Vacuum cleaner docking station
AssigneeTechtronic Floor Care Technology Limited
InventorsKirti Kant Paulla, Omar Osuna, Damian Jenks, Patrick Diana
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Abstract
A vacuum cleaner docking station includes a separator and a dock. A fluid flow path extends through a receiving portion of the dock, an airflow source of the dock, a dock debris collector, and a dock air outlet. The dock and the separator are coupled having the separator in fluid communication with a dock air outlet and a debris outlet of the separator in fluid communication with the dock debris collector such that the airflow generated by the airflow source of the dock travels through the debris outlet of the separator along the fluid flow path into the dock debris collector.
Claims27
A vacuum cleaner docking station comprising:
- a separator operable to separate debris from a suction airflow when connected to a vacuum cleaner, the separator including a dirty air inlet, a clean air outlet, and a separator debris collector having a debris outlet;
- a dock, the separator removably coupled to the dock, the dock further including
- a receiving portion in fluid communication with the separator debris collector when the separator is coupled to the dock,
- a dock air outlet,
- an airflow source operable to generate an airflow along a fluid flow path that extends from the debris outlet of the separator to the dock air outlet, and
- a dock debris collector along the fluid flow path downstream of the receiving portion,
- a first power supply configured to provide a voltage to operate the airflow source;
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- a second power supply configured to provide a voltage to operate the airflow source when the first power supply is not available or energized, the second power supply including a DC-to-AC inverter.
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