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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2021
Filed:
May. 20, 2020
Applicant:
Irobot Corporation, Bedford, MA (US);
Inventor:
Stephen A. Hickey, Somerville, MA (US);
Assignee:
iRobot Corporation, Bedford, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 9/04 (2006.01); A47L 9/14 (2006.01); A47L 9/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 9/0686 (2013.01); A47L 9/0606 (2013.01); A47L 9/0673 (2013.01); A47L 9/1418 (2013.01); A47L 9/1427 (2013.01); A47L 9/1481 (2013.01); A47L 2201/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure provides, in one aspect, a debris collection device for an autonomous cleaning robot includes a cleaning pad portion configured to contact a floor surface. The cleaning pad portion includes a backing and at least one cleaning pad connected to a bottom surface of the backing. The autonomous cleaning robot includes a vacuum bag portion configured to collect at least a portion of debris removed from the floor surface by a vacuum assembly of the autonomous cleaning robot. A volume of the vacuum bag portion is positioned vertically above the cleaning pad portion.