US2024398196A1PendingUtilityA1

Cleaning base station and cleaning system

Assignee: SHENZHEN INXNI INNOVATION TECH CO LTDPriority: Mar 30, 2023Filed: Aug 14, 2024Published: Dec 5, 2024
Est. expiryMar 30, 2043(~16.7 yrs left)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
A47L 2201/00A47L 2201/026A47L 11/282A47L 11/4011A47L 11/4091A47L 11/4088A47L 11/4083A47L 11/28A47L 11/40
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Abstract

A cleaning base station includes a base and a liquid injection device, the liquid injection device is mounted on a base, the liquid injection device includes a liquid injection member and a driving assembly, the liquid injection member is configured to connect to a liquid supply structure for delivering cleaning liquid, the liquid injection member have a first position and a second position; a driving assembly includes a main driving member and a rotation member, the rotation member is rotationally connected to the main driving member, the rotation member is provided with at least one arc driving groove, an outer peripheral surface of the liquid injection member is provided with a driving rod, the driving rod corresponds to the at least one arc driving groove one-in-one, and the driving rod is slidable within the arc driving groove.

Claims

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         1 . A cleaning base station, comprising a base and a liquid injection device, wherein the liquid injection device is mounted on the base;
 wherein the liquid injection device comprises:   a liquid injection member, configured to communicate with a liquid supply structure for delivering cleaning liquid, wherein the liquid injection member has a first position and a second position;   a driving assembly, comprising a main driving member and a rotation member, wherein the rotation member is rotationally connected to the main driving member, wherein the rotation member is provided with at least one arc driving groove, wherein an outer peripheral surface of the liquid injection member is provided with a driving rod, wherein the driving rod corresponds to one of the at least one arc driving groove, and wherein the driving rod is slidable within the at least one arc driving groove; and   when the main driving member drives the rotation member to rotate, the at least one arc driving groove pushes the driving rod to drive the liquid injection member to reciprocate between the first position and the second position.   
     
     
         2 . The cleaning base station according to  claim 1 , wherein each arc driving groove is an involute groove, wherein the rotation member comprises a rotation end rotating around the main driving member, and each arc driving groove comprises a start end provided towards the rotation end and an ending end provided away from the rotation end; and
 wherein the liquid injection member is located in the first position when the driving rod is located at the start end, and the liquid injection member is located in the second position when the driving rod is located at the ending end.   
     
     
         3 . The cleaning base station according to  claim 2 , wherein the rotation member is further provided with a reinforce rib, wherein the reinforce rib is extended radially from the rotation end towards each arc driving groove. 
     
     
         4 . The cleaning base station according to  claim 1 , wherein the main driving member comprises a driving motor and a mounting seat, wherein the driving motor is mounted on one side of the mounting seat, wherein the rotation member is mounted on another side of the mounting seat away from the driving motor, and wherein an output end of the driving motor is connected to the rotation member by transmission; and
 wherein the mounting seat is provided with a limitation groove that passes through the mounting seat, wherein the rotation member is provided with a limitation column corresponding to the limitation groove, wherein the limitation column is restrictedly mounted in the limitation groove, and the limitation column is slidable in the limitation groove.   
     
     
         5 . The cleaning base station according to  claim 4 , wherein one end of the limitation column away from the rotation member has an introduction slope, wherein the introduction slope is extended from a top to a bottom of the limitation column in a direction from a middle of the limitation column to an edge of the limitation column, and one end of the limitation column towards the rotation member is recessed towards the middle of the limitation column to form a recess, and the recess is buckled into the limitation groove. 
     
     
         6 . The cleaning base station according to  claim 5 , wherein the limitation column comprises a first elastic portion and a second elastic portion, wherein the first elastic portion and the second elastic portion are spaced apart on a side of the rotation member that faces the limitation groove;
 wherein the introduction slope is formed on a side of each of the first elastic portion and the second elastic portion away from the rotation member;   wherein the recess is formed on a side of each of the first elastic portion and the second elastic portion close to the rotation member;   wherein the first elastic portion and the second elastic portion are passed through the limitation groove when the first elastic portion and the second elastic portion are subjected to elastic deformation by compression, and   wherein the recess is buckled into the limitation groove when the first elastic portion and the second elastic portion are restored to original states thereof.   
     
     
         7 . The cleaning base station according to  claim 4 , wherein the main driving member further comprises a first sensing module, wherein the first sensing module is mounted in the mounting seat and disposed close to one end of the limitation groove, wherein the rotation member is provided with a first triggering portion, the first triggering portion reciprocates with a rotation of the rotation member, and when the first triggering portion touches the first sensing module, the liquid injection member is stopped in the second position; and/or
 wherein the main driving member further comprises a second sensing module, wherein the second sensing module is mounted in the mounting seat and disposed close to another end of the limitation groove, wherein the rotation member is further provided with a second triggering portion, the second triggering portion reciprocates with the rotation of the rotation member, and when the second triggering portion touches the second sensing module, the liquid injection member is stopped in the first position.   
     
     
         8 . The cleaning base station according to  claim 4 , wherein the main driving member further comprises a guiding portion, wherein one end of the guiding portion is connected to the mounting seat, the rotation member is provided between the mounting seat and the guiding portion, the guiding portion is provided with a guiding hole, the liquid injection member is passed through the guiding hole, and the liquid injection member reciprocates in a straight line along an axial direction of the guiding hole. 
     
     
         9 . The cleaning base station according to  claim 8 , wherein longitudinal cross sections of the guiding hole and the liquid injection member are square, wherein the liquid injection member moves downwards obliquely in the straight line along the guiding hole, and an acute angle is formed between a movement direction of the liquid injection member and a horizontal plane. 
     
     
         10 . The cleaning base station according to  claim 1 , wherein the liquid injection member comprises a liquid injection tube, wherein the liquid injection tube has an inlet port and an outlet port connected to each other, wherein the inlet port is configured to communicate with the liquid supply structure, and the outlet port is configured to dock with a liquid replenishment port of a cleaning robot when the liquid injection tube is cooperated with the cleaning robot; and
 wherein the liquid injection tube is further provided with a resisting top portion towards the outlet port, and the resisting top portion is configured to provide thrust to open the liquid replenishment port to communicate the liquid injection tube with a liquid storage tank of the cleaning robot.   
     
     
         11 . The cleaning base station according to  claim 10 , wherein one end of the resisting top portion away from the inlet port has a guiding slope, wherein the guiding slope is extended from the outlet port towards the inlet port in a direction from a middle of the resisting top portion towards an edge of the resisting top portion, and a number of spaced diversion ports are further provided on a periphery of the resisting top portion towards the guiding slope, and each diversion port communicates with the outlet port. 
     
     
         12 . The cleaning base station according to  claim 10 , wherein the liquid injection member further comprises a flexible sealing member, wherein a fixing groove is provided on a periphery of the liquid injection tube and at an end of the liquid injection tube close to the outlet port, and the flexible sealing member is sleeved into the fixing groove;
 wherein the flexible sealing member is capable of sealing a joint where the outlet port is connected to a periphery of the liquid replenishment port when the liquid injection tube is cooperated with the cleaning robot; and   wherein an outer surface of the flexible sealing member has at least one ring of inclined barbs, a free end of each inclined barb is inclined from the outlet port towards the inlet port.   
     
     
         13 . The cleaning base station according to  claim 1 , wherein the base has a docking position for docking with a cleaning robot; and
 the liquid injection device is docked with the cleaning robot when the cleaning robot is moved to the docking position, such that the liquid injection member, when in the second position, is in communication with a liquid storage tank of the cleaning robot.   
     
     
         14 . The cleaning base station according to  claim 2 , wherein during the rotation of the rotation member, the liquid injection member moves in a straight line between the first position and the second position, the rotation end is defined as a point O, the start end is defined as a point A, and the ending end is defined as a point B, and the liquid injection member satisfies the following relational equation:
     L=OB−OA;      where L is a linear distance between the first position and the second position, OA is a linear distance between the rotation end and the start end, and OB is a linear distance between the rotation end and the ending end.   
     
     
         15 . The cleaning base station according to  claim 4 , wherein the limitation groove has a curved shape. 
     
     
         16 . The cleaning base station according to  claim 12 , wherein the outer surface of the flexible sealing member has the at least one ring of inclined barbs, and adjacent inclined barbs are spaced apart in the fixing groove. 
     
     
         17 . The cleaning base station according to  claim 10 , wherein the liquid injection member further comprises a positioning seat, the positioning seat is provided with a positioning hole, the liquid injection tube is passed through and mounted in the positioning hole, and a side of the positioning seat away from the outlet port is provided with at least one buckle, and the at least one buckle is configured to buckle the base. 
     
     
         18 . A cleaning system, comprising a cleaning robot and a cleaning base station, wherein the cleaning base station comprises a base and a liquid injection device, and the liquid injection device is mounted on the base;
 wherein the liquid injection device comprises:   a liquid injection member, configured to communicate with a liquid supply structure for delivering cleaning liquid, wherein the liquid injection member has a first position and a second position;   a driving assembly, comprising a main driving member and a rotation member, wherein the rotation member is rotationally connected to the main driving member, wherein the rotation member is provided with at least one arc driving groove, wherein an outer peripheral surface of the liquid injection member is provided with a driving rod, wherein the driving rod corresponds to one of the at least one arc driving groove, and wherein the driving rod is slidable within the at least one arc driving groove; and   when the main driving member drives the rotation member to rotate, the at least one arc driving groove pushes the driving rod to drive the liquid injection member to reciprocate between the first position and the second position.   
     
     
         19 . The cleaning system according to  claim 18 , wherein each arc driving groove is an involute groove, wherein the rotation member comprises a rotation end rotating around the main driving member, and each arc driving groove comprises a start end provided towards the rotation end and an ending end provided away from the rotation end; and
 wherein the liquid injection member is located in the first position when the driving rod is located at the start end, and the liquid injection member is located in the second position when the driving rod is located at the ending end.   
     
     
         20 . The cleaning system according to  claim 19 , wherein the rotation member is further provided with a reinforce rib, wherein the reinforce rib is extended radially from the rotation end towards each arc driving groove.

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