Cleaning robot system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2023389768-A1
Application number	US-202118033939-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Oct 26, 2021
Priority date	Oct 26, 2020
Publication date	Dec 7, 2023
Grant date	—

Abstract

A cleaning robot system, including a cleaning robot with a cleaning module connected to the cleaning robot. The cleaning module includes a main body, connectable with a cleaning medium to wipe a working surface. The main body is provided with a connection region for connection of the cleaning medium and a demounting region for demounting of the cleaning medium, and no interconnection action occurs between the demounting region and the cleaning medium. The cleaning module of the cleaning robot effectively fixes the cleaning medium to the main body through the connection region. When the cleaning medium needs to be removed from the main body, the cleaning medium can be more easily and conveniently be demounted from the main body by means of the demounting region because no interconnection action occurs between the demounting region and the cleaning medium.

First claim

1 - 62 . (canceled)

63 . A cleaning robot system, comprising:
a cleaning robot: a cleaning module, connected to the cleaning robot and configured to clean a working surface, and a base station for accommodating the cleaning robot, wherein the cleaning robot comprises:
a framework;
a moving module, arranged at a bottom of the framework to drive the cleaning robot to travel on a working surface;
wherein the cleaning module comprises:
a main body, connectable with a cleaning medium to wipe the working surface,
wherein the main body includes a connection region for connection of the cleaning medium and a demounting region for demounting of the cleaning medium, and
wherein no interconnection action occurs between the demounting region and the cleaning medium; and
wherein the base station comprises:
a housing; and
a separation module, the separation module being configured to act on the cleaning medium covering the demounting region to separate the cleaning medium from the main body.

64 . The cleaning robot system according to claim 63 , wherein the connection region comprises an adhesion surface, and wherein the cleaning medium adheres to the adhesion surface; and the separation module is provided with saw teeth configured to hook the cleaning medium.

65 . The cleaning robot system according to claim 64 , wherein the separation module comprises detaching hooks provided with the saw teeth, the detaching hooks corresponding to the demounting region to hook the cleaning medium covering the demounting region so as to separate the cleaning medium from the main body.

66 . The cleaning robot system according to claim 65 , wherein one face of the detaching hook is arranged as a smooth face for the cleaning module and the cleaning medium to move beyond; and wherein another face opposite to the smooth face is provided with the saw teeth for hooking the cleaning medium.

67 . The cleaning robot system according to claim 65 , wherein the demounting region comprises notches, the notches being adapted to the saw teeth to enable the saw teeth to demount the cleaning medium from the notches.

68 . The cleaning robot system according to claim 67 , wherein an outer edge of the main body is recessed into the main body to form the notches.

69 . The cleaning robot system according to claim 68 , wherein the base station further comprises: a moving mechanism for driving the cleaning module to move, the moving mechanism being configured to drive the cleaning module to move beyond the detaching hooks through the notches and then drive the cleaning module to reverse movement, so that the cleaning medium covering the demounting region is hooked by the detaching hooks, and the cleaning medium is demounted.

70 . The cleaning robot system according to claim 63 , wherein the main body has an integral body, a bottom face of the integral body pointing to the working surface, the cleaning medium being connected to the integral body, and the connection region and the demounting region being arranged on the integral body.

71 . The cleaning robot system according to claim 63 , wherein the connection region and/or the demounting region are/is arranged in at least a pair of two opposite ends of the main body.

72 . The cleaning robot system according to claim 71 , wherein the main body at least comprises a pair of opposite long ends, wherein the connection region and/or the demounting region being at least partially arranged on the opposite long ends, wherein the opposite long ends each comprising two head portions, and the head portions being provided with the connection region.

73 . The cleaning robot system according to claim 71 , wherein a number of the demounting regions arranged at each of the two ends is at least two.

74 . The cleaning robot system according to claim 71 , wherein a number of the connection regions arranged at each of the two ends is at least two, and every two adjacent ones of the connection regions are mutually non-contiguous.

75 . The cleaning robot system according to claim 63 , wherein a number of the demounting regions arranged on the main body is at least two, wherein the connection region arranged at one end of the main body is a whole, wherein projections of the at least two demounting regions to a lateral direction of the main body form first projections, wherein a projection of the connection region to the lateral direction of the main body forms a second projection, and wherein the first projections and the second projection at least partially overlap.

76 . The cleaning robot system according to claim 63 , wherein the base station further comprises: a collection box, configured to collect the cleaning medium separated by the separation module, wherein the collection box is arranged on a moving path of the separated cleaning medium, thereby making the cleaning medium enter the collection box.

77 . The cleaning robot system according to claim 76 , wherein the collection box is arranged on the moving path such that the separated cleaning medium falls by its own gravity, thereby making the separated cleaning medium fall into the collection box.

78 . The cleaning robot system according to claim 77 , wherein an upper side of the collection box is provided with an opening, and the collection box is arranged below the cleaning medium during separation.

79 . The robot cleaning system according to claim 77 , wherein an upper side of the collection box is provided with an opening, and the separation module is arranged above the opening relative to the collection box.

80 . The cleaning robot system according to claim 76 , wherein the collection box is arranged on the moving path of the separated cleaning medium such that it receives an external force applied by the separation module, thereby making the cleaning medium enter the collection box.

81 . The cleaning robot system according to claim 63 , wherein the separation module comprises detaching hooks, the detaching hooks being configured to hook the cleaning medium on the main body and apply an external force directed away from the main body to the cleaning medium to separate the cleaning medium from the main body.

82 . A cleaning robot system, comprising:
a cleaning robot, comprising:
a framework; and
a moving module, arranged at a bottom of the framework to drive the cleaning robot to travel on a working surface; and
a cleaning module, configured to clean the working surface, the cleaning module being connected to the cleaning robot, and comprising:
a main body, connectable with a cleaning medium to wipe the working surface,
wherein the main body includes a connection region for connection of the cleaning medium and a demounting region for demounting of the cleaning medium, and
wherein no interconnection action occurs between the demounting region and the cleaning medium.

Assignees

• Positec Power Tools Suzhou Co Ltd

Inventors

• Wu Hongbing
• Zhang Shisong
• Zhong Hongfeng

Classifications

• A47L2201/028

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• A47L11/4091 Primary

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• A47L11/40

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