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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 invention belongs to the technical field of cleaning equipment, and particularly relates to a cyclone separation assembly, a dust collection device, cleaning equipment and a cleaning system. The cyclone separation assembly comprises a cyclone cylinder and a cyclone cone, and the cyclone cylinder comprises a cyclone support and an air inducing part connected with the cyclone support; the cyclone cone is arranged in the cyclone bracket; the axis of the cyclone cone deviates from the axis of the cyclone support in the direction away from the air inducing part. According to the cleaning equipment, the air quantity passing through the air inducing part can be increased, the dust collection effect of the cleaning equipment is improved, the phenomenon that large-particle dirt is stuck at the air inducing part can be avoided to a certain extent, and it is guaranteed that the cleaning equipment can normally operate.

A dirt separator for separating dirt from an airflow in a vacuum cleaner includes a primary separation stage (20), a secondary separation stage (30) and a movable member (40). The primary separation stage has a first dirt collection chamber (22) for storing first dirt removed from the airflow by a first filter comprised in the primary separation stage. The secondary separation stage is downstream of the primary separation stage and has a second dirt collection chamber (32) for storing second dirt removed from the airflow by a second filter comprised in the second separation stage. The movable member is movable relative to the first and second filters to disengage the first dirt and the second dirt from the first and second filters. respectively.

Assemblies and method to extract a material from a source of the material may include a vacuum generation and sound attenuation assembly to enhance extraction the material from the source of the material. The vacuum generation and sound attenuation assembly may include a vacuum source including a plurality of vacuum generators. Each of the plurality of vacuum generators may be positioned to cause a vacuum flow between the source of the material and the vacuum generation and sound attenuation assembly. The vacuum generation and sound attenuation assembly may further include a sound attenuation chamber connected to the vacuum source. The sound attenuation chamber may include an attenuation housing at least partially defining a chamber interior volume being positioned to receive at least a portion of the vacuum flow from the vacuum source and attenuate sound generated by the vacuum source.

A debris collector assembly including a bottom side placed on a surface and a debris inlet adjacent the bottom side and configured to receive surface debris drawn from the surface. A debris container is in a body housing and the debris container includes an open top end. A suction source is operable to generate a suction airflow along an airflow path extending from the debris inlet to an exhaust outlet. The suction airflow is operable to draw the surface debris through the debris inlet with the suction airflow. The assembly also includes a lid, the lid movable between an open position and a closed position. In the open position, the open top end of the debris container is accessible by a user to deposit items into the debris container, and in the closed position, access to the open top end of the debris container is inhibited.

A separation system for a vacuum cleaner is provided an includes a first cyclone body having a first inlet and a second cyclone body having a second inlet. The second cyclone body is arranged in parallel with the first cyclone body. The separation system further includes a valve assembly movable between a first position in which the valve assembly permits airflow through the first and second inlets, and a second position in which the valve assembly permits airflow through the first inlet and inhibits airflow through the second inlet. The first and second inlets are located in a common plane.

A vacuum cleaner includes a body, a suction source disposed in the body, a separator, and a post-motor filter. The body extends along a longitudinal axis between a front end and a rear end. A fluid flow path extends from a suction inlet to an air outlet. The suction source is configured to draw air and debris through the suction inlet along the fluid flow path. The suction source has a suction source inlet and a suction source outlet. The post-motor filter is disposed in the fluid flow path between the suction source outlet and the air outlet. The post-motor filter forms an aperture extending along the longitudinal axis. The post-motor filter is forward of the suction source. A first passageway extends from the separator to the suction source inlet. The first passageway extends through the aperture of the post-motor filter.

A method for operating a mobile self-propelled appliance at a servicing station which, in addition to charging a rechargeable battery of the appliance, offers at least one service function. The docking of the appliance at the servicing station is detected by flowing a charging current through two charging contacts of the appliance and two corresponding mating contacts of the servicing station. The servicing station checks for the presence of a communication interface of the appliance. The service function is automatically started at predetermined times or, in the absence of the communication interface of the appliance, after predefined actions of the appliance.

A hand vacuum cleaner comprises a cyclone, a conical pre-motor filter that is positioned rearward of the cyclone and a suction motor. The pre-motor filter has a front end that faces that faces towards the cyclone air outlet. The conical pre-motor filter has an open interior volume, an outer surface, which is an upstream surface of the pre-motor filter, and an inner surface, which is a downstream surface of the pre-motor filter.

The utility model relates to the technical field of cleaning, in particular to cleaning equipment, in the cleaning equipment, an air guide pipe is designed to be of a split structure, so that a first pipe body and a second pipe body can be independently manufactured in a mold, the mold stripping difficulty of the air guide pipe is reduced, and the mold stripping efficiency is improved. And meanwhile, the inner pipe walls of the first pipe body and the second pipe body can be smoother, the airflow flowing smoothness is improved, and the cleaning effect of the cleaning equipment is better.

A cleaner including a suction head; a main body; and a motor to form a suction airflow from the suction head to the main body. The motor includes a stator; a rotor; and an impeller coupled to the rotor and configured to generate an airflow by being rotated. The motor includes a housing that includes a base portion including a receiving space provided to accommodate the rotor and the stator; and a cover portion including a through-hole through which the rotor passes, the cover portion provided to cover the impeller. The base portion includes a bearing hole formed in an upper portion of the base portion to install a bearing provided to support the rotor; and a stator insertion hole formed to be open on a lateral side of the base portion to allow the stator to be inserted into the receiving space.

A cyclone bin assembly for a hand vacuum cleaner has a cyclone chamber and a dirt collection chamber. The cyclone chamber has a cyclone air inlet, a cyclone air outlet, a dirt outlet, a cyclone chamber front end, a cyclone chamber rear end and cyclone axis of rotation that intersects a cyclone chamber front end wall and a cyclone chamber rear end wall. The dirt collection chamber has a dirt collection chamber front end having a dirt collection chamber front end wall and an axially spaced apart dirt collection chamber rear end having a dirt collection chamber rear end wall. A forward portion of the cyclone bin assembly is rotationally mounted between a closed position wherein the cyclone chamber and the dirt collection chamber are closed and an open position wherein a rear portion of the cyclone chamber and a rear portion of the dirt collection chamber are opened.

In general, the present disclosure is directed to a hand-held surface cleaning device that includes a relatively compact form-factor to allow users to store the same in a nearby location (e.g., in a drawer, in an associated charging dock, on a table top) for easy access to perform relatively small cleaning tasks that would otherwise require retrieving a full-size vacuum from storage. A hand-held surface cleaning device consistent with aspects of the present disclosure includes a body (or body portion) with a motor, power source and dust cup disposed therein. The body portion also functions as a handgrip to allow the hand-held surface cleaning device to be operated by one hand, for example.

The invention provides a cleaning device and a dust collection method, the cleaning device comprises a dust collector, a dust collection base station and a negative pressure device, the dust collector comprises a dust cup and a first cover body, the first cover body is used for closing or opening the internal space of the dust cup, the dust cup is provided with a lock catch, and the lock catch is used for locking the first cover body; comprising an unlocking piece; and the negative pressure device is used for generating negative pressure in the dust collection base station, so that the unlocking piece acts on the lock catch to unlock the first cover body under the action of air pressure difference. Through mutual cooperation of the dust collector, the dust collection base station and the negative pressure device, the dust collection base station is better in effect of collecting garbage of the dust collector, and use is more convenient.

In an approach to a docking station for a robotic cleaner, the docking station includes a base; a trash bin having a substantially air-impermeable trash bag removably disposed thereon; a dock dirty air inlet defined in the base, the dock dirty air inlet being configured to fluidly couple to the robotic cleaner; and a dock suction motor, wherein the dock suction motor is activated after the robotic cleaner is determined to be docked with the docking station and configured to urge debris from the robotic cleaner into the trash bin.

A surface cleaning apparatus including an air flow path from a dirty air inlet to a clean air outlet with a motor and fan assembly located in the air flow path; a cyclone located in the air flow path having a first end, an opposed second end, a cyclone axis of rotation that extends between the first and second ends, a sidewall located between the first and second ends, a cyclone air inlet, a cyclone air outlet, and a first dirt outlet, wherein a cyclone chamber is located internal of the sidewall between the first and second ends; and a dirt collection chamber external to the cyclone chamber and in communication with the cyclone chamber via the first dirt outlet. The cyclone chamber has a non-circular cross-sectional area in a plane that is transverse to the cyclone axis of rotation. The first dirt outlet includes an opening in the sidewall.

The invention provides a dust collection base station, a dust cup, a cleaning device and a dust collection method, and belongs to the field of cleaning devices. The dust collection base station comprises a base station body and an uncovering structure, a containing groove is formed in the end of the base station body, the uncovering structure is located on the side wall of the containing groove, and the uncovering structure is configured to trigger a dust discharging cover of a dust cup to be unlocked if air pressure in the containing groove is within a preset negative pressure range. Due to the fact that the air pressure in the containing groove is within the preset negative pressure range during unlocking, the air pressure difference between the interior of the dust cup and the interior of the containing groove is within the acceptable range, and impact generated when the dust discharging cover is opened under the action of the air pressure difference between the two sides is also within the acceptable range. The sundries in the dust cup enter the containing groove under the action of the air pressure difference in the dust cup and the containing groove, residues of the sundries in the dust cup are reduced or even avoided, and the situation that normal use of the cleaning device is affected due to the fact that impact generated when the sundries enter the containing groove is too large is avoided.

A vacuum cleaner docking station includes a separator and a dock. A fluid flow path extends through a receiving portion of the dock, an airflow source of the dock, a dock debris collector, and a dock air outlet. The dock and the separator are coupled having the separator in fluid communication with a dock air outlet and a debris outlet of the separator in fluid communication with the dock debris collector such that the airflow generated by the airflow source of the dock travels through the debris outlet of the separator along the fluid flow path into the dock debris collector.

A hand-held surface cleaning device consistent with aspects of the present disclosure includes a body (or body portion) with a motor, power source and dust cup disposed therein. The body portion also functions as a handgrip to allow the hand-held surface cleaning device to be operated by one hand, for example.

An evacuation station includes a base and a canister removably attached to the base. The base includes a ramp having an inclined surface for receiving a robotic cleaner having a debris bin. The ramp defines an evacuation intake opening arranged to pneumatically interface with the debris bin. The base also includes a first conduit portion pneumatically connected to the evacuation intake opening, an air mover having an inlet and an exhaust, and a particle filter pneumatically the exhaust of the air mover. The canister includes a second conduit portion arranged to pneumatically interface with the first conduit portion to form a pneumatic debris intake conduit, an exhaust conduit arranged to pneumatically connect to the inlet of the air mover when the canister is attached to the base, and a separator in pneumatic communication with the second conduit portion.

A surface cleaning apparatus has a housing defining at least part of a cyclone chamber and a pre-motor filter chamber. In one embodiment, the housing is pivotally mounted to the main body of a hand vacuum cleaner. The housing is moveable between an in use position and an emptying position, in which the cyclone chamber and the pre-motor filter are concurrently openable.

A detection system for detecting a virus or the like. The detection system includes an autonomous collection device that is capable of moving on a floor surface and for collecting an object on the floor surface, and a station device for detecting an analyte from the object collected from the floor surface by the autonomous collection device. The autonomous collection device includes a moving part for moving on the floor surface, a primary electric blower for sucking the object on the floor surface, and a dust container for storing the sucked object. The station device includes a transfer pipe fluidically connected to the dust container of the autonomous collection device when the autonomous collection device is positioned in a home position, and a virus detection part for detecting the analyte from the object transferred from the dust container through the transfer pipe.

An autonomous cleaning robot includes a drive system to move the autonomous cleaning robot about a floor surface, a cleaning head on a bottom portion of the autonomous cleaning robot, a side brush on the bottom portion of the autonomous cleaning robot, and a vacuum system in pneumatic communication with the opening. The cleaning head is configured to direct debris from the floor surface into the autonomous cleaning robot as the autonomous cleaning robot moves about the floor surface. The side brush is rotatable about a rotational axis forming a non-zero angle with a floor surface, and the side brush comprising an opening.

The utility model discloses a rotary valve structure of a dust cup of a dust collector, which comprises an outer dust cup, a plurality of first cavities are arranged in the outer dust cup, a first communication hole is arranged on a partition plate, and the outer dust cup is provided with a first dust discharge port corresponding to a dust discharge channel of a base station of the dust collector; and the inner dust cup is rotationally connected to the partition plate and provided with a second communicating hole and a second dust discharging opening, and a linkage piece corresponding to a rotary guide groove in the dust collector base station is arranged on the outer side of the inner dust cup. The outer dust cup and the inner dust cup form a rotary valve structure, so that when the dust collector host and a base station are assembled in a butt joint manner, the linkage piece is matched with the rotary guide groove to rotate the inner dust cup, each dust collection cavity and a corresponding filtering structure are blocked, and dust is prevented from flowing reversely when garbage in the dust cups is discharged and recycled; and dust, hair and dirt with different particle sizes intercepted by the dust collection cavities are discharged respectively, dirt and garbage blockage in the dust discharge channel is avoided, and therefore it is guaranteed that the dust collector is used neatly, conveniently and efficiently.

Provided is a dust collector for a vehicle, including wheel accommodation parts formed on both sides of a vehicle body and in which wheels are located, a plurality of suction parts provided on inner circumferential surfaces of the wheel accommodation parts and through which inlet holes of front surfaces of the suction parts pass in a front-rear direction to communicate with suction spaces, a collection part provided on the vehicle body in which accommodation space is formed to accommodate fine dust and an inlet port and an outlet port are formed to allow air to be introduced and discharged, a plurality of collection lines, a driving part connected to a rear end of each of the collection lines and the inlet port and generates a suction force, and a controller electrically connected to a battery provided in the vehicle body and controls operation of the driving part.

A filtering assembly, a vacuum cleaner and a cleaning set. The filtering assembly comprises a cyclone separator (321) and a HEPA assembly (322); the cyclone separator (321) comprises a filtering support (3211) and a filtering screen (3212), wherein an air guide structure (32111) protruding outwards in the radial direction and spirally extending towards one side of the filtering screen (3212) is formed on the side wall of one end of the filtering support (3211), and a plurality of through first air outlet holes (32112) are formed in the air guide structure (32111); the HEPA assembly (322) comprises a HEPA holder and a HEPA body (3222), a plurality of second air outlet holes (32211) being formed in the HEPA holder, the HEPA body (3222) being arranged on the HEPA holder and comprising a plurality of folds (32221), and an airflow circulation channel in the axis direction of the cyclone separator (321) being formed between any two adjacent folds (32221). Providing the spiral air guide structure and forming the spirally-arranged first air outlet holes (32112) in the air guide structure can achieve gas-solid separation in a dust collecting state, and can achieve self-cleaning of the inside and outside of the filtering assembly as well as the inner wall of a dust cup during automatic dust collection. The present invention achieves a simple structure and good self-cleaning and dust discharging effects.

A cleaning tool adapted to couple with a hose of an extraction cleaner including a suction source is disclosed. The cleaning tool includes a tool body defining a suction pathway in fluid communication with the suction source. A removable tank defines an access opening to a reservoir. A hose adapter defines an outlet to the suction pathway. A suction nozzle defines a suction nozzle inlet in fluid communication with the suction pathway. An agitator block coupled to the suction nozzle, wherein the agitator block is adjustable between an agitation position and a self-clean position.

An operating method of a station device for discharging dust from a cordless vacuum cleaner includes detecting occurrence of an event requesting discharging dust from a dustbin included in the cordless vacuum cleaner to the station device, and performing a dust discharge operation for discharging dust in the dustbin to a collector of the station device based on detecting of the occurrence of the event. The performing a dust discharge operation includes transmitting, to the cordless vacuum cleaner via short-range wireless communication, a control signal for operating a first suction motor of the cordless vacuum cleaner, and operating a second suction motor of the station device in cooperation with the first suction motor.

A cleaner includes a case having an internal path formed therein and an intake motor to draw in air containing foreign substances into the case. The cleaner includes a dust collector on the internal path of the case through which the drawn air flows and rotatable to separate the foreign substances from the drawn air by rotating the drawn air, and a rotation body disposed further downstream than the dust collector in an airflow direction of the drawn air, to rotate by the air passing through the dust collector, and to rotate the dust collector by being combined with the dust collector.