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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8156608 | Cleaning apparatus having a functional generator for producing electrochemically activated cleaning liquid An apparatus is provided, which includes a mobile body configured to travel over a surface, a source of a liquid, a liquid dispenser and a flow path from the liquid source to the liquid dispenser. A functional generator is coupled in the flow path, which comprises a... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8136200 | Robotic cleaning head A robotic cleaning head (1; 101) for use as part of an autonomous vacuum cleaning system (2) including a canister unit (3) and a hose assembly (4; 104) connecting the cleaning head (1; 101) to the canister unit (3). The clea... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8127396 | Robotic floor cleaning with sterile, disposable cartridges An automated (robotic) floor cleaner (100) is adapted to allow sterile cleaning of sensitive environments, such as hospital room. In particular, the floor-cleaner chassis (124) is redesigned to be mounted on a deck (102) containing cleaning devi... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8112841 | Ultraviolet vacuum cleaner with safety mechanism A combination vacuum cleaner and ultraviolet disinfecting device is presented having a vacuum for cleaning a cleaning medium, such as a carpet, and a UV light source for radiation of the cleaning medium to eradicate the medium of infestation agents such as molds, vi... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8099825 | Motor control for a vacuum cleaner A vacuum cleaner includes a nozzle, an air-filtering dirt receptacle, and a motor. A fan of the vacuum cleaner is configured to be driven by the motor to drive a flow of air that carries dirt from a surface through the nozzle and into the receptacle to clean the sur... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8079113 | Vacuum cleaner having abilities for automatic moving and posture control and method of controlling the same The present invention discloses a vacuum cleaner including a main body (1) of the vacuum cleaner, a wheel (2) rotatably mounted at the body, a driving unit for driving the wheel (2), a sensor (71) positioned at the main body, for sensing ... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8074320 | Autonomous blower for debris herding An autonomous blower is described that utilizes GPS signals for blowing ground debris from a clearable area to a target area. A controller coordinates motors that propel and steer the autonomous blower. A database created in a teaching mode defines clearable, target... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8065778 | Robot cleaner A robot cleaner that is capable of preventing dust collected in a dust tank from flowing backward outside when a situation in which the dust may be discharged outside occurs includes a cleaner body, a dust tank mounted in the cleaner body to collect dust, and a back... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8051527 | Cleaning robot system of satellite type The present invention relates to a cleaning robot system of a satellite type. The present invention provides a cleaning robot system of a satellite type that includes a flat autonomous cleaning head, a hose assembly, and a cleaning main body. The flat autonomous cle... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8032978 | Robotic cleaning device A robotic cleaning device having a main body with a controllable drive device to move the device over a surface, a cleaning device to clean the surface, an obstacle detecting device, and a control device connected to the drive device and the obstacle detecting devic... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8028370 | Cleaning machine for cleaning a surface A cleaning machine for cleaning a surface is provided. The cleaning machine includes a base assembly that moves along the surface and a liquid distribution system associated with the base assembly for distributing the cleaning solution to the cleaning surface. A suc... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8015657 | Vacuum electronic power tool sense A vacuum electronic power tool sense system senses the operation of a power tool that is plugged into an onboard power outlet and the vacuum source is automatically operated to facilitate user clean-up of debris generated by use of the power tool. A delay period can... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8001651 | Floor washing robot A floor washing robot is disclosed. The robot includes: a control unit for controlling a power source to drive at least three omnidirectional wheels and at least one washing disc to rotate to wash a floor; a water spray device for spraying water; and a vacuum device... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7992251 | Robot and method for controlling the robot A robot includes a second bumper that senses an obstacle having such a height that can be passed over. Thus, the robot can pass over the obstacle without avoiding it. ... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7984529 | Robotic pet waste treatment or collection A method and apparatus for the detection, treatment or collection of a quantity of solid animal excrement from a surface, particularly a grassy surface. The method includes the steps of autonomously or semi-autonomously detecting the presence of the excrement on the... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7962994 | Vacuum electronic switch detection system A vacuum electronic switch detection system allows multiple user selectable vacuum modes to be chosen with only one micro-controller input available for performing the multiple selectable modes. The switch detection system provides multiple voltage ratio control sig... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7945988 | Method and apparatus for controlling a vacuum cleaner A control system for a vacuum cleaner is disclosed. The control system includes a control pad for generating a number of user inputs. The control system further includes a serial controller for reading the state of the number of inputs and generating serial data in ... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7941893 | Vacuum cleaning tool and method for its operation A vacuum cleaning tool has a housing having a connecting socket for effecting flow communication to a vacuum device of a vacuum cleaning device. The housing has a suction opening through which a working air flow enters the housing. The housing has an outlet opening ... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7937800 | Robotic vacuum cleaner A robotic vacuum cleaner includes a casing with a motor-driven wheel unit mounted on a lower major wall thereof, and a tactile sensor unit yieldable radially relative to the casing. An electrical control unit is operable to control the wheel unit to operate in a sta... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7930797 | Suction brush assembly capable of automatic height adjustment A suction brush assembly for a vacuum cleaner capable of automatic height adjustment according to the present disclosure includes a suction brush body connected to a cleaner body at a rear side thereof and provided with a rotation brush for striking a surface to be ... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7921506 | Robot cleaner having function for detecting separation of dust tank and control method thereof A robot cleaner is provided that includes a body having a receiving portion configured to receive a dust tank mounted thereto, a detector installed at the receiving portion that detects whether the dust tank has been separated from the body by an interaction with th... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7900315 | Integrated central vacuum cleaner suction device and control An integrated apparatus has a cooling section, a motor section, a suction section and control module. The motor section drives the suction section to draw vacuum air through inlet and exhaust vacuum air through outlet. The motor section also drives the cooling secti... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7895705 | Steam cleaning apparatus and method of driving the same A steam cleaning apparatus includes water and wax containers to supply water and wax, a pump to discharge a mixture of water and wax, a combustion chamber to receive the discharged mixture in an internal pipe and to spray the mixture through a nozzle such that the m... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7895706 | Surface treating head assembly A surface treating head assembly for an appliance such as a vacuum cleaner includes a head and a drivable agitator in the form of a brush bar, rotatably housed in a housing. A motor is arranged to drive a mechanism, such as cams arranged to adjust the position of th... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7891045 | Robot cleaner system having robot cleaner and docking station Disclosed is a robot cleaner system having superior functions of sucking dust and exhausting dust to a docking station. The robot cleaner includes a dust suction port to suck dust, a dust collecting chamber to collect dust introduced through the dust suction port, a... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7877836 | Extractor control apparatus A cleaning apparatus is disclosed. The cleaning apparatus includes a base portion for movement along the surface and a handle pivotally connected to the base portion. The cleaning apparatus further includes a solution tank for supplying a flow of cleaning solution t... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7874038 | Air gun equipment for cleaning workpieces An air gun equipment (10) for cleaning workpieces includes an air gun (20), a switch (50) connected to the air gun and an air source by pipes (206, 70), and a sensor (30) fixed on the air gun. The switch is controlled by an output ... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7861365 | Robotic vacuum cleaner A robotic vacuum cleaner is disclosed in the present invention, which comprises a controller, at least a driving wheel module, and a dust-collecting module. The controller is disposed on a housing plate. The driving wheel module, electrically connecting to the contr... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7861366 | Robot cleaner system having robot cleaner and docking station A robot cleaner system having an improved docking structure between a robot cleaner and a docking station, which is capable of an easy docking operation of the robot cleaner and preventing loss of a suction force generated in the docking station. The robot cleaner i... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7849555 | Robot cleaning system and dust removing method of the same A robot cleaning system and a dust removing method of the same that are capable of moving a first dust collector mounted in a robot cleaner to a docking station to remove dust collected in the first dust collector. The robot cleaning system includes a robot cleaner ... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7823249 | Motor control for a vacuum cleaner A vacuum cleaner includes a nozzle, an air-filtering dirt receptacle, and a motor. A fan is configured to be driven by the motor to drive a flow of air that carries dirt from a surface through the nozzle and into the receptacle to clean the surface. A controller is ... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7805802 | Floor cleaning machine debris collection system A debris collection system for a floor cleaning machine includes a motorized cleaning head attached to a frame of the floor cleaning machine, a carriage attached to the frame, a debris tray, and a de-watering system. The debris tray is removably receivable within th... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7779504 | Cleaner system A cleaner system having an improved connecting position and structure between a robot cleaner and a docking station for achieving an improvement in dust removal performance of the docking station. The docking station performs manual cleaning. The robot cleaner has a... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7770253 | Vacuum cleaner with removable dust collector, and methods of operating the same A vacuum cleaner includes a dust collector that compresses dust stored inside a dust container to minimize the volume of the dust. The dust collector would include one or more pressing plates that are used to compress the dust stored in dust collector. Various metho... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7765635 | Cleaning robot A cleaning robot is provided having a drop-off detector provided on a case. The drop-off detector may be configured to contact a surface to be cleaned during movement of the robot. In this regard, the drop-off detector determines the presence or absence of a drop-of... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7690076 | Water pipe starter and cleaning device A hookah accessory comprising a motor driven vacuum secured in a housing, vacuum port, filter between the vacuum port and vacuum used to apply a suction force used to ignite and start a hookah, blower port in pneumatic communication with the output/return port of th... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7673367 | Cleaning robot A cleaning robot to prevent a suction member from moving upwards when the suction member is rotated during a collision with an obstacle, and which completely unfolds the suction member when a lower surface of the suction member travels on an uneven floor. The cleani... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7650666 | Robot cleaner A robot cleaner is mainly comprised of a base case whose upper portion is equipped with a driving part for running and a suction part for removing dust or dirt; and a top case covering on top of said base case, wherein said base case is formed at lower portion there... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7644469 | Vacuum electronics isolation method A vacuum electronics isolation system utilizes an isolation circuit for providing a low voltage for operating a controller and to provide low voltage control signals for operating the vacuum motor to isolate the high voltage power source from the user. ... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7640621 | Thermal protection system for electrical appliance An electrical appliance includes a housing carrying a drive motor, a temperature sensor and a controller. The temperature sensor monitors the operating temperature of the drive motor. The controller is responsive to the temperature sensor. The controller adjusts the... | 01/05/2010 |
