AUTONOMOUS SURFACE CLEANING ROBOT FOR DRY CLEANING
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Abstract
An autonomous floor cleaning robot includes a transport drive and control system arranged for autonomous movement of the robot over a floor for performing cleaning operations. The robot chassis carries a first cleaning zone comprising cleaning elements arranged to suction loose particulates up from the cleaning surface and a second cleaning zone comprising cleaning elements arraigned to apply a cleaning fluid onto the surface and to thereafter collect the cleaning fluid up from the surface after it has been used to clean the surface. The robot chassis carries a supply of cleaning fluid and a waste container for storing waste materials collected up from the cleaning surface.
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Citations
43 Claims
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1-26. -26. (canceled)
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27. An autonomous cleaning robot comprising:
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a chassis comprising a fore-aft axis and a perpendicular transverse axis; a cleaning apparatus, attached to the chassis and defining a cleaning zone, comprising an air moving system disposed along a first axis substantially parallel with the transverse axis, wherein the air moving system comprises a fan assembly configured to generate a negative pressure and a positive pressure, and comprising conduits applying both of the negative pressure and the positive pressure to a channel disposed on the lower surface of the autonomous cleaning robot and extending along the first axis; and a waste storage container removably coupled to the chassis. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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40. A surface cleaning apparatus comprising:
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a chassis configured with a cleaning width disposed generally perpendicular to a forward transport direction; a first collecting apparatus for collecting loose particulates from the surface across the cleaning width, said first collecting apparatus being positioned on the chassis to advance over the surface as the chassis is transported in a forward transport direction; a cleaning fluid applicator for applying cleaning fluid onto the surface across the cleaning width, said cleaning fluid applicator being positioned on the chassis to advance over the surface behind the first collecting apparatus as the chassis is transported in a forward transport direction; a smearing element for smearing the cleaning fluid applied onto the surface across the cleaning width, said smearing element being positioned on the chassis to advance over the surface behind the cleaning fluid applicator as the chassis is transported in a forward transport direction; a second collecting apparatus for collecting waste liquid from the surface, said second collecting apparatus being positioned on the chassis to advance over the surface behind the smearing element as the chassis is transported in a forward transport direction; and
,an integrated storage container module in fluid communication with at least one of the first collecting apparatus, the second collecting apparatus, and the cleaning fluid applicator. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42, 43)
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Specification