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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2005
Applicants:
Geoffrey Robert Hammond, Hull, GB;
Lawrence T. Levine, Fairfield, CT (US);
Lamson Nguyen, Somerset, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Geoffrey Robert Hammond, Hull, GB;
Lawrence T. Levine, Fairfield, CT (US);
Lamson Nguyen, Somerset, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Reckitt Benckiser (UK) Limited, Berkshire, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 11/00 (2006.01); A47L 11/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A cleaning device () incorporates drive means () and cleaning means (), wherein the drive means () are operable to drive the cleaning means () across a surface to be cleaned, and wherein the drive means () are operable to adopt first and second driving modes, the first driving mode being a travelling mode and the second driving mode being a turning mode, wherein locking means () of the drive means () allow selection between the first and second driving modes.