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US 2021/0330155 A1Published application
Robotic vacuum cleaner and docking station for a robotic vacuum cleaner
AssigneeOmachron Intellectual Property Inc.
InventorWayne Ernest Conrad
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Abstract
A robotic vacuum cleaner has a mechanical transfer mechanism that is used to transfer dirt from the robotic vacuum cleaner to a docking station.
Claims20
An autonomous surface cleaning apparatus comprising:
- (a) a primary air flow path extending from a dirty air inlet to a clean air outlet:
- (b) a primary suction motor positioned in the primary air flow path;
- (c) an air treatment unit positioned in the primary air flow path wherein, when the autonomous surface cleaning apparatus is positioned on a floor, the air treatment unit has an upper side, a lower side, a first end having a first side positioned between the upper and lower sides and a second end having a second side positioned between the upper and lower sides, the second side is spaced apart from the first side in a first direction;
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- (d) a mechanical transfer member moveable in the first direction through at least a portion of the air treatment unit whereby dirt collected in the air treatment unit is moved in the first direction through the air treatment unit.
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