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US 12,622,562 B2Granted
Autonomous floor cleaner with scrubbing belt
AssigneeBISSELL Inc.
InventorTodd R. VanTongeren
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Abstract
A cleaner employing an agitation cartridge to clean a side surface beyond a reach of other onboard cleaning implements. The cleaner may be an autonomous floor cleaner having a body, a cleaning implement onboard the body operable for cleaning a floor surface, a motorized drive system operable for autonomously moving the body over the floor surface, and a scrubbing belt operable for cleaning the side surface.
Claims17
A floor cleaner, comprising:
- a body;
- a cleaning implement connected to the body and configured for cleaning a floor surface;
- and
- an agitation cartridge removably connected to the body, the agitation cartridge including a belt operable for scrubbing a side surface disposed above the floor surface;
- wherein the belt is operable to move in a closed loop path around a plurality of pulleys included on the agitation cartridge, the closed loop path including a vertical portion for positioning the belt to scrub the side surface;
- and
- wherein at least one of the pulleys includes a biasing member operable to move at least part of the vertical portion laterally in and out relative to the side surface.
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A floor cleaner, comprising:
- a body;
- a cleaning implement connected to the body and configured for cleaning a floor surface;
- and
- an agitation cartridge including a motorized belt drive mechanism configured for agitating a first belt to scrub a first surface and a second belt to scrub a second surface, the first and second surfaces being above the floor surface and outboard of the body beyond a reach of the cleaning implement;
- wherein the belt drive mechanism includes a plurality of pulleys arranged to move the first belt along a first closed loop path and the second belt along a second closed loop path, the first closed loop path including a first side portion for positioning the first belt to scrub the first surface and a first floor portion for positioning the first belt to scrub the floor surface, the second closed loop path including a second side portion for positioning the second belt to scrub the second surface and a second floor portion for positioning the second belt to scrub the floor surface.
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A floor cleaner, comprising:
- a body;
- a plurality of wheels configured for moving the body over a floor surface;
- a suction source configured for providing a suction force;
- a suction nozzle fluidly coupled with the suction source, the suction nozzle operable with the suction force to recover debris from the floor surface;
- and
- an agitation cartridge configured for scrubbing a side surface, the agitation cartridge including:
- a motorized belt drive mechanism configured for agitating a scrubbing belt to scrub the side surface;
- a supply tank configured for storing a cleaning liquid;
- a drip valve configured for dispensing the cleaning liquid onto the belt;
- a recovery system configured for recovering debris from the belt;
- and
- a recovery tank configured for storing the debris recovered through the recovery system and the suction nozzle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.