US2022338702A1PendingUtilityA1

Base station and cleaning system

Assignee: SUZHOU 360 ROBOTIC TECH CO LTDPriority: Apr 27, 2021Filed: Dec 3, 2021Published: Oct 27, 2022
Est. expiryApr 27, 2041(~14.7 yrs left)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
A47L 2201/022A47L 11/4083A47L 2201/028A47L 11/4025A47L 11/4005A47L 2201/026A47L 11/4091A47L 11/282A47L 2201/024A47L 11/24A47L 2201/02A47L 2201/00A47L 2201/04A47L 11/40
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Abstract

Disclosed are a base station and a cleaning system. The base station is configured for pumping dirt from a cleaning robot and injecting water to the cleaning robot, and the cleaning robot is defined with a host dirt collecting chamber and a host clean water chamber. The base station includes a base station body, a dirt pumping assembly and a water injection assembly. The dirt pumping assembly is arranged in the base station body, and can move relative to the base station body and communicate with the host dirt collecting chamber; The water injection assembly is arranged in the base station body, and can move relative to the base station body and communicate with the host clean water chamber. The technical solution of the present application can make the use function of the base station more diversified, and improve the practicability of the base station.

Claims

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What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A base station configured for pumping dirt from a cleaning robot and injecting water to the cleaning robot, the cleaning robot being formed with a host dirt collecting chamber and a host clean water chamber, wherein the base station comprises:
 a base station body;   a dirt pumping assembly arranged in the base station body and movable relative to the base station body to communicate with the host dirt collecting chamber; and   a water injection assembly arranged in the base station body and movable relative to the base station body to communicate with the host clean water chamber.   
     
     
         2 . The base station as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein both the dirt pumping assembly and the water injection assembly are liftable and lowerable in the base station body, and the dirt pumping assembly and the water injection assembly are lowered relative to the base station body to communicate with the host dirt collecting chamber and the host clean water chamber correspondingly. 
     
     
         3 . The base station as claimed in  claim 2 , wherein the base station further comprises a driving member, the driving member is arranged in the base station body and connected with the dirt pumping assembly and the dirt pumping assembly to drive the dirt pumping assembly and the water injection assembly to rise or fall relative to the base station body. 
     
     
         4 . The base station as claimed in  claim 3 , wherein the dirt pumping assembly comprises a dirt pumping pipe configured for communicating with the host dirt collecting chamber, and the water injection assembly comprises a water injection pipe configured for communicating with the host clean water chamber;
 the driving member is connected with the dirt pumping pipe and the water injection pipe to drive the dirt pumping pipe and the water injection pipe to rise or fall relative to the base station body.   
     
     
         5 . The base station as claimed in  claim 4 , wherein a side wall of the base station body is recessed to form a docking groove, and the docking groove is configured for accommodating the cleaning robot;
 a mounting chamber is defined in the base station body, and a bottom wall of the mounting chamber is defined with a via hole communicating with the docking groove;   the driving member, the dirt pumping pipe and the water injection pipe are all arranged in the mounting chamber, the dirt pumping pipe and the water injection pipe are extended into the docking groove through the via hole when the dirt pumping pipe and the water injection pipe are driven down by the driving member.   
     
     
         6 . The base station as claimed in  claim 5 , wherein a position sensor is arranged in the docking groove, the position sensor is electrically connected with the driving member, and configured for detecting whether the cleaning robot is in place within the docking groove. 
     
     
         7 . The base station as claimed in  claim 5 , wherein a groove wall of the docking groove is provided with a guiding structure to guide the cleaning robot to move into the docking groove. 
     
     
         8 . The base station as claimed in  claim 7 , wherein the guiding structure comprises a guiding groove, the guiding groove is arranged on a groove bottom wall of the docking groove and extended along a direction from a groove side wall of the docking groove facing an opening of the docking groove to the opening of the docking groove and through a surface of the base station body defined with the opening of the docking groove, and the guiding groove is configured for accommodating a moving wheel of the cleaning robot. 
     
     
         9 . The base station as claimed in  claim 7 , wherein the guiding structure further comprises a roller provided on at least one of two opposite groove side walls of the docking groove; the roller is rotatable relative to the base station body around a direction perpendicular to the direction from the groove side wall of the docking groove facing the opening of the docking groove to the opening of the docking groove, and the roller is configured for abutting a side wall of the cleaning robot moved in the docking groove; and/or
 the guiding structure further comprises an infrared emitter arranged in the base station body.   
     
     
         10 . The base station as claimed in  claim 5 , wherein the base station further comprises a first cleaning assembly arranged in the docking groove, the first cleaning assembly is configured for cleaning a cleaning brush of the cleaning robot when the cleaning robot is moved in the docking groove. 
     
     
         11 . A cleaning system, comprising:
 a base station as claimed in  claim 1 ; and   a cleaning robot comprising a robot body defined with a host dirt collecting chamber and a host clean water chamber;   wherein the dirt pumping assembly of the base station is movable relative to the base station body to communicate with the host dirt collecting chamber, and the water injection assembly of the base station is movable relative to the base station body to communicate with the host clean water chamber.   
     
     
         12 . The cleaning system as claimed in  claim 11 , wherein the robot body is further defined with a dirt pumping port communicating with the host dirt collecting chamber and a water injection port communicating with the host clean water chamber;
 wherein the dirt pumping assembly is communicating with the dirt pumping port and the water injection assembly is communicating with the water injection port when the dirt pumping assembly and the water injection assembly move relative to the base station body.   
     
     
         13 . The cleaning system as claimed in  claim 12 , wherein the base station body is provided with a push lever,
 the robot body is provided with a cover plate covering the dirt pumping port and the water injection port and movable relative to the robot body,   wherein when the cleaning robot moves close to the base station, the push lever is configured for contacting and driving the cover plate, to move the cover plate relative to the robot body and open the dirt pumping port and the water injection port.

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