Abstract:
A beverage brewing apparatus is provided including a reservoir, a brew basket configured to container a flavorant for preparing a brewed beverage, and a heating mechanism fluidly coupled to the reservoir and the brew basket. A flow meter is configured to measure a volume of fluid supplied from the reservoir to the brew bask. The flow meter is configured to calibrate dynamically in response to at least one operating parameter of the beverage brewing apparatus.
Abstract:
A surface cleaning apparatus provides a lower profile surface cleaning head by moving at least the suction motor out of the surface cleaning head. The suction motor may be located in an upper portion (e.g., in a wand) pivotably coupled to the surface cleaning head and fluidly connected to a cyclone assembly located in the surface cleaning head. The cyclone assembly may include first and second opposing cyclones with smaller diameters (e.g., as compared to a single cyclone used in existing "all in the head" vacuums) to provide a lower profile with substantially the same or better performance.
Abstract:
A vacuum cleaner attachment generally includes a cleaning element that floats relative to a suction conduit of the vacuum cleaner attachment. The cleaning element is supported on a support structure that is movably coupled to a housing and is biased towards a floor, for example, as a result of the weight of the cleaning element support structure. The cleaning element may be permanently attached to the support structure or may be a removable or disposable pad or sheet attached to the support structure. The floating cleaning element may be supported between the suction conduit and one or more wheels of the vacuum cleaner attachment. The vacuum cleaner attachment may be removably attached to a vacuum cleaner, for example, to be used interchangeably with other surface cleaning heads.
Abstract:
A container (20) configured for use with a blender (70) is provided including a body having a first end (22), a second, opposite end (24), and at least one wall (26) extending there between to define a chamber (28) configured to receive one or more food products to be processed. The first end (22) has a first diameter. The second end (24) has a second diameter. The first diameter is substantially larger than the second diameter. A diameter of the container (20) varies over a height of the container to direct one or more food products therein towards the second end (24).
Abstract:
Embodiments disclosed herein are directed to blender where movement of a blender jar assembly is used as part of activating the motor. In some embodiments, the blender jar assembly is held by a blender base without requiring toggling or activation of a switch or switches associated with blender operation. To then toggle the switch or switches, the blender jar assembly may be pushed downwardly, or a different suitable force may be applied, to operate the blender. In this manner, a blender may be pulsed while engagement members such as tabs are retained by slots in the blender base.
Abstract:
A surface cleaning device may include a nozzle, a dust cup, a suction motor configured to draw air into the nozzle and through the dust cup, and a first deodorizer coupled to the nozzle, the first deodorizer includes a deodorizing composition having a long chain fatty acid.
Abstract:
An agitator (18, 200, 401, 504, 1300, 1500, 1600, 2760, 2800, 3600, 3750, 6000) for a vacuum cleaner (10, 3800) includes an agitator body (40, 203, 1305, 1504, 1602, 2804, 3602, 3758, 6001) and a resiliently deformable flap (202, 506, 1302, 1604, 2802, 3608, 3752, 4900, 5200, 5600, 6004). The resiliently deformable flap (202, 506, 1302, 1604, 2802, 3608, 3752, 4900, 5200, 5600, 6004) includes a front face (4908), a rear face (4909), and one or more protrusions extending outwardly from the front face (4908). An agitator (18, 200, 401, 504, 1300, 1500, 1600, 2760, 2800, 3600, 3750, 6000) for a vacuum cleaner (10, 3800) includes an agitator body (40, 203, 1305, 1504, 1602, 2804, 3602, 3758, 6001) and a bristle strip (1304, 1502, 3754, 6002) and/or a plurality of tufts arranged in one or more rows along the agitator body (40, 203, 1305, 1504, 1602, 2804, 3602, 3758, 6001). The bristle strip (1304, 1502, 3754, 6002) and/or a plurality of tufts includes a first bristle group (6102) including a plurality of nylon bristles (6103) and at least a second bristle group (6104) including a plurality of para-aramid bristles (6105).
Abstract:
An agitator (18, 200, 504, 1300, 1500, 1600, 2800, 3600, 3750, 6000) for a vacuum cleaner (10, 3800) includes an agitator body (40, 2804, 3602, 3758, 6001) and a resiliently deformable flap (62, 2802, 3752, 4900, 5200, 5600, 6004). The resiliently deformable flap includes a front face (4808, 4908), a rear face (4909), and one or more protrusions (1903, 6402) extending outwardly from the front face (4808, 4908). An agitator (18, 200, 504, 1300, 1500, 1600, 2800, 3600, 3750, 6000) for a vacuum cleaner (10, 3800) includes an agitator body (40, 2804, 3602, 3758, 6001) and a bristle strip (1304, 1502, 3754) and/or a plurality of tufts (6002) arranged in one or more rows along the agitator body (40, 2804, 3602, 3758, 6001). The bristle strip (1304, 1502, 3754) and/or a plurality of tufts (6002) includes a first bristle group (6102) including a plurality of nylon bristles and at least a second bristle group (6104) including a plurality of para-aramid bristles.
Abstract:
A robotic cleaning system may include a robotic cleaner configured to generate a map of an environment and a mobile device configured to communicatively couple to the robotic cleaner, the robotic cleaner configured to communicate the map to the mobile device. The mobile device may include a camera configured to generate an image of the environment, the image comprising a plurality of pixels, a display configured to display the image and to receive a user input while displaying the image, the user input being associated with one or more of the plurality of pixels, a depth sensor configured to generate depth data that is associated with each pixel of the image, an orientation sensor configured to generate orientation data that is associated with each pixel of the image, and a mobile controller configured to localize the mobile device within the map using the depth data and the orientation data.
Abstract:
A bypass valve may include a body defining a dirty air passageway, a nozzle coupling port configured to fluidly couple the dirty air passageway to a nozzle of the surface cleaning device, a wand coupling port configured to fluidly couple the dirty air passageway to a wand of the surface cleaning device, a suction coupling port configured to fluidly couple the dirty air passageway with a suction motor of the surface cleaning device, a wand receptacle configured to removably couple to the wand, and a valve bypass arrangement configured to selectively redirect air flowing through the body such that a majority of the air flowing through the body transitions between flowing through one of the wand coupling port and the nozzle coupling port. The valve bypass arrangement redirects the air in response to the wand being coupled to or decoupled from the wand receptacle.