AUTONOMOUS SURFACE CLEANING ROBOT FOR WET AND 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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61 Claims
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42. An autonomous cleaning robot comprising:
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a chassis a fore-aft axis and a perpendicular transverse axis; a first collecting apparatus, attached to the chassis and defining a first cleaning zone configured to collect loose particulates from the cleaning surface across a cleaning width, said cleaning width being disposed substantially parallel with the transverse axis; and a second apparatus, attached to the chassis aft of the first apparatus and defining a second cleaning zone, comprising at least one liquid applicator configured to pump a cleaning fluid onto the cleaning surface, wherein the arrangement of the first collecting apparatus with respect to the liquid applicator causes the first collecting apparatus to precede the liquid applicator over the cleaning surface when transporting the chassis in a forward direction. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
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51. An autonomous cleaning robot comprising:
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a chassis comprising a fore-aft axis and a perpendicular transverse axis; a first collecting apparatus, attached to the chassis and defining a first cleaning zone, wherein the first apparatus comprises an air moving system including a suction device and is disposed along a first axis substantially parallel with the transverse axis; and a second apparatus, attached to the chassis aft of the first apparatus and defining a second cleaning zone configured to pump a cleaning fluid onto the cleaning surface, wherein the arrangement of the first collecting apparatus with respect to the liquid applicator causes the first collecting apparatus to precede the liquid applicator over the cleaning surface when transporting the chassis in a forward direction. - View Dependent Claims (52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61)
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