CN105813527A - Autonomous cleaner - Google Patents
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an autonomous cleaner (10) comprising: a cleaner body (11) in which a cavity (90) is defined; and a dust container (25) removably fitted in the cavity (90), said dust container (25) comprising an air and debris inlet (27), an air outlet (28) for admitting an air flow through the dust container (25), said dust container (25) comprises a dust compartment for the debris, wherein the ratio between the dust compartment (32) volume and the cleaner body (11) volume is within the range 0.1 to 0.2.
Description
Invention field
The present invention relates to a kind of autonomous type vacuum cleaner.
Background of invention
For the ease of the work relevant to the vacuum cleaning of the ground region in different types of building structure, on market, operational autonomous vacuum vacuum cleaner has been for some time.These autonomous type vacuum cleaners clean ground region without manual intervention is namely automatically mobile on the ground in different directions.This vacuum cleaner can arbitrarily be moved or move on the ground by predetermined pattern, until navigation system detects that barrier or this vacuum cleaner touch a certain barrier and turn to.So, the size of vacuum cleaner and design are to ensure that this vacuum cleaner can touch the key factor on ground big as far as possible, because height can more easily touch furniture region beneath and around or contact the corner of closing with the vacuum cleaner of limited width.
Autonomous type vacuum cleaner has main body of dust collector, and this main body of dust collector includes the different parts of this vacuum cleaner and supports this main body and enable this vacuum cleaner wheel of movement on floor surface.In this main body of dust collector, together with motor is arranged in at least two wheel, provide power for this vacuum cleaner.By brush roll from floor surface being collected such as the microgranule such as dust, sand, and it is directed in the dust receptacle being arranged in this main body via the passage being close to this roller.In order to improve cleaning effect further, this roller can combine with fan, and this fan is produced the air stream through this passage by motor thus being sucked by microgranule in this passage and this dust receptacle.
In order to make vacuum cleaner be operated by expection and guarantee good cleaning effect, it is necessary to some parts are arranged in main body of dust collector.But, this and external dimensions less needed for main body of dust collector are so that vacuum cleaner can touch region big as far as possible on floor surface and run counter to.The design of each parts and the indoor design of this vacuum cleaner thus particularly important, with the finite size needed for guaranteeing the different required function of parts, this main body of dust collector and the probability that region big as far as possible can be cleaned without frequent emptying dust container.
Prior art discloses many autonomous type vacuum cleaners.WO2013/105431 illustrates an example of vacuum cleaner.Disclosed vacuum cleaner has the main body of dust collector of automatic adjustment, and this main body of dust collector includes the different parts of this vacuum cleaner.As visible in the accompanying drawings, many different parts are assembled in vacuum cleaner main body, and it combines from the required less external dimensions of vacuum cleaner and makes the limited space of different parts.The confined space in this vacuum cleaner main body makes disclosed vacuum cleaner have some serious shortcomings.One of them is that this dust receptacle has very little volume.This less volume causes must more frequently being emptying this container to guarantee required cleaning effect, and this is destructive, because this container must manually be emptied.Further, since the somewhat complex design of surrounding structure in this dust receptacle and this main body of dust collector and make the dismounting in this main body of dust collector of this dust receptacle and assembling become complicated.
It is thus desirable to the dust receptacle of a kind of improvement reducing disadvantages mentioned above and the design of autonomous type vacuum cleaner.
Summary of the invention
The present invention limited in book is asked to relate to a kind of autonomous type vacuum cleaner meeting needs defined above at least to a certain extent in appended right.
Autonomous type vacuum cleaner according to the present invention includes:
Main body of dust collector, defining therein cavity；And
Assemble dust receptacle in the cavity removedly, described dust receptacle includes the entrance of air and chip, for receiving the air outlet slit of the air stream by this dust receptacle, described dust receptacle includes the dust storage chamber for chip, wherein, the ratio between volume and the volume of this main body of dust collector of this dust storage chamber is in the scope of 0.1 to 0.2.
The volume of this dust storage chamber is defined as the volume that can be used in the dust receptacle of microgranule, chip and dust, and the volume of this main body of dust collector is defined as the volume in vacuum cleaner main body, and the volume of this dust receptacle is included in this vacuum cleaner main body bulk.
Vacuum cleaner according to the present invention provides a kind of efficiently autonomous type vacuum cleaner, and this autonomous type vacuum cleaner can cover bigger ground region without emptying dust container, because the known vacuum cleaner of the volumetric ratio of the dust receptacle relevant with the volume in vacuum cleaner main body is bigger.The dust receptacle volume increased is to the different parts being arranged in vacuum cleaner main body and for guaranteeing the result of extensive work that autonomous type vacuum cleaner is optimized by endo conformation and the layout of these the different parts needed for expection work.
In an embodiment of this autonomous type vacuum cleaner, this dust receptacle comprises additionally in chamber wall and is arranged at the filter in this dust receptacle, and wherein, the dust storage chamber in this dust receptacle is limited by this chamber wall and this filter.This filter and this chamber wall together define this dust storage chamber, namely can be used for the dust storage chamber of the chip received in this dust receptacle.
In an embodiment of this autonomous type vacuum cleaner, this main body of dust collector by shell around, and the volume of the main body of dust collector limited by this shell is in 4 scopes rising to 6 liters.The protection of this shell is arranged at the different parts in this main body of dust collector, and this specified vol guarantees the limited external dimensions of main body of dust collector, and this makes this vacuum cleaner be easier to clean those regions being otherwise difficult to touch.
In an embodiment of this autonomous type vacuum cleaner, this dust receptacle includes surface, this surface is arranged to the part constituting this Body case of cleaner quantity with the different parts reducing in this vacuum cleaner main body and/or different structure element, it is possible to increase the dust receptacle volume in this vacuum cleaner main body.
In an embodiment of this autonomous type vacuum cleaner, this entrance is arranged at the first side of this dust receptacle, and this outlet is arranged at the second side of this dust receptacle, described filter is arranged to extend through whole dust receptacle between this entrance and this outlet, and the volume of the dust storage chamber of the entrance side of this filter is at least 0.6 liter.The Vessel Design limited in dust receptacle with filter is advantageous for, because the air stream through this dust receptacle will extend through this filter.This embodiment additionally is able to arrange the filter with a larger filter region, in order to this air stream is necessarily by this filter.
In an embodiment of this autonomous type vacuum cleaner, this main body of dust collector has will towards the downside that floor surface is arranged, the upside that defining therein this cavity and forward end and tail end.
In an embodiment of this autonomous type vacuum cleaner, the elongated brush roll with the first end and the second end is arranged in the depression in the downside of this main body of dust collector, and described brush roll is generally transverse to the longitudinal direction of this vacuum cleaner and extends.
One embodiment of this autonomous type vacuum cleaner comprises additionally in the brush roll electromotor being suitable to make this brush roll rotate, this electromotor is arranged near this longitudinal axis after this brush roll, and an elongated driving axle has the one end driving driver to extend from this electromotor towards the arrangement of this brush roll.The position limited of this brush roll electromotor and this driving axle and be designed to the position being arranged in by this electromotor in this vacuum cleaner main body, so can increase the volume of this dust receptacle because this electromotor be arranged at this dust receptacle before, near the polycrystalline substance of this main body of dust collector.
One embodiment of this autonomous type vacuum cleaner includes two driver elements, each driver element includes wheel and provides the electromotor of power for this wheel, after described driver element is arranged at this brush roll, the first end of this brush roll contiguous and the second end, and described brush roll electromotor is arranged between first driver element and second driver element.Two driver elements separately arranged are used to be conducive to installing, because each wheel has is arranged to its special small electrical electromotor directly related with respective wheel.
In an embodiment of this autonomous type vacuum cleaner, the electromotor of these driver elements is the electric engine battery-powered by least two being separately arranged in this vacuum cleaner main body.Electric engine is little, reliable and efficient.Additionally, two set of cells are used to reduce the overall size of each set of cells, so more easily can assemble these set of cells in this main body of dust collector and guarantee the reliable power supply of this vacuum cleaner, because each set of cells can be individually for this vacuum cleaner and power a period of time.
In an embodiment of this autonomous type vacuum cleaner, these driver elements comprise additionally in wheel suspension, and this is taken turns and is suspended on the forward direction of this wheel shaft and extends.This takes turns suspension, and that this vacuum cleaner can be made more easily to touch earth construction is coarse and be scheduled that the region of barrier on floor surface.
In an embodiment of this autonomous type vacuum cleaner, this main body of dust collector have forward end than tail end the shape of broader generally triangle.This brush roll is arranged in this forward end, and this dust receptacle is arranged at the center of this main body of dust collector.This triangle improves vacuum cleaner and touches and otherwise will be difficult to the probability in region arrived.
Above-mentioned different embodiments are it is of course possible to be combined differently and revise, without departing from inciting somebody to action in the detailed description the scope of the present invention in greater detail.
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Illustrate an embodiment and the autonomous type vacuum cleaner of dust receptacle in the accompanying drawings.
Fig. 1 discloses the perspective view of autonomous type vacuum cleaner.
Fig. 2 discloses the cross sectional view of this autonomous type vacuum cleaner of the longitudinal direction through this autonomous type vacuum cleaner.
Fig. 3 discloses the perspective view of this dust receptacle.
Fig. 4 discloses the perspective view of the inside of autonomous type vacuum cleaner seen from above.
Fig. 5 illustrates the decomposition view of the different parts of this autonomous type vacuum cleaner.
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Fig. 1 illustrates autonomous type vacuum cleaner 10 to perspective.This vacuum cleaner has main body of dust collector 11, and all vacuum cleaner parts are all arranged in this main body of dust collector.This main body of dust collector is closed by Body case of cleaner 12, and this Body case of cleaner is centered around in vacuum cleaner main body around the different parts arranged.Body case of cleaner 12 is designed to produce for by the space of the required parts of its closing and give the outward appearance attractive in appearance needed for this vacuum cleaner.Shape and color can be changed in several of different ways.
The vacuum cleaner 10 shown has forward end 13 and tail end 14, and longitudinal axes L extends through the center of this main body of dust collector.Body case of cleaner 12 has slight curving front side 15, simultaneously the width of this vacuum cleaner be directed towards circle tail end 14 reduce, thus causing the shape with the generally triangle of fillet.The shape with fillet of this vacuum cleaner is for guaranteeing that this vacuum cleaner can touch narrow passage or ground region and to turn to wherein be important.
The device 16 of the navigation for this vacuum cleaner it is scheduled that in the front side 15 of vacuum cleaner 10.Formed it addition, the forward portion of Body case of cleaner 12 is the leading portion 17 structurally separated by the remainder with this Body case of cleaner.Leading portion 17 is designed to have the erosion control gear of the detecting device indicating this vacuum cleaner whether to touch barrier.The control unit being arranged in main body of dust collector 11 it is connected to for the device 16 navigated and this detecting device.In the embodiment shown of this vacuum cleaner, this control unit includes printed circuit board (PCB) 80, and this printed circuit board (PCB) extends generally horizontally so that for processing information, controlling the manipulation of this autonomous type vacuum cleaner and the difference in functionality of this vacuum cleaner in the forward end of this main body of dust collector.Shell 12 comprises additionally in substantially flat top side 18.
Illustrate the cross sectional view of the traverse longitudinal axes L of vacuum cleaner 10 in fig. 2, and in the diagram, eliminate a part for shell with the inside being shown more clearly by this autonomous type vacuum cleaner and the different parts being assemblied in this main body of dust collector.Fig. 5 illustrates the decomposition view of this autonomous type vacuum cleaner.At the forward end 13 of this main body of dust collector, elongated brush roll 19 is arranged in the respective recesses of downside of this autonomous type vacuum cleaner.Brush roll 19 has the cross section of automatic adjustment, and L perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis extends through the substantially whole forward end of this vacuum cleaner, for covering ground region wide as far as possible when floor surface when this vacuum cleaner is moved.This brush roll equipped with at least one brush 20 and/or elastic rib 21, this at least one brush and/or elastic rib along roller bearing 22 substantially straight along this brush roll or extend around this brush roll spirally.Brush roll in the forward end of this main body of dust collector is intended to microgranule is lifted and collected from floor surface, and they is transported in the dust receptacle 25 of the center being arranged at main body of dust collector 11 via dust channel 24.The electromotor 81 for making this brush roll rotate it is scheduled that at the rear of brush roll 19.This electromotor is arranged near longitudinal axes L, drives axle 82 to be substantially parallel to brush roll 19 and extend.Drive axle 82 to extend to one of them brush roll end, drive at this axle via driving driver to make brush roll 19 rotate.This electromotor be arranged to electromotor rear and above the polycrystalline substance 83 of vacuum cleaner free space in the vacuum cleaner main body.The electric engine that this electromotor is preferably powered by two set of cells 84, the two set of cells is arranged to the afterbody at main body of dust collector near the inner surface of Body case of cleaner 12.The battery that two little set of cells are bigger than one is easier to be assemblied in this vacuum cleaner main body, and these set of cells add the space for dust receptacle 25 of main body of dust collector center in the position of afterbody.
After driver element 85 is arranged to next-door neighbour's brush roll 19 and every one end of this brush roll contiguous.Each driver element 85 includes: for support on floor surface this vacuum cleaner and be independently controlled and power wheel 86, for the transmission of this vacuum cleaner and the electric engine 87 turned to and in order to make vacuum cleaner can in rough earth structure the wheel suspension 88 of movement.On this floor surface, this vacuum cleaner is supported additionally by the 3rd trailing wheel 89.
At the center of this main body of dust collector, after this brush roll, this brush roll electromotor and these driver elements, define the cavity 90 for this dust receptacle.This cavity is open towards the end face 18 of this Body case of cleaner, is beneficial to take out by the assembling of dust receptacle 45 with from main body of dust collector 11.
This autonomous type vacuum cleaner comprises additionally in and is arranged at the side brush unit 91 near one of them brush roll end.This side brush unit includes side brush 92, and this side brush rotates to clean dust and microgranule towards brush roll 19 around generally vertical axis, and improves the cleaning to the corner closed or the region near such as wall construction or furniture.This side brush is made to rotate by the small electrical electromotor 93 that is arranged at above this vertical axes.
Dust channel 24 is arranged to guide to this dust receptacle air and chip from this brush roll, and its width is corresponding with the length of this brush roll and the open front 23 of this brush roll contiguous so that the microgranule of collection can readily enter opening 23.Passage 24 is slight curving, and ends at the after-opening 26 that the corresponding inlet opens 27 with dust receptacle 25 contacts, in order to guided backward to dust receptacle 25 from this brush roll by microgranule.Individually illustrate dust receptacle 25 in figure 3, and describe in further detail in the following description.
Tail end vacuum cleaner 10 is scheduled that fan 50 and the electric engine 51 for powering for this fan, to generate the air stream by vacuum cleaner 10.Air is inhaled in the forward direction opening 23 of dust channel 24, and continues on through and arrived dust receptacle 25 by dust channel 24, to assist this brush roll by dust and microgranule from siphoning away floor surface and this brush roll and guiding dust and microgranule to dust receptacle 25.Air continues on through by dust storage chamber 32 by being arranged at the filter 30 in the dust receptacle 25 above this inlet opens, to guarantee to make dust and microgranule stay in this dust receptacle before air proceeds to the exit opening 28 of tail end of dust receptacle 25 and leaves this vacuum cleaner via the exit passageway 31 in the tail end 14 of this Body case of cleaner.The air stream by vacuum cleaner 10 is illustrated in fig. 2 by some small arrow A.
Dust receptacle 25 includes the chamber wall 31 formed by such as plastic material.Chamber wall 31 defines dust storage chamber 32, and this dust storage chamber is for collecting the dust and microgranule formed in the center of dust receptacle 25.Dust storage chamber 32 is to be limited by around dust receptacle wall 31 and the filter that extends through whole path from this entrance to this outlet in this dust receptacle, to guarantee bigger filter area, and guarantees that all air are by this filter.In the embodiment shown of this autonomous type vacuum cleaner, the volume of this dust storage chamber is in 0.6 scope rising to 0.8 liter.Dust receptacle 25 includes the first side 33, and this first side is arranged at the forward end of this container and is intended to be arranged to the tail end of dust channel 24 and this brush roll be substantial parallel.In the embodiment shown, to correspond to the tail end of this dust channel slightly angled in the first side 33.But, multiple amendment is possible to, as long as the first side 33 of the tail end of dust channel 24 and dust receptacle 25 has corresponding shape and is assembled together.The inlet opens 27 of dust storage chamber 32 is defined in this first side.Inlet opens 27 is elongated, to provide bigger inlet area, and is beneficial to air stream, microgranule and dust and enters this dust storage chamber.
Dust receptacle 25 comprises additionally in the second side 34, and this second side is arranged at the offside of the first side 33 and is arranged to and is substantially parallel to this first side.Second side 34 is arranged at the tail end of dust receptacle 25 and is substantially flat, and is intended to the longitudinal axes L being arranged to be generally transverse to vacuum cleaner 10.Exit opening 28 is to be formed in the second side 34 of container 25.
First side of this container and the second side be by between this first side with second side extend side 35 and be connected, to close dust storage chamber 32 and substantially flat bottom surface 40.Side 35 has slight curving shape, but can modify in a number of ways, as long as this dust receptacle is assemblied in this vacuum cleaner main body in the space provided.
The dust receptacle shown has the shape corresponding with the shape of this main body of dust collector, and namely forward end is wider, tail end is narrower, with the dust receptacle volume that offer is big as far as possible.The dust collected in this dust receptacle and microgranule being removed to be beneficial to, dust receptacle 25 is divided into epimere 36 and hypomere 37.Epimere 37 is as being used for opening and closing the lid of this dust receptacle.By the one or more hinges 38 such as arranged along the respective side edge of this epimere and hypomere, this epimere and hypomere are connected to each other rotationally.The epimere of this chamber wall includes substantially flat end face 41, and this end face is supine and is intended to the outside upper surface section being constituted this Body case of cleaner when this dust receptacle is properly assembled in this vacuum cleaner.The top side 41 making this dust receptacle constitutes one section of Body case of cleaner and saves space, and simplify the structure of this main body of dust collector and this Body case of cleaner, so can increasing this dust receptacle volume further, this is very favorable, since it is desired that the interval of emptying dust container extends.
Inlet opens 27 is arranged in hypomere 37, and this exit opening is arranged in epimere 36.Dust receptacle 25 comprises additionally in releasable fixing device 39, and this fixing device is arranged at this epimere and/or hypomere so that this epimere and hypomere to be maintained at the position of closedown.In the embodiment shown, this fixing device 39 is implemented as elastic hook 42, and this elastic hook is arranged on this epimere and is intended to the depression not being demonstrated clamping in this hypomere, thus the two section is fixed together.Can by press elastic hook 42 make this depression depart from and discharge this fixing device.This elastic hook can be touched via the opening in the top side of this Body case of cleaner.
Filter 30 is arranged in dust receptacle 25.Filter 30 is arranged in the epimere 36 of this dust receptacle, and is intended to move together with this epimere when this dust receptacle is opened.Spatial separation in dust receptacle is become the downstream chamber of the dust storage chamber in the side of this filter and the opposite side at this filter by this filter.The volume of the dust storage chamber relevant to the total measurement (volume) in this dust receptacle preferably should be big as far as possible, so that the interval emptying this dust receptacle extends.It is slightly angled that this filter is arranged to relative to the horizontal plane of the epimere between inlet opens 27 and exit opening 28 so that this air stream is necessarily by filter 30.The shape of filter 30 and filter should the shape of dust receptacle of position corresponding, and extend through the whole cross section of this dust storage chamber so that filter area maximizes.This filter can be made up of any of filter material, soft or hard material, as long as reach the material of required filter characteristic.But, this filter material is preferably capable of washing, and can reuse to reduce waste material.
The filter arrangement shown includes the framework 43 of the filter area 44 around filter material.The filter material of this filter area must regularly replace or clean, and can remove from framework 43 like a dream.Framework 43 is designed to be assemblied in the epimere of this dust receptacle in the process using this vacuum cleaner.This filter is arranged at this exit opening and between the surrounding edge 45 of the epimere of this hypomere.This filter frame is movably fixed in the epimere 36 of this dust receptacle by least one hinge, so that can in this epimere fixed position (namely use this autonomous type vacuum cleaner process middle filtrator should position) and open position between move, the space of the filter interior of this exit opening contiguous can be touched at this open position, it is enable to change the filter material in this framework or in whole filter, and alternately cleans this filter and by the space in the normally closed epimere of filter 30.
Dust receptacle 25 or container body comprise additionally in the device for fixing the dust receptacle in autonomous type vacuum cleaner, not shown in the drawings.Device for fixing this dust receptacle is assembled in the chamber wall on the outer surface of this chamber wall and/or is assemblied in this main body of dust collector.This dust receptacle is fixed in the tram in this vacuum cleaner main body by this fixing device, but can by discharging from the release button 47 being accessible externally of this Body case of cleaner.First side of the container that release button 47 is positioned in the forward end of the top side of this Body case of cleaner, this vacuum cleaner contiguous.This dust receptacle is discharged by pressing this release button.
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As described in summary of the invention, this dust storage chamber volume is defined as the volume that can be used in the dust receptacle of microgranule, chip and dust, and the volume of this main body of dust collector is defined as the volume in vacuum cleaner main body, the volume of this dust receptacle is included in this vacuum cleaner main body bulk.
For the autonomous type vacuum cleaner shown in accompanying drawing, it has been determined that numeral below:
Vacuum cleaner main body bulk 5.15 liters
Dust storage chamber volume 0.7 liter
Ratio=dust storage chamber volume/vacuum cleaner main body bulk=0.7/5.15=0.136
But, if the design of autonomous type vacuum cleaner changes, dust storage chamber volume and vacuum cleaner main body bulk will change, but the limited overall size of the interval that the hope needed for being present to ensure that emptying dust container extends and this autonomous type vacuum cleaner, the ratio between dust storage chamber volume and vacuum cleaner main body bulk should in the scope of 0.1-0.2.
Additionally, this dust storage chamber preferably has the volume more than 0.6 liter, to guarantee the interval of the prolongation needed for emptying dust container, and preferably vacuum cleaner main body bulk is not over 7 liters, less with the overall size that keeps this main body of dust collector, this is for making this autonomous type vacuum cleaner turn to and contacting narrow passage or ground region is very important.
Above-described embodiment can be combined differently and revise, without departing from the scope of claims invention defined.
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1. autonomous type vacuum cleaner (10), including:
Main body of dust collector (11), defines cavity (90) in this main body of dust collector；And
It is removably attached to the dust receptacle (25) in this cavity (90), described dust receptacle (25) includes the entrance (27) of air and chip, is used for receiving the air outlet slit (28) of the air stream by this dust receptacle (25), described dust receptacle (25) includes the dust storage chamber for chip
Wherein, the ratio between volume and the volume of this main body of dust collector (11) of this dust storage chamber (32) is in the scope of 0.1 to 0.2.
2. autonomous type vacuum cleaner (10) according to claim 1, wherein, this dust receptacle comprises additionally in chamber wall (31) and the filter (30) being arranged in this dust receptacle (25), wherein, the dust storage chamber (32) in this dust receptacle is limited by this chamber wall (31) and this filter (30).
3. autonomous type vacuum cleaner (10) according to claim 1 and 2, wherein, this main body of dust collector (11) by shell (12) around, and the volume of this main body of dust collector (11) limited by this shell (12) is in 4 scopes being raised to 7 liters.
4. the autonomous type vacuum cleaner (10) according to claim 1,2 or 3, wherein, this dust receptacle (25) includes surface (18), and this surface is arranged to constitute a part for this Body case of cleaner (12).
5. the autonomous type vacuum cleaner (10) according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein, this entrance (27) is arranged at first side (33) of this dust receptacle (25), and this outlet (28) is arranged at second side (34) of this dust receptacle, described filter (30) is arranged to extend through this whole dust receptacle (25) between this entrance (27) and this outlet (28), and the volume of the dust storage chamber (32) of the entrance side of this filter (30) is at least 0.6 liter.
6. autonomous type vacuum cleaner (10) according to claim 5, wherein, have will towards the downside that floor surface is arranged, the upside (12) that defining therein this cavity (90) and forward end (13) and tail end (14) for this main body of dust collector (11).
7. autonomous type vacuum cleaner (10) according to claim 6, wherein, the elongated brush roll (19) with the first end and the second end is arranged in the depression in the downside of this main body of dust collector (11), and described brush roll is generally transverse to the longitudinal direction (L) of this vacuum cleaner and extends.
8. autonomous type vacuum cleaner (10) according to claim 7, comprise additionally in the brush roll electromotor (81) being suitable to make this brush roll (19) rotate, described electromotor (81) is arranged near this longitudinal axis (L) after this brush roll (19), and an elongated driving axle (82) has the one end driving driver to extend from this electromotor (81) towards the arrangement of this brush roll (19).
9. autonomous type vacuum cleaner (10) according to claim 8, comprise additionally in two driver elements (85), each driver element includes wheel (86) and provides the electromotor (87) of power for this wheel (86), after described driver element (85) is arranged at this brush roll (19), first end of this brush roll contiguous (19) and the second end, and described brush roll electromotor (81) is arranged between first driver element and second driver element (85).
10. autonomous type vacuum cleaner (10) according to claim 9, wherein, the electromotor (87) of these driver elements (85) is the electric engine powered by least two set of cells (84) arranged that is separated from each other in this main body of dust collector (11).
11. autonomous type vacuum cleaner (10) according to claim 9, wherein, each driver element (85) comprises additionally in wheel suspension (88), and this is taken turns and is suspended on front line direction and extends from wheel shaft.
12. autonomous type vacuum cleaner (10) according to claim 6, wherein, this main body of dust collector (11) has the shape of forward end (13) generally triangle more broader than tail end (14), described brush roll (19) is arranged at this forward end (13), and described dust receptacle is arranged at the center of described main body of dust collector (11).
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