公开(公告)号：EP2945521A4

公开(公告)日：2017-02-15

申请号：EP14861203

申请日：2014-11-11

Applicant: IROBOT CORP

Inventor： DOOLEY MICHAEL J ,  ROMANOV NIKOLAI ,  WILLIAMS MARCUS ,  JOHNSON JOSEPH M

IPC: A47L13/16 ,  A47L11/28

CPC classification number: A47L13/16 ,  A47L11/28 ,  A47L11/408 ,  A47L13/22 ,  A47L2201/00

Abstract: A pad particularly adapted for surface cleaning. The pad includes an absorbent core having the ability to absorb and retain liquid material, and a liner layer in contact with and covering at least one side of the absorbent core. The liner layer has the ability to retain and wick liquid material through the liner layer. Cleaning apparatus containing such pads and methods of using such pads are also described.

Abstract translation: 特别适用于表面清洁的垫子。 垫包括具有吸收和保持液体材料的能力的吸收芯和与吸收芯的至少一侧接触并覆盖吸收芯的至少一侧的衬垫层。 衬里层具有保持和吸收液体材料通过衬里层的能力。 还描述了包含这种垫的清洁装置以及使用这种垫的方法。

公开(公告)号：AU2018203583A1

公开(公告)日：2018-06-14

申请号：AU2018203583

申请日：2018-05-22

Applicant: IROBOT CORP

Inventor： ROMANOV NIKOLAI ,  WILLIAMS MARCUS ,  DOOLEY MICHAEL J ,  JOHNSON JOSEPH M

IPC: A47L13/16

Abstract: A mobile floor cleaning robot comprising:a robot body defining a forward drive direction; a drive supporting the robot body to maneuver the robot across a floor surface the drive comprising right and left drive wheels disposed on corresponding right and left portions of the robot body; and a cleaning assembly disposed on the robot body, the cleaning assembly comprising: a pad holder disposed forward of the drive wheels and having a top portion and a bottom portion, the bottom portion having a bottom surface to receive a cleaning pad, the bottom surface of the pad holder comprising at least 40% of a surface area of a footprint of the robot, and the bottom portion having raised protrusions extending therefrom; and an orbital oscillator having less than 1 cm of orbital range disposed on the top portion of the pad holder; wherein the pad holder is configured to permit more than 80 percent of the orbital range of the orbital oscillator to be transmitted from a top of the received cleaning pad to a bottom surface of the received cleaning pad and wherein the pad holder has a release mechanism configured to eject the received cleaning pad from the bottom surface of the pad holder upon actuation of a release mechanism. 102a A2 Layer 2: Airlaid Layer102 W~l 10a ~~~~LA3 ae1:AradL 100 10610 104 Layer : Airlaid Layer 100 105a 1 05b

公开(公告)号：CA2978074C

公开(公告)日：2022-12-06

申请号：CA2978074

申请日：2015-11-20

Applicant: IROBOT CORP

Inventor： LU PING-HONG ,  JOHNSON JOSEPH M ,  FORAN DANIEL ,  WILLIAMS MARCUS ,  GRAZIANI ANDREW

IPC: A47L11/40

Abstract: An autonomous floor cleaning robot includes a body, a controller supported by the body, a drive supporting the body to maneuver the robot across a floor surface in response to commands from the controller, and a pad holder attached to an underside of the body to hold a removable cleaning pad during operation of the robot. The pad includes a mounting plate and a mounting surface. The mounting plate is attached to the mounting surface. The robot includes a pad sensor to sense a feature on the pad and to generate a signal based on the feature, which is defined in part by a cutout on the card backing. The mounting plate enables the pad sensor to detect the feature. The controller is responsive to the signal to perform operations including selecting a cleaning mode based on the signal, and controlling the robot according to a selected cleaning mode.

公开(公告)号：AU2018203583B2

公开(公告)日：2019-08-15

申请号：AU2018203583

申请日：2018-05-22

Applicant: IROBOT CORP

Inventor： WILLIAMS MARCUS ,  DOOLEY MICHAEL J ,  JOHNSON JOSEPH M ,  ROMANOV NIKOLAI

IPC: A47L13/16

Abstract: A mobile floor cleaning robot comprising:a robot body defining a forward drive direction; a drive supporting the robot body to maneuver the robot across a floor surface the drive comprising right and left drive wheels disposed on corresponding right and left portions of the robot body; and a cleaning assembly disposed on the robot body, the cleaning assembly comprising: a pad holder disposed forward of the drive wheels and having a top portion and a bottom portion, the bottom portion having a bottom surface to receive a cleaning pad, the bottom surface of the pad holder comprising at least 40% of a surface area of a footprint of the robot, and the bottom portion having raised protrusions extending therefrom; and an orbital oscillator having less than 1 cm of orbital range disposed on the top portion of the pad holder; wherein the pad holder is configured to permit more than 80 percent of the orbital range of the orbital oscillator to be transmitted from a top of the received cleaning pad to a bottom surface of the received cleaning pad and wherein the pad holder has a release mechanism configured to eject the received cleaning pad from the bottom surface of the pad holder upon actuation of a release mechanism. TA1 | A1 LA1 Layer 1: Airlaid Layery01 101 ILayer2:Airlaidar 102 ILayer 3: Airlaid Layer Layer 34:AWrap Layere 100 105a 105a 105b

公开(公告)号：AU2015387169A1

公开(公告)日：2017-08-17

申请号：AU2015387169

申请日：2015-11-20

Applicant: IROBOT CORP

Inventor： LU PING-HONG ,  JOHNSON JOSEPH M ,  FORAN DANIEL ,  WILLIAMS MARCUS ,  GRAZIANI ANDREW

IPC: A47L11/40

Abstract: An autonomous floor cleaning robot includes a body, a controller supported by the body, a drive supporting the body to maneuver the robot across a floor surface in response to commands from the controller, and a pad holder attached to an underside of the body to hold a removable cleaning pad during operation of the robot. The pad includes a mounting plate and a mounting surface. The mounting plate is attached to the mounting surface. The robot includes a pad sensor to sense a feature on the pad and to generate a signal based on the feature, which is defined in part by a cutout on the card backing. The mounting plate enables the pad sensor to detect the feature. The controller is responsive to the signal to perform operations including selecting a cleaning mode based on the signal, and controlling the robot according to a selected cleaning mode.

公开(公告)号：AU2020294329A1

公开(公告)日：2021-02-11

申请号：AU2020294329

申请日：2020-12-24

Applicant: IROBOT CORP

Inventor： FORAN DANIEL ,  WILLIAMS MARCUS ,  JOHNSON JOSEPH M ,  GRAZIANI ANDREW ,  LU PING-HONG

IPC: A47L11/40 ,  A47L9/06 ,  A47L9/28 ,  A47L11/24 ,  A47L11/28 ,  A47L13/16 ,  A47L13/24 ,  B08B1/00 ,  B08B7/04

Abstract: An autonomous floor cleaning robot includes a body, a controller supported by the body, a drive supporting the body to maneuver the robot across a floor surface in response to commands from the controller, and a pad holder attached to an underside of the body to hold a removable cleaning pad during operation of the robot. The pad includes a mounting plate and a mounting surface. The mounting plate is attached to the mounting surface. The robot includes a pad sensor to sense a feature on the pad and to generate a signal based on the feature, which is defined in part by a cutout on the card backing. The mounting plate enables the pad sensor to detect the feature. The controller is responsive to the signal to perform operations including selecting a cleaning mode based on the signal, and controlling the robot according to a selected cleaning mode. C)i 00 C~l N

公开(公告)号：AU2015387169B2

公开(公告)日：2020-10-01

申请号：AU2015387169

申请日：2015-11-20

Applicant: IROBOT CORP

Inventor： LU PING-HONG ,  JOHNSON JOSEPH M ,  FORAN DANIEL ,  WILLIAMS MARCUS ,  GRAZIANI ANDREW

IPC: A47L11/40

Abstract: An autonomous floor cleaning robot includes a body, a controller supported by the body, a drive supporting the body to maneuver the robot across a floor surface in response to commands from the controller, and a pad holder attached to an underside of the body to hold a removable cleaning pad during operation of the robot. The pad includes a mounting plate and a mounting surface. The mounting plate is attached to the mounting surface. The robot includes a pad sensor to sense a feature on the pad and to generate a signal based on the feature, which is defined in part by a cutout on the card backing. The mounting plate enables the pad sensor to detect the feature. The controller is responsive to the signal to perform operations including selecting a cleaning mode based on the signal, and controlling the robot according to a selected cleaning mode.

公开(公告)号：ES2746498T3

公开(公告)日：2020-03-06

申请号：ES15195596

申请日：2015-11-20

Applicant: IROBOT CORP

Inventor： WILLIAMS MARCUS ,  LU PING-HONG ,  JOHNSON JOSEPH M

IPC: B25J9/16 ,  B25J5/00 ,  G05D1/02

Abstract: Un robot (100, 200) que comprende: un cuerpo (102, 202) que se puede mover en relación con una superficie (10); uno o más dispositivos de medición (112, 133, 134) dentro del cuerpo (102, 202) para emitir información basándose en una orientación del cuerpo (102, 202) en una ubicación inicial en la superficie (10); y un controlador (390) dentro del cuerpo para determinar la orientación del cuerpo (102, 202) basándose en la información, y caracterizado por que el controlador (330) está configurado además para restringir el movimiento del cuerpo (102, 202) a un área impidiendo el movimiento del cuerpo (102, 202) más allá de una barrera virtual que define un límite que el robot (100, 200) no puede cruzar que es creado basándose en la orientación del cuerpo (102, 202) y la ubicación inicial, y el controlador (330) está configurado además para almacenar la barrera virtual que ha de ser utilizada subsiguientemente para restringir el movimiento del robot.

公开(公告)号：ES2715485T3

公开(公告)日：2019-06-04

申请号：ES15195684

申请日：2015-11-20

Applicant: IROBOT CORP

Inventor： LU PING-HONG ,  JOHNSON JOSEPH M ,  FORAN DANIEL ,  WILLIAMS MARCUS ,  GRAZIANI ANDREW

IPC: A47L11/24 ,  A47L9/06 ,  A47L11/40 ,  A47L13/16 ,  B08B7/04

Abstract: Un robot de limpieza de pisos autónomo (100), que comprende: un cuerpo (102) del robot (100); un controlador (505) apoyado en el cuerpo del robot (102); un accionamiento (510) que soporta el cuerpo del robot (102) para maniobrar el robot (100) a través de una superficie del piso (10) en respuesta a las órdenes del controlador (505); un soporte de almohadillas (300) unido a la parte inferior del cuerpo del robot (102) y para sostener una almohadilla de limpieza extraíble (120) durante el funcionamiento del robot de limpieza (100), comprendiendo la almohadilla de limpieza extraíble (120) una placa de montaje (606) y una superficie de montaje (602), estando unida la placa de montaje (606) a la superficie de montaje (602); y caracterizado en que el robot (100) comprende, además: un sensor de almohadillas (624, 724) para detectar una característica de identificación del tipo de almohadilla en la almohadilla de limpieza extraíble (120) y para generar una señal en función de la característica de identificación del tipo de almohadilla, definida la característica de identificación del tipo de almohadilla al menos en parte por un recorte (803E, 1012, 1212, 1305) en la placa de montaje; en donde la placa de montaje (606) permite que el sensor de almohadillas (624) detecte la característica de identificación del tipo de almohadilla, y en donde el controlador (505) responde a la señal generada por el sensor de almohadilla (624) para realizar operaciones que comprenden: identificar un tipo de la almohadilla de entre un conjunto de múltiples tipos de almohadillas en función de la señal; seleccionar un modo de limpieza de entre los modos de limpieza de acuerdo con el tipo de almohadilla identificado, y controlar el robot (100) de acuerdo con el modo de limpieza seleccionado.

公开(公告)号：ES2703924T3

公开(公告)日：2019-03-13

申请号：ES14861203

申请日：2014-11-11

Applicant: IROBOT CORP

Inventor： DOOLEY MICHAEL J ,  ROMANOV NIKOLAI ,  WILLIAMS MARCUS ,  JOHNSON JOSEPH M

IPC: A47L13/16 ,  A47L11/28

Abstract: Una almohadilla (100) de limpieza de superficies que comprende: un núcleo absorbente (101, 102, 103) que contiene material fibroso que absorbe y retiene material líquido, una capa (104; 105) de cobertura en contacto y cubriendo al menos un lado del núcleo absorbente, que contiene un material fibroso que retiene y absorbe por efecto mecha un material líquido a través de la capa de cobertura, y una capa (85) de respaldo fijada a la almohadilla, estando la capa de respaldo configurada para fijar la almohadilla a un robot de limpieza, caracterizada por que la capa de respaldo sobresale más allá de los bordes longitudinales (86) de la almohadilla y los bordes longitudinales sobresalientes de la capa de respaldo están configurados para fijarse a un soporte de almohadilla del robot, y en donde la capa de respaldo incluye recortes (88) centrados a lo largo de los bordes (86) longitudinales sobresalientes de la capa (85) de respaldo.