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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48 Claims
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27. An autonomous cleaning robot comprising:
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a chassis defining at least a portion of a channel open toward a cleaning surface; a drive system carried by the chassis and configured to maneuver the robot over a cleaning surface, the drive system comprising right and left driven wheels defining a transverse axis;
a waste storage container carried by the chassis; andan air moving system carried by the chassis, the air moving system configured to generate a negative pressure and a positive pressure, and the air moving system comprises conduits applying the positive pressure at a first portion of the channel and applying the negative pressure at a second portion of the channel, the second portion of the channel in fluid communication with the waste storage container. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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44. An autonomous cleaning robot comprising:
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a chassis; a drive system carried by the chassis and configured to maneuver the robot over a cleaning surface, the drive system comprising right and left driven wheels defining a transverse axis perpendicular to a fore-aft axis in a plane substantially parallel to a cleaning surface; a waste storage container carried by the chassis; and an air moving system carried by the chassis, the air moving system configured to generate a negative pressure in a first cleaning zone and a negative pressure in a second cleaning zone aft of the first cleaning zone. - View Dependent Claims (45, 46, 47, 48)
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Specification