The present application claims the priority of the Chinese patent application No. 202220579663.3 filed on Mar. 16, 2022, the entire disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference as part of the present application.
At least one embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a lower shell assembly and a cleaning device.
With the rapid development of modem technology, a concept of smart home gradually wins support among the people. Through networked comprehensive intelligent control and management, the smart home has gradually been able to realize a new “people-oriented” home life experience. Among them, all kinds of smart household appliances emerge in an endless stream, and cleaning devices used for household cleaning include a window cleaning robot and a floor sweeping robot. An adsorption device usually used in various cleaning devices is through vacuum adsorption, that is, a centrifugal fan or a vacuum pump is used as a vacuum generating device to generate a local negative pressure in a gap between the robot body and a surface to be cleaned. The robot attaches to the surface to be cleaned under a pressure difference, so that it can be used for surface cleaning, especially non-horizontal surface cleaning. In order to promote and improve cleaning performance of various cleaning devices, designing a solution that can increase a moving speed of the cleaning device while ensuring a cleaning effect has become a research direction for continuous improvement of a new generation of cleaning device.
The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a lower shell assembly and a cleaning device. The lower shell assembly and the cleaning device can combine the cleaning effect with the moving speed of the cleaning device, and include a module capable of realizing fast and straight-line moving of the cleaning device and a module capable of cleaning by rotation, while ensuring the moving speed of the cleaning device, significantly improving the cleaning efficiency of the cleaning device.
The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a lower shell assembly, including: a lower shell body, including a bottom portion and a side portion, the bottom portion including a first side and a second side which are opposite to each other, and the side portion being arranged around the bottom portion to form a cavity on the first side of the bottom portion; a first module, installed on the second side of the bottom portion; and a second module, installed on the second side of the bottom portion and spaced apart from the first module; the first module is configured to rotate around a rotating axis, the second module is configured to rotate around an axis perpendicular to the rotating axis, and the rotating axis extends in a direction from the first side to the second side.
For example, in the lower shell assembly provided by at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, the bottom portion includes a first installing portion and a second installing portion, the first installing portion is a part of the bottom portion corresponding to the first module, the second installing portion is a part of the bottom portion corresponding to the second module, the side portion has a connecting surface away from the bottom portion, and a distance between the first installing portion and the connecting surface is smaller than a distance between the second installing portion and the connecting surface so that a height difference is provided between the first installing portion and the second installing portion.
For example, the lower shell assembly provided by at least one embodiment of the present disclosure further includes a covering shell portion, the second module includes a cleaning frame and a walking component, and the bottom portion includes a first opening for installing the walking component and the covering shell portion, the covering shell portion is installed on the bottom portion and is configured to receive a part of the walking component, the cleaning frame has a second opening to avoid the walking component.
For example, in the lower shell assembly provided by at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, the cleaning frame is provided with double-layer ribs, and the bottom portion is provided with double-layer ribs, and the double-layer ribs on the cleaning frame are ring-shaped and form grooves therebetween, the double-layer ribs on the bottom portion are ring-shaped and form grooves therebetween, the double-layer ribs on the cleaning frame and the double-layer ribs on the bottom portion are arranged in a manner of inserting with each other, and the bottom portion has an extension guide portion on the second side, a height of the extension guide portion is smaller than a height of each of the double-layer ribs on the bottom portion so that a movement space is provided between the cleaning frame and the bottom portion and the cleaning frame has a movement amount in a height direction, the double-layer ribs on the bottom portion and the double-layer ribs on the cleaning frame provide guide on direction for movement of the cleaning frame in the height direction, the extension guide portion is located outside the double-layer ribs on the bottom portion, one of the double-layer ribs on the cleaning frame is arranged in the groove between the double-layer ribs on the bottom portion, and the other one of the double-layer ribs on the cleaning frame is arranged in a groove formed by the extension guide portion and a rib of the bottom portion close to the extension guide portion.
For example, in the lower shell assembly provided by at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, the bottom portion is further provided with a sealing rib on the second side, and the sealing rib is located inside the double-layer ribs on the bottom portion, the sealing rib and a rib of the double-layer ribs on the bottom portion close to the sealing rib form a receiving space for receiving a sealing member, and the height of the extension guide portion is smaller than a height of the sealing rib, the sealing member is configured to be compressible, a height of the sealing member is greater than the height of any one of the double-layer ribs, and is greater than the height of the sealing rib.
For example, in the lower shell assembly provided by at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, the bottom portion is provided with a position limiting column on the second side, the cleaning frame is provided with a position limiting hole, and the position limiting column is matched with the position limiting hole so that the cleaning frame is connected with the bottom portion by a fastener; the lower shell assembly further includes a middle cover, the middle cover is located on the first side of the bottom portion and is installed on the bottom portion, an air chamber is provided between the middle cover and the bottom portion, and the second installing portion of the bottom portion has an adsorption hole, and a matching position between the position limiting column and the position limiting hole is communicated with the air chamber through the adsorption hole, so that the matching position between the position limiting column and the position limiting hole serves as an air leakage detection hole; the lower shell assembly further includes a negative pressure mechanism, and the negative pressure mechanism includes at least one air chamber, an air inlet covering, at least one fan, and an air outlet covering, the air outlet covering includes at least two air outlet channels.
For example, in the lower shell assembly provided by at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, the air chamber includes a first sub-air chamber corresponding to the first module, a second sub-air chamber corresponding to the second module, and an electronic control valve configured to selectively control an opening area of the first sub-air chamber or the second sub-air chamber.
For example, in the lower shell assembly provided by at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, the air chamber includes a first sub-air chamber corresponding to the first module, a second sub-air chamber corresponding to the second module, a first electronic control valve, and a second electronic control valve, the first electronic control valve is configured to control the opening area of the first sub-air chamber; the second electronic control valve is configured to control the opening area of the second sub-air chamber.
For example, the lower shell assembly provided by at least one embodiment of the present disclosure further includes a wiper strip arranged at the front portion and/or rear portion of the walking component in a walking direction.
For example, in the lower shell assembly provided by at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, the walking component includes at least one roller, and a cleaning portion is provided on at least one side of the roller to clean dirt on the roller.
For example, in the lower shell assembly provided by at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, at least one sub-adsorption region is provided in the cleaning frame, each sub-adsorption region includes at least one sub-adsorption hole, sub-adsorption holes are spaced apart from each other, and a cross-section of each sub-adsorption hole is smaller than an opening cross-section of the second opening.
For example, in the lower shell assembly provided by at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, the first module and the second module are arranged side by side, and a rotation centerline of the first module is at a first symmetry plane of the second module, the first symmetry plane is a plane passing through a center of the second module in a direction perpendicular to a straight-line walking direction of the second module.
For example, the lower shell assembly provided by at least one embodiment of the present disclosure includes a plurality of first modules and a plurality of second modules, the plurality of first modules are spaced apart from each other, and the plurality of second modules are arranged side by side and arranged at intervals, and a rotation centerline of each first module does not overlap with a straight-line walking direction of each second module.
Embodiments of the present disclosure provides a cleaning device, including any one of the lower shell assemblies as described above.
For example, the cleaning device provided by at least one embodiment of the present disclosure further includes: at least one misstep switch, arranged on at least one end portion of the cleaning device, configured to detect moving position information of the cleaning device, and feed back the moving position information to the cleaning device, so as to control walking state of the cleaning device; and/or, at least one air leakage detection hole, arranged on at least one end portion of the cleaning device, configured to detect the moving position information of the cleaning device and feed back the moving position information to the cleaning device, so as to control the walking state of the cleaning device; a one-way portion, the one-way portion being unidirectional in an air outlet direction of the cleaning device; and a first cleaning member and a second cleaning member, the first cleaning member is connected with the first module and is arranged on a side of the first module away from the lower shell body, and the second cleaning member is connected with the second module and is arranged on a side of the second module away from the lower shell body.
In order to make objectives, technical details and advantages of the embodiments of the present disclosure more clear, the technical solutions of the embodiments will be described in a clearly and fully understandable way in connection with the drawings related to the embodiments of the present disclosure. Apparently, the described embodiments are just a part but not all of the embodiments of the present disclosure. Based on the described embodiments herein, those skilled in the art can obtain other embodiment(s), without any inventive work, which should be within the scope of the present disclosure.
Unless otherwise defined, all the technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meanings as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which the present disclosure belongs. The terms “first,” “second,” etc., which are used in the present disclosure, are not intended to indicate any sequence, amount or importance, but distinguish various components. Also, the terms “comprise,” “comprising,” “include,” “including,” etc., are intended to specify that the elements or the objects stated before these terms encompass the elements or the objects and equivalents thereof listed after these terms, but do not preclude the other elements or objects. The phrases “connect”, “connected”, etc., are not intended to define a physical connection or mechanical connection, but may include an electrical connection, directly or indirectly. “On,” “under,” “right,” “left” and the like are only used to indicate relative position relationship, and when the position of the described object is changed, the relative position relationship may be changed accordingly.
The components or structures in the drawings are not drawn strictly to scale, and the dimensions of the components or structures may be exaggerated or reduced for the sake of clarity, but these should not be used to limit the scope of the present disclosure. In order to keep the following description of the embodiments of the present disclosure clear and concise, detailed descriptions of known functions and known components may be omitted.
With the continuous advancement of modern technology, the concept of smart home has become a fashion trend, and various cleaning devices suitable for smart cleaning emerge in an endless stream. In this regard, inventor(s) of the present disclosure found that a cleaning device (such as a window cleaning machine, a floor sweeping robot and so on) can be roughly divided into two types, one type is a combination mode of double wheels for moving in a twisting way, that is one of the double wheels rotates relative to a surface to be cleaned, thereby playing a function of wiping, while the other one of the double wheels is relatively stationary to the surface to be cleaned and rotates with a slow rotation speed so as to drive the wheel for wiping rotates around it, until a next cycle, and in the next circle, the relatively stationary wheel switches role with the wheel for wiping, so that the cleaning device twists and moves. Another type of the cleaning device adopts a combination mode of double crawler belts for moving, a wiping cloth can be fixed around the double crawler belt, during a moving process, the wiping cloth slides relative to the surface to be cleaned to wipe it.
However, for the combination mode of double wheels for moving in a twisting way, the moving speed of the cleaning device is slow, and cleaning efficiency is low during continuous switching processes of the double wheels; and the combination mode of double crawler belts for moving cleans with the wiping cloth fixed around the crawler belt, and has lower cleaning efficiency than the mode of wiping with a rotating wiping wheel in contact with the surface to be cleaned, thereby causing that, usually, the surface to be cleaned cannot be completely cleaned, and the cleaning effect is not good.
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a lower shell assembly and a cleaning device. The lower shell assembly includes: a lower shell body, a first module, and a second module, the lower shell body includes a bottom portion and a side portion, the bottom portion includes a first side and a second side which are opposite to each other, and the side portion is arranged around the bottom portion to form a cavity on the first side of the bottom portion; the first module is installed on the second side of the bottom portion; the second module is installed on the second side of the bottom portion and is spaced apart from the first module, the first module is configured to rotate around a rotating axis, the second module is configured to rotate around an axis perpendicular to the rotating axis, and the rotating axis extends in a direction from the first side to the second side.
The lower shell assembly and the cleaning device provided by at least one embodiment of the present disclosure can combine the cleaning effect with the moving speed of the cleaning device, and include a module capable of realizing fast and straight-line moving of the cleaning device and a module capable of cleaning by rotation, while ensuring the moving speed of the cleaning device, significantly improving the cleaning efficiency of the cleaning device, so that the cleaning device has good cleaning performance.
The lower shell assembly and the cleaning device will be described below through some embodiments.
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For example, the first module 630 can be installed on the first installing portion 631 through a fastener, and at the same time, the first module 630 is enabled to rotate relative to the cleaning device 1. For example, in some embodiments of the present disclosure, the first installing portion 631 may include a rotating connection shaft, and the first module 630 may be fixed on the rotating connection shaft from a center position, and may rotate along with the rotating connection shaft. For example, the fastener may be a bolt, or any other element capable of fixing the first module 630 on the first installing portion 631 and making the first module 630 rotating, which is not limited in the embodiments of the present disclosure.
For example, the second module 640 can be connected with the second installing portion 641 by clamping, or plugging or the like, and can move along with the cleaning device. The present disclosure does not limit a connection manner of the second module 640 and the second installing portion 641.
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For example, in a case where the distance L1 between the first installing portion 631 and the connecting surface 611 is smaller than the distance L2 between the second installing portion 641 and the connecting surface 611, and a height difference ΔL is provided between the first installing portion 631 and the second installing portion 641, the second installing portion 641 is closer to the surface to be cleaned than the first installing portion 631, and in a case where a distance between the walking component 296 and the surface to be cleaned is constant, a height Z that the second installing portion 641 exposes the walking component can be relatively reduced. After the second module 640 is installed on the second installing portion 641 by avoiding structure of the walking component 296, an exposed surface of the walking component 296 can be further shielded. Furthermore, in a case where the second module 640 is provided with a cleaning member such as a cleaning cloth, the cleaning cloth can wrap the second module 640 to further reduce exposed part of the walking component 296, which makes the bottom portion of the cleaning device 1 more beautiful.
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For example, the covering shell portion 12 can be fixed on the first side 601 of the bottom portion 600 by a fixing member, for example, can be fixedly connected by a bolt, or any other suitable way to realize a fixed connection, which is not limited in the present disclosure. For example, a part of the walking component 296 and the driving component 297 of the walking component 296 can be received in the covering shell portion 12, a part of the walking component 296 is arranged on the first side 601 of the bottom portion 600, and the other part protrudes to the second side 602 of the bottom portion 600 through the first opening 606. The driving component 297 is arranged on the first side 601 of the bottom portion 600, is adjacent to the walking component 296, and is configured to drive the walking component 296 to drive the cleaning device 1 in a walking direction.
For example, an opening area of the second opening 607 in the cleaning frame 642 is larger than an opening area of the first opening 606 in the bottom portion 600. The second opening 607 can provide an avoiding space for the walking component 296, so that the walking component 296 can rotate on the surface to be cleaned; in addition, the second opening 607 can further provide an air suction inlet opening for the cleaning device 1, which allows airflow to be sucked in from the bottom portion of the cleaning device 1 through the second opening 607.
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For example, a number of the ribs on the cleaning frame 642 and a number of the ribs on the bottom portion 600 for inserting and fitting may be the same or different, which is not limited in the present disclosure. Moreover, the present disclosure does not limit the number of ribs on the cleaning frame 642 and the number of ribs on the bottom portion 600 for inserting and fitting. For example, the cleaning frame 642 can have one rib, and the bottom portion 600 can have two ribs, which can realize the inserting and fitting. For example, the cleaning frame 642 and the bottom portion 600 can both have a plurality of ribs, thereby increasing strength for an inserting and fitting position.
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For example, the cleaning frame 642 has a movement amount M3 in the height direction N, which can reduce assembly error of the cleaning device 1 and matching error with the surface to be cleaned. In a case where the cleaning device 1 performs cleaning, a distance between a matching surface of the first module 630 and the surface to be cleaned needs be consistent with a distance between a matching surface of the second module 640 and the surface to be cleaned, that is, no height difference is provided between the two matching surfaces, so as to ensure that the first module 630 and the second module 640 can be in sufficiently contact with the surface to be cleaned, respectively. Therefore, in a case where the assembly error or member design error exists in the cleaning device 1, which results in a distance between the matching surface of the first module 630 and the surface to be cleaned is different from a distance between the matching surface of the second module 640 and the surface to be cleaned, the cleaning frame 642 can move in the movement space 652 in the direction N through the double-layer ribs 648. For example, a value of the movement amount M3 may be determined according to actual design requirements, which is not limited in the present disclosure.
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For example, an extension direction of the extension guide portion 651 is consistent with an extension direction of the double-layer ribs 647 or the double-layer ribs 648, so as to provide guide on direction for the cleaning frame 642 when moving in the movement space 652 through the double-layer ribs 648, and prevent the cleaning frame 642 from moving in a direction perpendicular to the direction N, which is beneficial to improving an adsorption effect.
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For example, an arrangement of the sealing member 655 can prevent the airflow inhaled from the second opening 607 from leaking from a matching gap between the double-layer ribs 647 and the double-layer ribs 648, and play a sealing role to ensure an adsorption strength of the cleaning device 1. Meanwhile, the height M5 of the sealing member 655 is greater than the height of any one of the double-layer ribs 647 and the double-layer ribs 648, that is, the height M5 of the sealing member 655 is greater than the height M2 of the double-layer ribs 647, the height M6 of the double-layer rib 648, and the height M4 of the sealing rib 654, which can ensure that the cleaning frame 642 has the movement amount M3 in the height direction N. In addition, the arrangement of the sealing member 655 can provide a moving buffer for the cleaning frame 642 in a case where the cleaning frame 642 moves in a direction towards to the bottom portion 600, which prevent the cleaning frame 642 from impacting or wearing in a case where it moves relative to the bottom portion 600, which may damage the components.
For example, the sealing member 655 can use foam and any material that can be squeezed and for sealing, and the present disclosure is not limited thereto.
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For example, when the fan 21 is operating, air entering from the air inlet opening 204 will be directly discharged from the air outlet covering 22 because of sealing structure between the air outlet covering 22 and the recessed portion 660 of the middle cover 20, so as to avoid gas leakage and ensure the adsorption effect.
For example, a matching gap is provided between the position limiting column 656 and the position limiting hole 657, so that the air can flow into a side of the cleaning frame 642 close to the bottom portion 600 through the gap, and then enter the air chamber 658 through the adsorption hole 659, so that an air pressure of the air chamber 658 is changed. For example, in a case where the cleaning device 1 moves into a region outside a cleaning region, for example, a part of the cleaning device 1 is separated from the surface to be cleaned, the gap between the position limiting column 656 and the position limiting hole 657 can be used as an air leakage hole to change the air pressure of the air chamber 658, so that the cleaning device 1 performs corresponding control operations.
For example, at least one air leakage detection hole can further be directly arranged in other positions in the cleaning device 1, for example, it can be arranged at an edge position of the second module, so that it is easier to detect a movement state of the cleaning device 1, so as to timely and sensitively play a prompting role for the cleaning device 1.
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For example, in some embodiments, the negative pressure mechanism 05 can further be in a plurality of combinations such as a combination of double fans, single air chamber, and double air outlet channels, or a combination of double fans, double air chambers, and double air outlet channels, the present disclosure does not limit a number and a design form of the air chamber 658, the air inlet covering 203, the fan 21, and the air outlet covering 22.
The cleaning device 1 can be used for surface cleaning in various situations. For example, for cleaning on a horizontal surface, the negative pressure mechanism 05 can increase a pressure between the cleaning device 1 and the horizontal surface, increase a frictional force, and improve the cleaning effect. For cleaning on a non-horizontal surface, the negative pressure mechanism 05 can make the cleaning device 1 adsorb on the non-horizontal surface.
In some exemplary embodiments, the cleaning device 1 is a window cleaning robot, and the surface to be cleaned includes a window or a wall. For example, the window may be a framed window or a frameless window. For example, the framed window could be a home window, the frameless window could be a large floor-to-ceiling window.
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For example, a number and form of the wiper strip 670 or the wiper strip 671 may be determined according to actual product design requirements, which are not limited in the present disclosure.
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For example, two cleaning portions 672 can be arranged, and the cleaning portions 672 can be arranged at two opposite ends of the walking component 296 in the walking direction, or can be determined according to actual design requirements, the present disclosure does not limit a position of the cleaning portion 672.
For example, in some embodiments of the present disclosure, the cleaning portion 672 may be a cleaning brush; or, the cleaning portion 672 may further be any other member capable of cleaning the walking component 296, which is not limited in the present disclosure.
For example, in some embodiments of the present disclosure, the walking component 296 may be a track wheel set, and the cleaning portion 672 may further be configured to clean impurities on the track and the track wheels. For example, in a case where the walking component 296 is a track wheel set, a number of the track wheel set may not be limited to one, that is, may be increased to several according to design requirements, so as to increase a cleaning area and cleaning power of the cleaning device.
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For example, in some embodiments of the present disclosure, numbers and positional relationship of the first module 630 and the second module 640 in the cleaning device 1 may include various types.
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For example, one of the first module 6308 and the second module 6408 can be used as a driving wheel set. In a case where the first module 6308 is used as a driving wheel set, the driving force received by the first module 6308 can be constant, by adjusting a size of the driving force F1 or the driving force F2 received by the second module 6408, the second module 6408 cooperates with the first module 6308 to realize a movement of the cleaning device such as moving forward, moving backward and turning. Similarly, the second module 6408 can further be used as a driving wheel set so that the driving force received by the second module 6408 can be constant, and the movement state of the cleaning device can be controlled by adjusting the driving force to the first module 6308.
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Further, a plurality of first modules 630 and a plurality of second modules 640 can be arranged in the cleaning device. As shown in
By changing a number of at least one first module, a number of at least one second module and relative position of the at least one first module and the at least one second module, a design form of an actual product can be more diversified, which further improves an overall performance of the cleaning device.
The present disclosure further provides a cleaning device, including any one of the above-mentioned lower shell assemblies.
For example, the cleaning device provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure further includes at least one misstep switch, at least one air leakage detection hole 686, a one-way portion, a first cleaning member, and a second cleaning member.
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For example, the one-way portion 911 may be a one-way valve. Of course, a form of the one-way portion 911 includes but is not limited thereto, and the one-way portion 911 may further be in other forms of structures.
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For example, the first cleaning member (not shown) can be bonded or clamped on a side of the first module 630 away from the lower shell body, and the second cleaning member (not shown) can be bonded or clamped on a side of the second module 640 away from the lower shell body. For example, the first cleaning member can be connected with a buckle that is correspondingly arranged on the first module 630 through a ring member; the second cleaning member can be connected with a buckle that is correspondingly arranged on the second module 640 through a ring member. For example, a fixing manner of the first cleaning member and the first module 630 may be the same as or different from that of the second cleaning member and the second module 640, which is not limited in the present disclosure.
For example, the first cleaning member and the second cleaning member may include a cleaning cloth or a cleaning brush, and other elements that can perform cleaning effects, and the present disclosure does not limit materials of the first cleaning member and the second cleaning member.
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What have been described above are only specific implementations of the present disclosure, the protection scope of the present disclosure is not limited thereto. The protection scope of the present disclosure should be based on the protection scope of the claims.
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202220579663.3 | Mar 2022 | CN | national |
Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind |
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PCT/CN2022/092400 | 5/12/2022 | WO |