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US 7,346,428 B1Granted
Robotic sweeper cleaner with dusting pad
AssigneeBISSELL Homecare, Inc.
InventorsEric C. Huffman, Jonathon L. Miner
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Abstract
An autonomously movable home cleaning robot that incorporates a sweeper and dust bin as well as a dusting assembly in tandem in the direction of movement of the robot.
Claims12
An autonomously movable home cleaning robot comprising:
- a base housing;
- a drive system mounted to said base housing, said drive system adapted to autonomously move said base housing on a substantially horizontal surface having boundaries;
- a computer processing unit for storing, receiving and transmitting data, said computer processing unit associated with said base housing;
- a sweeper aperture and a rotary driven brush mounted for rotation in the sweeper aperture for removing debris particles from the surface;
- a dust bin in close communication with the sweeper aperture for receiving the debris particles removed from the surface and moved into the dust bin by the brush;
- a power source connected to said drive system and said computer processing unit whereby said computer processing unit directs horizontal movement of said base housing in a predetermined direction within the boundaries of the surface to be cleaned based upon input data defining said boundaries;
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- a dusting assembly for removing dust from the surface to be cleaned and mounted to an underside of the base housing in a rearward position relative to the sweeper aperture with respect to the predetermined direction for removing dust not removed from the surface to be cleaned by the brush.
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