Debris collecting base station, cleaning robot and cleaning system

    公开(公告)号:US11910973B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-27

    申请号:US17162234

    申请日:2021-01-29

    Abstract: A debris collecting base station cooperates with the cleaning robot. The cleaning robot has a debris outlet for discharging debris. The debris collecting base station includes a base, a debris collecting device, a first communication component and a microcontroller. The base has a debris intake passageway. One end of the debris intake passageway pneumatically interfaces with the debris outlet, the debris collecting device is mounted on the base and is communicated with the end of the debris intake passageway away from the debris outlet. The microcontroller is electrically connected to the first communication component and the debris collecting device, which controls the first communication component to send and receive interactive signals with the cleaning robot and controls working modes of the debris collecting base station based on the interactive signals.

    Autonomous floor cleaner with drive wheel assembly

    公开(公告)号:US11903541B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-20

    申请号:US18083944

    申请日:2022-12-19

    Applicant: BISSELL Inc.

    Abstract: An autonomous floor cleaner can include a housing, a drive system for autonomously moving the housing over the surface to be cleaned, and a controller for controlling the operation of the autonomous floor cleaner. The drive system can include at least one drive wheel for driving the housing across a surface to be cleaned. The drive wheel can be selectively moved from an engaged or in-use position to a disengaged or maintenance position. In the disengaged or maintenance position, the wheel is disengaged from the autonomously moveable housing such that it can be pivoted, extended, removed, or otherwise moved farther away from the autonomously moveable housing.

    WATER TANK ASSEMBLY, CLEANING DEVICE AND CLEANING SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20240032764A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-01

    申请号:US17976503

    申请日:2022-10-28

    Abstract: A water tank assembly includes a main water tank and an auxiliary water tank. A water pumping device in operation pumps and discharges water in a first water storage space of the main water tank into a second water storage space of the auxiliary water tank. A water guiding device in operation outputs water from the second water storage space to a preset position. The water pumping device in operation can supply water to the auxiliary water tank as needed. The main water tank does not discharge water into the auxiliary water tank when the water pumping device is not in operation. As a result, the water amount in the auxiliary water tank no longer increases.

    CLEANING ROBOT WITH ARM AND TOOL RECEPTACLES
    264.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190246858A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-08-15

    申请号:US15894948

    申请日:2018-02-13

    Abstract: A cleaning robot includes a propulsion mechanism to propel the robot on a floor, a robotic arm with a gripper at its distal end, and a plurality of different cleaning tools, each cleaning tool including a handle that is configured to be grasped by the gripper. At least one of a plurality of receptacles is configured to hold one of the cleaning tools. A controller is configured to autonomously operate the propulsion system to transport the robot to region to be cleaned, operate the robotic arm to bring the gripper to a receptacle that is holding a selected cleaning tool, operate the gripper to grasp a handle of the selected cleaning tool and to manipulate the cleaning tool when cleaning the region, and operate the robotic arm and the gripper to return the selected cleaning tool to its receptacle.

    Debris Evacuation for Cleaning Robots
    267.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20180008111A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-01-11

    申请号:US15687119

    申请日:2017-08-25

    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.

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