Base station and cleaning system

Abstract

The utility model relates to a base station, comprising a housing, at least the lower part of which is provided with an accommodating cavity with a forward opening; the partition plate is horizontally arranged in the cavity and divides the containing cavity into a first cavity body and a second cavity body which are distributed up and down; the two guide tables extend forwards and downwards from the edges of the left side and the right side of the partition plate in an inclined mode to the bottom of the machine shell. The base station can store two robots conveniently, and the two robots can enter respective spaces conveniently. The utility model further relates to a cleaning system which comprises the first robot, the second robot and the base station, the first robot can move into the first cavity located above in a matched mode, and the second robot can move into the second cavity in a matched mode.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The utility model relates to a base station, and also relates to a cleaning system applying the base station. Background Art

[0002] With the development of technology and techniques, people's living standards have been greatly improved. However, due to the fast pace of modern life and heavy living burdens, people start to choose more intelligent products to replace manual labor. Therefore, in household life, the household ratio of cleaning products such as vacuum cleaners, floor-sweeping robots, and floor-washing machines is getting higher and higher.

[0003] Currently, mainstream cleaning robots are getting larger and larger, and there are more and more places in the home that are difficult to access. As a result, even though the cleaning ability of robots on the market is getting stronger and stronger, it is impossible to achieve excellent overall cleaning. To address this problem, in the prior art, two cleaning robots are set, and the two cleaning robots have different functions to complement each other, so that the two cleaning robots can perform deep cleaning after working together, and at the same time, the size of a single cleaning robot can be reduced.

[0004] However, currently, a base station usually only has one space for a cleaning robot to enter. For example, in the Chinese invention patent application "Cleaning System and Base Station" with the publication number CN118078167A (application number 202410411057.4), the disclosed cleaning system includes a first robot, a second robot, and a base station. The first robot and the second robot share the same base station, and the two robots can enter the accommodation cavity of the base station at different times for maintenance. However, since the base station with this structure only has one space for the robot to enter, during use, one of the robots must be located outside the base station, affecting the user's living space. Content of the Utility Model

[0005] The first technical problem to be solved by the utility model is to provide a base station for conveniently storing two robots and facilitating the two robots to enter their respective spaces according to the above-mentioned prior art.

[0006] The second technical problem to be solved by the utility model is to provide a cleaning system applying the aforementioned base station according to the above-mentioned prior art.

[0007] The technical solution adopted by the utility model to solve the above first technical problem is: a base station, characterized in that it includes

[0008] a housing having an accommodation cavity with a forward opening at least in the lower part;

[0009] a partition plate horizontally arranged in the cavity to divide the accommodation cavity into a first cavity and a second cavity distributed up and down;

[0010] The guiding platforms, including two of them, respectively extend forward and downward from the edges on the left and right sides of the partition plate to the bottom of the machine housing.

[0011] Beautifully, the guiding platforms extend backward into the second cavity.

[0012] A relief notch with a forward opening is provided in the middle of the front side of the partition plate.

[0013] In order to ensure the stability of the robot walking on the guiding platforms, anti-slip ribs are provided on the upper surface of the guiding platforms.

[0014] In order to provide guidance for the walking direction of the robot and prevent the robot from falling off the guiding platforms, limit ribs protrude upward from the sides of each guiding platform.

[0015] The technical solution adopted by the present utility model to solve the above second technical problem is: a cleaning system, including a first robot and a second robot, characterized in that: it further includes the base station as described above, the first robot can be movably matched to the first cavity located above, and the second robot can be movably matched to the second cavity.

[0016] Preferably, the width of the first robot is greater than the width of the second robot.

[0017] Preferably, both the first robot and the second robot include a body, and a universal wheel, a driving wheel set, a first auxiliary wheel set, and a second auxiliary wheel set provided on the bottom surface of the body;

[0018] The universal wheel is arranged at the central position in the front part of the bottom surface of the body;

[0019] The driving wheel set includes driving wheels arranged on the left and right sides in the middle of the bottom surface of the body;

[0020] The first auxiliary wheel set includes first auxiliary wheels arranged on the left and right sides in the front part of the bottom surface of the body;

[0021] The second auxiliary wheel set includes second auxiliary wheels arranged on the left and right sides in the rear part of the bottom surface of the body.

[0022] Preferably, the first auxiliary wheel and / or the second auxiliary wheel are matched and limited inside the limiting member.

[0023] Compared with the prior art, the advantages of the present utility model are as follows: In the base station of the present utility model, by arranging a partition inside it, two spaces for accommodating robots are formed, thus meeting the simultaneous storage of two robots in the base station, without any robot staying outside the base station, avoiding the impact on the user's space. And a guiding platform is provided to provide an entry path for the robot placed above the partition, eliminating the need for a lifting structure to enable the robot to enter the space above the partition, resulting in a simpler structure and lower cost. While the robot placed below the partition can directly enter. In this way, the base station conveniently meets the simultaneous storage and entry of two robots. Description of the Drawings

[0024] Figure 1 It is a perspective view of the base station in the embodiment of the present utility model.

[0025] Figure 2 It is a perspective view of the cleaning system when two robots are simultaneously placed in the base station in the embodiment of the present utility model.

[0026] Figure 3 It is a bottom view of the robot in the embodiment of the present utility model. Detailed Description of the Specific Embodiment

[0027] The present utility model will be further described in detail below in conjunction with the embodiments of the drawings.

[0028] As Figures 1 to 3 shown, the cleaning system in this embodiment includes a first robot 100, a second robot 200, and a base station 300.

[0029] The first robot 100 and the second robot 200 both include a body 401, as well as a universal wheel 402, a driving wheel set 403, a first auxiliary wheel set 404, and a second auxiliary wheel set 405 provided on the bottom surface of the body 401. The universal wheel 402 is provided at the central position of the front part of the bottom surface of the body 401. The driving wheel set 403 includes driving wheels provided on the left and right sides of the middle part of the bottom surface of the body 401. The first auxiliary wheel set 404 includes first auxiliary wheels provided on the left and right sides of the front part of the bottom surface of the body 401. The second auxiliary wheel set 405 includes second auxiliary wheels provided on the left and right sides of the rear part of the bottom surface of the body 401. The bottoms of the first auxiliary wheel and the second auxiliary wheel are higher than the bottoms of the driving wheels, while the bottom of the universal wheel 402 is substantially on the same plane as the bottoms of the driving wheels. In this way, when the first robot 100 and the second robot 200 are walking, they usually rely on the support of the two driving wheels and the universal wheel 402 to achieve walking. The universal wheel 402 can rotate, thereby changing the walking direction of the first robot 100 and the second robot 200, while the driving wheels provide power for the walking of the first robot 100 and the second robot 200. When on a ground with good flatness, the two driving wheels and the universal wheel 402 contact the ground and walk, while the first auxiliary wheel and the second auxiliary wheel are in a suspended state. When the ground flatness is not good, the first auxiliary wheel and the second auxiliary wheel will contact the ground to assist the walking of the first robot 100 and the second robot 200.

[0030] The first robot 100 and the second robot 200 can adopt various cleaning robots in the prior art that can perform ground cleaning work. The first robot 100 and the second robot 200 are also communicatively connected to the base station 300, thereby realizing their cooperative work.

[0031] The base station 300 includes a housing 1, a partition 2, and a guide table 3.

[0032] The housing 1 has at least a lower part with a receiving cavity opening forward, and this receiving cavity constitutes a space for storing robots used for cleaning work.

[0033] The partition 2 is horizontally arranged in the cavity to divide the receiving cavity into a first cavity 11 and a second cavity 12 distributed up and down. In this embodiment, the first cavity 11 is located above the second cavity 12. The first cavity 11 is used to accommodate the first robot 100, and the second cavity 12 is used to accommodate the second robot 200. The placement position of the partition 2 is specifically determined according to the sizes of the two placed robots.

[0034] In this embodiment, the volumes of the first robot 100 and the second robot 200 are different, so as to meet the requirements that the first robot 100 and the second robot 200 can perform tasks with different cleaning needs in different spaces. For example, a robot with a small volume can enter various narrow spaces such as under the sofa, under the coffee table, at the table corner, and at the corner to perform cleaning work. This meets the comprehensive cleaning of all positions in the space. Specifically, in this embodiment, the width of the first robot 100 is greater than the width of the second robot 200. The lengths of the two robots can be set to be the same according to needs, or the length of the second robot 200 is less than the length of the first robot 100. That is, the volume of the second robot 200 is less than the volume of the first robot 100.

[0035] Based on the different widths of the first robot 100 and the second robot 200, in order to make the most of the space of the accommodating cavity of the base station 300, the first cavity 11 and the second cavity 12 can be set to have different widths of cavity spaces.

[0036] There are two guiding platforms 3. The two guiding platforms 3 form a walking platform for the first robot 100 to walk from the ground into the first cavity 11. The two guiding platforms 3 respectively extend forward and downward from the left and right edges of the partition 2 to the bottom of the housing 1. Beautifully, the guiding platforms 3 extend backward into the second cavity 12, that is, the walls of the two guiding platforms 3 located in the first cavity 11 form the two sides of the first cavity 11. Based on the width space occupied by the guiding platforms 3 on the left and right sides, the width range at the entrance of the second cavity 12 is reduced. And the width of the second robot 200 in this embodiment is less than the width of the first robot 100 and matches the width between the two guiding platforms 3. In this way, the second robot can smoothly enter the second cavity 12. Since the second cavity 12 is located at the bottommost part of the base station 300, the second robot 200 can enter the second cavity 12 by walking on a flat surface.

[0037] The widths of the two driving wheels provided at the bottom of the first robot 100 match the width between the two guiding platforms 3, so that the two driving wheels of the first robot 100 can pass through the guiding platforms 3 and enter the first cavity 11 above the partition 2.

[0038] In addition, in order to avoid interference between the universal wheel 402 provided at the bottom of the first robot 100 and the partition 2 when the first robot 100 enters the first cavity 11, a forward-opening avoidance notch 21 is provided in the middle of the front side of the partition 2. The avoidance notch 21 can just accommodate the universal wheel 402, and during the process of the first robot 100 climbing from the upper surface of the guiding platform 3 into the first space, since the space between the two guiding platforms 3 is overhead, there will be no interference with the universal wheel 402 either.

[0039] To ensure the stability of the robot when walking on the guiding platform 3 and avoid the situation of the first robot 100 slipping on the guiding platform 3, anti-slip ribs 31 are provided on the upper surface of the guiding platform 3.

[0040] In addition, to provide guidance for the walking direction of the robot and prevent the first robot 100 from falling off the guiding platform 3 due to the deviation of the walking direction, limiting ribs 32 protrude upward from the side of each guiding platform 3, and the first auxiliary wheel and / or the second auxiliary wheel are matched and limited inside the limiting member. That is, the limiting ribs 32 just limit the first auxiliary wheel and the second auxiliary wheel on the outside, effectively ensuring the walking direction of the first robot 100 on the guiding platform 3 and preventing the first robot 100 from falling off.

[0041] In the base station 300 of the present utility model, by arranging a partition 2 inside it, two spaces for accommodating robots are formed, so as to meet the simultaneous storage of two robots in the base station 300, without any robot staying outside the base station 300, avoiding the impact on the user space. And a guiding platform 3 is provided to provide an entry path for the robot placed above the partition 2, without the need for a lifting structure to meet the robot's entry into the space above the partition 2, with a simpler structure and lower cost. While the robot placed below the partition 2 can directly enter. In this way, the base station 300 conveniently meets the simultaneous storage and entry of two robots.

[0042] In the description and claims of the present utility model, terms indicating directions, such as "front", "rear", "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "side", "top", "bottom", etc., are used to describe various exemplary structural parts and elements of the present invention. However, these terms are used here only for the purpose of convenient description and are determined based on the exemplary orientations shown in the drawings. Since the embodiments disclosed in the present invention can be arranged in different directions, these terms indicating directions are only for illustration and should not be regarded as limitations. For example, "upper" and "lower" are not necessarily limited to the directions opposite to or consistent with the direction of gravity.

Claims

1. A base station, characterized in that: including a housing (1) having a receiving cavity with a forward opening at least at the lower part; a partition (2) horizontally disposed in the cavity to divide the receiving cavity into a first cavity (11) and a second cavity (12) distributed up and down; guide platforms (3), including two, respectively extending forward and downward from the edges on the left and right sides of the partition (2) to the bottom of the housing (1).

2. The base station according to claim 1, characterized in that: The guide platforms (3) extend backward into the second cavity (12).

3. The base station according to claim 1, wherein: A relief notch (21) with a forward opening is provided in the middle of the front side of the partition (2).

4. The base station according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that: Anti-slip ribs (31) are provided on the upper surface of the guide platforms (3).

5. The base station according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that: A limiting rib (32) protrudes upward from the side of each guide platform (3).

6. A cleaning system, comprising a first robot (100) and a second robot (200), characterized in that: It further includes a base station (300) according to any one of claims 1 to 5. The first robot (100) can be movably matched into the first cavity (11) located above, and the second robot (200) can be movably matched into the second cavity (12).

7. The cleaning system according to claim 6, wherein: The width of the first robot (100) is greater than the width of the second robot (200).

8. The cleaning system according to claim 6, wherein: The first robot (100) and the second robot (200) each include a body (401), as well as a universal wheel (402), a driving wheel set (403), a first auxiliary wheel set (404), and a second auxiliary wheel set (405) provided on the bottom surface of the body (401); The universal wheel (402) is provided at the central position in the front part of the bottom surface of the body (401); The driving wheel set (403) includes driving wheels provided on the left and right sides in the middle of the bottom surface of the body (401); The first auxiliary wheel set (404) includes first auxiliary wheels provided on the left and right sides in the front part of the bottom surface of the body (401); The second auxiliary wheel set (405) includes second auxiliary wheels provided on the left and right sides in the rear part of the bottom surface of the body (401).

9. The cleaning system according to claim 8, wherein: The base station adopts the base station according to claim 5, and the first auxiliary wheel and / or the second auxiliary wheel are matched and limited inside the limiting member.

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