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Surface cleaning device with cassette holder and method for operating a surface cleaning device

PendingDE102024103726A1Carpet cleanersFloor cleaners
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.
Owner:ALFRED KARCHER SE & CO KG

Obstacle recognition method for autonomous robots

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.
Owner:SVAI INC

Dosing device

The invention relates, inter alia, to a metering device (10) for metering and supplying media via fluid lines (14a, 14b, 14c, 14e, 14d, 14e, 14f) to several target devices (12a, 12b, 12c), in particular to several commercial textile washing machines, wherein the metering device (10) comprises an inlet disc (16) with several inlet-side connections (18a, 18b, 18c, 18d, 18e, 18f, 18g, 18h), each of which can be connected to a container (11a, 11b, 11c), and an actuator (17) that is displaceable relative to the inlet disc (16) and which controls a plurality of through-channels (19a, 19b, 19c, 19e, 19f, 19g, 19h), wherein each through-channel (19a, 19b, 19c, 19e, 19f, 19g, 19h) is connectable to a target device (12a, 12b, 12c), wherein as a result of a displacement of the actuator (17) relative to the input disk (16) at least one of the through-channels (19a, 19b, 19c, 19e, 19f, 19g, 19h) is connected to one of the terminals (18a, 18b, 18c, 18d, 18e, 18f, 18g,18h) is communicable, wherein the dosing device (10) comprises several pumps (21a, 21b, 21c, 21d, 21e) that can be addressed by a control unit (20) of the dosing device (10), which are designed to extract medium (13a, 13b, 13c) from the container (11a, 11b, 11c) and to convey it to the target device (12a, 12b, 12c), and wherein each through-channel (19a, 19b, 19c, 19e, 19f, 19g, 19h) is assigned a pump (21a, 21b, 21c, 21d, 21e), each of which is located downstream of the through-channel (19a, 19b, 19c, 19e, 19f, 19g, 19h) is arranged.
Owner:HERBERT SAIER GMBH

Automatic cleaning apparatus and system

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.
Owner:BEIJING ROCKROBO TECH CO LTD

Surface cleaning device with holding device and method for operating a surface cleaning device

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).
Owner:ALFRED KARCHER SE & CO KG

General purpose tidying robot

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.
Owner:CLUTTERBOT INC

Automatic cleaning apparatus, and system

PendingUS20250089964A1Carpet cleanersFloor cleaners
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.
Owner:BEIJING ROCKROBO TECH CO LTD

Robot cleaner, station, and cleaning apparatus

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.
Owner:SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD

Cleaning robot having a robot arm and method for controlling the cleaning robot

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.
Owner:BOSCH SIEMENS HAUSGERATE GMBH

Automatic cleaning device

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.
Owner:BEIJING ROCKROBO TECH CO LTD

Obstacle recognition method for autonomous robots

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.
Owner:SVAI INC

Base station and cleaning robot system

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.
Owner:BEIJING ROCKROBO TECH CO LTD

Surface cleaning device with fixing device and method for removing a cassette

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).
Owner:ALFRED KARCHER SE & CO KG

Cleaning brush and intelligent cleaning device

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.
Owner:BEIJING ROCKROBO TECH CO LTD

Building curtain wall cleaning system and cleaning method thereof

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.
Owner:NANJING INST OF TECH

Robot mechanical arm path planning method and system for curtain wall cleaning

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.
Owner:NANJING YIZHIJIE INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGY CO LTD

Surface cleaning device with driven side cleaning tool and method for operating a surface cleaning device

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).
Owner:ALFRED KARCHER SE & CO KG

Shoe management apparatus

ActiveUS12256880B2WardrobesCleaning equipment
A shoe management apparatus includes a first management apparatus, including a first inner space and an electric compartment disposed below the first inner space for dehumidifying air introduced into the electric compartment, and removing foreign matter from the shoes stored in the first inner space; and a second management apparatus disposed above the first management apparatus, including a second inner space for storing a shoe, and for adjusting humidity of the second inner space using air discharged from the electric compartment.
Owner:LG ELECTRONICS INC

Scrubber sewage tank water level detection system and method based on liquid level sensor

The invention relates to the technical field of liquid level detection, in particular to a scrubber sewage tank water level detection system and method based on a liquid level sensor, and the system comprises a sensing data acquisition module, a liquid level signal conversion module, a multi-source numerical value comparison module, a liquid level fluctuation recognition module and an alarm action linkage module. According to the invention, through acquisition of a sensor capacitance change sequence, elimination of abnormal fluctuation, construction of a stable reference curve, enhancement of data immunity, mapping of a liquid level section based on an average capacitance value, accurate identification of liquid level elevation is realized, synchronous comparison of liquid level state information in various communication protocols is realized, and data consistency and reliability are improved. A liquid level fluctuation boundary is accumulatively recognized through trend direction change, a change section is dynamically marked, alarm triggering is based on boundary area and state mark double verification, warning response accuracy and effectiveness are enhanced, and a high-precision and high-stability liquid level detection and early warning system is constructed.
Owner:HUNAN GRAND PRO ROBOT TECH

Cleaning robot

Cleaning robot, characterized by the fact that it includes: a machine body, the bottom of which is provided with a drive wheel and a universal wheel assembly, wherein the universal wheel assembly is arranged near a front end of the machine body in a forward direction of the machine body; an obstacle overcoming mechanism that is movably connected to the machine body, wherein the obstacle overcoming mechanism is configured such that that he can lift the front end of the machine body to at least separate the universal wheel assembly from a cleaning surface; the universal wheel assembly comprises a mounting seat and a universal wheel on the mounting seat; a chassis of the machine body has a boundary cavity, wherein the boundary cavity has a fixed height in a vertical direction of the machine body and has an upper wall and a lower wall; the mounting base is embedded in the boundary cavity; and at least one elastic element, one end of which is located on the upper wall and the other end of which is located on the mounting base; wherein, in a non-falling state, the mounting seat of the universal wheel assembly rests against the bottom wall under the influence of a compression amount of the second elastic element, wherein a spring force generated by the compression amount is greater than or equal to a gravitational force acting from the machine body on the universal wheel assembly; wherein a floating play exists between the mounting seat and the cover wall, and wherein the mounting seat presses the second elastic element to float against the cover wall under the influence of an impact force from the cleaning surface when falling, when the universal wheel assembly is in the falling state.
Owner:DREAM INNOVATION TECH (SUZHOU) CO LTD

Mobile cleaning robot suspension

ActiveUS20250089958A1Carpet cleanersFloor cleaners
A mobile cleaning robot can be movable within an environment, the mobile cleaning robot can include a body and a drive arm movable with respect to the body between an extended position and a retracted position. The robot can include a drive wheel connected to the drive arm and movable therewith. The drive wheel can be operable to move the mobile cleaning robot. The robot can include a first link connected to the body and connected to the drive arm. The robot can include a second link connected to the body and connected to the drive arm to, together with the first link, the body, and the drive arm, define a center of rotation about which the drive arm and the drive wheel rotate between the extended position and the retracted position.
Owner:IROBOT CORP

Surface cleaning device with side cleaning tool and method for operating a surface cleaning device

PendingDE102024109746A1Carpet cleanersFloor cleaners
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), 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), and a receptacle (84) for the at least one cassette (92), which is arranged on the cleaning head body (14), wherein at least one side cleaning tool (270) is held on the at least one cassette (92).
Owner:ALFRED KARCHER SE & CO KG

Cleaning robot and mopping assembly

The embodiment of the invention provides a cleaning robot and a mopping assembly. The cleaning robot includes: a body; the mopping assembly comprises a cleaning unit motor, a cleaning unit, a liquid supply mechanism and a dirt removal mechanism; the driving device is arranged on the machine body and can drive the mopping assembly to extend out of at least one side of the machine body relative to the machine body, so that part of the mopping assembly is exposed; the clean water tank is arranged on the machine body, and the cleaning liquid stored in the clean water tank can be conveyed to the liquid supply mechanism; the sewage tank is arranged on the machine body, and sewage collected by the decontamination mechanism is conveyed into the sewage tank; one end of the first flexible pipeline and one end of the second flexible pipeline are both connected with the mopping assembly and can move along with the mopping assembly. According to the technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the invention, when the mopping assembly is in any state, the liquid supply mechanism and the dirt removal mechanism can act along with the mopping assembly at the same time; the first flexible pipeline can uninterruptedly provide cleaning liquid for the liquid supply structure, and the second flexible pipeline can uninterruptedly collect sewage scraped by the decontamination mechanism.
Owner:ECOVACS ROBOTICS CO LTD

Intelligent navigation system of sweeping robot

The invention discloses an intelligent navigation system of a sweeping robot, which relates to the technical field of household intelligent equipment and comprises a multi-source sensor array, a dynamic environment modeling module, a path planning engine, a multi-mode positioning module, an autonomous decision controller, a cloud collaborative optimization unit and a fault degradation processing module. Omnibearing environment perception is provided through a multi-source sensor array, data are fused in real time through a dynamic environment modeling module, a grid map is updated in an incremental mode, obstacle semantic information is marked, an improved A * algorithm and a dynamic window method are fused through a path planning engine, and an optimized path giving consideration to global efficiency and local dynamic obstacle avoidance is generated. The multi-modal positioning module fuses SLAM resolving and IMU data through tight coupling to achieve centimeter-level high-precision and high-robustness positioning, and the autonomous decision controller intelligently and dynamically adjusts the cleaning priority, the advancing speed and the exception handling strategy according to the path, environment state and pose information, so that the cleaning behavior better meets the requirement.
Owner:JIANGSU JIELUBAO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION TECH CO LTD

Navigation system of cleaning robot

The invention discloses a cleaning robot navigation system, which comprises a central control unit, a sensor module, a motion control system, a cleaning assembly, a communication assembly, a safety and diagnosis module and a battery and power supply management module, and is characterized in that the sensor module comprises a laser radar, an ultrasonic sensor, a visual camera and an inertial measurement unit; the laser radar is used for environment scanning and obstacle detection, the ultrasonic sensor is used for close-range obstacle detection, the visual camera is used for image processing and ground analysis, and the inertial measurement unit is used for attitude and position detection. A series of innovative technologies such as advanced sensor technology, data fusion, path planning, dynamic obstacle avoidance, cleaning task optimization and the like are combined, and a plurality of problems faced by an existing cleaning robot are solved. According to the technical scheme, the cleaning robot can be remarkably improved in the aspects of environment perception, navigation precision, cleaning efficiency, task optimization and the like.
Owner:ANHUI UNIVERSITY OF ARCHITECTURE

Cleaning robot and working method thereof

The embodiment of the invention provides a cleaning robot and a working method thereof. The cleaning robot comprises a robot body, a mopping assembly and a driving device. The mopping assembly comprises a cleaning unit motor and a cleaning unit; the driving device is arranged on the machine body and connected with the mopping assembly. In the width direction of the machine body, the driving device can drive the mopping assembly to extend out of at least one side of the machine body relative to the machine body so that part of the mopping assembly can be exposed. The driving device drives the mopping assembly to retract to the first working position and then drives the mopping assembly to ascend and descend relative to the machine body. According to the technical scheme, the mopping and washing assembly integrally acts relative to the cleaning robot body, the mopping and washing assembly can conduct self-cleaning at any position, and therefore the cleaning robot has the good cleaning effect and is high in cleaning efficiency. In addition, according to the scheme, the mopping assembly retracts firstly and then is lifted, so that the risk of collision in the lifting process of the mopping assembly is reduced, and complex logic for judging the surrounding environment is omitted.
Owner:ECOVACS ROBOTICS CO LTD

Automatic cleaning apparatus

An automatic cleaning apparatus, including a first rolling brush including a first brush member, and a second rolling brush arranged substantially in parallel to the first rolling brush and including a second brush member. As the first rolling brush and the second rolling brush rotate, the first brush member and the second brush member rotate to a position where the first brush member and the second brush member approach each other, and a point where the first brush member and the second brush member approach each other moves dynamically in a predetermined direction.
Owner:BEIJING ROCKROBO TECH CO LTD

Multi-battery-equipped robot

A multi-battery-equipped robot includes a casing assembly, a control box provided within the casing assembly, a driving motor, a suction motor and at least two battery assemblies. The driving motor is detachably provided on an inner wall of the casing assembly. The suction motor is detachably provided on an inner bottom surface of the casing assembly. Each battery assembly includes a battery pack and a circuit board. An outer wall of the casing assembly is provided with a slot, in which the battery assemblies are detachably provided. The battery pack is electrically connected to the circuit board through a first cable. The circuit board is electrically connected to the control box through a second cable. Any two circuit boards are electrically connected to each other through a third cable.
Owner:NINGBO POOLSTAR POOL PRODUCTS CO LTD

Floor washing machine

A scrubber comprises a cleaning head assembly, the cleaning head assembly comprises a shell, a motor and a roller assembly connected to the motor in a sleeving mode, the motor is installed on one side of the interior of the shell, and the roller assembly comprises a roller piece fixedly connected with a first gear piece; the cleaning head assembly further comprises a transmission assembly arranged on the portion, on the opposite side of the motor installation position, of the shell and a brush assembly connected between the two opposite sides of the shell in a bridging mode, the motor drives the roller assembly to rotate, and the roller assembly and the brush assembly synchronously rotate through the transmission assembly. The transmission assembly is in transmission connection with the first gear piece; the first gear piece comprises a gear and an elastic piece; the gear is fixedly connected with the elastic piece, the elastic piece is detachably and fixedly connected with the roller piece in an inner cavity of the roller piece, the elastic piece comprises a rotating shaft and a spring, the rotating shaft elastically abuts against the shaft sleeve through the spring, the shaft sleeve detachably abuts against the roller piece in the inner cavity of the roller piece, and the rotating shaft can serve as a rotating shaft of the roller piece. And the spring can stretch out and draw back in the inner cavity of the roller piece.
Owner:WUHAN DIISEA INTELLIGENCE TECH CO LTD