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US 2025/0144673 A1Published application
Cleaning Pad Washing
AssigneeiRobot Corporation
InventorsBrian W. Doughty, Leo Torrente, Timothy R. Ohm, Winston Heinrichs
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Abstract
A cleaning station for a mobile robot includes a fluid vessel and a roller arranged in the fluid vessel. The fluid vessel is shaped to hold a cleaning fluid that at least partially submerges the roller. The cleaning station includes a control system configured to, when the mobile robot is docked at the cleaning station, cause rotation of the roller to direct cleaning fluid from the fluid vessel to a cleaning pad of the mobile robot in order to release debris from the cleaning pad.
Claims28
A cleaning station for a mobile robot, the cleaning station comprising:
- a docking surface defining a docking direction along which the mobile robot navigates to dock at the cleaning station;
- a fluid vessel;
- a roller arranged in the fluid vessel, wherein the fluid vessel is shaped to hold a cleaning fluid that at least partially submerges the roller, and wherein a longitudinal axis of the roller is transverse to the docking direction;
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- a control system configured to, when the mobile robot is docked at the cleaning station, cause rotation of the roller to direct cleaning fluid from the fluid vessel to a cleaning pad of the mobile robot in order to release debris from the cleaning pad.
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A system comprising:
- a cleaning station comprising
- a docking surface defining a docking direction along which a mobile robot navigates to dock at the cleaning station,
- a fluid vessel, and
- a roller arranged in the fluid vessel, wherein the fluid vessel is shaped to hold a cleaning fluid that at least partially submerges the roller, and wherein a longitudinal axis of the roller is transverse to the docking direction;
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- the mobile robot, wherein the mobile robot comprises a pad holder configured to receive a fabric pad for removing debris from a floor surface and trapping the debris,
- wherein the roller is arranged to contact the fabric pad when the mobile robot is docked at the cleaning station for a pad washing routine, and
- wherein at least one of the cleaning station or the mobile robot is configured to cause relative translation between the fabric pad and the roller along the docking direction during the pad washing routine.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.