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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2002
Johan Frederik Dijksman, Eindhoven, NL;
Marinus Josephus Jakobus Dona, Eindhoven, NL;
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The invention relates to a robot vacuum cleaner for cleaning surfaces ( ), which robot vacuum cleaner is provided with a housing ( ), a suction unit ( ) accommodated in the housing, a suction nozzle ( ) mounted to the housing so as to be present near the surface in operation, a motor-drivable wheel system ( ) by which the housing can be displaced over the surface, and an electrical control unit ( ) for controlling a displacement of the housing generated by the wheel system. According to the invention, the displacement of the housing controlled by the control unit ( ) includes a substantially cycloid movement brought about by a rolling movement of an imaginary rolling circle ( ) along an imaginary line of displacement ( ) of the housing over the surface, the imaginary rolling circle extending parallel to the surface ( ) and being fixed with respect to the housing ( ), and the suction nozzle ( ) being eccentrically arranged with respect to the rolling circle. As a result, the width of the track cleaned by the suction nozzle during the displacement of the robot along the line of displacement is considerably larger than the main dimension (W ) of the suction nozzle.