GUTTER CLEANING ROBOT
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Abstract
A gutter cleaning robot can traverse rain gutters to agitate and remove debris. The gutter cleaning robot is equipped with a debris auger at a front end that contacts and ejects the debris, and has a drive system for propelling the gutter cleaning robot along the rain gutter. The debris auger can include a spiral screw or various other forms of auger, and may be interchangeable by the user so as to enhance the effectiveness of the gutter cleaning robot in various environments or modes of operation.
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26 Claims
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16. A gutter cleaning robot, comprising:
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a main body; a drive motor carried on the main body; an auger motor carried on the main body; an auger mechanically coupled to the auger motor and movable to agitate debris out of a rain gutter; a controller carried on the main body and configured to control the operating speed and direction of each of the drive motor and the debris auger motor based at least in part on a measured current to the auger motor and/or a measured current to the drive motor. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method of operating a gutter cleaning robot, the method comprising:
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providing power to a drive motor carried on a main body, the drive motor coupled to a first wheel and a second wheel rotatable to move the robot along the rain gutter; providing power to an auger motor carried on the main body, the auger motor coupled to an auger movable to agitate debris out of a rain gutter; determining current to one or both of the auger motor and the drive motor; controlling the operating speed and direction of each of the drive motor and the debris auger motor based at least in part on the determined current to one or both of the auger motor and the drive motor. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26)
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Specification