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Autonomous cleaning appliance

  • US 9,999,328 B2
  • Filed: 09/10/2012
  • Issued: 06/19/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/09/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An autonomous vacuum cleaner comprising a main body defining a first cylindrical axis and housing a dirty air inlet, a clean air outlet, an airflow path between the dirty air inlet and the clean air outlet, a forward-facing docking portion, and a separating apparatus arranged in the air flow path between the dirty air inlet and the clean air outlet, the separating apparatus defining a second cylindrical axis, wherein the separating apparatus is removably mounted into the docking portion, and is oriented so that the second cylindrical axis is substantially parallel with the first cylindrical axis of the main body and wherein a portion of the separating apparatus protrudes from a front of the docking portion.

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