Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Evacuation station
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Application No.: US17822362Application Date: 2022-08-25
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Publication No.: US12256876B2Publication Date: 2025-03-25
- Inventor: Russell Walter Morin , Harold Boeschenstein , David Orrin Swett , Jude Royston Jonas
- Applicant: iRobot Corporation
- Applicant Address: US MA Bedford
- Assignee: iRobot Corporation
- Current Assignee: iRobot Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Bedford
- Agency: Fish & Richardson P.C.
- Main IPC: A47L11/40
- IPC: A47L11/40 ; A47L9/00 ; A47L9/14 ; A47L9/19 ; A47L9/28

Abstract:
A mobile robot includes a body configured to traverse a surface and to receive debris from the surface, and a debris bin within the body. The debris bin includes a chamber to hold the debris received by the mobile robot, an exhaust port through which the debris exits the debris bin; and a door unit over the exhaust port. The door unit includes a flap configured to move, in response to air pressure at the exhaust port, between a closed position to cover the exhaust port and an open position to open a path between the chamber and the exhaust port. The door unit, including the flap in the open position and in the closed position, is within an exterior surface of the mobile robot.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220409000A1 EVACUATION STATION Public/Granted day:2022-12-29
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