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Title:
AUTONOMOUS ROBOT FOR THE CLEANING OF A FLOORING SURFACE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2006046049
Kind Code:
A8
Abstract:
An improved autonomous robot (100) for the cleaning of a flooring surface, particularly for the mopping of a floor surface wich comprises a chassis (12) bearing a pair of drive wheels (14, 16) wich may be independently operated, said chassis having a forward portion (18) forward of the drive wheels, and a rearward portion (20) rearward of the two drive wheels, a plurality of brush elements (22) depending from a forward portion (18) of the chassis, a housing (28), a power source (30), a controller interface (42) having one or more user controllable interface elements (44, 46) for modifying the operative characteristics of the robot, a control means (32) for controlling the operative characteristics of the robots, a tank (51) within the housing, a fluid manifold (64) in fluid communication with the contents of the tank, and a carrier plate (80) depending from the rearward portion (20) of the chassis (12) wich carrier plate comprises a floor treatment means (52).

Inventors:
BURT DIANE JOYCE (US)
LEVINE LAWRENCE T (US)
MAYES ALEXANDER W (US)
NGUYEN LAMSON (US)
Application Number:
PCT/GB2005/004160
Publication Date:
August 21, 2008
Filing Date:
October 27, 2005
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Assignee:
RECKITT BENCKISER INC (US)
RECKITT BENCKISER UK LTD (GB)
BURT DIANE JOYCE (US)
LEVINE LAWRENCE T (US)
MAYES ALEXANDER W (US)
NGUYEN LAMSON (US)
International Classes:
A47L11/40; A47L11/284; B65D83/00
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