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Granted Patent B2
US 12,369,766 · App. 17/640,804 · Granted Jul 29, 2025

Blocking plug and intelligent cleaning device

Inventor: Youcheng Lu (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: Beijing Roborock Technology Co., Ltd.
A47L11/4083A47L11/24B65D25/40B65D47/00
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Patent No.
US 12,369,766
App. No.
17/640,804
Granted
Jul 29, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a blockage and a smart cleaning device. The blockage includes a plug body and a hierarchical sealing structure. The plug body is a shaft-shaped structure as a whole, and is provided with a through hole that penetrates the plug body. The hierarchical sealing structure is sleeved on an outer side of the plug body, and is provided with at least two annular plugs stacked in an axial direction of the plug body.

Claims (23)

1. A blockage, suitable to be mounted in a smart cleaning device and configured to block a water outlet of a liquid holding tank of the smart cleaning device, the blockage comprising:

a plug body, wherein the plug body is a shaft-shaped structure as a whole, and is provided with a through hole that penetrates the plug body; and

a hierarchical sealing structure, wherein the hierarchical sealing structure is sleeved on an outer side of the plug body, and is provided with at least two annular plugs stacked in an axial direction of the plug body,

wherein in the axial direction of the plug body, a thickness of an annular plug of the two adjacent annular plugs near an end of the plug body is smaller than a thickness of an annular plug of the two adjacent annular plugs away from the end of the plug body.

2. The blockage according to claim 1 , wherein an outer diameter of an annular plug of the two adjacent annular plugs near an end of the plug body is smaller than an outer diameter of an annular plug of the two adjacent annular plugs away from the end of the plug body.

3. The blockage according to claim 1 , wherein the at least two annular plugs are arranged at intervals in the axial direction of the plug body.

4. The blockage according to claim 1 , wherein the plug body is provided with a first retaining wall and a second retaining wall, the first retaining wall and the second retaining wall are arranged at intervals in the axial direction of the plug body, and the hierarchical sealing structure is sandwiched between the first retaining wall and the second retaining wall, so that the first retaining wall and the second retaining wall can define relative positions of the hierarchical sealing structure and the plug body in the axial direction of the plug body.

5. The blockage according to claim 4 , wherein two ends of the hierarchical sealing structure in its own axial direction have two opposite end faces, and the two end faces are respectively arranged against the first retaining wall and the second retaining wall.

6. The blockage according to claim 1 , wherein the hierarchical sealing structure has an annular inner wall surrounding the plug body, and the annular inner wall is fixedly connected to the plug body.

7. The blockage according to claim 1 , wherein the through hole is a through hole that penetrates the plug body in the axial direction of the plug body, and liquid in the liquid holding tank can flow out of the liquid holding tank through the through hole.

8. A smart cleaning device, comprising:

a machine body;

a cleaning assembly, wherein the cleaning assembly is detachably connected to the machine body, and comprises a liquid holding tank, a connecting plate, and a flexible cleaning body that are stacked; and the liquid holding tank is detachably connected to the machine body, the connecting plate is detachably connected to the liquid holding tank, and the flexible cleaning body is detachably connected to the connecting plate; and

a blockage, wherein the blockage is suitable to be mounted in a smart cleaning device and configured to block a water outlet of a liquid holding tank of the smart cleaning device, the blockage comprises a plug body and a hierarchical sealing structure, the plug body is a shaft-shaped structure as a whole, and is provided with a through hole that penetrates the plug body, and the hierarchical sealing structure is sleeved on an outer side of the plug body, and is provided with at least two annular plugs stacked in an axial direction of the plug body, wherein the blockage is arranged corresponding to the water outlet, and liquid in the liquid holding tank can flow out of the liquid holding tank through the through hole,

wherein in the axial direction of the plug body, a thickness of an annular plug of the two adjacent annular plugs near an end of the plug body is smaller than a thickness of an annular plug of the two adjacent annular plugs away from the end of the plug body.

9. The smart cleaning device according to claim 8 , wherein the plug body comprises a blocking section and a connecting section that are connected to each other,

the hierarchical sealing structure is sleeved on an outer side of the blocking section, the blocking section and the hierarchical sealing structure can be placed in the water outlet, the hierarchical sealing structure forms an interference fit with the water outlet, and the connecting section is connected to the machine body.

10. The smart cleaning device according to claim 8 , wherein an outer diameter of an annular plug of the two adjacent annular plugs near an end of the plug body is smaller than an outer diameter of an annular plug of the two adjacent annular plugs away from the end of the plug body.

11. The smart cleaning device according to claim 8 , wherein the at least two annular plugs are arranged at intervals in the axial direction of the plug body.

12. The smart cleaning device according to claim 8 , wherein the plug body is provided with a first retaining wall and a second retaining wall, the first retaining wall and the second retaining wall are arranged at intervals in the axial direction of the plug body, and the hierarchical sealing structure is sandwiched between the first retaining wall and the second retaining wall, so that the first retaining wall and the second retaining wall can define relative positions of the hierarchical sealing structure and the plug body in the axial direction of the plug body.

13. The smart cleaning device according to claim 12 , wherein two ends of the hierarchical sealing structure in its own axial direction have two opposite end faces, and the two end faces are respectively arranged against the first retaining wall and the second retaining wall.

14. The smart cleaning device according to claim 8 , wherein the hierarchical sealing structure has an annular inner wall surrounding the plug body, and the annular inner wall is fixedly connected to the plug body.

15. The smart cleaning device according to claim 8 , wherein the through hole is a through hole that penetrates the plug body in the axial direction of the plug body, and liquid in the liquid holding tank can flow out of the liquid holding tank through the through hole.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 4, 2022
From: LU, YOUCHENG
To: BEIJING ROBOROCK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 059178/0783 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201921478012.X · Sep 5, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220313051A1 · Oct 6, 2022
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