Horizontal Chamber Layout for Low-Power Robot Garbage Collection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing garbage collection systems for sweeping robots require higher power consumption due to the longer vertical path of garbage movement from the bottom to the dust filter bag, necessitating more powerful blowers for effective cleaning.
Innovation Solution
A garbage collection system with a dust collecting box featuring a transition chamber, storage chamber, and power chamber, where the blower is located in the power chamber and communicates with the storage chamber, and a transmission channel connects the air duct to the dust filter element, reducing the vertical path and allowing for smaller wind power usage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Extent of automation
If the dust collecting box body is arranged at the top of the device with the centrifugal blower at the bottom, then the garbage can be automatically cleaned from the storage box to the dust filter bag, but the vertical path of garbage movement becomes long and higher power is required
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the arrangement dimension from vertical stacking (top-bottom) to horizontal sequencing (side-by-side). The transition chamber, storage chamber, and power chamber are arranged horizontally, allowing garbage to move horizontally from the air duct through the transmission channel to the dust filter element, eliminating the need for long vertical lifting and reducing the power requirements of the blower.
2Device complexity
If the dust collecting box body is arranged at the top with vertical garbage movement path, then the structure is compact, but the path length increases and requires higher blower power
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transitions from vertical arrangement to horizontal arrangement of chambers, changing the garbage movement path from vertical to horizontal. This maintains structural compactness while significantly reducing the path length that requires overcoming gravity, thereby reducing the blower power requirements.
3Productivity
If the air duct path is extended to reach from bottom to top, then garbage can be transported to the dust filter bag, but the transmission path becomes longer and energy consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent redesigns the air duct and transmission channel layout to arrange chambers horizontally, creating a shorter transmission path for garbage. This reduces the length of air duct required and minimizes energy loss during garbage transmission while maintaining effective emptying efficiency.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The system enables efficient garbage collection with reduced power consumption by shortening the garbage path and using smaller wind power, allowing for effective emptying of the robot's storage box with lower energy requirements.
Implementation Method 1
Air flow is formed among the storage chamber, the transmission channel and the air duct. The garbage stored in the sweeping robot storage box sequentially passes through the air duct and the transmission channel
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AI summary
The present application relates to the field of sweeping robots, and more particularly, to a garbage collection system for a sweeping robot, including a base for placing the sweeping robot and a dust collecting box body connected to the base for collecting garbage in a sweeping robot storage box, an air duct is arranged in the base, and an inlet end of the air duct is aligned with the sweeping robot storage box; an inner chamber of the dust collecting box body comprises a transition chamber, a storage chamber and a power chamber, a blower is arranged in the power chamber, the power chamber communicates with the storage chamber, a dust filter element for filtering garbage is arranged in the storage chamber; a transmission channel is formed in the transition chamber, one end of the transmission channel communicates with an outlet end of the air duct, and other end of the transmission channel penetrates into the storage chamber and communicates with an inlet of the dust filter element; and the transition chamber, the storage chamber and the power chamber are sequentially arranged in a horizontal direction of the dust collecting box body away from the inlet end of the air duct. This application has the advantage of achieving garbage cleaning by using a blower with a lower power when cleaning the garbage of the sweeping robot.