Cordless pool cleaning robot
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Abstract
A cleaning robot for a swimming pool has a body unit with a battery power pack, adapted to move along the floor and/or walls of the pool. The robot may comprise a tail portion adapted for floating on the surface of the pool. The tail portion may have a float user interface. The robot may have a memory adapted to store a certain orientation of the robot and a controller to align the robot'"'"'s orientation in accordance with the stored orientation. The robot may further be adapted to perform straight and stepped laps, to move in known mutually angled directions independently of the swimming pool'"'"'s shape. The robot may perform a plurality of cleaning modes.
106 Citations
93 Claims
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1-67. -67. (canceled)
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68. A cleaning robot adapted to move in a swimming pool or the like in accordance with commands from a main controller therein, the robot when in use being free of any cables connected to an external power supply, and having:
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(a) a body unit with a battery power pack, adapted to move along the floor and/or walls of said pool;
(b) a tail unit comprising a head portion adapted to float on the surface of a pool and a connector designed for charging batteries or battery in said battery power pack by an external charger; and
(c) a tethering cable attached at least in use, to the body unit, said tethering cable being of sufficient length to allow the float of said head portion while the body unit is on the floor of the pool. - View Dependent Claims (69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87)
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- 88. A cleaning robot adapted to move in a swimming pool or the like, adapted to move in the pool along two scanning directions obtained by adjusting the orientation of the robot in a predetermined way relative to a reference orientation thereof, said scanning directions having a predetermined angle therebetween, independently of the swimming pool'"'"'s shape.
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92. A cleaning robot adapted to move in a swimming pool or the like in accordance with commands from a main controller therein, the robot when in use being free of any cables connected to an external power supply, and having a body unit with a battery power pack, adapted to move along the floor and/or walls of said pool, and a tail unit comprising a head portion adapted to float on the surface of a pool, and a tethering cable attached at least in use, to the body unit;
- the robot comprising a means for detecting its orientation.
- View Dependent Claims (93)
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