Pad washing dock for mobile cleaning robots
AssigneeiRobot Corporation
InventorsTimothy R. Ohm, Travis Gschrey, Douglas Dell'Accio, Winston Heinrichs, Eleanor Foltan, Eric Wallace
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Abstract
A docking station for a mobile cleaning robot can include a base, a housing, and a pad cleaning system. The base can be configured to receive the mobile cleaning robot. The housing can be connected to the base. The pad cleaning system can be connected to the housing and can include a reservoir configured to retain liquid therein. The pad cleaning system can also include an agitator located at least partially within the reservoir. The agitator can be engageable with a cleaning pad of the mobile cleaning robot.
Claims15
A docking station for a mobile cleaning robot, the docking station comprising:
- a base configured to receive the mobile cleaning robot;
- a housing connected to the base;
- a pad cleaning system connected to the housing, the system comprising:
- a reservoir configured to retain liquid therein;
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- an agitator located at least partially within the reservoir, the agitator engageable with a cleaning pad of the mobile cleaning robot;
- a clean tank user-releasably connectable to the housing, the clean tank arranged to store liquid for delivery to the reservoir;
- a disposal tank user-releasably connectable to the housing, the disposal tank arranged to receive liquid from the reservoir;
- a debris bin located at least partially within the housing;
- an evacuation port connected to the base and connected to the debris bin, the evacuation port movable with respect to the base and the housing;
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- a blower connected to the debris bin and operable to generate an evacuation stream to draw debris out of the mobile cleaning robot, through the evacuation port, and into the debris bin, the blower operable to move the evacuation port to engage a debris port of the mobile cleaning robot when the mobile cleaning robot is docked on the base.
A docking station for a mobile cleaning robot, the docking station comprising:
- a base configured to receive the mobile cleaning robot;
- a housing connected to the base;
- a pad cleaning system connected to the housing, the pad cleaning system comprising:
- a reservoir configured to retain liquid therein;
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- an agitator located at least partially within the reservoir, the agitator engageable with a cleaning pad of the mobile cleaning robot;
- a clean tank user-releasably connectable to the housing, the clean tank arranged to store liquid for delivery to the reservoir;
- a disposal tank user-releasably connectable to the housing, the disposal tank arranged to receive liquid from the reservoir;
- a debris bin located at least partially within the housing;
- an evacuation port connected to the base and connected to the debris bin, the evacuation port movable with respect to the base and the housing;
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- a blower connected to the debris bin and operable to generate an evacuation stream to draw debris out of the mobile cleaning robot, through the evacuation port, and into the debris bin, the blower operable to move the evacuation port with respect to the base and the housing to engage a debris port of the mobile cleaning robot when the mobile cleaning robot is docked on the base.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.