Bissell Inc.

Whirlpool Corporation

Bissell Homecare, Inc.

Adam R Brown

Eric Daniel Buehler

Eamon C Lyons

James J Beaudreault

Christopher A Gregory

Matthew B Conn

Nicholas Koukourakis

Jeffrey A Scholten

Gregory A Ferro

Gaurav Bhardwaj

Pushkar P Gijare

Thibaut Viguier

Jake Andrew Mohan

Derek Everett Smith

Mark W Schulz

Steve M Johnson

Todd Vantongeren

Andrew S Lawrence

Lucien Bourbeau

David VanKampen

An autonomous floor cleaner can include a brush chamber, a brushroll rotatably mounted in the brush chamber, a controller adapted to control the operation of the autonomous floor cleaner, and a fluid delivery system with a supply tank and at least one fluid distributor configured to deposit cleaning fluid onto a surface to be cleaned.

Robotic cleaner with sweeper and rotating dusting pads

A room air purifier has a body with a frame at least partially defining an interior chamber and an opening to the chamber. A purification mechanism in the chamber includes one or more filters and one or more blowers. A panel is configured to removably mount to the body and cover the opening to the chamber. A base mounted to the body, and each leg of a set of legs is mounted to the base. A nonwoven fabric portion covers at least part of the body. The blower when activated generates an inflow through the nonwoven fabric portion and a filter, and an outflow though the body, all while hidden from view in what to an observer looks like an article of furniture.

Air purifier in a furniture article

A system and method for selectively manually controlling an autonomous floor cleaner includes an autonomous floor cleaner and a remote control device, such as a smartphone. The smartphone can have a downloaded application for controlling one or more functions of the cleaning robot, including manually directing the movement of the cleaning robot.

Method and system for manual control of autonomous floor cleaner

An autonomous floor cleaning system includes an interlock for physically interlocking an autonomous floor cleaner with a docking station. The interlock selectively engages when the robot is docked at the docking station, and can automatically engage as when a predefined locking criterion is met. The interlock can remain engaged until a predefined unlocking criterion is met. Methods for docking an autonomous floor cleaner with a docking station are disclosed.

Autonomous floor cleaner and docking station

An autonomous floor cleaner can include a housing, a drive system for autonomously moving the housing over the surface to be cleaned, a controller for controlling the operation of the autonomous floor cleaner, and warning system for issuing a warning based on the detection of moisture inside the robot. Methods for issuing a warning are disclosed.

Autonomous floor cleaner with moisture warning

A system for refilling, emptying and/or recharging of an autonomous floor cleaner includes a docking station adapted to be coupled with a household plumbing infrastructure. The docking station can be provided on a household appliance, which may be a toilet, a dishwasher, or another appliance coupled with the plumbing infrastructure.

Supply and/or disposal system for autonomous floor cleaner

An autonomous floor cleaner can include a brush chamber, a brushroll rotatably mounted in the brush chamber, a controller for controlling the operation of the autonomous floor cleaner; and a fluid delivery system with a supply tank and at least one fluid distributor configured to deposit cleaning fluid onto a surface to be cleaned.

An autonomous floor cleaner can include a housing, a drive system for autonomously moving the housing over the surface to be cleaned, a controller for controlling the operation of the autonomous floor cleaner, and warning system for issuing an audible warning based on an orientation or operational condition of the robot. Methods for issuing an audible warning are disclosed.

Autonomous floor cleaner with audible warning

Supply and/or disposal system for autonomous deep cleaner

A laundry treating appliance includes a cabinet, a treating chamber, and a treating chemistry dispenser provided with the cabinet and fluidly coupled to the treating chamber. The dispenser includes at least one dispenser pocket having a domed bottom and a side wall extending upwardly from the domed bottom. A plurality of outlets for a water/chemistry mixture can be defined between the domed bottom and the side wall. An angled inlet duct can project into the dispenser pocket in opposition to the domed bottom.

Laundry treating appliance with dispenser having domed bottom

Fabric care appliance

A laundry treating appliance includes a cabinet, a treating chamber, and a treating chemistry dispenser provided with the cabinet and fluidly coupled to the treating chamber. The dispenser includes multiple compartments for treating chemistry, including multiple powder chemistry compartments and multiple liquid chemistry compartments. A cover for the dispenser includes a first lid selectively covering the multiple power chemistry compartments and a second lid selectively covering the multiple liquid chemistry compartments.

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Stevensville, MI, United States of America

Adam R Brown