Autonomously driven floor vacuum cleaner, method for vacuum cleaning and use of an autonomously driven floor vacuum cleaner
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1. An autonomously operable vacuum cleaner, comprisinga cleaning head module;
- a canister module having rechargeable batteries that is separate from the cleaning head module and comprises a control that carries out a navigation function to provide an autonomous control of the vacuum cleaner; and
a hose that fluidically and electrically connects the cleaning head module to the canister module, wherein both the cleaning head module and the canister module each have a drive mechanism that provides independent mobility to the respective modules; and
wherein the canister module or the cleaning head module comprises a motor fan unit by which a vacuum is made possible to suck air into the canister module via the cleaning head module,and wherein a connection of the cleaning head module to the hose or the connection of the hose to the canister module is configured as releasable,and further whereini) the cleaning head module is releasable from the hose connected to the canister module having a motor fan unit and is replaceable with a driveless cleaning head to be operated by a user or with a cleaning tool orthe hose is releasable from the canister module having a motor fan unit together with the cleaning head module and is replaceable with a further hose to which a driveless cleaning head to be operated by a user or a cleaning tool, is attached;
orii) a suction pipe to be operated by the user is inserted between the hose and the cleaning head module and the cleaning head module is operable by the user by means of the suction pipe,wherein, in the event of replacement of the cleaning head module, the control of the vacuum cleaner carrying out the navigation function is deactivatable by a user and the drive function is capable of being set to idle or brought into an operating mode in which the control carrying out the navigation function allows the canister module to follow the user.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an autonomously operable vacuum cleaner that has a modular design. The vacuum cleaner in this respect comprises a cleaning head module as well as a separate canister module. The cleaning head module and the canister module are in this respect connected to one another via a hose so that dust sucked in via the cleaning head module can be conveyed into the canister module.
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1. An autonomously operable vacuum cleaner, comprising
a cleaning head module; -
a canister module having rechargeable batteries that is separate from the cleaning head module and comprises a control that carries out a navigation function to provide an autonomous control of the vacuum cleaner; and a hose that fluidically and electrically connects the cleaning head module to the canister module, wherein both the cleaning head module and the canister module each have a drive mechanism that provides independent mobility to the respective modules; and wherein the canister module or the cleaning head module comprises a motor fan unit by which a vacuum is made possible to suck air into the canister module via the cleaning head module, and wherein a connection of the cleaning head module to the hose or the connection of the hose to the canister module is configured as releasable, and further wherein i) the cleaning head module is releasable from the hose connected to the canister module having a motor fan unit and is replaceable with a driveless cleaning head to be operated by a user or with a cleaning tool or the hose is releasable from the canister module having a motor fan unit together with the cleaning head module and is replaceable with a further hose to which a driveless cleaning head to be operated by a user or a cleaning tool, is attached;
orii) a suction pipe to be operated by the user is inserted between the hose and the cleaning head module and the cleaning head module is operable by the user by means of the suction pipe, wherein, in the event of replacement of the cleaning head module, the control of the vacuum cleaner carrying out the navigation function is deactivatable by a user and the drive function is capable of being set to idle or brought into an operating mode in which the control carrying out the navigation function allows the canister module to follow the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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