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US 11,529,034 B2Granted
Evacuation station for a mobile floor cleaning robot
AssigneeOmachron lntellectual Property Inca
InventorWayne Ernest Conrad
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Abstract
An evacuation station for a mobile floor cleaning robot comprises a housing having a perimeter extending around the housing and an air treatment assembly. The air treatment assembly is moveable from an in use position in which the air treatment assembly is mounted to the housing and a removal positon in which all of the air treatment assembly is positioned outwardly of the perimeter.
Claims20
An evacuation station for a surface cleaning apparatus, the evacuation station comprising:
- (a) an air flow path extending from an evacuation station air inlet to an evacuation station air outlet;
- (b) a housing having a perimeter extending around the housing, the perimeter defining an outline of the housing when viewed looking down from above the housing;
- and,
- (c) an air treatment assembly comprising an air treatment member, wherein the air treatment assembly is removably mountable to the housing, the air treatment assembly is moveable from an in use position in which the air treatment assembly is mounted to the housing and a removal position in which all of the air treatment assembly is positioned outwardly of the perimeter,
- wherein the housing has a front surface cleaning apparatus docking side, a rear side and two laterally opposed ends and the air treatment assembly translates laterally to the removal position, and
- wherein the air treatment assembly is moveable to a position above the housing only after the air treatment assembly has been moved laterally to the removal position.
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An evacuation station for a surface cleaning apparatus comprising, the evacuation station comprising:
- (a) an air flow path extending from an evacuation station air inlet to an evacuation station air outlet;
- (b) a housing having a perimeter extending around the housing, the perimeter defining an outline of the housing when viewed looking down from above the housing;
- and,
- (c) an air treatment assembly comprising an air treatment member, wherein the air treatment assembly is moveable from an in use position in which the air treatment assembly is mounted to the housing and a removal position in which all of the air treatment assembly is positioned outwardly of the perimeter,
- wherein the air treatment assembly is moveable to a position above the housing only after the air treatment assembly has been moved in a generally horizontal direction to the removal position, and
- wherein, in the removal position, the air treatment assembly does not overlie any portion of the housing.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.