Pool Cleaning Robot Transmission for Wheel-Driven Dual Brushes
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current pool cleaning robots have a complex structure due to separate transmission devices for driving wheels and cleaning brushes, limiting their cleaning functionality to only the pool bottom and restricting their use occasions.
Innovation Solution
A unified transmission device that connects a driving member to a wheel assembly, which in turn drives multiple cleaning members, including ground and water surface brushes, simplifying the structure and enabling diversified cleaning functions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If separate transmission devices are used for driving wheels and cleaning brushes, then the driving function is reliable, but the structure becomes complex and cleaning functionality is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the wheel drive transmission and brush drive transmission into a single integrated transmission device. The transmission box houses both the wheel drive transmission mechanism (first transmission component) and the brush drive transmission mechanism (second transmission component), allowing one transmission device to perform both driving functions while reducing overall structural complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The integrated transmission device is designed to perform multiple functions: it can drive the cleaning robot to move via the wheel assembly, and simultaneously drive both the ground cleaning brush and water surface cleaning brush through the same transmission box. This multi-functional design eliminates the need for separate transmission devices for different cleaning functions.
2Adaptability or versatility
If separate transmission devices are used for different cleaning functions, then each cleaning function can be optimized, but the structure becomes complex and manufacturing cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple transmission functions into a single transmission box structure. The first transmission component (for wheel drive) and second transmission component (for brush drive) are integrated within the same transmission housing, reducing the number of separate transmission devices needed and thereby lowering manufacturing complexity and cost.
Solution Approach 2:
The unified transmission device is designed to support multiple cleaning functions simultaneously - ground cleaning, water surface cleaning, and robot movement - through a single integrated structure. This multi-functionality reduces the total number of components that need to be manufactured and assembled, simplifying production processes.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The solution allows for efficient rotation of both ground and water surface cleaning brushes with a single driving mechanism, enhancing the pool cleaning robot's versatility and cleaning capabilities while reducing complexity and manufacturing costs.
Implementation Method 1
a first driven member, where the first driven member is in driving connection with the wheel assembly, an output end of the first driven member is configured to be connected with a first cleaning member of the pool cleaning robot, and the wheel assembly drives the first driven member to rotate
Implementation Method 2
a driving member, where an output end of the driving member is configured to be in driving connection with a wheel assembly of a pool cleaning robot, so that the driving member is capable of driving the wheel assembly to rotate
Data Source
AI summary
Some embodiments of the present disclosure provide a transmission device and a pool cleaning robot. The transmission device includes a driving member, a first driven member, and a second driven member; where an output end of the driving member is configured to be in driving connection with a wheel assembly of the pool cleaning robot; the first driven member is in driving connection with the wheel assembly, where an output end of the first driven member is configured to be connected with a first cleaning member of the pool cleaning robot, and the wheel assembly drives the first driven member to rotate; and the second driven member is in driving connection with the wheel assembly, where an output end of the second driven member is configured to be connected with a second cleaning member of the pool cleaning robot, and the wheel assembly drives the second driven member to rotate.