IP Library Granted Patent US 11,344,172
Granted Patent B2
US 11,344,172 · App. 16/626,873 · Granted May 31, 2022

Roller brush assembly and cleaning device

Inventors: Xiaowei Xu (Suzhou, CN); Yuan Chen (Suzhou, CN); Xianmin Wei (Suzhou, CN); Daming Shen (Suzhou, CN)
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Patent No.
US 11,344,172
App. No.
16/626,873
Granted
May 31, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A roller brush assembly and a cleaning device are provided. The above roller brush assembly is applied in the cleaning device, including: a main roller brush; an electric motor configured to drive the main roller brush to rotate to sweep a surface to be cleaned; and an auxiliary roller brush driven by the main roller brush to rotate and sweep the surface to be cleaned towards the main roller brush.

Claims (35)

1. A roller brush assembly for a cleaning device, comprising:

a main roller brush;

an electric motor configured to drive the main roller brush to rotate to sweep a surface to be cleaned; and

an auxiliary roller brush driven by the main roller brush to rotate and sweep the surface to be cleaned towards the main roller brush;

wherein the main roller brush comprises:

a rotatable main roller brush body driven by the electric motor; and

a sweeping member extending outward from a surface of the rotatable main roller brush body to sweep the surface to be cleaned;

wherein the auxiliary roller brush comprises:

an auxiliary roller brush body; and

a plurality of protrusions spaced apart from each other on a surface of the auxiliary roller brush body to sweep the surface to be cleaned;

wherein the sweeping member contacts and pushes a protrusion to drive the auxiliary roller brush body to rotate in a direction opposite to rotation of the main roller brush body.

2. The roller brush assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the auxiliary roller brush is arranged at a rear of the main roller brush along a moving direction of the cleaning device.

3. The roller brush assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the auxiliary roller brush body is an elastic body and the protrusion is an elastic protrusion.

4. The roller brush assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the auxiliary roller brush further comprises a plurality of flexible supports, the auxiliary roller brush body is provided with an inner cavity, the flexible support is arranged in the inner cavity, and a first end of the flexible support is connected with a wall surface of the inner cavity.

5. The roller brush assembly according to claim 4 , wherein a second end of a flexible support is a free end, wherein free ends of the plurality of flexible supports are combined to define a mounting cavity, and the mounting cavity is configured to mount a connecting shaft connected to the auxiliary roller brush body.

6. The roller brush assembly according to claim 5 , wherein the free end is in an arc shape, and curvature of the free ends of each flexible support are the same.

7. The roller brush assembly according to claim 4 , wherein connecting points of the flexible supports and the inner cavity are distributed evenly along a circumferential direction of the inner cavity.

8. A cleaning device, comprising:

a roller brush assembly, comprising:

a main roller brush;

an electric motor configured to drive the main roller brush to rotate to sweep a surface to be cleaned; and

an auxiliary roller brush driven by the main roller brush to rotate and sweep the surface to be cleaned towards the main roller brush;

wherein the main roller brush comprises:

a rotatable main roller brush body driven by the electric motor; and

a sweeping member extending outward from a surface of the rotatable main roller brush body to sweep the surface to be cleaned;

wherein the auxiliary roller brush comprises:

an auxiliary roller brush body; and

a plurality of protrusions spaced apart from each other on a surface of the auxiliary roller brush body to sweep the surface to be cleaned;

wherein the sweeping member contacts and pushes a protrusion to drive the auxiliary roller brush body to rotate in a direction opposite to rotation of the main roller brush body.

9. The cleaning device according to claim 8 , wherein the auxiliary roller brush is arranged at a rear of the main roller brush along a moving direction of the cleaning device.

10. The cleaning device according to claim 8 , wherein the auxiliary roller brush body is an elastic body and the protrusion is an elastic protrusion.

11. The cleaning device according to claim 8 , wherein the auxiliary roller brush further comprises a plurality of flexible supports, the auxiliary roller brush body is provided with an inner cavity, the flexible support is arranged in the inner cavity, and a first end of the flexible support is connected with a wall surface of the inner cavity.

12. The cleaning device according to claim 11 , wherein a second end of a flexible support is a free end, wherein free ends of the plurality of flexible supports are combined to define a mounting cavity, and the mounting cavity is configured to mount a connecting shaft connected to the auxiliary roller brush body.

13. The cleaning device according to claim 12 , wherein the free end is in an arc shape, and curvature of the free ends of each flexible support are the same.

14. The cleaning device according to claim 11 , wherein connecting points of the flexible supports and the inner cavity are distributed evenly along a circumferential direction of the inner cavity.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 17, 2021
From: JIANGSU MIDEA CLEANING APPLIANCES CO., LTD.; MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
To: MIDEA ROBOZONE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 056265/0765 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 27, 2019
From: XU, XIAOWEI; CHEN, YUAN; WEI, XIANMIN; SHEN, DAMING
To: JIANGSU MIDEA CLEANING APPLIANCES CO., LTD.; MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 051373/0615 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201920125075.0 · Jan 24, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210401256A1 · Dec 30, 2021
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