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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2021
Applicant:
Irobot Corporation, Bedford, MA (US);
Inventor:
Matthew Blouin, Townsend, MA (US);
Assignee:
iRobot Corporation, Bedford, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 9/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 9/0477 (2013.01); A47L 9/0427 (2013.01); A47L 9/0455 (2013.01);
Abstract
A rotating cleaning element configured to be inserted in a cleaning head compartment of a robotic vacuum, the rotating cleaning element including: a drive end including a drive protrusion configured to engage a drive mechanism of the cleaning head compartment; a bearing end and a shroud configured to surround at least a portion of the bearing end to lessen an amount of hair and similar matter that reaches the bearing; and a central member extending between the bearing end and the drive end.