Mobile cleaning robot with a bin
AssigneeiRobot Corporation
InventorsOliver Lewis, Stephen A. Hickey, Russell Walter Morin
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Abstract
This document describes a mobile cleaning robot including a chassis having a forward portion and an aft portion; a blower affixed to the chassis; a bin supported by the chassis and configured to receive airflow from the blower, the chassis enabling evacuation of the bin through a bottom of the robot. The bin includes a top, a bottom, a sidewall, and an internal barrier. The bin includes a first volume and a second volume separated by the internal barrier and a filter unit supported by the internal barrier and removably disposed in an airflow path between the first volume that includes an intake port in the bin and the second volume that includes an exhaust port in the bin.
Claims27
A mobile cleaning robot, comprising:
- a blower;
- a bin configured to receive airflow from the blower,
- the bin comprising
- a top, a bottom, a sidewall, and the bin defining a first volume and a second volume;
- and
- a filter unit removably disposed in an airflow path between the first volume that includes an intake port in the bin and the second volume that includes an exhaust port in the bin;
- a handle hingedly attached to the top of the bin, the handle extending above the top in an extended state and being disposed in a recess of the top of the bin during a stored state;
- and
- a bin emptying button disposed in the recess, the handle configured to cover the button during the stored state.
An apparatus comprising:
- a bin configured to be disposed in a mobile cleaning robot to receive airflow from a blower of the mobile cleaning robot, the bin comprising:
- a top, a bottom, a sidewall, and the bin defining a first volume and a second volume;
- and
- a filter unit removably disposed in an airflow path between the first volume that includes an intake port in the bin and the second volume that includes an exhaust port in the bin;
- a handle hingedly attached to the top of the bin, the handle extending above the top in an extended state and being disposed in a recess of the top of the bin during a stored state;
- and
- a bin emptying button disposed in the recess, the handle configured to cover the button during the stored state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.