Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Robotic dust collector and self-propelled device
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Application No.: US16103208Application Date: 2018-08-14
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Publication No.: US11083356B2Publication Date: 2021-08-10
- Inventor: Kentaro Koura
- Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Anjo
- Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Anjo
- Agency: Oliff PLC
- Priority: JPJP2017-167545 20170831
- Main IPC: A47L9/28
- IPC: A47L9/28 ; A47L9/00 ; A47L9/16

Abstract:
A robotic dust collector includes a body, a wheel, a wheel motor, and a suspension device. The body accommodates a storage unit to store therein dust and dirt sucked in from a suction inlet. The wheel supports the body. The wheel motor generates motive power to rotate the wheel. The suspension device includes a support member, a motive-force generating mechanism, and an adjustment mechanism. The wheel is supported rotatably about a center axis by the support member. The motive-force generating mechanism gives a motive force to the support member to generate a biasing force to cause the wheel to protrude from a bottom face of the body. The adjustment mechanism adjusts the biasing force based on a protrusion amount of the wheel from the bottom face. The suspension device gives the biasing force adjusted by the adjustment mechanism to the wheel.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190059674A1 ROBOTIC DUST COLLECTOR AND SELF-PROPELLED DEVICE Public/Granted day:2019-02-28
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