公开(公告)号：US09788698B2

公开(公告)日：2017-10-17

申请号：US14566243

申请日：2014-12-10

Applicant: iRobot Corporation

Inventor： Russell Walter Morin ,  Harold Boeschenstein ,  Faruk Bursal ,  Chris Grace

IPC: A47L9/28 ,  A47L9/10 ,  A47L7/00

CPC classification number: A47L9/2805 ,  A47L7/0004 ,  A47L9/106 ,  A47L2201/024

Abstract: A robot floor cleaning system features a mobile floor cleaning robot and an evacuation station. The robot includes: a chassis with at least one drive wheel operable to propel the robot across a floor surface; a cleaning bin disposed within the robot and arranged to receive debris ingested by the robot during cleaning; and a robot vacuum configured to pull debris into the cleaning bin from an opening on an underside of the robot. The evacuation station is configured to evacuate debris from the cleaning bin of the robot, and includes: a housing defining a platform arranged to receive the cleaning robot in a position in which the opening on the underside of the robot aligns with a suction opening defined in the platform; and an evacuation vacuum in fluid communication with the suction opening and operable to draw air into the evacuation station housing through the suction opening.

公开(公告)号：US09462920B1

公开(公告)日：2016-10-11

申请号：US14750563

申请日：2015-06-25

Applicant: iRobot Corporation

Inventor： Russell Walter Morin ,  Harold Boeschenstein ,  David Orrin Swett ,  Jude Royston Jonas

IPC: A47L9/28 ,  A47L7/00 ,  A47L9/10 ,  A47L9/14

CPC classification number: A47L11/4025 ,  A47L9/149 ,  A47L11/4011 ,  A47L2201/022 ,  A47L2201/024 ,  A47L2201/04

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.

Abstract translation: 移动机器人包括构造成横过表面并从表​​面接收碎屑的主体，以及身体内的碎屑箱。 垃圾箱包括用于容纳由移动机器人接收的碎屑的室，废气通过该排出口离开碎屑仓; 和排气口上的门单元。 门单元包括挡板，其构造成响应于排气口处的空气压力而移动，以在覆盖排气口的关闭位置和打开位置以打开室和排气口之间的路径。 包括处于打开位置并处于关闭位置的挡板的门单元在移动机器人的外表面内。