Self-cleaning vacuum cleaner
AssigneeDyson Technology Limited
InventorsRobert Matthew STRINGER, Gemma MCLUCKIE, Michael Joseph MATHERS, Stefan KOCH
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Abstract
A method, and a floor care device (100, 200) are provided for allowing decontaminating parts of a floor care device. The floor care device comprises at least one part (110, 210) that is susceptible to contamination when the floor care device is used in a floor care mode. The method may comprise detecting a transition of the floor care device to a park mode, and in response thereto, executing a decontamination program, the decontamination program including emitting light with a wavelength of 222 nm and thereby illuminating the at least one part for the decontamination thereof.
Claims13
A method of decontaminating a floor care device, the floor care device comprising at least one part that is susceptible to contamination when the floor care device is used in a floor care mode, the method comprising,
- detecting a transition of the floor care device to a park mode, and
- in response thereto, executing a decontamination program, the decontamination program including emitting light with a wavelength of 222 nm and thereby illuminating the at least one part for the decontamination thereof.
A floor care device configured to operate in a floor care mode and a park mode, the floor care device comprising:
- at least one part that is susceptible to contamination when the floor care device is used in the floor care mode,
- at least one light source for emitting light with a wavelength of 222 nm, the at least one light source being arranged in such a way as to illuminate the at least one part when emitting the light, and
- a floor care controller, operatively coupled to the at least one light source and operative to detect a transition of the floor care device to the park mode and, in response thereto, to execute a decontamination program, wherein the decontamination program is configured to use the at least one light source to illuminate the at least one part for the decontamination thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.