WINDOW-CLEANING ROBOT PROVIDED WITH CLOSED WIPER

• US 20170079487A1
• Filed: 03/17/2015
• Published: 03/23/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/17/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ecovacs Robotics (Suzhou) Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Ecovacs Robotics (Suzhou) Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: FENG, Linqiang, Lv, Xiaoming, Zhou, Fei
• Granted Patent: US 10,213,073 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 1/02 Power-driven machines or devices
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 2201/00 Robotic cleaning machines, i.e. with automatic control of the travelling movement or the cleaning operation

Abstract

A window-cleaning robot provided with a closed wiper (13), comprising a rotating base (10) and an outer frame (20); said rotating base (10) being rotatably disposed on the outer frame (20); the bottom of said outer frame (20) being provided with a cleaning unit (21); said rotating base (10) being provided with a travel unit (11) and a suction cup (12); the bottom surface of the rotating base (10) also being provided with a wiper (13); said wiper (13) being disposed on the bottom surface such that the wiper (13) surrounds the rotating base (10) in a closed shape; the travel unit (11) and/or the suction cup (12) being enclosed within said closed shape. The wiper (13) is entirely closed such that regardless of where the robot travels, 360° wiping can be accomplished, effectively preventing the travel unit (11) and the suction cup (12) from becoming wet, resulting in more effective wiping and effectively preventing slippage.

Claims

1. A window-cleaning robot provided with a closed wiper, comprising a rotating base (10) and an outer frame (20);

the rotating base being rotatably disposed on the outer frame;

the bottom of the outer frame being provided with a cleaning unit (21);

the rotating base being provided with a travel unit (11) and a suction cup (12);

the bottom surface of the rotating base being provided with a wiper (13), characterized in that,

the wiper (13) is provided in a closed shape on the bottom surface of the rotating base; and

the travel unit (11) and/or the suction cup (12) are enclosed within the closed shape.

2. The window-cleaning robot of claim 1, characterized in that, the height of the wiper (13) is larger than the height of the travel unit (11).

3. The window-cleaning robot of claim 2, characterized in that, the wiper (13) has a first wiper (131) and a second wiper (132), wherein the first wiper (131) encloses the outer circumference of the travel unit (11) and the second wiper (132) encloses the outer circumference of the suction cup (12).

4. The window-cleaning robot of claim 3, characterized in that, the travel unit (11) is a roller wheel or a crawler travel mechanism.

5. The window-cleaning robot of claim 4, characterized in that, the first wiper (131) and the second wiper (132) each are plural, the numbers of which correspond to the numbers of the travel unit (11) and the suction cup (12).

6. The window-cleaning robot of claim 1, characterized in that, the wiper (13) is higher than the travel unit (11) by 0.01 mm to 1 mm.

7. The window-cleaning robot of claim 1, characterized in that, the rotating base (10) is provided with a groove (14), protruding plates (141) are provided on the sidewalls of the groove, both sides of a fixed end of the wiper (13) are provided with concave slots (130), and the protruding plates (141) snap into and engage with the concave slots (130).

8. The window-cleaning robot of claim 1, characterized in that, the suction cup (12) communicates with a vacuum pump through a hose, and the vacuum pump operates to establish a negative pressure within the suction cup so that the window-cleaning robot is adsorbed onto a work surface.

9. The window-cleaning robot of claim 1, characterized in that, the outer frame (20) is square.

10. The window-cleaning robot of claim 2, characterized in that, the wiper (13) is higher than the travel unit (11) by 0.01 mm to 1 mm.

11. The window-cleaning robot of claim 3, characterized in that, the wiper (13) is higher than the travel unit (11) by 0.01 mm to 1 mm.

12. The window-cleaning robot of claim 4, characterized in that, the wiper (13) is higher than the travel unit (11) by 0.01 mm to 1 mm.

13. The window-cleaning robot of claim 5, characterized in that, the wiper (13) is higher than the travel unit (11) by 0.01 mm to 1 mm.