US 12,448,802 B1
Water surface cleaning robot
Guixin Zhong, Guangdong (CN)
Assigned to SHENZHEN HAIXIN ROBOT TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., Shenzhen (CN)
Filed by SHENZHEN HAIXIN ROBOT TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., Guangdong (CN)
Filed on Jan. 8, 2025, as Appl. No. 19/014,146.
Claims priority of application No. 202421705944.4 (CN), filed on Jul. 17, 2024; and application No. 202421706483.2 (CN), filed on Jul. 17, 2024.
Int. Cl. E04H 4/12 (2006.01); E04H 4/16 (2006.01)
CPC E04H 4/1263 (2013.01) [E04H 4/1654 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A water surface cleaning robot, comprising:
a robot body, configured to clean garbage on a water surface, the robot body being defined with a mounting cavity, and a top of the robot body being defined with an opening communicated with the mounting cavity;
a container detachably mounted in the mounting cavity of the robot body, the container being configured to store garbage collected by the robot body;
a cover plate, configured to open or cover the opening;
wherein, the cover plate comprises a cover plate body, a rotating connection structure disposed on one side of the cover plate body, and a locking structure disposed on the other opposite side of the cover plate body;
the rotating connection structure is rotatably connected with one side edge of the opening, and the locking structure is latched with the other side edge of the cavity; and
a moving assembly mounted on the robot body, the moving assembly being configured to drive the robot body to move on the water surface;
wherein the other opposite side edge of the opening is defined with an engaging groove; and
the locking structure comprises:
a base connected with the cover plate body or integrally formed with the cover plate body;
a locking tongue retractably mounted on the base, the locking tongue being configured to be engaged with the engaging groove;
an unlocking handle rotatably connected to the base and connected to the locking tongue, the unlocking handle being configured to rotate relative to the base under an action of an external force and drive the locking tongue to disengage from the engaging groove to retract into the base; and
a first elastic member connected between the unlocking handle and the base, the first elastic member being configured to drive the unlocking handle to reset the locking tongue when the external force applied to the unlocking handle is removed.