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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2025
Filed:
May. 13, 2022
Applicant:
Irobot Corporation, Bedford, MA (US);
Inventors:
Brian W. Doughty, Framingham, MA (US);
Isaac Fowler, Boston, MA (US);
Leo Torrente, Somerville, MA (US);
Vincent Andrew Wolff, Norfolk, MA (US);
Assignee:
iRobot Corporation, Bedford, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 9/00 (2006.01); A47L 9/06 (2006.01); A47L 9/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 9/0063 (2013.01); A47L 9/0673 (2013.01); A47L 9/2852 (2013.01); A47L 9/2873 (2013.01); A47L 2201/028 (2013.01); A47L 2201/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
A docking station for a mobile cleaning robot can include a housing. The housing can define or comprise a pad receptacle and a pad dispenser. The pad receptacle can be configured to receive a soiled pad from a pad tray of the mobile cleaning robot. The pad dispenser can be configured to provide a fresh pad to the pad tray of the mobile cleaning robot.