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US 2023/0414052 A1Published application
Surface treatment apparatus rotational speed indicator user interface
OwnerCasey MCCLAY, Kevin KELEMEN +1inventors
InventorsCasey MCCLAY, Kevin KELEMEN, Street BARNETT
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Abstract
A surface treatment apparatus may include a surface cleaning head having an agitator, an agitator motor configured to cause the agitator to rotate, a suction motor configured to cause debris to be drawn from a surface to be treated, a debris sensor configured to generate a signal indicative of an amount of debris in a dirty air path, a user interface (UI), and a controller. The controller can be configured to receive the signal indicative of the amount of the debris in the dirty air path, adjust a rotation speed of at least one of the suction motor or the agitator motor, and adjust the UI based on the rotation speed of at least one of the suction motor or the agitator motor.
Claims20
A surface treatment apparatus comprising:
- an upright section;
- a surface cleaning head having an agitator, the surface cleaning head being pivotally coupled to the upright section;
- an agitator motor configured to cause the agitator to rotate;
- a vacuum assembly coupled to the upright section, the vacuum assembly including a dust cup and a suction motor, the dust cup and the suction motor being fluidly coupled to the surface cleaning head;
- a debris sensor configured to generate a signal indicative of an amount of debris in a dirty air path;
- a user interface (UI) coupled to the surface cleaning head, the UI includes at least a first light source and a second light source;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- receive the signal indicative of the amount of the debris in the dirty air path;
- adjust a rotation speed of at least one of the suction motor or the agitator motor based on the signal indicative of the amount of debris in the dirty air path;
- and
- adjust the UI based on the rotation speed of at least one of the suction motor or the agitator motor by:
- illuminating the first light source and disabling the second light source when the rotation speed of at least one of the suction motor or the agitator motor exceeds a first motor rotation speed threshold while being less than a second motor rotation speed threshold;
- and
- illuminating the first light source and the second light source when the rotation speed of at least one of the suction motor or the agitator motor exceeds the first and the second motor rotation speed thresholds.
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A vacuum cleaner comprising:
- a surface cleaning head having an agitator;
- a dust cup fluidly coupled to the surface cleaning head;
- a suction motor fluidly coupled to the surface cleaning head;
- an agitator motor configured to cause the agitator to rotate;
- a debris sensor configured to generate a signal indicative of an amount of debris in a dirty air path;
- a user interface (UI) coupled to the surface cleaning head, the UI includes at least a first light source and a second light source;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- receive the signal indicative of the amount of the debris in the dirty air path;
- adjust a rotation speed of at least one of the suction motor or the agitator motor based on the signal indicative of the amount of debris in the dirty air path;
- and
- adjust the UI based on the rotation speed of at least one of the suction motor or the agitator motor by:
- illuminating the first light source and disabling the second light source when the rotation speed of at least one of the suction motor or the agitator motor exceeds a first motor rotation speed threshold while being less than a second motor rotation speed threshold;
- and
- illuminating the first light source and the second light source when the rotation speed of at least one of the suction motor or the agitator motor exceeds the first and the second motor rotation speed thresholds.
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A surface treatment apparatus comprising:
- a suction motor configured to cause debris to be drawn from a surface to be treated;
- a debris sensor configured to generate a signal indicative of an amount of debris in a dirty air path;
- a surface cleaning head having an agitator;
- a user interface (UI) coupled to the surface cleaning head, the UI includes at least a first light source and a second light source;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- receive the signal indicative of the amount of the debris in the dirty air path;
- adjust a rotation speed of the suction motor based on the signal indicative of the amount of debris in the dirty air path;
- and
- adjust the UI based on the rotation speed of the suction motor by:
- illuminating the first light source and disabling the second light source when the rotation speed of at least one of the suction motor or the agitator motor exceeds a first motor rotation speed threshold while being less than a second motor rotation speed threshold;
- illuminating the first light source and the second light source when the rotation speed of at least one of the suction motor or the agitator motor exceeds the first and the second motor rotation speed thresholds.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.