公开(公告)号：US20240292992A1

公开(公告)日：2024-09-05

申请号：US18662809

申请日：2024-05-13

Applicant: SharkNinja Operating, LLC

Inventor： Daniel J. INNES ,  Andre D. BROWN ,  Jason B. THORNE ,  Kai XU ,  Sam LIU

IPC: A47L11/40 ,  A47L9/10 ,  A47L9/12 ,  A47L9/14 ,  A47L9/20 ,  A47L9/28

CPC classification number: A47L11/4025 ,  A47L9/12 ,  A47L9/20 ,  A47L9/2873 ,  A47L11/4033 ,  A47L11/4091 ,  A47L9/106 ,  A47L9/149 ,  A47L2201/024

Abstract: A docking station for a vacuum cleaner may include a receptacle configured to engage at least a portion of the vacuum cleaner such that, in response to engaging the receptacle, a vacuum cleaner flow path extending within the vacuum cleaner is transitioned from a cleaning flow path to an evacuation flow path, a suction motor of the vacuum cleaner being configured to urge air along the vacuum cleaner flow path and a docking station dust cup configured to receive debris from a vacuum cleaner dust cup of the vacuum cleaner.

公开(公告)号：US20240277200A1

公开(公告)日：2024-08-22

申请号：US18574196

申请日：2023-05-26

Applicant: WUXI LITTLE SWAN ELECTRIC CO., LTD.

Inventor： Yulai MIAO ,  Haifeng WANG ,  Qiang QUE

IPC: A47L11/40 ,  D06F29/00

CPC classification number: A47L11/4011 ,  A47L11/4091 ,  D06F29/00 ,  A47L2201/022 ,  A47L2201/024 ,  A47L2201/028

Abstract: Provided are an operation control method of a dual washing machine, an electric appliance, and a dual washing machine. The operation control method of the dual washing machine includes: obtaining an in-base-station operation request of a floor cleaner; obtaining a predetermined operation characteristic of a clothes treatment device; and controlling, in accordance with the predetermined operation characteristic, whether the floor cleaner operates based on the in-base-station operation request. A base station of the floor cleaner is located in a space below the clothes treatment device. Mutual transmission of signals can be performed between the floor cleaner and the clothes treatment device. When it is determined that the operation process of the clothes treatment device may affect the operation performance of the floor cleaner based on the predetermined operation characteristic of the clothes treatment device, the floor cleaner can be controlled to prohibit operation based on the in-base-station operation request.

公开(公告)号：US20240260807A1

公开(公告)日：2024-08-08

申请号：US18106078

申请日：2023-02-06

Applicant: iRobot Corporation

Inventor： Timothy R. Ohm ,  Travis Gschrey ,  Douglas Dell'Accio ,  Winston Heinrichs ,  Eleanor Foltan ,  Eric Wallace

IPC: A47L11/40 ,  A47L9/00 ,  A47L9/14 ,  A47L9/28 ,  B08B1/04

CPC classification number: A47L11/4091 ,  A47L9/0063 ,  A47L9/149 ,  A47L9/2873 ,  A47L11/4025 ,  B08B1/32 ,  A47L2201/022 ,  A47L2201/024 ,  A47L2201/026 ,  A47L2201/028 ,  F16K11/085

Abstract: A docking station for a mobile cleaning robot can include a base, a housing, and a pad cleaning system. The base can be configured to receive the mobile cleaning robot. The housing can be connected to the base. The pad cleaning system can be connected to the housing and can include a reservoir configured to retain liquid therein. The pad cleaning system can also include an agitator located at least partially within the reservoir. The agitator can be engageable with a cleaning pad of the mobile cleaning robot.

公开(公告)号：US20240206690A1

公开(公告)日：2024-06-27

申请号：US18600522

申请日：2024-03-08

Applicant: Positec Power Tools (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Fu Qian ,  Shisong Zhang ,  Hongfeng Zhong ,  Yu PAN ,  Fan YANG

IPC: A47L9/10 ,  A47L9/00 ,  A47L9/12 ,  A47L9/14 ,  A47L9/28 ,  B01D46/76

CPC classification number: A47L9/106 ,  A47L9/0063 ,  A47L9/12 ,  A47L9/149 ,  A47L9/2873 ,  A47L9/2884 ,  B01D46/76 ,  A47L2201/022 ,  A47L2201/024 ,  B01D2273/30 ,  B01D2279/55

Abstract: A cleaning system and a base station. In a working process, an airflow is generated by a drawer, to draw garbage on the ground on a traveling path into a dust box. Before the airflow entering the dust box is discharged outside a cleaning robot, the airflow flows through an air filter, and dust carried by the airflow is filtered out under a filtering function of the air filter. When dust accumulation in the air filter needs to be cleaned or the dust box needs to be emptied, the air filter is driven by a dust cleaner to vibrate, so as to shake off dust in the air filter, and the garbage in the dust box is collected by using a collector of the base station.

公开(公告)号：US20240197131A1

公开(公告)日：2024-06-20

申请号：US18527507

申请日：2023-12-04

Applicant: BISSELL Inc.

Inventor： Todd R. VanTongeren ,  Andrew J. Brouwers ,  Justin Nguyen ,  Daniel A. Schurr

IPC: A47L11/29

CPC classification number: A47L11/29 ,  A47L2201/022 ,  A47L2201/024 ,  A47L2201/026

Abstract: An autonomous floor cleaning system includes an autonomous floor cleaner with a docking station. The docking station is configured to performing maintenance for the autonomous floor cleaner, such as refilling the autonomous floor cleaner, emptying the autonomous floor cleaner, washing mopping pads, and/or recharging the autonomous floor cleaner. The docking system can supply heated cleaning fluid to the autonomous floor cleaner. Methods for servicing or performing maintenance on an autonomous floor cleaner by a docking station are disclosed.

公开(公告)号：US20240156313A1

公开(公告)日：2024-05-16

申请号：US18420416

申请日：2024-01-23

Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Hiroshi NAKAYAMA ,  Mikiya NAKATA

IPC: A47L7/00 ,  A47L9/08 ,  A47L9/14 ,  A47L9/16 ,  A47L9/28 ,  A47L9/30 ,  G01N35/00 ,  G01N35/08 ,  G01N35/10

CPC classification number: A47L7/0085 ,  A47L9/08 ,  A47L9/149 ,  A47L9/16 ,  A47L9/281 ,  A47L9/2852 ,  A47L9/2857 ,  A47L9/30 ,  G01N35/00732 ,  G01N35/0099 ,  G01N35/08 ,  G01N35/1081 ,  A47L2201/022 ,  A47L2201/024 ,  A47L2201/04 ,  G01N2035/1053

Abstract: A detection system for detecting a virus or the like. The detection system includes an autonomous collection device that is capable of moving on a floor surface and for collecting an object on the floor surface, and a station device for detecting an analyte from the object collected from the floor surface by the autonomous collection device. The autonomous collection device includes a moving part for moving on the floor surface, a primary electric blower for sucking the object on the floor surface, and a dust container for storing the sucked object. The station device includes a transfer pipe fluidically connected to the dust container of the autonomous collection device when the autonomous collection device is positioned in a home position, and a virus detection part for detecting the analyte from the object transferred from the dust container through the transfer pipe.

公开(公告)号：US20240138645A1

公开(公告)日：2024-05-02

申请号：US18226276

申请日：2023-07-26

Applicant: SHENZHEN SILVER STAR INTELLIGENT GROUP CO., LTD.

Inventor： Junjian Huang ,  Xue Liang ,  Yewei Kang ,  Jiwen Li ,  Lirong Ye

IPC: A47L11/40 ,  G05D1/02

CPC classification number: A47L11/4091 ,  A47L11/4005 ,  A47L11/4011 ,  A47L11/4025 ,  A47L11/4083 ,  G05D1/0225 ,  A47L2201/022 ,  A47L2201/024 ,  A47L2201/026 ,  A47L2201/028 ,  A47L2201/04 ,  G05D2201/0203

Abstract: A cleaning base station includes a base, a first electrode, an infrared module, and a guiding member. The base includes an open chamber accommodating a cleaning robot, and the open chamber includes a chamber sidewall extending in an arc shape. The first electrode is arranged on the chamber sidewall and contacts a second electrode of the cleaning robot. The infrared module is arranged on the chamber sidewall and aligns the cleaning robot. The guiding member is arranged on the chamber sidewall and protrudes from the chamber sidewall, the guiding member is capable of extending into a guiding groove defined on the cleaning robot, the guiding member includes a guiding part, the guiding part is positioned on one end of the guiding member far away from the chamber sidewall, and a cross-sectional size of the guiding part gradually decreases along a direction away from the chamber sidewall.

公开(公告)号：US20240118708A1

公开(公告)日：2024-04-11

申请号：US18248338

申请日：2021-10-06

Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Ingyu YANG ,  Jinhyouk SHIN ,  Sungjun KIM

IPC: G05D1/247 ,  A47L9/00 ,  A47L9/28 ,  G05D1/648

CPC classification number: G05D1/247 ,  A47L9/0063 ,  A47L9/2852 ,  A47L9/2857 ,  A47L9/2873 ,  A47L9/2894 ,  G05D1/648 ,  A47L2201/022 ,  A47L2201/024 ,  A47L2201/04 ,  G05D2105/10

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a cleaner station and a cleaner system including the same. The cleaner system may include: a cleaner; and a cleaner station which collects and removes dust discharged from a dust bin of the cleaner. The cleaner may include a first cleaner which performs manually a cleaning operation by a user, and a second cleaner which performs the cleaning operation while autonomously driving. The cleaner station may include: a housing which has one side coupled to the cleaner and has an inner space where the dust is collected; and a display unit which is disposed on the housing and outputs position information including a moving path of each of the first cleaner and the second cleaner transmitted from the first cleaner and the second cleaner by wireless communication during a cleaning operation.

公开(公告)号：US11950736B2

公开(公告)日：2024-04-09

申请号：US17347834

申请日：2021-06-15

Applicant: iRobot Corporation

Inventor： Wesley D. Johnson ,  Benjamin H. Schriesheim ,  Qunxi Huang

IPC: A47L11/40 ,  A47L9/28 ,  G05D1/00

CPC classification number: A47L11/4011 ,  A47L9/281 ,  A47L9/2894 ,  A47L11/4025 ,  G05D1/0088 ,  G05D1/0225 ,  A47L2201/024 ,  A47L2201/04

Abstract: A method of operating an autonomous cleaning robot is provided. The method includes receiving, at a handheld computing device, data representing a status of a debris collection bin of the autonomous cleaning robot, the status of the bin including a bin fullness reading. The method also includes receiving, at the handheld computing device, data representing a status of a filter bag of an evacuation station, the status of the filter bag including a bag fullness reading. The method also includes presenting, on a display of the handheld computing device, a first status indicator representing the bin fullness reading, and presenting, on the display of the handheld computing device, a second status indicator representing the bag fullness reading.

公开(公告)号：US11910974B2

公开(公告)日：2024-02-27

申请号：US17193475

申请日：2021-03-05

Applicant: ViaBot Inc.

Inventor： Fei Xie ,  Dawei Ding ,  Gregg Ratanaphanyarat

IPC: A47L11/40 ,  A47L11/24 ,  B60P1/04 ,  B65G43/00 ,  B65G47/16 ,  G05D1/02 ,  G05D1/00 ,  B02C23/02

CPC classification number: A47L11/4025 ,  A47L11/24 ,  A47L11/4005 ,  A47L11/4011 ,  A47L11/4091 ,  B60P1/04 ,  B65G43/00 ,  B65G47/16 ,  G05D1/0225 ,  A47L2201/022 ,  A47L2201/024 ,  B02C23/02 ,  G05D2201/0215

Abstract: A conveyor station, robot module, sweeper module, and methods for autonomously emptying debris using the conveyor station are described. In one example, a conveyor station includes a housing having an input end and an output end. The conveyor station includes a conveyor belt having a receiving region proximate to the input end and an angled transport region leading toward a dispense region. The conveyor belt has a plurality of fins that extend out from a surface of the conveyor belt. The plurality of fins enable movement of debris collected at the receiving region toward the dispense region. The dispense region is configured to push debris into a drop funnel of the housing, and the drop funnel directs debris into a receptacle. The conveyor station includes a conveyor controller of the conveyor station is configured with a sensor for detecting presence of a sweeper module. The sweeper module includes a container that holds debris collected when the sweeper module is connected to a robot module. The debris is configured to be emptied from said sweeper module directly onto said receiving region of the conveyor belt.