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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2005
Thomas Jaworski, Racine, WI (US);
Jeffrey L. Harwig, New Berlin, WI (US);
Mark M. Gipp, Racine, WI (US);
Kathleen M. Laru, Racine, WI (US);
Seakee Chen, Guangzhou, Guangdon Province, CN;
Fukyuen Cheng, Ngau Tau Kok, Kowloon, HK;
Kamfong Tam, Sai Wan Ho, HK;
Thomas Jaworski, Racine, WI (US);
Jeffrey L. Harwig, New Berlin, WI (US);
Mark M. Gipp, Racine, WI (US);
Kathleen M. Laru, Racine, WI (US);
Seakee Chen, Guangzhou, Guangdon Province, CN;
Fukyuen Cheng, Ngau Tau Kok, Kowloon, HK;
Kamfong Tam, Sai Wan Ho, HK;
S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc., Racine, WI (US);
Abstract
A robotic surface treating device that can perform carpet sweeping, hard-surface dry sweeping/wiping, and hard-surface sweeping/mopping is disclosed. The robotic surface treating device includes a sweeper brush, a dust bin for collecting debris from the brush, a reel-to-reel sheet of cleaning material, and a fluid delivery system for delivering fluid from a fluid reservoir onto the sheet of cleaning material and/or onto the surface to be treated. The dust bin, reel-to-reel sheet of cleaning material, and the fluid reservoir are separately installed from the top of the device, and may be separately removed for replacement.