Patent classifications
A47L9/30
SURFACE CLEANING HEAD WITH DUAL ROTATING AGITATORS
- Steven Paul CARTER ,
- Adam Udy ,
- Catriona A. SUTTER ,
- Christopher PINCHES ,
- David S. CLARE ,
- Andre David BROWN ,
- John FREESE ,
- Patrick CLEARY ,
- Alexander CALVINO ,
- Lee COTTRELL ,
- Daniel MEYER ,
- Daniel John INNES ,
- David JALBERT ,
- Jason THORNE ,
- Peter HUTCHINSON ,
- Gordon HOWES ,
- Nancy GAO WENXIU ,
- David WU ,
- David W. POIRER
A surface cleaning head with dual rotating agitators (e.g., a leading roller and a brush roll) may be used to facilitate capturing of debris in the air flow into a suction conduit on the underside of the surface cleaning head. The leading roller is generally positioned adjacent to and in advance of the opening of the suction conduit. The rotating brush roll may be located in the suction conduit with the leading roller located in front of and spaced from the brush roll, forming an inter-roller air passageway therebetween. The leading roller may provide a softer cleaning element than the brush roll and may also have an outside diameter that is less than the outside diameter of the brush roll. The surface cleaning head may also include debriding protrusions contacting the leading roller and/or a leading bumper that extends in front of the leading roller.
SURFACE CLEANING HEAD WITH DUAL ROTATING AGITATORS
- Steven Paul CARTER ,
- Adam Udy ,
- Catriona A. SUTTER ,
- Christopher PINCHES ,
- David S. CLARE ,
- Andre David BROWN ,
- John FREESE ,
- Patrick CLEARY ,
- Alexander CALVINO ,
- Lee COTTRELL ,
- Daniel MEYER ,
- Daniel John INNES ,
- David JALBERT ,
- Jason THORNE ,
- Peter HUTCHINSON ,
- Gordon HOWES ,
- Nancy GAO WENXIU ,
- David WU ,
- David W. POIRER
A surface cleaning head with dual rotating agitators (e.g., a leading roller and a brush roll) may be used to facilitate capturing of debris in the air flow into a suction conduit on the underside of the surface cleaning head. The leading roller is generally positioned adjacent to and in advance of the opening of the suction conduit. The rotating brush roll may be located in the suction conduit with the leading roller located in front of and spaced from the brush roll, forming an inter-roller air passageway therebetween. The leading roller may provide a softer cleaning element than the brush roll and may also have an outside diameter that is less than the outside diameter of the brush roll. The surface cleaning head may also include debriding protrusions contacting the leading roller and/or a leading bumper that extends in front of the leading roller.
Electrical equipment dust collection system
The electrical equipment dust collection system may comprise a cover panel, a vacuum port, a blow gun, a handle, and a light strip. The electrical equipment dust collection system may be a tool for removing dust from electrical equipment located inside of an equipment enclosure. The cover panel may be adapted to cover an open side of the equipment enclosure. An air hose fitting on the blow gun may be adapted to removably couple to a source of compressed air and the blow gun may direct a stream of air at the electrical equipment such that the dust is dislodged from the electrical equipment. A vacuum fitting on the vacuum port may be adapted to removably couple to a vacuum hose of a vacuum cleaner such that the vacuum cleaner may suction the dust out of the equipment enclosure.
Electrical equipment dust collection system
The electrical equipment dust collection system may comprise a cover panel, a vacuum port, a blow gun, a handle, and a light strip. The electrical equipment dust collection system may be a tool for removing dust from electrical equipment located inside of an equipment enclosure. The cover panel may be adapted to cover an open side of the equipment enclosure. An air hose fitting on the blow gun may be adapted to removably couple to a source of compressed air and the blow gun may direct a stream of air at the electrical equipment such that the dust is dislodged from the electrical equipment. A vacuum fitting on the vacuum port may be adapted to removably couple to a vacuum hose of a vacuum cleaner such that the vacuum cleaner may suction the dust out of the equipment enclosure.
Vacuum cleaner attachment with floating cleaning element and surface cleaning apparatus including the same
A vacuum cleaner attachment generally includes a cleaning element that floats relative to a suction conduit of the vacuum cleaner attachment. The cleaning element is supported on a support structure that is movably coupled to a housing and is biased towards a floor, for example, as a result of the weight of the cleaning element support structure. The cleaning element may be permanently attached to the support structure or may be a removable or disposable pad or sheet attached to the support structure. The floating cleaning element may be supported between the suction conduit and one or more wheels of the vacuum cleaner attachment. The vacuum cleaner attachment may be removably attached to a vacuum cleaner, for example, to be used interchangeably with other surface cleaning heads.
Vacuum cleaner attachment with floating cleaning element and surface cleaning apparatus including the same
A vacuum cleaner attachment generally includes a cleaning element that floats relative to a suction conduit of the vacuum cleaner attachment. The cleaning element is supported on a support structure that is movably coupled to a housing and is biased towards a floor, for example, as a result of the weight of the cleaning element support structure. The cleaning element may be permanently attached to the support structure or may be a removable or disposable pad or sheet attached to the support structure. The floating cleaning element may be supported between the suction conduit and one or more wheels of the vacuum cleaner attachment. The vacuum cleaner attachment may be removably attached to a vacuum cleaner, for example, to be used interchangeably with other surface cleaning heads.
MOBILE ROBOT AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR
The present specification relates to a mobile robot and a control method therefore, in which the mobile robot generates virtual floor surface information about a travelling environment by accumulating, for a certain time, the results of sensing via a camera sensor to improve the accuracy of obstacle detection using the camera sensor, detects whether or not there is an obstacle in the travelling environment, on the basis of the floor surface information, and controls travel according to the result of the detection.
ROBOT CLEANER AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME
Disclosed is a robot cleaner including a light source for irradiating light, a sensor for sensing that the light irradiated from the light source is reflected, and a controller that processes an image using the light sensed by the sensor to calculate a distance value of an individual location of the corresponding image, wherein it is determined that there is an obstacle when there is a dead zone in the image processed by the controller.
ROBOT CLEANER AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME
Disclosed is a robot cleaner including a light source for irradiating light, a sensor for sensing that the light irradiated from the light source is reflected, and a controller that processes an image using the light sensed by the sensor to calculate a distance value of an individual location of the corresponding image, wherein it is determined that there is an obstacle when there is a dead zone in the image processed by the controller.
Cleaning device with lights
A cleaning device includes a cleaning device body and a replacement head. The cleaning device body includes an elongated handle, a housing and a replacement head mounting section. The replacement head has a pad that is intended to clean a surface, such as a floor and is removably attachable to the cleaning device body. The housing includes a circuit board having at least one sensor capable of sensing motion. The handle includes at least one button that can turn on/off either a vacuum source or a jet nozzle that sprays cleaner fluid. The cleaning device body further includes at least one light mounted thereon. The at least one light is illuminated when the button is pressed and then the at least one light remains illuminated until a predetermined amount of time has passed during which neither the button has not been pressed nor motion sensed by the sensor.