Evacuation Station System
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Abstract
A cleaning system includes a robotic cleaner and an evacuation station. The robotic cleaner can dock with the evacuation station to have debris evacuated by the evacuation station. The robotic cleaner includes a bin to store debris, and the bin includes a port door through which the debris can be evacuated into the evacuation station. The evacuation station includes a vacuum motor to evacuate the bin of the robotic cleaner.
21 Citations
54 Claims
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31. A cleaning system comprising:
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an evacuation station comprising a cleaner interface configured to mate with a robotic cleaner, and a vacuum interface; and a handheld portable vacuum configured to mate with the vacuum interface of the evacuation station, the portable vacuum comprising a vacuum motor configured to produce an evacuating airflow through the vacuum interface of the evacuation station to remove debris from a debris bin of the robotic cleaner when the portable vacuum is mated with the vacuum interface of the evacuation station and when the robotic cleaner is mated with the cleaner interface of the evacuation station, and draw air through a cleaning head of the portable vacuum when the portable vacuum is not mated with the vacuum interface of the evacuation station. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48)
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49. A cleaning system comprising:
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an evacuation station; and a robotic cleaner comprising a debris bin, the robotic cleaner configured to collect and store the debris in the debris bin, and navigate to the evacuation station and dock to the evacuation station in response to a bin full signal; a portable vacuum configured to mate with the evacuation station and draw air through the evacuation station to remove the debris from the debris bin of the robotic cleaner when the robotic cleaner is docked to the evacuation station. - View Dependent Claims (50, 51, 52, 53, 54)
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Specification