Automatic cleaning apparatus and system

Abstract

An automatic cleaning apparatus and system having a dust-collection function. The automatic cleaning apparatus comprises: a mobile platform containing an accommodating chamber, the mobile platform being configured to automatically move along an operating surface; and a cleaning module comprising of a dust box and a main brush module, wherein the dust box is detachably assembled in the accommodating chamber, and comprises a first air inlet door and a second air inlet door, and the first air inlet door and the second air inlet door are located on a first sidewall and a second sidewall of the dust box, respectively, and are configured to provide intake airflows in different directions during dust collection.

1 . An automatic cleaning apparatus with a dust collection function, comprising:
 a mobile platform containing an accommodating chamber, the mobile platform being configured to automatically move along an operating surface; and   a cleaning module comprising a dust box and a main brush module, wherein the dust box is detachably assembled in the accommodating chamber, and comprises a first air inlet door and a second air inlet door, and the first air inlet door and the second air inlet door are located on a first sidewall and a second sidewall of the dust box, respectively, and are configured to provide intake airflows in different directions during dust collection.   
     
     
         2 . The automatic cleaning apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the first air inlet door and the second air inlet door are located at asymmetric positions of the first sidewall and the second sidewall, respectively. 
     
     
         3 . The automatic cleaning apparatus according to  claim 2 , wherein the second air inlet door is disposed at a position close to a lower edge of the second sidewall, and a lower edge of the second air inlet door is lower than a lower edge of the first air inlet door. 
     
     
         4 . The automatic cleaning apparatus according to  claim 2 , wherein the second air inlet door is disposed close to a rear sidewall of the dust box, and the first air inlet door is disposed close to a front sidewall of the dust box. 
     
     
         5 . The automatic cleaning apparatus according to  claim 2 , wherein the first air inlet door rotates approximately around a first rotating shaft, the second air inlet door rotates approximately around a second rotating shaft, and the first rotating shaft is approximately perpendicular to the second rotating shaft. 
     
     
         6 . The automatic cleaning apparatus according to  claim 3 , wherein shapes of the first air inlet door and the second air inlet door are at least one or a combination of following: rectangle, square, circle, ellipse, and/or strip. 
     
     
         7 . The automatic cleaning apparatus according to  claim 6 , wherein the first air inlet door is of a rectangular structure, and long edges of the first air inlet door are longitudinally disposed; and the second air inlet door is of a rectangular structure, and long edges of the second air inlet door are transversely disposed. 
     
     
         8 . The automatic cleaning apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the dust box further comprises a first opening and a second opening, the first opening is configured as a dust inlet during dust suction and a dust outlet during dust collection, and the first opening and the second opening are approximately located on a central axis of the automatic cleaning apparatus in a front-rear direction. 
     
     
         9 . The automatic cleaning apparatus according to  claim 8 , wherein the accommodating chamber comprises a first chamber and a second chamber which are sequentially and adjacently disposed in an advancing direction of the automatic cleaning apparatus, a bottom of a front sidewall of the first chamber is provided with a dust suction port, a rear sidewall of a connection between the first chamber and the second chamber is provided with an air outlet, and the dust suction port, the air outlet, the first opening and the second opening are all approximately located on the central axis of the automatic cleaning apparatus in the front-rear direction. 
     
     
         10 . The automatic cleaning apparatus according to  claim 9 , wherein a fan is disposed in a space below the second chamber, and the fan, the main brush module, the dust suction port, the air outlet, the first opening and the second opening are all approximately located on the central axis of the automatic cleaning apparatus in the front-rear direction. 
     
     
         11 . The automatic cleaning apparatus according to  claim 10 , wherein the mobile platform further comprises a position-determining device and a cover cap covering the position-determining device; and the position-determining device, the cover cap, the main brush module, the dust-suction port, the air outlet, the first opening and the second opening are all approximately located on the central axis of the automatic cleaning apparatus in the front-rear direction. 
     
     
         12 . The automatic cleaning apparatus according to  claim 11 , wherein the intake airflows in different directions are from at least one of following: airflows entering from a top-end gap of the mobile platform, an airflow entering from a gap of the main brush module, or an airflow entering from a rear sidewall of the mobile platform. 
     
     
         13 . The automatic cleaning apparatus according to  claim 12 , wherein the airflows entering from the top-end gap of the mobile platform comprise an airflow entering from a gap between the cover cap and a top surface of the mobile platform and an airflow entering from a gap between the cover cap and the position-determining device. 
     
     
         14 . An automatic cleaning system, comprising a dust collection station and an automatic cleaning apparatus, wherein the automatic cleaning apparatus has a dust-collection function and comprises:
 a mobile platform containing an accommodating chamber, the mobile platform being configured to automatically move along an operating surface; and   a cleaning module comprising a dust box and a main brush module, wherein the dust box is detachably assembled in the accommodating chamber, and comprises a first air inlet door and a second air inlet door, and the first air inlet door and the second air inlet door are located on a first sidewall and a second sidewall of the dust box, respectively, and are configured to provide intake airflows in different directions during dust collection;   wherein the dust-collection station comprises a dust collection port, and the dust-collection port is docked with a port of the main brush module and collects dust.   
     
     
         15 . The automatic cleaning system according to  claim 14 , wherein the first air inlet door and the second air inlet door are located at asymmetric positions of the first sidewall and the second sidewall, respectively. 
     
     
         16 . The automatic cleaning system according to  claim 15 , wherein the second air inlet door is disposed at a position close to a lower edge of the second sidewall, and a lower edge of the second air inlet door is lower than a lower edge of the first air inlet door. 
     
     
         17 . The automatic cleaning system according to  claim 15 , wherein the second air inlet door is disposed close to a rear sidewall of the dust box, and the first air inlet door is disposed close to a front sidewall of the dust box. 
     
     
         18 . The automatic cleaning system according to  claim 15 , wherein the first air inlet door rotates approximately around a first rotating shaft, the second air inlet door rotates approximately around a second rotating shaft, and the first rotating shaft is approximately perpendicular to the second rotating shaft. 
     
     
         19 . The automatic cleaning system according to  claim 16 , wherein shapes of the first air inlet door and the second air inlet door are at least one or a combination of following: rectangle, square, circle, ellipse, and/or strip. 
     
     
         20 . The automatic cleaning system according to  claim 19 , wherein the first air inlet door is of a rectangular structure, and long edges of the first air inlet door are longitudinally disposed; and the second air inlet door is of a rectangular structure, and long edges of the second air inlet door are transversely disposed.