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US 12,660,976 B2Granted
Base station and robot cleaner system
AssigneePositec Power Tools (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.
InventorsFu Qian, Shisong Zhang, Hongfeng Zhong
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Abstract
The disclosure provides a base station for a robot cleaner to park, the base station including a storage module configured to store a wiping substrate, a collection bin configured to store a dirty wiping substrate, a wiper replacement module configured to convey the dirty wiping substrate to the collection bin, and a drawing module configured to draw out dirt stored in a dust box.
Claims18
A base station configured to maintain a robot cleaner, wherein the base station comprises:
- a shell provided with a mounting space and a parking space for the robot cleaner to park;
- a wiper replacement module configured to replace a current wiper for the robot cleaner, the wiper replacement module comprising a collection bin and a storage bin arranged in the mounting space, the collection bin configured to receive a dirty wiper, the storage bin configured to store a new wiper, and the current wiper configured to wipe a working surface where the robot cleaner travels when connected to the robot cleaner;
- a liquid adding module configured to add a liquid to the robot cleaner and comprising a liquid tank configured to store a liquid to be added to the robot cleaner;
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- a garbage collection module comprising a dust collection bin and a fan arranged in the mounting space, the fan in communication with the dust collection bin to generate a negative pressure in the dust collection bin to draw out garbage stored in the robot cleaner, and the dust collection bin configured to store the garbage, wherein:
- the shell has an entrance/exit for at least part of a framework of the robot cleaner to enter or exit the parking space, and with a direction where the entrance/exit is located as a front,
- the collection bin and the storage bin are located on a front side or an upper side of the mounting space when the base station is in a non-working state, and
- the mounting space comprises a first accommodating space and a second accommodating space, the second accommodating space being arranged above the first accommodating space, whereby the collection bin and the storage bin are arranged in the first accommodating space, and the liquid tank, the dust collection bin, and the fan are arranged in the second accommodating space.
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