Self-cleaning maintenance station and maintenance system

Abstract

A self-cleaning maintenance station and a maintenance system. The self-cleaning maintenance station comprises a maintenance station housing (2100), a power supply box (2200), a dust collection fan (2300), a heating device (2400), and a drying assembly (2500). The power supply box (2200), the dust collection fan (2300), the heating device (2400), and the drying assembly (2500) are mounted in the maintenance station housing (2100). The power supply box (2200) is of a cuboid structure and is arranged close to the side wall of one side of the maintenance station housing (2100); and the side surfaces having the maximum area of the power supply box (2200) is parallel to said side wall. The dust collection fan (2300), the heating device (2400) and the drying assembly (2500) are electrically connected to the power supply box (2200). In the self-cleaning maintenance station, the power supply box (2200) of the cuboid structure is arranged close to the side wall of one side of the maintenance station housing (2100), and the dust collection fan (2300), the heating device (2400) and the drying assembly (2500) are arranged near the power supply box (2200) and electrically connected to the power supply box (2200), so that the position arrangements of high-voltage devices are more rational, thereby realizing a shortest high-voltage wiring path and higher safety.

Description

Self-cleaning maintenance station and maintenance system

[0001] This disclosure claims priority to Chinese patent application number 202420038262.6, filed with the Patent Office of China on January 5, 2024, entitled “Self-cleaning maintenance station and maintenance system,” the entire contents of which are incorporated by reference into the application. Technical Field

[0002] The present disclosure relates to the technical field of cleaning robots, and in particular to a self-cleaning maintenance station and a maintenance system. Background Art

[0003] In recent years, with the development of science and technology, a variety of cleaning products have emerged one after another. These cleaning products have reduced the burden of cleaning and sweeping, met people's needs, and provided great convenience to people's lives. Among them, automatic cleaning equipment is popular among people for its highly intelligent features.

[0004] The self-cleaning maintenance station can automatically clean the mop, dry the mop, collect dust, etc. For various electrical devices installed in the self-cleaning maintenance station, especially high-voltage electrical devices, if the layout is unreasonable, it will cause the wires to be too long, which will bring safety hazards due to water leakage inside the self-cleaning maintenance station.

[0005] Application Contents

[0006] The present disclosure aims to provide a self-cleaning maintenance station and a maintenance system that can solve at least one of the technical problems mentioned above.

[0007] An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a self-cleaning maintenance station, comprising a maintenance station shell, a power box, a dust collecting fan, a heating device and a drying component, wherein the power box, the dust collecting fan, the heating device and the drying component are assembled in the maintenance station shell; wherein, the power box is a rectangular structure, the power box is arranged adjacent to the side wall of one side of the maintenance station shell, and the side of the power box with the largest area is parallel to the side wall of one side of the maintenance station shell, and the dust collecting fan, the heating device and the drying component are electrically connected to the power box.

[0008] In some embodiments,

[0009] The dust collecting fan is arranged on a side of the power box away from the side wall of the maintenance station housing;

[0010] The drying component is arranged on a side of the dust collecting fan away from the power box;

[0011] The heating device and the dust collecting fan are arranged roughly side by side on a side of the power box away from the side wall of the maintenance station shell.

[0012] In some embodiments, the power box has a first power connector and a second power connector; wherein the dust collection fan is electrically connected to the power box through the first power connector; and the heating device and drying component are electrically connected to the power box through the second power connector.

[0013] In some embodiments, the first power connector, the second power connector and the power box are sealed.

[0014] In some embodiments, the first power connector and the second power connector are high voltage power connectors.

[0015] In some embodiments, the power box includes a power box body and a power box cover, and the power box body and the power box cover are sealed and connected by a soft rubber gasket.

[0016] In some embodiments, after the power box is assembled on the maintenance station housing, the first power connector and the second power connector are located on the bottom surface of the power box.

[0017] In some embodiments, the maintenance station shell has a shell bracket, and the power box, dust collection fan, heating device and drying assembly are arranged on the shell bracket.

[0018] In some embodiments, the dust collecting fan, heating device and drying assembly are electrically connected to the power box via high-voltage wires wrapped in soft rubber.

[0019] An embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a maintenance system, comprising an automatic cleaning device and any one of the self-cleaning maintenance stations described above.

[0020] Compared with the prior art, the embodiments of the present disclosure have the following technical effects:

[0021] In the self-cleaning maintenance station disclosed in the present invention, a power box with a rectangular structure is arranged near the side wall of one side of the maintenance station shell, and the side of the power box with the largest area is parallel to the side wall of one side of the maintenance station shell. Then, the dust collection fan, heating device and drying component are arranged near the power box and electrically connected to the power box, so that the position setting of each high-voltage component is more reasonable, the high-voltage wiring path is shortest, and the safety is higher. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0022] The accompanying drawings are incorporated into and constitute a part of the specification, illustrate embodiments consistent with the present disclosure, and together with the specification, are used to explain the principles of the present disclosure. Obviously, the drawings described below are only some embodiments of the present disclosure, and those skilled in the art can derive other drawings based on these drawings without inventive effort. In the drawings:

[0023] FIG1 is a schematic diagram of the overall structure of a self-cleaning maintenance station according to some embodiments of the present disclosure;

[0024] FIG2 is a schematic diagram of the internal structure of a self-cleaning maintenance station according to some embodiments of the present disclosure;

[0025] FIG3 is a schematic diagram of the electrical connection structure between a high-voltage device and a power supply box according to some embodiments of the present disclosure;

[0026] FIG4 is a schematic structural diagram of a power supply box according to some embodiments of the present disclosure.

[0027] Description of reference numerals:

[0028] Self-cleaning maintenance station base plate 1000, self-cleaning maintenance station body 2000, clean water tank 3000, sewage tank 4000, maintenance station shell 2100, shell bracket 2110, side wall 2120, power box 2200, power box body 2210, power box cover 2220, first power connector 2230, second power connector 2240, power socket 2250, dust collection fan 2300, fan cable 2310, heating device 2400, heater cable 2410, drying component 2500, dryer cable 2510. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0029] To make the objectives, technical solutions, and advantages of the present disclosure more clear, the present disclosure will be further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. It is apparent that the embodiments described are only a portion of the embodiments of the present disclosure, rather than all of them. All other embodiments derived by persons of ordinary skill in the art based on the embodiments of the present disclosure without creative effort are intended to fall within the scope of protection of the present disclosure.

[0030] The terms used in the embodiments of the present disclosure are for the purpose of describing specific embodiments only and are not intended to limit the present disclosure. The singular forms "a," "an," "the," and "the" used in the embodiments of the present disclosure and the appended claims are also intended to include plural forms, and unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, "a plurality" generally includes at least two.

[0031] It should be understood that the term "and / or" as used herein is merely a description of the relationship between associated objects, indicating that three possible relationships exist. For example, "A and / or B" can represent: A exists alone, A and B exist simultaneously, or B exists alone. Furthermore, the character " / " in this document generally indicates that the associated objects are in an "or" relationship.

[0032] It should be understood that although the terms first, second, third, etc. may be used to describe in the embodiments of the present disclosure, these should not be limited to these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish. For example, the first can also be referred to as the second, and similarly, the second can also be referred to as the first without departing from the scope of the embodiments of the present disclosure.

[0033] It should also be noted that the terms "include," "comprises," or any other variations thereof are intended to encompass non-exclusive inclusion, such that a product or device comprising a series of elements includes not only those elements but also other elements not explicitly listed, or elements inherent to such product or device. In the absence of further limitations, an element defined by the phrase "comprising a" does not exclude the presence of other identical elements in the product or device comprising the element.

[0034] In the related art, the self-cleaning maintenance station is equipped with various electrical devices, including high-voltage electrical devices and low-voltage electrical devices. The layout of various devices is unreasonable, which affects the size of the overall structure of the self-cleaning maintenance station. In particular, if the layout of high-voltage electrical devices is unreasonable, the wires will be too long, which will cause safety hazards due to water leakage inside the self-cleaning maintenance station.

[0035] To this end, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a self-cleaning maintenance station, comprising a maintenance station shell, a power box, a dust collecting fan, a heating device and a drying component, wherein the power box, the dust collecting fan, the heating device and the drying component are assembled in the maintenance station shell; wherein, the power box is a rectangular structure, the power box is arranged adjacent to the side wall of one side of the maintenance station shell, and the side of the power box with the largest area is parallel to the side wall of one side of the maintenance station shell, and the dust collecting fan, the heating device and the drying component are electrically connected to the power box.

[0036] In the self-cleaning maintenance station disclosed in the present invention, a power box with a rectangular structure is arranged adjacent to the side wall of one side of the maintenance station shell, and the side of the power box with the largest area is parallel to the side wall of one side of the maintenance station shell, that is, the power box is placed on its side, and then the dust collection fan, heating device and drying component are arranged near the power box, so that the high-voltage wiring path of each high-voltage component is shortest and safer. At the same time, due to the more reasonable position setting, the overall size of the self-cleaning maintenance station is reduced.

[0037] Optional embodiments of the present disclosure are described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[0038] As shown in FIG1 , an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a self-cleaning maintenance station. As an example, FIG1 is a schematic diagram of the overall structure of a self-cleaning maintenance station according to some embodiments of the present disclosure.

[0039] In order to more clearly describe the behavior of the self-cleaning maintenance station, the following directions are defined: the self-cleaning maintenance station can be calibrated by defining the following three mutually perpendicular axes: the transverse axis Y, the front-to-back axis X, and the central vertical axis Z. The direction opposite to the arrow along the front-to-back axis X, that is, the direction in which the automatic cleaning device enters the self-cleaning maintenance station, is marked as "rearward", and the direction along the arrow along the front-to-back axis X, that is, the direction in which the automatic cleaning device leaves the self-cleaning maintenance station, is marked as "forward". The transverse axis Y is essentially along the width of the self-cleaning maintenance station body. The direction of the arrow along the transverse axis Y is the "left side" of the self-cleaning maintenance station, and the direction opposite to the arrow along the transverse axis Y is the "right side" of the self-cleaning maintenance station. The vertical axis Z is the direction extending upward along the bottom surface of the self-cleaning maintenance station. The direction of the arrow along the vertical axis Z is the "upper side" of the self-cleaning maintenance station, and the direction opposite to the arrow along the vertical axis Z is the "lower side" of the self-cleaning maintenance station.

[0040] As shown in Figures 1 and 2, the self-cleaning maintenance station provided in this embodiment includes a self-cleaning maintenance station base plate 1000 and a self-cleaning maintenance station body 2000. The self-cleaning maintenance station base plate 1000 and the self-cleaning maintenance station body 2000 are detachably or non-detachably connected. The detachable connection facilitates the transportation and maintenance of the self-cleaning maintenance station base plate 1000 and the self-cleaning maintenance station body 2000. The self-cleaning maintenance station also includes a clean water tank 3000 and a sewage tank 4000. The clean water tank 3000 and the sewage tank 4000 are assembled in the maintenance station body 2000. The clean water tank 3000 is used to supply clean water to the cleaning tank of the self-cleaning maintenance station to clean the mop or roller brush on the cleaning equipment; the sewage after cleaning is stored in the sewage tank and discharged from the self-cleaning maintenance station when the sewage tank is full.

[0041] As shown in Figure 2, the self-cleaning maintenance station body 2000 includes a maintenance station shell 2100, a power box 2200, a dust collecting fan 2300, a heating device 2400 and a drying component 2500. The maintenance station shell 2100 refers to a hollow shell for accommodating internal devices, usually formed of metal, alloy or hard plastic. The power box 2200 supplies power to various electrical devices in the self-cleaning maintenance station through an external power supply. The dust collecting fan 2300 is used to suck garbage from the cleaning equipment into the self-cleaning maintenance station. Usually, when the cleaning equipment enters the self-cleaning maintenance station, the dust collecting fan 2300 is turned on by a control command to suck the garbage in the dust box of the self-cleaning maintenance station to transfer the garbage in the dust box to the garbage bag of the self-cleaning maintenance station. The heating device 2400 is used to heat the water in the clean water tank 3000 and provide the hot water to the cleaning tank to improve the cleaning ability of the mop. The drying component 2500 heats the surrounding air through the heating couple and blows the hot air through the air duct to the vicinity of the cleaning device mop through the blower 2600 to dry the mop. The power box 2200, the dust collecting fan 2300, the heating device 2400 and the drying component 2500 are assembled on the shell bracket 2110 in the maintenance station shell 2100. The shell bracket 2110 is roughly parallel to the bottom plate 1000 of the self-cleaning maintenance station. The power box 2200, the dust collecting fan 2300, the heating device 2400 and the drying component 2500 are assembled on the shell bracket 2110 in the maintenance station shell 2100. The shell bracket 2110 is roughly parallel to the bottom plate 1000 of the self-cleaning maintenance station. 00 or comes with its own bracket, or is directly fixed on the shell bracket 2110; wherein, the power box 2200 is roughly a rectangular structure, and the power box 2200 is arranged adjacent to the side wall 2120 on one side of the maintenance station shell 2100, and the side of the power box 2200 with the largest area is parallel to the side wall 2120 on one side of the maintenance station shell 2100, wherein, the side of the power box 2200 with the largest area refers to the side surrounded by the longest side and the second longest side of the rectangular parallelepiped, that is, the power box 2200 is placed sideways adjacent to the side wall 2120, and the dust collection fan 2300, heating device 2400 and drying component 2500 are electrically connected to the power box 2200. Since the power box 2200 is placed sideways adjacent to the side wall 2120, horizontal space is saved, so that more devices can be placed on the plane of the shell bracket 2110. In particular, the positions of the dust collection fan 2300, the heating device 2400 and the drying component 2500 can be freely arranged so that they are placed adjacent to the power box 2200, thereby making the high-voltage wiring path as short as possible and improving safety. It also makes the layout of each device more dense, reducing the overall size of the self-cleaning maintenance station.

[0042] In some embodiments, as shown in Figures 2 and 3, the dust collecting fan 2300 is arranged on the side of the power box 2200 away from the side wall 2120 of the maintenance station shell, and the dust collecting fan 2300 is arranged close to the power box 2200 through the fan bracket, and the fan cable 2310 of the dust collecting fan 2300 can be directly connected to the bottom of the power box 2200 in the shortest path; the drying component 2500 is arranged on the side of the dust collecting fan 2300 away from the power box 2200, that is, the drying component 2500 is close to the power box 2200. The heating device 2400 needs to be adjacent to the clean water tank 3000 and can be arranged on the side wall adjacent to the side wall 2120 and close to the side of the power box 2200. In this case, the heating device 2400 and the dust collecting fan 2300 are roughly arranged side by side on one side of the power box 2200, and the heating device 2400 is connected to the bottom of the power box 2200 via the heating cable 2410. In some embodiments, the dust collecting fan 2300, the heating device 2400, and the drying assembly 2500 are electrically connected to the power box 2200 via a high-voltage fan cable 2310, a heater cable 2410, and a dryer cable 2510 wrapped in soft rubber. The high-voltage wires are wrapped in soft rubber to increase the thickness of the cables to prevent the cables from burning and short-circuiting.

[0043] In some embodiments, as shown in FIG4 , the power box 2200 includes a power box body 2210 and a power box cover 2220. The power box body 2210 is a rectangular shell that houses a circuit board and electronic components, such as a transformer and a switch. To protect the circuit board and electronic components in the power box 2200 from moisture, the power box body 2210 and the power box cover 2220 are sealed together by a soft rubber pad. A soft rubber pad is provided around the power box body 2210, and the power box cover 2220 is fixed to the power box body 2210 by bolts against the soft rubber pad. The input / output interfaces of the power box 2200 are also waterproof sealed. The waterproof sealing includes a sealing rubber ring, applying waterproof glue, etc., which is not limited to this. As shown in Figure 4, the power box 2200 has an exposed first power connector 2230 and a second power connector 2240 on one side. The first power connector 2230 and the second power connector 2240 are high-voltage power connectors. The dust collection blower 2300, which has a relatively high power, is electrically connected to the power box 2200 via the first power connector 2230. The heating device 2400 and the drying assembly 2500 can also be electrically connected to the power box 2200 via the second power connector 2240. Optionally, the first power connector 2230 and the second power connector 2240 are sealed at their connection to the power box 2200 to prevent moisture from entering the power box 2200. In some embodiments, to facilitate wiring, after the power box 2200 is assembled into the maintenance station housing 2100, the first power connector 2230 and the second power connector 2240 are located on the bottom surface of the power box 2220. A power socket 2250 is also provided on the other side of the power box 2200. After the power box 2200 is assembled to the self-cleaning maintenance station, the power socket 2250 is exposed to the outside, for example, exposed on the back of the self-cleaning maintenance station, for use as an external power supply, as shown in Figure 1.

[0044] The embodiment of the present disclosure also provides a maintenance system, including an automatic cleaning device and any of the self-cleaning maintenance stations described above. The automatic cleaning device can enter the self-cleaning maintenance station to perform operations such as mopping, drying, and dust collection. For related content, please refer to the relevant technology and will not be repeated here.

[0045] In the self-cleaning maintenance station disclosed in the present invention, a power box with a rectangular structure is arranged near the side wall of one side of the maintenance station shell, and the side of the power box with the largest area is parallel to the side wall of one side of the maintenance station shell. Then, the dust collection fan, heating device and drying component are arranged near the power box and electrically connected to the power box, so that the position setting of each high-voltage component is more reasonable, the high-voltage wiring path is shortest, and the safety is higher.

[0046] Finally, it should be noted that the various embodiments in this specification are described in a progressive manner, and each embodiment focuses on the differences from other embodiments. The same or similar parts between the various embodiments can be referenced to each other.

[0047] The above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solutions of the present disclosure, rather than to limit them. Although the present disclosure has been described in detail with reference to the aforementioned embodiments, those skilled in the art should understand that they can still modify the technical solutions described in the aforementioned embodiments, or make equivalent replacements for some of the technical features therein. However, these modifications or replacements do not deviate the essence of the corresponding technical solutions from the spirit and scope of the technical solutions of the various embodiments of the present disclosure.

Claims

1. A self-cleaning maintenance station, wherein, It includes a maintenance station housing, a power supply box, a dust collection fan, a heating device, and a drying assembly. The power supply box, the dust collection fan, the heating device, and the drying assembly are assembled inside the maintenance station housing. Among them, the power supply box has a cuboid structure. The power supply box is arranged adjacent to the side wall of the maintenance station housing, and the side face with the largest area of the power supply box is parallel to the side wall of the maintenance station housing. The dust collection fan, the heating device, and the drying assembly are electrically connected to the power supply box.

2. The self-cleaning maintenance station according to claim 1, wherein the dust collection fan is arranged on the side of the power supply box away from the side wall of the maintenance station housing; the drying assembly is arranged on the side of the dust collection fan away from the power supply box; the heating device and the dust collection fan are arranged side by side on the side of the power supply box away from the side wall of the maintenance station housing.

3. The self-cleaning maintenance station according to claim 2, wherein, The power supply box has a first power connector and a second power connector. Among them, the dust collection fan is electrically connected to the power supply box through the first power connector; the heating device and the drying assembly are electrically connected to the power supply box through the second power connector.

4. The self-cleaning maintenance station according to claim 3, wherein, The connections of the first power connector and the second power connector to the power supply box are hermetically connected.

5. The self-cleaning maintenance station according to claim 3, wherein, The first power connector and the second power connector are high-voltage power connectors.

6. The self-cleaning maintenance station according to claim 1, wherein, The power supply box includes a power supply box body and a power supply box cover. The power supply box body and the power supply box cover are hermetically connected through a soft rubber pad.

7. The self-cleaning maintenance station according to claim 3, wherein, After the power supply box is assembled in the maintenance station housing, the first power connector and the second power connector are located on the bottom surface of the power supply box.

8. The self-cleaning maintenance station according to claim 3, wherein, The maintenance station housing has a housing bracket, and the power supply box, the dust collection fan, the heating device, and the drying assembly are arranged on the housing bracket.

9. The self-cleaning maintenance station according to claim 1, wherein, The dust collection fan, the heating device, and the drying assembly are electrically connected to the power supply box through high-voltage wires wrapped with soft rubber.

10. A maintenance system, wherein, It includes an automatic cleaning device and the self-cleaning maintenance station according to any one of claims 1-9.

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