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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2012
Applicants:
Tucker Kuhe, Pittsford, NY (US);
Jennifer Smith, Beverly, MA (US);
Sam Duffley, Billerica, MA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
iRobot Corporation, Bedford, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 9/28 (2006.01); A47L 5/00 (2006.01); A47L 11/33 (2006.01); A47L 11/40 (2006.01); A47L 5/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 11/33 (2013.01); A47L 5/24 (2013.01); A47L 11/4025 (2013.01); A47L 2201/024 (2013.01);
Abstract
A cleaning system includes a robotic cleaner and an evacuation station. The robotic cleaner can dock with the evacuation station to have debris evacuated by the evacuation station. The robotic cleaner includes a bin to store debris, and the bin includes a port door through which the debris can be evacuated into the evacuation station. The evacuation station includes a vacuum motor to evacuate the bin of the robotic cleaner.