US 11,812,917 B2
Cleaning system
Zhijian Liang, Shenzhen (CN); and Quanlong Lu, Shenzhen (CN)
Assigned to SHENZHEN SILVER STAR INTELLIGENT GROUP CO., LTD., Shenzhen (CN)
Filed by SHENZHEN SILVER STAR INTELLIGENT GROUP CO., LTD., Shenzhen (CN)
Filed on Aug. 25, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/002,132.
Claims priority of application No. 201911068243.8 (CN), filed on Nov. 5, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0127923 A1, May 6, 2021
Int. Cl. A47L 9/10 (2006.01); A47L 9/28 (2006.01); A47L 9/16 (2006.01)
CPC A47L 9/106 (2013.01) [A47L 9/1658 (2013.01); A47L 9/2805 (2013.01); A47L 9/2873 (2013.01); A47L 2201/024 (2013.01); A47L 2201/04 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cleaning system, comprising:
a cleaning robot comprising a machine body, a trash discharging port and a sealing mechanism provided at the bottom of the machine body for opening or closing the trash discharging port; and
a processing station, comprising:
a sealing mechanism actuating device configured to make the movement of the sealing mechanism to open or close the trash discharging port;
a docking sensing assembly configured to sense whether the cleaning robot has docked with the processing station;
a controller configured to obtain sensing information from the docking sensing assembly and control the sealing mechanism actuating device to move the sealing mechanism to open the trash discharging port when the sensing information indicates that the cleaning robot has docked with the processing station; and
a first reset mechanism which is arranged in the machine body to reset the sealing mechanism.