Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Evacuation station system
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Application No.: US14634170Application Date: 2015-02-27
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Publication No.: US09888818B2Publication Date: 2018-02-13
- Inventor: Tucker Kuhe , Jennifer Smith , Sam Duffley
- 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: A47L9/28
- IPC: A47L9/28 ; A47L5/24 ; A47L11/33 ; A47L11/40

Abstract:
A cleaning system includes a robotic cleaner and an evacuation station. The robotic cleaner can dock with the evacuation station to have debris evacuated by the evacuation station. The robotic cleaner includes a bin to store debris, and the bin includes a port door through which the debris can be evacuated into the evacuation station. The evacuation station includes a vacuum motor to evacuate the bin of the robotic cleaner.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150223651A1 Evacuation Station System Public/Granted day:2015-08-13
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