Autonomous pool cleaning robot with an external docking station
First Claim
1. An external docking station, comprising a filter manipulator that is arranged to input, without human intervention, a filter into a pool cleaning robot that exited a pool and is located in a filter replacement position.
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Abstract
An external docking station may be provided and may a filter manipulator that is arranged to (i) input without human intervention, a filter into a pool cleaning robot that exited a pool and is located in a filter replacement position and to (ii) assist without human intervention, in positioning the filter at a position in which the filter is at least partially disposed within a path formed between a first fluid opening and a second fluid opening of a housing of the pool cleaning robot thereby allowing the filter to apply a filtering operation when fluid passes through the fluid path.
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16 Claims
- 1. An external docking station, comprising a filter manipulator that is arranged to input, without human intervention, a filter into a pool cleaning robot that exited a pool and is located in a filter replacement position.
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13. An external docking station, comprising:
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a base; a filter manipulator that is arranged to input, without human intervention, a filter into a pool cleaning robot that exited a pool and is located in a filter replacement position; and a first contactless charging element that is included in the base and is arranged to (a) be fed by an electrical supply module and (b) generate an electromagnetic field during at least one period during which a second contactless charging element of a pool cleaning robot is within a charging range from the first contactless charging element, and wherein the electromagnetic field charges the second contactless charging element. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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