Detailed Description
The following description of the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present disclosure will be made clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present disclosure, and it is apparent that the described embodiments are some embodiments of the present disclosure, but not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be made by one of ordinary skill in the art without inventive effort, based on the embodiments in this disclosure are intended to be within the scope of this disclosure.
In the description of the present disclosure, it should be noted that, unless explicitly specified and limited otherwise, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, and may be either fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected, for example; can be mechanically or electrically connected; can be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate medium, and can be communication between two elements. The specific meaning of the terms in this disclosure will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art in the specific context.
The terms first, second and the like in the description and in the claims and in the drawings are used for distinguishing between different objects and not for describing a particular sequential order. Furthermore, the terms "comprise" and "have," as well as any variations thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion. For example, a process, method, system, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of steps or elements is not limited to only those listed steps or elements but may include other steps or elements not listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus.
Reference in the present disclosure to "an embodiment" means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment may be included in at least one embodiment of the present disclosure. The appearances of such phrases in various places in the specification are not necessarily all referring to the same embodiment, nor are separate or alternative embodiments mutually exclusive of other embodiments. Those of skill in the art will explicitly and implicitly appreciate that the embodiments described in this disclosure may be combined with other embodiments.
Fig. 1-3 illustrate a cleaning tool of the present disclosure that includes a housing, a cleaning module, and a water circulation module.
Wherein the cleaning module includes a drum 111 and a pressing rod 123 respectively mounted on the housing. The pressing rod 123 interferes with the sponge layer 111b of the drum 111 to press the sewage in the sponge layer 111 b.
The roller 111 has at least two layers, and the outermost layer is a sponge layer 111b for absorbing water and cleaning viscous garbage. The innermost layer of the drum 111 is a supporting layer made of a hard material. The driving motor may be sleeved in the drum 111, which may save space and reduce the volume of the cleaning tool.
The drum 111 may be detachably provided with a buckle at one end, thereby being convenient to be detached from the housing. The motor is installed inside the drum 111, and the rotation shaft is installed on the housing. The driving motor drives the hard material inside to rotate around the axis through the roller transmission mechanism, and drives the sponge layer 111b to rotate, so that the surface of the sponge layer 111b performs circular motion.
The density, hardness of the sponge layer 111b of the drum 111 has a direct influence on the water absorption properties and water storage rate (also called water locking properties). When the density of the sponge is improved to a certain extent, the water absorption performance is reduced, the hardness is improved, and the water storage rate is improved; conversely, the density of the sponge is reduced, the water absorption is improved, the hardness is reduced, and the water storage rate is reduced.
In the embodiments shown in fig. 1 to 3, the drum 111 is only used for absorbing water and cleaning viscous waste, and in some embodiments of the present disclosure, the drum 111 may also be used for cleaning dry waste, where the thickness, density, hardness, etc. of the sponge layer 111b are important.
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the sponge layer 111b may be foamed of polyvinyl alcohol (polyvinyl alcohol, vinylalcohol polymer, PVA for short). The density of PVA sponge is 0.5-0.25 g/cm 3 The water absorption rate is 0.5-1.5 g/cm 3 . The Shore hardness of the PVA sponge is 40-70. The water storage rate of the PVA sponge is 0.2-1.0 g/cm 3 . Such sponge layer, because of its possess above-mentioned characteristic, consequently compare with current ordinary sponge cylinder of individual layer, have better effect:
the sponge layer has proper water absorption performance and water storage rate and proper density and hardness, so that the sponge can be deformed properly in the mopping process, garbage particles are wrapped, and most of the garbage particles can be ejected out by utilizing elasticity of the sponge layer when the sponge layer is limited by turning the shovel strips, so that the sponge layer is separated from the sponge layer and falls into a dry garbage collecting unit, and omission is avoided; in addition, when the accumulated water on the ground is treated, the sponge can absorb more water, and less water remains on the towed bottom surface.
The single-layer sponge layer can not have the defect that the service life of the roller is influenced due to the fact that the double-layer sponge is separated from the layering by extrusion.
Alternatively, the sponge layer is typically 3 to 15mm thick and is deformed sufficiently to encapsulate the usual particulate waste. The household cleaning tool is provided with a sponge layer with the thickness of 5-10 mm, so that the household floor common dry garbage can be treated.
The water circulation module includes a water tank 250 and a sewage collection tank 280, which are respectively mounted on the housing 500. Wherein the sewage collection tank includes a tank cover 282 and an inclined sidewall 281. As shown in fig. 2 to 3, the upper end of the side wall 281 has an arc-shaped surface. A part of the outer circumference Zhou Tie of the pressing rod 123 is attached to the curved surface. The gap between the tank cover 282 and the sidewall 281 forms a first sewage outlet. The water pressed down by the pressing rod 123 from the sponge layer 111b flows into the sewage collecting tank 280 along the side wall 281 by its own weight.
In the embodiment shown in fig. 1-3, the water circulation module further includes a water spray housing 246 mounted to the housing 500. The water spray cover 246 is positioned above the drum 111, and a water spray hole 246a is provided at a lower end of the water spray cover 246. The water spraying holes 246a are connected to the water tank 250 to spray water onto the drum 111, thereby washing the drum 111. A water inlet 246b is provided at one side of the water spray housing 246, and the water inlet 246b is connected to the water tank 250.
In the embodiment shown in fig. 1-3, the cleaning module further includes a roller brush 131 and a blade 112, each mounted on the housing 500.
Wherein the roller brush 131 includes bristles 131a and brush bars 131e. Alternatively, the bristles 131a and the brush bars 131e are arranged at intervals on the surface of the roll brush 131. In this embodiment, the roller brush 131 is used to clean up garbage. In the embodiment shown in fig. 1 to 3, the arrows of the axes of the drum 111 and the roller brush 131 refer to the movement directions of the drum 111 and the roller brush 131, respectively, and it can be seen that the advancing direction of the cleaning tool is to the right. The cleaning tool is moved to the right and the roller brush 131 is rotated clockwise to sweep dry debris on the floor into the cleaning tool via the blade 112. The dry garbage enters the garbage box 141 along with the movement track of the rolling brush 131.
One end of the blade 112 contacts the ground, and has an arc-shaped working surface, which forms a garbage passage with the outer circumferential surface of the drum 111. The blade 112 may be a silicone blade.
In the embodiment shown in fig. 1-3, the dust inlet end of the dust bin 141 is provided with a dust guard pad 142 to prevent dust from entering the interior of the cleaning tool. The portion of the waste bin 141 in contact with the roller brush 131 may be provided in the shape of a rack (this embodiment will be referred to as a scraping tooth 141 a). The scraping teeth 141a are contacted with the brush hair 131a and the brush bar 131e, and have certain friction force, so that garbage (such as hair) wound on the brush hair 131a or the brush bar 131e can be scraped off, and the function of cleaning the brush hair 131a and the brush bar 131e is achieved.
In the embodiment shown in fig. 1-3, the cleaning tool further includes a stand unit 190. The driving motor 113a, the gear case 113b, and the water pump motor 247a are mounted on the bracket unit 190. In the present embodiment, the driving motor 113a is used to simultaneously drive the drum 111 and the rolling brush 131, and the water pump motor 247a is used to drive the water pump.
In addition, the stand unit 190 is further provided with a sewage nozzle 191. Wherein the sewage nozzle 191 is provided with a sewage outlet 191a and a sewage inlet 191b. The sewage outlet 191a is connected to the second sewage inlet 251a of the water tank 250, and the sewage inlet 191b is connected to the sewage collecting tank 280. The book is provided with
Fig. 4 shows a cistern of the present disclosure. The water tank includes a tank upper cover 255, a sewage box 251, a purified water box 252, and a filter assembly 254. Wherein the filtering assembly 254 divides the water tank into a sewage box 251 and a purified water box 252 which are independent from each other, the sewage box 251 is connected to the sewage collecting tank 280, and the purified water box 252 is connected to the water spray housing 246. The sewage in the sewage collecting tank 280 is pumped into the sewage box 251 under the action of the water pump, filtered by the filtering component 254, enters the purified water box 252, and is pumped into the water spraying cover 246, so that the self-cleaning of the roller is realized.
In the present disclosure, the filter assembly 254 may be a filter screen (which is referred to as a first filter screen in the present disclosure) or a filter cartridge. Wherein, the filter screen can be a stainless steel filter screen, a ceramic filter screen, etc. The filter assembly 254 shown in fig. 5 is a filter cartridge. The filter cartridge 254 includes a cartridge top cover 254 having two layers of filter cotton 254c therein, with an activated carbon filter cartridge 254b in between the two layers of filter cotton 254 c. The filter box 254 shown in fig. 5 has a good filtering effect, and can remove most of garbage in sewage, so that the sewage can be recycled.
In this embodiment, the upper cover 255 of the water tank is detachable, and in order to ensure the sealing effect of the water tank, a sealing ring 257 may be provided at the upper cover 255 of the water tank, as shown in fig. 4.
The filter box shown in fig. 4 is closed, and a power device is arranged at the outlet end of the purified water. The power means provided on the side of the purified water cassette 252 is preferably a water pump. A power unit may be provided on the sewage box 251 side. The power means at the sewage cassette 251 side may include a water pump or an air pump.
If the vacuum negative pressure principle is adopted to suck sewage into the sewage box 251, the power device is an air pump, and an exhaust pipe is correspondingly arranged. Under this condition, sewage can not contact with the motor, can not cause the influence to the motor, and the life-span of motor is long. The sewage box 251 is also provided with an air extraction opening. In operation, the first air pump pumps air inside the sewage box 251 to form negative pressure, thereby sucking sewage from the first sewage box into the sewage box 251.
When the cleaning tool shown in fig. 1-3 is used for cleaning the ground, a user adds clear water into the water tank, and the device is started. The fresh water is sucked to be sprayed on the drum 111. The user pushes the cleaning tool to move forward and backward, and the drum 111 and the roller brush 131 also start to rotate.
Under the cooperation of the shovel bar 112, the large-particle solid garbage carried by the rolling brush 131 enters the cleaning tool through a garbage channel between the large-particle solid garbage and the shovel bar 112, and then enters the garbage box 141 along the movement track of the rolling brush 131. Small particle waste and/or hair can become entangled with bristles 131a and/or brush bar 131e and then scraped off into waste bin 141 by scraping teeth 141a at the front end of waste bin 141.
The sponge layer 111b on the drum 111 is slightly wet (water absorption is not saturated) before contacting the ground, and after contacting the ground, the slightly wet sponge layer 111b absorbs liquid garbage or viscous garbage on the ground while wetting the ground. The sticky garbage can be regarded as being composed of liquid garbage and solid garbage, the liquid portion of which is absorbed by the sponge layer 111b, and the solid portion of which adheres to the sponge layer 111 b. Some small particle garbage that is not cleaned by the roller brush 131 may be embedded in or adhered to the sponge layer 111 b.
The drum 111 continues to roll, reaching the water pressing rod 123. The water pressing rod 123 presses the sponge layer 111b to press the sewage in the sponge layer 111b out. The water pressing rod 123 is always partially embedded in the sponge layer 111b of the drum 111, and the sponge layer 111b is always pressed, which is equivalent to the fact that the water pressing rod 123 continuously wrings out the drum 111 and then sprays cleaner water in the use process. That is, the drum 111 is always being cleaned during use. The extruded sewage enters the sewage collecting tank 280 along the side wall 281 of the sewage collecting tank 280, is pumped into the water tank 250, is filtered and is recycled to the drum 111, and the drum 111 is cleaned. The circulation is continuous, and the ground is cleaned.
The cleaning tool shown in fig. 1-3 may be a floor sweeping robot.
Fig. 6 is a partial cross-sectional view of another cleaning tool of the present disclosure. In the embodiment shown in fig. 6, the sewage of the sponge layer of the drum 111 is pressed by the water-pressing barrier 122. Fig. 6 shows only the reservoir 290, the pressurized water barrier 122, the drum 111 and the shovel bar 112.
In the embodiment shown in fig. 6, the cleaning module includes a drum 111, a pressurized water barrier 122, and a shovel bar 112, which are respectively mounted on the housing. The water pressing barrier 122 interferes with the sponge layer of the drum 111, and the water pressing barrier 122 and the drum 111 form a water tank a. The interference amount of the pressurized water barrier 122 with the sponge layer of the drum 111 may be 2 to 4mm. One end of the blade 112 is in contact with the ground when in operation, and has an arcuate working surface, which forms a waste channel (a to b in the figure) with the outer circumference of the drum 111.
In the embodiment shown in fig. 6, the drum 111 can simultaneously treat dry waste, liquid waste and sticky waste. When the roller 111 rolls over the ground, the sponge layer is pressed and deformed by the particles of the dry garbage on the ground, and wraps the particles of the dry garbage by the deformation, so that the particles of the dry garbage are separated from the ground and rotate along with the roller 111, the particles of the dry garbage leave the ground and are extruded by the shovel bars 112 and continue to rotate along with the roller 111. When the shovel bar 112 is rotated, the sponge layer is deformed in a recovery way due to the loss of the compression of the shovel bar, and the dry garbage particles wrapped by the sponge layer are released, so that the dry garbage enters the water storage tank 290.
The liquid garbage and the viscous garbage are adsorbed by the sponge layer of the drum 111, reach the water tank A along with the rotation of the drum 111, and then are released from the sponge layer under the action of water in the water tank A to enter the water tank A. The sewage in the water tank a can be pumped out of the water tank a by a power device (such as a water pump or an air pump), and can also flow out of the water tank a by the flow or the dead weight (at this time, the sewage outlet of the water tank a is arranged on two sides, or the water pressing barrier 122 is arranged to be high at one end and low at one end, at this time, the sewage in the water tank a can flow out by the dead weight). The discharged sewage may be filtered and returned to the water storage tank 290 for reuse in washing the drum 111.
In this embodiment, the upper end of the water storage tank 290 is opened and connected to the shovel bar 112, and the water storage tank 290 and the water pressing barrier bar 122 are respectively located at two sides of the drum 111. The reservoir 290 is immediately adjacent the drum 111. When the cleaning tool is moved, since the upper end of the water storage tank 290 is opened, water in the water storage tank 290 is agitated onto the drum 111 along with the movement of the cleaning tool, thereby wetting the drum 111.
In this embodiment, the reservoir 290 may be disposable and disposed of after a single use.
Because the larger dry waste can directly enter the water storage tank 290, the second filter screen 291 can be arranged at the upper end of the water storage tank 290, and the waste can not enter the water storage tank 290. Second filter 291 is preferably removable to allow for cleaning of second filter 291.
When cleaning the floor using the cleaning tool shown in fig. 6, the user adds fresh water to the water storage tank 290, and the user pushes the cleaning tool to move back and forth, so that the fresh water is agitated onto the drum 111 as the cleaning tool moves.
The drum 111 rotates, and the sponge layer 111b is pressed and deformed by the particles of the dry garbage on the ground, and the sponge layer 111b wraps the particles of the dry garbage by the deformation, so that the particles of the dry garbage are separated from the ground and rotate together with the drum 111. When turned to the position a, the particles of dry waste leave the ground and are pressed by the blade 112, continuing to rotate with the drum 111. When turning to b, the sponge layer 111b is deformed by restoring due to the loss of compression of the shovel bar 112, and the dry garbage wrapped by the sponge layer is released and bounces onto the second filter screen 291 of the water storage tank 290.
The liquid waste or the viscous waste is absorbed by the sponge layer and rotates to the water tank a along with the drum 111. The liquid garbage and the viscous garbage are released from the sponge layer under the action of water in the water tank A and enter the water tank A. The pressurized water barrier 122 squeezes the sponge layer to squeeze out the sewage in the sponge layer. The pressing water barrier 122 always interferes with the sponge layer of the drum 111, and the sponge layer is always pressed, which is equivalent to the fact that the pressing water barrier 122 continuously wrings out the drum 111 in the use process. That is, the drum 111 is always being cleaned during use. The extruded sewage enters the water tank A and is then discharged. The discharged sewage can enter the water storage tank 290 again after being purified, and can be recycled.
The cleaning tool of this embodiment may also use the water tank shown in fig. 4, the filter cartridge shown in fig. 5. The sewage enters the sewage box 251 of the water tank, is filtered by the filter assembly 254, and then enters the purified water box 252. The purified water tank 252 is connected to the water storage tank 290, and the purified water is reused for the washing drum 111.
Fig. 7 is a partial cross-sectional view of another cleaning tool of the present disclosure. In the embodiment shown in fig. 7, the sewage of the sponge layer of the drum 111 is pressed by the water-pressing barrier 122. Fig. 7 shows only the sewage collection tank 280, the pressurized water barrier 122, the drum 111, and the shovel bar 112.
In the embodiment shown in fig. 7, the cleaning module includes a drum 111, a pressurized water barrier 122, and a shovel bar 112, each mounted on the housing. Wherein the pressurized water barrier 122 interferes with the sponge layer of the drum 111. The interference amount of the pressurized water barrier 122 with the sponge layer of the drum 111 may be 2 to 4mm. One end of the blade 112 contacts the ground, and has an arc-shaped working surface, and a garbage passage (a to b in the drawing) is formed between the arc-shaped working surface and the outer circumference of the drum 111.
In this embodiment, the upper end of the sewage collecting tank 280 is opened and connected to the shovel bar 112, and the sewage collecting tank 280 and the pressurized water barrier 122 are located on the same side of the drum 111. The sewage collection tank 280 is located immediately adjacent to the drum 111. When the cleaning tool is moved, since the upper end of the sewage collecting tank 280 is opened, water in the sewage collecting tank 280 is agitated onto the drum 111 along with the movement of the cleaning tool, thereby wetting the drum 111.
In the embodiment shown in fig. 7, the drum 111 can simultaneously process dry waste, liquid waste and sticky waste. When the roller 111 rolls over the ground, the sponge layer is pressed and deformed by the particles of the dry garbage on the ground, and wraps the particles of the dry garbage by the deformation, so that the particles of the dry garbage are separated from the ground and rotate along with the roller 111, the particles of the dry garbage leave the ground and are extruded by the shovel bars 112 and continue to rotate along with the roller 111. When rotated past the blade 112, the sponge layer is deformed back due to the loss of compression of the blade, releasing the dry waste particles that it encapsulates, and the dry waste enters the waste collection tank 280.
The liquid waste and the viscous waste are adsorbed by the sponge layer of the drum 111. The water in the sewage collection tank 280 is agitated onto the sponge layer of the drum 111 as the cleaning tool moves. The drum 111 rotates continuously, and the sewage in the sponge layer of the drum 111 is extruded by the pressurized water barrier 122 along with the rotation of the drum 111. The sewage flows into the sewage collecting tank 280 along the surface of the drum 111 under its own weight. The flowing sewage (B in the figure) and the swashing water (C in the figure) move in opposite directions and collide with each other to form a water curtain, the water curtain flushes down the viscous garbage adhered to the sponge layer or the dry garbage embedded in the sponge layer, and the water curtain simultaneously cleans the roller 111, so that the flushed viscous garbage or dry garbage enters the sewage collecting tank 280 along with water flow.
Because the larger dry waste is directly introduced into the waste water collecting tank 280, the third filter 283 may be installed at the upper end of the waste water collecting tank 280 so that the waste is not introduced into the waste water collecting tank 280. The third filter 283 is preferably removable to allow cleaning of the third filter 283.
In this embodiment, the waste water collection tank 280 may be disposable and disposed of after a single use.
In this embodiment, the sewage collection tank 280 is connected to the water tank 250 (not shown). The water tank 250 of the present embodiment is also a water tank as shown in fig. 4. The sewage enters the sewage box 251 of the water tank, is filtered by the filter assembly 254, and then enters the purified water box 252. The purified water cassette 252 is connected to the sewage collecting tank 280, and the purified water is reused for the washing drum 111.
The present disclosure provides a method of cleaning viscous floor waste using the cleaning tool of fig. 7, comprising:
adding clear water into the sewage collection tank 280;
moving the cleaning tool forward, rotating the drum 111, and adsorbing the viscous garbage by the sponge layer of the drum 111; and
treating sewage containing viscous garbage.
Wherein the fresh water in the sewage collection tank 280 is agitated to the sponge layer of the drum 111 along with the movement of the cleaning tool. As the drum 111 rotates, the pressurized water barrier 122 presses the sewage in the sponge layer of the drum 111 out. The sewage flows into the sewage collecting tank 280 along the surface of the drum 111 under its own weight. The clear water collides with the sewage to form a water curtain, the water curtain washes the viscous garbage adhered to the sponge layer, and the washed viscous garbage enters the sewage collecting tank 280 along with water flow.
In the present disclosure, the drum 111 and/or the pressing rod 123 and/or the water tank 250 and/or the sewage collecting tank 280 and/or the water storage tank 290 may be provided to be detachable, thereby facilitating cleaning.
The cleaning tools of the present disclosure can also include a sanitizing assembly. Wherein the sterilization assembly may comprise an ozone generator. The ozone generator is used for introducing generated ozone into the purified water box or the water tank A through the air pump and the air pipe so as to disinfect and sterilize the purified water or the water in the water tank A and prevent the water from becoming smelly. In addition, because the water is provided with ozone, the ground can be disinfected and sterilized.
The sterilizing assembly may also be other sterilizing devices such as UV lamps, the ozone generator being only a preferred embodiment thereof.
The cleaning tool of the present disclosure may also be provided with an adjustment knob. The water outlet speed can be adjusted by the adjusting knob, and when the ground is very dry, the water quantity can be increased, so that the ground is wet; when water exists on the ground, the water outlet can be reduced or not, so that the cleaning tool can suck the water on the ground.
The cleaning implement of the present disclosure may be provided with a roller. In addition, in the present disclosure, if the side case corresponding to the drum 111 is relatively thick, the ground corresponding to the case at both sides of the drum 111 cannot necessarily be cleaned by the drum 111, and thus a cleaning dead zone may be caused. In order to clean the dead zone, at least one side brush may be provided at the side of the drum 111, respectively. The two side brushes may be symmetrically disposed on the housing at both sides of the drum 111.
The cleaning tool of the present disclosure may also be equipped with a bumper strip to avoid collisions during cleaning of the floor, damaging the housing. A searchlight may also be provided to assist the user in better cleaning when cleaning relatively dark places such as the bed bottom.
In the present disclosure, the whole process can be circulated for many times, and the cleaning of the garbage (dust) is smoothly realized, and this technology is called a water dust circulation cleaning technology in the present disclosure.
The self-cleaning of the roller can be realized by utilizing the water and dust circulation cleaning technology, and the cleaning device is combined with sweeping, dragging, washing and twisting, so that the self-cleaning device is greatly convenient for a user, can realize a very good cleaning effect, and is especially suitable for viscous garbage which is extremely difficult to treat, such as tomato paste, chocolate paste and the like.
It is apparent that the above examples are merely illustrative of the present disclosure and are not limiting of the embodiments. Other variations or modifications of the above teachings will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art. It is not necessary here nor is it exhaustive of all embodiments. And obvious variations or modifications thereof are contemplated as falling within the scope of the present disclosure.