Cleaning apparatus

• US 9,616,467 B2
• Filed: 10/16/2013
• Issued: 04/11/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 05/16/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Beijing BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co Ltd. (BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.), BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Beijing BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co Ltd. (BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.), BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Lin, Zijin, Wang, Yaowei, Tian, Yinghua, Chang, Kuo
• Primary Examiner(s): Spisich, Mark
• Application Number:
  US14/360,883
• Publication Number:
  US 20150135452A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,273 Days
• Field of Search: 15 4, 15 971, 15 98, 15 99, 15100, 15102, 15103, 151035, 15104002, 15105, 15118, 15302, 15320, 15321, 15345, 15403
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 11/201 with supply of cleaning agents
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 11/4047 Wound-up or endless cleaning belts
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 11/408 Means for supplying cleaning or surface treating agents
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 9/08 with means adapted for blowing
• CPC Class Codes: B08B 1/00 Cleaning by methods involving the use of tools cleaning hollow articles by methods or apparatus specially adapted thereto B08B9/00
• CPC Class Codes: B08B 1/143 Wipes
• CPC Class Codes: B08B 1/16 Rigid blades, e.g. scrapers; Flexible blades, e.g. wipers
• CPC Class Codes: B08B 1/20 Cleaning of moving articles, e.g. of moving webs or of objects on a conveyor
• CPC Class Codes: B08B 1/30 by movement of cleaning members over a surface
• CPC Class Codes: B08B 5/04 Cleaning by suction, with or without auxiliary action B08B9/035 takes precedence; suction cleaners A47L
• CPC Class Codes: B08B 7/04 by a combination of operations

Abstract

The present invention provides a cleaning apparatus including at least one dust particulate absorber device(s) and a wiper device. The at least one dust particulate absorber device(s) is used for absorbing foreign matters, the wiper device is used for wiping and cleaning, and the dust particulate absorber device(s) and the wiper device are arranged in the horizontal direction.

Claims

1. A cleaning apparatus comprising at least one dust particulate absorber device and a wiper device arranged in a horizontal direction, wherein the at least one dust particulate absorber device is used for absorbing foreign matters, the wiper device is used for wiping;

wherein the wiper device comprises two accommodation chambers, each of which is provided with one roller, a sheet of wiping cloth having its two ends wound around the two rollers respectively, wherein the sheet of wiping cloth at least covers the bottom portion of the cleaning apparatus, and the roller in one of the accommodation chambers is a driving shaft;

wherein the cleaning apparatus further comprises an electrical motor module to drive the driving shaft; and

wherein one of the accommodation chambers with no electrical motor module connected thereto is filled with cleaning liquid to keep the wiping cloth winding around the roller wet;

wherein the cleaning apparatus further comprises two airdry devices, which are arranged side by side with respect to the wiper device and the at least one dust particulate absorber device, wherein each of the two opposite sides of the wiper device is respectively provided with one of said airdry device;

wherein the dust particulate absorber device, the wiper device, and the airdry devices are each in a substantially cuboid shape, which has the same vertical height.

2. The cleaning apparatus according to claim 1, wherein several transfer shafts are provided between the two rollers for feeding the wiping cloth.

3. The cleaning apparatus according to claim 2, wherein a resilient means is mounted at the bottom of the cleaning apparatus, and the wiping cloth overlies the resilient means.

4. The cleaning apparatus according to claim 2, wherein at the opposite sides of the wiper device are respectively provided with one of the at least one dust particulate absorber device.

5. The cleaning apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a resilient means is mounted at the bottom of the cleaning apparatus, and the wiping cloth overlies the resilient means.

6. The cleaning apparatus according to claim 5, wherein at the opposite sides of the wiper device are respectively provided with one of the at least one dust particulate absorber device.

7. The cleaning apparatus according to claim 1, wherein at the opposite sides of the wiper device are respectively provided with one of the at least one dust particulate absorber device.

8. The cleaning apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the at least one dust particulate absorber device is communicated with the outer side of the cleaning apparatus so as to remove the absorbed dust particulates outside of the cleaning apparatus.

9. The cleaning apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the cleaning apparatus further comprises a control circuit for controlling the operation of each component of the cleaning apparatus.

10. The cleaning apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the cleaning apparatus further comprises a fixture member for fixing the cleaning apparatus.