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Remote controllable automatic moving vacuum cleaner

  • US 5,839,156 A
  • Filed: 12/18/1996
  • Issued: 11/24/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/19/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A remote controllable automatic moving vacuum cleaner comprising:

  • a vacuum cleaner body having an intake port;

    a means for intaking dust into the vacuum cleaner body through the intake port;

    a means for propelling the vacuum cleaner body across a floor;

    a wheel rotatably attached to the vacuum cleaner body for contacting the floor and enabling the vacuum cleaner body to be propelled across the floor, wherein the vacuum cleaner body moves forward or backward relative to the floor when the wheel rotates forward or backward relative to the body;

    a powered steering mechanism for moving the wheel leftward or rightward relative to the vacuum cleaner body to steer the vacuum cleaner body leftward or rightward relative to the floor when the vacuum cleaner body is propelled across the floor; and

    a means for controlling the powered steering mechanism at a remote distance.

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