US 12,075,956 B2
Base station and cleaning robot system
Junbin Zhang, Shenzhen (CN); and Weijin Lin, Shenzhen (CN)
Assigned to Yunjing Intelligence Innovation (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., Shenzhen (CN)
Filed by Yunjing Intelligence Innovation (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., Guangdong (CN)
Filed on Oct. 3, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/480,079.
Application 18/480,079 is a continuation of application No. 17/227,649, filed on Apr. 12, 2021, granted, now 11,812,907.
Application 17/227,649 is a continuation of application No. 16/469,658, abandoned, previously published as PCT/CN2016/110380, filed on Dec. 16, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2024/0023778 A1, Jan. 25, 2024
Int. Cl. A47L 11/40 (2006.01); A47L 11/282 (2006.01)
CPC A47L 11/40 (2013.01) [A47L 11/282 (2013.01); A47L 11/4091 (2013.01); A47L 2201/028 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
18. A mop member cleaning device of a base station that operates in conjunction with a cleaning robot having one or more mop members, the mop member cleaning device comprising:
a cleaning notch disposed in the base station and configured to receive the one or more mop members of the cleaning robot during a cleaning process for cleaning the one or more mop members;
at least one fluid inlet structure configured to supply a cleaning fluid to at least a portion of the one or more mop members during the cleaning process, at least part of the at least one fluid inlet structure including an elongated body disposed in the cleaning notch;
one or more protruding portions disposed in the base station and configured to scrape off the cleaning fluid from at least the portion of the one or more mop members during the cleaning process, at least one of the one or more protruding portions including an uneven surface in direct contact with the one or more mop members during the cleaning process; and
a fluid discharge structure disposed in the cleaning notch and configured to drain the cleaning fluid from the cleaning notch, wherein the fluid discharge structure is disposed within an area that is separated from the one or more protruding portions disposed in the cleaning notch.