Waste bag with absorbent dispersion sachet
AssigneeMatic Robots, Inc.
InventorsAnshuman Kumar, Jared O. Ruehr
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Abstract
A waste collection bag may be used by an autonomous cleaning robot (e.g., an autonomous vacuum) to store waste during a plurality of cleaning processes. The waste collection bag comprises a top portion and a bottom portion. The top portion includes an opening for waste to enter the waste collection bag. The top portion is composed of a porous material to filter air through the porous material. The bottom portion is composed of a non-porous material configured to hold liquid waste and includes an absorbent for interacting with liquid waste to form semi-solid waste.
Claims20
A waste collection bag comprising:
- a top portion composed of a porous filtering material that is configured to filter air through the waste collection bag, wherein the top portion comprises an opening positioned on a side wall of the top portion for waste to enter the waste collection bag, wherein the waste collection bag is configured to sit in a cavity of an autonomous vacuum and is tethered to a side of the cavity where a channel for ingesting waste is positioned, wherein the opening of the top portion aligns with the channel of the cavity;
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- a bottom portion coupled to the top portion and positioned below the opening of the top portion, the bottom portion composed of a non-porous material that is configured to hold liquid waste, wherein the bottom portion comprises an absorbent configured to interact with liquid waste to form semi-solid waste.
An autonomous vacuum comprising:
- a cleaning head with one or more inlets for waste to enter the cleaning head;
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- a body comprising:
- a cavity connected to the cleaning head and configured to collect waste through a first opening connected to the cleaning head,
- a vacuum pump connected to the cavity and configured to generate vacuum pressure to draw waste through the cleaning head and to the cavity, and
- a waste collection bag disposed in the cavity and tethered to a side of the cavity, the waste collection bag comprising:
- a top portion composed of a porous filtering material that is configured to filter air through the waste collection bag, wherein the top portion comprises a second opening positioned on a side wall of the top portion for waste to enter the waste collection bag, wherein the second opening of the top portion aligns with the first opening of the cavity, and
- a bottom portion coupled to the top portion and positioned below the opening of the top portion, the bottom portion composed of a non-porous material that is configured to hold liquid waste, wherein the bottom portion comprises an absorbent configured to interact with liquid waste to form semi-solid waste.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.