first air outlet interface 1232, the dust discharging channel 1250, the dust discharging port 1251, and is substantially transversely distributed, and the cross-sectional area of the first air inlet interface 1231 is limited, so that a dead zone is formed at the opposite side of the first air outlet interface 1232, and the garbage in the dead zone cannot be discharged out of the dust box 123, and problems such as garbage solidification, incapability of cleaning, and generation of odor due to long-term accumulation of garbage may occur.

In view of this, referring to fig. 7a and 7b, and with reference to fig. 6, fig. 7a and 7b are schematic structural diagrams of the dirt tray under different viewing angles in an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in the drawing, a lower portion of a side of the dirt tray 123 opposite to the first air outlet butt-joint opening 1232 is set as an arc-shaped corner 1236 bending toward an inner side of the dirt tray 123. Because the radian corner 1236 is bent towards the inner side of the dust box 123, namely towards the dust collection cavity, the dead zone during dust discharge work can be reduced, and the problem that the garbage in the dust box cannot be discharged is avoided. Additionally, to maximize the effect of the radiused corner 1236, in some examples, the radiused corner 1236 curves inward proximate to the first outlet interface 1232.

Referring to fig. 8a and 8b, another structural schematic diagram of the dust box at different viewing angles in an embodiment of the present invention is shown, as shown in the drawing, in the embodiment, a second air inlet 1234 is disposed on a side of the dust box 123 opposite to the first air outlet pair 1232, and a valve (not shown) is disposed on the second air inlet 1234 and is opened under the negative pressure generated by the base station, so that during dust discharging, an airflow path from the second air inlet 1234 to the first air outlet pair 1232 is further formed, and thereby a dead zone of dust discharging operation can also be reduced. The valve is kept closed when the cleaning robot executes other operations, so that the storage of the garbage in the dust box is ensured, and the garbage is prevented from overflowing into the cleaning robot.

Specifically, please refer to fig. 9, which is a schematic diagram illustrating that the cleaning robot in another embodiment of the present invention performs dust discharging operation on a base station, in this embodiment, the dust box 123 is configured as shown in fig. 8a and 8b, as shown in the figure, when the cleaning robot 1 is docked with the base station 2, a negative pressure device disposed in the base station 2 generates a negative pressure airflow, the airflow enters from the first air inlet interface 1231 and the second air inlet 1234 of the dust box 123, and passes through the first air outlet interface 1232, the dust discharging channel 1250, and the dust outlet 1251 to the base station 2, as shown by arrows in fig. 9, so that the garbage in the dust box 123 can be taken out of the dust box 123 in two air inlet directions, thereby also avoiding a dead zone in the dust box 123.

The structures of the dirt boxes shown in fig. 7a to 9 are merely examples, in other embodiments, an arc corner bending toward the inner side of the dirt box may be disposed below the side of the dirt box opposite to the first air outlet pair port, and a second air inlet, for example, as shown in fig. 8a and 8b, is formed on the arc corner, so as to achieve the purpose of avoiding the dead zone in the dirt box, which is not limited by the drawings in the present application.

In some scenarios, the cleaning robot needs to carry a mop device to wipe a cleaning surface, such as a floor. However, in the related art, after the mop device is wetted to wipe the floor, if it is controlled to perform garbage cleaning of only some areas without wiping the floor, the user is required to manually detach the mop device from the cleaning robot to prevent the mop device from being wetted/contaminating the area, thus causing great inconvenience to the user. For example, when the surface to be cleaned is a carpet, the cleaning robot only performs garbage cleaning operation on the surface, and in order to avoid wetting/polluting the carpet, a user has to manually remove the mop device from the cleaning robot before cleaning the carpet; or when the mops are used for a long time and need to be cleaned or replaced, the user is often required to manually remove the mopping device from the cleaning robot.

In view of this, the present application provides a mop disc drive mechanism for use as part of a cleaning unit of a cleaning robot to assist in performing a mopping operation of a surface to be cleaned. Specifically, the mop plate driving mechanism provided by the application comprises a mop plate driving assembly and a mop plate assembly, and the mop plate driving mechanism can drive the mop plate assembly to rotate and lift, so that the mop plate assembly can rotate to wipe the floor, and the mop plate assembly is lifted or the mop plate assembly is assisted to be assembled and disassembled when wiping work is not needed.

Referring to fig. 10 and 11, fig. 10 is a schematic sectional view of a mop plate drive assembly and mop plate assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention, and fig. 11 is an exploded view of a mop plate drive assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown, the mop disc drive assembly includes a lifting assembly 13 and a rotating assembly 14 connected to the lifting assembly 13. The mop tray assembly 15 includes a tray body 150 and a mop (not shown) provided on a lower surface of the tray body 150.

In one embodiment, the rotating assembly 14 includes a rotating shaft 140 and a first driving mechanism 141, and the rotating shaft 140 can be driven by the first driving mechanism 141 to rotate and can be driven by the lifting assembly 13 to lift. In one example, the first driving mechanism 141 is composed of a motor and a gear member (not shown), and the rotating shaft 140 is movably connected to the gear member, and the motor drives the gear member to rotate the rotating shaft 140. In one example, the rotating shaft 140 includes a shaft portion 1400 and a shaft connecting portion 1401, the shaft portion 1400 is connected to the shaft connecting portion 1401 and extends from the shaft connecting portion 1401 in an opposite direction, the shaft connecting portion 1401 is used for connecting the rotating shaft 140 to the lifting assembly 13 in a circumferentially movable manner, and the shaft portion 1400 is used for connecting the first driving mechanism 141 in an axially movable manner. Therefore, the rotating shaft 140 can be rotated by the first driving mechanism 141 on the one hand, and on the other hand, the lifting assembly 13 can drive the rotating shaft 140 to move up and down without loading the first driving mechanism 141.

Specifically, referring to fig. 12 and 13, fig. 12 is a partially enlarged view of a combined portion of a lifting assembly and a rotating shaft in an embodiment of the present application, fig. 13 is a partially exploded view of a rotating assembly in an embodiment of the present application, and as shown in fig. 12, in order to enable the lifting assembly 13 not to obstruct the rotating motion of the rotating shaft 140, a shaft connecting portion 1401 of the rotating shaft 140 includes a bearing 1401a and a bearing seat 1401b corresponding to the bearing 1401a, and the bearing 1401a is connected to the shaft portion 1400 and is matched with the bearing seat 1401b to enable the rotating shaft 140 to rotate in the lifting assembly 13. As shown in fig. 13, in order to enable the first driving mechanism 141 not to obstruct the lifting movement of the rotating shaft 140 and to drive the rotating shaft 140 to rotate, the shaft portion 1400 is provided with a cross section with unequal distances from the center to the edge, and the gear member 1410 of the first driving mechanism 141 is provided with a through hole adapted to the cross section of the shaft portion 1400, so that the shaft portion 1400 can move axially in the through hole, and the gear member 1410 can drive the shaft portion 1400 to rotate when moving rotationally. Wherein the cross section is in the shape of a polygon such as a triangle, a rectangle, etc., or the cross section is in the shape of a drum as illustrated in fig. 13, and the application does not limit the specific shape.

It should be noted that the number of the mop plate assemblies on the cleaning robot may be multiple, and the rotating assemblies described in any of the above embodiments are correspondingly configured to correspond to the number of the mop plate assemblies. That is, each mop plate component is driven by one rotating component to rotate, so that each rotating component is small in size, and the rotating components can be freely arranged, and the overall spatial arrangement of the cleaning robot is facilitated. Taking the arrangement of two mop cloth disc assemblies as an example, the arrangement of two corresponding rotating assemblies can be respectively and symmetrically arranged at two sides of the bottom of the lifting assembly, so that the space can be saved, and the arrangement of the mop cloth disc driving mechanism is convenient.

With continued reference to fig. 10 and 11, in an embodiment, the lifting assembly 13 includes the second driving mechanism 130 and the lifting mechanism 131, the lifting mechanism 131 includes a lifting bracket 1310 for connecting the rotating shaft 140, the second driving mechanism 130 includes a driving shaft 1300, and the driving shaft 1300 is connected to a center of gravity position of the lifting bracket 1310, so as to drive the lifting bracket 1310 to drive the rotating shaft 140 to perform the lifting and lowering movement.

In order to facilitate the connection between the rotating shaft 1400 and the lifting bracket 1310, in an embodiment, referring to fig. 10 to 12, as shown in the drawing, a preformed mounting structure 1311 is disposed on the lifting bracket 1310, the lifting mechanism 131 further includes a mounting element 1312 engaged with the mounting structure 1311, the mounting element 1312 is configured to be fixed on the mounting structure 1311 and engaged with the mounting structure 1311 to form an accommodating space 1313, the shaft connecting portion 1401 of the rotating shaft 140 is accommodated in the accommodating space 1313, and the shaft portion 1400 extends from the shaft connecting portion 1401 through the mounting element 1312. In some examples, a through hole is provided in the mounting element 1312, and a mounting hole corresponding to the through hole is provided in the mounting structure 1311, and a bolt is passed through the through hole to fix the mounting element 1312 to the mounting structure 1311. Of course, the mounting structure 1311 and the mounting element 1312 may be fixed by other means, which is not limited in this application.

In one embodiment, the lifting mechanism 131 further comprises an elastic element 1314 disposed in the accommodating space 1313, one end of the elastic element 1314 abuts against the mounting structure 1311, and the other end of the elastic element 1314 is connected with the shaft connecting part 1401, and the rotating shaft 140 can axially move in the accommodating space 1313 to deform the elastic element 1314, so as to maintain the contact between the mop plate assembly 15 and the surface to be cleaned by the restoring force of the elastic element 1314. Specifically, when the cleaning robot is in normal wiping operation, the rotating shaft 140 is located at the lowest position in the accommodating space 1313, and the mop plate assembly 15 mounted on the rotating shaft 140 can be closely attached to the surface to be cleaned for wiping operation whether on the floor, carpet or other unsmooth surface to be cleaned. In addition, when the surface to be cleaned is rugged or an obstacle exists on the surface to be cleaned, the shaft 131 can move axially in the receiving space 1313, and the restoring force of the elastic member 1314 can make the mop plate assembly 15 connected to the shaft 140 still maintain good contact with the rugged surface to be cleaned or can assist the cleaning to complete the obstacle crossing operation. The elastic element 1314 may be a spring, for example.

In addition, in some examples, the stroke of the axial movement of the rotating shaft 140 allowed by the accommodating space 1313 is preset to any value between 0.5 mm and 3.5 mm, for example, may be set to 2 mm; in another example, the mounting structure 1311 is configured to have a stepped groove, and a maximum stroke of the axial movement of the rotation shaft 140 in the receiving space is limited by a stepped surface of the stepped groove. The above is merely exemplary, and the present application is not limited to specific stroke values and configurations of the receiving space.

As described above, in some embodiments, the number of the mop disc assemblies on the cleaning robot may be multiple, and the number of the rotating assemblies may be set to a corresponding number, so that the mounting structures, the mounting elements, and the elastic elements corresponding to the number of the rotating shafts of the rotating assemblies may be disposed on the lifting bracket of the lifting assembly described in any of the above embodiments, and the positions, structures, and functions of the mounting structures, the mounting elements, and the elastic elements are as described in any of the above embodiments, and will not be described herein again. It should be noted that, because each rotating shaft of the multiple rotating assemblies multiplexes one second driving mechanism to perform the lifting motion, in order to ensure the balance, the mounting structures corresponding to the number of rotating shafts of the rotating assemblies and arranged on the lifting support are symmetrically distributed on the lifting support, and the second driving mechanisms are located at the position of the center of gravity of the lifting support.

Continuing with the example of two mop plate assemblies, as shown in fig. 10 and 11, the lifting bracket 1310 may be configured as an elongated strip, two mounting structures 1311 are symmetrically disposed at two ends of the lifting bracket 1310, the second driving mechanism 130 is located below the symmetric center point of the lifting bracket 1310, and the lifting bracket 1310 is driven by the second driving mechanism 130 to ascend and descend integrally, so that the rotating shafts 140 at two sides of the lifting bracket 1310 move up and down along with the lifting bracket 1310.

During the lifting and lowering process of the lifting and lowering frame, the lifting and lowering frame may be inclined due to unbalanced forces, which may cause a certain degree of twisting of the shaft, which may prevent the shaft from continuing to move, and may cause inconsistent height of the mop disc assembly, which may be detrimental to the cleaning of the surface to be cleaned and the assembly and disassembly of the mop disc assembly as mentioned later.

In view of this, in some embodiments, as shown in fig. 10 and 11, the lifting mechanism 131 further comprises a balance member 1315, the balance member 1315 being connected to the lifting bracket 1310 for maintaining the lifting and lowering movement of the lifting bracket 1310 horizontal. In one example, the floor pan assembly is provided in two, the balance member 1315 includes a first balance spring and a second balance spring, centered on the second driving mechanism 130, and a first balance spring 1310a and a second balance spring 1310b symmetrically disposed at the bottom of the lifting bracket 1310, the first balance spring and the second balance spring generating a difference in elasticity based on the tilting of the lifting bracket 1310 to adjust the lifting bracket 1310 to a horizontal state. Specifically, for example, one end of each of the first and second balance springs is symmetrically fixed to the lifting bracket 1310, and the other end is disposed on a corresponding spring mounting member 1316, and the spring mounting members 1316 are disposed on the housing of the corresponding rotating assembly 14.

Referring to fig. 14a and 14b, the balancing process of the first and second balancing springs will be described with reference to fig. 14a and 14b, which are schematic diagrams illustrating the balancing process of the lifting bracket adjusted by the balancing member according to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 14a, during the descending process of the lifting bracket 1310, the tilting occurs to the right side, so that the second balancing spring 1315b on the right side is deformed to a greater extent than the first balancing spring 1315a on the left side, that is, the two balancing springs (1315a, 1315b) generate a difference in elastic force, and in order to overcome the difference in elastic force, the lifting bracket 1310 is pulled back to the balanced state, so as to maintain the balance, as shown in fig. 14 b.

It should be noted that the above embodiment is only exemplified by providing two balancing springs in the case of having two mop plate assemblies, and in other embodiments, the mop plate assemblies may be provided in a plurality of more than two as described above, so that the balancing elements may be symmetrically provided in corresponding plurality of balancing springs, which is not limited by the present application.

In one embodiment, the mop plate assembly 15 is mounted on the shaft 140 and is driven by the shaft 140 to rotate and move up and down. However, in some situations, due to the limited bottom space of the cleaning robot, simply lifting the mop disc assembly 15 is not sufficient for the purpose of avoiding wetting/soiling of certain areas, for example, when cleaning a rug, even if the mop disc assembly 15 is lifted, wetting/soiling of the rug may occur.

In view of this, in an embodiment, referring to fig. 15 in combination with fig. 10 and 11, fig. 15 is a bottom view schematically illustrating a plate body of a mop plate assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention, wherein the mop plate assembly 15 is detachably mounted on the rotating shaft 140, a first engaging structure 151 is provided at a central portion of a lower surface of the plate body 150 of the mop plate assembly 15, and the plate body 150 is driven by the rotating shaft 140 such that the first engaging structure 151 catches or releases a second engaging structure 215 on a base station. The second engaging structure 215 is disposed on the docking component at the bottom of the base station. The specific structure of the second engaging structure 215 is described in detail in any one of the embodiments shown in fig. 19 to fig. 20, and the base station corresponding to the second engaging structure 215 is, for example, the base station described in any one of the embodiments shown in fig. 18 to fig. 25.

In one embodiment, the mop cover plate assembly 15 is detachably mounted on the rotating shaft 140 of the cleaning robot in a clamping manner, for example, by clamping the mop cover plate assembly 15 on the rotating shaft 140 through an interference fit physical structure, such as a clamping groove or a protruding fit (not shown), specifically, for example, an annular protrusion is provided on the rotating shaft 140, a groove structure matched with the annular protrusion is provided in a corresponding rotating hole of the mop cover plate assembly 15, and thus, the mop cover plate assembly 15 is detachably mounted on the rotating shaft 140. It will be appreciated that the mounting of the mop plate assembly 15 on the spindle 140 can be achieved with only additional force, for example in this application the mop plate assembly 15 can be mounted on the spindle 140 by simply applying a force to the spindle towards the mop plate assembly 15; or an opposing force may be applied to remove the mop plate assembly 15 from the spindle 140.

In another embodiment, the mop plate assembly 15 is detachably mounted on the shaft 140 in a magnetic attraction manner. In the present embodiment, the magnetic attraction means is a magnetic attraction of a magnet to an alloy material made of iron, cobalt, or nickel or containing any of iron, cobalt, and nickel. In this embodiment, the rotating shaft 140 is a magnetic shaft correspondingly combined with the mop plate assembly 15, for example, the rotating shaft 140 is made of iron, cobalt, or nickel, or an alloy material containing any one of iron, cobalt, and nickel.

The mop plate assembly 15 further includes a catch formation 152 and a magnetic member 153. The slot structure 152 is formed on the upper surface of the disc body 150 for the rotation shaft 140 to be inserted, and the rotation shaft 140 can drive the disc body 150 to rotate when rotating. In this embodiment, in order to facilitate the insertion of the rotation shaft 140 into the slot structure 152, the shaft head portion of the rotation shaft 140 has an inclined surface, and the radial cross section of the rotation shaft 140 is hexagonal, accordingly, the inlet of the slot structure 152 is designed to be an inclined structure conforming to the inclined surface of the shaft head portion of the rotation shaft 140, and the sidewall of the inner space of the slot structure 152 is designed to conform to the hexagonal shape of the outer shape structure of the rotation shaft 140, so that the rotation shaft 140 rotates to drive the mop plate assembly 15 to rotate.

In order to enable the shaft 140 to be inserted into the catch formation 152 so as to retain the entire mop plate assembly 15 on the shaft 140, the mop plate assembly 15 further comprises a magnetic member 153 disposed at the base of the catch formation 152. In this embodiment, the magnetic member is a permanent magnet or an electromagnet, and is used for attracting the rotating shaft 140 made of iron, cobalt, or nickel, or an alloy containing any one of iron, cobalt, and nickel, by magnetic force, so as to hold the whole mop plate assembly 15 on the chassis 11 of the cleaning robot.

In one embodiment, as shown in fig. 15, the first engaging structure 151 is located at a central portion of the lower surface of the disc body 150. The first engaging structure 151 is circular, disposed at the axial center of the tray body 150 and recessed into the lower surface of the tray body 150, and a mop cloth (not shown) is disposed around the first engaging structure 151, and the mop cloth is of an annular structure and is held on the tray body 150 by a sticking material or a sticking structure, such as an barbed felt or a magic tape.

In an embodiment, the first engaging structure 151 is formed on the rotary slot of the lower surface of the disc body 150, and includes a groove body 1510, a plurality of locking spaces 1511 formed along a sidewall of the groove body 1510 and corresponding to the plurality of latches, and a releasing space 1512 located outside the plurality of locking spaces. In this embodiment, the locking space 1511 is formed by a one-way groove 1513 formed in the recess body 1510 and the bottom and side surfaces of the recess body 1510, and the one-way groove 1513 includes a first blocking piece horizontally disposed at the edge of the opening of the recess body and parallel to the bottom surface of the recess body, and a second blocking piece connecting the first blocking piece and the bottom surface of the recess body 1510. As shown in the figure, in this embodiment, the first engaging structure 151 further includes a limiting structure 1514 protruding at a central position of the groove body 1510, and the limiting structure 1514 is used for cooperating with the second engaging structure 215 to position the second engaging structure 215.

Referring to fig. 16a to 16c, which are schematic views illustrating the operation of loading and unloading the mop disc assembly in an embodiment of the present invention, and referring to fig. 16a to 16c, as shown in the drawings, the mop disc driving assembly provided on the cleaning robot 1 includes a rotating shaft 140 capable of rotating and moving up and down, the rotating shaft 140 is inserted into the slot structure 152, and the entire mop disc assembly 15 is held on the cleaning robot 1 due to the magnetic attraction of the magnetic member 153 provided at the bottom of the slot of the rotating shaft 140 and the slot structure 152.

In a state where the cleaning robot 1 is parked at the parking position of the parking space assembly, the second engaging structure 215 is located below the first engaging structure 151, and is in a state shown in fig. 16 a. When the control unit of the cleaning robot 1 issues to detach the mop plate assembly 15, the lifting assembly 13 of the mop plate driving mechanism lowers the rotating shaft 140 to lower the first engaging structure 151 of the mop plate assembly 15 to enable the second engaging structure 215 to enter the first engaging structure 151, and then the rotating assembly 14 of the mop plate driving mechanism controls the rotating shaft 140 to rotate in the first direction (for example, clockwise direction) of the mop plate assembly 15, so that the first engaging structure 151 is also driven to rotate in the first direction, and the latch of the second engaging structure 215 enters the latch space of the first engaging structure 151, thereby engaging the first engaging structure 151 with the second engaging structure 215, and further capturing the second engaging structure, which is in the state shown in fig. 16 b.

Next, the lifting assembly 13 of the mop disc driving mechanism outputs reverse power to lift the rotation shaft 140, and at this time, the rotation shaft 140 is separated from the catching structure 152 during the lifting due to the catching force between the first catching structure 151 and the second catching structure of the mop disc assembly 15, so that the mop disc assembly 15 is detached from the cleaning robot 1, and the state is shown in fig. 16 c.

In the process of mounting the mop disc assembly 15 to the cleaning robot 1, please refer to fig. 16c to 16a in sequence, which is a reverse process, and the skilled person can understand the reverse process according to the illustration to mount the mop disc assembly 15 to the cleaning robot 1, and the description of the present application is omitted.

It will be appreciated that for the purpose of illustrating the inventive features of the mop plate removal section of the present application, the mop plate drive assembly having a spindle, the mop plate assembly having a first engagement structure, and the docking assembly provided with a second engagement structure may also be collectively described in some embodiments as part of a mop plate removal mechanism for use in a cleaning system including the cleaning robot and base station. Wherein, the structure and function of the docking assembly will be described in detail in any embodiment of fig. 18 to 25 with respect to a base station, the mop plate driving assembly may adopt the mop plate driving assembly described in any embodiment of the present application, and the mop plate assembly may adopt the structure of the mop plate assembly shown in fig. 15 and described with reference to any embodiment of fig. 10 and 11, which is not described herein again.

Referring to fig. 17, which is an exploded view of the cleaning robot and the water tank assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown, the mop plate driving assembly and the water tank assembly 16 are disposed at the rear side of the dust collecting chamber 122 because the arrangement of the dust collecting chamber 122, the dust collecting assembly 124, and the dust discharging assembly 125 provides a sufficient space for the rear portion thereof, wherein the water tank assembly 16 is detachably disposed at the rear side of the mop plate driving assembly, and the water tank assembly 16 supplies water to the mops on the mop plate assembly 15 through a waterway. In order to facilitate the cleaning robot to automatically add water to the water tank assembly 16, as shown in the figure, in the present embodiment, a water inlet structure 160 is further disposed on the water tank assembly 16, the water inlet structure 160 is used for docking a corresponding water filling structure on the base station, so as to add water to the water tank assembly 16 via the base station, and the structure and function of the water filling structure will be described in detail in any embodiment related to the base station as shown in fig. 18 to 25.

In the related art, the cleaning robot is not only responsible for cleaning garbage but also provided with a mop device for mopping a cleaning surface such as a floor to perform a mopping function, but in the related art, the mop device of the cleaning robot still requires a user to manually detach it from a chassis of the cleaning robot for cleaning after being used, and also requires the user to manually detach the water tank and add water when the amount of water in the water tank on the cleaning robot is insufficient, which causes great inconvenience to the user.

In view of this, the present application also provides a base station for docking a cleaning robot, which may be, for example, the cleaning robot described in any of the embodiments of fig. 1 to 17 above. The base station is integrated with both a water tank assembly and a dust collection container, thereby being capable of performing functions of recovering the garbage in the dust box of the cleaning robot, cleaning a mop tray assembly of the cleaning robot, adding water to the water tank assembly of the cleaning robot, and the like.

Referring to fig. 18, which is a schematic structural diagram of a base station in an embodiment of the present application, as shown in the figure, the base station 2 includes a base station body 20, a berth component 21, a dust collecting container 23, and a water tank component 22. The base station body 20 is provided with a dust collecting cavity 200 and a water tank accommodating cavity 201 which are longitudinally arranged in parallel, and the back of the base station body 20 is provided with a water supply mechanism and a water pumping mechanism. The docking assembly 21 is extendedly provided at the bottom of the base station body 20, the water tank assembly 22 is detachably provided in the water tank accommodation chamber 201, and includes a first liquid storage part 220 communicating with the water supply mechanism and a second liquid storage part 221 communicating with the water pumping mechanism, and the dust collection container 23 is detachably provided in the dust collection chamber 200. Wherein, the water tank assembly 22 and the dust collecting container 23 are arranged in parallel in the base station body 20 by the longitudinal parallel design of the dust collecting chamber 200 and the water tank accommodating chamber 201, thereby being capable of reducing the height of the base station body 20. It should be noted that, in order to facilitate the display of the corresponding relationship between the dust collecting container 23 and the dust collecting chamber 200, and between the water tank accommodating chamber 201 and the water tank assembly 22, a part of the bag body of the dust collecting container 23 is illustrated in a perspective manner, that is, a part hidden by the bag body of the dust collecting container 23 is illustrated in the drawing, and the base station body 20 is illustrated in the drawing with a part of the housing removed, which is not a limitation on the base station structure provided in the present application.

Referring to fig. 19, which is a schematic view illustrating an installation structure of the parking assembly in an embodiment of the present disclosure, as shown in the drawing, the parking assembly 21 includes two parts that can be assembled and disassembled, that is, a parking body 210 for parking and a slope member 211, and the assembling and disassembling of the parking body 210 and the slope member 211 are realized through an engaging structure. As shown in fig. 19, card slot structures 2100 are symmetrically disposed at an edge of the parking body 210 facing the slope piece 211, correspondingly, a protrusion structure 2110 corresponding to the card slot structure 2100 is disposed on a side of the slope piece 211 opposite to the parking body 210, and the parking body 210 and the slope piece 211 are assembled by the engagement of the protrusion structure 2110 of the hook and the card slot structure 2100. In order to facilitate the cleaning robot to stop at the berth assembly 21, in some examples, the slope piece 211 is further provided with anti-skid stripes corresponding to the driving wheels of the cleaning robot.

In an embodiment, the parking body 210 is provided with a mop cloth manipulation region 212 corresponding to a mop cloth disc assembly, and the cleaning robot is parked at the parking position, and the mop cloth disc assembly is located at the mop cloth manipulation region 212.

In one embodiment, the mop handle 212 is an opposing depression in which is disposed a second detent 215 that cooperates with a first detent on a mop plate assembly of the cleaning robot of any of the embodiments of fig. 1-17 and the description thereof to effect loading and unloading of the mop plate assembly.

Referring to fig. 20, which is a schematic structural view of a second engaging structure in an embodiment of the present application, as shown in fig. 20, the second engaging structure 215 is a buckle having a plurality of latches 2150, and specifically, the latches 2150 are uniformly distributed in 3 numbers, that is, every two adjacent latches 2150 form an included angle of 120 °. In order to facilitate the cleaning robot with the mop plate assembly to enter into the parking position, in one example, as shown in fig. 20, the second engaging structure 215 further has a guide groove 2151, the parking position assembly 21 is provided with a guide member 217 and an elastic member 216 which cooperate with the guide groove 2151 to guide the movement direction of the guide groove 2151, one end of the elastic member 216 is fixed to the guide groove 2151, the other end of the elastic member 216 is fixed to the guide member 217, and the elastic member 216 is deformed to adjust the height of the second engaging structure 215. Specifically, in the free state of the elastic element 216, the guide groove 2151 of the second engaging structure 215 can contact with the guide 217, and during the process that the cleaning robot enters the parking space, since the bottom of the plate body of the mop plate assembly also has various concave or convex structures, and the posture of the cleaning robot is changed constantly, during this process, in order to smoothly park at the parking space, the cleaning robot presses down the second engaging structure 215, the elastic element 216 deforms, and when the parking of the cleaning robot is completed, as shown in fig. 16a, the second engaging structure 215 is located below the first engaging structure 151 due to the space gap between the first engaging structure 151 and the second engaging structure 215, the elastic element 216 resets, and the second engaging structure 215 returns to the initial height. It should be noted that, in some embodiments, the guide member and the guide groove may also be omitted, and only the spring element is connected to the second engaging structure to deform and adjust the height of the second engaging structure, which is not limited in this application.

In one embodiment, referring to fig. 18 to 20, the mop plate operating area 212 is further provided with a water spraying structure 213, the water spraying structure 213 is communicated with a water supply mechanism provided on the base station body 20, and the first liquid storage part 220 delivers water to the mop plate operating area 212 through the water spraying structure 213 for cleaning the mop plate assembly.

In one embodiment, as shown in fig. 20, the mop plate manipulating region 212 is further provided with a scrubbing strip 218, which scrubbing strip 218 scrubs by contacting the mop plate assembly to clean the mop plate assembly. Specifically, the cleaning robot may rotate the mop plate assembly at the mop plate manipulation zone 212, and the scrubbing strip 218 rubs against the mop plate assembly to wash dirt off the mop plate assembly.

In one embodiment, as shown in fig. 20, the mop plate manipulating block 212 is provided with a waste opening 214, wherein the mop plate manipulating block 212 is provided with a sloped surface, the waste opening 214 is located at a lower end of the sloped surface, and the waste opening 214 communicates with a pumping mechanism provided on the base station body 20, such that the pumping mechanism pumps waste water out of the mop plate manipulating block 212 through the waste opening 214.

In an embodiment, the base station body 20 further movably sets a top cover body for covering the dust collecting cavity 200 and the water tank accommodating cavity 201, as shown in fig. 18, the top cover body 205 is movably connected to the top end of the base station body 20 in a hinged manner for covering the internal space of the base station body 20, and particularly for covering the dust collecting cavity 200 and the water tank accommodating cavity 201 of the base station body 20. In a specific example, in order to make the top cover 205 and the dust collecting chamber 200 in a better sealing state in a covering state, the top cover 205 is provided with a sealing ring (not numbered) engaged with the dust collecting chamber 200. In other examples, the top cover 205 and the tank receiving cavity 201 also need to be better sealed, and the top cover 205 may also be provided with a sealing ring (not numbered) engaged with the tank receiving cavity 201. The sealing ring may be a sealing member made of soft rubber, or may be a protruding structure that is disposed on the top cover 205 and can fit with a corresponding cavity, which is not limited in this application.

In an embodiment, the base station body 20 is further provided with a negative pressure device communicated with the dust collecting chamber 200, and the dust collecting container 23 recovers the garbage in the cleaning robot under the action of the negative pressure device. As shown in fig. 18, the negative pressure device 24 is disposed at the bottom side of the dust collecting chamber 200, a dust suction inlet 202 for abutting against the cleaning robot is disposed on the bottom side wall of the base station body 20, and the dust suction inlet 202 communicates with the dust collecting chamber 200 through a conveying passage (not shown). Wherein, the bottom sidewall of the base station body 20 is disposed at the bottom side of the dust collecting chamber 200 and the water tank receiving chamber 201, and forms a parking space of the cleaning robot at the parking position in combination with the parking position assembly 21 and the bottom areas of the dust collecting chamber 200 and the water tank receiving chamber 201. The dust suction inlet 202 is used for connecting a dust discharge port of a cleaning robot as described in any one of fig. 1 to 17.

In an example of this embodiment, the garbage suction inlet 202 includes a sealing member (not numbered) made of soft rubber for sealing a gap between the dust outlet of the cleaning robot and the dust inlet when the cleaning robot is in contact with the dust outlet.

In one example of this embodiment, the negative pressure device 24 is a vacuum blower or a suction fan for generating a negative pressure air flow during operation, which can convey the waste at the waste suction opening 202 into the conveying passage and via the conveying passage into the dust collecting container 23 of the dust collecting chamber 100.

Referring to fig. 21 in conjunction with fig. 18, fig. 21 is a schematic view illustrating a corresponding relationship between a base station and a dust container in an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in the figure, the dust container 23 is detachably disposed in a dust collecting chamber 200, and in this embodiment, the dust container 23 is configured as a dust bag including a bag body and a bag inlet (not numbered), and the bag inlet is communicated with a garbage suction port 202 through a conveying passage to recycle the garbage in the cleaning robot under the action of the negative pressure device 24.

The dust collecting bag is used for receiving the airflow with the garbage from the outlet 2000 of the conveying channel arranged on the dust collecting cavity 200 and retaining the garbage in the bag body. The dust bag may be disposable and the bag body may be composed of paper or fabric, e.g. non-woven fabric, which allows air to pass through but traps the cleaned waste, so that the air flow with the waste is received by the dust bag and discharged through the underpressure device 24, the cleaned waste being retained in the bag body of the dust bag.

In order to collect the cleaned garbage at the outlet 2000, a guide groove structure 2001 is arranged on the periphery of the outlet 2000, a guide rail structure 230 correspondingly clamped to the guide groove structure 2001 is arranged at the bag inlet of the dust collection bag, and the outlet 2000 of the conveying channel is butted and sealed with the bag inlet through the matching of the guide rail structure 230 and the guide groove structure 2001. In this embodiment, the rail structure 230 is a fixing card.

It should be noted that, in other embodiments, the dust collecting container 23 may also be configured as a dust collecting barrel, and those skilled in the art only need to design the air inlet and the air outlet, which is not limited in the present application.

In one embodiment, the base station body 20 is provided with a water supply mechanism and a water pumping mechanism on the back, and the water tank assembly 22 includes a first liquid storage part and a second liquid storage part. Wherein the first liquid storage part is communicated with the water supply mechanism so as to provide liquid, such as clean water, for the cleaning robot through the water supply mechanism, and the provided liquid can be used for adding water for the cleaning robot or cleaning a mop plate component. The second liquid storage part is communicated with the water pumping mechanism so as to recycle the sewage in the mop plate operation area through the water pumping mechanism.

Referring to fig. 22, which is a schematic view illustrating a corresponding relationship between a base station and a water tank assembly in an embodiment of the present disclosure, in the embodiment, a partition 2010 is disposed in the water tank accommodating chamber 201, and the water tank accommodating chamber 201 is divided into a first accommodating space 2011 and a second accommodating space 2012 by the partition 2010, wherein the first accommodating space 2011 is located at a side close to the dust collecting chamber 200, and the second accommodating space 2012 is located at a side far from the dust collecting chamber 200; the water tank assembly comprises a first liquid storage part 220 and a second liquid storage part 221 which are relatively independent, namely the first liquid storage part 220 is detachably arranged in the first accommodating cavity 2011, the second liquid storage part 221 is detachably arranged in the second accommodating cavity 2012, and the two accommodating spaces (2011, 2012) are mutually independent in assembly and disassembly.

In some examples of this embodiment, the first liquid storage part 220 and the second liquid storage part 221 may be respectively configured as a water tank structure made of plastic material, and for convenience of description and distinction, the water tank structure corresponding to the first liquid storage part 220 may be referred to as a first water tank, and the water tank structure corresponding to the second liquid storage part 221 may be referred to as a second water tank.

For example, the first water tank includes a tank body 2201 and a cover 2200, and the cover 2200 is movably connected to the tank body 2201, for example, by a hinge, and is used for covering the inner space of the tank body 2201. The cover 2200 is provided with a first locking structure 2202, the box 2201 is provided with a second locking structure (not shown) corresponding to the first locking structure 2202, and the first locking structure 2202 and the second locking structure lock or unlock the box 2201 and the cover 2200 under the action of force. Further, in order to make the case 2201 and the cover 2200 in a better sealing state in a closed state to prevent water leakage, a sealing ring engaged with the case 2201 may be provided on the cover 2200. Of course, the sealing ring may also be disposed on the box 2201, and only the sealing between the two is required to be ensured after the two are closed.

Further, in order to facilitate the user to add water to the first water tank, in some examples, the cover 2200 of the first water tank is further provided with a water adding hole 2203, and the water adding hole 2203 is provided with a removable closing member 2204. Wherein, the closing member 2204 is installed in the scene of the water filling hole 2203, the water filling hole can be sealed to prevent the liquid in the first water tank from leaking out, and the water can be filled into the first water tank through the water filling hole 2203 in the scene of the closing member 2204 being detached from the water filling hole 2203.

For example, the second water tank includes a tank body and a cover body, and the composition and connection manner of the tank body and the cover body are similar to those described in the first water tank, where a difference is that since a water filling hole and a closing member are not necessarily required to be disposed on the cover body of the second water tank, the rest parts are not described herein again.

Referring to fig. 23, which is a schematic diagram illustrating a corresponding relationship between a base station and a water tank assembly in another embodiment of the present disclosure, in this embodiment, the water tank assembly 22 may be configured as a water tank structure made of a plastic material, and for distinguishing from the embodiment shown in fig. 22, the water tank structure of the water tank assembly 22 is referred to as a third water tank. Here, the first reservoir part 220 and the second reservoir part 221 included in the water tank assembly 22 are integrally formed, and the first reservoir part 220 and the second reservoir part 221 are separately formed by a baffle component 224 provided in the water tank assembly 22.

For example, as shown in fig. 23, the third tank comprises a cover 2205 and a tank body 2206, wherein the cover 2205 is movably connected to the tank body 2206 by a hinge, for example, and is used for covering the inner space of the tank body 2206. The cover 2205 is provided with a third latch structure 2207, the box 2206 is provided with a fourth latch structure 2208 corresponding to the third latch structure 2207, the third latch structure 2207 and the fourth latch structure 2208 lock or unlock the box 2206 and the cover 2205 under the action of force, and the box 2206 is provided with a barrier 224 to divide the box 2206 into a first liquid storage part 220 and a second liquid storage part 221. Further, in order to make the casing 2206 and the cover 2205 in a closed state to be in a better sealing state to avoid water leakage, a sealing ring (not numbered) engaged with the casing 2201 may be provided on the cover 2200. Of course, the sealing ring may be disposed on the box 2201, and only the sealing of the two can be ensured after the two are covered. Further, in order to prevent the liquid mixing between the first reservoir part 220 and the second reservoir part 221, in some examples, a sealing strip (not numbered) is disposed on a region of the cover 2205 corresponding to the barrier 224, and the sealing strip is used for being in close contact with the barrier 224 to close a water flow path between the first reservoir part 220 and the second reservoir part 221 when the cover 2205 covers the box 2206.

Further, in order to facilitate the user to add water to the first liquid storage part 220 in the third water tank, in some examples, a water adding hole 2209 is further provided on the cover 2205 of the third water tank on a side corresponding to the first liquid storage part 220, and a removable sealing member (not numbered) is provided on the water adding hole 2209. Wherein, the closing member is installed in the scene of filling the water hole 2209, can seal the filling water hole to prevent the liquid in the first liquid storage part 220 from leaking, and under the scene of the closing member is detached from filling the water hole 2209, can add water to the first liquid storage part 220 through filling the water hole 2209.

Additionally, in some examples, the barrier 224 that separates the tank assembly 22 to form the first reservoir part 220 and the second reservoir part 221 may be provided as a fixed barrier or an elastomeric membrane, in examples where the barrier 224 is a fixed barrier, the spatial capacity of the first reservoir part 220 and the second reservoir part 221 is fixed; in the example where the barrier 224 is an elastomeric membrane that allows the volume capacity of the first reservoir 220 and the second reservoir 221 to vary, for example, when the first reservoir 220 contains a small amount of water and the second reservoir 221 contains a large amount of water, the elastomeric membrane allows the second reservoir 221 to be squeezed toward the volume of the first reservoir 220, thereby increasing the volume capacity of the second reservoir 221; when the first liquid storage part 220 contains a large amount of water and the second liquid storage part 221 contains a small amount of water, the elastic membrane enables the first liquid storage part 220 to be pressed towards the space of the second liquid storage part 221, so that the capacity of the first liquid storage part 220 is increased.

In some embodiments, the capacities of the first reservoir part 220 and the second reservoir part 221 may be set to any value from 3L to 5L, and the capacities within the range may ensure that the cleaning robot works for a long time and the user needs to add/drain water to the reservoir parts frequently. Further, the capacity of the first reservoir part 220 and the second reservoir part 221 may be set to 4L.

In some embodiments, a water supply connection part is disposed in the first liquid storage part 220, and the water supply connection part is used for communicating with a water supply mechanism at the back of the base station body 20 so as to supply the liquid in the first liquid storage part 220 to the water supply mechanism. In the example shown in fig. 23, the water supply connection part 222 includes a water pipe extending from the connection part to the bottom of the first reservoir part 220, and a connection part (not numbered) for connecting a water supply mechanism.

In some embodiments, a water level warning device is disposed in the second liquid storage part 221 for closing a communication path with the water pumping mechanism when the liquid in the second liquid storage part 221 exceeds a preset volume.

Referring to fig. 24 in combination with fig. 19, fig. 24 is a schematic structural diagram of a water supply mechanism in an embodiment of the present invention, the water supply mechanism 25 is disposed at the back of the base station body 20, a water injection structure 203 for abutting against a water inlet structure of the cleaning robot is disposed on a bottom side wall of the base station body 20, the water supply mechanism 25 injects water into a water tank of the cleaning robot through the water injection structure 203, and the water supply mechanism 25 supplies water to a mop operating area 212 through a water injection structure 213.

As shown in fig. 24, the water supply mechanism 25 includes a water supply pumping structure 250, an input line 251, a first fluid control structure 252, a water injection line 255, and a cleaning line 253, wherein the water supply pumping structure 250 is communicated with the first reservoir part 220 for pumping out the liquid in the first reservoir part 220; the input pipe 251 is communicated with the water supply pumping structure 250 to receive the liquid pumped by the water supply pumping structure 250; the first fluid control structure 252 is connected to the input pipeline 251, the water injection pipeline 255 and the cleaning pipeline 253, the water injection pipeline 255 is communicated with the water injection structure 203, the cleaning pipeline 253 is communicated with the water spray structure 213, and the first fluid control structure 252 is used for controlling the flow direction of the liquid. For example, when performing a water addition to the water tank of the cleaning robot, the first fluid control structure 252 controls the flow of liquid to the water injection line 255; when performing cleaning of the mop plate assembly of the cleaning robot, the first fluid control structure 252 controls the flow of liquid to the cleaning conduit 253; of course, it is also possible to perform both the filling of the water tank of the cleaning robot and the cleaning of the mop plate assembly, the first fluid control structure 252 controlling a part of the liquid flow to the filling line 255 and the other part to the cleaning line 253.

In some examples of this embodiment, the water supply pumping structure 250 may be configured as a water pump, and the first fluid control structure 252 includes a three-way valve having an input connected to the delivery line 251, a first output connected to the water supply line 255, and a second output connected to the cleaning line 253.

In some examples of this embodiment, taking fig. 24 as an example, the cleaning pipeline 253 includes a water inlet pipe 2530, a second fluid control structure 2531 and a water conveying pipe 2532 corresponding to the number of water outlets in the water spraying structure 213, the water inlet pipe 2530 receives the liquid output by the first fluid control structure 252, and the second fluid control structure 2531 is used for dividing the liquid of the water inlet pipe 2530 to convey to the water conveying pipe 2532 respectively, and conveying the liquid to the water outlets corresponding to the water spraying structure 213 by the water conveying pipe 2532. Of course, in other examples, the cleaning conduit 253 includes only a water conduit, and the water conduit directly conveys the received liquid to the water spray structure 213.

In one embodiment, the water supply mechanism 25 further comprises an electrolytic water structure for electrolyzing the liquid supplied by the water supply mechanism 25. As shown in fig. 24, the electrolyzed water structure 254 is connected to the input pipeline 251 to electrolyze the liquid supplied by the water supply mechanism 25, and the electrolyzed liquid can be sterilized and supplied to the cleaning robot, so that the cleaning robot can sterilize the cleaning surface during the floor mopping operation, and the cleaning effect of the mop plate assembly is good.

Referring to fig. 25 in combination with fig. 19, fig. 25 is a schematic structural diagram of a water pumping mechanism in an embodiment of the present application, the water pumping mechanism 26 is disposed at the back of the base station body 20, the berth module 21 is disposed with a sewage port 214, and the water pumping mechanism 26 pumps sewage in the sewage port 214 to the second liquid storage part.

In one embodiment, the pumping mechanism 26 includes a pumping mechanism 260, a dirt suction line 261, and an output line 262. The sewage suction pipeline 261 is communicated with the sewage port 214, the input end of the water pumping structure 260 is communicated with the sewage suction pipeline 261, and the output end of the water pumping structure is communicated with the second liquid storage part 221 through the output pipeline 262, so that the recovery of sewage is completed.

To facilitate connection with the first and second reservoirs, in one embodiment, as shown in fig. 25, the base station body 20 is provided with a recess 206 recessed toward the tank receiving cavity 201 at the back, and a water supply pumping structure 250 and a water pumping structure 260 are provided in the recess 206.

In one embodiment, the back of the base station body is further provided with a hot air mechanism (not shown), as shown in fig. 19, the sidewall of the bottom of the base station body 20 is provided with an air outlet 204 communicated with the hot air mechanism, the air outlet 204 faces the mop operating area 212, and the hot air mechanism blows hot air to the air outlet 204, so that the mop disk assembly can be dried. For example, the hot air mechanism may include a blower and a heating module disposed at an air outlet of the blower to heat the air flow to form the hot air flow.

The present application further provides a cleaning system comprising: a cleaning robot and a base station.

The base station comprises a base station body and a berth assembly, wherein the bottom of the base station body is provided with a berth assembly, and the berth assembly comprises a berth body provided with a berth and a second clamping structure arranged on the berth body.

Wherein the cleaning robot is provided with a mop plate driving assembly and a mop plate assembly; wherein, the mop plate driving component comprises a rotating shaft which can rotate and move up and down; the mop plate component is detachably arranged on the rotating shaft and comprises a plate body and a mop arranged on the lower surface of the plate body, a first clamping structure is arranged at the center of the lower surface of the plate body, and the plate body is driven by the rotating shaft to enable the first clamping structure to capture or release the second clamping structure; wherein, in a state that the cleaning robot is parked at the parking position, the rotating shaft descends and causes the first engaging structure to engage with the second engaging structure in a state that the tray body rotates in a first direction, and the rotating shaft ascends to cause the mop tray assembly to be detached from the rotating shaft; or the rotating shaft descends to install the mop plate component on the rotating shaft, and the first clamping structure releases the clamping with the second clamping structure under the state that the plate body rotates in the second direction and is far away from the second clamping structure when the rotating shaft ascends.

In some embodiments, the parking component may be, for example, any one of the embodiments shown in fig. 19 to fig. 20 and the description thereof, and the base station may be, for example, any one of the embodiments shown in fig. 18 to fig. 25 and the description thereof, which are not repeated herein.

In some embodiments, the cleaning robot, the mop plate drive assembly, and the mop plate assembly may be, for example, as shown in any one of fig. 1 to 18 and described herein, and will not be described in detail herein.

As described above, the mop plate driving mechanism, the mop plate attaching and detaching mechanism, the base station, and the cleaning system according to the present disclosure can implement automatic rotation, automatic lifting, and automatic attachment and detachment of the mop plate assembly of the cleaning robot, so that the mop plate assembly can be driven to rotationally wipe the floor, and the mop plate assembly can be lifted or the mop plate assembly can be assisted to be attached and detached when the wiping operation is not required. In addition, the base station that this application provided is integrated with water tank set spare and the dirt container that vertically distributes side by side simultaneously to can be used for carrying out the rubbish of retrieving in the cleaning robot dirt box, wash cleaning robot's mop dish subassembly, give cleaning robot's water tank set spare functions such as add water, can also reduce the height of base station. In the cleaning machines who this application provided, carry out reasonable spatial layout and interior design to cleaning machines's dust exhaust subassembly and collection dirt subassembly, can reserve sufficient installation design space for water tank and mop relevant subassembly.

The above embodiments are merely illustrative of the principles and utilities of the present application and are not intended to limit the application. Any person skilled in the art can modify or change the above-described embodiments without departing from the spirit and scope of the present application. Accordingly, it is intended that all equivalent modifications or changes which may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and technical spirit of the present disclosure be covered by the claims of the present application.

Claims

1. A base station for docking a cleaning robot, comprising:

the base station comprises a base station body, a water tank and a water storage tank, wherein the base station body is provided with a dust collecting cavity, a water tank accommodating cavity and negative pressure equipment, the dust collecting cavity and the water tank accommodating cavity are longitudinally arranged in parallel, the negative pressure equipment is communicated with the dust collecting cavity and is positioned at the bottom side of the dust collecting cavity, and the back of the base station body is provided with a water supply mechanism and a water pumping mechanism;

the berth assembly is arranged at the bottom of the base station body in an extending mode, and a mop cloth operating area is arranged on the berth assembly;

the dust collecting container is detachably arranged in the dust collecting cavity and used for recovering the garbage in the cleaning robot under the action of the negative pressure equipment;

and the water tank component is detachably arranged in the water tank accommodating cavity and comprises a first liquid storage part and a second liquid storage part, the first liquid storage part is communicated with the water supply mechanism to provide liquid for the cleaning robot and the mop operating area, and the second liquid storage part is communicated with the water pumping mechanism to pump the liquid of the mop operating area.

2. The base station of claim 1, wherein a partition is disposed in the tank receiving chamber, the partition dividing the tank receiving chamber into a first receiving space and a second receiving space, the first receiving space being configured to detachably receive the first liquid storage member, and the second receiving space being configured to detachably receive the second liquid storage member.

3. The base station as set forth in claim 2, wherein said first accommodating space is located at a side close to said dust collecting chamber, and said second accommodating space is located at a side far from said dust collecting chamber.

4. The base station according to claim 2, wherein the liquid capacities of the first liquid storage part and the second liquid storage part are set to 3L to 5L, respectively.

5. The base station of claim 1, wherein a baffle is disposed in the tank assembly to form the first reservoir and the second reservoir.

6. A base station according to claim 5, wherein the barrier member is provided as an elastic membrane which allows the spatial capacity of the first and second reservoirs to be varied.

7. The base station of claim 1, wherein a water supply connection part is arranged in the first liquid storage part, and the water supply connection part is used for communicating with the water supply mechanism so as to supply the liquid in the first liquid storage part to the water supply mechanism.

8. The base station of claim 1, wherein a water level warning device is disposed in the second liquid storage part for closing a communication path with the water pumping mechanism when the liquid in the second liquid storage part exceeds a predetermined volume.

9. The base station as claimed in claim 1, wherein a garbage suction port abutting against the cleaning robot is provided on a bottom side portion of the base station body, the dust collecting container is configured as a dust collecting bag including a bag body and a bag inlet communicating with the garbage suction port through a transfer passage to recover the garbage in the cleaning robot by the negative pressure device.

10. The base station according to claim 1, wherein a water injection structure which is butted with the cleaning robot and is communicated with the water supply mechanism is arranged at the middle position of the bottom of the base station body, and the mop operating area is provided with a water injection structure which is communicated with the water supply mechanism; the first liquid storage part supplies liquid to the cleaning robot through the water injection structure, and the first liquid storage part supplies water to the mop operating area through the water injection structure.

11. The base station of claim 1, wherein the water supply mechanism comprises:

the water supply pumping structure is communicated with the first liquid storage part and is used for pumping liquid in the first liquid storage part;

the input pipeline is communicated with the water supply pumping structure to receive the liquid pumped out by the pump;

and the first fluid control structure is connected with the input pipeline and is used for controlling the flow direction of the liquid.

12. The base station of claim 11, wherein the water supply mechanism further comprises: and the electrolytic water structure is connected to the input pipeline and is used for electrolyzing the liquid to output the liquid.

13. The base station according to claim 1, wherein the back of the base station body is further provided with a hot air mechanism, and the bottom of the base station body is provided with an air outlet communicated with the hot air mechanism, and the air outlet faces the mop operating area.

14. The base station of claim 1, wherein the swab operating area is provided with a sewage port in communication with the pumping mechanism, the swab operating area being provided with a ramp surface, the sewage port being provided at a lower end of the ramp surface.

15. A base station according to claim 1, wherein the mop handle area is provided with a second snap-fit formation for engaging the cleaning robot for handling of a mop dish assembly.

16. A base station according to claim 15, wherein a resilient member is provided on the mop handle region, the resilient member being connected to the second catch formation, the resilient member being deformed by a force to adjust the height of the second catch formation.

17. The base station of claim 16, wherein the second engaging structure is provided with a guide slot, and the docking assembly is provided with a guide member engaged with the guide slot, the guide member being configured to guide the movement of the second engaging structure.

18. The base station of claim 15, wherein the second engaging structure is a latch having a plurality of teeth.