Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Automated cleaning device
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Application No.: US15492336Application Date: 2017-04-20
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Publication No.: US10550594B2Publication Date: 2020-02-04
- Inventor: David B. Lection , Sarbajit K. Rakshit , Mark B. Stevens , John D. Wilson
- Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, PC
- Agent Samuel A. Waldbaum, Esq.
- Main IPC: E04H4/16
- IPC: E04H4/16 ; C02F1/00 ; B64C39/02 ; E04H4/12 ; B64D1/22 ; C02F103/42

Abstract:
A submersible automated cleaning device includes a device body having a filter canister mounted within the device body. A plurality of filter cassettes is releasably mounted within the filter canister, each filter cassette having a filter bag and a float bag. A cartridge is mounted to the device body configured to release a gas into one of the float bags to inflate the float bag. A controller is configured to activate the cartridge to release the gas into the float bag in response to detecting that the filter bag is full and to release the filter cassette from the filter canister upon inflation of the float bag. A method for removing the floating debris bag includes capturing and removing the floating cassette by a drone. A cassette collection method includes activating a pool skimmer pump and detecting that the cassette has reached the pool skimmer.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180305948A1 POOL CLEANING ROBOT AND SYSTEMS Public/Granted day:2018-10-25
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