公开(公告)号：US10016108B2

公开(公告)日：2018-07-10

申请号：US14896583

申请日：2014-02-07

申请人： TECHTRONIC FLOOR CARE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED

发明人： Edward Thomas George Barrett

IPC分类号： A47L9/04 ,  A47L11/19 ,  A47L11/282 ,  A47L11/40

CPC分类号： A47L9/0477 ,  A47L9/0405 ,  A47L9/0455 ,  A47L11/19 ,  A47L11/282 ,  A47L11/4041 ,  A47L11/4069

摘要： An agitator assembly for a cleaning apparatus including an agitator having a body with first and second ends, and a first alignment formation and a first securing formation at or adjacent the first end; and a drive member operable to impart rotation about a drive axis, and a second alignment formation adapted to cooperate with the first alignment formation, and a second securing formation adapted to engage the first securing formation. Relative axial movement of the agitator in a first direction towards the drive member causes contact between the first and second alignment formations. Further relative axial movement of the agitator in the first direction causes relative rotation between the agitator and drive member and yet further relative axial movement of the agitator in the first direction causes engagement between the first and second securing formations, substantially to prevent further relative rotational movement between the agitator and drive member.

公开(公告)号：US20180140156A1

公开(公告)日：2018-05-24

申请号：US15580748

申请日：2016-06-02

申请人： Vorwerk & Co. Interholding GmbH

发明人： Matthias PFEIFFER ,  Niklas VAN TEEFFELEN

IPC分类号： A47L11/40 ,  A47L11/282

CPC分类号： A47L11/4088 ,  A47L11/085 ,  A47L11/125 ,  A47L11/185 ,  A47L11/282 ,  A47L11/4041 ,  A47L11/4083

摘要： A cleaning device has a cleaning roller that is rotatable about an axis of rotation and serves for treating a surface to be cleaned. The cleaning roller is in the form of a hollow body with an internal liquid chamber, and at least one hollow body opening for releasing liquid from the liquid chamber. In order to develop a cleaning device, in which liquid is only released from the liquid chamber to the surface of the hollow body under certain conditions, a mechanically actuated valve element is assigned to the hollow body opening, wherein the valve element can be displaced into a closing position, in which the hollow body opening is closed, and/or into an opening position, in which the hollow body opening is released, depending on the magnitude of a centrifugal force that acts upon the valve element as a result of a rotation of the cleaning roller.

公开(公告)号：US20180110388A1

公开(公告)日：2018-04-26

申请号：US15850928

申请日：2017-12-21

申请人： BISSELL Homecare, Inc.

发明人： Jincheng Xia ,  Jianjun Ge ,  Zhenjiang Yin ,  Xin Chen ,  Yongsheng Liang ,  Kin-leung TAM ,  Min LI ,  Feng Chun LI

IPC分类号： A47L11/30 ,  A47L11/40

CPC分类号： A47L11/302 ,  A46B1/00 ,  A46B9/06 ,  A46B13/001 ,  A47L5/30 ,  A47L7/0014 ,  A47L9/30 ,  A47L11/4008 ,  A47L11/4016 ,  A47L11/4041 ,  A47L11/4044 ,  A47L11/4083 ,  A47L11/4088

摘要： A surface cleaning apparatus includes a fluid delivery system and a fluid recovery system, as well as a hybrid brushroll including a dowel, a plurality of bristle extending from the dowel, and microfiber material provided on the dowel between the bristles. The hybrid brushroll is suitable for use on both hard and soft surfaces, and for wet or dry vacuum cleaning.

公开(公告)号：US09901236B2

公开(公告)日：2018-02-27

申请号：US15417997

申请日：2017-01-27

申请人： iRobot Corporation

发明人： Michael J. Halloran ,  Jeffrey W. Mammen ,  Tony L. Campbell ,  Jason S. Walker ,  Paul E. Sandin ,  John N. Billington, Jr. ,  Daniel N. Ozick

IPC分类号： A47L11/40 ,  A47L9/00 ,  A47L11/24 ,  B25J9/00 ,  B25J5/00 ,  B25J9/16 ,  B25J11/00 ,  G05D1/02 ,  B25J13/00 ,  A47L9/30 ,  A47L9/28 ,  A47L9/12 ,  A47L9/04 ,  A47L5/30 ,  B60L11/18 ,  H04B1/06 ,  H04B1/02

CPC分类号： A47L11/4011 ,  A47L5/30 ,  A47L9/009 ,  A47L9/0411 ,  A47L9/0466 ,  A47L9/0477 ,  A47L9/0488 ,  A47L9/12 ,  A47L9/1409 ,  A47L9/2826 ,  A47L9/2852 ,  A47L9/2857 ,  A47L9/2894 ,  A47L9/30 ,  A47L11/24 ,  A47L11/40 ,  A47L11/4013 ,  A47L11/4041 ,  A47L11/4061 ,  A47L11/4072 ,  A47L2201/00 ,  A47L2201/04 ,  B25J5/007 ,  B25J9/0003 ,  B25J9/1666 ,  B25J9/1694 ,  B25J11/0085 ,  B25J13/006 ,  B60L1/003 ,  B60L11/1805 ,  B60L11/1816 ,  B60L11/1825 ,  B60L15/2036 ,  B60L2200/40 ,  B60L2250/10 ,  B60L2250/16 ,  B60L2260/32 ,  B60R19/38 ,  G05D1/0225 ,  G05D1/0227 ,  G05D1/0234 ,  G05D1/0242 ,  G05D1/0255 ,  G05D1/0272 ,  G05D1/0274 ,  G05D1/028 ,  G05D2201/0203 ,  G05D2201/0215 ,  H04B1/02 ,  H04B1/06 ,  H04L1/16 ,  Y02P90/60 ,  Y02T10/645 ,  Y02T10/7005 ,  Y02T10/7072 ,  Y02T10/72 ,  Y02T10/7258 ,  Y02T10/7275 ,  Y02T90/14 ,  Y02T90/16 ,  Y10S901/01 ,  Y10S901/50

摘要： A power-saving robot system includes at least one peripheral device and a mobile robot. The peripheral device includes a controller having an active mode and a hibernation mode, and a wireless communication component capable of activation in the hibernation mode. A controller of the robot has an activating routine that communicates with and temporarily activates the peripheral device, via wireless communication, from the hibernation mode. In another aspect, a robot system includes a network data bridge and a mobile robot. The network data bridge includes a broadband network interface, a wireless command interface, and a data bridge component. The data bridge component extracts serial commands received via the broadband network interface from an internet protocol, applies a command protocol thereto, and broadcasts the serial commands via the wireless interface. The mobile robot includes a wireless command communication component that receives the serial commands transmitted from the network data bridge.

公开(公告)号：US09854956B2

公开(公告)日：2018-01-02

申请号：US14212041

申请日：2014-03-14

申请人： SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

发明人： Jeong Gon Song ,  Joo Sung Moon ,  Kyung Hwan Yoo ,  Yeon Woo Lim

IPC分类号： G06F19/00 ,  A47L11/40 ,  A47L9/28 ,  G05D1/02

CPC分类号： A47L11/4061 ,  A47L9/2815 ,  A47L9/2842 ,  A47L9/2847 ,  A47L9/2852 ,  A47L11/4041 ,  A47L11/4044 ,  A47L2201/04 ,  G05D1/0238 ,  G05D2201/0203 ,  Y02B40/82

摘要： A robot cleaner includes a main body traveling along a floor surface and removing foreign substances in a cleaning travel mode, a sensor unit sensing obstacles around the main body, brush units sweeping foreign substances on a floor surface through rotation, and a controller reducing the traveling velocity of the main body and causing the main body to approach a front obstacle, if an area where a plurality of obstacles contacts each other is sensed by the sensor unit.

公开(公告)号：US20170215678A1

公开(公告)日：2017-08-03

申请号：US15486004

申请日：2017-04-12

申请人： Alfred Kärcher GmbH & Co. KG

发明人： Fabian Moser ,  Manuel Schulze ,  Christoph Rufenach ,  Johanna Buchmann ,  Andreas Mueller ,  Mathias Frisch ,  Alexander Braendle

IPC分类号： A47L11/30 ,  A47L11/40

CPC分类号： A47L11/302 ,  A47L9/0411 ,  A47L11/202 ,  A47L11/4008 ,  A47L11/4016 ,  A47L11/4027 ,  A47L11/4041 ,  A47L11/4044 ,  A47L11/4069 ,  A47L11/4083

摘要： A surface-cleaning machine is provided, including an appliance body on which a suction apparatus device is arranged, a cleaning head on which at least one cleaning roller is arranged and on which there is positioned at least one suction mouth, which is fluidically connected to the suction apparatus device and is associated with the at least one cleaning roller, and a drive device for driving the at least one cleaning roller in rotation, wherein a drive axis of a drive motor of the drive device and an axis of rotation of the at least one cleaning roller are oriented transversely and in particular perpendicularly with respect to one another.

公开(公告)号：US09713411B2

公开(公告)日：2017-07-25

申请号：US14518635

申请日：2014-10-20

申请人： The Kirby Company / Scott Fetzer Company

发明人： Joseph S. Gardner ,  Diane L. Dodson ,  David B. Rennecker ,  John T. Lackner ,  John R. Crossen

IPC分类号： A47L11/40 ,  A47L11/292

CPC分类号： A47L11/4036 ,  A47L11/292 ,  A47L11/4041 ,  A47L11/4083 ,  A47L11/4088

摘要： A head unit for a surface-treatment apparatus is provided and includes a housing that includes a fluid inlet, a dispensation unit, and at least one baffle. The fluid inlet receives fluid from a fluid reservoir. The dispensation unit defines a dispensation chamber and an input port in fluid communication with each of the dispensation chamber and the fluid inlet. The at least one baffle is configured to direct the flow of fluid through the dispensation unit and out of the elongated dispensation outlet.

公开(公告)号：US09675224B2

公开(公告)日：2017-06-13

申请号：US14947826

申请日：2015-11-20

申请人： iRobot Corporation

发明人： Duane Leigh Gilbert, Jr. ,  Faruk Halil Bursal ,  Richard Joseph Therrien ,  Russell Walter Morin

IPC分类号： A47L9/10 ,  A47L9/04 ,  A47L11/40 ,  A47L11/24 ,  A47L7/02 ,  B25J11/00

CPC分类号： A47L11/4041 ,  A47L7/02 ,  A47L9/0477 ,  A47L9/2821 ,  A47L11/24 ,  A47L11/40 ,  A47L11/4013 ,  A47L11/4027 ,  A47L11/4061 ,  A47L11/4063 ,  A47L2201/00 ,  A47L2201/028 ,  A47L2201/04 ,  A47L2201/06 ,  B25J11/0085 ,  Y10S901/01

摘要： An autonomous coverage robot includes a cleaning assembly having forward roller and rearward rollers counter-rotating with respect to each other. The rollers are arranged to substantially maintain a cross sectional area between the two rollers yet permitting collapsing therebetween as large debris is passed. Each roller includes a resilient elastomer outer tube and a partially air-occupied inner resilient core configured to bias the outer tube to rebound. The core includes a hub and resilient spokes extending between the inner surface of the outer tube and the hub. The spokes suspend the outer tube to float about the hub and transfer torque from the hub to the outer tube while allowing the outer tube to momentarily deform or move offset from the hub during impact with debris larger than the cross sectional area between the two rollers.

公开(公告)号：US20170145705A1

公开(公告)日：2017-05-25

申请号：US15360954

申请日：2016-11-23

申请人： Pachanga Holdings, LLC

发明人： Michael R. Lange ,  Dallas W. Simonette

IPC分类号： E04G23/00 ,  A47L11/40 ,  A47L1/02

CPC分类号： E04G23/002 ,  A46B13/005 ,  A47L1/02 ,  A47L11/4011 ,  A47L11/4041 ,  A47L11/4066 ,  A47L11/4088 ,  B08B3/024

摘要： A building cleaning system for cleaning a side of a building can include an elongate brush structure that is rotated by an electric motor, a frame for supporting the brush structure that can be oriented to face toward the side of the building, and a plurality of air moving devices mounted to the frame for generating counterforce to force the frame toward the building. The air moving devices can including fans or blowers. The air moving devices can be being spaced apart from one another in an orientation that extends along the length of the frame. A lift arrangement can be provided for moving the frame along the side of the building.

公开(公告)号：US20170135542A1

公开(公告)日：2017-05-18

申请号：US15419479

申请日：2017-01-30

申请人： Diversey, Inc.

发明人： Dieter Windmeisser ,  Andre Bartsch ,  Jerry Auerswald ,  Thomas Bahr ,  Beat Stager ,  Phillip Jahde ,  Josef Kuzhnini

IPC分类号： A47L11/30 ,  A47L11/40

CPC分类号： A47L11/302 ,  A47L11/28 ,  A47L11/4041 ,  A47L11/4044 ,  A47L11/4075 ,  A47L11/4077 ,  Y10T29/49826

摘要： A floor cleaning tool including a housing, a reservoir coupled to the housing and adapted to hold a cleaning solution, and a floor-engaging roller coupled to the housing and rotatable with respect to the housing. The tool also includes a wheel by which the floor cleaning tool moves across a floor surface in a direction of travel at least partially defining a front, rear, and lateral sides of the floor cleaning tool. The tool further includes a squeegee laterally insertable between the roller and the wheel, and a squeegee mount located between the roller and the wheel by which the squeegee is releasably mounted to the floor cleaning tool by first and second laterally opposed protrusions rotatably secured within first and second apertures at opposite ends of the squeegee.