Intelligent floor mopping apparatus

• US 10,278,561 B2
• Filed: 01/10/2017
• Issued: 05/07/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 11/21/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fine Dragon Technology Limited
• Original Assignee: Fine Dragon Technology Limited
• Inventors: Zou, Zhenren
• Primary Examiner(s): Jennings, Michael D
• Application Number:
  US15/403,167
• Publication Number:
  US 20180140152A1
• Time in Patent Office: 847 Days
• Field of Search: 15 98
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 11/282 having rotary tools
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 11/40 Parts or details of machines not provided for in groups A47L11/02 - A47L11/38, or not restricted to one of these groups, e.g. handles, arrangements of switches, skirts, buffers, levers
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 11/4011 Regulation of the cleaning machine by electric means; Control systems and remote control systems therefor
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 11/4036 Parts or details of the surface treating tools
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 11/4038 Disk shaped surface treating tools
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 11/4061 Steering means; Means for avoiding obstacles; Details related to the place where the driver is accommodated
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 2201/00 Robotic cleaning machines, i.e. with automatic control of the travelling movement or the cleaning operation
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 2201/04 Automatic control of the travelling movement; Automatic obstacle detection

Abstract

The present application provides an intelligent floor mopping apparatus, including: a body, a driving mechanism, a cleaning mechanism, and a sensing mechanism. The driving mechanism is disposed on the body, and is adapted to drive the body to move. The sensing mechanism is disposed on the body, and is adapted to sense the situation of a floor of an area to be cleaned, so as to adjust the moving direction of the body. The cleaning mechanism is disposed below the body for cleaning the floor and includes two circular mopping blocks and one rectangular mopping block. The two circular mopping blocks are disposed side by side below a front part of the bottom of the body and are rotatable parallel to the floor, and the rectangular mopping block is disposed below a rear part of the bottom of the body.

Claims

1. An intelligent floor mopping apparatus, comprising:

a body, a driving mechanism, a cleaning mechanism, and a sensing mechanism, wherein

the driving mechanism is disposed on the body, and is adapted to drive the body to move;

the sensing mechanism is disposed on the body, and is adapted to sense the situation of a floor of an area to be cleaned, so as to adjust the moving direction of the body; and

the cleaning mechanism is disposed below the body for cleaning the floor and comprises two circular mopping blocks and one rectangular mopping block, the two circular mopping blocks are disposed side by side below a front part of the bottom of the body and are rotatable parallel to the floor, and the rectangular mopping block is disposed below a rear part of the bottom of the body;

wherein the rectangular mopping block comprises a rectangular wiper, a rectangular rack, and two wiper pressing members, the two wiper pressing members are separately disposed at two sides of an axis of symmetry in the rectangular rack, each of the wiper pressing members comprises two rotating arms and one pressing arm, one ends of the two rotating arms are respectively connected to two ends of the pressing arm, the other ends of the two rotating arms are rotatably connected to the rectangular rack, and when the wiper pressing members rotate to a coplanar position with respect to the rectangular rack, the pressing arms tightly press against an inner wall surface of the rectangular rack, so that the rectangular wiper is tightly clamped by means of cooperation between the pressing arms and the rectangular rack.

2. The intelligent floor mopping apparatus according to claim 1, wherein each of the circular mopping blocks comprises a circular wiper and a circular rack, the two circular racks are disposed side by side below the front part of the bottom of the body and are connected to the driving mechanism, the driving mechanism is further adapted to drive the circular racks to rotate, and the two circular wipers are respectively connected to the two circular racks, so that the two circular wipers are driven to rotate along with the rotation of the two circular racks.

3. The intelligent floor mopping apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the two circular wipers are respectively connected to the two circular racks by means of Velcro-tapes.

4. The intelligent floor mopping apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the rectangular mopping block further comprises lifting members, secured to the pressing arms for lifting the pressing arms.

5. The intelligent floor mopping apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the rectangular mopping block further comprises a connecting member, the connecting member is secured to the rectangular rack, and the rectangular mopping block is detachably connected to the body by means of the connecting member.

6. The intelligent floor mopping apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the sensing mechanism comprises a first sensor, disposed directly in front of the body and adapted to sense a distance between the intelligent floor mopping apparatus and a wall towards which the intelligent floor mopping apparatus moves.

7. The intelligent floor mopping apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the sensing mechanism further comprises a second sensor, disposed at a frontmost end directly in front of the body and is adapted to sense whether the intelligent floor mopping apparatus collides with an obstacle.

8. The intelligent floor mopping apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the sensing mechanism further comprises a third sensor, disposed at a frontmost end of the bottom of the body, and adapted to sense the distance between the floor towards which the intelligent floor mopping apparatus moves and the bottom of the body.