Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Evacuation station
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Application No.: US14944788Application Date: 2015-11-18
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Publication No.: US09931007B2Publication Date: 2018-04-03
- Inventor: Russell Walter Morin , Faruk Halil Bursal , Harold Boeschenstein
- 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: A47L9/16
- IPC: A47L9/16 ; A47L9/28 ; A47L9/14 ; A47L9/00

Abstract:
An evacuation station includes a base and a canister removably attached to the base. The base includes a ramp having an inclined surface for receiving a robotic cleaner having a debris bin. The ramp defines an evacuation intake opening arranged to pneumatically interface with the debris bin. The base also includes a first conduit portion pneumatically connected to the evacuation intake opening, an air mover having an inlet and an exhaust, and a particle filter pneumatically the exhaust of the air mover. The canister includes a second conduit portion arranged to pneumatically interface with the first conduit portion to form a pneumatic debris intake conduit, an exhaust conduit arranged to pneumatically connect to the inlet of the air mover when the canister is attached to the base, and a separator in pneumatic communication with the second conduit portion.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160183752A1 Evacuation Station Public/Granted day:2016-06-30
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