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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2023
Irobot Corporation, Bedford, MA (US);
Timothy R. Ohm, Grover Beach, CA (US);
Travis Gschrey, Billerica, MA (US);
Douglas Dell'accio, Boston, MA (US);
Winston Heinrichs, Brighton, MA (US);
Eleanor Foltan, Nashua, NH (US);
Eric Wallace, Andover, MA (US);
iRobot Corporation, Bedford, MA (US);
Abstract
A docking station for a mobile cleaning robot can include a base, a housing, and a pad cleaning system. The base can be configured to receive the mobile cleaning robot. The housing can be connected to the base. The pad cleaning system can be connected to the housing and can include a reservoir configured to retain liquid therein. The pad cleaning system can also include an agitator located at least partially within the reservoir. The agitator can be engageable with a cleaning pad of the mobile cleaning robot.