The present application provides a docking station including a cleaning system disposed in a base thereof. The cleaning system includes a cutting chamber, an upper end cover, and a lower end cover; and the cutting chamber is configured to receive a to-be-cleaned object, and the upper end cover is detachably connected to an upper end of the cutting chamber; the lower end cover is disposed at a lower end of the cutting chamber and rotatably connected with the cutting chamber; the to-be-cleaned object is detachably fixed to the lower end cover; and a blade assembly configured to clean the to-be-cleaned object is provided at an inner wall of the cutting chamber. The docking station may clean the to-be-cleaned object, such as a roller brush of a robot cleaner, while charging the robot cleaner, which provides an auxiliary function, extends the applicability and is more convenient for home use.

A docking station for a robotic cleaner may include a base, a docking station dust cup removably coupled to the base, a latch actuatable between a retaining position and a release position, and a release system configured to actuate the latch between the retaining and release positions. The docking station dust cup may be removable from the base in response to a pivotal movement of the docking station dust cup relative to the base about a pivot point. The latch may be horizontally spaced apart from the pivot point, wherein, when the latch is in the retaining position, pivotal movement of the docking station dust cup is substantially prevented.

A vacuum cleaner including a housing, a suction inlet, a suction source, a collector and a filtering unit. The housing includes a suction airflow through the housing. The suction source draws the suction airflow through the suction inlet. The collector receives debris separated from the suction airflow and is disposed between the suction inlet and the suction source. The filtering unit includes a filter, a retractable member, and a biasing member, where the retractable member is operable in directions towards and away from the filter for supplying momentary impact to the filter for providing agitations to rid the filter from debris. The biasing member urges the retractable member towards the filter.

This document describes a mobile cleaning robot including a chassis having a forward portion and an aft portion; a blower affixed to the chassis; a bin supported by the chassis and configured to receive airflow from the blower, the chassis enabling evacuation of the bin through a bottom of the robot. The bin includes a top, a bottom, a sidewall, and an internal barrier. The bin includes a first volume and a second volume separated by the internal barrier and a filter unit supported by the internal barrier and removably disposed in an airflow path between the first volume that includes an intake port in the bin and the second volume that includes an exhaust port in the bin.

A dust collecting device with an extendible and flexible air tube including a housing, a cover, an air tube, a dust collecting head, a filter material and a gas guiding device. The cover is detachably disposed on the housing and has an accommodating groove. The air tube is positioned in the accommodating groove and extendible and flexible, the air tube is capable of being extended to outside the accommodating groove and retracted to be accommodated in the accommodating groove, and a bending angle and an extension direction of the air tube is changeable by flexibility. The dust collecting head is disposed at the air tube, and is positioned in the accommodating groove when the air tube is shortened to be accommodated in the accommodating groove. The filter material is disposed inside the housing and close to the cover. The gas guiding device is disposed inside the housing.

A self-cleaning dust cylinder assembly, including a dust collection assembly, a filter and a cleaning assembly. The dust collection assembly includes a dust collection cylinder, the upper end of the dust collection cylinder is provided with an opening, and the lower end of the dust collection cylinder is provided with a dust suction port. The filter inlet side of the filter is located above the dust suction port, and the filter outlet side is connected to the opening of the dust collection cylinder. The cleaning assembly includes a cleaning brush, and the cleaning brush is installed in the dust collection cylinder and cleans the filter with the movement of the dust collection cylinder, so as to clean the dust stains and other garbage attached on the filter into the dust collection cylinder.

An environmental control unit comprises a housing, a vacuum cleaner, a filtration unit, and a blower. The vacuum cleaner is positioned in the housing and is configured to receive a tool contaminant stream produced by at least one tool. The vacuum cleaner filters particulate matter from the tool contaminant stream, thereby producing a filtered air stream. The filtration unit is also positioned within the housing and comprises at least one filter. The blower is positioned within the housing downstream of the filtration unit. The blower is configured to create negative air pressure within the second compartment to draw an area contaminant stream from an exterior of the environmental control unit into the housing. A second blower may also be present. The blower draws the filtered air stream and the area contaminant stream through the at least one filter in the filtration unit to produce a filtered mixture stream.

A debris receptacle for a router table includes an enclosure configured to be attached to the router table. The enclosure defines an interior sized and shaped to receive a router. The enclosure defines a debris inlet aperture in fluid communication with a router bit aperture of the work platform so that the interior receives the debris from router bit aperture via the debris inlet aperture. The enclosure also defines a debris outlet aperture in fluid communication with a dust collector to remove debris from the interior. The enclosure further defines an air inlet aperture in fluid communication with air in an environment outside the enclosure. The debris receptacle also includes an air intake conduit for fluidly coupling the air inlet aperture to an air inlet of the router, thereby enabling the router to draw air into the router from the environment outside the enclosure to cool the router.

A surface cleaning apparatus comprises a brushroll that rotates about an axis. The brushroll defines a cylindrical portion and the axis extends centrally through the cylindrical portion. The brushroll also includes a rib that extends in a direction away from the axis. The rib includes a face extending along a line that is collinear with a secant through the cylindrical portion. A brush member extends from the face.

An example of a vacuum pod may include a handle, a vacuum pod body, a dust cup removably coupled to the vacuum pod body, and a fluid conduit fluidly coupled to the dust cup. The fluid conduit may include a flexible hose configured to transition between an expanded and a retracted position and a coupling configured to be removably coupled to the vacuum pod body. A first end of the flexible hose may be coupled to the vacuum pod body and a second end of the flexible hose may be coupled to the coupling. When the coupling is coupled to the vacuum pod body, the flexible hose may be in the retracted position.