INTEGRATED DEVICE FOR SWEEPING, MOPPING AND CLEANING

Information

  • Patent Application
  • 20240423436
  • Publication Number
    20240423436
  • Date Filed
    March 25, 2024
    9 months ago
  • Date Published
    December 26, 2024
    7 days ago
  • Inventors
    • LI; Xinchao
    • SUN; Guoxi
    • ZHONG; Guoyu
    • LU; Zhouming
    • LUO; Guangyu
    • CHEN; Pinlong
    • KONG; Zhitao
  • Original Assignees
    • Guangdong University of Petrochemical Technology
Abstract
An integrated device for sweeping, mopping and cleaning includes a sweeping structure and an automatic mopping and cleaning mechanism installed on an automatic cruise cleaning robotic vehicle. The sweeping structure is located in a front of the automatic mopping and cleaning mechanism. The automatic mopping and cleaning mechanism includes an automatic cleaning structure for mopping rollers, a plurality of wet mopping rollers, a plurality of dry mopping rollers for mopping a floor and being cleaned respectively in turn, and a spray nozzle spraying water on one of the wet mopping rollers mopping the floor and further spring water on a region of the floor in a front of the one of the wet mopping rollers. The one of the wet mopping rollers mopping the floor is located in a front of one of the dry mopping rollers mopping the floor.
Description
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 202310742770.2, filed on Jun. 21, 2023, the contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference.


TECHNICAL FIELD

The disclosure relates to the technical field of environmental cleaning equipment, in particular to an integrated device for sweeping, mopping and cleaning.


BACKGROUND

A mopping device adopts two types of mopping methods: active and passive. A passive mopping device fixedly installs a rag at a bottom end of a robot to ensure an effective contact with the floor. When the robot moves forward, the rag is driven to passively wipe the floor and perform a dust pushing action. Because a water output is controlled in advance, there is not much water left on the floor after wiping, so it is no need to collect the remaining water. This method is simple to implement, but a cleaning effect is not good, and the rag is easy to get dirty. In order to maintain the cleaning effect, it is necessary to replace the rag manually and frequently.


Corresponding to passive mopping, active mopping is to install the rag on movable parts of the robot, such as a crawling mechanism and a rotating mechanism, and drive the rag to move relative to the floor actively through motor movements to simulate a reciprocating wiping process when a person is mopping the floor. This method has a better cleaning effect, but more driving parts are needed and a structure is more complicated.


In order to pursue the efficiency and simplicity of cleaning, some active mopping devices increase a water consumption on a basis of active mopping, and then use a suction motor and a suction tray to recover the sewage. This method is common in washing machines in major shopping malls. When the robot moves forward, it pours clean water on the floor, and then a disk brush moves to clean the floor. After cleaning, residual sewage on the floor is sucked up by a circular suction tray at a back of the robot and collected into a sewage tank. This cleaning method has a good effect, but the structure is large. Moreover, because of friction between the suction tray and the floor, the suction tray is easy to damage and leak water after a period of use, resulting in more sewage remaining on the floor, which reduces the cleaning effect.


SUMMARY

In order to solve the above problems, the disclosure provides an integrated device for sweeping, mopping and cleaning.


In order to achieve the above objectives, the disclosure is realized by a following technical scheme.


An integrated device for sweeping, mopping and cleaning includes a sweeping structure and an automatic mopping and cleaning mechanism installed on an automatic cruise cleaning robotic vehicle. The sweeping structure is located in a front of the automatic mopping and cleaning mechanism. The automatic mopping and cleaning mechanism includes an automatic cleaning structure for mopping rollers, a plurality of wet mopping rollers, a plurality of dry mopping rollers for mopping a floor and being cleaned respectively in turn, and a spray nozzle spraying water on one of the wet mopping rollers mopping the floor and further spring water on a region of the floor in a front of the one of the wet mopping rollers. The one of the wet mopping rollers mopping the floor is located in a front of one of the dry mopping rollers mopping the floor.


In an embodiment, the plurality of wet mopping rollers and the plurality of dry mopping rollers are rotatably mounted on a rotating bracket through multiple first bare shafts respectively, and the wet mopping rollers and the dry mopping rollers are arranged adjacent to each other.


In an embodiment, one end of the rotating bracket is rotatably connected with a first slider mounted on a first lifting mechanism, and another end of the rotating bracket is connected with a first motor mounted on a L-shaped block, and the L-shaped block is fixedly connected with a second slider mounted on a second lifting mechanism.


In an embodiment, ends of the plurality of first bare shafts at a same side are provided with synchronous wheels respectively, where the synchronous wheels are connected by a synchronous belt, and one of the synchronous wheels is connected with a second motor.


In an embodiment, a number of the plurality of wet mopping rollers is two wet mopping rollers, and a number of the plurality of dry mopping rollers is two dry mopping rollers, and the rotating bracket includes two cross brackets fixedly connected with the first bare shafts respectively, and the two wet mopping rollers and the two dry mopping rollers are adjacently arranged between the two cross brackets.


In an embodiment, the automatic cleaning structure for mopping rollers includes two wringing and cleaning components movable relative to each other, first water tanks arranged below the wringing and cleaning components respectively, and a second water tank respectively communicated with the first water tanks and the wringing and cleaning components through first water pipes and second water pipes.


In an embodiment, the first water pipes connecting the first water tanks and the second water tank are provided with water purification filters respectively.


In an embodiment, each of the wringing and cleaning components includes a wringing plate, a water containing cavity formed by the wringing plate and multiple plates, where the wringing plate is positioned above corresponding one of the first water tanks and obliquely arranged. The wringing plate is provided with multiple water outlet holes, and the water containing cavity is communicated with the second water tank through corresponding one of the second water pipes.


In an embodiment, the two wringing and cleaning components are threadedly connected with a screw rod through connecting blocks respectively, where the screw rod is provided with two sections of external threads with opposite spiral directions, and the screw rod is rotatably connected with a mounting plate, and one end of the screw rod is connected with a third motor installed on the mounting plate.


In an embodiment, the sweeping structure includes two edge piping brushes, a main brush and a garbage bin, where the two edge piping brushes are arranged at a front end of the automatic cruise cleaning robotic vehicle, and the main brush and the garbage bin are sequentially arranged at a rear middle part of the two edge piping brushes.


The disclosure has advantages as follows. The sweeping structure is located in front of the automatic mopping and cleaning mechanism for sweeping first and then mopping and cleaning, so a cleaning mode is effective. The wet mopping rollers are located in front of the dry mopping rollers, and the automatic cleaning structure for the mopping roller is arranged for cleaning the rollers, that is, the rollers after mopping the floor are cleaned, and the cleaned rollers are used to mop the floor. Wet mopping first and then dry mopping, a suction tray rubbing against the floor does not need to be used, no sewage residue on the floor is realized, and the rollers mopping the floor are often cleaned, so that the floor cleaning effect is better.





BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS


FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of the disclosure.



FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of an automatic mopping and cleaning mechanism in the disclosure.



FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of installation positions of contracting plates in the disclosure.





DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS

In order to further illustrate technical means and effects adopted by the disclosure to achieve an intended disclosure objective, specific implementation, structure, features and effects according to the disclosure will be described in detail below with reference to attached drawings and preferred embodiments.


As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, an integrated device for sweeping, mopping and cleaning includes a sweeping structure and an automatic mopping and cleaning mechanism installed on an automatic cruise cleaning robotic vehicle 1. The sweeping structure is located in a front of the automatic mopping and cleaning mechanism. Sweeping first and then mopping and cleaning, so a cleaning mode is effective. Specifically, the sweeping structure includes two edge piping brushes 2, a main brush 3 and a garbage bin 4. The two edge piping brushes 2 are arranged at a front end of the automatic cruise cleaning robotic vehicle 1, and the main brush 3 and the garbage bin 4 are sequentially arranged at a rear middle part of the two edge piping brushes 2. Namely, dust and garbage are swept toward the middle by the two edge piping brushes 2, and then swept into the garbage bin 4 by the main brush 3, so a floor cleaning effect is good. The edge piping brushes 2, the main brush 3 and the garbage bin 4 are all in the prior art, which will not be further elaborated here. The automatic mopping and cleaning mechanism includes an automatic cleaning structure 5 for the mopping rollers, multiple wet mopping rollers 7 and multiple dry mopping rollers 8 for mopping a floor and being cleaned respectively in turn, and a spray nozzle 17 spraying water on one of the wet mopping rollers 7 mopping the floor and a floor in a front of the one of the wet mopping rollers 7. The one of the wet mopping rollers 7 mopping the floor is located in a front of one of the dry mopping rollers 8 mopping the floor, that is, the rollers after mopping the floor are cleaned, and the cleaned rollers are used to mop the floor. Mopping the floor and cleaning the rollers are carried out at the same time to realize continuity and consistency of mopping the floor. Wet mopping first and then dry mopping, a suction tray rubbing against the floor needs not be used, no sewage remaining on the floor is realized, and the rollers mopping the floor are often cleaned, which makes a floor cleaning effect better.


Specifically, the multiple wet mopping rollers 7 and the multiple dry mopping rollers 8 are rotatably mounted on a rotating bracket 15 through multiple first bare shafts respectively, so that the wet mopping rollers 7 and the dry mopping rollers 8 may be fixedly sleeved on the first bare shafts. Both ends of each of the first bare shafts are each connected with a bearing mounted on the rotating bracket 15, so as to realize rotation, mopping and cleaning of the wet mopping rollers 7 and the dry mopping roller 8. One end of the rotating bracket 15 is rotatably connected with a first slider mounted on a first lifting mechanism 14, and an other end of the rotating bracket 15 is connected with a first motor 10 mounted on a L-shaped block 11. The L-shaped block 11 is an aluminum block, and the aluminum block has advantages of corrosion resistance, high hardness, light weight, good ductility, good surface treatment performance, bright color, stable chemical properties, no toxicity and pollution, and no spark when rubbed. The L-shaped block 11 is fixedly connected with a second slider mounted on a second lifting mechanism 6. Specifically, one end, fixed in a middle of the rotating bracket 15, of a second bare shaft is connected with a bearing installed on the first slider, and an other end of a second bare shaft is connected with a motor shaft of the first motor 10, so as to realize the rotation of the rotating bracket 15. As shown in FIG. 3, the rotating bracket 15 connected with the wet mopping rollers 7 is also provided with contracting plates inclining backwards and inwards, and middle parts of the contracting plates are concentric with the second bare shaft, and a length of each of the contracting plates is greater than an outer diameter of each of the wet mopping rollers 7, the effect of gathering the sewage back and forth is realized, and the cleaning effect is prevented from being affected because sewage sprayed on the floor or flowing out from two sides of the each of the wet mopping rollers 7 may not be cleaned in time. The first lifting mechanism 14 and the second lifting mechanism 6 installed on the automatic cruise cleaning robotic vehicle 1 are in the prior art, which will not be further elaborated here. Moving ends of the first lifting mechanism 14 and the second lifting mechanism 6 are respectively connected with the first slider and the second slider, which may drive the wet mopping rollers 7 and the dry mopping rollers 8 installed on the rotating bracket 15 to move up and down. Therefore, the rollers touch the floor when mopping the floor, and the rollers leave the floor when cleaning the floor is not required, preventing the rollers from being dirty and damaged when mopping the floor is not required. Ends of the several first bare shafts at the same side are provided with synchronous wheels 9 respectively, the synchronous wheels 9 are connected by a synchronous belt 13, and one of the synchronous wheels 9 is connected with a second motor 12. That is, driven by the second motor 12, all the rollers may rotate at the same time, and different wet mopping rollers 7 and dry mopping rollers 8 may mop and be cleaned at the same time, so a work efficiency is high. The second motor 12 is fixed or directly fixed on the rotating bracket 15 through a top thread of the one of the synchronous wheels 9 and a 3D printed part. The wet mopping rollers 7 and the dry mopping rollers 8 are arranged adjacent to each other, that is, one of the wet mopping rollers 7 and one of the dry mopping rollers 8 form a group, thereby achieving a good cleaning effect of wet mopping first and then dry mopping. In this embodiment, there are two wet mopping rollers 7 and two dry mopping rollers 8, and the rotating bracket 15 includes two cross brackets fixedly connected with the first bare shafts. The wet mopping rollers 7 and the dry mopping rollers 8 are adjacently arranged between the two cross brackets with a simple structure and a convenient operation. The wet mopping and dry mopping as well as cleaning are completed simultaneously by a mutual arrangement of the two wet mopping rollers 7 and the two dry mopping rollers 8, so as to realize the continuity and coherence of mopping the floor. Further, a length of the each of the dry mopping rollers 8 is longer than a length of the each of the wet mopping rollers 7, so that each of the dry mopping rollers 8 may completely clean the sewage left on both sides of the corresponding one of the wet mopping rollers 7 after wet mop cleaning, and further enhance the cleaning effect on the floor.


Specifically, the automatic cleaning structure 5 for the mopping rollers includes two relatively movable wringing and cleaning components, first water tanks 53 arranged below the wringing and cleaning components, and a second water tank 51 respectively communicated with the wringing and cleaning components and the first water tanks 53 through water pipes. The rotating bracket 15 and the rollers are both located between the two relatively movable wringing and cleaning components. When the rollers need to be cleaned, the wringing and cleaning components approach the rollers to clean the rollers. Specifically, the two wringing and cleaning components are respectively connected with a screw rod through connecting blocks 54. The screw rod is provided with two sections of external threads with opposite spiral directions, and the two connecting blocks 54 are respectively connected with the two different external threads, and the screw rod is rotatably connected with a mounting plate 55. Specifically, two ends of the screw rod are respectively connected with bearings installed on the mounting plate 55, and one end of the screw rod is connected with a third motor installed on the mounting plate 55, that is, driven by the third motor, the two wringing and cleaning components move relatively close to or relatively away from each other, so as to realize the cleaning of the rollers. The water pipes connecting the first water tanks 53 and the second water tank 51 are provided with water purification filters, and the sewage after washing the rollers is filtered and cleaned, and then returns to the second water tank 51, so that the sewage after washing the rollers is recycled, which is cost-saving and environment-friendly. Each of the wringing and cleaning components includes a wringing plate 52, water containing cavity formed by the wringing plate 52 and multiple plates, the wringing plate 52 are positioned above the first water tanks 53 and obliquely arranged. The wringing plate 52 is provided with multiple water outlet holes, and the water containing cavity is communicated with the second water tank 51 through the water pipe. When cleaning the rollers, the rollers abut against the wringing plates 52 and rotate and rub. Meanwhile, clean water is sprayed on the rollers through the water outlet holes for cleaning, so that the cleaning effect is good. The sewage after cleaning the rollers falls into the first water tanks 53 and is recycled.


A working principle of the disclosure is as follows.


As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the automatic cruise cleaning robot runs on the floor to be cleaned. The dust and garbage are swept toward the middle by two edge piping brushes 2, and then swept into the garbage bin 4 by the main brush 3. At the same time, the spray nozzle 17 connected with the second water tank 51 sprays water on the one of the wet mopping roller 7 mopping the floor and the floor in front of the wet mopping roller 7, so that the wet mopping roller 7 and the floor in front of the wet mopping roller 7 become wet. Then, driven by the second motor 12, the wet mopping roller 7 and the dry mopping roller 8 rotate to clean the floor by wet mopping first and then dry mopping. After cleaning for a period of time, driven by the first motor 10, the rotating bracket 15 drives the one of the wet mopping rollers 7 and the one of the dry mopping rollers 8 mopping and cleaning the floor to switch with the other of the wet mopping rollers 7 and the other of the dry mopping rollers 8 that are clean. After that, the other of the wet mopping rollers 7 and the other of the dry mopping rollers 8 that are clean perform the cleaning operation, and the wringing and cleaning components move relatively close together, so that the one of the wet mopping rollers 7 and one of the dry mopping rollers 8 after mopping and cleaning the floor abut against the wringing plate 52 and rotate and rub. Meanwhile, the clean water is sprayed through the water outlet holes on the one of the wet mopping rollers 7 and the one of the dry mopping rollers 8 after mopping and cleaning the floor to clean the rollers, while the sewage after cleaning the rollers falls into each of the first water tanks 53, is filtered and cleaned, and then returns to the second water tank 51 for recycling. After the cleaning is completed, the wringing and cleaning components may move away relatively, and the cleaning operation is completed. When there is no need to clean the floor, the rotating bracket 15, the wet mopping rollers 7 and the dry mopping rollers 8 are driven by the first lifting mechanism 14 and the second lifting mechanism 6 to rise away from the floor, so as to avoid the damage of the rollers from affecting the cleaning operation.


The above is only the preferred embodiment of the disclosure, and it does not limit the disclosure in any form. Although the disclosure has been disclosed in the preferred embodiment as described above, it is not used to limit the disclosure. Any person skilled in the art may make some changes or modifications to an equivalent embodiment of equivalent variations by using the technical contents disclosed above without departing from a scope of a technical scheme of the disclosure, but any brief modification, equivalent changes and modifications made to the above embodiment according to a technical essence of the disclosure without departing from the technical scheme of the disclosure are still within the scope of the technical scheme of the disclosure.

Claims
  • 1. An integrated device for sweeping, mopping and cleaning, comprising: a sweeping structure installed on an automatic cruise cleaning robotic vehicle; andan automatic mopping and cleaning mechanism installed on the automatic cruise cleaning robotic vehicle, wherein the sweeping structure is located in a front of the automatic mopping and cleaning mechanism, wherein the automatic mopping and cleaning mechanism comprises: an automatic cleaning structure for mopping rollers;a plurality of wet mopping rollers;a plurality of dry mopping rollers for mopping a floor and being cleaned respectively in turn; anda spray nozzle spraying water on one of the wet mopping rollers mopping the floor and further spraying water on a region of the floor in a front of the one of the wet mopping rollers, wherein the one of the wet mopping rollers mopping the floor is located in a front of one of the dry mopping rollers mopping the floor.
  • 2. The integrated device for sweeping, mopping and cleaning according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of wet mopping rollers and the plurality of dry mopping rollers are rotatably mounted on a rotating bracket through a plurality of first bare shafts respectively, and the wet mopping rollers and the dry mopping rollers are arranged adjacent to each other.
  • 3. The integrated device for sweeping, mopping and cleaning according to claim 2, wherein one end of the rotating bracket is rotatably connected with a first slider mounted on a first lifting mechanism, and another end of the rotating bracket is connected with a first motor mounted on a L-shaped block, and the L-shaped block is fixedly connected with a second slider mounted on a second lifting mechanism.
  • 4. The integrated device for sweeping, mopping and cleaning according to claim 2, wherein ends of the plurality of first bare shafts at a same side are provided with synchronous wheels respectively, wherein the synchronous wheels are connected by a synchronous belt, and one of the synchronous wheels is connected with a second motor.
  • 5. The integrated device for sweeping, mopping and cleaning according to claim 2, wherein a number of the plurality of wet mopping rollers is two wet mopping rollers, and a number of the plurality of dry mopping rollers is two dry mopping rollers, and the rotating bracket comprises two cross brackets fixedly connected with the first bare shafts respectively, and the two wet mopping rollers and the two dry mopping rollers are adjacently arranged between the two cross brackets.
  • 6. The integrated device for sweeping, mopping and cleaning according to claim 1, wherein the automatic cleaning structure for mopping rollers comprises two wringing and cleaning components movable relative to each other, first water tanks arranged below the wringing and cleaning components, and a second water tank respectively communicated with the wringing and cleaning components and the first water tanks through first water pipes and second water pipes.
  • 7. The integrated device for sweeping, mopping and cleaning according to claim 6, wherein the first water pipes connecting the first water tanks and the second water tank are provided with water purification filters respectively.
  • 8. The integrated device for sweeping, mopping and cleaning according to claim 6, wherein each of the wringing and cleaning components comprises a wringing plate, a water containing cavity formed by the wringing plate and a plurality of plates, wherein the wringing plate is positioned above corresponding one of the first water tanks and obliquely arranged; the wringing plate is provided with a plurality of water outlet holes, and the water containing cavity is communicated with the second water tank through corresponding one of the second water pipes.
  • 9. The integrated device for sweeping, mopping and cleaning according to claim 6, wherein the two wringing and cleaning components are threadedly connected with a screw rod through connecting blocks respectively, wherein the screw rod is provided with two sections of external threads with opposite spiral directions, and the screw rod is rotatably connected with a mounting plate, and one end of the screw rod is connected with a third motor installed on the mounting plate.
  • 10. The integrated device for sweeping, mopping and cleaning according to claim 1, wherein the sweeping structure comprises two edge piping brushes, a main brush and a garbage bin; the two edge piping brushes are arranged at a front end of the automatic cruise cleaning robotic vehicle, and the main brush and the garbage bin are sequentially arranged at a rear middle part of the two edge piping brushes.
Priority Claims (1)
Number Date Country Kind
2023107427702 Jun 2023 CN national