A47L9/0466

Vacuum Cleaner and Cleaning Accessory for a Vacuum Cleaner
20230270301 · 2023-08-31 ·

A cleaning accessory for a vacuum cleaner comprises a housing having a first air inlet on an underside of the housing and an air outlet and a first airflow path between the first air inlet and the air outlet. The cleaning accessory also comprises at least one cleaning brush having at least one flexible cleaning element projecting outwards from a side of the housing. The cleaning accessory also comprises at least one side air inlet on the side of the housing and a second airflow path between the at least one side inlet and the air outlet. The at least one flexible cleaning element is arranged to engage a surface to be cleaned adjacent to the at least one side air inlet.

Modular robot

A coverage robot including a chassis, multiple drive wheel assemblies disposed on the chassis, and a cleaning assembly carried by the chassis. Each drive wheel assembly including a drive wheel assembly housing, a wheel rotatably coupled to the housing, and a wheel drive motor carried by the drive wheel assembly housing and operable to drive the wheel. The cleaning assembly including a cleaning assembly housing, a cleaning head rotatably coupled to the cleaning assembly housing, and a cleaning drive motor carried by cleaning assembly housing and operable to drive the cleaning head. The wheel assemblies and the cleaning assembly are each separately and independently removable from respective receptacles of the chassis as complete units.

CLEANER

A cleaner includes: a main body; a connection pipe having one end connectible to the main body; and a brush head connectible to an other end of the connection pipe The brush head includes: an suction inlet formed therein, a drum brush detachably installed inside the brush head, a driver configured to drive the drum brush; a suction chamber formed inside the brush head and communicating with the suction inlet; a first cover covering one side of the brush head, the first cover having an inlet formed therein and through which air enters inside of the drum brush is formed in the first cover; and a second cover covering an other side of the brush head to seal inside of the brush head, the second cover having an outlet duct formed therein through which air cooled the inside of the drum brush is discharged to the suction chamber.

Robotic vacuum cleaner with at least one fixed side cleaning member
11717121 · 2023-08-08 · ·

A robotic vacuum cleaner includes a main body having an underside configured to face a surface to be cleaned, a suction opening that opens into the underside of the main body and extending transversely to a main direction of travel of the robotic vacuum cleaner; and a first side cleaning member attached at a fixed location on a front part of the main body and located adjacent a first side edge of the main body, the first side cleaning member having a first cleaning part which is flexible and is configured to direct waste, which comes into contact with the first cleaning part when the robotic vacuum cleaner moves in the main direction of travel, toward the suction opening.

Vacuum Cleaner and Cleaning Accessory for a Vacuum Cleaner
20230240491 · 2023-08-03 ·

A cleaning accessory for a vacuum cleaner comprises a housing. A rotatable cleaning brush is rotatably mounted to the housing. The rotatable cleaning brush has at least one flexible cleaning element projecting outwards from a side of the housing. The at least one flexible cleaning element is configured to rotate and engage with a surface to be cleaned. A dirt deflector projects from the side of the housing and is configured to surround at least part of the perimeter of the rotatable cleaning brush.

Hand carryable surface cleaning apparatus

A hand vacuum cleaner has a cyclone, a suction motor and fan assembly downstream of the cyclone and a post motor filter downstream of the suction motor and fan assembly. The post-motor filter housing has an openable bottom panel provided in the lower end of the hand vacuum cleaner.

Hand-held surface cleaning device

In general, the present disclosure is directed to a hand-held surface cleaning device that includes a relatively compact form-factor to allow users to store the same in a nearby location (e.g., in a drawer, in an associated charging dock, on a table top) for easy access to perform relatively small cleaning tasks that would otherwise require retrieving a full-size vacuum from storage. A hand-held surface cleaning device consistent with aspects of the present disclosure includes a body (or body portion) with a motor, power source and dust cup disposed therein. The body portion also functions as a handgrip to allow the hand-held surface cleaning device to be operated by one hand, for example.

Hand carryable surface cleaning apparatus

A hand vacuum cleaner has a main body having an upper end having a dirty air inlet conduit and a handle. The handle has a hand grip portion that extends upwardly and forwardly. An assembly comprising an air treatment member and a pre-motor filter media is removably mounted to the main body.

CORDLESS VACUUM CLEANER IN WHICH CLEANER BODY AND BRUSH DEVICE ARE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE

Provided is a cordless vacuum cleaner including a cleaner body including a first processor configured to control an operation of a first switching device connected to a signal line to transmit a first signal to a brush device through the signal line and receive a second signal from the brush device through the signal line, and the brush device including a second processor configured to control an operation of a second switching device connected to the signal line to transmit the second signal to the cleaner body through the signal line and receive the first signal from the cleaner body through the signal line.

CLEANING HEADS OF A SUCTION CLEANING APPARATUS AND SUCTION APPARATUSES COMPRISING SAME
20230329493 · 2023-10-19 ·

A cleaning head (100) of a suction cleaning apparatus (10) comprising a brush head (140) configured for agitation cleaning during suction cleaning and the suction cleaning apparatus (10) comprising the cleaning head (100) are disclosed. The cleaning head (100) comprises a tubular housing comprising an inlet portion (122) including an inlet nozzle (132) which extends along a centre axis defining an axial direction, an outlet portion (124) having an outlet end, and an intermediate portion (126) interconnecting the inlet portion (122) and the outlet portion (124); the brush head (140) comprising a plurality of bristles (142) arranged to form a bristle skirt having a forward end; and a motor (152) configured to drive the brush head (140) to rotate or oscillate about a rotation axis.