公开(公告)号：US20230190062A1

公开(公告)日：2023-06-22

申请号：US18077300

申请日：2022-12-08

Applicant: BISSELL Inc.

Inventor： Todd R. VanTongeren ,  Justin Nguyen

IPC: A47L9/28

CPC classification number: A47L9/2873 ,  A47L2201/026 ,  A47L2201/028 ,  A47L2201/022

Abstract: A docking station for an autonomous floor cleaner performs maintenance on the autonomous floor cleaner, including removing a mopping implement from the autonomous floor cleaner and/or installing a mopping implement on the autonomous floor cleaner. The docking station can further perform other maintenance services on the autonomous floor cleaner. An autonomous floor cleaning system including an autonomous floor cleaner and a docking station is also disclosed. Methods for servicing or performing maintenance on an autonomous floor cleaner by a docking station are also disclosed.

公开(公告)号：US20230165362A1

公开(公告)日：2023-06-01

申请号：US18101686

申请日：2023-01-26

Applicant: BISSELL Inc.

Inventor： Todd R. VanTongeren

IPC: A46B7/08 ,  A46B9/02 ,  A46B13/00 ,  A47L7/02 ,  A47L9/00 ,  A47L9/04

CPC classification number: A46B7/08 ,  A46B9/028 ,  A46B13/008 ,  A47L7/02 ,  A47L9/009 ,  A47L9/0472 ,  A47L2201/04

Abstract: A floor cleaner can include a housing adapted for movement over a surface to be cleaned and at least one edge cleaning brush provided on the housing. The edge cleaning brush includes multiple cleaning implements which rotate on different axes. A gear system, such as a planetary gear system, can drive one cleaning implement at a lower speed than another cleaning implement.

公开(公告)号：US20230121949A1

公开(公告)日：2023-04-20

申请号：US18083944

申请日：2022-12-19

Applicant: BISSELL Inc.

Inventor： Steven M. Johnson ,  Todd R. VanTongeren ,  Matthew Haverkamp

IPC: A47L11/40 ,  B60B37/04

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.

公开(公告)号：US11589670B2

公开(公告)日：2023-02-28

申请号：US17007450

申请日：2020-08-31

Applicant: BISSELL Inc.

Inventor： Todd R. VanTongeren

IPC: A46B7/08 ,  A46B9/02 ,  A46B13/00 ,  A47L7/02 ,  A47L9/00 ,  A47L9/04

Abstract: A floor cleaner can include a housing adapted for movement over a surface to be cleaned and at least one edge cleaning brush provided on the housing. The edge cleaning brush includes multiple cleaning implements which rotate at different velocities. A gear system, such as a planetary gear system, can drive one cleaning implement at a lower speed than another cleaning implement.

公开(公告)号：US20210204775A1

公开(公告)日：2021-07-08

申请号：US17211965

申请日：2021-03-25

Applicant: BISSELL Inc.

Inventor： Kurt Ashbaugh ,  Jason W. Pruiett ,  David M. Miller ,  Todd R. VanTongeren

IPC: A47L7/00 ,  A47L11/30 ,  A47L11/34 ,  A47L11/40 ,  F26B21/00

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a surface cleaning apparatus that includes a recovery system that extracts liquid and debris with a drying cycle in which forced air flows through a recovery pathway of the recovery system to dry out components that remain wet and/or retain moisture after normal operation of the apparatus. The post-operation drying cycle can dry out components such as an agitator or brushroll, a brush chamber, a suction nozzle, a recovery tank, a filter, and any of the various conduits, ducts, and/or hoses fluidly coupling components of the recovery system together.