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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 21, 2021
Filed:
May. 23, 2018
Sharkninja Operating Llc, Needham, MA (US);
Steven Paul Carter, London, GB;
Adam Udy, Sutton, GB;
Catriona A. Sutter, Brookline, MA (US);
Christopher Pinches, Surrey, GB;
David S. Clare, London, GB;
Andre David Brown, Natick, MA (US);
John Freese, Chestnut Hill, MA (US);
Patrick Cleary, Allston, MA (US);
Alexander J. Calvino, Needham, MA (US);
Lee Cottrell, Newton, MA (US);
Daniel Meyer, Boston, MA (US);
Daniel John Innes, West Roxbury, MA (US);
David Jalbert, Needham, MA (US);
Jason B. Thorne, Wellesley Hills, MA (US);
Peter Hutchinson, Suzhou, CN;
Gordon Howes, Suzhou, CN;
Wenxiu Gao, Suzhou, CN;
David Wu, Needham, MA (US);
David W. Poirier, Lexington, MA (US);
Daniel R. Der Marderosian, Westwood, MA (US);
SharkNinja Operating LLC, Needham, MA (US);
Abstract
A robotic cleaner includes a housing, a suction conduit with an opening, and a leading roller mounted in front of a brush roll. An inter-roller air passageway may be defined between the leading roller and the brush roll wherein the lower portion of the leading roller is exposed to a flow path to the suction conduit and an upper portion of the leading roller is outside of the flow path. Optionally, a combing unit includes a plurality of combing protrusions extending into the leading roller and having leading edges not aligned with a center of the leading roller. Optionally, a sealing strip is located along a rear side of the opening and along a portion of left and right sides of the opening. The underside may define side edge vacuum passageways extending from the sides of the housing partially between the leading roller and the sealing strip towards the opening.