CN1575734A - Dust receptacle of robot cleaner and a method for removing dust collected therein - Google Patents
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Abstract
A dust collection container, the main body has an inlet and an outlet. The main body is installed in a dust collection chamber of the robot cleaner to be removable. The cover is installed in the main body to open and close the outlet. The dust outlet is installed in the main body. Thereby, foreign substances to be collected inside the robot cleaner are removed easily and conveniently.
Description
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of dust receptacle of automatic cleaner, relate in particular to the separable dust receptacle of the dust collection chamber that is installed to automatic cleaner, described automatic cleaner is motion and dust out automatically, and the method for removing the dust of wherein collecting.
Background technology
In general, dust and air are drawn onto in the automatic cleaner together.Then, dust is collected in the dust collection chamber, has only air to be released to the outside.In order to remove the dust that is collected in the dust collection chamber, the user has to open the door that is exposed to the automatic cleaner outside, and the dust receptacle that perhaps will be installed in separably in the dust collection chamber takes out.
But the mode inconvenience of the dust that traditional removing is collected is because all processes must be by user's manual operations.If automatic cleaner does not have dust receptacle, the user has to topple over automatic cleaner to remove wherein collected dust.If automatic cleaner has dust receptacle, the user has to manual the connection or the dismounting dust receptacle.All cumbersome under two kinds of situations.
In addition, compact and in light weight in order to make automatic cleaner, the dust receptacle of automatic cleaner is designed littler than the dust receptacle of traditional vacuum cleaner or paper bag.Therefore, the user must often empty the dust receptacle of automatic cleaner.
Especially, compare with the size of dust collection space, common conventional vacuum cleaners has very narrow dust export.Therefore, dust out is just relatively more difficult, even after emptying dust receptacle, dust also often is retained in the dust collection space.Remaining dust builds up, and adheres to dust collection space inside, and this is difficult usually to remove.As a result, adsorption efficiency worsens.Therefore, the user will firmly shake automatic cleaner or dust receptacle with dust out effectively, can not remove fully although make in this way.
Summary of the invention
An aspect of of the present present invention is to solve above-mentioned at least problem and/or defective, and following at least advantage is provided.Correspondingly, an aspect of of the present present invention provides a kind of dust receptacle of the automatic cleaner that is very easy to empty, and the method for removing the dust of wherein collecting.
In order to realize the aspect of above-mentioned explanation of the present invention, a kind of dust receptacle is provided, has comprised: the container body, it has air intake and air outlet slit, and be installed to separably in the dust collection chamber of automatic cleaner, be fixed in the container body lid with the open and close air outlet slit; And be formed on dust export in the container body.The lid that is fixed in the container body comprises filter, is used to prevent that collected dust from flowing out by air outlet slit.Because the existence of filter, adsorption efficiency improves, and further, dust can not flow in the suction motor at the rear portion that is arranged on discharge port.
Automatic cleaner container body also comprises air intake pipe unit and handle unit, and toward inner process, described handle unit is arranged on the position near dust export to described air intake pipe unit from air intake.
Valve part is formed on the opening of air intake pipe unit, covers opening to use its deadweight, and described valve part is unlocked by the pressure that flows into via air intlet.The user can install or the dust-separating container easily by using handle unit.In addition, by inwardly protruding air intake pipe unit and valve member is provided, the air of carrying dust is prevented from flowing backward.
Seal member is provided with dust export.
Seal member by the elastomeric material manufacturing to fit closely to dust export.
Seal member has flanged handle, to separate from dust export at an easy rate.
Other one side of the present invention provides the method that a kind of removing is collected in the dust in the automatic cleaner, and described method comprises step: collect by the dust in the air intake inhaled air in the dust receptacle of dust collection chamber; Discharge air by discharge port, and remove the dust that is collected in the dust receptacle by the dust export that the air intake with independent exhaust unit closely touches dust receptacle.
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These and other feature of the present invention and advantage will be able to better understanding in following explanation, appended claim and accompanying drawing:
What Fig. 1 showed is the perspective view that applies the automatic cleaner of dust receptacle according to an embodiment of the invention;
What Fig. 2 showed is the amplification decomposition diagram of main part among Fig. 1, has shown the structure of the dust receptacle that can remove from dust collection chamber especially;
What Fig. 3 showed is the longitudinal sectional view that is contained in the automatic cleaner with the dust receptacle among Fig. 2 in the dust collection chamber;
What Fig. 4 showed is the decomposition diagram of dust receptacle;
What Fig. 5 showed is the method that is collected in the dust in the automatic cleaner is removed in explanation according to embodiments of the invention flow chart; And
Fig. 6 is the decomposition diagram of dust receptacle according to another embodiment of the present invention.
The specific embodiment
Below, will describe the preferred embodiments of the present invention in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
In the following description, the identical identical parts of drawing reference numeral indication are even also be like this in different accompanying drawings.What limit in the specification is in order to be used for comprehensively understanding the present invention such as detailed structure and parts.Like this, clearly the present invention also can realize under the situation that does not have these qualifications.Equally, known function or structure will no longer describe in detail, be unfavorable for outstanding the present invention because these unnecessary details are described to make.。
What Fig. 1 showed is the perspective view that has the automatic cleaner of dust receptacle according to of the present invention.Automatic cleaner 20 has upper casing 41.At the center of upper casing 41, form image capturing unit exposed hole 42 (Fig. 2), in a side of upper casing 41, be formed with display window 43 and a plurality of indicator lamp exposed hole 45.
What Fig. 2 showed is the amplification decomposition diagram of the main part among Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is the assembling sectional view of Fig. 2, has shown the structure of automatic cleaner especially.With reference to Fig. 2 and Fig. 3, automatic cleaner 20 comprises that the dust that is used to suck the extraneous air with dust sucks unit 21, is used to the load driver element 31 that drives and clean.Automatic cleaner 20 has image-capturing unit 35 and Transmit-Receive Unit (not shown), like this automatic cleaner 20 can be in the process that drives detection position and obstacle.
Dust sucks unit 21 and comprises dust collection chamber 23, described dust collection chamber 23 opens wide up, be used to cover the door 25 and the dust receptacle 51 according to an embodiment of the invention of the opening of dust collection chamber 23, described container can be installed in the dust collection chamber 23 with removing.Side in dust collection chamber 23 is equipped with the suction motor 27 that produces suction.Absorption of air unit 21 also comprises inhales the brush unit (not shown), sucks dust collection chamber 23 with the air that will have external dust.
Dust collection chamber 23 has air inhalation port 22 in the bottom, have air release port 24 at sidewall.Air inhalation port 22 comprises the port rib 22 ' that up protrudes in the dust collection chamber 23.The dog hole (not shown) can be formed in the opening on top of dust collection chamber 23.Door 25 has hook, be used for matching with the groove of dust collection chamber 23 with can open will be at the upper opening place of dust collection chamber 23 fixed gate 25.The suction brush unit is installed in the bottom of dust collection chamber 23.
What Fig. 4 showed is the decomposition diagram of the dust receptacle of Fig. 2.Dust receptacle 51 comprises container body 53 and lid 55, and described container body 53 is used to form the space of collecting dust, and described lid 55 can be connected to container body 52 with removing.One sidewall of container body 53 is formed the opening 54 as the wall of corresponding dust collection chamber 23, forms air release port 24 on described wall.Lid 55 is connected to opening 54, in a side of lid 55, forms air outlet slit 56, the corresponding air release port 24 of described air outlet slit.Filter 91 is connected to and covers 55 air outlet slit 56.
Container body 53 has air intake 61 (referring to Fig. 3) in the bottom.Air intake 61 opens wide and is corresponding with the air inhalation port 22 of dust collection chamber 23.And size is enough to hold the port rib 22 ' of air inhalation port 22.Correspondingly, the air of carrying dust flows into dust receptacle 53 by air inhalation port 22.In the air intake 61 of container body 53, air intake pipe 63 is up outstanding.At the openend of air intake pipe 63, valve part 65 (referring to Fig. 3) can be installed unlimitedly.Valve part 65 down pivots by its deadweight and covers the openend of air intake pipe 63, and opens by the air pressure that flows into container body 53 from the outside.
Container body 53 also has the dust export 67 that opens wide in a side of upper plate.Dust export 67 is exposed when the door 25 of dust collection chamber 23 opens wide.In this state, the user is fastenedly connected dust export 67 with the suction unit of traditional vacuum cleaner (not shown) or manual cleaner (not shown), and release is collected in its inner dust thus.Therefore, preferably, vacuum cleaner or manual cleaner comprise the suction inlet that is positioned on the suction unit, and its dust export 67 with dust receptacle 51 of the present invention is corresponding.
Cannelure extends along dust export 67 hoops of container body 53.The size of the suction inlet of corresponding vacuum cleaner of the size of groove or hand cleaner.Preferably, liner 69 can be installed between the suction inlet of groove and vacuum cleaner or manual cleaner, to form aeroseal betwixt.
The upper plate of container body 53 also comprises the handle unit 71 that is positioned at the center.Handle unit 71 is exposed when the door 25 of dust collection chamber 23 opens wide.By catching handle unit 71, the user can connect and dust-separating container 51.Handle unit 71 is recessed at upper plate, and can be simply by injection molded and integrally formed with container body 53.Container body 53 preferably can be by the transparent material manufacturing, like this user's amount of dust of can observation post collecting.
Lid 55 can form in many ways, and lid 55 container body 53 is relatively easily installed and separated.For example, connect projection and can be formed on and cover on 55 the girth, while link slot 52 is formed on the container body 53.In addition, separating projection 57 is formed on and covers 55 top with from container body 53 separate cover 55.Liner 93 is formed on the inside of container 53 to form aeroseal with container body 53 along girth.
Filter 91 can be installed in with removing and cover in 55 the air outlet slit 56, and has a plurality of filter windows 92 in peripheral surface.On the surface of filter window 92, be connected with the porous filtering parts.By said structure, be included in the air and the thin dust that discharges by air outlet slit 56 can be filtered.
Below, the sweep-out method of the dust of collecting in the automatic cleaner during the flow chart in 5 illustrates according to the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings.
When applying the cleaning order, automatic cleaner 20 beginning cleanings (S1).Operation is communicated with the control module (not shown) simultaneously automatic cleaner 20 in the cleaning area.When operation, automatic cleaner 20 is avoided anterior interim obstacle according to the pattern of the common operation that the applicant proposed.In the process of operation, automatic cleaner 20 drives the vacuum generator that is placed in wherein to carry out cleaning (S2).
When the vacuum generator was driven, at first, extraneous air was inhaled into by air suction inlet 22.Institute's inhaled air moves along the air intake pipe 63 of dust receptacle 51, and flows into the valve part 65 that air vessel 51 promotes the direction of blocks air stream.Air is discharged into the outside by air outlet slit 24.Then, the dust in air that is discharged from is filtered by filter 91, and like this, dust is collected by dust receptacle 51.
As time goes by, dust little by little increases in dust receptacle 51.Cleaning is when automatic cleaner 20 or vacuum generator stop to drive and stop.At this moment, the valve part 65 of dust receptacle 51 covers the openend of air intake pipe 63 owing to its deadweight down pivots.Correspondingly, the dust that is filtered is prevented from being back in the air inhalation port 22.The user is by opening the door 25 of dust collection chamber 23, and checks the amount of dust collected in the dust receptacle 51.Equally, door 25 is by the transparent material manufacturing, and the user can not open door 25 and easily check collected amount of dust like this.
The present invention proposes the method (S3) that two kinds of removings are collected in the dust in the dust receptacle 51.A kind of is to take out dust receptacle 51, and another is to use vacuum cleaner or manual cleaner and need not takes out dust receptacle 51.Can select one of them (S4).When by the manual cleaner dust out (S6), the door 25 of dust collection chamber 23 must be opened.Then, manual cleaner is driven, in this state, and the air inhalation port 11 of manual cleaner and 67 alignment of the dust export of dust receptacle 51.Therefore, the dust that is collected in the dust receptacle 51 can be removed in the short period of time with being cleaned.
But, such as not charging of manual cleaner, perhaps break down, can pass through to take out dust receptacle 51 (S5) and dust out.Dust receptacle 51 takes out in dust collection chamber 23 by simply catching the handle unit 71 that is formed on the upper casing.By the lid 55 of opening dust receptacle 51, the dust in the dust receptacle 51 is easily emptied (S7).Cover 55 and in dirt collection chamber 23, reinstall dust receptacle 51 (S8) by re-assemblying, can re-execute cleaning by said process.
Fig. 6 is the perspective view of dust receptacle according to another embodiment of the present invention.
Dust receptacle 51 comprises the seal member 100 that is used to seal or open the dust export 67 that is formed on the container body 53.
Seal member 100 has the convenient flange handle 110 that uses seal member 100.Seal member 100 is fitted closely to the periphery of dust export 67, seals dust export 67 thus.For this purpose, seal member 67 is preferably by the elastomeric material manufacturing such as rubber.
When automatic cleaner 20 is in the work, seal member 100 tight closure dust exports 67.Therefore, the dust that is collected in the dust receptacle 51 is prevented from flowing out and polluting in the formation of the inside of dust collection chamber 23 (Fig. 2) by dust export 67.In addition, also prevent the forfeiture of the suction force that causes owing to dust export 67.In order to remove the dust that is collected in the dust receptacle 51, the user uses flange handle 110 to open seal member 100, and the suction inlet that connects vacuum cleaner (not shown) or manual dust collector cleans dust receptacle 51 thus to suck collected dust.
As shown in Figure 6, seal member 100 can fit closely to the periphery of dust receptacle 67 with sealing dust export 67.But seal member 100 also can be fixed to the interior week of dust export 67.
According to the above embodiments, the dust that is collected in the automatic cleaner can be removed easily.
In addition, dust receptacle 51 can use and be provided with at home or the common vacuum cleaner in the office cleans, and separates the dust receptacle 51 of the automatic cleaner of such low capacity need not clean the time at every turn.
In addition, be used to remove the method for collected dust according to the present invention, the user can directly not besmirched by dust or pollutant.The dust receptacle of automatic cleaner can clean by common vacuum cleaner, and the user empties or pour out the paper bag of conventional vacuum cleaners when paper bag is full.
Although describe the present invention with reference to specific preferred embodiment, those of ordinary skills will be appreciated that, can carry out different forms and the modification on the details when the scope defined in not deviating from essence of the present invention and claims.
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1. dust receptacle comprises:
The container body, it has air intake and air outlet slit, and is installed in separably in the dust collection chamber of automatic cleaner;
Be fixed in the container body lid with the open and close air outlet slit; And
Be formed on the dust export in the container body.
2. according to the dust receptacle of claim 1, it is characterized in that:
Being fixed to lid in the container body comprises and is used to the filter that prevents that collected dust from flowing out by air outlet slit.
3. according to the dust receptacle of claim 1, it is characterized in that:
The container body also comprises air intake pipe unit and handle unit, and toward inner process, described handle unit is arranged on the position near dust export to described air intake pipe unit from air intake.
4. according to the dust receptacle of claim 2, it is characterized in that:
The container body also comprises air intake pipe unit and handle unit, and toward inner process, described handle unit is arranged on the position near dust export to described air intake pipe unit from air intake.
5. according to the dust receptacle of claim 4, it is characterized in that:
Valve part is formed on the opening of air intake pipe unit, and to cover opening by its deadweight, described valve part is opened by the pressure of air intake leaked-in air.
6. dust receptacle according to claim 1 is characterized in that seal member is provided with dust export.
7. dust receptacle according to claim 6 is characterized in that, seal member by the elastomeric material manufacturing to fit closely in the dust export.
8. dust receptacle according to claim 6 is characterized in that, seal member has the flange handle to be separated from dust export being easy to.
9. a removing is collected in the method for the dust in the automatic cleaner, comprises step:
Collect by the dust in the air intake inhaled air in the dust receptacle of dust collection chamber, and discharge air by release port; And
The dust export that closely touches dust receptacle by the air intake with independent exhaust unit is removed the dust that is collected in the dust receptacle.
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