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US 12,557,961 B1Granted
Docking station for cleaning robot and cleaning system
AssigneeTP-Link Systems Inc.
InventorsWen Li, Nengfeng Zhang, Ning Cheng
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides docking station for a cleaning robot, including: a wastewater treatment device constructed to collect wastewater generated during cleaning and generate steam from the wastewater; a steam condensing mechanism; wherein the steam discharged from the wastewater treatment device is condensed at the steam condensing mechanism and the condensed steam is fed back to the wastewater treatment device.
Claims20
A docking station for a cleaning robot, comprising:
- a wastewater treatment device constructed to collect wastewater and generate steam from the wastewater;
- and
- a steam condensing mechanism,
- wherein the docking station is configured to operate in an internal circulation mode and an external circulation mode, wherein in the internal circulation mode the steam generated from the wastewater treatment device is condensed at the steam condensing mechanism and the condensed steam is fed back to the wastewater treatment device without being released into an external environment of the docking station;
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- in the external circulation mode, the steam condensing mechanism receives water-containing air from the external environment and generates clean water by condensing of the water-containing air,
- and wherein the docking station is configured to switch between the internal circulation mode and the external circulation mode.
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A cleaning system, comprising:
- a cleaning robot;
- and
- a docking station for the cleaning robot, comprising:
- a wastewater treatment device constructed to collect wastewater generated during cleaning and generate steam from the wastewater;
- and
- a steam condensing mechanism;
- wherein the docking station is configured to operate in an internal circulation mode and an external circulation mode, wherein in the internal circulation mode the steam discharged from the wastewater treatment device is condensed at the steam condensing mechanism and the condensed steam is fed back to the wastewater treatment device without being released into an external environment of the docking station;
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- in the external circulation mode, the steam condensing mechanism receives water-containing air from the external environment and generates clean water by condensing of the water-containing air,
- and wherein the docking station is configured to switch between the internal circulation mode and the external circulation mode.
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