Title:
AN AUTONOMOUS MOBILE ROBOT FOR CLEANING WITH A FRONT ROLLER IN A FIRST HORIZONTAL PLANE POSITIONED ABOVE A SECOND HORIZONTAL PLANE OF A REAR ROLLER
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2012/149575
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
An autonomous mobile robot comprise: a chassis having a drive system mounted therein in communication with a control system; a cleaning head assembly having a lower cage and mounted to the chassis; a debris collection bin mounted to the chassis; a vacuum airway having a vacuum inlet and an airway outlet positioned adjacent the debris collection bin, and configured to deliver debris from the cleaning head assembly to a debris collection bin, the vacuum airway extending between the cleaning assembly and debris collection bin and being in fluid communication with an impeller disposed within the debris collection bin; and a cleaning head module connected to the chassis and having a front roller including a front shape-changing resilient tube and an adjacent rear roller including a rear shape-changing resilient tube rotatably opposing therewith beneath the vacuum inlet. The surface of the front shape-changing tube and the surface rear shape-changing tube are separated by a narrowest air gap of less than 1 cm, such that the vacuum draw directed from the vacuum airway is concentrated within the narrowest air gap.
Inventors:
GILBERT DUANE LEIGH (US)
BURSAL FARUK HALIL (US)
THERRIEN RICHARD JOSEPH (US)
MORIN RUSSELL WALTER (US)
BURSAL FARUK HALIL (US)
THERRIEN RICHARD JOSEPH (US)
MORIN RUSSELL WALTER (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2012/035898
Publication Date:
March 21, 2013
Filing Date:
April 30, 2012
Export Citation:
Assignee:
IROBOT CORP (GB)
GILBERT DUANE LEIGH (US)
BURSAL FARUK HALIL (US)
THERRIEN RICHARD JOSEPH (US)
MORIN RUSSELL WALTER (US)
GILBERT DUANE LEIGH (US)
BURSAL FARUK HALIL (US)
THERRIEN RICHARD JOSEPH (US)
MORIN RUSSELL WALTER (US)
International Classes:
A47L9/04; A47L11/40
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Attorney, Agent or Firm:
KRUEGER, Brett, A. et al. (350 East Michigan AvenueSuite 30, Kalamazoo MI, US)
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