The present disclosure relates to the field of cleaning appliances, and more particularly to a roller brush device and a cleaning apparatus.
Take the robot vacuum cleaner as an example, a roller brush of an existing robot vacuum cleaner is located at a bottom thereof. When the roller brush needs to be cleaned or replaced, the robot vacuum cleaner needs to be turned over and the bottom of the robot faces upwards, and then a bottom cover for the roller brush is opened and the roller brush is dismounted for cleaning. After the roller brush is cleaned or replaced, the roller brush is mounted to the robot vacuum cleaner, and then, the robot vacuum cleaner is turned over again. In the above-mentioned robot vacuum cleaner, the mounting and dismounting processes of the roller brush needs to turn the robot vacuum cleaner over for several times, which is not convenient for the mounting and dismounting of the roller brush.
In view of this, the present disclosure is intended to provide a roller brush device and a cleaning apparatus which facilitate mounting and dismounting.
To achieve the above objective, one aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure provides a roller brush device including a roller brush and a mounting assembly. The roller brush is connected with the mounting assembly, the roller brush is rotatable relative to the mounting assembly, and the mounting assembly is capable of driving the roller brush to move. A side of the mounting assembly defines an avoidance notch, and the roller brush is exposed at the avoidance notch.
Furthermore, the mounting assembly is provided with an accommodating cavity and an air outlet, the roller brush includes a roller brush shaft and a bristle, the roller brush shaft is arranged in the accommodating cavity, the avoidance notch is defined in a bottom side of the accommodating cavity, the air outlet is defined in a side of the accommodating cavity different from the bottom side, and an air flow in the accommodating cavity is capable of being discharged out of the accommodating cavity through the air outlet.
Furthermore, the mounting assembly includes a mounting rack and a shielding plate, an interior of the mounting rack is hollow, the shielding plate is sealablly arranged in the interior of the mounting rack to separate a space in the mounting rack into a first space and a second space isolated from each other, and the first space is formed into at least part of the accommodating cavity.
Furthermore, the mounting assembly includes a bottom cover and a mounting rack, the bottom cover is detachably connected with the mounting rack, the avoidance notch is defined in the bottom cover, the roller brush comprises a roller brush shaft and a bristle, and the roller brush shaft is mounted to the mounting rack and/or the bottom cover.
Furthermore, the bottom cover includes a bottom plate and a skirt portion extending from an edge of the bottom plate toward the mounting rack, the avoidance notch is defined in the bottom plate, two sides of the skirt portion along an axial direction of the roller brush defines a first mounting notch, two sides of the bottom of the mounting rack defines a second mounting notch, and the first mounting notch and the corresponding second mounting notch are enclosed together into a mounting hole, and two axial ends of the roller brush shaft rotatably pass through the mounting hole.
Furthermore, a bottom end face of the bottom cover away from the mounting rack is formed into an inclined face, the roller brush device also includes a roller supporting portion rotatably arranged to a lower side of the bottom end face of the bottom cover, at least part of a structure of the roller supporting portion is protruded from the bottom end face of the bottom cover, and a rotation center line of the roller supporting portion is parallel to a rotation center line of the roller brush.
Furthermore, the roller supporting portion is formed into a roller shaft.
Furthermore, the roller brush device includes a lifting portion connected with the mounting rack, and at least part of a structure of the lifting portion is exposed at a top side of the mounting rack.
Furthermore, the mounting rack is made of a transparent material.
Furthermore, the roller brush device includes a first driving connection portion configured to connect a power source, and the first driving connection portion is drivingly connected with at least one shaft end of the roller brush.
Another aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure provides a cleaning apparatus, which includes a main body portion and any one of the above roller brush devices. The main body portion defines a mounting cavity therein, a bottom side of the mounting cavity defines a first opening, and the roller brush is exposed at the first opening. A side of the mounting cavity different from the bottom side defines a second opening, and the roller brush device is capable of being mounted in or removed from the mounting cavity through the second opening.
Furthermore, the second opening is defined in a top side of the main body portion.
Furthermore, an inner wall of the mounting cavity is provided with a step face, the mounting assembly is provided with a flange structure, and the flange structure is supported on the step face.
Furthermore, the cleaning apparatus includes a second driving connection portion; the roller brush device includes a first driving connection portion, the first driving connection portion is drivingly connected with at least one shaft end of the roller brush, and the second driving connection portion and the first driving connection portion is capable of switching between a driving connection and a disconnection.
Furthermore, the second driving connection portion is capable of reciprocating along an axial direction of the roller brush, the second driving connection portion moves to a first preset position in a direction away from the first driving connection portion, the second driving connection portion is disconnected from the first driving connection portion; the second driving connection portion moves to a second preset position in a direction toward the first driving connection portion, and the second driving connection portion and the first driving connection portion are drivingly connected.
Furthermore, the first driving connection portion forms a plurality of first claws at a side thereof facing the second driving connection portion, the second driving connection portion forms a plurality of second claws at a side thereof facing the first driving connection portion, and the plurality of the second claws cooperates with the plurality of the first claws in an insertion way.
Furthermore, the cleaning apparatus is a robot vacuum cleaner.
The roller brush device according to embodiments of the present disclosure, by connecting the roller brush and the mounting assembly, when the roller brush needs to be dismounted, the whole roller brush device may be removed from a top or a side of the cleaning apparatus, or the whole roller brush device may be mounted into the cleaning apparatus from the top or the side of the cleaning apparatus, without turning over the cleaning apparatus, which is not only convenient for the user to dismount by himself, but also may avoid the scratches of the appearance of the cleaning apparatus caused by turning over the cleaning apparatus.
The attached drawings are used to provide a further understanding of the present disclosure and constitute a part of the description, which are used to explain the present disclosure with reference to the following embodiments, and are not construed as the limitation of the present disclosure. In which:
main body portion 10; mounting cavity 101; first opening 102; second opening 103; step face 104; roller brush device 20; roller brush 21; roller brush shaft 210; bristle 211; mounting rack 22; flange structure 221; first space 22a; second space 22b; second mounting notch 22c; shielding plate 23; bottom cover 24; bottom plate 241; skirt portion 242; first mounting notch 24a; avoidance notch 20a; air outlet 20b; accommodating cavity 20c; mounting hole 20d; lifting portion 25; first driving connection portion 27; first claw 271; roller supporting portion 28; second driving connection portion 31; second claw 311; electric motor 32; conveyor belt 33.
It should be noted that embodiments of the present disclosure may be combined with each other. It should be understood that the embodiments described herein are only used for explaining the present disclosure, but should not be construed to limit the present disclosure.
In the description of the present disclosure, it should be understood that, terms such as “top,” “bottom,” “lateral,” indicate the orientation or position relationship based on the orientation or position relationship illustrated in the
Place a cleaning apparatus on a surface of the cleaning medium, such as ground. A side close to the cleaning medium is “bottom”, and a side away from the cleaning medium is “top”.
An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a roller brush device 20. In order to simplify description, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, a roller brush device 20 applied to the cleaning apparatus is described as an example. In an embodiment, the cleaning apparatus is described as a robot vacuum cleaner for an example. It should be understood that the cleaning apparatus may be of other types. The roller brush device 20 according to embodiments of the present disclosure may also be used for other devices.
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The embodiment of the present disclosure is described with an example that the roller brush device 20 may be dismounted from the top of the cleaning apparatus.
The mounting assembly may provide a mounting position and support for the roller brush 21, which facilitates the mounting and dismounting of the roller brush 21. Referring to
In one embodiment of the present disclosure, referring to
In order to facilitate the user to lift the roller brush device 20, in one embodiment of the present disclosure, referring to
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In order to facilitate the mounting of the roller brush 21 and prevent large-sized objects from being sucked into the accommodating cavity 20c, in one embodiment of the present disclosure, referring to
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The bottom cover 24 may protect the roller brush 21 and prevent large-size objects from being sucked into the accommodating cavity 20c. The bottom cover 24 may also facilitate the mounting of the roller brush 21. Specifically, the roller brush 21 is mounted to the mounting rack 22 and/or the bottom cover 24. That is, the roller brush 21 may only be mounted to the mounting rack 22; or may also only be mounted to the bottom cover 24, or may also be mounted at a junction of the mounting rack 22 and the bottom cover 24, which is connected with both of the mounting rack 22 and the bottom cover 24.
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In one embodiment of the present disclosure, the second opening 103 is located in a top of the main body portion 10, to facilitate the user to directly remove the roller brush device 20; and a top space is large enough to mount or remove the roller brush device 20, to more conveniently mount and dismount the roller brush device 20.
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The second driving connection portion 31 may reciprocate along an axial direction of the roller brush 21. Specifically, when the roller brush device 20 needs to be removed from the mounting cavity 101, the second driving connection portion 31 moves to a first preset position in a direction away from the first driving connection portion 27 and the second driving connection portion 31 is disconnected from the first driving connection portion 27. When the roller brush device 20 is mounted in the mounting cavity 101 and does not need to be removed, the second driving connection portion 31 moves to a second preset position in a direction toward the first driving connection portion 27, and the second driving connection portion 31 and the first driving connection portion 27 are realized to be drivingly connected.
It should be noted that the above first preset position meets the following requirements: the second driving connection portion 31 is in the first preset position, and the second driving connection portion 31 does not interfere with the first driving connection portion 27. The second preset position meets the following requirements: the second driving connection portion 31 is in the second preset position, and the second driving connection portion 31 may be drivingly connected with the first driving connection portion 27 to drive the first driving connection portion 27 to rotate.
There are various ways to implement movement of the second driving connection portion 31 moves along the direction of the roller brush shaft 210. Exemplarily, the cleaning apparatus includes a restoring member (not illustrated in the drawings) and a transmission control mechanism (not illustrated in the drawings). The restoring member applies a driving force to the second driving connection portion 31 toward the first driving connection portion 27, and the restoring member may be a spring, a rubber band or a magnet. The transmission control mechanism applies a force opposite to the above driving force to the restoring member and/or the second driving connection portion 31 when the roller brush device 20 needs to be removed. For example, the transmission mechanism may include a button arranged on an outer surface of the cleaning apparatus, when the roller brush device 20 needs to be removed, the user presses the button, the force applied by the transmission mechanism overcomes the driving force of the above restoring member, forcing the second driving connection portion 31 to move in a direction away from the first driving connection portion 27, to make room for a clearance space, preventing an interference with the first driving connection portion 27 during a removal process. In a case that the roller brush device 20 doesn't need to be removed, the transmission control mechanism does not work, and the second driving connection portion 27 maintains to be drivingly connected with the first driving connection portion 27 under an action of the restoring member.
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201910111720.8 | Feb 2019 | CN | national |
The present disclosure is a national phase application of International Application No. PCT/CN2019/078667, filed on Mar. 19, 2019, which claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 201910111720.8, filed on Feb. 12, 2019, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.
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PCT/CN2019/078667 | 3/19/2019 | WO | 00 |