281results about "Cleaning equipment" patented technology

A docking station including a docking unit providing a traveling path for a robotic vacuum cleaner, having a mounted mopping cloth, that enters the docking unit; a mopping cloth separator disposed on the docking unit and configured to automatically separate the mounted mopping cloth from the robotic vacuum cleaner while the robotic vacuum cleaner is at a first position along the traveling path; and a mopping cloth coupler disposed on the docking unit and configured so that, after the mounted mopping cloth is separated from the robotic vacuum cleaner, and the robotic vacuum cleaner thereafter moves to a second position along the traveling path, the mopping cloth coupler supplies a mopping cloth to be mounted to the robotic vacuum cleaner from below the traveling path while the robotic vacuum cleaner is at the second position.

The application provides a water level monitoring method, device, computer equipment and dishwasher, the method comprises: obtaining a noise spectrogram of a washing pump of a target dishwasher during operation; calculating the similarity between the noise spectrogram and a pre-stored standard spectrogram; if the similarity is less than a pre-stored similarity threshold, water is added to the dishwasher. The method provided by the application uses a noise sensor to detect the working noise of the washing pump to replace the water level pressure switch to monitor the water level in the dishwasher, so that the water level monitoring of the dishwasher can be effectively realized while simplifying the assembly process of the whole machine.

This invention discloses a cleaning system, its base station, and a cleaning control method. The base station of the cleaning system includes: a base station body with an upper and lower water level for supplying clean water and / or discharging wastewater to at least two cleaning devices, which can be active or passive cleaning devices; at least one first water supply interface located on the base station body within the area of ​​the upper and lower water level, for connecting to the clean water tank of the cleaning device; and at least one first drainage interface located on the base station body within the area of ​​the upper and lower water level, for connecting to the wastewater tank of the cleaning device. In the technical solution proposed by this invention, the base station body has an upper and lower water level that can supply clean water and / or discharge wastewater to at least two cleaning devices. This eliminates the need for a separate base station for each cleaning device, thereby reducing the space occupied by the cleaning system and lowering costs.

A wheel cleaning system includes a bottom, two sidewalls, and multiple gates. The bottom includes: a channel extending in a downstream direction and receives a wheel; an entry ramp disposed at an upstream end of the channel; and an exit ramp disposed at a downstream end of the channel. The sidewalls are disposed on opposite sides of the bottom, each sidewall extending up from the bottom. The gates are disposed in an alternating fashion on opposite sidewalls along the channel with a separation sufficient to avoid interference between gates and configured to rotate over the channel. Each gate includes: a cleaning pad holder; a cleaning pad that fastens to the holder; an attachment plate fastened to a respective sidewall; a hinge pin that rotatably connects the holder to the attachment plate; and a return mechanism that applies a force on the gate to restore the gate to a rest position.

The application provides a detachable combined garbage guiding channel for a cleaning device, which comprises a shell, a shovel strip and a detachable fixing assembly; the shovel strip comprises a shovel strip support and a shovel strip body; the detachable fixing assembly fixes the shovel strip support on the shell of the cleaning device; the detachable fixing assembly comprises a fixing piece, a pressing plate and a double-sided guiding strip; the pressing plate is fixedly connected with the fixing piece; the fixing piece can slide relative to the double-sided guiding strip; the shovel strip support is movably connected with the pressing plate and provides supporting force for the shovel strip body; the shovel strip body and part of the surface of the detachable fixing assembly form a complete garbage guiding curved surface. The application provides a cleaning device, which comprises a cleaning head provided with a shell, a cleaning roller arranged on the shell and a cleaning brush for cleaning the surface of the cleaning roller; the cleaning device is further provided with the detachable combined garbage guiding channel as described in the first aspect.

The present application discloses a cleaning component and a cleaning robot. The cleaning component includes a cleaning movable seat, a roller, and a buffer guiding member. The roller is accommodated in the cleaning movable seat. The buffer guiding member has a guiding portion and a buffer portion. The guiding portion extends along the central axis direction of the roller and is disposed on the cleaning movable seat, passing through the buffer portion and the manipulator, so that the cleaning movable seat is slidably engaged with the manipulator in the central axis direction, and the buffer portion elastically deforms in the central axis direction. At the same time, a cleaning robot applying the cleaning component is also disclosed. The technical solution of the present application can effectively solve the technical problems that the cleaning component of the existing cleaning robot causes uneven fitting pressure between the roller and the cleaning surface and poor cleaning effect due to the lack of self-adaptive adjustment ability.

A household dishwasher (1) comprising a wash tub (2), a door (3) provided on the wash tub (2), a door module (16) for automatically opening the door (3), and a control unit (15) for executing a wash program (SP1, SP2), wherein the control unit (15) is configured to selectively control the door module (16) during or after the execution of the wash program (SP1, SP2) in order to move the door (3) from a closed state (Z10) to an open state (Z20), and wherein the control unit (15) is configured to adapt the wash program (SP1, SP2) depending on the state (Z10, Z20) of the door (3) such that the drying performance of the household dishwasher (1) is independent of the state (Z10, Z20) of the door (3), characterized in that the control unit (15) is configured to adapt the wash program (SP1, SP2) is set up to increase the rinse aid dosage,to change the timing of a blower control and / or to change a fan speed.

Dishwasher with heat pump The invention provides a method for operating a dishwasher (2). The dishwasher (2) comprises: a cabinet housing a tub (8) for washing articles therein, a heat pump system having a compressor (92), an evaporator (90), a condenser (44), an expansion device (88), and a refrigerant flow changing device (86) adapted to change between a normal mode of the heat pump and a reverse mode of the heat pump, wherein the condenser (44) comprises a first passage (82) and a second passage (84) being in heat-exchanging contact with each other, a heat exchanging medium in heat exchanging contact with the evaporator (90), wherein in the normal mode of the heat pump, the condenser (44) is adapted to heat the washing liquid and the evaporator (90) is adapted to cool the heat exchanging medium, and wherein in the reverse mode of the heat pump, the condenser (44) is adapted to cool the washing liquid and the evaporator (90) is adapted to heat the heat exchanging medium, and a sump (48) for collecting washing liquid. Operating the dishwasher (2) comprises: operating, during a drying phase (DP) of a washing cycle, the heat pump in the reverse mode, and A) either circulating along a washing liquid cooling path (43) the washing liquid from the sump (48), through the first passage (82) of the condenser (44), into the interior of the tub (8) for cooling down the interior of the tub (8), and from there back into the sump (48) via the tub (8), or B) circulating along a washing liquid cooling path (43) the washing liquid from the sump (48) through the first passage (82) of the condenser (44) for cooling the washing liquid and from there back into the sump (48), and circulating along a circulation flow path (128) the cooled washing liquid from the sump (48) into the interior of the tub (8) for cooling down the interior of the tub (8), and from there back into the sump (48) via the tub (8).

A system for removing trash items from a space includes employing an autonomous robot to detect trash within the space, to approach the trash item upon detection and to remove the trash item from the space. The autonomous robot may have two or more trash bins with each trash bin being designated to be filled with a particular category of trash. The categories of trash may be different from one another. The autonomous robot is configured to detect the trash category of the trash item that will be picked up and, after picking up the trash item, to insert it in the appropriate trash bin. This way, the autonomous robot can collect and sort trash items according to their kind. A pan with sweeper arms can be used by the robot for collecting a trash item. In another approach, a trash item can be suctioned by the robot using vacuum.

An obstacle cleaning method, a cleaning robot and a computer-readable storage medium. The method is applied to a cleaning robot, which comprises a chassis and a wet cleaning member connected to the chassis. The method comprises: identifying information of an obstacle, when the height of the obstacle is greater than a first threshold value, executing an obstacle avoidance cleaning strategy, and when the height of the obstacle is less than a second threshold value, executing a low-obstacle cleaning strategy (S902), wherein the obstacle avoidance cleaning strategy involves cleaning edges of the obstacle, and the low-obstacle cleaning strategy involves adjusting an ascending and descending height of a chassis of a cleaning robot and / or an ascending and descending height of a wet cleaning member, so as to clean an upper surface of the obstacle. In this way, the cleaning coverage rate and the cleaning effect are improved.

We will improve the system for loading items to be washed onto a conveyor belt item washing machine. [Solution] The present invention relates to a system 10 for loading articles to be washed onto at least one conveyor article washing machine 1, 1', the system 10 comprising: a supply conveyor belt 11 for delivering articles to be washed to at least one loading area of ​​the conveyor article washing machines 1, 1'; and a detection system 15, in particular an optical detection system, configured to detect at least one of the following parameters of articles to be washed on the supply conveyor belt 11 when delivering articles 9a, 9b, 9c to at least one loading area of ​​the conveyor article washing machine 1, 1', namely: (i) the type of articles to be washed, (ii) the degree of soiling of the articles to be washed, and / or (iii) the order of the articles to be washed and / or the arrangement of the articles to be washed on the supply conveyor belt 11.

Devices configured to operate on an angled surface (e.g., a roof), and associated systems and methods are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, representative systems include an apparatus with a body assembly, an arm assembly coupled to the body assembly, and a material handling assembly coupled to the arm assembly. The body assembly can include a body frame, and a plurality of positioning assemblies coupleable to cables and configured to position and / or orient the body frame on the surface. The arm assembly includes a proximal end portion rotatably coupled to the body portion and a distal end portion opposite the proximal end portion. The material handling assembly is coupled to the distal end portion of the arm assembly and is configured to carry a surface material to be positioned on the angled surface.

A system includes a dishwasher accommodating an item to be washed, a control device carrying out a washing program of a number of washing programs for washing the item, an optical sensor acquiring an optical sensor signal of the item, and a determining unit determining a possibility for washing the item as a function of the acquired sensor signal. The possibility for washing is embodied as a first positive possibility for washing that specifies which one of the washing programs is useable to wash the item, or as a second positive possibility for washing that specifies which one of the washing programs and / or which of a number of aids are useable to wash the item, or as a negative possibility for washing that specifies that the dishwasher is unsuitable for washing the item. An output unit outputs a recommendation to a user based on the possibility being determined for washing.

The present invention provides a dishwasher capable of automatically setting a hardness level for dishwashing in accordance with the hardness of washing water. The dishwasher controls a softening device on the basis of a hardness level, wherein when the hardness of the washing water and the hardness level do not match, the dishwasher automatically sets the hardness level so as to match with the hardness of the washing water.

The application relates to the technical field of sweeping robots, and provides a method, device and system for returning a sweeping robot to a base station and the sweeping robot, the method comprising: acquiring environment point cloud data, wherein the environment point cloud data is point cloud data of an environment in which a base station is located and scanned by the sweeping robot; determining the base station and a calibration object according to the environment point cloud data; determining placement offset information of the base station relative to the calibration object, wherein the placement offset information is used to represent an offset condition of an entering direction of the sweeping robot into the base station relative to a normal of the calibration object; and controlling the sweeping robot to perform a returning operation to the base station according to the placement offset information. The method can shorten the returning time of the sweeping robot to the base station and reduce the time for returning to the base station.

Provided is a robot configured to generate a map of a workspace of the robot based at least in part on data sensed by at least one sensor in different positions and orientations within the workspace. The map of the workspace is saved to a memory of the robot or the cloud. The robot is paired with a software application executed on a smart phone configured to at least display the map of the workspace and receive at least one input designating a modification to the map of the workspace; a unique tag for a subarea within the map of the workspace; a schedule for cleaning by the robot; an area to avoid; and an instruction to start or stop vacuuming or mopping.

Disclosed are a base station and a robotic cleaning system. The base station comprises a base and a portable cleaning device. The base is configured to dock a robotic cleaning device. The portable cleaning device is detachably installed on the base and is configured to clean a surface.

A cleaning base used for laundry treatment is provided. The cleaning base includes a bottom frame and a water inlet pipeline. A cleaning portion, and a cleaning cavity for containing a ground cleaning device are formed in the base. The cleaning portion is used for cleaning at least part of the ground cleaning device. The water inlet pipeline is in communication with the cleaning portion and a tap water source. Since the water inlet pipeline is in communication with the tap water source, it is not necessary to provide a water storage structure having a large structural size for the cleaning base. The overall structural size of the cleaning base is reduced. The tap water source can continuously supply water to a cleaning tank. Thus, a user does not need to manually add water to the water storage structure.

A robot apparatus includes a main body, and a brush device including a connector connected to the main body and configured to rotate in a rotation direction, and a plurality of fixing portions provided radially around the connector, the plurality of fixing portions respectively fixing a plurality of brushes to the connector, each brush of the plurality of brushes comprising a plurality of brush hairs, where, in at least one brush of the plurality of brushes, a position at which first brush hairs that are provided forward with respect to the rotation direction are connected to the respective fixing portion is higher than a position at which second brush hairs that are provided rearward with respect to the rotation direction are connected to the respective fixing portion.

This invention discloses a cutting structure for solving the problem of hair entanglement in cyclone filters. It includes: a cyclone filter with a filter screen; a dust cup, one end of which is connected to the cyclone filter, and the filter screen is located inside the dust cup; and a cutting component connected to the dust cup at its contact point with the outer surface of the filter screen. When the dust cup is separated from the cyclone filter and pulled out, the cutting component cuts off the hair entangled on the filter screen. Compared to existing technologies, this invention, by installing a cutting component on the dust cup, allows the dust cup and cyclone filter to move relative to each other during disassembly. The cutting component can then cut off the hair entangled in the cyclone filter without disassembling the cyclone filter, making it more convenient and improving the user experience.

The application provides a disinfection module, a dishwasher and a method, relates to the technical field of dishwashers, and solves the technical problems of unknown manufacturing time, high power consumption and low efficiency of the disinfection module. The disinfection module comprises a disinfectant manufacturing module, an NO2 gas concentration sensor and a main control board, the main control board is electrically connected with the disinfectant manufacturing module to control the disinfectant manufacturing module, the main control board is electrically connected with the NO2 gas concentration sensor, the main control board compares the concentration of the gas NO2 received from the sensor with a preset gas concentration value, and controls the disinfectant manufacturing module to continue manufacturing or stop manufacturing the disinfectant according to the comparison result. The application detects the concentration of the gas NO2 in real time through the NO2 gas concentration sensor, feeds back the concentration to the main control board, and controls the corresponding components to continue manufacturing or cancel manufacturing the disinfectant, so that the main control board monitors the manufacturing completion degree of the disinfectant in the disinfection module, and the effects of saving power, improving efficiency and improving disinfection capacity are achieved.

The present disclosure provides a water automatic exchange assembly (7000) and a self-cleaning maintenance station. The water automatic exchange assembly (7000) includes a control device (7100) and a water tank assembly (7200). The control device (7100) is configured to realize automatic addition of clean water, automatic discharge of sewage, or automatic addition of cleaning liquid to the water tank assembly (7200). The water tank assembly (7200) is configured to be assembled in a water storage chamber (2700) of the self-cleaning maintenance station. The water tank assembly (7200) includes a sewage tank (5000), a clean water tank (4000), and a water tank top shell (7300). The water tank top shell (7300) substantially covers the sewage tank (5000) and the clean water tank (4000). The water tank top shell (7300), the sewage tank (5000), and the clean water tank (4000) form an integral structure. When the water tank assembly (7200) is assembled in the water storage chamber (2700) of the self-cleaning maintenance station, a part of the tank body of the water tank assembly (7200) is disposed outside the water storage chamber (2700). The present disclosure designs the water tank assembly (7200) as an integral structure, which facilitates the assembly of the water tank and at the same time provides an integral structure convenient for automatic addition of clean water and automatic discharge of sewage in the water tank.

An appliance washing machine for washing utensils includes a chamber for receiving utensils, the chamber having an entry side, an exit side, a plurality of spray zones between the entry side and the exit side, and a conveyor structure for moving utensils along a conveyor path in a utensil travel direction through the plurality of spray zones. A pre-deboning zone is positioned toward the entry side of the chamber, the pre-deboning zone having a blow-off system including a plurality of pre-deboning nozzles and a compressed air supply line for delivering compressed air to the pre-deboning nozzles.

The present invention provides an automatic water replacement assembly and a self-cleaning maintenance station. The automatic water replacement assembly comprises: a control apparatus and a water tank assembly. The control apparatus is provided inside the water tank assembly and configured to implement automatic injection of clear water into the water tank assembly. The water tank assembly comprises: a clear water tank body; a water inlet pipe configured to inject clear water into the clear water tank body; and a float valve provided in the clear water tank body and configured to vertically move as the height of the water surface in the clear water tank body changes. In response to the float valve located at a first position, the control apparatus controls the water inlet pipe to stop injecting clear water into the clear water tank body; in response to the float valve located at a second position, the float valve blocks an outlet of the water inlet pipe for water injection to the clear water tank body.

The present invention relates to a robot cleaner station comprising: a housing disposed below a kitchen furniture cabinet; and a seating part which is disposed in the housing and to which at least a portion of a robot cleaner is coupled, wherein the housing is formed such that the width of the front end thereof is greater than the width of the rear end thereof, and thereby the robot cleaner station can be pushed and installed without removing a pedestal at the rear thereof, which is difficult for a worker's hand to reach.