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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2012
Benedict Nicholas Samuels, Malmesbury, GB;
Mark Stamford Vanderstegen-drake, Malmesbury, GB;
Andre David Brown, Malmesbury, GB;
James Dyson, Malmesbury, GB;
Benedict Nicholas Samuels, Malmesbury, GB;
Mark Stamford Vanderstegen-Drake, Malmesbury, GB;
Andre David Brown, Malmesbury, GB;
James Dyson, Malmesbury, GB;
Dyson Technology Limited, Malmesbury, Wiltshire, GB;
Abstract
An autonomous vacuum cleaner having a bump detection system, the vacuum cleaner comprising a chassis having traction means for supporting the chassis on a surface and a cleaner head defining a dirty air inlet, and a body carried on the chassis and being movable relative to it in response to a collision with an obstacle, the body including at least one of an airflow generator for generating an airflow along an airflow path from the dirty air inlet to a clean air outlet and a separating apparatus positioned in the airflow path to separate dirt from the air, wherein the vacuum cleaner further comprises sensing means for sensing relative movement between the chassis and the body.