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公开(公告)号:US12220096B2
公开(公告)日:2025-02-11
申请号:US17966317
申请日:2022-10-14
Applicant: iRobot Corporation
Inventor: Duane Leigh Gilbert, Jr. , Faruk Halil Bursal , Richard Joseph Therrien , Russell Walter Morin
Abstract: An autonomous coverage robot includes a cleaning assembly having forward roller and rearward rollers counter-rotating with respect to each other. The rollers are arranged to substantially maintain a cross sectional area between the two rollers yet permitting collapsing therebetween as large debris is passed. Each roller includes a resilient elastomer outer tube and a partially air-occupied inner resilient core configured to bias the outer tube to rebound. The core includes a hub and resilient spokes extending between the inner surface of the outer tube and the hub. The spokes suspend the outer tube to float about the hub and transfer torque from the hub to the outer tube while allowing the outer tube to momentarily deform or move offset from the hub during impact with debris larger than the cross sectional area between the two rollers.
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公开(公告)号:US20230397785A1
公开(公告)日:2023-12-14
申请号:US17837676
申请日:2022-06-10
Applicant: iRobot Corporation
Inventor: Brian Cleve Benson, JR. , Russell Walter Morin , Robert Sasena
CPC classification number: A47L9/0673 , A47L9/2805 , B32B3/085 , B32B2432/00 , B32B3/04 , A47L2201/00 , B32B7/09
Abstract: A cleaning pad for a mobile cleaning robot can include a backing layer, a cleaning layer, and a card. The backing layer can be user-releasably securable to a pad tray of the mobile cleaning robot. The cleaning layer can be affixed to the backing layer and engageable with a floor surface. The card can be connected to at least one of the backing layer and the cleaning layer and can be engaged with the backing layer. The card can be slidably insertable into a retainer of the pad tray to align the cleaning pad with the pad tray of the mobile cleaning robot.
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公开(公告)号:US20230346182A1
公开(公告)日:2023-11-02
申请号:US18216763
申请日:2023-06-30
Applicant: iRobot Corporation
Inventor: Timothy R. Ohm , Erik Edward Steltz , Russell Walter Morin , Fangzheng Guo
CPC classification number: A47L9/066 , A47L7/009 , A47L9/009 , A47L9/2847 , A47L9/2852 , A47L11/28 , A47L11/4011 , A47L11/4036 , A47L11/4055 , A47L11/4061 , A47L11/4063 , A47L11/4072 , A47L2201/04 , A47L2201/06
Abstract: A mobile cleaning robot can include a body, a drive wheel, and a wheel stop. The drive wheel can be connected to the body and can be operable to move the mobile cleaning robot about an environment. The wheel stop can be movable with respect to the body and the drive wheel between a stop position and a release position. The wheel stop can be engageable with the drive wheel in the stop position to limit vertical travel of the drive wheel with respect to the body.
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公开(公告)号:US11471020B2
公开(公告)日:2022-10-18
申请号:US16531471
申请日:2019-08-05
Applicant: iRobot Corporation
Inventor: Duane Leigh Gilbert, Jr. , Faruk Halil Bursal , Richard Joseph Therrien , Russell Walter Morin
Abstract: An autonomous coverage robot includes a cleaning assembly having forward roller and rearward rollers counter-rotating with respect to each other. The rollers are arranged to substantially maintain a cross sectional area between the two rollers yet permitting collapsing therebetween as large debris is passed. Each roller includes a resilient elastomer outer tube and a partially air-occupied inner resilient core configured to bias the outer tube to rebound. The core includes a hub and resilient spokes extending between the inner surface of the outer tube and the hub. The spokes suspend the outer tube to float about the hub and transfer torque from the hub to the outer tube while allowing the outer tube to momentarily deform or move offset from the hub during impact with debris larger than the cross sectional area between the two rollers.
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公开(公告)号:US20200281430A1
公开(公告)日:2020-09-10
申请号:US16827389
申请日:2020-03-23
Applicant: iRobot Corporation
Inventor: Russell Walter Morin , Faruk Halil Bursal , Harold Boeschenstein
Abstract: An evacuation station includes a base and a canister removably attached to the base. The base includes a ramp having an inclined surface for receiving a robotic cleaner having a debris bin. The ramp defines an evacuation intake opening arranged to pneumatically interface with the debris bin. The base also includes a first conduit portion pneumatically connected to the evacuation intake opening, an air mover having an inlet and an exhaust, and a particle filter pneumatically the exhaust of the air mover. The canister includes a second conduit portion arranged to pneumatically interface with the first conduit portion to form a pneumatic debris intake conduit, an exhaust conduit arranged to pneumatically connect to the inlet of the air mover when the canister is attached to the base, and a separator in pneumatic communication with the second conduit portion.
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公开(公告)号:US09282867B2
公开(公告)日:2016-03-15
申请号:US13729819
申请日:2012-12-28
Applicant: iRobot Corporation
Inventor: Marcus R. Williams , Joseph M. Johnson , Andrew Stephen Sweezey , Thomas Schregardus , John Reimels , Russell Walter Morin , Christopher J. Fischella , Erik Amaral
CPC classification number: A47L11/30 , A47L11/4016 , A47L11/4044 , A47L11/4083 , A47L11/4088 , A47L2201/00
Abstract: A mobile surface cleaning robot including a robot body having a forward drive direction, a drive system supporting the robot body above a floor surface for maneuvering the robot across the floor surface, and a robot controller in communication with the drive system. The robot also includes a collection volume supported by the robot body and a cleaning module releasably supported by the robot body and arranged to clean the floor surface. The cleaning module includes a first vacuum squeegee having a first duct, a driven roller brush rotatably supported rearward of the first vacuum squeegee, a second vacuum squeegee disposed rearward of the roller brush and having a second duct, and a third duct in fluid communication with the first and second ducts. The third duct is connectable to the collection volume at a fluid-tight interface formed by selectively engaging the cartridge with the robot body.
Abstract translation: 一种移动表面清洁机器人,包括具有正向驱动方向的机器人主体,将机器人主体支撑在地板表面上方的用于使所述机器人跨过所述地板表面操纵的驱动系统,以及与所述驱动系统通信的机器人控制器。 机器人还包括由机器人主体支撑的收集体和由机器人主体可释放地支撑并布置成清洁地板表面的清洁模块。 清洁模块包括具有第一管道的第一真空刮板,可旋转地支撑在第一真空刮板后面的从动辊刷,设置在辊刷后面的具有第二管道的第二真空刮板, 第一和第二管道。 第三管道可以通过选择性地将药筒与机器人主体接合而形成的流体密封界面连接到收集容积。
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公开(公告)号:US08955192B2
公开(公告)日:2015-02-17
申请号:US14302469
申请日:2014-06-12
Applicant: iRobot Corporation
Inventor: Duane Leigh Gilbert, Jr. , Faruk Halil Bursal , Richard Joseph Therrien , Russell Walter Morin
CPC classification number: A47L11/4041 , A47L7/02 , A47L9/0477 , A47L9/2821 , A47L11/24 , A47L11/40 , A47L11/4013 , A47L11/4027 , A47L11/4061 , A47L11/4063 , A47L2201/00 , A47L2201/028 , A47L2201/04 , A47L2201/06 , B25J11/0085 , Y10S901/01
Abstract: An autonomous coverage robot includes a cleaning assembly having forward roller and rearward rollers counter-rotating with respect to each other. The rollers are arranged to substantially maintain a cross sectional area between the two rollers yet permitting collapsing therebetween as large debris is passed. Each roller includes a resilient elastomer outer tube and a partially air-occupied inner resilient core configured to bias the outer tube to rebound. The core includes a hub and resilient spokes extending between the inner surface of the outer tube and the hub. The spokes suspend the outer tube to float about the hub and transfer torque from the hub to the outer tube while allowing the outer tube to momentarily deform or move offset from the hub during impact with debris larger than the cross sectional area between the two rollers.
Abstract translation: 自动覆盖机器人包括具有相对于彼此反向旋转的前滚筒和后滚筒的清洁组件。 辊被布置成基本上保持两个辊之间的横截面积,但是当大的碎屑通过时,辊允许它们之间的折叠。 每个辊包括弹性弹性体外管和被配置为偏置外管以回弹的部分空气的内部弹性芯。 芯部包括在外管的内表面和毂之间延伸的毂和弹性辐条。 辐条悬挂外管以围绕毂浮动并将扭矩从轮毂传递到外管,同时允许外管在碰撞期间瞬间变形或移动偏离轮毂,碎屑大于两个辊之间的横截面积。
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公开(公告)号:US11918172B2
公开(公告)日:2024-03-05
申请号:US17833381
申请日:2022-06-06
Applicant: iRobot Corporation
Inventor: Oliver Lewis , Stephen A. Hickey , Russell Walter Morin
CPC classification number: A47L9/009 , A47L9/106 , A47L9/122 , A47L9/1409 , A47L9/1463 , A47L2201/00 , A47L2201/04
Abstract: This document describes a mobile cleaning robot including a chassis having a forward portion and an aft portion; a blower affixed to the chassis; a bin supported by the chassis and configured to receive airflow from the blower, the chassis enabling evacuation of the bin through a bottom of the robot. The bin includes a top, a bottom, a sidewall, and an internal barrier. The bin includes a first volume and a second volume separated by the internal barrier and a filter unit supported by the internal barrier and removably disposed in an airflow path between the first volume that includes an intake port in the bin and the second volume that includes an exhaust port in the bin.
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公开(公告)号:US20220296059A1
公开(公告)日:2022-09-22
申请号:US17833381
申请日:2022-06-06
Applicant: iRobot Corporation
Inventor: Oliver Lewis , Stephen A. Hickey , Russell Walter Morin
Abstract: This document describes a mobile cleaning robot including a chassis having a forward portion and an aft portion; a blower affixed to the chassis; a bin supported by the chassis and configured to receive airflow from the blower, the chassis enabling evacuation of the bin through a bottom of the robot. The bin includes a top, a bottom, a sidewall, and an internal barrier. The bin includes a first volume and a second volume separated by the internal barrier and a filter unit supported by the internal barrier and removably disposed in an airflow path between the first volume that includes an intake port in the bin and the second volume that includes an exhaust port in the bin.
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公开(公告)号:US11357371B2
公开(公告)日:2022-06-14
申请号:US16371929
申请日:2019-04-01
Applicant: iRobot Corporation
Inventor: Oliver Lewis , Stephen A. Hickey , Russell Walter Morin
Abstract: This document describes a mobile cleaning robot including a chassis having a forward portion and an aft portion; a blower affixed to the chassis; a bin supported by the chassis and configured to receive airflow from the blower, the chassis enabling evacuation of the bin through a bottom of the robot. The bin includes a top, a bottom, a sidewall, and an internal barrier. The bin includes a first volume and a second volume separated by the internal barrier and a filter unit supported by the internal barrier and removably disposed in an airflow path between the first volume that includes an intake port in the bin and the second volume that includes an exhaust port in the bin.
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