阅读说明：本技术 尘盒组件、清洁机器人和清洁系统 (Dust box assembly, cleaning robot and cleaning system ) 是由 邓文海 潘燕梅 高哲鑫 于 2020-09-11 设计创作，主要内容包括：本发明公开一种尘盒组件、清洁机器人和清洁系统,其中,尘盒组件包括：尘盒主体,设置有进尘口、排尘口以及与进尘口和排尘口连通的集尘腔；活动板,与尘盒主体转动连接,活动板可开放或封盖排尘口；传动组件,连接尘盒主体和活动板,传动组件用于接收外部驱动,以带动活动板相对尘盒主体翻转至开放或封盖排尘口的状态。本发明的清洁机器人可以实现活动板的自动开合,从而省去用户手动开合活动板,同时,清洁机器人和清洁系统中的其他设备配合,能够实现清洁机器人的自动除尘,从而无需用户清理集尘腔。(The invention discloses a dust box assembly, a cleaning robot and a cleaning system, wherein the dust box assembly comprises: the dust box main body is provided with a dust inlet, a dust outlet and a dust collecting cavity communicated with the dust inlet and the dust outlet; the movable plate is rotatably connected with the dust box main body and can open or close the dust exhaust port; the transmission assembly is connected with the dust box main body and the movable plate and used for receiving external drive so as to drive the movable plate to turn over relative to the dust box main body to an open state or a state of sealing and covering the dust exhaust port. The cleaning robot can realize automatic opening and closing of the movable plate, so that manual opening and closing of the movable plate by a user is omitted, and meanwhile, the cleaning robot is matched with other equipment in a cleaning system, so that automatic dust removal of the cleaning robot can be realized, and the user is not required to clean a dust collecting cavity.)

1. A dirt tray assembly removably configurable on a cleaning robot, the dirt tray assembly comprising:

the dust box main body is provided with a dust inlet, a dust outlet and a dust collecting cavity communicated with the dust inlet and the dust outlet;

the movable plate is rotatably connected with the dust box main body and can open or close the dust exhaust port;

the transmission assembly is connected with the dust box main body and the movable plate and used for receiving external drive so as to drive the movable plate to overturn relative to the dust box main body to an open state or a closed state of the dust discharge port.

2. The dirt tray assembly of claim 1, wherein the transmission assembly includes an input gear rotatably mounted to the dirt tray body and an output gear coupled to the movable plate, the output gear being drivingly coupled to the input gear.

3. The dirt tray assembly of claim 2, wherein the transmission assembly further includes an elastic return element, the elastic return element acting on the input gear or the movable plate, the elastic return element providing an elastic force for switching the movable plate from an open dust exhaust port state to a closed dust exhaust port state.

4. The dust box assembly of claim 1, wherein the dust box body is provided with a protrusion on an outer side to surround the dust exhaust port, and the movable plate is provided with a sealing layer, and the movable plate seals the dust exhaust port by fitting the sealing layer to the protrusion.

5. The dust box assembly of claim 1, wherein the dust box body is provided with a first magnetic portion around the dust outlet, and the movable plate is provided with a second magnetic portion corresponding to a side of the movable plate close to the dust outlet, the second magnetic portion being magnetically attracted to the first magnetic portion.

6. The dust box assembly of claim 1, wherein the dust box body is formed with an avoiding notch on a side wall thereof, and the avoiding notch penetrates the dust box body along an installation direction or a disassembly direction of the dust box body, so that an external driving member extends into the avoiding notch to drive the transmission assembly.

7. A cleaning robot, characterized by comprising:

a robot main body;

the dirt box assembly of any one of claims 1-6;

a power assembly mounted on the robot body or the dust box body, the power assembly being configured to drive the movable plate to switch between positions of opening the dust discharge port and covering the dust discharge port.

8. The cleaning robot as claimed in claim 7, wherein the power assembly includes a driving device, a transmission mechanism and a transmission shaft, the driving device is mounted on the robot body, the transmission shaft is rotatably mounted on the robot body, the transmission shaft is coupled to or separated from the movable plate, the transmission mechanism connects the driving device and the transmission shaft, and the driving device drives the transmission shaft to rotate via the transmission mechanism to drive the movable plate to turn.

9. The cleaning robot as claimed in claim 8, wherein the transmission mechanism includes a first rocking bar, a second rocking bar and an elastic buffer member, one end of the first rocking bar is fixedly connected to the output shaft of the driving device, one end of the second rocking bar is fixedly connected to the transmission shaft, the elastic buffer member is connected to one end of the first rocking bar, which is away from the output shaft of the driving device, and one end of the second rocking bar, which is away from the transmission shaft, is connected to the end of the second rocking bar, and the driving device drives the first rocking bar to drive the second rocking bar to swing, so that the transmission shaft rotates relative to the robot body.

10. The cleaning robot as claimed in claim 9, wherein the robot body is further provided with two stoppers mounted on opposite sides of the second rocking bar to limit a swing angle of the second rocking bar.

11. A cleaning robot, characterized by comprising:

a robot main body provided with an accommodating groove;

the dust box main body is detachably connected with the accommodating groove of the robot main body and is provided with a dust inlet, a dust outlet and a dust collecting cavity communicated with the dust inlet and the dust outlet;

the movable plate is rotatably connected with the dust box main body and can open or close the dust exhaust port;

a power assembly mounted on the robot body or the dust box body, the power assembly configured to drive the movable plate to switch between positions of opening the dust discharge port and covering the dust discharge port.

12. The cleaning robot of claim 11, wherein the movable plate is rotatably coupled to the robot main body by a rotation shaft; the cleaning robot further comprises an input gear and an output gear which are rotatably installed on the dust box main body, the input gear is connected with the power assembly, the output gear is connected with the rotating shaft, and the output gear is in transmission connection with the input gear.

13. The cleaning robot as claimed in claim 12, wherein a surface portion of the robot main body is concavely provided with a receiving groove for receiving the dust box main body, the output end of the power assembly is a transmission shaft, and the transmission shaft is convexly provided on a side wall of the receiving groove;

the dust box main body is detachably arranged in the accommodating groove, an avoiding notch is concavely arranged on the surface of the dust box main body, which is adjacent to the transmission shaft, and the avoiding notch penetrates through the surface of the dust box main body, which is adjacent to the accommodating groove;

the input gear is detachably connected with the transmission shaft penetrating through the avoiding notch.

14. The cleaning robot as claimed in claim 13, wherein the input gear is provided with a protruding shaft protruding into the escape notch at an end face thereof, an axis of the protruding shaft is arranged to coincide with an axis of the input gear, the protruding shaft is formed with a catch at a peripheral side wall thereof, and the transmission shaft is detachably connected to the catch.

15. The cleaning robot as claimed in any one of claims 7 to 14, further comprising a controller electrically connected to the power assembly, wherein the controller controls the power assembly to drive the movable plate to expand relative to the dust box body when receiving a command to start dust exhaust; when the controller receives a dust exhaust finishing instruction, the controller controls the power assembly to drive the movable plate to close relative to the dust box main body.

16. A cleaning system, characterized in that it comprises a garbage collection station provided with a dust collection port for docking with a dust discharge port of the cleaning robot, and a cleaning robot according to any one of claims 7 to 15.

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of household appliances, in particular to a dust box assembly, a cleaning robot and a cleaning system.

Background

A cleaning robot is one of intelligent household appliances, and generally is a robot which automatically finishes the work of cleaning, mopping and the like in a room by means of certain artificial intelligence. A dust box is generally provided in the cleaning robot to store dust collected during the cleaning process.

Cleaning machines people in the existing market, the mode of its clearance dirt box is the manual clearance of user, needs the user will open the dust box lid and expose the dust chamber in the dirt box completely and just can accomplish the dust removal, and not only inconvenient user uses, still causes the dust easily to spill over when opening the dust collection box, pollutes the environment again.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention mainly aims to provide a dust box component, aiming at realizing the automatic opening and closing of a dust box and facilitating the cleaning of dust in the dust box.

To achieve the above object, the present invention provides a dust box assembly comprising: the dust box main body is provided with a dust inlet, a dust outlet and a dust collecting cavity communicated with the dust inlet and the dust outlet; the movable plate is rotatably connected with the dust box main body and can open or close the dust exhaust port; the transmission assembly is connected with the dust box main body and the movable plate and used for receiving external drive so as to drive the movable plate to overturn relative to the dust box main body to an open state or a closed state of the dust discharge port.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the transmission assembly includes an input gear and an output gear rotatably mounted on the dust box main body, the output gear is connected to the movable plate, and the output gear is in transmission connection with the input gear.

In an embodiment of the invention, the transmission assembly further includes an elastic resetting member, the elastic resetting member acts on the input gear or the movable plate, and the elastic resetting member provides an elastic force for switching the movable plate from the state of opening the dust exhaust port to the state of closing the dust exhaust port.

In an embodiment of the invention, the dust box main body is provided with a protruding portion surrounding the dust exhaust port on an outer side, the movable plate is provided with a sealing layer, the sealing layer forms a groove on a surface of the sealing layer, and the movable plate seals the dust exhaust port by the sealing layer matching with the protruding portion.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the dust box main body is provided with a first magnetic portion on a peripheral side of the dust discharge opening, the movable plate is provided with a second magnetic portion on a side close to the dust discharge opening, and the second magnetic portion is magnetically attracted to the first magnetic portion.

In an embodiment of the present invention, an avoiding notch is formed in a side wall of the dust box main body, and the avoiding notch penetrates through the dust box main body along an installation direction or a disassembly direction of the dust box main body, so that an external driving member extends into the avoiding notch to drive the transmission assembly.

The present invention also provides a cleaning robot, including: a robot main body; a dust box assembly; a power assembly mounted on the robot body or the dust box body, the power assembly being configured to drive the movable plate to switch between positions of opening the dust discharge port and covering the dust discharge port.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the power assembly includes a driving device, a transmission mechanism and a transmission shaft, the driving device is mounted on the robot main body, the transmission shaft is rotatably mounted on the robot main body, the transmission shaft is linked with or separated from the movable plate, the transmission mechanism connects the driving device and the transmission shaft, and the driving device drives the transmission shaft to rotate through the transmission mechanism to drive the movable plate to turn over.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the transmission mechanism includes a first rocker, a second rocker, and an elastic buffer, one end of the first rocker is fixedly connected to the output shaft of the driving device, one end of the second rocker is fixedly connected to the transmission shaft, the elastic buffer is connected to one end of the first rocker, which is away from the output shaft of the driving device, and one end of the second rocker, which is away from the transmission shaft, is connected to the end of the second rocker, which is away from the transmission shaft, and the driving device drives the first rocker to drive the second rocker to swing, so that the transmission shaft rotates relative to the robot main body.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the robot main body is further provided with two limiting blocks, and the two limiting blocks are installed on two opposite sides of the second rocking bar to limit a swing angle of the second rocking bar.

The invention also provides a cleaning robot, wherein the robot main body is provided with an accommodating groove; the dust box main body is detachably connected with the accommodating groove of the robot main body and is provided with a dust inlet, a dust outlet and a dust collecting cavity communicated with the dust inlet and the dust outlet; the movable plate is rotatably connected with the dust box main body and can open or close the dust exhaust port; a power assembly mounted on the robot body or the dust box body, the power assembly configured to drive the movable plate to switch between positions of opening the dust discharge port and covering the dust discharge port.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the movable plate is rotatably connected to the robot main body through a rotating shaft; the cleaning robot further comprises an input gear and an output gear which are rotatably installed on the dust box main body, the input gear is connected with the power assembly, the output gear is connected with the rotating shaft, and the output gear is in transmission connection with the input gear.

In an embodiment of the present invention, a surface portion of the robot main body is concavely provided with an accommodating groove for accommodating the dust box main body, and the transmission shaft is convexly provided on a side wall of the accommodating groove; the dust box main body is detachably arranged in the accommodating groove, an avoiding notch communicated with the dust collection cavity is concavely arranged on the surface of the dust box main body, which is adjacent to the transmission shaft, and the avoiding notch extends towards the bottom of the accommodating groove and penetrates through the surface of the dust box main body, which is adjacent to the bottom of the accommodating groove; the input gear is detachably connected with the transmission shaft penetrating through the avoiding notch.

In an embodiment of the present invention, a protruding shaft protruding into the avoiding notch is convexly disposed on an end surface of the input gear, an axis of the protruding shaft is disposed to coincide with an axis of the input gear, the protruding shaft is formed with a locking groove on a peripheral side wall, and the transmission shaft is detachably connected to the locking groove.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the cleaning robot further includes a controller, the controller is electrically connected to the power assembly, and when the controller receives a command to start dust discharging, the controller controls the power assembly to drive the movable plate to expand relative to the dust box main body; when the controller receives a dust exhaust finishing instruction, the controller controls the power assembly to drive the movable plate to close relative to the dust box main body.

The invention further provides a cleaning system which comprises the cleaning robot and the garbage recycling base station, wherein the garbage recycling base station is provided with a dust collecting opening, and the dust collecting opening is used for being in butt joint with the dust discharging opening of the cleaning robot.

According to the technical scheme, automatic dust removal of the cleaning robot can be achieved, when the cleaning robot needs to remove dust, the cleaning robot moves towards the garbage recovery base station and is in butt joint with the dust collecting port of the garbage recovery base station, after the dust removing port is in butt joint with the dust collecting port of the garbage recovery base station, the controller controls the power device to work, the power device directly drives the movable plate to open the dust removing port or drives the transmission device to drive the movable plate to open the dust removing port, the garbage recovery base station starts to work, dust is made to enter the garbage recovery base station from the dust collecting cavity through the dust removing port of the dust box main body to the dust collecting port of the garbage recovery base station, and the cleaning of the dust collecting cavity of the cleaning robot is completed.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to the structures shown in the drawings without creative efforts.

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a cleaning robot according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic structural view of the dirt box assembly of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is another schematic view of the dirt box assembly of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is an enlarged view taken at A in FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of another state of FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a cleaning robot according to another embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a schematic view of the assembly of the dirt tray assembly and the cleaning robot of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is another schematic view of the assembly of the dust box assembly and the cleaning robot of the present invention

FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view of FIG. 6;

FIG. 10 is a schematic structural view of the main body of the dust box of FIG. 6;

FIG. 11 is another schematic view of the main body of the dust box of FIG. 6;

FIG. 12 is a cross-sectional view of one embodiment of a cleaning system of the present invention;

FIG. 13 is a schematic view of a cleaning system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

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the implementation, functional features and advantages of the objects of the present invention will be further explained with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

It should be noted that all the directional indicators (such as up, down, left, right, front, and rear … …) in the embodiment of the present invention are only used to explain the relative position relationship between the components, the movement situation, etc. in a specific posture (as shown in the drawing), and if the specific posture is changed, the directional indicator is changed accordingly.

In addition, the descriptions related to "first", "second", etc. in the present invention are for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one such feature. In addition, the technical solutions in the embodiments may be combined with each other, but it must be based on the realization of those skilled in the art, and when the technical solutions are contradictory or cannot be realized, such a combination should be considered to be absent and not within the protection scope of the present invention.

The present invention provides a cleaning robot 100, and it is understood that the cleaning robot 100 may be a sweeping robot, a sweeping and mopping integrated robot, a floor cleaning robot, a window cleaning robot, a handheld dust collector, or a hand-pushing cleaning machine, and the like, which is not limited herein.

Referring to fig. 1, 2 and 3, the cleaning robot 100 includes a robot main body 20, a dust box assembly 10 and a power assembly 30.

Robot main part 20 includes parts such as chassis, two drive wheels, universal wheel, suction device, and two drive wheels are located the left and right sides on chassis respectively for drive robot main part is from the main part of moving, and the universal wheel is located robot main part 20's front portion or afterbody, and suction device installs on the chassis, and it is used for driving the flow of air.

The dust box assembly 10 includes a dust box main body 11, the dust box main body 11 is provided with a dust inlet 114, a dust outlet 111 and a dust collecting cavity 112 communicated with both the dust inlet 114 and the dust outlet 111, the dust collecting cavity 112 is further communicated with a suction device, so that external dust, paper dust and other impurities can enter the dust collecting cavity 112 through the dust inlet 114.

It should be noted that the dust box assembly 10 and the suction device are both mounted on the chassis, the dust collecting chamber 112 in the dust box assembly 10 is communicated with the suction device, and the suction device drives the air in the dust collecting chamber 112 to flow so as to drive the dust inlet 114 to continuously suck in foreign matters such as dust, paper dust, etc. from the outside.

The dirt tray assembly 10 also includes a screen attached to the dirt tray body 11, the screen being isolated between the suction device and the dirt collection chamber 112. The suction device draws air from the dust collecting chamber 112 through the filter screen, and the filter screen can perform a filtering function to prevent foreign matters such as external dust, paper dust and the like from entering the suction device.

The dust inlet 114, the dust outlet 111, and the filter screen are disposed in various positions, for example, the filter screen is mounted on the top or side of the dust box main body 11; the dust discharge port 111 is provided at the bottom or side or top of the dust box main body 11. The arrangement can be freely combined according to actual needs by those skilled in the art.

The dust box assembly 10 further includes a movable plate 12, the movable plate 12 is rotatably mounted on the dust box main body 11, and can open or close the dust discharge opening 111. There are various ways of rotatably connecting the movable plate 12 to the dust box main body 11, for example, the movable plate 12 is rotatably connected to the dust box main body 11 by a shaft; for another example, the dust box body 11 is rotatably connected to the dust box body 11 by a hinge.

The position of the rotation axis of the movable plate 12 is various and may be located in the middle of the movable plate 12 or on one side of the movable plate 12, and preferably, the rotation axis of the movable plate 12 is located on one side of the movable plate 12.

The movable plate 12 can rotate toward the inside of the dust collecting chamber 112 and also rotate toward the outside of the dust collecting chamber 112 when rotating relative to the dust box body 11, and preferably, the movable plate 12 rotates toward the outside of the dust collecting chamber 112, so that the movable plate 12 can prevent the dust in the dust collecting chamber 112 from being discharged.

The transmission assembly 13 is connected to the dust box main body 11 and the movable plate 12, and the transmission assembly 13 is used for receiving external drive to drive the movable plate 12 to be turned over to an open state or a closed state relative to the dust box main body 11 to cover the dust discharge opening 111. The transmission assembly 13 may be a gear assembly, and the transmission assembly 13 may also be a transmission rod assembly connected to the dust box main body 11 and abutting against the movable plate 12.

The power assembly 30 may be an assembly composed of a motor and a transmission rod, the power assembly 30 may also be an assembly composed of a pneumatic pump, a cylinder, a piston, and a piston rod, and the power assembly 30 may also be other assemblies capable of generating a driving force, which are not limited herein.

The power assembly 30 may be mounted on the robot body 20 or the dust box body 11, and preferably, the power assembly 30 is mounted on the robot body 20, so that the space of the dust collecting cavity 112 of the dust box body 11 can be maximized, and further, more dust can be stored.

The cleaning robot 100 has two states, i.e., a dust suction state and a dust discharge state.

When the cleaning robot 100 is in a dust collection state, the cleaning robot 100 moves on the ground under the action of the driving wheels, at this time, the dust exhaust port 111 is covered under the action of the movable plate 12, the suction device drives the air in the environment to pass through the dust inlet 114, the dust collection chamber 112 and the suction device in sequence and then be exhausted into the environment, when the air is sucked into the dust collection chamber 112, the dust, paper dust and other impurities on the ground also enter the dust collection chamber 112 along with the air, so that the cleaning of the ground is realized, and meanwhile, the dust, paper dust and other impurities in the dust collection chamber 112 are retained in the dust collection chamber 112 under the obstruction of the filter screen.

When the cleaning robot 100 is in a dust exhaust state, the power assembly 30 drives the transmission assembly 13, the movable plate 12 starts to rotate under the action of the transmission assembly 13, so as to open the dust exhaust port 111, and the dust, paper dust and other impurities in the dust collection cavity 112 are exhausted from the dust exhaust port 111 under the suction of the garbage collection base station, so as to finish the evacuation of the dust, paper dust and other impurities in the dust collection cavity 112.

In other embodiments, the user may also manually apply external drive to the movable plate 12 to cause the movable plate 12 to flip relative to the dust box body. When the user needs to dump the garbage in the dust box main body 11, the user can manually operate the movable plate 12 to rotate to the position of opening the dust discharge port 111, so as to dump the garbage conveniently. Wherein, the dust exhaust port 111 can be designed into a proper shape and a sufficiently large size according to the requirement of dumping the garbage.

In an embodiment of the present invention, referring to fig. 2, the transmission assembly 13 includes an input gear 131 and an output gear 133, the input gear 131 is rotatably mounted on the dust box main body 11, the output gear 133 is fixedly connected to the rotating shaft of the movable plate 12, and the output gear 133 is in transmission connection with the input gear 131. It should be noted that the output gear 133 may be directly meshed with the input gear 131 for transmission, or may be indirectly connected with the input gear 131 through a plurality of transmission gears 132, where the number of the transmission gears 132 may be one, two, five, etc., and the number of the transmission gears 132 depends on the relative position relationship between the input gear 131 and the output gear 133, and is not limited herein. The input end of the power assembly 30 is connected to the input gear 131, and the input gear 131 rotates under the action of the power assembly 30 and drives the output gear 133 to rotate and drive the movable plate 12 to rotate.

Further, referring to fig. 5, the transmission assembly 13 further includes an elastic restoring member 134, and the elastic restoring member 134 acts on the input gear 131 or the movable plate 12 to provide an elastic force when the movable plate 12 is switched from the state of opening the dust exhaust port 111 to the state of covering the dust exhaust port 111.

There are many kinds of elastic restoring members 134, which may be torsion springs, elastic cords, etc. capable of providing elasticity. The elastic restoring member 134 may be installed in various manners, particularly in relation to the structure of the elastic restoring member 134, for example, the elastic restoring member 134 is an elastic rope, one end of which is connected to the dust box main body 11, and the other end of which is connected to the side end of the movable plate 12 away from the side end thereof rotatably connected to the dust box main body 11; for another example, the elastic restoring element 134 is a torsion spring, and the torsion spring is mounted on a rotating shaft rotatably connected to the movable plate 12 and the dust box main body 11.

When the movable plate 12 is switched from the state of covering the dust exhaust port 111 to the state of opening the dust exhaust port 111, the power assembly 30 acts on the transmission assembly 13 to rotate the movable plate 12 relative to the dust box main body 11 and open the dust exhaust port 111, and at this time, the elastic resetting piece 134 generates tensile or compressive elastic deformation along with the rotation of the movable plate 12; when the movable plate 12 is switched from the state of opening the dust outlet 111 to the state of closing the dust outlet 111, the power assembly 30 cancels the action on the transmission assembly 13, and the elastic reset member 134 restores the elastic deformation, so as to drive the movable plate 12 to rotate relative to the dust box main body 11 and close the dust outlet 111.

Further, referring to fig. 4, in order to better cover the dust exhaust opening 111, the dust box main body 11 is provided with a protrusion 115 surrounding the dust exhaust opening 111 on the outer side, and the movable plate 12 is provided with a sealing layer 121, and the movable plate seals the dust exhaust opening by the sealing layer 121 fitting with the protrusion 115. The sealing layer 121 can be made of various materials, such as silicone, sponge, plastic, etc.

Optionally, the sealing layer 121 is formed with a groove on the surface, and the sealing layer 121 is in sealing contact with the protrusion 115 by fitting the groove to the protrusion 115. The shape of the groove is various, and the groove can be trapezoidal, quadrangular and the like. Sealing layer 121

Of course, the dust box body 11 may be provided with a groove on the outer side thereof, the groove being defined around the shaft of the dust discharge port 111, and the movable plate 12 may be provided with a protrusion engaged with the groove to be in sealing contact with the groove.

In order to better maintain the state that the movable plate 12 covers the dust outlet 111, in an embodiment of the present invention, referring to fig. 4, the dust box main body 11 is provided with a first magnetic portion 14 on the periphery of the dust outlet 111, the movable plate 12 is correspondingly provided with a second magnetic portion 122 on the side close to the dust outlet 111, and the second magnetic portion 122 is magnetically attracted to the first magnetic portion 14. The first magnetic part 14 and the second magnetic part 122 may be respectively magnets that are magnetically attracted, or the first magnetic part 14 may be metal, and the second magnetic part 122 may be a magnet that is matched with metal, which is not listed here.

In an embodiment of the present invention, referring to fig. 1, the power assembly 30 includes a driving device 31, a transmission mechanism 32 and a transmission shaft 33, the driving device 31 is mounted on the robot main body 20, the transmission shaft 33 is rotatably mounted on the robot main body 20, the transmission shaft 33 is linked with or separated from the movable plate 12, the transmission mechanism 32 is connected to the driving device 31 and the transmission shaft 33, the transmission mechanism 32 is configured to transmit a driving force of the driving device 31 to the transmission shaft 33, and the driving force of the driving device 31 changes a direction of the force under the action of the transmission mechanism 32 to drive the movable plate 12 to turn over. When the driving device 31 does not transmit power, the user can freely take out the dust box assembly 10. In addition, the driving device 31 does not need to be placed in the dust box main body 11, a conductive connecting piece does not need to be arranged, the volume of the dust box is not occupied, and the dust box main body 11 is convenient to wash.

The driving device 31 is used for providing power for the rotation of the movable plate 12, and may be composed of a motor and a reduction gearbox, or may be composed of a hydraulic system, and the driving device 31 may also be composed of other structures.

The transmission mechanism 21 may be formed by hinged movable rods, or by a plurality of gears engaged with each other, and the transmission mechanism 32 may be another component capable of transmitting the driving force.

In this embodiment, the driving device 31 is composed of a motor and a reduction box, and the transmission mechanism 32 includes a first rocking bar 321, a second rocking bar 322 and an elastic buffer 323.

Specifically, referring to fig. 1, an output end of the motor is connected to an input end of the reduction box, the output end of the reduction box is fixedly connected to one end of the first rocking bar 321, the other end of the first rocking bar 321 is connected to one end of the elastic buffer member 323, one end of the elastic buffer member 323 away from the first rocking bar 321 is connected to the second rocking bar 322, and one end of the second rocking bar 322 away from the elastic buffer member 323 is fixedly connected to the transmission shaft 33.

The motor drives the reduction gearbox to rotate, the first rocker 321 rotates along with the rotation of the reduction gearbox, the first rocker 321 applies pulling force to the elastic buffer part 323 when rotating, the elastic buffer part 323 generates elastic force to pull the second rocker 322 to rotate, the second rocker 322 drives the transmission shaft 33 to transmit, the arrangement is such that the elastic buffer part 323 provides buffer for the transmission connection of the first rocker 321 and the second rocker 322, when the conditions that the first rocker 321 still rotates and the second rocker 322 cannot rotate to the limit of the range of motion and the like are met, the driving force which cannot be transmitted is applied to the buffer spring, the damage to the first rocker 321 and the second rocker 322 is avoided, and the service life of the transmission mechanism 32 is prolonged.

It should be noted that the first rocking bar 321 can be driven by the driving device 31 to swing reciprocally within a certain range, i.e. to move reciprocally between a rotation direction away from the second rocking bar 322 and a rotation direction close to the second rocking bar 322; the driving device 31 can also be driven to perform circular motion, for example, in one side circular motion, the first half circle motion is a motion away from the second rocker 322, and the second half circle motion is a motion close to the second rocker 322.

In other embodiments, the output end of the motor is connected with the input end of the reduction gearbox, and the output end of the reduction gearbox is connected with the transmission assembly, so that when the motor drives the reduction gearbox to rotate, the reduction gearbox can drive the transmission assembly, and then the movable plate is driven to turn over relative to the dust box main body.

Further, referring to fig. 1, the robot body 20 is further provided with two limiting blocks 21, the two limiting blocks 21 are mounted on two opposite sides of the second rocking bar 322 to limit the swing angle of the second rocking bar 322, so as to limit the rotation angle of the transmission shaft 33 connected to one end of the second rocking bar 322 far away from the elastic buffer 323, that is, to limit the moving range of the movable plate 12. Compared with the method of controlling the range of motion or the time of motion of the driving device 31 by a control program to control the range of rotation of the movable plate 12, the technical solution of controlling the range of motion of the second rocker 322 by the limiting block 21 in this embodiment is simpler and easier to operate.

In order to facilitate the detachable connection between the power assembly 30 and the dust box main body 11, referring to fig. 2, in an embodiment of the present invention, an avoiding notch 113 is formed on a side wall of the dust box main body 11, and the avoiding notch 113 penetrates through the dust box main body 11 along an installation direction or a detachment direction of the dust box main body 11, so that the power assembly 30 extends into the avoiding notch 113 to drive the transmission assembly 13. With such arrangement, when the dust box main body 11 is mounted on the cleaning robot 100, the power assembly 30 can be connected with the dust box main body 11 through the avoiding notch 113 and provide driving force for the dust box main body 11; when the main body 11 is detached from the cleaning robot 100, the power assembly 30 can be separated from the main body 11 along the escape notch 113 extending along the detaching direction of the main body 11 to facilitate the cleaning of the main body 11.

It should be noted that the avoidance gap 113 is not communicated with the dust collection chamber 112, and the avoidance gap 113 may be in transition fit with the output section of the power assembly 30, or the avoidance gap 113 may be separated from the dust collection chamber 112 by the input gear 131.

The present invention also provides a cleaning robot 100', it is understood that the cleaning robot 100' may be a sweeping robot, a sweeping and mopping integrated robot, a floor cleaning robot, a window cleaning robot, a handheld cleaner, or a hand-push cleaner, etc., and is not limited herein. Referring to fig. 6 to 11, the cleaning robot 100' includes: the robot main body 10', the dust box main body 20', the movable plate 30', and the power assembly 70'.

The robot body 10' includes a chassis 12', two driving wheels, a universal wheel, a driving motor, a suction device, and the like, wherein the two driving wheels are respectively disposed at the left and right sides of the chassis 12', the universal wheel is disposed at the front or the tail of the robot body 10', the driving motor is used for driving the two driving wheels to rotate, and the suction device is mounted on the chassis 12' and used for driving the air to flow.

The dust box main body 20' is provided with a dust inlet 22', a dust outlet 23', and a dust collecting chamber 24' communicating with the dust inlet 22' and the dust outlet 23', and the dust box main body 20' is detachably mounted to the receiving groove 11' of the robot main body 10 '.

For example, referring to fig. 6 to 8, two opposite groove walls of the accommodating groove 11 'are arranged in a step shape in the height direction, and the distance between the two groove walls increases with the increase of the height, the accommodating groove 11' extends toward the top of the robot main body 10 'and is arranged to penetrate through the top of the robot main body 10' to form a mounting opening for mounting and dismounting the dust box main body 20', and the dust box main body 20' is mounted in the accommodating groove 11 'through the mounting opening and is matched with the groove walls of the accommodating groove 11'; if the groove bottom of the accommodating groove 11' is upwards extended to be provided with a clamping protrusion, the dust box main body 20' is provided with a clamping groove matched with the clamping protrusion, the accommodating groove 11' extends towards the top of the robot main body 10' and runs through the top of the robot main body 10', an installation opening for installing and disassembling the dust box main body 20' is formed, and the dust box main body 20' is installed in the accommodating groove 11' through the installation opening and is installed on the accommodating groove 11' through the matching of the clamping groove and the clamping protrusion.

It should be noted that the main body 20 'and the suction device are mounted on the chassis 12', the dust collecting chamber 24 'in the main body 20' is connected to the suction device, and the suction device drives the air in the dust collecting chamber 24 'to flow so as to drive the dust inlet 22' to continuously suck in foreign matters such as dust, paper dust, etc.

The cleaning robot 100' further includes a filter screen located at a communication position of the suction device and the dust chamber 24', which may be installed in the dust chamber 24' or at a suction end of the suction device, which are not limited to this. The suction device is used for sucking air through the filter screen, so that foreign matters such as external dust, paper scraps and the like are prevented from entering the suction device. It should be noted that the filter screen cannot be installed at the connection between the dust inlet 22 'and the dust outlet 23', that is, the dust, paper dust, and other impurities do not pass through the filter screen in the process of being discharged from the dust inlet 22 'to the dust outlet 23', so that the dust, paper dust, and other impurities entering from the dust inlet 22 'can be smoothly discharged from the dust outlet 23'.

There are various ways for the movable plate 30 'to be rotatably connected with the dust box main body 20', for example, the movable plate 30 'is rotatably connected with the dust box main body 20' through a shaft; for another example, the dust box body 20 'is pivotally connected to the dust box body 20' by a hinge. The line of the rotation axis 31' of the movable plate 30' is variously positioned, and may be positioned at the middle of the movable plate 30' or at one side of the movable plate 30', and preferably, the line of the rotation axis 31' of the movable plate 30' is positioned at one side of the movable plate 30 '.

A power assembly 70 'may be mounted on the robot body 10' or the dust box body 20', and the power assembly 70' may be used to drive the movable plate 30 'such that the movable plate 30' is switched between positions of opening the dust discharge port 23 'and covering the dust discharge port 23'. The power assembly 70' is used for providing a driving force, and the type of the power assembly 70' is various, and may be a combination assembly of a motor and a reduction gearbox, or an assembly composed of a pneumatic pump, a cylinder, a piston and a piston rod, and the power assembly 70' may also be other assemblies capable of generating a driving force, which is not limited herein.

It should be noted that the power assembly 70' may drive the movable plate 30' through the transmission assembly, or the power assembly 70' may directly drive the movable plate 30', and the manner in which the power assembly 70' drives the transmission plate will be separately described below.

In an embodiment of the present invention, referring to fig. 10, the cleaning robot 100 'further includes an input gear 40' and an output gear 60 'rotatably mounted on the main body 20', the input gear 40 'is connected to the power assembly 70', the output gear 60 'is connected to the rotating shaft 31', and the output gear 60 'is in transmission connection with the input gear 40'. It should be noted that the output gear 60' can be directly meshed with the input gear 40' for transmission, or can be indirectly connected with the input gear through a plurality of transmission gears 50 '; the movable plate 30' is rotatably connected to the robot main body 10' by a rotation shaft 31 '.

Specifically, the surface of the robot main body 10' is concavely provided with an accommodating groove 11' for accommodating the dust box main body 20', the output end of the power assembly 70' is a transmission shaft, and the transmission shaft is convexly arranged on the side wall of the accommodating groove 11 '; the dust box main body 20' is detachably mounted in the accommodating groove 11', an avoiding notch 21' is concavely arranged on the surface of the dust box main body 20' adjacent to the transmission shaft, and the avoiding notch 21' penetrates through the surface of the dust box main body 20' adjacent to the accommodating groove 11 '; the input gear 40 'is detachably connected to the transmission shaft passing through the escape notch 21'.

Further, referring to fig. 10, the input gear 40 'is provided with a protruding shaft 41' protruding into the avoiding notch 21 'at an end surface, an axis of the protruding shaft 41' is overlapped with an axis of the input gear 40', the protruding shaft 41' is provided with a slot 411 'at a peripheral side wall, and the transmission shaft is detachably connected to the slot 411'. The shape of the slot 411' is various, and it may be square, hexagonal, etc., and it should be noted that the shape of the slot 411' should ensure that the input gear 40' can rotate together with the transmission shaft, so the slot 411' cannot be circular, etc., which cannot make the input gear 40' rotate along with the rotation of the transmission shaft.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the power assembly 70 'includes a motor and a speed reducer fixedly connected to an output shaft of the motor, an output section of the speed reducer is coaxially disposed with the rotating shaft 31' of the movable plate 30', a hexagonal clamping groove is concavely disposed on one side of the rotating shaft 31' of the movable plate 30 'close to the output section, a hexagonal clamping protrusion matched with the clamping groove is convexly disposed at one end of the output section close to the movable plate 30', the motor drives the speed reducer to rotate, and a shaft of the movable plate 30 'is driven to rotate by the speed reducer through a clamping position, so as to rotate the movable plate 30'.

Obviously, there are many connection ways for the power assembly 70 'to be directly connected to the movable plate 30' to drive the movable plate 30', for example, the power assembly 70' includes a motor and a transmission rod fixedly connected to an output section of the motor, the transmission rod is convexly provided with a rotating protrusion arranged in a circular shape, a side surface of the movable plate 30 'is concavely provided with a rotating groove arranged in a circular shape and matched with the rotating protrusion, the rotating protrusion of the transmission rod extends into the rotating groove of the movable plate 30' to realize the rotating connection between the transmission rod and the movable plate 30', the output section of the motor rotates to drive the transmission rod to rotate, and the transmission rod drives the movable plate 30' to rotate through the matching of the rotating protrusion and the rotating.

In an embodiment of the present invention, referring to fig. 6 to 8, a surface portion of the robot main body 10' is concavely provided with an accommodating groove 11' for accommodating the dust box main body 20', an output end of the power assembly 70' is a transmission shaft, and the transmission shaft is convexly provided on a side wall of the accommodating groove 11 '; the dust box main body 20' is detachably mounted in the accommodating groove 11', an avoiding notch 21' is concavely arranged on the surface of the dust box main body 20' adjacent to the transmission shaft, and the avoiding notch 21' penetrates through the surface of the dust box main body 20' adjacent to the accommodating groove 11 '; the input gear 40 'is detachably connected to the transmission shaft passing through the escape notch 21'.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the cleaning robot 100 'further includes a controller 80', and the controller 80 'is electrically connected to the power assembly 70'. With such an arrangement, when the controller 80' receives a command for starting dust exhaust, the controller 80' controls the power assembly 70' to drive the movable plate 30' to expand relative to the dust box main body 20 '; when the controller 80' receives the command for finishing dust discharging, the controller 80' controls the power assembly 70' to drive the movable plate 30' to close relative to the dust box main body 20 '. There are many types of controllers 80' that may be single-chip, Bluetooth devices, etc.

Referring to fig. 12 and 13, the cleaning system includes a garbage recycling base station 200 and a cleaning robot 100, and the specific structure of the cleaning robot 100 refers to the above embodiments, and since the cleaning system 1000 adopts all technical solutions of all the above embodiments, at least all the beneficial effects brought by the technical solutions of the above embodiments are achieved, and are not described in detail herein. The garbage collection base station 200 is provided with a dust collection port 210, and the dust collection port 210 is used for being abutted with the dust discharge port 111 of the cleaning robot 100. The garbage recycling base station 200 comprises a dust inlet channel, a dust collecting cavity and a fan which are sequentially communicated, wherein the dust inlet channel is communicated with the dust collecting opening 210. The fan may generate a suction force to suck the debris from the dust collection port 210 through the dust inlet passage into the dust collection chamber.

When the cleaning robot 100 needs to discharge dust, the cleaning robot 100 moves towards the garbage collection base station 200 and is in butt joint with the dust collection port 210 of the garbage collection base station 200, after the dust discharge port is in butt joint with the dust collection port 210 of the garbage collection base station 200, the controller controls the power assembly 30 to work, the power assembly 30 directly drives the movable plate 12 to open the dust discharge port 111 or drives the transmission assembly 13 to drive the movable plate 12 to open the dust discharge port 111, the garbage collection base station 200 starts to work, dust is discharged from the dust collection cavity 112 to the dust collection port 210 of the garbage collection base station 200 through the dust discharge port 111 of the dust box main body 11, and then enters the garbage collection base station 200, and the dust collection cavity 112 of the cleaning robot 100 is cleaned. By such arrangement, the dust collecting cavity 112 can be prevented from being cleaned manually by a user, and meanwhile, dust caused by manual cleaning of the dust collecting cavity 112 by the user is prevented from overflowing and scattering, so that the environment is polluted again, and adverse effects are caused to the breathing of the user.

The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, and all modifications and equivalents of the present invention, which are made by the contents of the present specification and the accompanying drawings, or directly/indirectly applied to other related technical fields, are included in the scope of the present invention.