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Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2026

Filed:

Sep. 22, 2021
Applicant:

Dyson Technology Limited, Wiltshire, GB;

Inventors:

Robert Matthew Stringer, Swindon, GB;

Gemma Mcluckie, Poole, GB;

Michael Joseph Mathers, Bath, GB;

Stefan Koch, Dorset, GB;

Assignee:

Dyson Technology Limited, Malmesbury, GB;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 9/00 (2006.01); A47L 9/14 (2006.01); A47L 9/20 (2006.01); A47L 9/28 (2006.01); A61L 2/08 (2026.01); A61L 2/084 (2026.01); A61L 2/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 9/0063 (2013.01); A47L 9/1409 (2013.01); A47L 9/20 (2013.01); A47L 9/2805 (2013.01); A47L 9/2847 (2013.01); A47L 9/2873 (2013.01); A47L 9/2894 (2013.01); A61L 2/084 (2013.01); A61L 2/24 (2013.01); A47L 2201/022 (2013.01); A47L 2201/028 (2013.01); A61L 2202/11 (2013.01); A61L 2202/14 (2013.01);
Abstract

A docking station is provided for allowing decontaminating parts of a floor care device. The floor care device includes at least one part that is susceptible to contamination when the floor care device is used in a floor care mode. The method may include detecting a transition of the floor care device to a park mode, and in response thereto, executing a decontamination program, the decontamination program including emitting light in a violet portion of the visual spectrum and thereby illuminating the at least one part for the decontamination thereof.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Stringer, Robert. (2026). Self-cleaning vacuum cleaner (U.S. Patent No. 12582274). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12582274

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