18320results about "Carpet cleaners" patented technology

A mobile computing device includes a user input device and a controller. The user input device includes a display, and the controller is operably connected to the user input device and configured to execute instructions to perform operations. The operations include presenting on the display, information about one or more areas that were not cleaned by an autonomous cleaning robot during a first mission. The operations further include transmitting data corresponding to a user-selected subset of the one or more areas to cause the robot to clean the user-selected subset during a second mission.

A method and apparatus are disclosed for a clutter tidying robot utilizing floor segmentation for its mapping and navigation system, whereby a perception module and navigation module transform lidar and image data from lidar sensors and cameras of a robot sensing system using segmentation and pseudo-laserscan or point cloud transformations to generate global and local maps. The robot pose and maps are transmitted to a robot brain that directs an action module to produce robot action commands controlling the operation of a clutter tidying robot using the pose and map data. In this manner multi-stage planning and sophisticated obstacle avoidance techniques may be incorporated into autonomous robot operations.

Systems, methods, and computer program products for a robotic cleaner with an extendable cleaning surface are provided. An example robotic cleaning system may include a robotic cleaner having a housing and a cleaning pad movably attached to the housing. The cleaning pad may be movable to extend at least a portion of the cleaning pad beyond an edge of the housing.

Surface cleaning device, comprising a cleaning head (12) with a cleaning head body (14), at least one cleaning roller (32) rotatable about a rotation axis (96), a drive motor (200) for the at least one cleaning roller (32), and at least one cassette (92) with a holding device (94) for the at least one cleaning roller (32), wherein the at least one cleaning roller (32) is rotatably mounted on the holding device (94) and the at least one cassette (92) is removably seated on the cleaning head (12), characterized in that a cassette holder (98) is movably arranged on the cleaning head body (14), on which cassette holder the at least one cassette (92) is removably held.

A method for operating a robot, including: capturing images of a workspace; capturing data indicative of movement of the robot; capturing LIDAR data as the robot moves within the workspace; generating a map of the workspace based on the LIDAR data; actuating the robot to drive; discriminating between an object on a floor surface along a path of the robot and the floor surface based on the captured images; actuating the robot to drive until determining all areas of the workspace are discovered and included in the map; and executing a cleaning function.

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.

The water tank assembly comprises a water tank body and a sealing side wall, the interior of the water tank body is hollow, a containing cavity is formed in the water tank body, the two ends of the water tank body are in a transverse semi-barrel shape, the middle of the water tank body is in a square column shape, and the middle of the upper portion of the water tank body is in a notch shape capable of containing a hinge head assembly to rotate. A water inlet is formed in the top wall of one end of the water tank body; a water outlet is formed in the middle of the lower part of the water tank body; the hinge head clamping cover body of the cleaning head can clamp the hinge assembly between the cleaning head shell body and the water tank body and between the cleaning head shell body and the hinge head clamping cover body through the connecting mechanism. The cleaning head comprises a cleaning head shell assembly, a cleaning roller, an extrusion roller and a water tank assembly, a driving motor is installed on the cleaning head shell assembly to drive the cleaning roller to rotate to wipe the floor, and a clean water outlet in the cleaning head shell assembly can spray out clean water to directly wash the surface of the cleaning roller.

Surface cleaning device, comprising a cleaning head (12), at least one cleaning roller (32) rotatable about a rotation axis (96), a drive motor (200) for the at least one cleaning roller (32), and a holding device (94) on which the at least one cleaning roller (32) is rotatably mounted and which holds the at least one cleaning roller (32) to the cleaning head (12), characterized in that the holding device (94) has at least one pivotable flap (144) to which a spring device (156) is assigned, wherein the at least one cleaning roller (32) is held clamped to the holding device (94) by the at least one flap (144), and in that a wiper device (166) for wiper-off dirty fluid from the at least one cleaning roller (32) is seated on the at least one flap (144).

The invention discloses a cleaning head shell assembly and a cleaning head, the cleaning head shell assembly comprises a cleaning head shell body, the cleaning head shell body comprises a shell body and two side walls connected with the shell body, one side wall is fixedly connected with a hinge seat, the hinge seat is hinged to one end of a driving motor, and the other end of the driving motor is fixedly connected with the shell body. The output end of the other end of the driving motor is clamped with the other side wall; the driving motor can be sleeved with a cleaning roller, and the output end is coupled to drive the cleaning roller to rotate to scrub a to-be-cleaned surface; the shell body is provided with a water guide tip part which is propped against the outer layer of the cleaning roller and is used for guiding sewage; the cleaning head shell body can be detachably connected with the water tank assembly, and the water tank assembly provides clean water for washing the surface of the cleaning roller. A rotatable extrusion roller is clamped between the two side walls, clear water can be sprayed out from a clear water outlet formed in one side wall to directly wash the surface of the cleaning roller, the cleaning head shell body extends upwards away from the cleaning roller to form an anti-overflow plate, and the water guide tip, the anti-overflow plate, the extrusion roller and the cleaning roller define a water tank space.

Disclosed is a method and tidying robot system that performs it. A robot of a tidying robot system receives a starting location, a target cleaning area, and obstructions in its path navigating the target cleaning area. It determines a tidying strategy including vacuuming and obstruction handling. It executes the tidying strategy, vacuuming the target cleaning area and moving and / or avoiding obstructions, which are tidyable and / or movable objects. Where the obstruction may be picked up, the robot determines and executes a pickup strategy. Where the obstruction may be relocated but not picked up, it pushes the obstruction to a different location. Where the obstruction cannot be relocated / picked up, it alters its path to avoid the obstruction. The robot determines if the dirt collector is full, and if so, navigates to a base station configured to charge the robot and empty the dirt collector. Otherwise, it continues to execute the tidying strategy.

The invention discloses a water and dust circulation cleaning head and a cleaning tool. The water and dust circulation cleaning head comprises a cleaning head shell assembly, a cleaning roller and an extrusion roller. The cleaning head shell assembly comprises a cleaning head shell body provided with two side walls, one side wall is fixedly connected with a hinge base, the hinge base is hinged to one end of a driving motor, and the output end of the other end of the driving motor is connected with the other side wall in a clamped mode. The cleaning roller sleeves the driving motor, and the output end of the cleaning roller is coupled to drive the cleaning roller to rotate to scrub a to-be-cleaned surface; the cleaning head shell body is provided with a water guide tip which abuts against the cleaning roller in the saturated state in the axial direction of the whole cleaning roller and guides sewage. The extrusion roller is rotatably clamped between the two side walls, clear water can be sprayed out from a clear water outlet formed in one side wall to directly wash the surface of the cleaning roller, an anti-overflow plate upwards extends from the cleaning head shell body away from the extrusion roller relative to the water guide tip part, and a water tank space is defined by the water guide tip part, the anti-overflow plate, the extrusion roller and the cleaning roller.

An automatic cleaning device includes: a mobile platform configured to automatically move on an operation surface and including a cover plate; and a button assembly assembled on the cover plate, the button assembly including a button cap and a bracket, and the button cap being assembled on the bracket, wherein the bracket and the cover plate are integrally formed.

A cleaning apparatus including a robot cleaner including a main body having a lower portion to which a mop is detachably mountable; and a station on which the robot cleaner is placeable, the station including a water storage container configured to store water, a washing chamber configured so that, while the robot cleaner is placed on the station and a mop is mounted to the lower portion of the main body, the mop is washable in the washing chamber, a steam generation device to generate steam using water from the water storage container, a pump configured to pump the water in the water storage container out of the water storage container, a first pipe to guide the water pumped out of the water storage container to the washing chamber, and a second pipe to guide the water pumped out of the water storage container to the steam generation device.

A cleaning robot cleans a cleaning region and has a housing, a drive unit for driving the cleaning robot in the cleaning region, a floor cleaning unit for cleaning a floor surface of the cleaning region, and a robot arm for moving objects and / or for cleaning a surface that is raised with respect to the floor surface. The robot arm is arranged on a housing front of the housing in a resting position. The clean robot further has a control unit for controlling the drive unit, the floor cleaning unit and the robot arm. The robot arm forms a bumper in the resting position.

The present disclosure relates to a robot cleaner. According to an example, the robot cleaner may include a robot cleaner body, a pad support module detachably connected to a lower surface of the robot cleaner body and having a bottom to which a pad is attachable, and a driving motor accommodated in the robot cleaner body. The robot cleaner body may further include a first drive shaft disposed on the lower surface of the robot cleaner body and configured to rotate about a first direction by receiving power from the driving motor, and a first power transmission unit extending along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and arranged to be fixed to one end of the first drive shaft.

Provided is an automatic cleaning device, including: a moving platform including an accommodation chamber; and a position determination apparatus, at least a part of the position determination apparatus provided in the accommodation chamber; a circuit board provided in the moving platform and disposed adjacent to the accommodation chamber; and a water retaining frame provided between the circuit board and the accommodation chamber so as to prevent liquid from flowing into the circuit board.

The invention relates to the technical field of cleaning equipment, in particular to cleaning equipment and a lifting obstacle crossing method thereof.The cleaning equipment comprises a machine body, and a bottom shell is arranged at the bottom of the machine body; the driving assembly is used for driving the machine body to move and floatably arranged at the bottom of the machine body; the universal assembly comprises a universal wheel and a bracket; the driving lifting assembly acts on the support so as to drive the universal wheels to move by a first preset height in the vertical direction relative to the machine body; in the advancing direction of the machine body, the bottom shell comprises a driving front end and a driving rear end corresponding to the driving assembly, and the bottom shell can move by a second preset height and a third preset height in the vertical direction. The second preset height is between the first preset height and the third preset height, so that the machine body is in an inclined state with high front and low rear in the advancing direction; the invention further provides a lifting obstacle crossing method. The obstacle crossing robot can achieve efficient, stable and rapid obstacle crossing of cleaning equipment, and has the advantages of being high in maximum obstacle crossing height, high in obstacle passing rate, high in obstacle crossing stability, small in damage to a machine body in the obstacle crossing process, low in cost and the like.

A method for operating a robot, including: capturing images of a workspace; capturing data indicative of movement of the robot; capturing LIDAR data as the robot moves within the workspace; generating a map of the workspace based on the LIDAR data; actuating the robot to drive; discriminating between an object on a floor surface along a path of the robot and the floor surface based on the captured images; actuating the robot to drive until determining all areas of the workspace are discovered and included in the map; and executing a cleaning function.

The present application provides a base station and a cleaning robot system. The base station is used for cleaning a cleaning system of a cleaning robot. The base station comprises: a base station body; and a cleaning assembly, which is movably provided on the base station body, the cleaning assembly comprising a first cleaning piece capable of floating up and down relative to the base station body, and the first cleaning piece interferes with the cleaning system to remove debris on the cleaning system.

A surface cleaning device is provided, comprising a cleaning head (12) with a cleaning head body (14), at least one cleaning roller (32) rotatable about a rotation axis (92), a drive motor (200) for the at least one cleaning roller (32), at least one cassette (92) with a holding device (94) for the at least one cleaning roller (32), wherein the at least one cleaning roller (32) is rotatably mounted on the holding device (94) and the at least one cassette (92) is removably seated on the cleaning head body (14), a receptacle (84) for the at least one cassette (92), which is arranged on the cleaning head body (14) and which is closed towards a first lateral side (80) of the cleaning head body (14) by a transverse wall (86) and is open towards a second lateral side (82) of the cleaning head body (14) opposite the first lateral side (80) through an opening (88),wherein the at least one cassette (92) on the second lateral side (82) at the opening (88) is removable from the cleaning head body (14) in a removal direction (186) and is insertable onto the cleaning head body (14) in an insertion direction (184), wherein a fixing device (192) is provided by which the at least one cassette (92) is fixable to the cleaning head body (14) in the region of the transverse wall (86) relative to the removal direction (186) and the insertion direction (184).

The embodiment of the invention provides a cleaning assembly replacement base station, and the base station comprises a cleaning assembly carrying unit which is used for carrying a cleaning assembly dismounted from cleaning equipment, and carrying a cleaning assembly to be mounted of the cleaning equipment; the cleaning assembly storage unit is used for storing the detached cleaning assembly and storing the cleaning assembly to be installed; and the cleaning assembly conveying mechanism is used for conveying the detached cleaning assembly from the bearing unit to the storage unit and conveying the cleaning assembly to be installed from the storage unit to the bearing unit.

A cleaning brush and an intelligent cleaning device are provided. The cleaning brush includes: a shaft lever having two first end portions; an end portion member mounted on a first end portion, wherein the end portion member has a blocking structure for preventing entanglements from excessively extending away from the cleaning brush, the end portion member and the first end portion have mounting structures mutually matched; and the mounting structure includes a guide sleeve configured to be sleeved onto the first end portion; and a cylindrical member, coaxial with and sleeved onto the shaft lever, having two second end portions. A second end portion corresponding to the end portion member covers at least a portion of the guide sleeve of the corresponding end portion member.

The invention is directed to an ergonomic tool holder, adaptable to a conventional pole and having a handle and a supporting base. These are coupled to an interconnecting unit in a non-permanent manner. The coupling of the handle to the interconnecting unit and the coupling of the supporting base to the interconnecting unit allows the tool holder to be assembled, having the handle in straight or multiple angled positions with regard to the supporting base and wherein the tool may be held and positioned along the X-X, Y-Y, or Z-Z axes. A given conventional utensil used in working activities such as painting or maintenance may be clamped and secured on the supporting base. Thus, the User may position such utensils in the tool holder straight or in the angled position at their convenience and may change such positions easily and quickly.

The invention discloses a building curtain wall cleaning system and a cleaning method thereof, and relates to the technical field of curtain wall cleaning, the building curtain wall cleaning system comprises a curtain wall cleaning module, and the curtain wall cleaning module is used for determining a to-be-cleaned area of a building curtain wall and intelligently selecting cleaning equipment according to cleaning requirements; the curtain wall cleaning module comprises an unmanned aerial vehicle scanning unit, a region division unit and an equipment dispatching unit. By designing the curtain wall cleaning module, intelligent scheduling of the cleaning equipment is achieved, the cleaning equipment works in a proper area by dividing the cleaning area and matching the cleaning equipment with the cleaning area, the cleaning efficiency and the cleaning quality of the cleaning operation are improved, and the resource utilization rate is increased.

The invention provides a self-cleaning method and device of cleaning equipment and a cleaning system, relates to the field of cleaning equipment, and is applied to the cleaning system comprising the cleaning equipment and a cleaning base station, and the cleaning equipment comprises a floor brush assembly and a scraping strip assembly; the scraping strip assembly is provided with a first position in contact with a to-be-cleaned surface and a second position at which a preset distance is kept between the first position and the to-be-cleaned surface; comprising the steps that when it is detected that cleaning equipment is located in a cleaning base station and is in an initial cleaning mode, a scraping strip assembly is controlled to reciprocate between a first position and a second position; when it is detected that the smudginess degree of the scraping strip assembly is the target smudginess degree, a target self-cleaning mode corresponding to the target smudginess degree is controlled to be switched, and self-cleaning is conducted; each smudginess degree corresponds to a respective self-cleaning mode, so that the cleaning of smudginess on the scraping strip assembly is facilitated by controlling the scraping strip assembly to perform reciprocating lifting brushing operation and applying different self-cleaning modes according to different smudginess degrees, and the self-cleaning effect is enhanced.

The invention relates to the technical field of path planning, and discloses a robot mechanical arm path planning method and system for curtain wall cleaning. According to the method, collected data are fused through a depth camera, a laser radar and an inertial measurement unit, a dynamic environment topological map is constructed, and accurate environment perception is achieved. A self-adaptive grid method and an improved spiral traversal algorithm are adopted, a global traversal path covering a cleaning area is generated, the joint motion trail of the mechanical arm is optimized in a layered mode, and motion accuracy and stability are ensured. And meanwhile, the dynamic control module monitors obstacles in real time, the joint track is adjusted online through local track re-planning, it is guaranteed that cleaning operation is safe and continuous, the cleaning pressure is adjusted in real time, and it is guaranteed that the cleaning quality is stable and consistent.

The utility model provides cleaning equipment. The cleaning equipment comprises a machine body; the cleaning assembly is movably connected to the machine body, the cleaning assembly comprises a cleaning disc and a first cleaning piece arranged on the cleaning disc, and the side brush and the cleaning assembly are located on the front side and the rear side of the advancing direction of the machine body respectively; the at least one first driving structure is used for driving the side brush and the cleaning assembly, so that the side brush and the cleaning assembly have an inward retracting position and an outward swinging position relative to the machine body, and under driving of the at least one first driving structure, the side brush and the cleaning assembly are both located at the outward swinging position or the inward retracting position, or the side brush and the cleaning assembly are located at the outward swinging position or the outward swinging position; one of the side brush and the cleaning assembly is located at an inward-retracting position, and the other is located at an outward-swinging position. According to the cleaning equipment, the side brush and the cleaning assembly can stretch out of the outer side of the machine body to clean corner areas outside the machine body, the cleaning range of the cleaning equipment is expanded, cleaning dead corners are avoided, and the use experience of a user is improved.

The invention relates to a surface cleaning device for wet cleaning a surface, comprising a guide part which extends longitudinally between a proximal end and a distal end and is designed for manually guiding the surface cleaning device over the surface, a base part which is connected to the distal end of the guide part, a tool device which is arranged on the base part and is designed to act on the surface, a fluid dispenser which is designed to dispense fluid onto the surface, a fluid receptacle which is designed to receive fluid from the surface which has been delivered to the surface by means of the fluid dispenser, a fluid path which fluidically connects the fluid receptacle to the fluid dispenser for the return of fluid received by means of the fluid receptacle, and a conveying device which is designed to convey fluid along the fluid path.whereby fluid absorbed from the surface by means of the fluid intake can be released onto the surface by means of the fluid discharge. The invention also relates to a fluid tank for such a surface cleaning device, a surface cleaning system, and a method for wet cleaning a surface.

A surface cleaning device is provided, comprising a cleaning head (12) with a cleaning head body (14), at least one cleaning roller (32) rotatable about a rotation axis (96), a drive motor (200) for the at least one cleaning roller (32), and at least one side cleaning tool (270) which is rotatable and / or oscillatable about at least one movement axis (294), wherein the at least one side cleaning tool (270) is coupled to the at least one cleaning roller (32) via a gear device (314) and wherein the rotation of the at least one cleaning roller (32) drives the movement of the at least one side cleaning tool (270) about the movement axis (294).

A children's ride-on vehicle includes a vehicle body comprising a substantially rectangular shape, a steering wheel, a front wheel assembly, a steering column, and a seat located above a storage compartment. The steering wheel has a substantially rectangular shape. The seat comprises a flat panel. The plane of the seat is coplanar with the top surface of the vehicle body. The vehicle comprises a connecting frame. The connecting frame is telescopically connected to the vehicle body. The vehicle comprises a removably connected cleaning attachment. The vehicle can be converted to a piece of luggage.