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US 12,161,272 · App. 16/883,640 · Granted Dec 10, 2024

Liquid container, smart cleaning device and smart cleaning system

Inventors: Xing Li (Shenzhen, CN); Song Peng (Shenzhen, CN); Chuanlin Duan (Shenzhen, CN); Youcheng Lu (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignee: SHENZHEN ROCK TIMES TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
A47L11/282A47L11/4083A47L11/4027A47L2201/022
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Patent No.
US 12,161,272
App. No.
16/883,640
Granted
Dec 10, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

In some examples, a liquid container is provided with a liquid outlet and an air inlet, the liquid outlet and the air inlet are disposed at a bottom of the liquid container, and the liquid container is shaped to facilitate air entered the liquid container through the air inlet to move to above a surface of liquid in the liquid container. In some examples, the liquid container is installable in a smartcleaning device and/or a smartcleaning system.

Claims (39)

1. A liquid container for a smart cleaning device comprising:

two liquid outlets and an air inlet each disposed at a bottom of the liquid container, wherein the liquid container is shaped to facilitate air entered the liquid container through the air inlet to move to above a surface of liquid in the liquid container; and

wherein a distance between the air inlet and a top wall of the liquid container is sufficiently large to cause, without additional vibration, air entered the liquid container through the air inlet to form one or more bubbles that continuously travel to reach the surface of the liquid in the liquid container without blocking the air inlet;

wherein the air inlet is disposed at a front-back axis of the bottom of the liquid container, the two liquid outlets are symmetrically disposed relative to a symmetry axis of the bottom of the liquid container and placed at a same distance from the air inlet;

wherein the air inlet comprises an upper part, a middle part, and a lower part;

wherein the upper part and the lower part are cylindrical and the middle part connecting the upper part and the lower part is a frustoconical;

wherein a radius of the upper part is smaller than a radius of the lower part.

2. The liquid container of claim 1 , wherein the liquid container is shaped to make that there is no block in a space above the air inlet inside the liquid container.

3. The liquid container of claim 1 , wherein the distance between the air inlet and the top wall of the liquid container is greater than 4 mm.

4. The liquid container of claim 1 , wherein a radius of the air inlet ranges from 0.3 mm to 0.8 mm.

5. The liquid container of claim 1 , wherein a filer nozzle is disposed at each of the liquid outlets, and the filter nozzle is configured to adjust a liquid discharging rate.

6. The liquid container of claim 1 , wherein a cleaning cloth is attached to the bottom of the liquid container, and the cleaning cloth is configured to absorb liquid in the liquid container from each of the liquid outlets.

7. A smart cleaning device, comprising a liquid container;

wherein the liquid container is provided with two liquid outlets and an air inlet;

wherein the liquid outlet and the air inlet are disposed at a bottom of the liquid container, and the liquid container is shaped to facilitate air entered the liquid container through the air inlet to move to above a surface of liquid in the liquid container; and

wherein a distance between the air inlet and a top wall of the liquid container is sufficiently large to cause, without additional vibration, air entered the liquid container through the air inlet to form one or more bubbles that continuously travel to reach the surface of the liquid in the liquid container without blocking the air inlet;

wherein the air inlet is disposed at a front-back axis of the bottom of the liquid container, the two liquid outlets are symmetrically disposed relative to a symmetry axis of the bottom of the liquid container and placed at a same distance from the air inlet;

wherein the air inlet comprises an upper part, a middle part, and a lower part;

wherein the upper part and the lower part are cylindrical and the middle part connecting the upper part and the lower part is a frustoconical;

wherein a radius of the upper part is smaller than a radius of the lower part.

8. The smart cleaning device of claim 7 , wherein the liquid container is shaped to make that there is no block in a space above the air inlet inside the liquid container.

9. The smart cleaning device of claim 7 , wherein the distance between the air inlet and the top wall of the liquid container is greater than 4 mm.

10. The smart cleaning device of claim 7 , wherein a radius of the air inlet ranges from 0.3 mm to 0.8 mm.

11. The smart cleaning device of claim 7 , wherein a filer nozzle is disposed at each of the liquid outlets, and the filter nozzle is configured to adjust a liquid discharging rate.

12. The smart cleaning device of claim 7 , wherein a cleaning cloth is attached to the bottom of the liquid container, and the cleaning cloth is configured to absorb liquid in the liquid container from each of the liquid outlets.

13. A smart cleaning system, comprising:

a smart cleaning device; and

a charging station, wherein the smart cleaning device is configured to be charged by the charging station;

wherein the smart cleaning device comprises a liquid container;

wherein the liquid container is provided with two liquid outlets and an air inlet;

wherein the liquid outlet and the air inlet are disposed at a bottom of the liquid container, and the liquid container is shaped to facilitate air entered the liquid container through the air inlet to move to above a surface of liquid in the liquid container; and

wherein a distance between the air inlet and a top wall of the liquid container is sufficiently large to cause, without additional vibration, air entered the liquid container through the air inlet to form one or more bubbles that continuously travel to reach the surface of the liquid in the liquid container without blocking the air inlet;

wherein the air inlet is disposed at a front-back axis of the bottom of the liquid container, the two liquid outlets are symmetrically disposed relative to a symmetry axis of the bottom of the liquid container and placed at a same distance from the air inlet;

wherein the air inlet comprises an upper part, a middle part, and a lower part;

wherein the upper part and the lower part are cylindrical and the middle part connecting the upper part and the lower part is a frustoconical;

wherein a radius of the upper part is smaller than a radius of the lower part.

14. The system of claim 13 , wherein the liquid container is shaped to make that there is no block in a space above the air inlet inside the liquid container.

15. The system of claim 13 , wherein the distance between the air inlet and the top wall of the liquid container is greater than 4 mm.

16. The system of claim 13 , wherein a radius of the air inlet ranges from 0.3 mm to 0.8 mm.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 26, 2020
From: LI, XING; PENG, SONG; DUAN, CHUANLIN; LU, YOUCHENG
To: SHENZHEN ROCK TIMES TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 052753/0433 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201721239826.9 · Sep 25, 2017 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2018105839 · Sep 14, 2018
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