Evacuation station with debris separation
AssigneeiRobot Corporation
InventorsErik Amaral, Charles Hudson
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Abstract
A docking station for a mobile cleaning robot can include a base configured to receive at least a portion of the mobile cleaning robot thereon, where the base can include a debris port. The docking station can include a canister connected to the base and located at least partially above the base. The canister can include a debris bin to receive debris from the mobile cleaning robot. The canister can include a debris duct connected to the debris port and to the debris bin. The canister can include a debris collector connected to the debris duct upstream of the debris bin, where the debris collector can collect debris from a debris airstream of the debris duct.
Claims20
A docking station for a mobile cleaning robot, the docking station comprising:
- a base configured to receive at least a portion of the mobile cleaning robot thereon, the base including a debris port;
- a canister connected to the base and located at least partially above the base, the canister comprising:
- a debris bin to receive debris from the mobile cleaning robot;
- a debris duct connected to the debris port and to the debris bin;
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- a debris collector connected to the debris duct upstream of the debris bin, the debris collector configured to collect debris from a debris airstream of the debris duct;
- a sensor connected to the debris collector and configured to generate a debris signal based on debris in or passing through the debris collector;
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- a controller configured to operate the debris collector based on the debris signal.
A docking station for a mobile cleaning robot, the docking station comprising:
- a base configured to receive at least a portion of the mobile cleaning robot thereon, the base including a debris port;
- a canister connected to the base and located at least partially above the base, the canister comprising:
- a debris bin to receive debris from the mobile cleaning robot;
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- a debris collector connected to the debris bin, the debris collector configured to collect debris from a debris airstream from the mobile cleaning robot;
- a sensor connected to the debris collector and configured to generate a debris signal based on debris in or passing through the debris collector;
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- a controller configured to operate the debris collector based on the debris signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.