A47L9/0494

CLEANING ROBOT, BRISTLE CONTROL METHOD AND DEVICE, AND COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUM
20230355064 · 2023-11-09 ·

A cleaning robot, a bristle control method and a bristle control device, and a computer storage medium are provided. The cleaning robot includes a robot body, an side brush assembly disposed on the robot body, and a controller disposed on the robot body and configured to control a target bristle of the side brush assembly to be limited in a designated area. In embodiments of this application, the target bristle of the side brush assembly is limited in the designated area to prevent, as much as possible, the target bristle from exceeding out of the cleaning robot and affecting the appearance of the cleaning robot.

ROLLER BRUSH ASSEMBLY AND CLEANING ROBOT
20220248928 · 2022-08-11 ·

A roller brush assembly includes a roller brush device, a lifting drive motor, and a lifting transmission assembly. The roller brush device includes a roller brush housing and a roller brush rotatably connected in the roller brush housing, and one side of the roller brush housing is provided with a swing arm. The lifting transmission assembly is connected to the lifting drive motor and driven by the lifting drive motor to drive the swing arm to swing, thereby lifting the roller brush device. Thus, the roller brush device can be lifted and held in a lifted position, thereby improving the adaptability of a cleaning robot having the roller brush assembly.

CLEANING ASSEMBLY AND CLEANING APPARATUS
20220248932 · 2022-08-11 ·

The present disclosure provides a cleaning assembly including a cleaning performing device. The cleaning performing device includes a cleaning module configured to clean a surface and a cleaning driving module configured to drive the cleaning module to move relative to the surface, a driving device configured to drive the cleaning performing device to be lifted or lowered, and a constraining structure configured to constrain a lifting or lowering trajectory of the cleaning performing device. The present disclosure further provides a cleaning apparatus. The cleaning performing device can be lifted or lowered according to an actual need, such that improves an adaptability of the cleaning apparatus. Further, the lifting or lowering trajectory of the cleaning performing device can be constrained by the constraining structure, such that improves a stability of the cleaning apparatus during moving up and down.

CLEANING APPARATUS
20220279996 · 2022-09-08 · ·

A cleaning apparatus may include a cleaning unit that is kept from moving downwardly from a predetermined limit position. The apparatus body includes a positioning member that positions the cleaning unit at the limit position. The cleaning unit includes an intake nozzle that is arranged at a position separated from the surface to be cleaned by a predetermined gap, a cam member that holds the cleaning unit at the limit position, and an operation input unit that changes the limit position to a higher position by moving the cleaning unit upward by operating the cam member.

Autonomous floor-cleaning robot

An autonomous floor-cleaning robot comprising a housing infrastructure including a chassis, a power subsystem, a motive subsystem to propel the robot for cleaning operations, a command and control subsystem to control the robot to effect cleaning operations, and a self-adjusting cleaning head subsystem that includes a deck mounted in pivotal combination with the chassis, a brush assembly to sweep up particulates during cleaning operations, a vacuum assembly to ingest particulates during cleaning operations, and a deck adjusting subassembly mounted in combination with the motive subsystem for the brush assembly, the deck, and the chassis that is automatically operative in response to an increase in brush torque in said brush assembly to pivot the deck with respect to said chassis. The robot includes a side brush assembly to entrain particulates outside the periphery of the housing infrastructure and to direct such particulates towards the self-adjusting cleaning head system.

Surface cleaning head with dual rotating agitators

A surface cleaning head with dual rotating agitators (e.g., a leading roller and a brush roll) may be used to facilitate capturing of debris in the air flow into a suction conduit on the underside of the surface cleaning head. The leading roller is generally positioned adjacent to and in advance of the opening of the suction conduit. The rotating brush roll may be located in the suction conduit with the leading roller located in front of and spaced from the brush roll, forming an inter-roller air passageway therebetween. The leading roller may provide a softer cleaning element than the brush roll and may also have an outside diameter that is less than the outside diameter of the brush roll. The surface cleaning head may also include debriding protrusions contacting the leading roller and/or a leading bumper that extends in front of the leading roller.

Cleaning device having a hood with a sweeper and an air knife

A cleaning device including a covering hood having a lower surface facing a surface to be cleaned and an inlet on an upper surface thereof, through which contaminants are sucked; an air knife provided on a circumference of the covering hood and having an outlet for spraying high pressure air to the surface to be cleaned; a sweeper installed inside the covering hood and rotated by a driving motor to guide foreign objects swept away from the surface to be cleaned and contaminants floated by the high pressure air injection of the air knife to the inlet; a rotary member including a shaft passing through a circumferential surface of the covering hood and the air knife, and a rotary knob coupled to one end of the shaft to rotate the air knife to adjust an air spray angle.

ROBOTIC CLEANING DEVICE WITH RETRACTABLE SIDE BRUSH
20210228035 · 2021-07-29 · ·

A robotic cleaning device having a main body, a propulsion system configured to move the robotic cleaning device over a surface to be cleaned, a controller configured to control the propulsion system to move the robotic cleaning device over the surface to be cleaned, at least one rotatable side brush arranged to sweep debris from the surface to be cleaned, and a mechanism configured to at least partly retract the at least one rotatable side brush into a space arranged inside the main body upon receiving a control signal from the controller, such that the rotatable side brush is moved out of contact with the surface to be cleaned.

Robot cleaner and control method thereof

A robot cleaner and a traveling algorithm of the robot cleaner having wheels capable of moving in all directions to have enhanced traveling ability in various directions includes a body unit, a sensor provided to be rotatable with respect to the body unit to sense obstacles, a multi-directional moving wheel provided at a lower portion of the body unit to move the body unit in various directions, and a controller configured to determine a traveling route of the robot cleaner to avoid the detected obstacles and control the multi-directional moving wheel when the traveling route is determined so that the robot cleaner moves to the determined traveling route in a state where the body unit is not rotated.

CONFIGURATION OF A CLEANING HEAD FOR AN AUTONOMOUS VACUUM

An autonomous cleaning robot (e.g., an autonomous vacuum) may employ a cleaning head for cleaning messes in an environment. The cleaning head may comprise an enclosure with a brush opening at a first side, a mop opening at a second side, and an outlet connected to a vacuum pump. The outlet may open to a cavity within the enclosure. The cleaning head may further comprise a brush roller configured at a front of the enclosure, a mop roller configured behind the brush roller in the enclosure, an actuator connecting the mop roller and brush roller to the enclosure, and a selection flap hinged at a top portion of the cavity. Each of the brush roller and mop roller may be externally exposed at the brush opening and mop opening, respectively, and the actuator may be configured to move the enclosure vertically.