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Granted Patent B2
US 10,912,438 · App. 16/050,896 · Granted Feb 9, 2021

Sweeping robot and corresponding cleaning device

Inventor: Yang Li (Guangdong, CN)
Assignee: HiZero Technologies Co., Ltd.
A47L11/292A47L11/4011A47L11/4016A47L11/4041A47L11/4069A47L11/4083A47L11/4088
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,912,438
App. No.
16/050,896
Granted
Feb 9, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

The disclosure relates to a sweeping robot and a cleaning device. The sweeping robot includes: a flexible roller for cleaning the ground, a roller motor for driving the flexible roller to rotate, a pressing member for deforming the flexible roller to press out sewage. Clean water in the clean water sink flows through the clean water hole to the flexible roller. The sweeping robot further includes a sewage sink. The sewage sink is provided with a sewage hole is adjacent to the pressing member. The pressing member deforms the flexible roller, causing sewage to be pressed out of the flexible member and flow through the sewage hole into the sewage sink. The sewage sink is separated from the clean water sink. The cleaning device of the present invention has strong cleaning ability, and the flexible roller is easy to clean.

Claims (32)

1. A cleaning device, comprising:

a flexible roller for cleaning a floor;

a roller motor for driving the flexible roller to rotate;

a pressing member for deforming the flexible roller to press out sewage;

a cleaning drive member connected to the pressing member for controlling the pressing member to press on the flexible roller;

a plurality of water tanks, wherein the plurality of water tanks comprises a clean water tank and a sewage tank;

a clean water sink, wherein:

a gap is defined between the flexible roller and the clean water sink,

a clean water hole is disposed at a bottom of the clean water sink,

the clean water sink is connected to the clean water tank through a clean water pipe, and

a clean water solenoid valve is provided on the clean water pipe;

a sewage water sink, wherein:

the sewage water sink is connected to the sewage tank through a sewage pipe, and

a sewage solenoid valve is provided on the sewage pipe; and

a controller electrically connecting to the clean water solenoid valve and the sewage solenoid valve, wherein the controller is used to control the clean water solenoid valve and the sewage solenoid valve to open at alternate intervals.

2. The cleaning device of claim 1 , wherein the cleaning device is a sweeping robot.

3. A cleaning device comprising:

a flexible roller for cleaning a floor;

a pressing member for deforming the flexible roller to press out sewage;

a clean water sink, wherein:

the clean water sink defines a clean water hole, and

clean water in the clean water sink flows to the flexible roller through the clean water hole;

a garbage collection box disposed adjacent the flexible roller;

a load bearing wheel disposed between the garbage collection box and the flexible roller; and

a sewage sink, wherein:

the sewage sink defines a sewage hole, and

the sewage sink is adjacent to the pressing member such that when the pressing member deforms the flexible roller and presses out the sewage, the sewage passes through the sewage hole and flows into the sewage sink.

4. The cleaning device of claim 3 , comprising a roller brush disposed above the garbage collection box and in contact with the flexible roller.

5. The cleaning device of claim 4 , wherein the roller brush is configured to rotate in a first direction and the flexible roller is configured to rotate in a second direction opposite the first direction.

6. The cleaning device of claim 3 , comprising a scraper, wherein the load bearing wheel is disposed between the garbage collection box and the scraper.

7. The cleaning device of claim 3 , comprising a roller motor for driving the flexible roller to rotate, wherein the flexible roller surrounds the roller motor.

8. The cleaning device of claim 3 , wherein the cleaning device is a sweeping robot.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 1, 2021
From: HIZERO TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
To: HIZERO APPLIANCES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 056400/0677 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 31, 2018
From: LI, YANG
To: HIZERO TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 046679/0046 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation In Part PCTCN2018076684 · Feb 13, 2018
Related Publication 20190246859A1 · Aug 15, 2019
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